- 1). Exercise as often as possible after giving birth. Allow yourself to heal; begin exercising after any pain has subsided and only once your doctor says it is okay. Start slow by going on relaxing walks, and work your way up to more intense aerobic exercise. Moving your body burns calories and burning calories will lead to weight loss.
- 2). Eat healthy, especially if you are breastfeeding. Your body goes through an immense amount of stress during the pregnancy and childbirth. Help your body recover and heal by providing it with high levels of nutrients found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean-protein foods. If you breastfeed, which burns between 300 and 700 additional calories per day, your baby is getting nutrients from the foods you eat. When breastfeeding, you need to consume enough nutrients for both your body and baby.
- 3). Weight train to lose some pounds. Pound for pound, muscle burns many more calories than fat. Resistance training, such as weight lifting, builds muscle and burns calories. Two or three days per week, lift weights, do squats, attend yoga classes or use other resistance-training techniques to strengthen your muscles, burn calories and build new muscle after the baby is born.
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