Many women are scared of stepping on the scale after giving birth.Depending on your pre-pregnancy weight, you may have a long road before you get back to your “normal” weight range after pregnancy. A lot
of this weight is shed off immediately after giving birth because your body no longer needs an amniotic fluid or the placenta, but you will still be heavier than you were before pregnancy.How can you shed this weight and reclaim your body?Lets be honest, there is no magic trick, but aside from the obvious (good eating habits working out…etc, a lot of it is your mental well-being. Having an infant to take care of is WORK. A lot of work. Where are you going to find the time to take care of yourself? Or even more so, where are you going to find the motivation?Here are some suggestions
- Remove bad food from the house: “You are what you eat.” If you are eating junk food, it may make you feel like junk. Remove the HORRIBLE, over the top, high calorie food that you allowed yourself when you were pregnant.
- Surround yourself with people that have similar goals: Most new moms are in the same boat. Bond with moms that need to find their motivation. You could build great friendships, and feel great about yourselves in the process.
- Change your relationship with food: Recognize that food is fuel, not a “treat.” Food is a life line for you in a time when you need to replenish important vitamins, and this is especially true if you are breastfeeding.
- Get out and get active: Studies show if you can get some vitamin D and just go for a light walk, you are doing a HUGE service to yourself. This will help your overall mood AND help shed some calories
