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Precautions for Weight Loss after Delivery

Precautions for Weight Loss after Delivery

Post delivery time is very crucial for a woman as she has to cope with the rigours of childbirth. Weight loss after delivery should be done in consultation with a dietician or nutrition expert. Effective weight loss is achieved with a proper diet plan keeping in mind the health condition. There are certain precautions to be kept in mind for aiding weight loss after delivery. Read on to know more.

Weight control is a matter of concern for almost all women after delivery. Apart from being a physical issue, for many a weight gain of around 30 pounds becomes as emotional issue as well. Thus, instead of getting overtly worked up, it is important that women develop an understanding of just how much weight gain is considered to be natural during pregnancy.

It is found that a weight gain of around 15-30 pounds is absolutely normal during pregnancy. Now when you are looking forward to lose weight, you must realise that is too a gradual process and weight loss does not happen overnight. So the mantra is to be patient and take effective measures.

Pregnancy and childbirth is a big thing for the body. The body adapts and adjusts to a lot of changes and one has to take several precautions while planning to achieve anything with it. Working towards weight loss is one of them.

Believe in Facts and Not Myths

This is perhaps the most important issue that needs to be understood in this regard. A drastic weight loss can be dramatic but not normal. Like the weight gain process as said earlier, gradual weight loss is the ‘norm’.

In many women it is found that it might take almost a year to lose the weight that they had gained during pregnancy. In such cases, either there is some serious issue with the individual, or that she might not be trying enough. Or it may so happen that this natural for her, given the medical condition she is in, this implies to the adaptation and physical complications that arise due to pregnancy.

In certain pregnancy complications, the woman might feel weak and her natural mobility might be affected; hence the delay in weight loss. In these particular cases, it is always advisable to seek and follow the advice of the doctor and not take weight loss measures on your own.

The Precautions that You Need to Take in this Regard Are:

Do not go for crash diets if you are suffering from post partum inflammation of the thyroid gland, that is, thyroditis. This is observed to be a common complication for most women. It usually results in the inability to lose weight by simple measures that are otherwise found to be effective on others.

Then under several other medical conditions, weight loss might be hampered. This means that the medicines create impediments in enhancing the metabolism of the body. This is very important that the metabolism of the body is heightened in order to render effective weight loss.

Myths Can be Dangerous

Myths regarding immediate weight loss after delivery mostly circles around celebrity weight loss rumors. This is why it is always better to know the facts which basically prevent you from falling prey to such stories and myths. It is always the doctor who is best equipped to advice on what should be a safe weight loss program for you. For every individual it is customised program as no two pregnancy cases are similar given the condition of the body of the mother and several other associative factors.

Avoid Crash Diets

This is also a work of the rumour mills where it is believed that weight loss after delivery can be easily attained through some magic diets. One needs to be realistic enough to understand that there can be no fad diet programs that will give you the desired result by taking into consideration the natural requirements of the mother after delivery. This means that post delivery when you are nursing your baby, it is essential that your body’s nutritional requirements are met. After all it is this nutrition which you are obtaining through your regular diet that goes on to produce your breast milk, the food for your baby.

Therefore, there are lot of considerations you need to be aware of when you want to lose weight safely, both for you and your baby. Crash diets might give you instant results but is extremely harmful for your body in the long run. After all, your body is just beginning to build up its natural resistance after the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth. So you must allow this process to happen smoothly and carefully.




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