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omen who breastfeed exclusively for the first 4 months and continue to breastfeed until the baby is at least six months will have a weight loss greater than mothers who breastfeed their baby bottle.It is not recommended to follow a strict regime or training to excess during the first six weeks after birth in order to lose your excess weight.
The first week after delivery to serve you again forces, to rebuild your supply of nutrients and to get used to breastfeeding and your new lifestyle.
A full day of breastfeeding, at 8 to 12 feedings a day, a loss of 500 calories or more calories.
The energy you need to breastfeed your baby has reserves of fat accumulated during pregnancy. The weight that you take during these nine months was thus a real physiological purpose. It gives you the energy you need to breastfeed your newborn.
The weight loss will be gradual. Breastfeeding can burn up to 500 kcal per day and even more! If you decide to reduce your intake of calories to lose weight, be sure not to consume less than 1 500 calories per day because you may reduce the volume of milk produced. The weight loss is more obvious after five months. Do not therefore!
The weight loss will naturally during the first year after childbirth, particularly 5 months after birth and more. For information on healthy weight, click here.
Here are some tips to promote weight loss, especially during the first six weeks after delivery:
Evaluate your plate to find improvements to your eating habits.
Drink plenty of fluids, especially water.
Eat nutritious snacks during the day.
Begin or start a program of light physical activity.
You must make your reservations nutrients and maintain a good energy level during the first year after childbirth so you can cope with your busy schedule.
You can move gradually to a level of physical activity means if you worked slowly over months to achieve this goal. The adoption of a physical activity program after the first six weeks after birth is more realistic and will help promote a gradual weight loss.
Remember to offset the rising intensity of your physical activity program eating accordingly and you rehydrate effectively so as not to exhaust you and you still have energy at the end of the day
Be physically active after breast or extract your milk and drink before, during and after physical activity and all feedings. Click here to discover some facts about the exercise and breastfeeding.
