Postnatal weight gain

Hey ladies! What are y’all doing about losing your pregnancy weight? I am someone who is very conscious about the way I look and I used to be very fit, was in love with my body. I’ve put on 10 kgs (22 pound) from my pregnancy and I would like to lose the weight and start feeling like a bit more like myself. I’m currently one month postpartum and I’m exclusively breastfeeding.

Any advice on what you guys are doing? I am getting my 10,000 steps in a day, but what else could I do? I would especially like to lose the weight around my belly as that’s what I’m most conscious about and that’s where I’ve put on most

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I am eating more than before as my EBF boy seems constantly hungry and I worry about supply. But high protein stuff with healthy fats like cottage cheese and smoked salmon. I'm trying to walk too, but had a c section so not on 10k yet, but I have done 7.5k while wearing the heavy baby. I am allowed to lift things and hoover from tomorrow 🤞
I can suggest the belly band which helps it all shrink back down. Where you're larger in belly isn't actually fat it's just stretched skin and organs enlarged or displaced. I am also still using stretch mark cream for elasticity so that the skin can hopefully tighten again and I put collagen powder in my morning oats for the same reason. I'm ordering biotin and myoinositol supplements for my hair but these should help the skin as well.

Try to give yourself a break you grew a whole human. I'm starting to think the celebs who "bounced back" were never really pregnant 😅

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