Frustrated!! any post partum girls out there?

aliciamahoney1251

i have been really serious about my diet and exercise for about a month and I've lost and gained 1-2 pounds. I track, exercise,3 times a week and give my self one cheat day. I'm doing meal replacement shakes twice a day with three snacks and sensible dinner. Very hard I get really hungry in the afternoon and that snack doesn't always do it.This was working before I had my second baby but not now

Melik1682

I just had baby #4 and horrible to say i was 25 lbs lighter when i was pregnant!!!!! Wtf!!!!

jenncornelsen

Your cheat day... do u still log? How long since u had ur baby?

AliciaMariePowell

I just had number two, I gained more weight after and could never get it off with number 1 and gave up. I'm 11 weeks postpartum and trying again. I do know it's not uncommon. Keep trying though, you can do it!

aliciamahoney1251

Thanks for the support!!

aliciamahoney1251

jenncornelsen wrote: »

Your cheat day... do u still log? How long since u had ur baby?

I only log on my cheat day morning, maybe lunch I do Zumba for an hour and then I don't. I don't cheat on eating the whole day just on dinner and allow myself beer or wine in the evening.

aliciamahoney1251

melissadroyal wrote: »

I just had baby #4 and horrible to say i was 25 lbs lighter when i was pregnant!!!!! Wtf!!!!

Isn't that crazy! My face was so thin and I hardly gained any weight with my pregnancies. Of course I started at 192 lbs. but now I'm 200 and scale is not budging! I'm resigned to the fact that my metabolism is in the gutter b/c I'm getting older. I am going to exercise more and see what happens

utahmom145

That happened with my first..delivered at 160and went to 175.now had second and 193.frustrating. just joined.I'm nursing abd need to find out if I need to add extra calories?guess google

rawk_fairy_666

I hate to tell you but if you are logging accurately then you are eating back your deficit on your cheat day. It is negating all your hard work

Trisha2679

I am 11 weeks post partum. It has been a struggle. I am nursing but not losing any weight. I recently started trying to lose weight but at the same time I am worried I am not eating enoough calories to produce milk. Trying to stay around 1200 calories with exercise included. We will see how this goes.

huntersmommy1557

I'm almost 4 months pp. I've lost 29 pounds but still have 26 to go. I found that cheat days do nothing but go against me. If you want some encouragement and help, add me!

maasha81

Are you actually eating at a calorie deficit? Using food scales to measure your food? Your snacks, sensible snacks and cheat days can have you going over unfortunately.

yolo9752

I really focused on increasing muscle mass while breastfeeding, tried not to worry about the scale to ensure baby's milk has everything it needs to have. I found that lifting heavy weights really did the trick-the change was very fast. I usually got very hungry at the afternoon when I did not eat enough at the morning...Is that a possibility for you?

aliciamahoney1251

maasha81 wrote: »

Are you actually eating at a calorie deficit? Using food scales to measure your food? Your snacks, sensible snacks and cheat days can have you going over unfortunately.

What do you mean by calorie deficit?

aliciamahoney1251

yolo9752 wrote: »

I really focused on increasing muscle mass while breastfeeding, tried not to worry about the scale to ensure baby's milk has everything it needs to have. I found that lifting heavy weights really did the trick-the change was very fast. I usually got very hungry at the afternoon when I did not eat enough at the morning...Is that a possibility for you?

I'm not breastfeeding. I heard that helps with weight loss. Unfortunately I barely got any milk. I am seeing a personal trainer but I am having joint problems so can't go too heavy on the weights now. I am going to try the low impact exercises I saw on the MFP blog today. Thanks for your help.

aliciamahoney1251

aliciamahoney1251 wrote: »

maasha81 wrote: »

Are you actually eating at a calorie deficit? Using food scales to measure your food? Your snacks, sensible snacks and cheat days can have you going over unfortunately.

What do you mean by calorie deficit?

