Let me introduce myself!

lucymillerdowning

Hello ladies! I am new to Myfitness. I just had my second child on March 10th. I had two kids in under two years and my body is a hot mess. With my first, I gained 70 pounds and spent the next year working my *kitten* to get that weight down, and RIGHT before I hit my pre pregnancy weight I got pregnant again! Argh! With this second pregnancy I only gained 35 pounds and I worked out the entire time but now it's just a mushy bag of nastiness and that is why I am here. I hope to hear from other ladies. I like the idea of this group because I am so depressed about my body, even though I'm only 7 weeks post partum. Anyway, that is my story.....

Newmomma1983

Welcome Lucy! Congrats on your second baby and to only gaining 35 lbs! Amazing! I am 31 weeks and already +37 lbs
Did you have a boy or girl?
What is your fitness/eating plan?
I obviously can't start til my little one is here in ~9 wks but my plan is to loosely follow the Dolce Diet, do 30 min cardio every day plus 4-5 gym workouts per week.
I am 5'10...was 175 prepreggo and my goal weight is 150. I am 212 right now so I will likely end up around 225 eek!

Good luck!!

misskerouac

HI Lucy and Newmomma!

I'm Ashley, I'm 30years old and this is mine and hubby's first babe. I'm currently 33 weeks and up 37lbs.
I see a trainer every 6-8 weeks and she gives me a new weight training routine. I go to the gym 4x a week (cardio and weights) and then usually try to go for a walk or do something big around the house (scrub the floors, work on the nursery, ect...)
I am logging my exercise still but stopped logging my food when I was about 4-5 months. I found I was too focused on the scale and it was screwing with me mentally.

Before pregnancy I was eating 1500-1600 cals a day with a 40/30/30 macro split (protein/carbs/fat). I had lost 25 lbs and was down to about 162 and stopped losing weight but was still losing body fat. I reached my goal of getting in the "healthy" range for body fat % and wanted to continue working on that but then I found out I was pregnant.

I hope to continue working out as long as I can with this pregnancy and getting back to it as soon as I get the all clear after baby is born. I am hoping to breastfeed so I will need to up my calories from the 1500-1600 to at least 2000 a day. I'm not concerned about getting back to a certain weight necessarily (somewhere in the 150s-160s would be nice), but more importantly back to a healthy BF% with

Newmomma1983

Hi Ashley!
Sounds like you will drop the weight in no time! Good luck with the final weeks of your prenancy

RieBerg

Hello,
I had my first baby April 1 and gained almost 60 pounds . So far I have lost 21 pounds, mostly just the weight of the baby and his accessories. Today I started the couch to 5 k program and wasn't even able to get through half of the 1st week's run. I was never to great shape. I used to be thin, but never much of a runner, but I am trying to take it slow and not get discouraged.

minkymou

Hi all. I'm a 33 year old mum from England. I had my second baby on March 10th of this year too. My body is also a mess! I am exclusively breast feeding so I'm trying to manage my weight loss by healthy eating and exercise without affecting my milk supply...fingers crossed.

I bought myself a treadmill and have set it up in the garage as I am too self conscious to run outside. I am 208lbs 5'8 and I have no waist what so ever. I am also very conscious as I have developed an apron/ overhang on my stomach which is very pronounced. I hope it improves with exercise and healthy eating otherwise I think I may need to consider surgery it's that prominent! So here goes!

Newmomma1983

Hi Rie and Minky
Welcome to our group! I am due in 53 days and can start focusing on dropping the pounds along with you guys
Congrats on your new little ones! Good luck with dropping the weight, I am excited to see your trackers moving! :-)

sammanthahulkoff

hello ladies my name is sammantha im 20 almost 21 and just had my second kid om May 20th, 2014. i dont gain much throughout pregnancy since both times i had HG morning sickness the whole time. with my second i gained 2 pounds. so far at 7 weeks postpartum im down 18 pounds and losing about a pound a week and exclusively breastfeeding my little man.