YOGYAKARTA - Many mothers experience weight gain after giving birth. Not a few women then feel less confident and want to lose weight. So how to run a diet when breastfeeding is safe and healthy for breastfeeding?
Diet during breastfeeding is not easy, considering that mothers must often give breast milk to their babies. Breastfeeding must always be on standby when the baby needs milk both during the day and at night. This activity makes mothers need a lot of energy, so they are easily hungry or often eat food.
However, breastfeeding conditions are actually not a barrier for mothers to run a diet program. But mothers must know how to take a safe diet when breastfeeding.
The increase in weight after giving birth is actually a natural thing experienced by breastfeeding. Because in this condition mothers need a lot of food intake to fill in energy. However, diet during breastfeeding can still be run with the following tips.
One of the tips that needs to be done by mothers who want to diet while breastfeeding is by adjusting the portion of food. Usually mothers who are breastfeeding will eat a lot because they need extra energy.
So to be able to lose weight, mothers need to adjust their portion of food. Breastfeeding can reduce the portion of their meal to less than usual. You can choose foods that are low in sugar and carbohydrate levels. But you also should not ignore nutritional adequacy for babies.
To be able to lose weight while breastfeeding, mothers also need to exercise regularly. Exercise not only helps dispose of fat on the body, but also benefits the health of mothers who are breastfeeding.
Mothers do not need to undergo strenuous exercise. Breastfeeders can do light exercise, such as leisurely walks, squad, and so on. In addition to being beneficial for physical health, exercise also helps relieve stress and make sleep better.
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When on a diet, breastfeeding mothers must also pay attention to nutritional adequacy in their babies. So in addition to reducing the portion of eating, breastfeeding is also required to eat healthy foods.
You can eat more fruits and vegetables, especially fibered foods and a little fat. In addition, you can also change the habit of consuming fried foods replaced with boiled foods.
Those are some diet tips for breastfeeding that can be applied by mothers after birth. Remember, when on a diet, breastfeeding must also pay attention to nutritional intake for the baby.
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