• New mom’s diet tips

New mom’s diet tips

It's impossible to get enough rest and exercise in the first few demanding months and it's difficult to eat well. But it's important to take care of yourself too. Choosing healthy foods, and following a few simple eating strategies will help keep you healthy and energetic.

Breakfast

The most important meal, which boosts your energy at the beginning of your new day.

Proteins such as eggs, cheese and yogurt, and complex carbohydrates eg. whole-grain bread and cereals, are a better breakfast choice than simple sugars and carbohydrates. Try a yogurt and fruit in a bowl, a bowl of oatmeal or whole-grain cereal, or scrambled or boiled eggs on whole-grain toast.

Simple carbohydrates cause your blood sugar to flactuate, leaving you feeling sleepy. Complex carbohydrates give you longer-lasting energy, help keep you full longer because they take longer time to digest, and offer your body more nutrition in the form of vitamins and minerals.

Frequent small meals

Rather than eating three large meals, aim to eat five or six smaller meals throughout the day to keep your energy up. Try keeping the fridge stocked with easy snacks or quick small meals high in protein and/or complex carbohydrates. Try preparing a lot of snacks one time and keep it in the fridge, rather than everyday work.

Pregnancy weight gain

Nobody likes to wear their maternity clothes after the baby has arrived. But even if you're not satisfied with the sometimes slow pace of postpartum weight loss, now is not a good time to skip meals or follow low calories diet.

Once your milk supply is well established and you've been given the green light by your doctor, then you can slowly work on loosing extra pounds. But even then, try to resist the urge to crash diet or impose strict weight loss goals, especially if you're breastfeeding. If you're nursing, you'll need to eat about 500 extra calories a day than you did before you became pregnant to maintain your milk supply.

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