Four Dead Easy Tips on How to Reduce Post Natal Belly Fat

Do you suffer from post natal belly fat and want to learn how to reduce it? Are you ashamed of the abdominal mass you have accumulated after delivering your baby? Most women (my wife inclusive) are always worried about the protruding belly they acquire especially after child birth. The problem becomes more prominent from the second child birth onwards. The stomach becomes stretched and flabby with the carriage of babies for 9 months. This then becomes a problem for the average woman desirous of enjoying the joy of motherhood. For the women who then carry pregnancies twice, thrice or even four times the flabbiness increases with each pregnancy unless something is done about it. Reduction of the flabbiness makes a woman look trendier. It allows women wear the clothes of their choice. Further it allows women live a healthier and more fruitful live.
I remember vividly our experience when my wife gave birth to our second child. Being used to eating her choice foods during pregnancy, she continued with this eating habit and the result was near calamity. She became very grotesque with her belly bulging all out. Her sight was not much different from a Sumo wrestler. I disliked her appearance and I mentioned it to her. She too became alarmed. Knowing full well the aftermath of such pronouncement from a husband, she agreed to do anything to get back to her usual trendy self which I have always loved. We therefore arranged on the strategies to take to get her back to her normal shape. The strategies worked wonders and within six months, she lost several kilos and her stomach became flatter. This is because she did what she had to do. This article is therefore about the steps we took to get my wife back to her normal shape.   
You see post natal belly fat could be reduced by a combination of nutritional plan and exercise plan that is unique to the woman who just delivered a baby. The diet would be one that would complement the exercise which must have been devised for her. Furthermore, the exercise could only commence when her Doctor pronounces her ready. The exercise need not however be strenuous considering the fact that the woman just delivered a baby and the body is not prepared for anything strenuous. The four dead easy tips detailed below were the ones utilized by my wife which should therefore go a long way in assisting any average woman achieve her goal in post natal belly fat reduction.

1.      Breastfeeding of the baby:

This is the first tip on how to reduce post natal belly fat. For a start breastfeeding is one vital way of abdominal fat reduction. Whenever the woman breastfeeds her baby, she is feeding another mouth. Whatever the woman eats therefore in terms of calories she gives substantial part of it out to the baby through breastfeeding. The excess calories that causes weight gain and consequently belly fat is therefore lost through breastfeeding. You should therefore ensure that you breastfeed your baby regularly after child birth because this is one good way of post natal pot belly reduction. Medical practitioners have recommended breastfeeding for at least one year.

2.      Exercise:

Exercise is another vital method of abdominal fat reduction in women. As mentioned earlier, you should endeavor to consult your Doctor to know when exercising could commence. Commencing exercising without being ready could however spell danger for you. With each pregnancy, the abdominal muscles become stretched and weak and consequently the protruding belly. You will have to be toned it up to make it firmer. This could only be done through exercises. After childbirth therefore, the weak muscles should be toned up. One simple exercise to tone up the belly after childbirth is for you to alternatively indulge in contracting and relaxing the abdominal and pelvic muscles from time to time to strengthen and tone up the abdomen. Endeavor to regularly take deep breadth through the nose and exhale through the mouth. This way you will be able to also tone up the stomach. Other equally effective exercises are simple cardiovascular exercises like outdoor running, brisk walking, jogging, use of treadmill and aerobics. These could be combined with strength building exercises like sit-ups, press-ups, Pilates and and the like. Always remain physically active because you tend to amass weight after childbirth because you tend to be more physically inactive during pregnancy which must have caused the accumulation of fat in the first place.

3.      Nutrition/Diet:

On the issue of nutrition in relation to abdominal fat shrinkage, you need to take a lot of vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, lean chicken, fish, beans, oatmeal, fibers and low calorie dairy products. You also need to take lots of water to flush out the harmful toxins stored in your body. You should also endeavor to drink milk rich in calcium. Both assist breast milk secretion.

4.      Sleeping:

To avoid the problem of protruding belly, you should endeavor to sleep well. You should sleep when your child sleeps. Do not stress yourself too much. When your sleeping is irregular, you get stressed up which consequently allow fat to get stored up in your body especially around the abdomen. This will consequently increase rather reducing the belly fat you want to shed in the first place.

In conclusion making use of these dead easy tips on how to reduce post natal belly fat will help you realize your dream. It will help create a more beautiful woman than the grotesque woman you must have been during pregnancy which you detest. Use them and you will create a better you.

Pot Belly Nutrition: Stevia as an Alternative Dietary Supplement

 

Do you presently agonize on how your pot belly nutrition will accommodate a particular dietary supplement? Are you at loss as to what diet you need to embrace with a view to shedding your abdominal fat? For those of us who have had to fight protruding belly at one time or the other, we have realized that cutting down on our intake of sugar, calories and oil is one sure way of cutting down on amassing fat in the mid rib region and also even avoiding diabetics. Medical research has however found out that using Stevia as an effective dietary supplement has been found to be low in calorie and consequently aiding weight loss.

Stevia Rebaudiana (Also known as Azucacaa, Estevia, Ca-A-Jhei, Capim Doce etc) is a herb which is native to South America, particularly in parts of Paraguay and Brazil. It grows in small shrubs in the wild. It is known as a source of natural sweetener. The glycosides in the leaves (including up to 10% Stevioside) account for its incredible sweetness. A Natural Scientist by name Antonio Bertoni first recorded its usage by the natives in 1887. The natural sweetener is derived from the sweet leave plant. It is said to be 300 times as sweet as cane sugar, therefore it takes only a small amount to produce the same sweet taste as sugar cane. It has been used in other cultures as a sweetener for long, however it only recently started gaining acceptance in the United States as a sugar substitute although it was introduced into the US in the 1990’s as a herbal supplement.

Benefits of Stevia as Dietary Supplement

·        1.  Stevia is carbohydrate and calorie free. It is therefore ideal for dieters watching their carbohydrate and calorie intake. Since it contains no carbohydrate or calorie, dieters can use it as supplement in their nutritional plans. It is therefore better as a sweetener than the artificial sweetener which most times are injurious to health.

·       2.   It also lowers blood sugar content. It is known to have the possible benefit of lowering blood sugar level. It is therefore possibly an acceptable substitute for a person suffering from high sugar or insulin problem. It is advisable however that a person using it as a supplement should continue to monitor the sugar and insulin levels to know if they are in check or not.

·        3.  Stevia is known to possess antibacterial properties. As a result of its antibacterial properties it is an ideal ingredient for toothpaste and mouthwash rather than the sweetener most toothpaste manufacturers use. It is also used topically as ointment for the treatment of eczema and acne.

·        4.  It is found to aid calcium formation. Some studies conducted on chickens fed with food preparations laced with Stevia found out that the eggs they lay had tougher shells. This therefore presupposes that it will be ideal for calcium formation in women and children growing bones. Being herbal and natural, it is better as a dietary supplement than the artificial supplements which sometimes aid weight gain.

From the foregoing it is evident the use of Stevia as an effective dietary supplement does work in pot belly nutrition. Refined sugar on the other hand is devoid of any nutritional benefit and has been found to be the cause of many degenerative diseases and weight gain. Stevia is sweeter and has none of sugar’s many side effects. For many people therefore the overwhelming benefit of Stevia is the fact that it offers a healthy alternative to cane sugar, saccharine and corn syrup. To them the fact that it has been used for many centuries in some cultures without side effect is enough conviction. Before going into the full use of Stevia as a supplement, it is advisable you contact your physicians for medical advice.