You've had your baby, it was a wonderful experience and you have that new little bundle of joy in your life. But are you now feeling fat and ugly and looking for the key to losing pregnancy weight quickly so that you can regain your pre-pregnancy figure?

Over the period of your pregnancy you probably gained in excess of twenty pounds (1st 6lbs, 9kgs). The actual birth will have lost you approximately half of your weight gain. That was the easy part of losing pregnancy weight quickly; losing the other half will be much more difficult.

It's particularly hard to follow a diet after giving birth because you'll be extremely tired physically and emotionally exhausted too. You may be breastfeeding but whether you are or not, you will have been up several times in the night to care for your baby. This is not the time to embark on some crazy crash diet because your body needs proper nutrition so that you can keep going. In fact don't start a diet or exercise program at all until you have regained your strength and feel well in yourself. You may want to consult your doctor as to when you're ready to start following a diet and doing some exercise.

You'll need a sensible program of weight loss so look for something which will help you to lose around 2lbs (1kg) a week. Any more than that isn't really healthy and you need to keep your strength up.

One such program is Strip That Fat which gives you the tools to create your own diets and even makes a shopping list for you. It will teach you weight loss techniques which are easy to do and that will make sure the weight stays off long term.

Strip That Fat is a lifestyle rather than a diet. If you're trying to lose pregnancy weight quickly, it's ideal because you will be taught how to burn more calories, how you can exercise less but still lose weight and how you can eat more often and still lose more weight. Doesn't that sound better than living on cabbage soup and spending hours at the gym every day?