Moms can Lose Weight after Giving Birth the Practical Way
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by: TeresaBrown
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If you are a cardio lover and are still struggling to lose the pregnancy weight, then the writing is on the wall. Find out what that writing on wall has to say to solve the mystery of why, with all your hard work, you are not shedding the pounds.
We can easily drown in the sea of information that is available on fitness and health. One needs to find a means of sifting through it all. The following will save you "sifting" time and make your efforts to lose your tummy worth your while.
1. Cardio exclusively is not the answer to weightloss.
Cardiologists love cardio because it is the exercise that is best for strengthening our heart and keeping it healthy. It also builds up your muscles endurance. Even though cardio burns calories, its overall effect, when done too much in tandem with a diet can result in losing your muscle mass. Therefore, you will get slim but have no muscle tone.
For the determined Mom who is trying to burn the baby fat with spending her valuable workout time only doing cardio such as running, the disappointing news is that your body eventually adjusts to the type of cardio that you perform and you will not lose any more weight. This means that your 45 min run 2 months ago would have burned more calories than the same activity today. This is a possible piece of the puzzle as to why you are not getting "there".
2. Using weights to get toned go together like Bonnie and Clyde.
As they saying goes, "if you don't use it, you'll lose it" and the same applies to our muscles. And to make things worse, our muscles naturally deteriorate as we age. However, we can re-build our "unused" muscle mass to get our muscles lean and toned if we include some resistance strength training into our workout routine. Resistance training is the strength training that is used to tone and strengthen your muscles.
Unlike the other forms of strength training such as weightlifting and bodybuilding, resistance training does not make you bulky. Also to gain "big" muscles involves more than just lifting weights a few times a week. Bulking up requires an increased caloric intake especially lean proteins and anabolic hormones to stimulate muscle growth in size.
It would be to your advantage to incorporate weights in your workout routine. When you tone and strengthen your muscles, you will be essentially increasing the "fat burning" capability of your body. It will increase your metabolism, burn the baby fat and reduce your waist size, lower your body mass index and give you more energy to feel and look fabulous.
3. Weight training is Practical.
Resistance training is a good ally to have on your side in the war to lose the pregnancy weight. The techniques for each exercise are easy to master and the equipment is inexpensive. The workouts can be done at home within 20 minutes with very little equipment such as dumbbells or an exercise ball.
Gym memberships can be taxing on the family budget and on your time. Your best bet would be to workout at home. This is possible with a resistance workout because it requires any type of external resistance, whether it is elastic, water, free or body weight, to work your muscles. It will not only save you money but it will save you time as well because a workout lasts no more than 20 minutes.
Although exercise is key to losing the baby fat, you need to utilize the most effective exercises to lose weight. By incorporating resistance training into your workout routine, you will reap the most benefits and get back into your skinny jeans sooner than later.
About the Author
Teresa Brown is a dedicated advocate for women's health and wellness. For more information about losing the baby fat and on losing pregnancy weight the healthy way for the long run, visit Teresa's blog.
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