There are a lot of quick fix fad diets out there, but the real key to healthy post-pregnancy weight loss is feeding your body with proper nutrition. Don’t stop. Keep reading. Rather than starving your body of food, you should be feeding it “A Balanced Diet” complete with nutrient rich anti-oxidants and calories from proteins, carbs and good, fats. I know, you know all this.

The real problem is, nobody has the time to prepare perfectly balanced, nutritionally complete meals from the best organic produce every day, certainly not new moms. Right? I thought so. I searched online for months for a healthy post-pregnancy weight loss solution, in vain, until someone told me, “Heather, diets don’t work, you need to detox and feed your body right.”

My Healthy Post-Pregnancy Weight Loss Epiphany.

Finally, something that made sense – nutritional cleansing was the healthy post-pregnancy weight loss solution I’d been looking for. It hit me over the head like a sac of organic lentils lol. After several days researching the products and alternatives, I decided I had nothing to lose but the weight. It was all-natural, perfectly balanced carbs, fats and it contained the best source of whey protein available – Grade 7. The protein in most powders sold at “health food stores” and gyms is grade 3. FYI – 2 is not considered fit for human consumption (that means it’s in dog food).

My Healthy Post-Pregnancy Weight Loss Results.

I began to see results in less than 2 weeks. I had energy and I felt better just by knowing I was doing something good for my body. I lost my post pregnancy weight, 10lbs in less than 30 days, and have kept it off with a new healthier lifestyle complete with the nutritional supplements that suit my hectic schedule juggling 3 kids and a career.

If you’re looking for a healthy post-pregnancy weight loss solution that works, let’s talk. I was skeptical. Now, I’m wearing Miss Me skinny jeans.

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Try a Breakfast Shake or Meal Replacement Shake.

A breakfast shake or meal replacement shake can be a healthy, safe, all-natural and effective way to start your day and lose pregnancy weight at the same time. The reality is, when you’re trying to lose weight, especially as a busy, tired and stressed new mom, you cannot skip the most important meal of the day. But, if you are anything like I was, I simply didn’t have the time, energy or even desire to prepare a perfectly balanced, nutritionally complete meal at 7am. That doesn’t mean you have to make a poor meal choice. A high protein, low fat breakfast shake or meal replacement shake can provide your body with the nutrition it needs and actually boost your metabolism.

What’s in Your Breakfast Shake or Meal Replacement Shake?

But it’s what’s inside and what’s not inside that breakfast shake or meal replacement shake that matters – the ingredients, especially the source of the protein and the amount of sugar and fat.

Soy or Whey are often the primary source of protein in a breakfast shake or a meal replacement shake. While soy has been a popular source for some time, new studies suggest that say may not offer the health benefits we once thought and in fact, there are some studies that suggest it should be avoided all-together. Just Google health risks soy protein. Whey protein, on the other hand, has been a staple in health food products and nutritional supplements for a long time. But it’s important to understand that whey protein is typically graded on a scale of 1-7, 7 being the best source available whereas whey protein in dog food is a grade 1 or 2. If you do the research, most whey protein based supplements are using the lowest grade of whey fit for human consumption – 3. You might as well blend up a bowl of kibble for breakfast lol.

Our breakfast shake or meal replacement shake contains only the highest grade of whey protein available, 7, and this key ingredient comes from organic dairy farms in New Zealand. And, unlike a typical breakfast shake or meal replacement shake, ours are suitable for mothers who are still breastfeeding. Soy is certainly something you’re going to want to avoid if you’re nursing. Google it.

How Much Sugar is in Your Breakfast Shake or Meal Replacement Shake?

Sugar is often used in these products both as a cheap “filler” ingredient to add weight / volume so they can charge you more, and to make the product more sweet and palatable. But, sugar can have an negative impact on your pregnancy weight loss efforts beyond the empty calories. You want to avoid these sugary shakes in order to keep your blood sugar levels in balance, because you want your body to burn existing fat as fuel, not the fresh fuel found in a breakfast shake sugar rush.

Finally, let’s define “meal replacement.” Some products are positioned as meal replacements, but don’t actually meet this requirement because they require another food to be consumed with it in order to qualify and this ingredient is often milk. Our products don’t require milk or any other food to be added. They are complete on their own, you simply add water, which for a busy mom is more convenient when you’re on the go.

Unlike skipping breakfast, which is a mini diet that doesn’t work because it actually conditions the body to store more fat every day, our nutritionally complete breakfast shake or meal replacement shake can increase your energy levels, allowing you to stay active, which in and of itself will help you automatically burn more calories.

