4 months after baby

geicko

I still have a few pounds and a couples of inches to lose to get my pre-pregnancy shape back but I'm starting to feel good with my body again so I thought I'd brag about a little bit :glasses: . I hope my story can inspire/encourage/motivate other mom-to-be !

This is me in June of last year, a year after I quit smoking and decided to get fit and healthy for the first time in my life, at 35. Two months later I finally got pregnant, after trying for many years.


Me and my belly, 38 weeks pregnant, ready for my workout !


I've put on about 35 pounds during the pregnancy (41 weeks) and delivered a tiny little 6 pounds girl. I kept exercising the whole time, jogging until almost 5 months, with at home DVD (low impact Turbo Fire, Turbo Jam and some Kettle bell workouts), mommy water aerobic and when spring came back, walking 3-5 km daily. I'm glad I did because I honestly couldn't help my sweet tooth ! I'm pretty sure I would have put on 60 pounds or so if I had stopped exercising...

And this is me yesterday, 4 months after delivery.


I was lucky to have an easy, uncomplicated delivery, an easy baby and lots of support when I went back home, so I felt good and ready to gently go back to working out when she was 3 weeks. I resumed my regular workout after the 6 weeks check with the doctor and from there slowly when back to high impact cardio workout and jogging. Even though me belly flattened quite rapidely, it seemed it took forever to start losing some of the 15 pounds that hung after the initial delivery weight loss, but I'm getting there, slowly but surely, losing 1.5 to 2 pounds a month.

To end with a smile, here's my lovely baby girl

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dls06

She's beautiful. Congratulations and good luck.

Chowder_17

Hi I'm just about 4mths post baby too (born 05/09). Congrats on everything! However, I couldn't see your last two pics of how you look currently and the baby.

dazzyd53

well done thats great, my baby boy is 4 months too, but ive still got a bit to go and a lot to go off my belly but im getting there

i cant see your pictures though??

lily1972

Which proves what I have been thinking: once you have a six-pack, it's easier to maintain it than to obtain it! Congratulations!! Your daughter is adorable and you were fortunate to be able to work out during your pregnancy!! :flowerforyou:

ajbeans

Oh my goodness! I so wish I had gotten in good shape before kids. You look amazing! Well done.

lpeacock06

Which proves what I have been thinking: once you have a six-pack, it's easier to maintain it than to obtain it! Congratulations!! Your daughter is adorable and you were fortunate to be able to work out during your pregnancy!! :flowerforyou:

This is so true!! My husband wants more kids & I'm not sure I do but I wanted to get into better shape before I had more so I could more easily obtain my goal....
You look fab OP keep up the awesome work!

mustanggirl_2011

That's great! and the baby is so darn cute!

torie079

Congrads!! I lost my baby weight in about 5 months! It helps that I never had time to eat haha but that attributed to my weightloss along with exercising.

aggiecs

This post is wonderful! Congrats on the beautiful baby and getting back into shape - that's amazing in only 4 months!

xjlishey1

cute baby and you bounced back very well..congratulations to you both...

86rollyb

You look stunning! I want abs like that!

foremant86

way to go!

geicko

Thanks for the kind words ladies !

About the abs, I have to say that being pear shaped I don't have a lot of fat on my mid section so abs pop out quite easily. I'd rather have nice boobs and an hourglass shape if you ask

Rae6503

Nice job! And good for you for working out while pregnant! I never had the energy or the time.

Rae6503

Nice job! And good for you for working out while pregnant! I never had the energy or the time.

thegymbunny

awesome job!
I tried working out while pregnant but was always just too tired. I think it helps if it is a part of your life beforehand.


Your daughter is beautiful, as are you!

And to think I was proud of my tummy(THREE years later) it STILL doesn't look as good as yours.

mandeiko

Congrats! That's amazing work! She's beautiful!

lemanda

Awesome! You look fabulous and I can't believe you're 35!!

M77308

You look fantastic!!! And what a beautiful baby!! Congrats! All your hard work has definitely paid off!!

MamaMizzle

Wow, I'm so jealous! My baby is 8 months old and I gained 50 pounds during my pregnancy (yikes). I've lost it, but still have 30 I was holding onto from my two previous pregnancies (double yikes). Your pictures got me thinking that maybe it is possible for me to be in rockin' shape! Thanks for the inspiration!

Now, here's my question, what exactly did you do to get those abs? Did you workout for an hour everyday? Did you run miles most days of the week? Did you follow a strict diet plan?

PRprincess

Beautiful baby!

kmbutler09

Wow, you look AMAZING! tips, please?:)

Morglem

You look amazing! Please share your eating and exercise plan

natersmama

you look amazing! hard work pays off. congratulations on your little beauty.

geicko

Thanks for all those great comments !

What did I do ? Well I discovered Turbo Jam back in 2009 when I quit cigarette and refused to gain because of that. After about a year of regular exercise with those DVDs I started jogging, discovered Bodyrock.Tv and started doing Turbo Fire. Before pregnancy, I would work out 30 minutes to 1½ hours 6 days a week and tried to eat clean.

Since baby arrived, I slowly resumed Turbo Fire and go for a little 5km jogging on those rare sunny mornings when dady is home. I find it a lot easier to workout at home in the morning, with my DVDs.

I just started Insanity two weeks ago ! These workout take about 45 minutes. I think I will get great resultats from it and hope to be back to my pre-pregnancy shape by the end of the 2 months plan.

As for the diet, I'm looking at it more closely since starting Insanity (I'm back to calorie counting (and not really good at it LOL) and try to eat 5 meals a day) but really, I just try to have a balanced diet and to listen to my hungry/full feelings. I eat chocolate daily, drink wine 2-3 nights a week and eat pretty much whatever I fancy. I just do it in moderation and not having any forbidden food probably helps. Stopping for a minute when I'm half way into the meal/snack to assess has helped.

Morglem

Thanks for all those great comments !

What did I do ? Well I discovered Turbo Jam back in 2009 when I quit cigarette and refused to gain because of that. After about a year of regular exercise with those DVDs I started jogging, discovered Bodyrock.Tv and started doing Turbo Fire. Before pregnancy, I would work out 30 minutes to 1½ hours 6 days a week and tried to eat clean.

Since baby arrived, I slowly resumed Turbo Fire and go for a little 5km jogging on those rare sunny mornings when dady is home. I find it a lot easier to workout at home in the morning, with my DVDs.

I just started Insanity two weeks ago ! These workout take about 45 minutes. I think I will get great resultats from it and hope to be back to my pre-pregnancy shape by the end of the 2 months plan.

As for the diet, I'm looking at it more closely since starting Insanity (I'm back to calorie counting (and not really good at it LOL) and try to eat 5 meals a day) but really, I just try to have a balanced diet and to listen to my hungry/full feelings. I eat chocolate daily, drink wine 2-3 nights a week and eat pretty much whatever I fancy. I just do it in moderation and not having any forbidden food probably helps. Stopping for a minute when I'm half way into the meal/snack to assess has helped.

OMG! I do turbo Jam and I love it! You sooo inspire me to keep going with it! It did change my body big time the 30 days that I did just the turbo jam routine, after that I changed to Jillian Michael's 30DS and 20 min turbo Jam workout, but I have to say that I liked the results of turbo jam alone better... So next week after fininshing 30DS I'm going back to turbo jam! Thank you for the inspiration!!! You look awesome!

cjwalker81

You looked and LOOK amazing!! Beautiful baby girl to boot!! Congrats Mama!!