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How to lose pregnancy weight
Below are few ways that have proven to be exceedingly helpful to women who want to lose their pregnancy weight.
- Drink at least 10 to 12 glasses of water every day. Put back your high sugar beverages such as sodas and juices with some water and a press of fresh lemon. You could also try taste seltzer water which has no calories. You can cut out hundreds of calories a day this way.
- Keep healthy snacks handy like raisins, popcorn, wheat crackers, and nuts. Say no to buy store-bought baked goods or junk food.
- Eat lean meats such as bone less chicken and the leanest cuts of beef.
- Eat whole grains (breads, cereals, pastas) instead of the "white" versions
- Don\'t be fooled by foods that are labeled as non fat. Some are laden with calories and can have hydrogenated vegetable oils and/or high fructose corn syrup, neither of which is healthy.
- Resist the urge to indulge in a fast food meal. Or if you do, order the salad and not the fat-filled burgers and fries.
- As soon as you feel ready, begin light exercise. Weather allowing, take a ten minute walk with the baby every day and slowly increase your time to twenty minutes per day. Babies can be worn in a snugli or sling or you can use a baby jogger or stroller when they get too heavy. Even better, walk at a regular time with a friend.
- Find easy ways to increase your exercise like parking farther away or using stairs instead of elevators.
- Breast feeding uses up your fat stores! Breastfeeding burns about five hundred calories everyday so the longer you breast feed, the more calories you burn.
- Consider joining a gym and trade baby sitting hours with a friend so when you each go to do your workout, the other can watch the babies. Some gyms may offer baby sitting services as well.
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