End of Summer/ Fall Babies - Getting back in Shape!
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@helenmelon29 oh no!! So sorry to hear! Glad you all are home and mending! !
@sarieth05 ick. Hope it heals fast! How annoying with the breastfeeding! What's another thing to have to deal with, right?!
@ragenhay1 that's fabulous! I'm feeling accomplished with my goals, you should be too! You're doing fantastic! !
@JustAnotherGirlSuzanne I'm with you on the holiday plan! We've got this!!0 -
Daxx and I are down with a cold :-( skipped the gym today and will most likely miss it tomorrow as well. Being sick makes staying on track difficult but I'd rather get over it quick than push myself too much and have it last longer.0
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@ragenhay1 That's fantastic! Keep it up!
@helenmelon29 oh no! I hope the kids are feeling back to normal soon! We had a little but in the hospital too last week, but thankfully not bad enough to get admitted. It's so hard when they're so little! Definitely thankful for modern medicine!
@katiebrew Yes, I got something for my mom! I bought her a sweater in her favourite colour (pink). She absolutely LOVES being a grandma but her mantle is already loaded with Willow Tree figurines and any other knick knack you can imagine. She's also on her own weightloss journey so I didn't want to get her anything food related or something that may not fit her for long.... I think she will like the sweater... but we will see I guess. She will pretend anyway lol.
I hardly did my prenatal workout either... oops?
I actually went to my Zumba class this past Saturday! And oh I ache! We did so many squats in so many variations for so long that my legs started shaking. It was amazing!
Goals this week:
drink water - 10 cups daily
Zumba again this Saturday
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Things here are going well. Baby Wilson is doing great and getting so big already! He's huge as compared to my other two little boys! We are getting geared up for the holidays!
Doing what I can, when I can! Finding time is the hardest part! Walking and adding short runs in when I can. Im Up to 3 miles, slower than I'd like, but ok. More weight loss goals than fitness at this point, which is a flip from where I was pre baby. I'm down 15 lbs from my baby weight plateau starting point in October. 30 lbs from ultimate goal. Very close to my new years goal! Just need to keep at it, not got too crazy with the holidays!0 -
My 6 week appointment is coming up on the 21st and hopefully I get cleared for exercise cause I've been struggling with food but have been anxious to start working out (when I have some free time!). I have been having similar pains to the first week post partum down there and I'm curious why that is.
It seems like I've lost all the weight that I'm going to lose after baby without focusing on diet and exercise =P. Owen and I are doing okay though. Infection is better and looking forward to the holidays.
Daily goal: water water water!0 -
Hey all. Sarieth- love your water goal. I need to up mine too. So will aim the same.
Can't believe less than a week until Xmas. I have got all my presents wrapped and think we about sorted.
Anna suffering with a cold and cough now. Had her to hospital again as only just got over chest infection but they said all in upper airways so hopefully quickly clears. I'm wondering if linked to teething as she can't keep her hands out of her mouth. Feels early though as Isaac was 8 months before he got any teeth.
Having family round tomorrow afternoon fit some mulled wine and nibbles.
Think I'm going to reach my Xmas goal weight but will see next week and I will update my profile.
Catch you all soon Helen X0 -
Hi ladies!!!!! Sorry it took me so long to get on this thread... As you all know life with babies is a crazy one. I'm glad to hear everyone is doing well (minus a few bumps along the way). My fraternal twin boys were born on October 7th. We have had an interesting two months with a few bumps but everyone is doing well. I still have about 27 lbs to lose to get to my prebabies weight. I got back into running, kickboxing, and have started getting into weights. I'm up about 8 lbs from my post baby lowest but I think it's muscle gain. I had somd muscle atrophy from the pregnancy so a little muscle gain is a good thing.
With Christmas upon us I wanted to curb any holiday weight gain so I joined a dietbet. If anyone wants to join here is the link. http://diet.bt/CTIspw
Hope everyone is doing great and has an awesome Christmas week!!!!!
Ps thanks @helenmelon29 for starting this!0 -
Was sick with a kidney infection last week, so dropped more than I would normally in a week. Silver lining to feeling so crummy! Little one is growing like crazy, has found his hands and feet and is a pretty happy smiling little guy! Sleeping pretty well at night, but pretty crappy naps. It's ok though. I feel like I have no time though, so exercise has been tough! Last week being sick I didn't do anything! My weekly fitbit average took a huge hit! Back at it this week, minus the holiday stuff! I'll be happy to maintain this week, then back to it after Christmas! Blasted by my new years goal already, so will need to modify after the holidays. So close to the 150s... & 25 lbs to go until goal!
@helenmelon29 I'm jealous you're done wrapping. With 6 kids, plus hubby and all the extended family I feel like I wrap forever! !
