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Originally Posted by americanwoman  I am looking for any advice from women, or guys with a woman who had a baby, on how to loose the baby weight. I am due any day now to go and I want to have some sort of plan. I am planning on doing lots of exercising and I heard breast feeding really helps, but I would like to know some tips how to loose it. I am very lucky not to have gotten any stretch marks but I just feel huge and want to get back down as soon as I can.  |
You can do this. Definitely, definitely breastfeed. It burns calories like it's going out of style. I couldn't exercise for 6 weeks because of my c-section, but that didn't stop me from losing a lot of weight during that time. I did take 4-mile walks almost every day about 2 weeks after the c-section. If you don't have a c-section, you can start exercising sooner. I did this DVD, and I loved it. I'm still doing it. To me, it's a fanstastic work-out. I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight in about 4 months. Don't let the breastfeeding fool you into thinking you don't have to exercise. There's a group of us that met at a breastfeeding support group. None of them are back to their pre-pregnancy weight. They weren't/aren't as determined as I was. It sounds like you're like me. I think they also took the calorie-burner thing for granted and continued to eat more than they needed.
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Lots of women have problems with breastfeeding. If your baby is having problems latching on, please seek the help of a lactation consultant. I hear of so many women who give up. I was determined to breastfeed. It is beautiful, calorie-buring, the best source of food for your baby, and EASY. Sure, you're the one that's going to have to get up with your baby, but there's no mixing, no heating up, no nothing. DRINK LOTS OF WATER. You're supposed to consume 96 oz. of water a day while breastfeeding.
So to sum it up:
(1) breastfeed
(2) walk (take your baby for walks every day--the fresh air is great for her/him)
(3) do the DVD work-out
(4) eat healthily