How To Diet To Lose Weight Post Delivery

I attended an interesting discussion about diet to lose post delivery flab the healthiest way with Sheila, my friend’s daughter. The professionals stressed making simple adjustments in the regular diet to lose post delivery flab easily.

Here are some of the tips offered by them:

1) Set yourself short term goals of a fortnight to a month: Take the advice of your doctor and dietician and formulate a diet plan that would satisfy the requirements of your body and that of your breastfeeding baby. Setting short term goals acts as a great motivator and inducer of discipline.

2) Try to keep as active as possible: It is quite normal for new mothers to feel a persistent lack of energy after the strenuous phase of childbirth as the body needs time to recoup the earlier energy levels. Coming back to shape and fitness also means keeping as active as possible.

3) Stop eating for two and stick to small meals: Give up the habit of eating for two cultivated during pregnancy; just make sure you have a diet that fulfills your nutritional, mineral and essential fat requirements.  Next it would be advisable to opt for small meals when hungry that is scattered throughout the day; this would help keep your energy levels high and also curb the urge to binge.

4) Eat healthy snacks and stay away from junk foods and aerated drinks: Be a disciplined eater and snack of healthy snacks like nuts, fruit and vegetable slices, milk and oatmeal cookies when necessary. Also stay away from junk foods and aerated as they are not good nutrition wise and just pile up on calories.

5) Drink plenty of water and fruit juices to promote nutrition quotient and curb urge to munch on junk: True that water not only hydrates the system, but also helps to control those urges to munch.

6) Never skip breakfast: Make sure you have a hearty breakfast to keep you energized and motivated to work throughout the day. Skipping breakfast not only induces tiredness and post delivery depression, but also makes the body to go high on carbohydrates and fats to make up for lack of energy and induces binge eating.

7) Avoid second helpings: Eat healthy, but avoid second helpings of even your favorite dishes; be assured of your nutritional requirements, but avoid over-indulgence to lose weight.

8) Make a wise food choice:

a) Opt for whole wheat and multigrain bread and cereals.

b) Opt for low fat milk and yogurt.  

c) Consume fruits like papayas, berries, oranges and apples that are high on fiber and low on fats. Also consume raw vegetables like red pepper stripes, carrots and green and leafy greens like spinach and lettuce.  

d) Opt for fruit and veggie smoothies in place of sauces; also avoid cream in chicken soups and add pureed vegetable soups or veggie purees instead.  

e) Opt for boiled, grilled and baked vegetables, meat and fish in place of fried ones. In addition make sure to use mono or polyunsaturated fats like olive oil or canola as a cooking medium.

Lastly be realistic in your goals; weight loss varies from individual to individual. Stick to your plans and you are sure to lose post delivery weight in a healthy way.