losing weight just to get pregnant

LotusF1ower

I was like that too but I am glad I was over weight when I had my kids. When I look at the damage being pregnant had on my body I Iknow that if I was thinner my body will betotally wrecked. I don't think that losing weight for pregnancy is right. I think that you are setting yourself up for failure. You need to lose weight for you. Yeah you need to be healthier when you get pregnant but as of right now since you are not pregnant focus on you and your body. Good Luck.

Why would your body be totally wrecked if you were thinner? Not quite sure I understand what you mean there.

I have really bad stretch marks and I have a "spill over" belly that I never had before. Those are things that will never go away. They don't bother me but they would have been a whole lot worse if I was thinner.

Stretch marks never go away, but they do fade. My own are virtually invisible now.

As for spill over belly, unless you have a medical problem such as stomach muscles separating etc (that happened to a good friend of mine, but it is by no means a common occurrence, in fact it was the only case I have ever heard of) then the spill over belly can definitely be sorted with good diet and exercise. It this wasn't the case, every single woman who had had a baby would also have the spillover belly.

CudyBug

I too am doing the same. I just have not told many people. I dont want to hear the naysayers. I am doing this for me and so that I dont gain a ton this time. My second pregnancy i lost about 25 lbs but that 25 lbs of weight I gained the first time i was pregnant that i never lost. I gained over 60 wiht my first. I dont want to do that again. OOO and about having more girls when your overwieght, I wasnt over weight when I got pregnant with my first and she was a girl but my second I was veyr much over weight but had a boy

you're very lucky! lol Most of our friends seem to be popping out boys and I seem to miss the boy trains and start the girl train LOL. I love my girls though and I always wanted my oldest daughter to have a sister. I'm just ready for some boys now!! LOL We had agreed that if we were having a boy no more kids. Guess it was meant for us to have more!! LOL

We actually wanted another girl when I was pregnant with my son. Though I would never change him now. Hes great. I definatelt want another girl next time. Boys (atleast mine is) are insane lol crazy.

RockVixen

Just joined! My daughter is 17 months old and I currently weigh what I did when I got pregnant with her. However, this is also the heaviest I ever was pre-pregnancy. So, now that my husband and I want to try for baby #2 I would first like to loose about 30 lbs before Summer 2011 when we start trying again. I'm hoping this time around if I start eating well and exercising before I get pregnant, I will hopefully develop good habits that I will keep throughout and after my next pregnancy. Here's hoping!