How to Exercise When You're Expecting: For the 9 Months of Pregnancy and the 5 Months It Takes to Get Your Best Body Back

by Lindsay Brin

Overview

A simple, easy-to-follow guide for staying fit while pregnant and shedding the post-baby pounds after!

Being a mom is the toughest job in the world. It's difficult to take time for yourself. Now, in How to Exercise When You're Expecting, even the busiest moms can learn how to stay strong and fit during their pregnancy and lose the post-baby weight after. Lindsay Brin, a women's fitness expert and creator of #1 bestselling Moms Into Fitness DVD series, shares insider tips to:

-Understanding and tackling food cravings
-Exercises that are safe to perform during different stages of pregnancy
-Preparing for labor through relaxation and yoga techniques
-How your body and metabolism changes after childbirth
-Keeping fitness and nutrition a priority when time is scarce

Battle-tested through Lindsay's own pregnancies, How to Exercise When You're Expecting offers a before, during, and after guide that will get moms back in pre-baby'shape-or better.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780452296855
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/29/2011
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lindsay Brin, C.P.T. & B.S.E. Exercise Science, is a pre/post-natal fitness expert, international author, the top Fitness Expert for Mommy Coach, and DVD fitness professional. For nearly fifteen years, she's been helping women achieve healthier bodies and minds. She has starred, choreographed and designed 43 fitness DVDs for weight loss. She created Moms Into Fitness®, Inc. to help moms stay motivated and find a flat stomach again!

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INTRODUCTION

We often refer to a child’s birth as a blessed event. There’s a reason for that. For many women, having a child is the ultimate experience of their adult life. Sure, there’s no more important duty your body will be asked to perform than to bear a child. But you are asked to put on anywhere from fifteen to thirty-five pounds within nine months. This would be hard for anyone to lose. But the good news is a majority of that weight will go when the baby is born. The rest is up to you and how you take care of yourself now. . . meaning don’t gain too much too fast.
Even if you aren’t pregnant and are just beginning to plan your family, this book can help you achieve the level of fitness and the goal weight to get you on the right path. I would love it if every woman got herself to her healthiest weight and fitness level before getting pregnant. I know that’s not always the case, and to be honest, it isn’t always necessary. However, if you think about getting your body back after childbirth, you’ll understand why it is beneficial to be in the best shape possible pre-pregnancy. (Also, keep in mind I’m a pre-and postnatal fitness professional and I want everyone to feel the best about their body and their health! Having a healthy and positive body image leads to increased confidence and better health. It’s confidence, not cockiness. Both play a large role in being a woman.)
HOW TO GET YOUR BODY BACK INTO SHAPE AFTER BABY, WHETHER THIS IS YOUR FIRST BABY OR YOUR SEVENTH:

Rule #2: Do Not Gain More Than the Amount of Weight Your Doctor(s) Recommend! That’s it in a sippy cup! The more you are able to stick to a nutrition and exercise program that helps you to control the amount of weight you gain during pregnancy, the easier it will be post-pregnancy to get your body back to where it was before pregnancy. If you don’t, you’re looking at more than five months to get that body back!
So Here’s the Skinny

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Part I Pregnancy

1 What to Expect When You're Exercising 3

2 Pregnancy and Nutrition 101 26

3 Additional Nutrition Issues 53

4 Pregnancy and Exercise 101 72

5 First Trimester Exercise Plan 89

First Trimester Express Workout 93

6 Second Trimester Exercise Plan 118

Second Trimester Express Workout 138

7 Third Trimester Exercise Plan 149

Third Trimester Express Workout 165

Part II Post-Pregnancy

8 Getting Your Body Back: A Quick Rundown on Nutrition 183

9 Getting Your Body Back: Getting to the Core Issues 201

Phase 2 Express Workout 221

Phase 3 Express Workout 231

Phase 4 Express Workout 237

Part III Lifestyle

10 Starved for Sleep, but Time for Exercise 243

11 Kicking It into Gear: Nutrition in 5-4-3-2-1 and the Stroller 10 255

Stroller 10 Express Workout 279

Conclusion 290

Appendix A Sample 7-Day Menu for Part III 291

Appendix B Sample Recipes 295

Notes and Sources 305