After your 6 week mark (and remember, some people need longer), you can step up the speed of your walking and introduce some smaller hills (with a gradual incline). Gradually build up to running.
You will need to wait a little longer to work on your core muscles. But when you're ready, you can start to do some things like The Plank (or hover). Tricep pull downs will help with your tummy muscles but shouldn't be done until around the 3 months mark.
Some cycling if you have a bike
Squats.
Have you looked around to see what's in your area? I understand about the financial side of things but some areas have free mums and bubs walking groups run by PT's. Many gyms will also do a Mum's and Bubs exercise session once a week for minimal amount - I think my gym was about $10 a class.
You can also do swimming. That is great for your core.
You may be able to start water aerobics again so long as you listen to your body and don't do what it objects to!
From 6 weeks I did 20 min sessions on a cross trainer which was great because it was aerobic but still low impact. Other than that I just walked with a mum's group and did some (slow at first) stairs.
Hope that's a bit more like the info you're looking for.
Thanks Mother Goose and Tammie! Exactly what I was after. I have a habit of overdoing it with exercise and so want to make sure I'm well prepared this time because this is NOT the time to do my usual thing! Will look into all of that, thanks
I found it so hard to get into exercise again. I lost the weight easy enough but am still trying to get rid of excess fat sitting around my stomach... I had Eli 15 mths ago! I find that my weight is just distributed differently now.
Let me know if you find something that works wonders on the stomach - I'm doing sit ups on a fit ball but I can't seem to do enough!
sit ups only work part of your abdominal muscles. you also need to work your obliques and transverse muscles. But the best way to get rid of tummy fat is good old cardio
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