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Although you can't control WHERE you put your weight on, there are some pregnancy exercises that you can do to take charge of your problem areas. For example, if you're a Pear body type, you will most likely find yourself gaining weight in your butt, hip and thigh area (urgh!). My first piece of advice is - don't worry too much about these body parts right now, everything WILL go back to normal after pregnancy. In fact, in my personal trainer days I was told that post-pregnancy is the only time during the course of your adult life where it is EASY to lose weight around your hips (hooray!). Although I didn't find any scientific research to prove this theory, imagine the positive energy from just believing it? I know it worked for me! I was NOT concerned about my butt (cellulite and all!) during my pregnancy and I swear it HAS gone smaller. But if believing is not enough for you, here ARE some pregnancy exercises that you can do now to tone up your problem areas. 3 GREAT Hip, Butt and Thigh Exercises: (Note: please always make sure to get the OK from your Doctor/Midwife before doing any type of exercise) 1. Bum Raises - lie with your upper back and neck on your body ball. Slowly drop your bum down towards the ground, and then lift up, squeezing your glutes (bum muscles), until you're parallel with the floor. Repeat up and down 12-15 times. 2. Inner Thigh Squeezes - sit tall on the edge of a chair or on the floor, place your body ball between your legs, hand(s) holding the ball, and squeeze your knees together slowly. Hold and release ONLY part way. Repeat 12-15 times. 3. Lunges - standing, step one leg forward (big step), hold on to a wall or railing and then dip down to the floor and back up again, squeezing your bum and pushing through your heel. Do NOT let your front knee go past your toes. Repeat 12-15 times each leg. For those of you who are rolling your eyes saying - "But I don't have a body ball!" – I strongly encourage you to get a Pregnancy Without Pounds bodyball! It will be one of your BEST investments both NOW and AFTER you deliver your beautiful baby (it can also help you out tremendously DURING labor!). Keep up your pregnancy exercises, a little will go a long way – I promise you! For LOTS more TIPS on how to tone your problem areas (butt, hips, thighs, arms and more!), as well as which specific exercises you need to do NOW to prepare yourself for an easy labor and a quick post-partum recovery, read my pregnancy survival kit at... www.pregnancywithoutpounds.com
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Michelle Moss is the celebrated author of Pregnancy Without Pounds (www.pregnancywithoutpounds.com) and Mommy Without Pounds (www.mommywithoutpounds.com)
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