If you have recently given birth, you might be feeling a little out of shape and overweight. It has been a good nine months since you have exercised vigorously which might have resulted in some excess weight building up. Staying at home during your maternity leave might have also brought on the temptation to snack a lot at home, as well as dealing with those crazy cravings you might have had. So when you feel ready to start getting back into shape, here are some gentle ways to ease you back into a healthy diet and fitness routine.

If you are online reading some baby blogs, while playing Cheeky Bingo and looking up tuna recipes (because you would have had to give this up for almost a year), this blog post can offer you some fish recipe ideas, as well as some easy ways to start exercising again.

Fitness – If you don’t feel like joining the gym quite yet, you can ease yourself into exercise rather easily. Why not get off the bus or the tube a couple of stations early and walk the rest of your journey? Alternatively, zumba classes are the latest exercise trend for women. It is a lively dance-inspired class which will get you skipping, dancing, jumping and shaking your hips. It improves overall fitness and tones your figure.

Food – If you love seafood, you might have found it hard to go without tuna for 9 months Tuna is a very nutritional fish, full of omega oils and protein, but it also has high levels of Mercury, which is harmful for your baby. However, now you are allowed to indulge on this delicious fish!

Sweet sticky Chinese tuna – While your tuna steak cooks on the grill pan, make your sauce by combining sugar, chilli. soy sauce and sweet vinegar over a heat. Mix the sauce in with some angel hair noodles, asparagus and bean sprouts, before topping with the grilled tuna. This delicious dinner is healthy and nutritious, perfect for your healthy eating plan.

4th November, 2011 | babies and children