During pregnancy in the body of the future mother, a lot changes - hormonal background, and weight increases. If everything proceeds is normal, this is very good. But often many pregnant women gain extra pounds. In addition to troubles during the period of pregnancy itself, excess weight causes a lot of trouble after childbirth: getting rid of it is not easy. Railing days for pregnant women can help in solving this problem. They will help improve the condition of the body as a whole.
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To whom it is recommended to comply with unloading days
It is worth stipulating right away that the uncontrolled use of unloading days is unacceptable. They should be carried out strictly under the supervision of a doctor, since a deficiency of nutrients threatens the normal development of the child.
To conduct unloading days there should be thorough reasons, and they need to be carried out no earlier than 28 weeks of pregnancy, because it is by this time that the child’s organs are completely formed.
Railing days for pregnant women are recommended for:
- edema accompanied by a decrease in the work of organs;
- gestosis, in which the normal functioning of the kidneys, blood vessels and brain is disturbed, blood pressure increases and the protein content in the urine increases;
- overweight threatening the development of gestational diabetes. This leads to the excessive weight of the baby;
- uneven, fast weight gain. The norm is considered to be a set of weight for a week of 150-400 grams.
Contraindications for observing unloading days
Follow the fasting days for pregnant women should not on the advice of friends and experienced relatives, but under the supervision and on the recommendation of a doctor. Fasting days are contraindicated in:
- chronic diseases of the digestive organs, heart;
- with a lack of weight before pregnancy.
How to follow the unloading days during pregnancy
If the doctor still recommended fasting days, you need to follow the rules for their application:
- it is better to start unloading the body in the evening to facilitate the restriction of the body in food - for example, from six o'clock in the evening of one day and up to six evenings of the following;
- food needs to be taken with a 3-4 hour break, the daily amount of products is divided into 5-6 receptions;
- drink up to 2 liters of water in the morning (with pre-1-1.2 liters);
- limit physical exertion.
If there is a strong hunger between meals, you can drink a glass of kefir. The amount of fats in food must be limited not to create an unnecessary supply of them in the body. The daily calorieness of the unloading day is 1200-1500 kcal. Better in unloading days there are lean meat or fish, cottage cheese and high fiber content. The next day, after unloading, you do not need to overeat, food must be nongend.
It is necessary to carry out the unloading days of pregnant women no more than 1 time per week, so as not to complicate the pregnancy and not provoke the deficiency of vitamins in the body of the mother and the kid.
Exemplary product content for unloading days:
- 500 grams of 5% cottage cheese and 1 liter of 1-2.5% kefir.
- 1.5 kg of green or yellow apples.
- 500 grams of lean fish, birds, meat (cook for a couple) and fresh vegetables - Shared weight not more than 1 kg.
- 2 kg of potatoes (exclusively boiled) and 0.5 l of low-fat kefir.
- 150 grams of dry rice boil on water + 1.5 kg of fruits or vegetables. It is allowed to add several spoons of vegetable oil or 0.5 kg of low-fat sour cream.
For the appointment of a doctor of unloading days during pregnancy, it will help to normalize the weight of the future mother, it will be much easier for her to endure his child, retaining health and shape.