| You have recently discovered that you are pregnant. | | | | pregnant. So if you just cut back to 1500 calories a |
| This is great news and you are so overjoyed. Your | | | | day you will still lose weight. If you eat more you want |
| only issue is that you have been trying to lose weight | | | | to up the exercise to counter balance the calorie |
| and was hopefully going to be down more pounds | | | | intake. |
| before you became pregnant. | | | | By reducing your calorie intake by cutting out junk food |
| So what can you do now? How to lose weight while | | | | and candy and replacing them with fruit and nuts you |
| pregnant? | | | | can easily lose weight. Swap whole milk for skim milk, |
| First you want to approach the dieting scenario with a | | | | replace fizzy drinks with water, by eating smaller |
| sensible approach. Make sure that you get into healthy | | | | portions and by packing healthy snacks for work you |
| habits that you can maintain, not just for a few months | | | | can easily reduce your daily calories without ever |
| but for a lifetime. | | | | feeling that you are on a diet. |
| For example if you weigh 150 pounds you are burning | | | | If you go to the other extreme and consume only 1000 |
| about 1800 calories a day in a resting state. Now let's | | | | calories a day, which is not healthy especially while |
| say that you burn another 200 calories through | | | | pregnant. The minute you up your calorie intake you |
| exercise, housework, walking up and downstairs, taking | | | | will inevitably start to put the pounds back on. So it |
| the dog for a walk. So your daily total of calories | | | | really is vitally important to view your weight loss |
| burned is 2000. | | | | journey as a healthy lifestyle change instead of a diet. |
| Now if you consume more than 2000 calories, even | | | | Remember that there are no short cuts or magic diet |
| just 2050, those extra 50 calories add up to 1 pound | | | | pills, any quick results will be temporary and the weight |
| every 70 days, or 5 pounds a year. | | | | will come back within weeks of finishing the diet plan. |
| So to avoid this weight gain you want to consume less | | | | Especially being pregnant you want to eat healthy |
| than 2000 calories per day. Now you don't want to | | | | foods for your baby and yourself allowing for a |
| restrict your calorie intake too much, especially being | | | | successfully delivery and recovery. |