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Pre pregnant weight!
krithsai
Posts: 668 Member
20 months later, I'm finally at pre pregnancy weight. I am 5'6" and went all the way to 200 lbs while pregnant from 167 lbs. I lost only 6 lbs after I gave birth and gained a bunch of weight while nursing my daughter. On the day that she turned one,30 May 2015, I was 196 lbs. I started "losing weight" half heartedly at that time. Come September, I went to see my GP for my annual exam and I weighed in at 192 lbs. Also, my blood work revealed that my sugar levels were a bit elevated. That was the scare I needed.
I cleaned up my diet big time. I did not eliminate any foods but I basically went back and re-evaluated my caloric intake and realized that I was still eating like I was nursing. I did get hungry and crabby initially when I cut my calories but within 2 weeks, I started doing much better. This was the single most important step I took. I also consulted a nutritionist to come up with a plan of action. She helped me figure out how to get the most bang for my buck(including cuing me to the fact that I should stick to hard alcohol instead of cocktails
). I exercised moderately. This included walking, some swimming, light strength training at home.
I weighed in at 167 lbs last morning. It took me 6.5 months to shed these 29 lbs but boy has it been worth it. I want to shed another 17 lbs and I give myself this entire year to do it. I hope to have another success story to post at the end of this year.
I cleaned up my diet big time. I did not eliminate any foods but I basically went back and re-evaluated my caloric intake and realized that I was still eating like I was nursing. I did get hungry and crabby initially when I cut my calories but within 2 weeks, I started doing much better. This was the single most important step I took. I also consulted a nutritionist to come up with a plan of action. She helped me figure out how to get the most bang for my buck(including cuing me to the fact that I should stick to hard alcohol instead of cocktails
). I exercised moderately. This included walking, some swimming, light strength training at home.I weighed in at 167 lbs last morning. It took me 6.5 months to shed these 29 lbs but boy has it been worth it. I want to shed another 17 lbs and I give myself this entire year to do it. I hope to have another success story to post at the end of this year.
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Well done! To mommies, the thread title says it all. You did it!0
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Great job! Took me 7.5 years (and 4 kids later) to lose my baby weight! Keep it up!0
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Well done!
I am hanging for the day to see my pre-pregnancy weight on tge scales. My youngest is just over two, so it's long overdue for me to lose the weight.
Again, well done!0 -
Well I'm 9 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight! It's only taken me 20 years
so happy you figured it out now. I feel so good after losing 60 pounds, I wish I had done it sooner. 0 -
Thanks for the kind words, fellow mommies/warriors
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Awesome job!0
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