The Do’s and Don’ts of Nourishing Your Body Postpartum

Embrace Your Real

Julie Ledbetter

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Body, Mindset, Movement, Health, Acceptance, Macros, Love, Positivity, Nutrition, Loss, Weight

5 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Hey, Mama! First of all, let me say this: you are incredible. Your body just created a whole human being! Whether it’s your first baby or your fourth, you’re in a season of big changes—physically, emotionally, and mentally.

And while it might feel tempting to dive into the whole “bounce back” culture, I’m here to remind you that your body deserves so much more than that. This is your time to heal, replenish, and thrive. So let’s talk about how you can use nutrition to feel your best during this postpartum chapter!

What I discuss:

Don’t even think about dieting.
Also, don’t put pressure on yourself to count your macros
Use this time of life to eat intuitively — your body needs a lot so don’t hold back from giving it what it’s asking for.
If you do count one macro, let it be protein.
Try to build all your means around protein, aiming to get 20-30g per meal to keep you more energized and satiated.
After protein, fill your diet with lots of health fats and fiber.
Make sure you’re incorporating iron and vitamin-c rich foods into your daily food intake.
HYDRATE. HYDRATE. HYDRATE!

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0:00.0	Hey there, beautiful human. You're listening to Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Ledbetter,
0:05.4	a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk
0:11.4	and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving
0:16.6	your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real. Let's get and let's go.
0:27.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode on the Embrace Real podcast. First of all, if you
0:32.8	were a mom, I just want to say you are absolutely incredible. Your body just created a whole human being. And whether
0:39.6	this is your first baby or this is your fourth baby, you are in a season of big changes, physically,
0:45.0	emotionally, mentally. And while it might feel tempting to dive into this whole bounce back culture,
0:50.5	I am here to remind you that your body deserves so much more than that. This is a time to heal. This is a time to
0:56.8	replenish and thrive. And so I want to talk about how you can use nutrition to feel your best during
1:02.5	postpartum. And I'm just going to dive right into it. I don't want any time to waste. But let's get real. After
1:08.1	having a baby, I know that you might have this urge to have your body
1:12.1	bounce back, whatever that is. But this needs to be addressed. This phrase bounce back is truly
1:17.8	everywhere. Like I have seen it so many times throughout the last month alone. It needs to go.
1:22.8	Your body just did something miraculous. It grew and birthed an entire human being. And so now your focus
1:30.4	shouldn't and isn't on shrinking back to some version of yourself that you once were. Instead,
1:36.3	it should be on giving your body what it needs to recover and thrive as it adapts to this new
1:41.6	wonderful season that you are in. I want you to think of it like this.
1:44.6	Your body right now, postpartum, is working overtime. It's healing tissues. It's rebalancing hormones.
1:50.8	And if you're breastfeeding, your body is producing milk to keep your baby nourish. And this is a
1:56.1	huge energy demand to say the least. Like this period of your life that you are in should not be
2:01.3	about perfection or looking a certain way. It should be about nourishment. It should be about
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