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Successful Weight Loss After Pregnancy |
by:
Beverley Brooke |
How fast you lose weight will depend onnumber of factors, includingamount of weight you gained during your pregnancy.
Most women will lose anywhere from onezero-onefour pounds withinfirst two weeks of delivery. This weight may be attributed primarily toloss of excess fluid inbody,baby's weight,placenta and amniotic fluid. Some women might loselittle bit less, and others might loselittle bit more.
Asuterus shrinks back down to its normal size and your hormone levels continue to fall, you will lose weight. Most women gain at least seven pounds of fat during pregnancy. This fat is meant to help women store energy while breastfeeding. How fast this weight comes off will depend onnumber of factors including: genetics, your overall health, diet and exercise.
You should expect that it will takelittle bit of time to loseweight you gained during pregnancy. It did after all take you nine months to put that weight on! Many women have successfully lost weight however, in justfew short months afterdelivery.
Some women will hang on tolast few pounds they have to lose until they stop breastfeeding. Your body may want to cling tofew extra pounds to ensure you have enough energy to provide adequate milk forbaby. Every woman's experience is unique with respect to this.
The good news is that withsolid nutritional program and with moderate exercise, you can expect to loseweight you gained during pregnancy withinreasonable time frame.
Most women will be back to their pre pregnancy weight within nine months of delivering IF they followregular exercise program and eat healthily after delivery. That said some women will lose their pregnancy weight in as little as six to twelve weeks!
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Article by Beverley Brooke, author of "Ensurehealthy safe pregnancy for you and your baby", visit http://www.pregnancy-weight-loss.comfor more on weight loss after pregnancy
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