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Returning to your pre-baby body depends on a few factors: how much weight you gained during your pregnancy, your pregnancy exercise regimen, what type of delivery you had, and your motivation and abilities to eat right and exercise during the months after baby is born. The recommended weight to gain for most women during pregnancy is 20 to 35 pounds. But 80% of women gain far more than this. An extra 10 pounds over this natural and healthy amount to gain is much harder to lose.

More and more folks than ever are ditching modern fad diets for weight loss and are undergoing sustainable and sensible lifestyles. The healthier a person's lifestyle choices, the quicker a person's body will return to its optimal weight. And I have never come across any diet that is healthier or more nutrient-dense than the raw food diet.

How often have you engaged in back-and-forth banter with a friend, each of you commenting on how fat you are? Unfortunately, this kind of talk is far too common in today's appearance-driven culture. Research has shown that the way we talk about our own bodies affects not only how we view ourselves, but also how others view us. Learning to ditch the derogatory comments can improve your own body image and they way you're perceived by others as well.

You are constantly accosted by ads for weight loss pills and pre-packaged foods, but that is often not the right way for you to go about losing weight. When you want to lose weight, often the more natural approach is more affordable, safer and more longer-lasting than other approaches. Not only that, but you'll feel better. Here are a few tips for losing weight in a natural way.

Poor self-esteem can start a weight gain. To lose weight, start improving your self-esteem!

So many people want to lose weight, but they can all come up with a million excuses as to why it has not happened yet. One of the most notable excuses is not being able to find time to get to the gym. While not having an hour or two each day to go work out is valid for some, not finding time to get active is never an excuse. Here are some simple ways to add activity into your life without spending hours at the gym.

Losing weight on a raw food diet is certainly the way to go. I base this statement not on personal opinion, but on the number of raw food weight loss success stories that I have come across whilst researching this topic.

Two out of three Americans are either overweight or obese. Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity has tripled. And the problem is only getting worse. What is causing this trend? And what can you do about it? This edition of The Better Health Update explains.

Many of us have tried fad diets which claim to show results. But, unfortunately all it did was ruin our metabolism, decrease our energy levels and increase our cravings. In order to lose weight effectively and keep it off, the fat in the body has to be targeted so the amount of muscle can be increased so that more calories are burnt even when you are not exercising. Lose weight in 2 weeks by doing intermittent fasting that has a host of benefits apart from helping you drop pounds.

How to know if you are using fat as a way of hiding from the world. Simple steps to break that habit.

The best way to reduce belly fat, lose body fat and lose weight is to use your hormones effectively. I discovered that what we eat, how often, how much and when we eat, influenced the secretion of certain hormones connected to energy-usage and energy-storage.

We look at some of the most trusted home remedies for weight loss that are easy to prepare and don't cost you a lot of money. Home remedies were used by our grandparents and are still very popular today in most countries.