@KristenE83 I'm jealous of your muscle gain. I just can't seem to find the time... im just focusing on diet now and will hope for time to get things to firm up later!
If I don't get back on, I hope you all have wonderful holidays and enjoy the time with your families! !0 -
Hey all. Merry Christmas. We had a fab day.
Will post a full update soon. Helen0 -
Had a wonderful holiday with friends and family. Fantastic food, lots of sitting around and relaxing. Combined with an allergic reaction to the antibiotic I was on for my kidney infection which made for another week of feeling sick .( Still not 100%) I know I'll be way up tomorrow! But, back at it and hopefully I'll see it come right off!
Hubby got me a treadmill for Christmas. I'm so excited for its delivery the 29th! Woot!!0 -
@poke987 yay for the treadmill.... Boo for the kidney infection!!! Hopefully that clears up soon.
Santa got me the fitness/running watch I've had my eyes on! I'm pretty excited about it. Hopefully it will help me lose this Christmas weight gain. I haven't stepped on the scale yet. I'll prob wait a few days since I ate my body weight in chocolate lol Hopefully I'm back to normal by the end of the week!!!0 -
Woohoo 90 days on mfp today and I'm down 25lbs! My mommy tummy hang over is almost gone. I wasn't sure if it would actually actually go away away. I was worried it was going to just be loose skin hanging there forever.0
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Happy new year everyone. Anna is 4 months now- time is flying. We have had a fab time and Isaac (age 3) has loved every minute of it.
Anna has just about got over her chest infections (been over 6 weeks mind). Roll on Spring!
Right on to me/ fitness. With kids being ill and in hospital with them etc I lost track I bit. I'm up 3lb since before Xmas so Working on losing that then getting on track. My goal is 14lb before May when I turn 35. Not sure if do able but will try. That's what I weighed at 30 pre kids.
I have got 2 new fitness DVDs (Davina, she is British so not sure u see them in US). I'm liking them tho and my 3 year old loves doing them too!
Goals for this week: 5 X DVD 30 mins
Dogs walked each day
Catch up again soon, let's get back on track x0 -
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Baby is 2 months old today and has his appointment today for vaccines. We'll see how he does!
As for me, I've gotten better at fully tracking my food for the days (good or bad). I worked out 3 times last week and I'm at 2 for this week and plan to work out at least once more. Just working on establishing habits again.
My goal for January is to lose at least 5lbs. Setting smaller goals until I get back into it. In the meantime, my focus is water consumption and logging everything I eat. On the plus side, Christmas chocolate is finally out of the house! =P0 -
I had that kidney infection then a nasty allergic reaction to the antibiotic they put me on. That was worse than the infection itself! I was out of commission for almost 2 weeks! With Christmas and new years thrown in there... well, things were pretty crazy! But, I'm better now!
My treadmill is all set up and I'm loving it! Sometimes I don't get on until 9pm, but now I've got no excuses! My goal is 1 mile minimum walking or running every day. I'm doing great, and well exceeded it most days. Running is still hard, 2 miles at best, but fitness is creeping back up.
I was below my new years target weight, so I was happy with that. Hoping to see a number in the 150s this week! I'll hopefully be about 20 lbs from goal at that point. Seems so much more attainable! Feeling motivation and dedication, which is nice. I've got this! !0 -
@ragenhay1 way to go! That's fantastic progress! !
@helenmelon29 so glad baby Anna is on the mend! I think that goal is totally doable!
@sarieth05 hope shots went well. Good job getting back into the routine!0 -
Hello everyone! Most of you may remember me from the fall babies pregnancy thread. My baby was due September 1, but I had a placental abruption at 32w and had to have an emergency c-section. My son Llyr is doing well. He's 6 months old now!
Our biggest struggles have been with feeding. He couldn't nurse until he was 6 weeks old, and even then his weight gain was slow, so I had to keep pumping for him around the clock in addition to nursing. Now I just have to nurse him all day long. I truly don't get a break! Thank goodness I work from home and can nurse him as I sit at my computer. The downside is that I have no time to myself, and I haven't gotten back into a fitness routine. I've also been using my milk supply as an excuse to eat a ton. Unsurprisingly, I'm still 10 lbs above my pre-pregnancy maintenance weight.
I'm here for the motivation to make good choices most of the time, and to try to find ways to fit in exercise. But right now I'm more concerned about the baby's weight than mine. He won't always be this demanding... or this snugglable.0 -
Hey summer, glad you are both doing ok. 10lb is nothing and you soon sort that once your not as tied down.
