Women know best how hard it is for them to lose the extra pounds after pregnancy. It’s a hard situation, especially while the newborn child is only a few weeks or months old and the mother needs to watch for every single step and be there to change diapers, breastfeed, and everything else. Of course, every father has his own responsibilities as well but unfortunately, the first weeks are like men working to have enough money for the family while women staying home with their babies.
However, there are several ways to approach proper weight loss after pregnancy. If you still don’t find enough time for yourself to go to the gym and have proper exercise, you can choose alternatives. I will try to present 3 tips which can be useful!
1. Diet and habits
Try changing your diet for good. To truly lose weight after pregnancy you must stop overeating. It may be hard in the first days and weeks but then it will become easy to follow. Reward yourself in some unique way, like if you’ve managed to get rid of the unnecessary eating for a month buy yourself one of your favorite clothes or shoes. Of course, this is an idea only because such rewarding can be anything else as well.
Unhealthy habits like nighttime working, drinking, and smoking should also stop. Smoking itself won’t make you fat, but since it will create some amount of tension in your organism, your reflex will be eating something as quickly as possible. Also, drinking, especially evening drinking influences your nighttime sleep. Overworking, night shifts, or anything similar also makes you stay up until late. Doctors have already found out that not sleeping enough means you are even more exposed to getting fat in time.
2. Improve your sexual life
If there are any changes, be into having sex with your husband at least 3 times per week or more preferably once per day. This will make both of you happier so that arguing and fighting within your marriage will stop. Also, being more relaxed gives you great resting sleep at night. I say resting sleep because not every time you go to sleep is a resting one. In order to truly give a pause to your system, your body needs to enter deep sleep at night, without waking up before the morning comes.
Also, since sex means movement, you will burn a lot of fat with good sex. There are various sex positions, you can experiment with any positions and rediscover the sexual passion within your relationship. Being in a marriage without such tension means you won’t be that exposed to eating every time you are stressed.
3. Simple exercises at home
Alongside everything else mentioned above in this article, you can schedule a daily exercise routine easy to perform at home. The best timing for this is early in the morning, but any other time of the day works as well. If your child is still below 3 years old, you can only do this once the child is sleeping or once there is a babysitter taking care of for a couple of hours each day.
If you can afford it, buying exercise machines is also a smart idea. It’s true that you need to spend a lot on the machines, but afterward, they’re all yours!
