I’m 15 Months Post-pregnancy. I Workout And Try To Eat Right. How Do I Lose Those Last 20 Lb.s?
Submitted by Pregancy WorkOut DVD on November 19, 2009 – 12:52 pm8 Comments
I’m jogging/walking 3-5 times a week. Strenth training 4-5 times a week. I don’t over eat what can I do to get rid of the extra weight?
all my fitness trainers tell me to make sure I’m eating less calories than what I’m using to loss weight, otherwise you will just store it. I have found that with watching what I eat, and doing a good amount of cardio and weight training to be the most effective in loosing my baby weight, but that last 10-20 is the hardest to loose… also be sure not to snack on your kids food & left overs. That is the fastest/easiest way to sneak in extra calories without thinking about it. I think almost every mom does this!!
find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast – they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner – repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
just keep doing what you are doing also it helps to breastfeed.
I hear that last 10-20 is killer. If you are breastfeeding I can almost guarantee that is what’s holding it up. Also, don’t do the same exercises that you have been doing…you’ll want to switch it up a bit. Drink a TON of water and maybe try some over the counter weight loss stimulants.
Weight Watchers is awesome
Try to cut out most of the sugars and carbs form your diet. It will make a huge difference!!! Eat only 3/4 of your food, never eat the whole plate. Do a lot of cardio, don’t even bother with weights at his point, just do cardio for an hour as many days as you can per week. I also take the Hoodia pills, they curve your appetite. But they are not miracle pills, you still need to excercise and eat healty to loose the weight. Also try not to eat much at night, specially after 6 PM. If you are very hungry just eat some light stuff, like yoghurt or apple. I hope it will work for you. I am still working on losing my pregnancy weight, i have 15 lbs. to lose, the baby is almost 4 month old. I gained 66lbs. with her, a lot more then I ever imagined. It is hard to loose it, but be patient and don’t give up!!! Some weeks you may not loose any and some weeks you may loose 2-3 lbs. It all depends on you body.
You mentioned that you are jogging/walking a few times a week. Walking won’t do anything. You need the get your heart rate up, you need to sweat, and keep it up for an hour. Try running , or the eliptical machine (that’s what I use) or take step and kick boxing classes at your gym. They are awsome.
I gained 70 pounds with my son (I’m 4′9″ so it really wasn’t pretty, lol) so I feel your pain! I had lost all of it but about 30 when my son was a year old. I decided to do diet and exercise. I limited my calorie intake quite a bit and ate 5 meals a day instead of the normal 3. My work out program was a mixture of power yoga, strength training, and belly dancing. After about 2 months, the weight was gone
I would say just continue with what you’re doing, it sounds good. And more props to you for actually doing the diet and working out as opposed to setting all your hopes on a diet pill! I wish you all the best with what you are doing!!
breastfeeding will help you loose the weight fast
are you breastfeeding?That can put a hold on things.