| No one ever said losing weight after giving birth | | | | baby is like most, you are not getting nearly |
| was easy. In fact, most women who have been | | | | enough sleep at night, as it is, or eating regularly |
| there will tell you that it can feel nearly impossible. | | | | enough. Which means when baby is napping, you |
| The good news, thankfully, is that about half the | | | | are going to want to take a chance for a much |
| excess weight will disappear on it's own within | | | | needed rest, or meal yourself. |
| three months of the birth. The bad news is: the | | | | The best I found to get any exercise in, when |
| rest of it has moved in to stay unless you work | | | | my kids were babies, was to break my exercise |
| on it. | | | | up into five to ten minute sections, and fitting |
| If you want to start losing weight after giving | | | | them in whenever I could. Otherwise, I would |
| birth, it's a good idea to have a plan of attack. | | | | have needed to pass on losing weight after giving |
| Thinking through what you are going to do can | | | | birth, and waited until my kids were sleeping a |
| save a lot of frustration down the road. For | | | | regular schedule (then I started getting up half an |
| instance, when many people decide to lose | | | | hour before them for some exercise and a light |
| weight, their first thought is to sign up at a gym. | | | | jog). |
| But will that really work for you? Do you have | | | | Some more good news: if you are having trouble |
| the time, energy, and babysitters to be going to | | | | figuring out how and when you can get some |
| the gym for half an hour a day (plus travel time), | | | | exercise in during the day, there is help available. |
| or even three hours a week? Most new mothers | | | | In fact, other mothers, just like us, have taken |
| certainly don't. | | | | the time to put together their advice, experience, |
| Well, how about working out at home? Taking half | | | | and suggestions as a program to help with losing |
| an hour while baby is napping, to do some yoga | | | | weight after giving birth, especially for working |
| or cardio? Might sound good in theory, but if your | | | | moms. |