Ok you know you need to exercise 3-4 times a week, go easy at first, but even walking outside with the baby will help a lot. Next write down what you eat and keep track of it for a couple of days, eliminate presweetened drinks like soda, and instead drink lots of water, or low fat/skim milk. Choose lean meats, but you only need 2-3 oz. of meat, a serving, of things like skinless chicken, turkey breast, loin type meats, and fish, then pile on lots of steams or gently cooked or baked veggies, Fruits, seeds and nuts are great snacks. Cut out fried, fast foods, cut out white flour products like bread, rice, and choose whole grain, wheat breads, cereals, rice and pasta. As long as your watching Portion sizes you'll be OK, learn to read the nutritional labels on the foods you eat and really try to stick to one serving size suggestions, it goes along way in helping you maintain, and keep the weight off, you want to lose weight, but not too much you'll need a lot of energy with a new baby, just make healthier choices. Losing 2-3 pounds a week is a healthy way to maintain weight loss and along with some exercise you keep the weight off!
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