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To lose pregnancy weight, start your day with oatmeal and an apple. Credit: Getty Images
Even fitness pros have to work hard to lose weight after a pregnancy. Two experts tell ParentDish they have new respect for moms trying to get back into shape after having their own children.
However, Lindsay Brin, owner of St. Louis-based Moms Into Fitness, and Kara Mohr, owner of Louisville, Ky.-based Mohr Results, say there are a few secrets to getting back into your favorite jeans.
First : Remember it took nine months to gain the weight, so plan on it taking just as long to lose it. It's a battle to turn off the pregnancy and breastfeeding eating, but with these tips you can control some of it.
- Never start your day off at a drive-through. An unhealthy breakfast can lead to unhealthy food choices for the rest of the day. "I tell people to eat oatmeal and an apple for breakfast," Brin says in a phone interview. If you're in a hurry, grab an oatmeal bar for the road.
- Use the plate method. Make sure half your plate is covered with vegetables, one quarter of it with protein and the other quarter with whatever you want. Making sure your meals are veggie focused is not only healthier, but it means fewer calories, too.
- Don't eat two dinners. Eating with your kids and then eating again when your spouse gets home is a sure-fire way to keep the weight on. Try sitting down with a cup of flavored tea while the kids eat, so there's a sense of ritual, and then eat your meal sitting down with your spouse later.
- Skip the BLT diet. Moms can add a tremendous amount of calories through a series of bites, licks and tastes, says Mohr. She says cutting that out helped one of her clients lose eight pounds.
- You bite it, you write it. Keeping track of everything you eat during the day may sound overwhelming. But the "you bite it, you write it" method makes it easier to keep track of calories, Mohr says in a phone interview. It also makes you more aware of the food you're eating throughout the day,not just at mealtime.
"They're paid to look good," Brin says. "And they have to put in hard work, too."
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4-01-2011 @ 4:20PM
Leanne said...If you really want to lose weight after you have a baby:
1) don't snack
2) use THIS plate method: half your plate should be meat, preferably from ruminants (beef, bison, venison, goat, lamb...) and preferably of a fatty cut of meat and the other half of the plate should be veggies
3) don't eat any grains
4) don't eat anything that comes in a box, that you didn't cook yourself, or that you can't identify and see each ingredient in the food
5) don't eat sugar, fake, real, natural or otherwise
6) don't drink your calories
Voila: you will be thin in a couple of months. Even if you haven't been pregnant in a LONNGGG time.
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4-05-2011 @ 1:02PM
Lavinia said...Breastfeeding is the best post-baby weight loss! How else can you burn an extra 1000 calories a day without moving a muscle? VS models Giselle Bundchen and Miranda Kerr credit it with their getting back into model shape. Sadly I don't have a figure THAT good to get back myself :)
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