Goodbye, Baby Weight!

Follow new mom Hillari Dowdle as she attempts to regain her prepregnancy size.

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Hillari's pounds-blasting workout
Designed by personal trainer LaReine Chabut, author of Lose That Baby Fat! (M. Evans and Co.; losethatbabyfat.com)

30 MINUTES OF CARDIO, 3 TIMES A WEEK
Take a quick-pace stroller walk incorporating hills when possible, or try the following routine on an elliptical trainer or treadmill:
5-minute warm-up: no ramp, easy stride.
5-minute mark: Set ramp level to 6 or medium level; maintain a stride in which you're breathing heavily but can carry on a conversation.
15-minute mark: Increase ramp level to 10 or highest level; aim to maintain previous stride.
25-minute mark: Decrease ramp to level 6 or medium level; maintain previous stride.
5-minute cool-down: Decrease ramp to 0 and gradually slow your stride.

20-MINUTE STRENGTH ROUTINE, 2 TIMES A WEEK
• Warm up your muscles for at least 5 to 10 minutes by dancing with your baby, performing jumping jacks with alternating knee lifts, or marching or jogging in place.
• Do the 6 moves in our slideshow--lunges, squats, triceps presses, biceps curls, push-ups, and abdominal crunches on the ball--12 times each, adding a second set as you feel stronger.
• For triceps and biceps moves, use 5- to 10-pound weights, or the heaviest weight you can lift 12 times. (It's OK to struggle on that last rep!)
• If you don't have a stability ball (available at spriproducts.com), sit on the edge of your couch or lie on the floor for crunches.


Click here for Hillari's nutrition pointers

Launch our slideshow to view photos and descriptions of each move.

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From April/May 2007