Finer Health

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Losing Weight While Pregnant

Warning: Losing weight while pregnant is strongly discouraged unless it’s been advised by your obstetrician. In other words you should seek for advice of your obstetrician for best weight loss programs.

Why you need to lose weight?:
Is it just because you think that you need to lose weight? If so, please think again. Because you can’t really lose weight without dieting. Any weight loss program includes diet plans. This diet plan may deprive your baby from proper nutrition.

You naturally gain weight during pregnancy:
In general, most woman may gain weight of 27 to 35 lbs during pregnancy.
7-8 lbs is extra fat as a reserve for breast feeding.
7-8 lbs is due to the baby
Rest of the weight gained during pregnancy is due to the collection of various fluids, uterus, breasts etc.

Complications if you’re Overweight and Pregnant:
Gaining too much weight again can cause challenges like pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, large babies. Also, it may create complications during delivery. In most cases obese women end up giving birth in caesarean delivery. Even overweight women are more critical subject for both general and spinal anesthesia.

How to manage a healthy weight before and/or during pregnancy:
‘Pregnancy’ is a blissful experience which involves proper preparation and planning. I wish you’re reading this article before you get pregnant. Because Losing Weight Before Getting Pregnant is 100% safer than Losing Weight While Pregnant. So, consider planning to lose weight and achieve a healthy weight before planning to get pregnant. In this case AVOID the followings :
1. Low carb diet.
2. Crush diet.
3. Weight loss supplements e.g. Weight loss pils etc.
4. Exercise such as aerobics that you won’t be able to continue during pregnancy.

Please do consider the followings for losing weight before planning to get pregnant :

1. Assess your present weight condition properly. Find your BMI and BMR to assess your present condition. BMI and BMR can be measured with the help of this link http://finerhealth.blogspot.com/2011/03/use-bmr-bmi-formula-to-find-your-target.html

2. Find your Metabolism type. The type of your metabolism defines the required ratio of food elements in your meal. In other words, for a healthy weight loss, the best diet plan is the one that is made according to your metabolism type. Read this article for more info. http://losingtummyfats.blogspot.com/2011/05/ive-been-using-diet-solution-program.html

3. Exercise is a must to maintain a healthy life with a healthy weight. Walking is known as the best exercise of all times. Simple cardio exercise as below might also be practiced easily as an addition to walking.

Note on this video: Losing Weight While Pregnant is a high, please exercise according to your obstetrician.