{"id":10291,"date":"2009-07-23T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=10291"},"modified":"2009-07-22T18:03:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T23:03:02","slug":"new-mom-tips-for-shedding-the-baby-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/new-mom-tips-for-shedding-the-baby-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mom Tips for Shedding the Baby Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The week of July 20 is Healthy Pregnancy Week<\/a> at DietsInReview.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christina is a mom of two living in Columbus, OH. She recently finished nursing school and can be found blogging at A Mommy Story<\/a> and Hot by BlogHer<\/a> or on Twitter as @mommystory.\"christina\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m one of the lucky women who didn’t gain a lot of weight when pregnant, but my luck ran out after each of my daughters was born. Blaming the stress of being a new mom for my weight gain might make me feel better, but the truth is I gained weight because I let myself overeat and didn’t exercise. I let breastfeeding<\/a> be my excuse to eat without restriction, and I strongly believed the mantra “sleep when the baby sleeps.” I put on more weight in the first year of both my children’s lives than I did while pregnant with them.<\/p>\n

In the past four months, however, I put aside my excuses and decided it was time for a change. I’ve lost 20 pounds so far, and I’ve realized it only takes small changes to make a big difference in your weight loss, as long as you’re ready to make those changes. Here are my tips for other new moms trying to shed some baby weight:<\/p>\n