All ok here. Managing my work outs and trying to stay motivated. Some days it's easier than others but I guess that's life! Lol
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My little guy is just about six months now and still has me up every two hours at night. It's exhausting but can't last forever right? Ha ha. I'm 1.5lbs from my prepregnancy weight and almost 30lbs from when I started. I just tried on my prepregnancy jeans and they fit better than before I was pregnant!0
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Owen is 10 weeks now and doing fairly well. According to our scale, he may even be close to 15lbs already. He took his 2 month vaccines like a champ and just ended up sleeping most of the day to feel better. We've had to go the cloth diapers route cause disposables seem to cause a reaction for him immediately, so another learning process!
As for me, food and exercise has been going well. My January SW was 240 and my most recent weight was 231.8 which puts me at losing 24 out of the 45 I gained during pregnancy. Unfortunately I have already started my period and that certainly doesn't help the scale =P0 -
Owen is 10 weeks now and doing fairly well. According to our scale, he may even be close to 15lbs already. He took his 2 month vaccines like a champ and just ended up sleeping most of the day to feel better. We've had to go the cloth diapers route cause disposables seem to cause a reaction for him immediately, so another learning process!
As for me, food and exercise has been going well. My January SW was 240 and my most recent weight was 231.8 which puts me at losing 24 out of the 45 I gained during pregnancy. Unfortunately I have already started my period and that certainly doesn't help the scale =P
We use cloth. If you get the right diapers they are fantastic. We had terrible diapers with my first and quit by about three months. This time around we got glow bug diapers and they are amazing. My only problem is I have a high efficiency washer that doesn't clean them properly because it doesn't use enough water but we just got a new washer that is a normal one so hopefully that fixes the issue.0 -
We use cloth. If you get the right diapers they are fantastic. We had terrible diapers with my first and quit by about three months. This time around we got glow bug diapers and they are amazing. My only problem is I have a high efficiency washer that doesn't clean them properly because it doesn't use enough water but we just got a new washer that is a normal one so hopefully that fixes the issue.
Being at home all day anyway, I haven't minded the cloth diapers much anyway. One thing I DO mind is that he has turned into a total wiggle worm/bean whenever I try to change his diapers so it's easy to not get the cloth tight around his legs.
I blame a majority of his pee leaks not on user error on my part, but on the fact that he decides to become a contortionist only on the change table. 
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We use cloth too! My diaper stash is on the third bum, so some is getting g kind of ratty... but I still love them!
@ragenhay1 I have a HE washer and solved my routine issues with a cold "soak" cycle before I wash! Hope the new washer helps! I'd actually love to "downgrade" to a top loader!0 -
Doing well over here. Just about 20 lbs to go... im my first pair of prepregnancy jeans today (obviously they were big to begin with!) Going to see a friend in april, was hoping to be at goal when we visit... but not sure that's realistic. So I'll take as close as I can get!
It's a drag to have to work this hard again... still in disbelief over my gain! Working at it though, and I'll get there! Using my fitbit and mfp to keep a deficit and walking or running every day, even if it's 9pm!0 -
How's everyone doing? Hopefully trucking along well!
My weight loss has been miserably slow in February. I've been in the same weight range this whole month pretty much. Started around 232ish and am currently 230.6 so it's a bit slow but a loss is still a loss, I suppose! We'll be flying mid-April to see my family and I'm already anxiously worrying about flying with the kiddo. =P To make matters worse, the only flight we can get has a 5 hour layover. Maybe the little one will just get a lot of sleep that day.0 -
Hello everyone! Jacob will be four months this Monday and we are all doing well. I'm about 5 lbs above my prepregnancy weight. My goal was to have it off by my anniversary (March 9), but I'm not so sure that's realistic anymore. I had wanted to fit into my wedding dress.. but we may jut have to save that for next year since I'm 20 lbs heavier than I was on my wedding day. Even the lace up back won't be able to help with that.
My goals this week are to eat at a deficit every day and get in as much exercise in whatever form I can.0 -
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@sarieth05 I agree, you are *that* close to dropping into the 20s! I know I always get a boost when I see a new number!0
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This week's weigh in got me to the "10 lbs to go!" Since I started in October, at the 4 week postpartum mark I've lost 36.6 lbs! It's felt easier, somehow than other times I've lost... don't know if my motivation is just more, or I've gotten "good" at tracking etc. But I'm not having too much trouble staying the course. My goal was to hit 1lb under prepregnancy before we go to visit my best friend April 16th. My "in 5 weeks" reminder at the end of the day puts me at or below where I want to be! For the most part my pants all fit now, but I need some serious tone or something. I think sometimes I forget that I've had 3 kiddos and am getting ever closer to 40! Im so close to goal now, and so stinkin' proud ive taken if off! The old me would still be carrying it around (plus the gain from the others to boit!) So i feel fantastic about myself most of the time... but still feel frustrated some days. I have to get past that I guess because the skin sag and flab are part of me now I suppose! I'll see what I can do about making it better, but I suspect the damage has been done!0
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