Pregnancy Weight Gain: Interview with Jackie Keller
If you're a figure conscious woman, pregnancy weight gain is probably one of your greatest fears. Even though most expectant mothers realize they must gain weight to produce a healthy baby, many worry they'll never be able to regain their pre-baby figures. However, if you plan ahead, getting your body back won't be as difficult as you might think.
Body After Baby
Jackie Keller, healthy lifestyle coach and founder of NutriFit, has helped celebrity moms like Uma Thurman, Tia Carrere, and Marcia Gay Harden lose their baby weight. Now, Jackie has released Body After Baby, a guide that eases the weight-loss anxieties of expectant mothers everywhere!
In Body After Baby, you'll learn that most women can shed their pregnancy weight gain within just 30 days of giving birth. According to Jackie, the hormones that your body releases during childbirth will help you shed the excess weight gained during pregnancy. The key to her Body After Baby plan is creating nutritionally-balanced meals and incorporating simple body sculpting exercises into your daily routine.
Body After Baby contains more than 100 recipes, weekly shopping lists, suggestions for vegetarian moms, and ideas to help you incorporate your weight loss plan into the meals you prepare for the rest of your family. In fact, there's so much useful information in this book that you'll want to start reading sometime in your third trimester!
Interview with Jackie Keller
Recently, Jackie took time out of her busy schedule to answer some questions for LoveToKnow's readers.
LoveToKnow (LTK): How do you know if you're gaining too much weight during your pregnancy?
Jackie Keller (JK): The general rule of thumb is to gain no more than 5 pounds in the first trimester, 10 in the second, and 10 in the third. Of course, if you're overweight when you get pregnant, the recommendation is to limit your pregnancy weight gain to between 12-18 pounds in all.
LTK: How long should it take you to lose your baby weight?
JK: This will depend on how much you gained and how quickly you resume a healthy eating and movement program. It could be as quickly as 30 days, or as long as 6 months. The sooner you get started, the earlier you'll get back to your pre-baby figure.
LTK: How can busy moms make time for fitness?
JK: Moms can make time for fitness by trying to incorporate fitness activities into daily life. You can do squats while you're holding the baby or try walking as much as possible with the baby in a baby carrier.
LTK: Is it safe to diet when you're breastfeeding?
JK: I think diet is one of those four-letter words that can be avoided. It's perfectly safe to follow a calorie-controlled, well-balanced meal plan that allows adequate calories for breastfeeding without excess.
LTK: Why do celebrity moms seem like they get their figures back so quickly after childbirth?
JK: They're motivated - more so than the average mom, and tend to be more disciplined.
LTK: Why do some women find it difficult to lose their baby weight?
JK: Many women eat without being conscious of the amount of food they're taking in. This leads to higher calorie consumption than a structured weight loss plan generally allows. Discipline and steadfastness are the keys to weight loss!
LTK: Is it true that it's harder to lose the weight after your second child?
JK: No. It can be a bit harder to tone up abdominal muscles, but that too isn't inevitable. It's just a matter of following a plan like Body After Baby!
Jackie's book, Body After Baby, contains additional tips and suggestions to help you lose weight and get fit after having a baby without using fad diets that fail in the long run.
~A review copy of Body After Baby was provided by the publishers for this article.
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