Re: How a nursing mom can lose weight? Corti-Slim?

May 12, 2004

>How would a nursing mother go about losing an extra 30 lbs of weight?

>

>Though we are not sure what is causing my wife to gain weight, because we

follow and have been following many of the WAP dietary principles, including

daily cod liver oil with butter oil, and a lot of products every month from our

local WAPF chapter and health food store, etc., it seems that every weight loss

or herbal supplement that might help her is off limits because she is nursing

our 5 month old daughter.

I believe in the " Quantum Diary " ... that is, anything changes when you observe

it.

In terms of diet, most people lose weight when they write down everything

they eat, including how much and how many calories. (I do carb/protein/fat

while I am at it). I also track how I feel, and how a given meal makes me feel.

And various other notes about life the universe and everything. One thing

I tried to track was how " satisified " a given meal made me, because I got

sooooo hungry after some meals.

So track what you eat for a week. Some people lose weight JUST by

tracking! If not, then lower your total calorie count by 100 to 300 calories

a day. That isn't much, you probably won't even notice it much.

This method is totally safe and it really does work. You will also discover

interesting things about yourself. And if you write down stuff about

your baby too you'll have a great journal to look back on. You can

use a book, or something like Excel.

I also use the Warrior Diet approach (added after I started the Quantum Diary)

where I only eat raw foods during the day, and eat carbs in the evening. This

may be too much for a nursing Mom though ... you NEED your calories. It

does wonders for Cortisol and hunger pang issues though.

-- Heidi Jean

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