What is the best way to lose weight
after giving birth?
There are many mothers who want to get rid of excess weight
immediately after giving birth, but the
period immediately after
giving birth is not the appropriate time to lose weight, especially
if you want to breastfeed. If a lactating mother’s diet is
inadequate in any way, it is unlikely to affect her milk (except in
the most extreme cases); the body will
still produce milk for the
baby, but the mother’s energy level will drop and she may
develop anaemia.
The nursing mother needs approximately 200 calories per day in
addition to what she needed during pregnancy,
so as to ensure
sufficient milk supply for her baby and meet her own nutritional
needs.
Maintaining your weight
Although in most cases it is inadvisable for a new mother to try to
lose weight, she can take measures
to keep her weight steady
and not gain weight. Maintaining weight can be done by means
of the following:
Light exercise
Light exercise,
such as jogging, swimming and so on, will help
strengthen the abdomen and pelvic muscles. We advise you to
exercise for 15 to 30
minutes at least, including exercises aimed
at tightening or strengthening those muscles that have been
affected more than others because of pregnancy. Do this three or
five times a week at least.
If you did not do any
exercise during your pregnancy, start
exercising for 15 minutes at a time only, then increasing gradually
until you get to 30 min. But if you
reduced the frequency of
exercise as your pregnancy advanced, then start at the level at
which you stopped and then increase the level and duration of
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