postpartum dieting

I want to share what I learned about post partum dieting.
If you're not breastfeeding, go ahead and eat a little less than you'd need to maintain your normal weight. But don't go on a strict diet — women tend to need a minimum of 1,200 calories a day to stay healthy. You'll want to eat a nutritious, balanced diet to speed your recovery from labor and birth, and to help keep up with the demands of parenthood. The average woman needs between 1,800 and 2,200 calories a day. To lose about a pound a week, cut out 500 calories a day either from food or by exercising regularly

Sample Menu

Sample menu (approximately 1,500 calories) created by Bridget Swinney for postpartum weightloss. She is author of Eating Expectantly and Healthy Food for Healthy Kids and a member of BabyCenter's Medical Advisory Board:
Breakfast
• Two scrambled eggs with light whole grain toast with light margarine
• One percent milk
Snack
• Fresh orange slices
Lunch
• Ham sandwich on light wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and avocado (instead of mayonnaise)
• Carrot and celery sticks
• Fresh kiwi
• One percent milk
Snack
• Baked tortilla chips and salsa
Dinner
• Chinese cabbage salad with vinaigrette (1 tsp. oil with seasoned rice vinegar)
• Stir-fry with shrimp, broccoli, and bell pepper strips over 1 cup brown rice (1 tsp. oil)
• Frozen grapes • Cup of vanilla yogurt

Include in Diet..

A good diet for new moms includes the following:
• Six or more servings of grains/starches, including three whole grains
• Three or more fruits
• Three or more vegetables (including at least one vitamin C-rich and one vitamin A-rich fruit or vegetable each day)
• 4 to 6 ounces of protein from a variety of sources (fish, meat, eggs, nuts)
• Three or more servings of dairy or calcium-rich foods (milk, cheese, yogurt)
• 3 teaspoons of added vegetable fat from canola oil or olive oil or products made with these.

Eight Months

For women who gained the recommended pounds during pregnancy (22-30) it takes about eight months to return to pre pregnancy weight. That is sooo much time!
But supposedly that's what's normal and losing weight more quickly than that isn't healthy.

six weeks

Many women want to start losing weight quickly after giving birth but I, on the other hand, know that it's important to wait at least six weeks before changing my diet to try and slim down. I found an amazing article with lots of tips on how to lose weight after giving birth.
The article even gives ideas on what a healthy diet is for women who have just given birth. I'm going to share some of the information I found on this blog.

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hope this works