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When you were pregnant, you watched yourself in the mirror growing big - a change in size almost every other day - and loved it! But once the baby is out, who would want that hanging abdomen to continue growing? But believe me, it is not so easy to get rid of that telltale stomach. It took you all of nine months to grow it, and it is not going to disappear in a hurry! You have to totally retrain yourself in every way, including the way you carry yourself, the way you breathe, and of course watch your posture carefully. Anxious new moms ask themselves whether they would ever be able to wear their pre pregnancy clothes, their tight fitting jeans and body hugging dresses!

It is of course all in your hands. The quicker your awareness, the faster the results. Remember, you have already lost some weight with the delivery - the baby's weight, the weight of the placenta and all those fluids have gone. With your efforts, you will soon lose the remaining extra kilos too! If you have had a normal delivery, consider yourself one of those lucky ones who can start working out almost immediately. Start with walking, go on to aerobics and then to weight training and see the flab melt slowly, no doubt, but surely!

Along with exercise, watch your diet. You are what you eat. Leave behind all that craving for sweets that you indulged in so freely when you were pregnant. Include plenty of fibre in your diet and restrict your intake to the mandatory 1200 calories a day. Make that 1800 calories if you are breastfeeding your infant - after all, your baby needs all the nutrients!

Eat regular meals at the right time. Never skip a meal - that kind of dieting is not going to help because it may make you binge later. Instead eat small meals spread over 3 or 4 times a day.
No sweets, no extra salt! Stop unhealthy snacking and eat plenty of fresh fruits and veggies instead. Dry fruits like almonds and walnuts make excellent healthy snacks between meals if you are hungry.
Watch that belly! It may lead to stress incontinence with the muscles being detached - so start your Kegel's exercises for the pelvis immediately. Ask your gynae for guidance.
Remember that it took you 9 months to gain all that weight, to be transformed from the waif-like figure to that rounded belly - so don't expect miracles to get you back on track again! Be patient and persistent and reap the results!

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