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Post-Childbirth Abs

You Can Get Them Back!

By C.J. Johnson

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Put Your Diet on a Diet
Webb believes in keeping it simple. She advises reducing the fat intake by eliminating simple sugars, sweets, white flour and processed foods as much as possible. When eating out, there are ways to limit the fat by ordering a large salad with non-fat dressing and having meat that comes with sauce served on the side. If you are on the road, take fruit and protein bars with you to help avoid eating out.

Balance is the key, according to Ellis. "You cannot omit carbohydrates," he says. "Excellent food choices for leaning out include whole tuna, white meat turkey, egg whites and chicken breasts."

Look Out, Janet – Here We Come!
Colleen Rush is not only a member of the U.S. National Skeleton Team, she also has an unbelievably toned torso. She claims combining exercise for back and abdominal strength is her secret. She has advice for women trying to get into shape. "For lowr back and oblique strength, lay on your back with your knees up so that your legs form a right angle," she says. "Put an appropriately heavy medicine ball between your knees and rotate from side to side so that you maintain the right angle and the outside of your knee almost touches the floor. Repeat for two sets of 30, three times a week."

Stephanie Polukoff, 40, of Park City, Utah, is lean, toned and committed to her continually evolving exercise routine. She quickly got back into shape after the births of her two children, now 9 and 6, using a variety of techniques. When a workout regimen begins to lose its effectiveness, she bumps up the intensity or changes it entirely. "Right now, I am into slow and controlled abdominal activity," she says. Polukoff finishes her daily "sweat fest" with abdominal work she learned through Pilates.


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