Exercising at home

Most will say as long as you are eating at a caloric deficit, you will lose weight. Exercising (mainly cardio) is for burning a few extra calories, allowing you to consume more. If you are breastfeeding, I'd be careful not to eat at too low a deficit and make sure you are getting sufficient fluids to keep up your supply. As far as exercising, I still think it's important for stress relief and overall well-being. As a new mom, it was incredibly hard to be motivated to make the time for it though. I'd find a short workout video you can do while the baby is napping or otherwise occupied, or depending on just how old the baby is incorporating baby into a workout routine (lifting baby up, or squatting with baby, etc). Lookup bodyweight exercise routines that require no equipment and generally very little space to complete. Pushing baby in a stroller for walks is also great although depending on where you live, it's not necessarily the best time of year for that outdoors!

Fitnessblender.com is a great website to find a wide range of free exercise videos! They always show you the correct form while exercising and they also have nutrition tips for you.

hoopsdujour wrote: »

Fitnessblender.com is a great website to find a wide range of free exercise videos! They always show you the correct form while exercising and they also have nutrition tips for you.

I agree! I love fitnessblender. Their routines are completely free, and there is so many! My favourite are 30 minute workouts for busy people.

As others have said, being in calorie deficit will make you lose weight, but exercise is great for your health, and will definetely help with weight loss and getting back in shape.

fantasyj wrote: »

Also about exercise routines i need a accurate exercise plan because i am not good at sports. So i need to know how many times a certain exercise should be done and how many of them to do in one routine everydau.

That is something that will come to you more naturally with time. If you follow some exercise videos for a while after several months you'll begin to understand how a routine is put together and maybe be able to do some on your own.

Here are some things to watch for in the videos that can help you plan your own workouts later:

A good rule of thumb is that it should be challenging to do 15 reps or 30-60 seconds of whatever you are doing. If you can't do 15 or can't last even 30 seconds at something, modify it to be easier until you can. If you can do 15 and 60 seconds easily, modify/add weight to make it more challenging until it isn't anymore. Ideally the first 10-12 will come easily enough and the last 3-5 you will be feeling your muscles start to fail. Do 3 or 4 different exercises back to back, take a brief rest, and then repeat them all once more. If you spend 2 minutes completing each exercise and repeat each exercise twice, you only need to pick about 8 exercises to fill a half-hour workout.

If you stick to that formula you can make a workout out of pretty much any combination of exercises you want. There's not really a wrong way to do it when you're in it for general fitness as opposed to competitive bodybuilding, as long as you make sure to work the legs, arms, and core, and not neglect a major muscle group.

I think it's important to find something you enjoy doing. After I had my first baby I did a Billy Blanks Tae Bo video 3/4 times a week. After that The Firm. Then I fell into running, then triathlons, then Crossfit and now I'm working on a home gym. Just find something you like so you'll want to do it. I follow BWMCFitness on IG. She has several kids and posts workout videos with her kids around. It's so inspiring! Good luck!