5 Things you need to know about Breastfeeding and Exercising..
1. Eat balanced meals and snacks every few hours. Newborns generally eat every few hours, which means your body is using energy to produce milk that often too. Keeping the body supplied with energy and nutrients helps ensure that it never perceives it is "starving" and can continually burn maternal fat stores.
2. Drink plenty of water. Breastmilk is 50% water, and water is also an important part of the metabolic p ... rocess. A good rule of thumb is to drink at least eight ounces of water or another healthy beverage after every nursing session around the clock. If you are exercising or it is extremely hot, more will likely be needed to maintain proper hydration levels.
3. Hunger cues are the way the body communicates its need for more energy. Do not ignore hunger cues or delay responding, even if you only ate a short time before. Since the body will burn carbohydrates quickly, make sure you also have protein or a serving of healthy fats with your carbohydrates to keep you satisfied.
4. Remember that you gained weight slowly and you should lose weight slowly. Don't try to do anything drastic to lose weight faster. Instead, work on establishing healthy eating and fitness habits that will allow you to maintain a healthy rate of weight loss without dieting or feeling hungry or deprived.
5. If you are exercising, have a physically demanding or active job, or spend much of your day running around after other children and caring for your home, you may need even more calories than you think. Most times, hunger will help guide your intake to meet these increased needs as you work or care for your family. As long as you are listening to your hunger cues and eating enough to satisfy those cues, you should be meeting your body's needs. If you are not seeing slow, steady weight loss and you are eating more than you did during pregnancy but are also exercising and active, try adding several hundred more nutrient-rich calories for a couple weeks and see how your body responds. We know it seems backwards but with breastfeeding many times, more is less in that more calories consumed means less maternal fat stores needed. DressAfford elegant style items to wear of the prom
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