John asks…
Great ways to lose weight after pregnancy?
I am 39 weeks pregnant with my second child in two years, so I know that I have packed on quite a lot of weight.. I am scared to even look at the scales..
I was wondering, does anyone have any great tips for losing weight while breastfeeding a newborn, and taking care of a 13 month old?
weight loss cardiff answers:
Lol! Don’t worry. Just wait a few months til your 13 month old becomes a serious “toddler”. You’ll be running round so much the weight will fall off! ;o) I know. My daughter’s almost 3!
Breast feeding is definately the best way to quickly lose baby belly weight as you probably know. And just watch what you eat. Change to diet soft drinks and nibble on carrot sticks for example instead of crisps and chocolates (if like me you are sweet-toothed) and it’ll make a huge difference.
If you want, join a gym. Okay, I’ll admit it’s not for me, but hey, if you like the dreaded exercise, go for it! Leaving the kids with daddy or the grandparents etc for an hour or two whilst you go workout will do wonders for your sanity! Lol!
I’m due on the 7th of Dec and am also in need of losing a lb or erm… More than two!
I haven’t looked at the scales either. Doesn’t help that with my giant baby belly I couldn’t see what they say anyhow ;o)
Good luck xx
Lisa asks…
Can you still exercise when you are pregnant and get to a healthy weight?
How long can you excercise for when you are pregnant? Up until you are like 8 months? And can you lose weight while you are pregnant if you are eating a healthy diet and excersizing?
weight loss cardiff answers:
You should definitely check out his book http://www.informationsourcebook.com/pregfit
Everyone I know who got it loved it. I tells you how to avoid gaining unecessary weight and what exercises are safe during pregnancy. The exercises apparently also help you have an easier labor/delivery.
The book also helps you get back to your pre-preg wieght or better quickly after you have your kid.
Good luck!
Tom
Steven asks…
What can you do when you are pregnant and overweight?
I have been dieting and have lost 15 pounds so far this year. It’s been a lot of hard work and I have about 30 pounds to go to get to a healthy weight (also my pre-pregnancy weight!) Now I am pregnant with the third (surprise!) baby and I don’t want to lose the ground I’ve already covered! Can I continue to lose weight through a healthy diet and exercise without harming the baby? My thought is that since I’m already overweight, I should not need to gain extra weight while pregnant. Can I “replace” the bad weight with pregnant weight? Although I’d love to be lighter than I am now when the baby is born, that may be unrealistic, but I definitely don’t want to be heavier! Please help.
No sarcastic answers please.
Thanks!
weight loss cardiff answers:
You’re about right in saying you can “replace” bad weight with pregnancy weight. At least that’s what I’m doing. I was about 30 pounds overweight prepregnancy, but I was working on eating more healthily and exercising more often. You will need an increasing number of calories since you’re pregnant, but as long as you make sure those are coming from healthy sources, you won’t gain much weight. It is okay to lose some weight in the first trimester, but after that my doctor doesn’t recommend it. I lost about 7 pounds in my first trimester, but I wasn’t really dieting to see the scale move. I was just making healthier food choices (apples instead of dessert, salad instead of hamburger, water instead of cola…you know what I mean!) and walking or doing my Fit and Firm Preganncy with Denise Austin DVD (lol) every day.
You’ll probably end up weighing more at the end of the pregnancy than you do right now, but not as much as if you’d just eaten whatever, whenever, and sat around like a bump on a log. I’m aiming for a 20-pound weight gain from my current weight (about 174). If you weight more than that, you may can get away with only a 15 pound weight gain. You’ll have to ask your doc to be sure. Just diet to be healthy, not to move the scale, and those pounds will be easier to lose postpartum!
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