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Today we are talking about how to change your body composition after having a baby.

And before I get into this episode I want to say that this is by no means like a snap back

type of message. This is simply just talking about how to

build muscle if fat loss is your goal, how to incorporate that in a way that is healthy and sustainable. But I want to reiterate that this is not a fast process and there's going to take some learning. You're going to potentially, you know, have

moments where you're stepping back, where you're moving forward. So I just wanted to say that

right off the bat that this is not a snap back messaging type of thing but today

we're going to talk about what body recomposition is how to do it for the general

public how things change postpartum how to exercise postpartum,

postpartum nutrition, and about how long this whole process can take.

So first off, what is body recomposition?

Body recomposition means improving the ratio of fat mass

to muscle mass in your body.

This is generally in the form of decreasing fat mass

while increasing muscle mass. And yes, you can kind of do the same thing simultaneously or do both simultaneously

But it can also be body composition can also be decreasing fat mass while maintaining muscle mass or even

increasing muscle mass while maintaining fat mass. So any way you improve the

ratio of fat mass to muscle mass is body

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