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The natural process of breast-feeding your child will allow you to enhance your weight loss abilities.
You just had a baby, but during your pregnancy you gained a few extra pounds, pounds you are now ready to relinquish. But wait, they don’t seem to be co-operating. What can you do? Women generally gain between 25 and 35 pounds during pregnancy and of course lose between 12 and 15 pounds after giving birth. You can help yourself lose the additional weight postpartum. The secret is to breast-feed your child. Research indicates that women who breast-feed their child all or most meals lose more weight in the first six months after giving birth than do women who feed their child formula. The reason is that it requires work from the body to produce the milk you feed your child. As much as 500 calories are required each day for the body to manufacture milk. If you do the math, that’s 3,500 calories, or one pound lost, per week. Coupled with an exercise program and a healthy diet, a mother can lose all the weight she gained during pregnancy postpartum, usually in nine to eleven months. Some addition facts to consider:
Be patient. If you follow these guidelines, you can expect to get back to you desired weight within a year. “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” – James Baldwin
The copyright of the article Postpartum Weight-Loss in Fitness Trends is owned by Chris Christian. Permission to republish Postpartum Weight-Loss in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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