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If you’re a new mom looking to drop a few pounds, I recommend that you eat superfoods to lose pregnancy weight. I include superfoods as both part of “A Balanced Diet,” and as part of our all natural detox system. What’s a detox system and why is it important? In my previous blog post, “Lose Pregnancy Weight Tip #2, I talked about nutritional cleansing to lose pregnancy weight. You may want to read that first. But, in a nutshell, our all-natural detox system created by doctors and nutritionists is loaded with nutrient rich, antioxidant superfoods that can help cleanse your body of harmful toxins that may be contributing to weight gain and or preventing weight loss. Now before you make a radical decision to only eat Açai berries, remember balance, and before you undertake any exercise program or make any dietary changes, you should consult your doctor or health care professional.

We suggest nutritional cleansing, “A Balanced Diet” and moderate exercise to shed the baby weight, but if, as part of your balanced diet you eat superfoods to lose pregnancy weight, you will have better results. The more you do, the more balanced your approach to weight loss, the greater your results are likely to be.

Reasons to Eat Superfoods to Lose Pregnancy Weight

Superfoods are rich in either antioxidants, fiber, or Essential Fatty Acids, and all three can help you detox, achieve and maintain good health and lose weight. Many superfoods have even been proven to lower or help manage blood sugar levels. This factor alone is important for things like preventing diabetes and obesity. Other benefits of eating superfoods as part of “A Balanced Diet” include:

• Superfoods can help regulate metabolism and burn body fat
• (which is why we say: eat superfoods to lose pregnancy weight)
• Superfoods can help protect organs from toxins
• (the main reason we recommend detoxing to lose pregnancy weight)
• Superfoods can help lower blood pressure
• Superfoods can help prevent or reduce inflammation
• Superfoods can help lower total cholesterol
• Superfoods can help protect against heart disease
• Superfoods can help protect against cancer
• Superfoods can helpPromote digestive health

Well documented superfoods to include in “A Balanced Diet.”

1. Açaí (especially the pulp)
2. The Allium Family (Onions, Garlic, Chives, Leeks, Shallots and Scallions)
3. Almonds
4. Apples
5. Avocados (Don’t let the fat content of an avocado (29 grams) scare you—it’s heart-healthy monounsaturated fat.”
6. Barley
7. Beans and Lentils
8. Blueberries
9. Buckwheat (This carb also contains protein)
10. Cinnamon
11. Gogi Berries
12. Ginger
13. Green Cereal Grasses (Wheat, Barley)
14. Hot Peppers & Chillies
15. Kale
16. Lentils
17. Nuts and Seeds
18. Oats, preferably Steel Cut
19. Olive Oil
20. Pomegranate seeds
21. Quinoa
22. Sprouts
23. Tarragon
24. Water – It’s not on any list that I know of, but proper hydration is essential to maintaining health.
25. Yogurt and Kefir

Some fish are also considered superfoods because they are loaded with DHA, an essential omega-3 fatty acid that can help your baby develop a healthy brain and nervous system. Cold-water fish such as wild salmon, sardines, and tuna are the best sources of DHA, however, we recommend that you only buy canned light tuna because albacore is often high in mercury, a harmful toxin that is typically found in the FATTY TISSUE of certain fish, marine animals and marine birds. Sound familiar? Maybe the tuna need a detox!

Tip #3 – Eat Superfoods to Lose Pregnancy Weight.

Listen, we know what you’re going through as a new mom. Stressed, exhausted, still in the fat frumpy clothes. Between the two of us, we’ve been there 5 times. If you can’t find the time or energy to shop for, prepare and eat superfoods to lose pregnancy weight, there is a simple solution. Our all-natural nutritional cleansing system and health supplements are packed with nutrient rich, anti-oxidant superfoods. If you want to lose the baby weight, our program of a 30 day Detox, “A Balanced Diet” and light to moderate exercise can help and you will have more energy and even sleep better. Want more information on this post pregnancy weight loss solution? Contact us.

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Today, I’m going to talk to you about why you should detox to lose pregnancy weight, and how that relates to “A Balanced Diet”. If you don’t know the difference between “A Diet” and “A Balanced Diet” you may want to read Lose Pregnancy Weight – Tip #1.

Many Doctors believe that our bodies are losing the battle against toxic invaders that are in our food, water, air, cosmetics and personal care items, and that these toxins are contributing to the growing obesity epidemic in the developed world, including Canada, where over 60% of adults are overweight or obese. Unable to deal with the daily chemical attacks, our bodies, in a self-defense final stand, are surrounding these toxins with fat to insulate our vital organs from their harmful properties. These toxins are essentially incarcerated in fat jail, locked away.

Doctor’s Orders: Detox to lose pregnancy weight.

Detoxing or nutritional cleansing helps your body cleanse itself of the harmful impurities and toxins that build up over time. As the body cleanses, the toxins are freed from jail, flushed out of the body. With fewer toxic prisoners, the body needs fewer fat jails, and sheds the fat along with the toxins. You will lose weight, which in and of itself has health benefits, from improved blood pressure to lower cholesterol.

