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	<title>Self Help &#187; Weight Loss</title>
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		<title>Postpartum Weight Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The postpartum period is the time period starting instantly after the birth of a child and extending for around six weeks. It&#8217;s also known as postnatal and, less commonly, puerperium.
Most women start their lives as afresh mommy with an additional 8 to 15 pounds that they didn&#8217;t have before their baby was born. Some even [...]<p>a</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <strong>postpartum period</strong> is the time period starting instantly after the birth of a child and extending for around six weeks. It&#8217;s also known as postnatal and, less commonly, puerperium.</p>
<p>Most women start their lives as afresh mommy with an additional 8 to 15 pounds that they didn&#8217;t have before their baby was born. Some even more.<br />
That excess of weight should be lost in the postpartum period.</p>
<p>Part of that weight that you put on during pregnancy was meant to nourish your baby AFTER birth.<br />
An extra 300 calories a day is called for to maintain with the nutritional demands of your baby during pregnancy.<br />
A breastfeeding mother needs at the least 500 additional calories per day to stay healthy and produce enough milk. Your body stacks away a bit of extra nutrition for after the birth just in case there isn&#8217;t sufficient food for its needs when it&#8217;s time to feed the new little critter.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re breastfeeding, you will automatically be burning an extra <span id="more-21"></span>500 calories a day &#8211; which makes losing the extra weight substantially easier. As a matter of fact, you may not need to do anything extra at all to slim down. Just concentrate on eating a well-balanced, healthy, normal diet.</p>
<p>You won&#8217;t find losing weight quite as easy if you&#8217;re not breastfeeding. While still focussing on healthy eating, you should also do moderate exercise to burn extra calories.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s more good news for new mothers.<br />
Exercising is easier. Actually, that&#8217;s not quite right. Burning more calories is easier. Walking only for an hour burns off 200 calories. Doing so while pushing a stroller increases that figure substantially. It&#8217;s even higher when pushing a stroller uphill. You&#8217;ll get additional duty out of things you never thought about like  just plain carrying the baby, carrying the baby up and down stairs and lifting the stroller and car seat in and out of the car.</p>
<p>Still. If you find yourself with obstinate pounds that simply won&#8217;t chip off, exercise and a moderate reduction in calories is the way to go. Just like pregnancy isn&#8217;t the time for weight loss, just after pregnancy isn&#8217;t the time to strain your body further with dangerous dietetic limitations. Aim for dropping off about a pound per week, although chances are you&#8217;ll find it coming off faster than that. Being a mom is a high-energy proposition!</p>
<p><strong>PS</strong><br />
If you, after all, need a little bit of extra help, then <a target="_blank" title="Check this out." href="http://www.selfhelpgems.com/ap/valbien.php">try this</a>.</p>
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		<title>Fuel your health and physiology with healthy diet</title>
		<link>http://www.selfhelpgems.com/healthy-diet/30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Self Help</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Foods that we eat are very much likely effect the way we feel ourselves.
The underpinning of physiology is one of the key to avenue of excellence. One way to effect physiology is to change the way your muscular system, either change your posture, facial expression and even your breathing. And all of these came from [...]<p>a</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Foods that we eat are very much likely effect the way we feel ourselves.<br />
The underpinning of <strong>physiology</strong> is one of the key to avenue of excellence. One way to effect physiology is to change the way your muscular system, either change your posture, facial expression and even your breathing. And all of these came from the same root, ‘<strong>Healthy Diet</strong>’. With the right food and amount, you can literally change your internal representations day long but if your biochemistry is messed up, it’s going to make the brain create distorted representations.</p>
<p>Most people tend to forget how powerful and important this can be. The reasons are likely the nutritional field was too contradictory and confusing. This sort of thinking will eventually lead to pollute your body and your physiology will be unstable.<br />
One way you can overcome this is to <span id="more-20"></span>understand how your body works, respect it, take care of it and it will take care of you. It’s just simple as that. Eventually there are several tips you can get started to get your desire health and most importantly you physiology state.</p>
<p>Eat water rich foods such as apple, pear and even vegetable are consider water rich foods.<br />
Eighty percent of our body is made up of water, studies shows, if our body has eighty percent less of water, our blood circulations might get clogged with toxic that needed to be flush out. Plain water is good but you can get all the minerals and vitamins with water rich foods.</p>
<p>The combinations of food that we eat are no less important.<br />
The simple rules for this never mix carbohydrate food such as bread or potatoes with protein food such as steak. Carbohydrates foods are alkali base and will not mix well with protein food which is acidic base. This is the law of chemistry that two contrary medium (acid and alkali) cannot work at the same time. This pretty much disturbed your digestive system and will make you stomach uncomfortable. This again will affect the state of your physiology.</p>
<p>There’s an old saying ‘you are what you eat’. It only takes a little discipline and change &#8211; not much, because once you break your old habits, you’ll never go back. For every disciplined effort there is multiple rewards.<br />
So, if you like what you see, do it.<br />
Start change your life to the way you always dreamed of.</p>
<p>romico iqbal</p>
<p><strong>PS</strong><br />
Check this out:<br />
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And Add 5, 10 or even 20 Healthy Years To Your Life With Superfood!</a></p>
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		<title>Health Benefits of Losing Weight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Self Help</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are suffering from morbid obesity, you are most likely experiencing other health problems as well.
There are many health benefits for losing weight, including reducing your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.
One study looked at almost 10,000 adults. Out of smoking, drinking, income and weight, they found weight was the highest [...]<p>a</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are suffering from morbid <strong>obesity</strong>, you are most likely experiencing other health problems as well.<br />
There are many health benefits for <strong>losing weight</strong>, including reducing your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.</p>
<p>One study looked at almost 10,000 adults. Out of smoking, drinking, income and weight, they found weight was the highest risk factor in those who suffered from chronic disease. <a target="_blank" title="Check this out." href="http://www.obesital.com/">Losing weight will help you increase your life expectancy and to live a healthier life</a>.</p>
<p>Plus, when you lose weight, your <span id="more-19"></span>quality of life will improve.<br />
How would you love to have more energy?<br />
Just losing 10% of your body weight will help. This loss will help you to become more mobile so getting around will be easier. You may also experience easier breathing and a better night of sleep. Even your joints will begin to feel better since you won’t have as much weight pushing down on your body.<br />
Another benefit is, of course, your self esteem. Often we perceive our self by the way we look. A healthier body will help with a healthier attitude.</p>
<p>By losing weight, you will decrease your blood pressure, improved blood sugar levels, and lower cholesterol levels. People who take off those excess pounds enjoying lower chances of developing illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and a host of other diseases.<br />
Start losing that weight today, it can add years to your life.</p>
<p>Bruce Hopkins</p>
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