How to Lose Weight After Giving Birth
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After your baby is born, there are two priorities, bonding with the new child and getting back to your pre-pregnancy levels of health and wellbeing. In this article, we can help with the latter. Using the tips below, you can start to lose your postpartum body weight safely and confidently.
Walk More
Shortly after you have given birth, your body has a lot of excess weight and calories; while this can be surprising at first, the good news is that returning to an average weight is easier than you might think. Still, it requires some effort in the form of exercising and eating a balanced diet.
As well as carrying excess weight, your body will be delicate after giving birth; that’s why most medical professionals would recommend begging your weight loss journey with some gentle walking. Use an app to control your walking exercise and obtain monitor your weight loss stats.
Pelvic Tilts
During childbirth, the hips and abdomen muscles move apart to allow the baby through, so this area is delicate in the days after the baby is born. However, this area is also your body’s core and makes the best foundation to start building strength back and losing some of the calories.
Pelvic tilts are a useful exercise to help realign your abdomen and strengthen your core, but before you start your strength and weight loss journey, talk to your medical professional and make sure your core is aligned properly, then search the American Sports and Fitness Association.
Ab Crunches
Again, the abdomen is the core of your body and the best place to start building strength for your journey back to your target weight. Basic crunches can be performed in a few minutes and help to build back your core strength, but you need to make sure your abs are aligned first.
During childbirth, the abs have a tendency to move apart, creating gaps between them. These gaps can lead to injuries when you exercise prematurely. To avoid any ab injuries, perform a light crunch and place your fingers above the belly button. If you can put three fingers into the space, it’s time to seek some medical attention before continuing with your fitness training.
Breastfeeding
Whether you enjoy breastfeeding or not, it’s one of the best ways to lose many of the calories you built up during pregnancy and return the uterus to its normal size. On average, breastfeeding your new baby burns around 600 calories a day, much better than ab crunches.
Although breastfeeding burns a lot of calories naturally, this isn’t the only thing you need to do to lose the weight. Along with breastfeeding, you also have to eat a well-balanced diet that doesn’t contribute more unwanted calories to the process. So, continue with your healthy pre-birth diet.
High Cardio
If you want to lose weight fast postpartum, then try high cardio sessions. High cardio burns calories faster than sustained exercise, so if you want to drop your postpartum weight faster, download a fitness app and find five or ten minutes in the day to raise your heart rate and break a sweat.