Good food, “A Balanced Diet” has always been the cornerstone of good health. But eating well is harder today than ever, and especially hard for busy new moms who may be stressed, sleep deprived and craving “comfort foods” that are typically bad for you. And, even organic foods do not have the nutritional benefits they did 50 years ago. You need quality supplements to give your body a chance to fight back.

Improve your health and detox to lose pregnancy weight.

Our Nutritional cleansing system is NOT A WEIGHT LOSS product or “A Diet”, it is a HEALTH FOOD PRODUCT. Weight loss is a positive side effect. Nutritional cleansing has 3 main benefits:

1. It offers the highest quality, balanced, nutritional supplements.
2. It helps detoxify the body.
3. It helps you lose weight safely, naturally and quickly.

Three things every person needs, especially busy moms. So, rather than dieting to try lose the baby weight, detox to lose pregnancy weight and actually improve your overall and long-term health. If you’d like to try a 30 day detox to lose pregnancy weight, contact us.

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Tip #1 to lose the baby weight is do not diet. Diets don’t work.

I know dieting may be your first instinct, but trust me, it’s wrong. Let me first make a distinction between “A Diet” (BAD) and “A Balanced Diet” (GOOD) because there is a lot of confusion out there contributing to the obesity epidemic, and it is an epidemic with over 60% of Canadian adults overweight or obese. And, “A Diet” will not help you lose the baby weight.

“A Diet” is something promoted in book, infomercial or ad and is often associated with terms like “miracle” or “new” or “revolutionary” and may be linked to a specific food, like grapefruits, mangos, apples or food group, like “plant-based” or food category “no-carb”, “protein” or could even be tied to a region like South Beach, Florida, or the Mediterranean, etc. If the recommendation is some form of short-term starvation or substitution, it is not going to help you lose the baby weight permanently. It may be extreme and is not a realistic long-term solution. You may see some quick losses, BUT, get ready for the fat-ass rebound.

Thousands of years of evolution have trained our bodies to store fat for lean times. Every time you diet, you are starving yourself of proper nutrition and you create the very physiological circumstances to which the body responds by actually planning to store fat the next opportunity it gets. You’ve just opened up a fat savings bank, and your deposits are going to be automatic and they are going to be often. You body has your best interest in mind because it does not want you to starve again. Unfortunately it backfires, and dieters typically put on more weight than they lost. And then they repeat the cycle with another miracle diet. The fat savings bank has a GRAND reopening and your savings grow and grow.

If you want to lose the baby weight, “A Diet” is not the answer.

“A Balanced Diet” on the other hand has something in it that “A Diet” does not, and that is BALANCE. When we talk about balance, we talk about more than nutrition, but let’s start there. Your body needs a balance of protein, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals – about 1800 calories a day if you’re still breast feeding. (I count chocolate in with the fats, so rest assured it’s in there. I got your back. I’m not sadist.) Instead of triggering the physiological response of planning for starvation with “A Diet” and the opening the fat savings bank, you need to convince your body that there is PLENTY of nutritious food by eating healthy, nutritious food more often. More than 3 times per day. Hey, there’s a wild idea – snacks. This will convince your body that it is OK to start making withdrawls from the fat savings bank.

You need to overdose on nutrition, preferably organic as we want to avoid toxins. Fruits, vegetables, grains, and lean meats. WOW! Revolutionary! Something we all know. But how many of you know the proper balance of protein, carbs and fats that should be in every meal? Show of hands? Ok and for those who do, do you have the time or the energy to make these meals and snacks every day? Ok, consensus is NO. Therein lies the problem. We generally know what to do, but we can’t even get in the proper number of serving of fruits and vegetables, or the consume 8 glasses of water a day. So, we falter and get fatter with quick fix, short-term solutions, while the diet book authors get richer and hire personal chefs, trainers and coaches.

FYI – even if you’re getting the recommended servings, the nutritional quality of many of today’s foods are inferior to that of our parents generation. So, you really need to eat a LOT more to get the same nutritional benefits. But who wants to eat 50 bowls of spinach, daily.

You don’t need “A Diet” to lose the baby weight, you need “A Balanced Diet”.

Ok, so we’ve established that “A Diet” is not a realistic or long-term plan to lose the baby weight. Now that you know what not to do, my next blog entry will focus on what you can do – Nutritional Cleansing, the first step toward achieving a healthier, more balanced life.

Can’t wait for my next blog post and you want to lose the baby weight now. Contact us.

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According to babycentre.ca, the average weight gain during pregnancy is about 30lbs. (Really, only thirty?) At birth, the average newborn weighs approximately 3.3kg (7.3lb). The placenta weighs 0.7kg (1.5lb). The amniotic fluid weighs 0.8kg (1.8lb). By your due date, you may weigh 12.5kg (27.6lb) more than you did before your pregnancy. But, you lose about 10 pounds immediately upon the birth of your baby.

