Looking to lose my baby weight

AliciaPappas

Hello everyone, my name is Alicia and I'm 22. I joined this website and downloaded the application on my phone to help with losing my baby weight. I have a 2 year old and a 1 year old that are 17 months apart, and I'm 13 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight with the first one. Does anyone have any advice? I'd also really like to lose my "baby pooch". Feel free to add me, also!

BossyGirl

sit ups!!!!

cordeliaba12

Sticking to a calorie regimen really works. I am 36 and just had my third three weeks ago. I'm already down 20 lbs and just 15 away from pre-pregnancy weight.

After my second, the weight wouldn't come off, so when she was 4 mo old, I went to a nutritionist. She put me on 1800 calories a day because I was nursing. She said if I reached my goal by the time I stopped nursing, I could stick to the 1800 as a maintenance plan. It worked great! She made me realize that what I was eating, while very healthy, had too many calories. I also kept a food diary (paper - now I use the phone app), and that helped me rethink my food intake.

I met and exceeded my goal, and by the time she was 1 yr old, I was more than 10 lbs lighter than when I got pregnant! Then I got pregnant again (oops!) but by then, I knew I could lose it again - so here I am and it's going well.

Some tips she gave me:
- Track every calorie, at least at first, until you re-train yourself.
- Moms especially must beware the "BLTs" - Bite, Lick, Taste. That nibble off your child's plate has calories too.
- Buy 100 calorie packs and other foods that come pre-packaged so you are not tempted to eat more than you should.
- Skim milk is a great snack choice - it has protein, it hydrates, and it has only 90 calories.

Hope this helps!!!

AliciaPappas

Wow, congrats on losing all of that weight! Thank you for the advice, also! I definitely am going to try all of that, and hopefully I'm as successful as you've been.

cordeliaba12

Thanks! I definitely have my ups and downs. Yesterday I ate some very high calorie Mexican food after wearing myself out doing yardwork in the heat. But then the next day you get back on the horse, I guess!

Good luck and enjoy those babies!