A Book That’ll Jump Start Your Body After Baby (With Giveaway!)
April 22, 2011 by Erin
If ever there is a time to want that “quick fix” for weight-loss, it’s after your baby arrives. I know when I was pregnant, I felt like every pound was justified. But once the baby arrived, it just felt like extra weight. Unfortunately, as most new moms know, losing that pregnancy weight and earning your prized muscle tone is a process. A process than can (and should, really) take months. Those post-partum celeb moms who drop 30 pounds in two weeks? Not realistic.
If you’ve got pregnancy pounds to lose and don’t know where to start, Body After Baby is the book for you. NutriFit founder Jackie Keller (you may remember her from our nutrition tips article or today’s Earth Day post on FBG) has written a comprehensive 30-day plan to help new moms jump start their weight-loss and muscle-building. The book gives a daily sample menu, as well as a daily movement plan to ease the postpartum mom back into exercise and eating well. While it strives to take advantage of the early months after the baby’s arrival, it is a “non-diet” plan (hooray!) that can work for any adult.
The meal plans are designed to provide balance nutrition for breastfeeding moms. If you’re not breastfeeding, Keller lists what items you can nix from the plan to fit your decreased caloric needs. The movements start small and simple (think stretches and pelvic tilts) and build up to a greater amount of more challenging moves as you work through the plan. She also includes moves you can do with your baby—a must for new moms.
The book even includes a 15-day vegetarian plan and tons of healthy recipes, from smoothies and salads to main dishes and simple desserts that will satisfy a sweet tooth. Shopping lists for each phase of the program are also included, a great feature for frazzled new moms. One of my favorite touches is that the illustrations of the exercises don’t feature stick-thin women—they have real postpartum bodies!
Want this book to help you get on track with postpartum weight-loss? Comment below to win! U.S. residents only, please. Winners will be contacted via email. Best of luck, mamacitas! —Erin
Oh how I would love to win this book. I am due in August, already have a 2.5 year old daughter, and this sounds like it would be so helpful to me!
After having my son this February 25th, he was in NICU for 5 weeks with multiple problems. He’s finally home now, and I being diabetic, I need so badly to get back into shape with exercise and a healthy diet, and this book sounds PERFECT! I would love to receive it! Thank you so much!!
Funny, I thought my Belly Bandit and lack of sleep was going to get me back in my size 4 jeans.
What was nice to hear is that this book has vegetarian recipes. Skinny Bitch is hard to follow if your not already vegan. It would be nice to get a new perspective on a breastfeeding diet and exercise plan.
This sounds like a great book! I love that she has a vegetarian plan too. I wonder how complicated the recipes are – I don’t know about you but sometimes it’s a wonder that we have dinner at all, haha.
That sounds like a great book, I’d love to win! I am already a year post-partum but this would make a great gift for my sister who’s due with her second baby this July.
This would be awesome! I’m a vegetarian so the fact that she includes a vegetarian meal plan is great!
WOW! This would be handy, especially since I have baby #2 due in July. I lost 73 pounds prior to this pregnancy and am stressing out big time over how to lose this baby weight!
Our first is due in September and I am already interested in just finding out the healthiest and best way to get back to my pre-preggo size!
This would be a great book for me to win!! I need all the help I can get!
I signed on to this site this morning (while pumping!)specifically to find some type of body after baby plan! This sounds perfect as I’m 5 weeks post partum and got the green light from my doc to start exercise!
I would sure love this book. As a Mom of 3, my youngest born in June, I definitely could use some tips on getting rid of the baby weight!
The skinny girl in me is screaming to get out. How does Courtney Kardashaian whip that belly back with the Belly Bandit, when all I feel like is a stuffed sausage in mine!
My first baby is due any day now! I am at a loss for the weight gain AND the weight loss. Help!!!
Okay. I need this book! I’m working my butt off and this mommy pooch is just not going away!
I would love this book because I’ve had 3 kids back to back and cant get 3 times worth of baby weight off.
I would so love to have this book! We’re due w/our 3rd baby in 4 weeks and my baby brother is getting married this fall and I’m in the wedding, so I need all the help I can get! Thanks for a great giveaway!
I would love to win this book! I’m due in July and am definitely starting to think about how I’m going to get the baby weight off!
I had my 2nd baby 4 weeks ago today, I gained 60 lbs, I lost 40 of it in 10 days (mostly fluid). And nothing since, my body doesn’t seem to perform like it used to. Can’t wait to get released to exercise again. Would love any advice this book can give.
I have an 8 month old son:) He is my 5th child and I am having a terrible time losing the postpartum weight!! Its awful, and I would love this book to read and try to follow!