Anybody else have a baby, lose their figure, gain tons of weight & never lost it?

thewayshemove15

I'm just wondering how many people are out there that are going through the same thing. At first after pregnancy I was dropping pound and after pound. I went from 207 (highest weight in my whole life) to 172. Now it's been two years and over the last few months I've gained back a lot of weight and I am 192. Before pregnancy I was 157-160. Has anybody else been struggling to lose that pregnancy weight? Or have any of you lost it finally & have a before/after? How'd you do it?

enterdanger

Man, you just typed my life story. I'm still working on losing it. The one thing I don't recommend is having another baby before losing the baby weight from the first. I gained back a lot of my weight with the first so I decided I might as well have another while I was fat anyway. Rough pregnancy and I weighed as much 6 months after my 2nd that I did when at my highest weight pregnant with my first.

I'd like one more and I actually weigh less now than when I got pregnant with my first, but I need to lose 20 more lbs before I put my body through that again...clock is ticking...

thewayshemove15

I don't know why I make it so hard.. I could've lost this weight 2 years ago after having my baby. I'm just afraid another 2 years will pass and I'll still be overweight, unhappy and depressed. It's like some days I don't want to even leave the house.. I don't want to go in public. I'm ready to lose this weight so I can be happier again. I just hope after all the sweat and hard work I'll be happy finally.. & I want another child too but I'm thinking about waiting 4-5 years on that.

usflygirl55

Hi. I had my first child in April. I dropped the weight while breastfeeding but once I stopped put all of it back on. The pregnancy was very difficult (mostly due to the doctors stressing me and appointments every other week) and I developed gestational diabetes. I am not getting any younger and while I do not wish to have another baby I would love to lose the weight and get to a healthy number to run around with my little one in the coming years.
Hopefully someone has some great tips on how to do so. Best of luck ladies!

RoxyStarr

I'm in the same situation. I was only 105lbs before I first got pregnant in 06 & gained 50lbs during pregnancy,unfortunately didn't lose much after. I got pregnant again in 09 & was 146 after that pregnancy. Since then I've only gained tremendously! I'm currently at 183lbs, but good news is that I've lost 3lbs since joining MFP a wk & a half ago so I must be heading in the right direction! I was 186 when I started so the food & exercise tracking seems to be helping.