But what about the other 20 pounds of additional weight gain during pregnancy? It’s not all fat.

The muscles in your uterus have grown and now weighs an extra 0.9kg (2lb). Your blood volume has increased and adds an extra 1.2kg (2.6lb). You retain  fluid (tell me about it) and that adds about 1.2kg (2.6lb). Your breasts grow and put on an extra 0.4kg (0.9lb) (I think mine weighed more – ask my back.) And, you’ll store essential fat, about 4kg (8.8lb), to meet the needs of breastfeeding. Women who breastfeed tend to lose more weight than moms who bottle feed. So, if you’re trying to lose weight and you’re breastfeeding, you’re ahead of the game. One new mom asked me if she should start breastfeedingagain. I asked her how old her child was and she said 7! LOL. Just kidding.

Weight gain during pregnancy – How to lose the baby fat.

If your weight gain during pregnancy exceeded 30 pounds, it’s extra fat and it needs to go. But how? Diets don’t work. But nutritional cleansing, a balanced diet and light to moderate exercise does.

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This is a tragedy. A woman from the UK is brain-damaged and in a coma, apparently after dyeing her hair with a popular hair coloring product, manufactured by a leading brand. Scary. Julie McCabe, 38, is now on life-support. Read the full story on BBC.

There are a lot of credible studies that suggest popular cosmetics should not be used during pregnancy, including this hair dye linked to coma, nail polish and nail polish remover etc., because the toxins leech into our systems and can harm the baby and the mother. For women who are breast-feeding, the same rules apply. These harmful toxins build up in our bodies and can have a devastating impact on our health. Case in point, this poor young woman in the UK and hair dye linked to coma. Detoxing, or nutritional cleansing helps the body cleanse itself of these toxins. And a positive side effect is weight loss.

Is your brand of hair dye linked to coma?

If you look around your home, especially the bathroom, from cleaning products to cosmetics and hair sprays, there are toxic chemicals that your body is absorbing every day. We cannot pretend that these toxins do not penetrate the skin or scalp. The skin the the largest human organ. It breathes. It absorbs. What are your doing to it and what do your really know about the chemical formulas of these products and their side effects.

Avoid hair dye linked to coma, other chemicals and detox for health.

Naturally, we all should avoid this hair dye linked to coma, but we should also detox to try to rid our bodies of the toxins that have built up over time. Our system was developed by doctors and nutritionists, is all natural, safe and effective.

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As a mother of 3 kids, I often hear “Hey, how did you lose the baby weight?” It wasn’t really a challenge with the first two as I was younger and in better shape, but I did put on more weight with the third baby and it has taken longer to come off, especially since it was the third c-section. But the point is, that I did lose the baby weight. And you can too.

Chances are, you’re not like me. I workout at least 3 times per week. I love to run. As President of this company,  I am on my feet all day, and I rarely drink alcohol. Don’t stop reading because I can still help you, even you’re not a “gym person.” Many of my girlfriends do not go the gym, ever. They drink alcohol, some more than others. They eat the wrong foods, at the wrong times.  And, they sit behind a desk all day, and sat on a couch all day during maternity leave. If this sounds more like you, then let me tell you what I tell them, and it’s not “hit the gym.” It’s detox. Cleansing was the key to me losing my last few pounds of baby weight, and, it’s helping my friends and family lose weight too. Hey guys, you may not have “baby weight” to lose but you can lose the “sympathy weight” you gained during your wife’s pregnancy with a natural cleanse too.

This is a natural, nutritional cleansing system that can help you detoxify your body, which is something we all should do every once in a while anyway, and the great side effect is that it can help you lose the baby weight. How? Many doctors believe that a contributing cause of obesity are toxins in our bodies – around which fat collects to insulate us from these toxic particles. The idea is to lose the toxins, lose the fat, lose the baby weight. Individual results vary but everyone will lose weight if they follow our plan: a balanced diet, moderate exercise and cleansing. And, the solution has protein rich nutritional supplements to help you keep the weight off and actually build muscle mass.

Lose the baby weight – start a 30 day challenge.

If you’ve ever wondered how celebrity moms lose the baby weight and get back into Hollywood shape after childbirth, it’s with a very strict diet, a personal chef, a personal trainer and a great plastic surgeon. Nice life. But this is like having a personal chef as it is a complete system, that’s easy to understand and easy to follow.  If you want a personal trainer to help you lose more baby weight even faster, Healthy Lifestyle Team can set you up with a personal trainer in your area. We have a professional female body builder on our team and a former NFL player as personal trainers and consultants, so if you think you need a bad-ass to coach you, trust me, you’ll get more than you bargained for and you will lose the baby weight.

Then all of your friends will ask you: How did you lose the baby weight? And you can tell them you did a nutritional cleanse.

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