Believe me this is quite a natural ambition and one that you are not alone in feeling. However, you must still be very careful about how you lose that extra weight because: (a) If you are breast feeding , it is still vitally important that your diet includes all the necessary nutrients, vitamins and minerals that baby relies on getting through mother s milk, which is directly linked to your diet; and (b) Even if you are not breast feeding you still need to make sure that you are as fit and healthy as you can be , in order to cope with the demanding job of ...