Postpartum weight loss: 6 diet tips from Mark's mom

The blogger "Mark Mama", who has four children, weighed 85 kg before pregnancy and lost weight to 50 kg after giving birth. She shared her weight loss secrets on her blog, which was circulated crazily by tens of thousands of netizens. She explained in her blog that the general principle is to "change eating habits". There are 6 secrets to a fat-loss diet, and exercising more to burn calories can help you lose weight healthily.

1. Keep a daily weight loss diary:

By keeping daily records, I observe that the real reason why I am not losing weight is because of too many dinner parties? Or does menstruation affect weight? Or lack of sleep? Still haven’t pooped in days? Mark's mother took herself as an example. Through recording, she found that she consumed too much starch. For example, she once ate noodles at noon for a whole week, which caused her to gain 1 kilogram. Then she reduced the amount of starch by half, and her weight decreased. She reminded that weight loss diaries do not need to be too complicated or detailed, but they must be recorded every day.

2. Switch to natural ingredients:

Mark's mother shared her own experience that it is easy to make you hungrier if you eat more refined processed food. She speculated that it might be due to excessive processing that most of the nutrients in the food are lost. Later, she changed to eating natural ingredients that were simple to cook, large in volume, and low in calories. After about a month, she no longer felt hungry so often and her weight dropped smoothly.

3. Chew slowly:

Mark's mother described that fat people all have the common characteristic of "eating very quickly", which means eating very quickly means they hardly chew the food and swallow it down in two or three bites. She reminded people to eat slowly when losing weight, chew more in their mouths, imagine that their mouths are juicers, and bite the food into very small pieces. This way, the food will be easier to digest and will not stay in the stomach for too long. If the body has enough nutrition, it will not keep sending out hunger signals.

4. Avoid dipping sauce:

Mark's mother called on people to bravely say goodbye to dipping sauces, because dipping sauces can make people eat too salty, leading to edema and even weight gain and a thicker waist. In addition, she emphasized that the saltier the food, the hungrier it will be.

5. Drink more water:

To lose weight, you should start by giving up drinks with sugar and calories, drink 2000 to 3000cc of water every day to allow the body to metabolize waste. Even between meals, if you feel hungry, you might as well drink some water first instead of eating snacks.

6. Evaluate the implementation of the weight loss menu:

Mark's mother said that many of her friends failed after a few days of weight loss meals. She suggested that the weight loss menu varies from person to person, and you should evaluate your own execution level. If you can only eat dishes you don't like at all all of a sudden, it is easy to fail. In addition, she reminded that a weight loss diet should be balanced. Even if an unbalanced diet makes you lose weight quickly, it will not last long and your belly will gain weight just as fast.