Weight Loss After Pregnancy - A Golden Opportunity

At some stage or another most women who have had a baby will need to consider weight loss after pregnancy. As will all things there is a right way and a wrong way to approach this. One that will enhance your long term health and another that could see you on a constant lifelong battle with your weight.  

During pregnancy your body changes in amazing ways, you become more flexible around the joints to allow for the growth of your baby and your posture changes to allow you to carry the new weight load. 

These changes put large amounts of stress on the joints and post pregnancy exercise should be structured with this in mind. No twisting or ballistic stretching movements should be done. A slow gradual, consistent approach to exercise should be taken. 

Your body has been designed to change during pregnancy, but it has been equally well designed to recover afterwards. The hormones that helped change your body in the first place will assist you in making the opposite changes. Your metabolic rate will be higher, even more so if breastfeeding and other hormones are produced in an attempt to promote the healing and recovery process. 

Immediately after pregnancy, your body is primed to lose weight and firm up again, but you must harness this power. It is possible with a little planning to get in to much better shape than you were before you became pregnant.   

The key here is to work out a programme that includes the essential components to your recovery: - 

Adequate rest, Pelvic floor strengthening, regular low intensity activity including stomach strengthening exercises and a healthy diet.   

Setting some realistic time framed goals can be a great way to keep you motivated and on track. They should be realistic and not too aggressive.  Don’t radically cut down on calories and don’t exercise excessively, a gentle structured walking programme should be enough for the first 8 weeks. 

If you want a specific post pregnancy plan to help with your weight loss after pregnancy that includes essential pelvic floor techniques, a unique eating plan which ensures the right types and quantities of foods are eaten, a structured walking programme and vital stomach tightening exercises, then ‘The Baby Belly Fat Loss Plan’ could be the solution for you. Click here for more details.