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Suggest Healthy Diet To Reduce Weight In A Breast Feeding Mother
Question: Hi..my wife is 33 years old and we have five yr old daughter and one year old son. She wants to loose her postpartum weight as she is overweight by 20 kgs.Since she is working mother, owing to time constraint, is unable to give any time for excercise, but really keen to shed these extra kilos. Please help with an effective diet plan which can help in weight reduction. She is partially breastfeeding.
a sample of her eating pattren is: 1 glass lemon honey water in the morning. Breakfast-10am, usually kellogs, egg&milk..lunch-2pm-2chapati, vegetables, curd,salad...evening4-5pm...some fruits/busicuits,tea...8-9pm-big glassof milk...sometimes rice+pulses..also, she has a sweet tooth.
Please help as she wants to loose this excess weight.
Looking for your advice.
a sample of her eating pattren is: 1 glass lemon honey water in the morning. Breakfast-10am, usually kellogs, egg&milk..lunch-2pm-2chapati, vegetables, curd,salad...evening4-5pm...some fruits/busicuits,tea...8-9pm-big glassof milk...sometimes rice+pulses..also, she has a sweet tooth.
Please help as she wants to loose this excess weight.
Looking for your advice.
Brief Answer:
needs atleast walking
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing to us.
Donot worry.
The diet you mentioned is very good.
I would add
1) 3 servings of vegetables and fruits each daily.
2) try low fat milk
3) Oats
4) Add less sugar
There's no magic pill to help her lose weight: A healthy diet combined with regular exercise is the best way to shed kilos. And it's important to exercise while trying to lose weight to ensure she is losing fat instead of muscle.
Without exercise only muscle will be lost
Simple exercise :
Just taking a quick walk around the block with your baby in the stroller for 30 min daily
Wishing good health
DR XXXXXXX
needs atleast walking
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing to us.
Donot worry.
The diet you mentioned is very good.
I would add
1) 3 servings of vegetables and fruits each daily.
2) try low fat milk
3) Oats
4) Add less sugar
There's no magic pill to help her lose weight: A healthy diet combined with regular exercise is the best way to shed kilos. And it's important to exercise while trying to lose weight to ensure she is losing fat instead of muscle.
Without exercise only muscle will be lost
Simple exercise :
Just taking a quick walk around the block with your baby in the stroller for 30 min daily
Wishing good health
DR XXXXXXX
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Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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