If you think that The Baby Fat Diet is only for new moms, think again. I mean — honestly — how many of you moms of preschoolers or grade schoolers are still carrying extra baby weight? Or maybe you’ve even gained weight as your children are growing up, due to eating the young-child’s diet of PB & J and chicken nuggets, either along with them or by mindlessly noshing on their leftovers?
I like to read about nutrition, and theoretically I like to put the principles into practice for myself and my family as well. The Baby Fat Diet is a great book, providing balanced health information and even a place to put your goals for changes in writing at the end of each chapter.
But what makes this book unique is that it’s written by moms for moms. Whether you are a brand-new mom, or in the throes of trying to balance a healthy lifestyle while raising older kids, authors and registered dieticians Shara Aaron and Monica Bearden know about the challenges this stage presents, and also how important it is to incorporate healthy eating — for the good of the entire family.
The first few chapters of the book do address healthy eating in pregnancy and post-partum, but the remainder of the book is chock-full of information for any mom including
- The Importance of specific nutrients and food groups
- Keeping a healthy metabolism
- Eating healthy on the go
- Serving sizes and meal suggestions
You can also check out the authors’ Baby Fat Diet blog for ongoing encouragement.
Would you like to win a copy of The Baby Fat Diet (U.S. addresses only)? Leave a comment, and please see our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our Contest and Giveaway Rules.
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Nice prize! I would love to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
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I would love to win this book. I would love to learn how to have a more healthy life.
I’ll be having to try to lose the baby fat in about 2.5 months.
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Looks great! Thanks for the giveaway!
It is difficult to get any amount of fat off.
18 months later and still have the “baby” fat…Help!
I could really use this book. Thanks for entering me.
I think this is a book I need. I would love to win it.
Can you still be losing the baby fat when your youngest is 8? Well, then, that’s the book for me!
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as i pinch the much more than an inch that is around my middle i’m hoping to win that book.
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This sounds like a book I should definitely read.
I know several baby fat mommas that should read this book, lol.
I know someone who would love this book
Great book – I’d love to have a copy.
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This would be great, thanks for the chance
Please, enter me, great prize!!! I would love to win this.
I sure could use this book. Thanks for the chance to win.
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I have a 100lbs baby fat i need to lose after jan 26,2009
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Thanks for the giveaway.
I’ll have 3 kids under 4 by this fall. Oh yes, I need this book!
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I need this book since my resolution is to lose the baby weight. (The baby is 2 yrs old)
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The book looks interesting. I know I could use it! Thanks!
I would like to win this for my daughter. She has been trying to lose weight since her baby was born 8 months ago.
This book looks like a fun read. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Wow a great book!
Sure, I’m interested. Baby #2 is due in March and I’m doing my very best to stay within the 25-35 lb. recommended weight gain range because I know that it will be easier to get back in shape if I do…
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Sounds like a very informative book!
Hi, I would love to win this book. My youngest daughter is 3 and I am still carrying an extra 10 lbs that I just can’t seem to lose. This book looks like it would be a great help. Thanks.
I still have pregnancy weight to lose as well
would love to loss a little this year would be happy to loss a lot
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yes Yes YES! I need this. It’s a year after my baby was brought into this world and I’m still packing an extra 20 or so pounds. Gah!
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Sounds like a great read, and I need all the help losing weight i can get!
I am interested in boosting my metabolism so this books looks like a great help.
I’ve lost quite a bit of weight since my baby was born, but now I’ve just…stopped. Actually, I lost all of my baby weight but now want to work on what I needed to lose before. And my weight is redistributed -located in totallly different areas – like my tummy then I had before. So that my post-baby weight looks and feels different then when I was this weight before.
This book may be just what I need!
Sounds like a nice book
Hey, the book sounds interesting……….would like to win it.
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Looks like a great book.
This looks like it could be a real eye-opener…I would share it with my TOPS WEIGHT LOSS GROUP that I go to every week
This book sounds great. I definitly have some baby fat to lose.
Does it count as baby fat if your babies are 3 years old? Or if you lost it all by breastfeeding but now are gaining again? Because if so, then I need this book!
Hi – Please enter me for this book! It’s that season of my life that I need to start doing something about the Baby Fat – as there will be no more babies!
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I had lost all the baby weight, then we started having whole milk in the house all the time (she turned 1 year) and I gained 10 lbs back.
This book looking interesting. I still got my baby fat and my son is almost 3 yrs old!
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I got lots of baby fat LOL
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My daughter is now two…and I still cannot shed those last 15 pregnancy pounds. This sounds like a great book!
I would love to win this book. I am in a out right war against my baby fat and I am only very very slowly winning. Any help would be great.
How perfect! I just had a baby 2 weeks ago and I have my wedding in 5 months. I could use all the help I can get.
What a great book that I need oh so very badly
I love to check out health motivating books, and this one looks like it would be very interesting. My sister just had a baby, so I’d definitely let her take a look.
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I’m pregnant right now so this book would be useful!
I have a 9-month old and it is time to work on the baby weight! This book looks motivating!
This sounds like a great book for me. I have been struggling with my weight since I had my two boys a year apart. They are turning 3 and 2 in March and I still have not lost the weight I gained during those pregnancies! I need help!
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I also subscribe to your newsletter! Keep up the good work.
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This book looks great to me! I could definitely use it!
I’d love to win a copy! I read your site every day!
Yep, I need this book, I had my son almost 5 months ago and the Baby fat is still hanging around!!
Many moms out there need this book, so better grab this out. It was a very helpful tool for all the moms especially those first time moms. Being aware on this book can strengthen you to know about the do’s and dont’s that a caring mother should focus about. For those pregnant moms, it is better to consult to your doctor for any changes on your body, or in your proper diet.
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Sounds like a great book!
This sounds great.
I’m still lugging around twenty pounds of baby fat and baby girl is 16 months old, it’s harder to lose the tonnage this time than it was after the other three maybe it’s because I’m in my forties or just lazy 😉 but I sure could use the book
I am preggo with boy number 3 and really need this book. Thanks
Hmmm, maybe my inability to lose the baby fat x5 is the reason I’m pg with #6? It’s just easier to be pg than admitting I still have baby weight? LOL Come May, I could use the book – again!
I sooo need this! Up until I got pregnant with my second child, I was still using the excuse, “I just had a baby.” Child #1 was 3…
The last 10 pounds are the most difficult. Thanks!
I’d love to win!
After baby #3 I seem to be having trouble losing the last 15.
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I’m still trying to lose the rest of the weight from my pregnancy. This could definitely help me.
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Oh my i so need this book!
I would love to have this book
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I NEED this book!
I think probably the serving sizes are the most important element. I still remember being quite shocked at the incredible serving sizes in restaurants e.g. a salad served in the bowl the size of a washing up bowl but designed for one person rather than a whole family.
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I have about 15 lbs left to lose after 3 pregnancies in 3 and a half years. I would LOVE to win the book! Thank you!
My baby is 10 months old and I still have 30 pounds to lose! (well, from this baby and my first combined! ) Anyway, I could sure use this book!
O.K. I’ll admit it. I need the book.