I'm gaining weight since pregnancy (delivery) 4 months ago.
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I have been gaining weight & facing obesity since delivery. I breastfeed four times a day and don't eat high calorie foods. Please help
I delivered four months back. I was 62 kgs before my pregnancy. I reached to 78 kgs at delivery. Immediately after delivery I lost 10 kgs. But since then I have been gaining weight. I am currently 77 kgs. I breastfeed four times a day. I don't eat high calorie foods. My height is 4 feet 10 inches. I had PCOS before and had undergone surgery for it. But it had been cured. Kindly suggest the way forward
I delivered four months back. I was 62 kgs before my pregnancy. I reached to 78 kgs at delivery. Immediately after delivery I lost 10 kgs. But since then I have been gaining weight. I am currently 77 kgs. I breastfeed four times a day. I don't eat high calorie foods. My height is 4 feet 10 inches. I had PCOS before and had undergone surgery for it. But it had been cured. Kindly suggest the way forward
Category: Nutritionist
Ms. Rekha Pohani
M.Sc., Ph.D - Nutrition
Your basic problem is obesity. Here is a sample diet to help you understand the diet requirements.
- Early Morning: Green tea (sugar less)
- Breakfast: non fried preparations/ whole wheat bread/ vegetable poha, upma, etc. / idli sambhar etc.
- Mid-Morning: Fruits (avoid the carbohydrate rich fruits like grapes, banana, custard apple and watermelon)
- Lunch: 2 dry chapatti + sabji 1 katori + dal or skimmed curd
- Evening Snacks: Tea / Coffee sugarless + high fiber bis. or Sprouts 1 katori
- Dinner: 2 chapatti + vegetable 1 katori + skimmed buttermilk 1 glass + salad 1 katori.
Exercise daily for at least 30 minutes. Breastfeed the child. Get your CBC, ESR, thyroid profile, insulin levels, serum calcium and B-12 levels and usg abdopelvis done and revert.
- Tab Supracal hd - Once daily before food along with a full glass of water for 15 days
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Ms. Rekha Pohani
M.Sc., Ph.D - Nutrition
I am an experienced nutritionist. Love to make people aware of diet and lifestyle. Have worked with clinical and general nutrition. Treat people with diet NAD natural methods.
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