Exciting Ways to Lose Weight After The Baby is Born
Most women who have given birth discover that, once the baby has been born, there is still work to be done if they want to fit into their old clothes. After giving birth, you are not going to feel even a little bit like doing a bunch of extra exercise and you have already gotten used to a high calorie diet so switching to a lower calorie diet is going to seem too stressful. The good news is that the three tips below will help you lose that post-baby weight and they’re easy enough that any woman can do them. So, if you have just had your child, and you are desperate to get back to your pre-baby weight, just follow these tips.
Drawing In: This exercise is great for women who have just given birth because, in addition to helping you lose weight, it will make your back, abs and core stronger which will help you regain your posture as well as increasing your metabolism. Position yourself on all fours with your hands directly underneath your shoulders. Then you pull in your abs while taking care to keep your neck and spine in a line. Breathe in through your nostrils while you keep your back straight and then, while pulling your navel up into your spine (while keeping the spine still) breathe back out. Do this twelve times and then do three sets of twelve to really work out your abs and your core.
The Super Crunch: This exercise should be included as part of every post-birth workout. For this specific exercise, lie down on the floor, bend your knees and keep your feet flat on the floor. Put your hands behind your head, breathe in and out and, while holding your abs in, lift your shoulders and head off of the floor. Hold that position while you also lift your knees until they are touching your elbows while you also lift your hips up slightly off of the ground. Slowly put your body back into its beginning position. Do three sets of twelve to twenty to get your abs into the best shape you’ve ever seen while losing weight really quickly.
Walking: Harvard commissioned a study in 2007 that proved that a half an hour of walking every day improves a woman’s likelihood of losing her post-pregnancy weight. The women in this study lost more than ten pounds each and they had all reached their weight loss goals by the time their children turned one year old. So get outside and breathe in that fresh air! The time of day that you choose to walk is not remotely important but if you want to take your baby with you (in the stroller or in a carrier) you need to be sure to walk when the weather will be hospitable for your baby.
Take lots of fluids with you when you go. Do this every day and you’ll lose that weight in no time. These exercises, if you do them often enough, will give you fantastic results in just a few weeks. They are easily done while your baby rests and are easy to spread out through your day instead of trying to do them all at once. Of course, doing them all at once, or doing any exercise for twenty to thirty minutes three times per week will help you shed that baby weight quicker. So, if you do these exercises as often as your body will let you, you’ll be able to get back into your pre-baby pants way faster than you had imagined.
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