How to Lose Weight After Pregnancy

I don't know why so many women are surprised to have gained a few extra pounds during their pregnancy. Nearly all women do and most don't find it that easy to get straight back to the weight they were before.

Exercise

Exercise is not only beneficial to weight loss but will obviously improve your cardiovascular fitness. Those activities may include: running, walking, skating, bicycling, hiking, or even rope skipping. Cardiovascular fitness is essential for both a healthy heart and mind. Aerobic workouts will burn body fats and sugars stored in the muscle cells for energy.

The definition of aerobic is `with oxygen,' the oxygen from the blood is required to fuel the muscles. This type of exercise will increases lung capacity and decrease LDL cholesterol levels. Also improve your stamina and provides stress reduction and of course the all important burning of body fat.

Diet and Exercise

Anyone wishing to loose weight through diet and exercise should always approach both carefully avoiding crash dieting and over exercise. Any aerobic workout should be structured and tailored to your individual needs. If you haven't taken much exercise for the last 9 months or so, then you must be careful not to do too much too soon. Aerobic training does not build muscle to any significant degree, but if overdone, you can `waste' muscle, so be careful not to over exercise.

The Fit Yummy Mummy

One programme of diet and structured exercise developed specifically for post pregnancy women is The Fit Yummy Mummy Lifestyle System

The Author is Holly Rigsby, a busy Mother of a young son and a certified Personal Trainer. Holly found herself during her pregnancy gaining weight which following the birth of her son, left her feeling low. Desperate to get rid of the weight, Holly tried all the normal "boring aerobic classes and workouts" as she refers to them.Going to a gym wasn't an option either; Holly was unwilling to leave her young son!

The realisation was that she needed a workout that she could do in the comfort of her own home, specifically aimed at women post-pregnancy made up of, Fun, Fast Sessions to help loose the lingering "Baby Fat". This became "The Fit Yummy Mummy Workout" The 16 week Busy Moms Lifestyle System will show you all you need to know about and fully explains everything from Workout through to Sensible Meal Planning...read more