Pregnant women have to increase their body mass for babies’ proper development and growth. Mostly mothers to be do not have any issues with fat accumulation. According to doctors, it is recommended to gain just few pounds a month or even less than that in the first trimester. However, later on it may be necessary start gaining about one pound a week depending on whether you were underweight or overweight before pregnancy. Lighter people must add more compare to heavier individuals.
Usually expecting mothers do not try hard to build up pounds, it happens naturally. Health care providers advise to eat more varied and balanced food while bearing a child compare to regular meals when a woman is not pregnant. Plus prenatal vitamins intake create all the conditions for fast body mass grows. Some girls have to go even on a diet during pregnancy if they accumulate more fat than is normal in their particular cases or develop gestational diabetes.
When the time comes to lose those unwanted pounds in many instances this become a huge problem for many individuals. It is much harder to burn those calories than to accumulate the fat. It can even be depressing to look each day in a mirror and see yourself like in a fat suit which you cannot get rid of.
No matter how many pounds you gained during the pregnancy, but on the beginning it might seems like still reachable goal to come back to your pre-pregnancy shape, but later on the process may become harder and harder. At some point a mother might have a feeling that it is not doable at all. That’s why it is important to have some understanding about fat accumulation and its causes in order to control or manage better these happenings.
First of all, the mother who wants to lose weight has to have very strong motivation. It is not ok to be on a diet one day and eat few doughnuts next morning. Try to reach your goal slowly but persistently. Avoid sporadic approaches while on weight control plan.
It is also important to find some support or help from your close ones. Let them know about your plans and ask for creating some conditions which can help in your fat melting process. For example, it is necessary to speak with your husband or partner about healthy food choices. Request your spouse not to eat junk food or avoid too often food consumption in front of you.
Spouses should work as a team in order to get desired results. It is not normal that a husband will buy sweets constantly and wife should torture herself from trying to pretend that she did not see them and do not want treats. No matter whether a person on a diet or not, but when most people see something seductive, it might be hard to control your reasonable actions. That’s why it is better not to see or keep any sweets in your house, and then you won’t think about them at all.
Speak to a doctor when you can start taking your baby outside for a long time. For example, usually it might not be recommended to keep your child on fresh air for few hours in the first weeks of his life even in warm period of year. It is necessary acclimating baby to outdoor slowly. However, if the pediatrician sees no reason that can prevent you from prolong walking then just go ahead and do it.
For many mothers it is hard and boring to do same physical activities home. Usually after first couple of weeks of exercising they quit doing it. Therefore, walking along with proper diet might be the best solution for your weight reduction plan. When on a vacation, try to hike more with your spouse than observe nature from a car window.
To lose weight after pregnancy is hard, but doable for any mother. You need to be and stay active in enjoyable way. Life is short and the more you get older, the faster years go by. That’s why it is important to have a good time in everything you do. If you need to correct something like your body shape, then make this process pleasant also.