| Pregnancy is a beautiful, magical, and life altering | | | | got the go-ahead to begin an exercise program, |
| experience, and our children are our most precious | | | | finding the time to carry it out may not be so easy. |
| gifts, but trying to lose the post-pregnancy belly is | | | | We have to tackle exercise the same way we are |
| often frustrating and heartbreaking. Losing weight | | | | tackling our bad eating habits. Here are some tips on |
| after having a baby can be a daunting task. Sure, it | | | | how to work your exercise into baby's schedule: |
| would be nice to be able to get into that | | | | - Use a stroller or baby sling so that you can go |
| pre-pregnancy size 4 dress right away but for most | | | | walking with your baby. |
| of us this is not reality. Women struggling with weight | | | | - Get some exercise videos that you can pop in at |
| loss after pregnancy will often try dieting (usually fad | | | | home and use any time the opportunity presents |
| diets), they exercise often - they do whatever they | | | | itself. |
| can think of to try to lose weight without any | | | | - Skip one TV show a night. One less show, means |
| success. People will try to tell you that this is just a | | | | less time on the couch, which could give you 30 |
| part of life that you have to deal with. Despite what | | | | minutes to an hour of exercise time |
| others have told you, you actually can get back to | | | | A few years ago some studies were done to |
| wearing regular jeans, even sizes smaller than before | | | | compare the effects of steady state cardio and |
| pregnancy. | | | | intervals and the results were astounding! It seems |
| Diet | | | | that those who performed the intervals lost more |
| "Going on a diet" is not necessarily the right way you | | | | weight than those who did the steady state cardio. |
| should go when you want to lose weight and it's time | | | | Many people who want to lose weight think that |
| everyone realized that. How many times have you | | | | doing cardio for hours and hours is the only way they |
| heard of someone going on a diet to lose weight, | | | | will reach their goal weight. The point is you don't |
| only to find that as soon as they return to their | | | | need long periods of time to fit in time to exercise, |
| normal eating habits, they not only put the weight | | | | as long as you use one of the tips mentioned above |
| back on, but sometimes they end up weighing more | | | | or just do a quick search of the internet to find more |
| than when they started. The average woman spends | | | | suggestions. |
| a decade of her life on a diet. You need to make | | | | Pregnancy may be one of the happiest moments in a |
| sure that you eat a balanced diet. Eating healthy | | | | woman's life. The joy of having a baby and being a |
| foods when you've got a history of eating crap is a | | | | new mom can be quickly overshadowed by, amongst |
| huge hurdle to get over if you want to lose weight. | | | | other things, losing the pregnancy weight. You can |
| You need to avoid crash, fad, restrictive "celebrity" | | | | choose to start living for today by getting on with |
| diets that will only leave you tired, exhausted, | | | | losing the pregnancy weight or you can remain |
| hungry, and cranky. Try to eat sensible meals and | | | | stagnant and always living for tomorrow. Your fitness |
| snacks at regular times throughout the day. | | | | journey begins by choosing and doing the exercises |
| Exercise | | | | that work for you. The great thing about living a |
| Of course, everyone knows that exercise is an | | | | healthy lifestyle is that it can be passed on to your |
| important part of trying to lose weight. Once you've | | | | baby and family and improve your quality of life. |