Post Pregnancy Weight Loss Diet

Post-delivery as your whole focus shifts towards your baby, do remember to keep yourself fit and fine.

If you are breastfeeding, well good news! You lose 300 to 600 calories just by feeding your baby.

What you eat is what your baby gets. So consume healthy calories and not unhealthy.I prepared following diet which helped me to lose weight.

I lost lot of weight(fats and inches) post-delivery following 60% of below healthy diet(I cannot follow it cent percent, after all I am a big foodie :) ) and exercises(another post for it).

Early Morning Drink:

1. Green Tea (I prefer Organic India Tulsi Green Tea but I rarely drink green tea)

2. Cup of tea or coffee

Breakfast Options: 

1. Oats Upma
(In a pan roast chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilli, carrot, peas and whatever veggies you want. Add turmeric. Add plain oats and water. Salt accordingly. Recipe you can modify as per your wish.This recipe does not use any oil.)

2. Oats with milk and honey. (Top it with raisins,walnuts or any dryfruit of your choice).

3. Dalia(Steel cut oats) with milk and honey porridge.

4. Boiled eggs if it suits you if you are breastfeeding.

5.  Bread peanut butter if peanut suits you while breastfeeding.
All these are extremely healthy options for breakfast. In addition can take a fruit or two.

Lunch Options:

1 .Rotis/Chappatis  according to your appetite without ghee.
2. Green vegetables like fenugreek , lady’s finger(okra), drumsticks, spinach, beans etc.
3. Pulses(Masoor dal, toor dal, moong dal).
4. One Ladoo/sweet made of little jaggery and roasted dry fruits(or no ladoo and just handful of dry fruits).
5. Salad as per your wish.
6. Non-vegetarians  can have chicken breast, fish , scrambled eggs and other good source of protein. Make sure everything is fresh and properly cooked.

Evening Snacks Options:

1. Plain Milk or can add any health drink of choice.
2. Cup of tea/coffee.

3. If you still feel hungry, have wheat biscuits, dhokla or idli or anything that you feel will be healthy.

Dinner Options:

Always have a light dinner. You can consider options from lunch (like 2 rotis and some veggies)  or breakfast (like oatmeal).

Important Instructions:

***This diet can be followed by mothers who are exclusively breastfeeding. Everything mentioned above helps to have good milk supply and yes, you can have green tea while breastfeeding.

***Please do not overeat or have junk food.
***Avoid sugar and also lots of oil and ghee while cooking. Less is better.

***This diet will not harm your baby, but peanut butter and eggs should be consumed only if baby is not allergic.

***Try this diet to lose weight. Also first consult your Doctor in case if you have any allergy with anything mentioned above. This is what I eat and feel healthy but every individual is different, so choose wisely.

*** Always remember weight loss is from 80% diet and 20% exercise.

***Remember Moderation is the key. :)