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Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell--After Pregnancy: Every Woman's Guide to Shaping Up, Slimming Down, and Staying Sane After the Baby
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Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780786884568
ISBN: 0786884568
Label: Hyperion
Manufacturer: Hyperion
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2003-01-08
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date: 2003-01-08
Studio: Hyperion
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very woman who's had a baby knows how difficult it is to take off the extra weight, despite those unrealistic articles promising that you'll be back into your pre-pregnancy clothes within six weeks. Postpartum dieting can actually add weight and slow down the metabolism, making it virtually impossible to shed those stubborn pounds. Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell-After Pregnancy shows women why it's so difficult to lose the weight quickly, and why, if women don't adopt a sensible eating and exercise plan (as opposed to crash dieting), they will probably never take off the extra pounds. Whether you had a baby five days ago, or five years ago, bestselling author Debra Waterhouse shows women how to shed those hard-to-budge post-partum pounds, sensibly and healthfully.
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Summary: Thank You for this "tell it like it is" book!
Comment: This book was EXCELLENT in preparing you for what to expect after childbirth when your body has changed and you are anticipating weightloss...especially if you are breastfeeding. It tells how your cells are "Reprogrammed" after pregnancy and during breastfeeding and how to "outsmart" them and get your body back. I enjoyed the author's wit and style of writing, but she is very knowledgable and offers useful tips and strategies for realistic expectations of weightloss. I was always a small person, but gained 50 lbs during pregnancy only to produce a 5 1/2 lb. baby girl! So I'm left with the excess weight and frantic to get my small frame back. This book showed me how it's OKAY to keep that weight on for a while to help with nutricious breastfeeding and that GRADUALLY I will lose the weight - most of it after 6 months postpartum. I always thought I could expect to lose it in the first 3 months. Only the lucky ones can do that! THis book will tell you like it is and not make you feel bad about yourself. It'll motivate you to get going and get moving, start making wiser choices about food and lifestyle. And it promotes a safe way of doing so if you are breastfeeding. Just say NO to crash diets! I thought it was an easy read - not to hard to manage while taking care of my colic-y baby! p.s. My baby is 6 mos now and I've got 15 lbs left to go...
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Summary: Very little useful information
Comment: I read this book after my second pregnancy, because I was having a harder time shaping up than after my first. I gained 22 lbs. with my first pregnancy and lost all but 5 due to breastfeeding without even trying. I gained 29 lbs. with my second and have kept a stubborn 13 lbs. on despite moderate eating and as much exercise as I can manage with a newborn and a three-year-old. This book had way too much chatty conversational fluff and not much solid, helpful information. I had to skim through all her anecdotes and 'you can do it'! chatter to get to the salient points about postpartum weight loss. Fortunately, she does have them in bold or italized, so you can skip to those sections and save yourself well over half the text. For the most part, I found her information discouraging and disheartening. Being told to do absolutely no exercise for the first 6 weeks because your fat cells won't let you lose weight seemed crazy to me. What about the mental and emotional boost we get from exercise endorphins? And whenever the example of someone who was able to lose pregnancy weight quickly was mentioned, she dismisses it with a 'well, they must be 20 years old with a superfast metabolism. No real people can do that.' Obviously, some people are and I wanted to know how. This book did not tell me that.
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Summary: Too much work to read this book while caring for baby
Comment: Did not find this helpful. Too dense to read while nursing, diapering, etc etc. I'd prefer it would cut to the chase. I bought it when I was feeling very low and depressed about my post-baby weight at about 1 month out from birth (this seems to be a common thread among women who bought this book) but didn't find it particularly uplifting or helpful. I will save you some money: keep active and get out of the house with baby, keep breasfeeding as long as possible (if it is possible for you to breastfeed), eat reasonably, and the weight will come off slowly but surely! You don't need a book to tell you that. Have faith in yourself and your body! Maybe the advice in this book really works, or maybe women would have naturally lost the weight in time without it. I know I'm one of the lucky ones, but at 6 months out I am back below my pre-baby weight, and I was still HUGE at about 1 month post-partum when I bought this book in desperation (at least 4 sizes above my pre-baby dress size and still wearing maternity clothes)
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Summary: Realistic, especially helpful while breastfeeding
Comment: I have followed this books guidelines after two pregnancies and it has helped me lose the 20 pounds of fat I have gained each time. I am currently losing weight the third time I have followed the recommendations of this book. I have breastfed for at least a year each time, which can make losing the weight difficult because I get so hungry! By eating enough while breastfeeding(not freaking my body out that there is a famine or something) and increasing my muscle mass I lose the weight. The scientific rationale concerning the female fat cell postpartum makes a ton of sense. I might not lose the weight as fast as my non-breastfeeding counterparts, but I think I lose more in the long run. It takes a year for my body to lose the weight safely, and yes, a few less oreos wouldn't hurt :0 But this book isn't about deprivation, it is about encouragement and manageable steps for a healthy lifestyle. I am the strongest I have been postpartum because I focused on building up my muscle mass for the first five months (which actually caused me to gain weight) and now my 22 lb seven month old is literally sucking the fat off my body for me. And my fat cells are saying adios happily! I will say that I have gone and gotten pants that fit, which one of the reviewers mentioned wasn't very financially feasible on a budget.....well, think of the money you are saving in formula costs or go to goodwill so that you can get dressed comfortably in the morning! I have three different sizes of postpartum pants that I have invested in over four postpartum recoveries and it was WORTH IT. Some of the remarks are a little cutesy in this book...but as a nurse I think it is very scientifically sound. Megan Haney
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Summary: Depressing and discouraging!
Comment: I hated this book! I found the author's cutesy vocabulary and lighthearted "oh well" attitude in response to quite possibly never getting my body back to be nothing less than infuriating. Her description of waving a little white flag to 30 billion fat cells, and how they "protect their precious goldmine of fat" oblivious to months of exercise, and increasingly more stubborn with dieting, is obnoxious as it is frustrating.
I felt that she was telling me certain goals are hopeless and that the only way to cope was to throw away my old clothes.
I know that isn't true because (it was a tight fit), but I wore them home from the hospital! And I know I can improve from there.
Don't listen to her! You can do it!
I found that "Lose Your Mummy Tummy" was much more liberating, and will help me prepare for life and possible pregnancies down the road.
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