by Teresa Brown
A mother's life is so focused on her family that she has a
tendency to "let herself go" resulting in a mom with a
weight problem. The inability to lose pregnancy weight fast
is strongly correlated with how you deal with food and the
kind of lifestyle you live. The following reasons are some
of the most common obstacles that prevent women from losing
the excess body fat and keeping it off.
1. Making Poor Food Choices
If the majority of the food you buy from the grocery store
is packaged in a box or can, then you need to make some
serious changes. Most processed foods are high in fat, sugar
and salt and low in vitamins and minerals because these
foods are changed from their organic state for reasons of
safety, longer shelf life and convenience. Processed foods
are bad for your health and can be a roadblock to lose your
pregnancy weight fast.
Not all processed foods are bad. Frozen fruit or vegetables
are good because they still retain their nutrients. As a
general rule, shop mainly around the perimeter of the
grocery store because that's where the fresh produce and
meats are. When buying processed foods remember to read the
ingredients and product labels to know the salt, fat, and
sugar content in the products.
2. Super Size Me
Fast food is addictive. The convenience of fast food is an
easy meal solution for moms on the go. But due to the high
in saturated fat, sugar, salt content, these foods are just
empty calories. Eating too much fast food will increase
your size and is a definite self-sabotage to losing the
pregnancy weight fast.
You don't have to spend hours in the kitchen to eat healthy
meals. Organization and planning ahead are two useful skills
to have when running a busy household. This will allow you
to be able to cook and eat at home. You can discover the
many healthy and tasty recipes by buying a health cook book
or surfing the Internet for free recipes.
3. Bad Eating Habits
Do you eat during the wrong times of the day? Some moms are
so preoccupied with looking after the baby, running errands,
and so on that they forget to eat until the end of their
day. Not fueling your body properly and frequently will
affect your metabolism's normal rate of activity and prevent
you from losing your pregnancy weight fast. Skipping meals
such as breakfast or eating just one big meal for the day
only serves to make your body conserve energy instead of
burning it.
A lethargic metabolism burns less fat making it difficult to
lose pregnancy weight fast. Eating five to six smaller
healthy meals throughout your day will keep your metabolism
humming and you'll burn more calories.
4. Emotional Eating
Do you eat and drink empty calories while watching your
favorite TV show? We all have foods that soothe us when we
are depressed, stressed or bored. Unfortunately, these
comfort foods and are high in fats, salt, sugar and often
times cholesterol.
Remove the temptation to eat junk food by not buying them.
Why not buy healthy snacks instead? Emotional eaters can
seek the appropriate help to learn how to conquer their urge
to medicate themselves with food. Every little change and
effort counts when you want to lose pregnancy weight fast.
5. Lack of Exercise
A busy mom's life maybe fast paced, but if she's not losing
the pregnancy weight fast, it's because she's not getting
enough exercise. Driving around town doing errands, picking
up after your toddler and looking after a household can keep
you busy but not burning the baby fat.
If you want to lose pregnancy weight fast, you have to do
some form of daily exercise that elevates your heart rate
for at least 30 minutes. Going for a brisk walk, every day
rain or shine, will keep the pounds off and you healthy.
Make fitness a family affair and plan a Saturday afternoon
to go roller balding or playing Frisbee at the park. The
choices are endless when it comes to fitness activities.
So have fun and in time exercise will be a normal part of
your daily lifestyle.
Take responsibility for your health by being an informed
consumer. Eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole
grains and lean meats. Exercise daily with and without your
family. Life is what you make it, so take charge to live
healthy and make it fun.
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lose the pregnancy weight with a lifestyle change. Teresa
Brown writes about women's health and wellness.
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