Post Pregnancy Weight Loss

Post pregnancy weight loss. So you want to get that slim and slender body you’ve always wanted?

Having recently given birth you might feel like there’s no hope of ever regaining that body you once knew and to successfully loose the weight again.

The average woman will gain between 25 to 30 pounds during pregnancy. But actually childbirth itself results in an immediate weight loss of approximately 12 to 14 pounds, consisting of amniotic fluid, the placenta and, of course, the baby!

It’s recommended that you take at least 6 to 8 weeks rest after childbirth to give your body a good chance to recover. Your body has been through a lot of strain during pregnancy and needs good recovery time.

Once your body has the rest it needs you can ease your way into a weight loss programme. Be realistic about your weight loss goals; 2 pounds of weight loss per week is a realistic figure. Although it may be possibly to lose more weight, it can have a detrimental effect on your health.

Remember; your body is your temple. Although often an overused saying, it remains completely true. Give your body the rest it needs and the nutrients it needs and it will look after you.

Your body needs a good amount of nutrients to provide your body with the energy it needs at a time when it is under most stress.

If you’re breastfeeding don’t worry too much about calorie counting after giving birth, since your baby is relying on you through for good nutrition and ultimately good health. As such it’s recommended that you intake at least 1800 calories per day.

Now is also a really time to start a well balanced diet to lay the foundations of a good long-term diet. The best way to do this is to eat well balanced meals approximately every 3 hours. This will also keep your metabolism and energy levels high and consistent.

Many women consider breastfeeding itself to be the biggest secret; burning off up to 500 calories per day!

Don’t forget; it’s never too soon to start exercising! Providing you give your body the amount of rest it needs, there no harm in getting some gentle daily exercise such as walking. Taking a gentle walk every day can help get you back into shape and also help to boost energy levels.

Another great way to lose weight and tone up is to start some exercise classes; Yoga and Pilates are both excellent ways to start to firm and tighten your body.

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Super Affiliate Handbook Review

Do you want to become a super affiliate and make tonnes of cash online?

I recently read the book "The Super Affiliate Handbook: How I Made $436,797 In One Year Selling Other People's Stuff Online".

I found the book while I was researching affiliate products. In my naive state of mind I wanted a complete idiot’s guide to affiliate marketing! A blueprint – as it were.

So I came across Rosalind Gardner’s book and sat down for a good few hours and gave it a thorough read. The book certainly isn’t brief at 277 pages!

Let me just give you my brief background; I’ve been in the website development industry for 7+ years and I’m currently joint director of a website development company.

But there’s one thing I really want to learn; it’s how to sell online.

Rosalind covers literally every aspect of affiliate marketing very well and three chapters stuck out to me; “Domain Issues”, “Plan Your Website” and “Build Your Site”.

Most books that give a “so called” guide to domain names and websites are usually complete nonsense or staggeringly out-of-date. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Rosalind really hit the nail on the head.

The chapter “Plan Your Website” is 100% accurate and very similar (but just a lot more brief) to how we plan very large and expensive websites for our clients. I highly recommend anyone even thinking about starting their own website to thoroughly read this chapter since it will save you so much valuable time.

Back in my early days I never used to plan the website that I built; instead I would dive straight in to the fun stuff! The result? I never actually finished the website – under construction pages and generally very frustrating content to the visitors – never to return again!

The chapter on website design is also very interesting to read. Rosalind recommends four options for building a website; do it yourself, pre-made website templates, website package or to hire a website developer.

Rosalind then goes on to explain the benefits and drawbacks of each option. If you do decide to make the website yourself there’s then a very good chapter explaining all the different software to help produce your website. This chapter is really interesting since she mentions basic software for complete newbie’s and also explains the professional industry standard software; the Adobe suite (although the book does show it’s age by referring to it as Macromedia Studio MX – released in 2002).

Moving away from the website development side of things.

One thing I did notice about the book is that it’s almost like reading an advertisement. Every product that’s reviewed is an affiliate link. Although to be fair that is the idea of the book!

Do you want to sell as an affiliate?

A chapter that Rosalind has covered really well is how do you know what is profitable to sell without too much competition?

This is where I started to focus my full attention.

There’s a 40 page chapter that describes in intricate detail how to research a profitable idea; finding a profitable subject that has a high demand yet fairly low competition – or competition that could be broken into.

Once you’ve discovered a good topic the 30 page chapter on finding a good product to sell will surely set you on your way to finding the product for your chosen profitable topic.

But what if you’re still not sure on which product to sell?

Over 30 pages on the chapter “How to choose Products and Programs” contains true wealth of information.

Conclusion

Personally I found this book extremely valuable to me.

It’s not just the advice and information that Rosalind goes into, it’s also the resources that she shares; the websites that are recommended in the book are all very helpful and related.

If you want to learn how to become a “super affiliate” – that is someone in the top 2% of affiliate marketers that actually make serious money selling affiliate products – then this book will teach you what you need to know.

But, if you’re looking to get rich over night selling affiliate products I would seriously recommend you start changing the way you think.

Grab your copy of the Super Affiliate Handbook here.

Take care and thanks for reading
Simon