I am using a scale and measuring spoons

aliciamahoney1251

rawk_fairy_666 wrote: »

I hate to tell you but if you are logging accurately then you are eating back your deficit on your cheat day. It is negating all your hard work

I hear ya. It's so not fair my metabolism has def gotten worse after this second pregnancy
I've just have to be more strict

aliciamahoney1251

Trisha2679 wrote: »

I am 11 weeks post partum. It has been a struggle. I am nursing but not losing any weight. I recently started trying to lose weight but at the same time I am worried I am not eating enoough calories to produce milk. Trying to stay around 1200 calories with exercise included. We will see how this goes.

That doesn't sound like enough calories? Of course I don't know your size. Did you put your goals into the app?

psych101

aliciamahoney1251 wrote: »

maasha81 wrote: »

Are you actually eating at a calorie deficit? Using food scales to measure your food? Your snacks, sensible snacks and cheat days can have you going over unfortunately.

What do you mean by calorie deficit?

Is there a difference in the number of calories you burn and the number you take in.

Your cheat day could easily blow this difference for the week. Have a search of the forums for the sexypants thread and the one called something like 'you're eating more than you think'.

Your metabolism isn't screwed, you just gotta get into the swing of logging what you eat and making sure that its less than what your body burns through.

Plus - you don't need meal replacement shakes, just eat food, weigh and measure it, log it, shake your booty a couple of times a week and its all good! You can still have cheat meals and cheat days, you just have to make sure that they're not so large that they completely negate any calorie deficit you have for the week x

aliciamahoney1251

utahmom145 wrote: »

That happened with my first..delivered at 160and went to 175.now had second and 193.frustrating. just joined.I'm nursing abd need to find out if I need to add extra calories?guess google

Welcome! I love this app! So much good free info. Yea I would ask your doctor or lactation consultant about the calorie needs

shadow2soul

Are you taking measurements?
Did you just get back into a workout routine? (if so, you could be retaining water for muscle repair)
Do you weigh yourself under the same conditions every time? (like same scale, clothes/no clothes, roughly the same time of day, etc)
How long has it been since you had your baby? (your body could still be adjusting if it hasn't been long, might need to give it a bit longer...hormones tend to be all over the place after birth and they can impact weight loss)
Have you had your first period yet or are you still expecting it? (that lovely TOM can cause a bit of water retention in some women which will mask weight loss)

Definitely log your cheat meal from now on. Just for you to see how it's impacting your calorie deficit (the difference between what you need to maintain and what your eating).

psych101

utahmom145 wrote: »

That happened with my first..delivered at 160and went to 175.now had second and 193.frustrating. just joined.I'm nursing abd need to find out if I need to add extra calories?guess google

There is an option in the food diary for breastfeeding - it'll add calories to your dairy depending on the age of your baby and number of feeds you're providing x

victoria_1024

I'm 3.5 months post partum. I started back with MFP when I was 1 month post partum, and I've lost 27 pounds since then. I haven't had any trouble losing weight. This is baby #4 for me!

I weigh ALL my food. Everything I eat is weighed, unless I go out to eat or something. I exercise 6 days a week and I eat back half of my exercise calories. I don't have cheat days or cheat meals. I do have big meals, but I log all of those calories. If there is a day that I know I'm going to eat a lot more, I do a bigger work out that day to make up for it. Since February 1st when I started MFP, there's only been one day that I went over my calories (Easter). Otherwise I'm always within my calorie range.

I love food, so my biggest motivation for exercising is that I get to eat more calories, lol. On the days that I don't work out, I am starving!! Those extra couple hundred calories seem to make a big difference for me, for some reason.

Not sure if any of that is helpful for you but that's just what I have done that has been working so far.

DawnieB1977

My third is nearly 1 now and I've lost quite a bit through exercise and eating at a deficit, but what I've found after all three is that weight loss is slow in the beginning then suddenly speeds up. Now she's nearly 1 it's coming off a lot more quickly, and I haven't changed anything. I blame the post pregnancy hormones!