 How
I lost my pregnancy weight
With celebrity mums stick-thin only weeks (or even days) after
delivering their stellar offspring, we asked real mums how they shed the
pregnancy pounds without the benefit of a handsome personal trainer and
chef…
>>The celeb way - find out how they
became fit mamas!
"I put her in the pram and put my headphones
in"
"It has taken me three years to get back to normal and I wasn't following
any diets! Actually, I think I am still heavier than I was pre-pregnancy
but am back in my old clothes. What I used to do, when my daughter was
very little, was put her in the pushchair at naptime and walk with my
headphones in, listening to music, once or twice a day for 20 minutes.
Gradually I got back into exercising twice a week, but that took me a
year or two!" Sam
"I breastfed and the pounds fell off"
"My story is pretty simple, I just breastfed and the pounds fell off.
I gained 50 pounds with both pregnancies and I didn't do anything in particular
to lose it. I eat pretty well anyway and I do regular exercise (I don't
go to a gym or anything). Guinivere is 14 months (almost) and I was back
to a size 10 when she was about 6-8 months. Breastfeeding is the best
(for you and the baby): I am convinced this is what made me loose the
'baby weight' so quickly." Steffe
"I have gained weight and feel better in myself"
"I lost weight after I had my daughter by going to Weight Watchers and
aerobics. BUT I personally feel that WW has had the opposite effect on
me as it has made me more conscious of food, but that's a whole other
story… I haven't lost anything since having my son, in fact I've gained,
but I feel better than I ever have in myself." Al
"Not having time to eat properly"
"Breastfeeding, breastfeeding and more breastfeeding - it's amazing how
the weight dropped off without doing anything! Oh, and brisk walks up
hills with the pushchair. And not having time to eat properly." Joanna
"Breastfeeding and aqua aerobics"
"Like the others, breastfeeding. I put on 3.5 stone with the first and
had lost all but 5lb by the time I got pregnant again. I also did some
aqua aerobics when I'd got expressing to a fine art!" Jenny
"I walk for one or two hours every day"
"Breastfeeding every hour or two, with around five hours' sleep! I've
also been going on 1-2 hour walks every day. Not been too careful with
food, have chocolate most days, but been eating loads of good, wholesome
home-cooked meals since she was born. Put on around three stone while
I was pregnant, got about ten pounds to go to pre-pregnancy weight." Laura
"I'm doing Rosemary Conley's 'Lose a Stone in a Month' diet"
"I breastfed for 7months and actually put on loads of weight as I never
had time to eat the right food. I found it easier to scoff on chocolate
and snacks and am regretting it now. I'm losing the weight by following
the Rosemary Conley 'Lose a Stone in a Month' diet. It's working really
well and I'm doing loads of walking with the pushchair. I've got my wedding
in Easter as a huge incentive." hbunn
"The best diet is willpower"
"You know what the best way to lose those baby pounds is, just by eating
low-fat healthy foods. I gained 3 stone the first time and 5 stone with
my second pregnancy but lost all the weight within a few months just by
eating sensibly and not cheating. The best diet is will power AND low-fat
foods. There are many foods out there that are very low in fat to give
you a variety of meals and then the pounds will drop off. This has worked
for me every time and keeps me in a size 10-12." Littledarlings
"Breastfeeding, exercising and the GI diet"
"I put on 2 stone when pregnant with JJ, I lost one stone really quickly
within a couple of months, probably due to breastfeeding. Once I stopped
breastfeeding I started exercising and also went onto the GI diet, and
found the rest of the weight came off quite easily." Kirstie
"I am following Slimming World"
"I'd gone up to a size 16 after having my son and then got back down
to my size 14 within about six months. At the moment, I am following Slimming
World (which is just sensible eating) but can't make the meetings as I
haven't enough time. However, I am now down to size 12 and aiming for
another stone to get me to a smaller 12 or size 10, which I was about
four years ago." Kirsti
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