The experience of being a new mom is amazing. No words can express it. You must have gained a lot of weight during pregnancy and now thinking of how to lose those extra pounds. But, before planning for a weight loss, you need to consider a lot of factors concerning you, your baby and also your body. First and foremost, don’t even think of doing any exercises until your baby is six to eight weeks old, if you had a normal delivery. In any other case, you need to get strict advice from your physician, regarding when to start working out.

Thinking about working out, you can start with small exercises which you had done during your trimester stage of pregnancy. Taking your baby for a walk in a stroller is another great idea to enjoy your walking. Start by walking 10 minutes first and then gradually you can increase up to 30 minutes a day. You should understand your body well enough so that if you feel any kind of irritation, stress or fatigue you should immediately take rest. Don’t go for hard workouts such as jumping or skipping as it can cause injury to your joints. Yoga is the best in house workout for a new mom as it not only helps to lose weight, but also gives full body relaxation.

Never think of dieting, especially if you are breastfeeding. Lots of nutrition rich foods are essential for your body to produce good quantity of quality milk. Your baby gets all the essentials for his growth and development along with life long immunity only from your breast milk. Hence it is very important to choose the food you eat during breastfeeding. A breastfeeding mother should consume 1800-2000 calories a day from healthy and nutritious food to cope up with the energy lost during breastfeeding. Never depend on junk foods to compensate the calories. Breastfeeding also helps to lose weight, but the result may not be visible in the short run.

Unlike other people, new moms should not go for quick weight loss as it can cause a lot of health risks for themselves as well as their babies in the long run. If you had only normal weight gain during pregnancy and had a normal delivery, you can easily lose weight and get back in shape with normal exercises along with healthy eating. Again, this is possible only within eight to twelve months after delivery. It may sound like a slow and long process but that’s the only way for a healthy weight loss after pregnancy.

Enjoy your motherhood and be patient to get back in shape. Its worth waiting!