Weight gain is an important and obvious physiological change during pregnancy. In addition to the weight of the fetus, placenta and amniotic fluid, the mother herself has also undergone some changes due to endocrine changes. This article will introduce the precautions for expectant mothers to lose weight during pregnancy from two aspects: the change of physiological structure and the change of living habits.

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Generally, pregnant women gain 13-20kg during pregnancy, of which 7kg is fat cells. After giving birth to a baby and losing a lot of water, my mother still has 7 pounds of fat. If she doesn't lose weight properly, the fat will follow her all her life.

Changes in living habits

In order to let the baby in the womb absorb enough nutrition and grow up healthily, pregnant women follow the principle of "one person to eat, two people to supplement", forget the dietary concept that was previously taboo because of fear of obesity, and try to eat more "supplement" food, hoping to make the fetus get enough nutrition. However, some expectant mothers "make up" the wrong food, but they consume too many calories, which is fat for the mother herself, but the fetus may not absorb nutrition.

Zuoyuezi diet

In order to achieve the purpose of postpartum tonic, the traditional way of confinement is to eat a lot of sesame chicken, stewed pig's trotters with peanuts, high-calorie viscera and other foods. Nutritionists say that the common problem of modern people is too much calories, but not enough nutrition. Therefore, postpartum confinement should pay attention to the intake of cellulose, help defecation, relieve constipation and restore slim figure.