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2006/10/06, 08:15 AM
Kc has good ideas.
Also, don't overdo trying to lose weight while your body is still recovering from having a baby. make sure you are eating a healthy diet, taking a multi-vitamin, getting adequate calcium. Your body is robbed of so much during pregnancy - give it a chance to replenish.
I found that I could usually fit in an exercise video while my daughter napped, the library had a lot of them to choose from. If she wouldn't nap i would put her in the playpen with her favorite toys, where she could see me and do the videos. we also spent a lot of time out walking.
Breakfast is important - make yourself a bowl of oatmeal with skim milk and eat it while you feed the toddler breakfast, baby too if not nursing. When you scramble an egg for your toddler, make extra so you have some, too.
Your being healthy and happy will translate into better mommy for your little ones - be sure to tell yourself that when you feel guilty about taking the time to care for yourself. Otherwise you will get burnt out and cranky.
Good luck!
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle
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