Help for a New mom!

FitKate

I just had a baby in August and I'm looking for mom's who have breast feed there babies before and what they did to loose weight. I'm have such a hard time getting off these last 20lbs. I have to be careful not to take in too little calories and make sure I drink plenty of water or I will be taking away from my baby boy. Help Please. I would love to have friends that aren't mom's as well. Who ever wants to join me on my journey to fitness come on over!

wessymomma10

Congrats on the baby!!! I had my son in Oct. 2010, and breastfed for 10 months. It seemed to me that mine all came off but 10 lbs of baby weight, then when I stopped BF it all came back Hence where I am now. So, I don't have any advice, but just support

FitKate

Any other new mom's out there?

busyPK

I'm a new mom (2nd time around), but am not breastfeeding. My son was born in September and I have another son that will be 2 years old this week.

FitKate

Ok I would like to change this post a little. I'm would love to have new mom's or current mom's (breast feeding or not) support to help with wieght loss goals. Looking forward to new friendship.

jeckyb

hi,congrats, my baby girl is 13months now, i breast fed for abit. my friend breast fed too she lost alot of weight,all the baby weight and more. good luck huni

turningstar

Hi there, and congratulations on your baby boy! Im not exactly a new mom, as my son is 13 months old, but I am still nursing him, so feel free to friend me and send me any questions!

aeboone24

hey my son was born in September, sorry i can not help with the breastfeeding thing i dried up once i started work again. but i will be adding you. I am in the same boat trying to loose this last 20 (well 15ish now). This place helped me.

tjpinch

Hi! I have two boys, a 26 month old (who I bf'd for 14 months) and a 3 month old who is a 100% boobie boy.

jlnk

I'm a new mom, son born at the end of August 2011. I am not having any issues with breastfeeding, so I'm lucky that I haven't had to worry about my supply. My weight loss is very S-L-O-W which is extremely irritating, but it did take 9 months for me to gain this weight, so I'm allowing myself as long to lose it. Every woman is different, I suppose. Feel free to add me, if you'd like. I, too, have at least 20 to go until pre-pregnancy weight. After that, I'd like to lose about 20 more!

MommyofLily

I'm a new mom too, still breastfeeding part time, my daughter is almost 8 months old. I am having the same problem and still have ~15-20 lbs of baby weight left to lose. I basically weigh what I did the day I had her... I did manage to lose some weight a few months ago when I was being diligent about getting at least 30 minutes of exercise (walking/yoga/30 day shred) and eating fairly well (not like super star diet though, just trying to make better choices). I think it's all about finding a balance and finding the time to take care of yourself even though being a mom is very time consuming. I think breastfeeding is hard too because you spend so much time sitting down to feed the baby. And when you have a full time job on top of that, it's so hard to find the time to work out. I am working on adding one new good habit a week right now. This week is trying to get at least 15 minutes of low impact physical activity in every day. (I'm walking more instead of sitting by getting off my bus a stop early or parking further away or going for a quick walk on my lunch break). Just take it one step at a time and make better choices little by little.

jlnk

Your baby boy is adorable, by the way!

FitKate

I'm a new mom too, still breastfeeding part time, my daughter is almost 8 months old. I am having the same problem and still have ~15-20 lbs of baby weight left to lose. I basically weigh what I did the day I had her... I did manage to lose some weight a few months ago when I was being diligent about getting at least 30 minutes of exercise (walking/yoga/30 day shred) and eating fairly well (not like super star diet though, just trying to make better choices). I think it's all about finding a balance and finding the time to take care of yourself even though being a mom is very time consuming. I think breastfeeding is hard too because you spend so much time sitting down to feed the baby. And when you have a full time job on top of that, it's so hard to find the time to work out. I am working on adding one new good habit a week right now. This week is trying to get at least 15 minutes of low impact physical activity in every day. (I'm walking more instead of sitting by getting off my bus a stop early or parking further away or going for a quick walk on my lunch break). Just take it one step at a time and make better choices little by little.

I can totally relate to your situation. I have to exclusively pump because i work a full time job and once baby boy started on the bottle he never went back. Still trying to get the little boogie to latch but its very time consuming to sit and pump 8 times a day. Thank you for this post. It was very encouraging.

FitKate

Your baby boy is adorable, by the way!

Thank you! He is my favorite little man in the whole world. I've never could have dreamed I would have such a happy healthy kid.

FitKate

I'm a new mom, son born at the end of August 2011. I am not having any issues with breastfeeding, so I'm lucky that I haven't had to worry about my supply. My weight loss is very S-L-O-W which is extremely irritating, but it did take 9 months for me to gain this weight, so I'm allowing myself as long to lose it. Every woman is different, I suppose. Feel free to add me, if you'd like. I, too, have at least 20 to go until pre-pregnancy weight. After that, I'd like to lose about 20 more!

My little one was born August 19 2011 so our sons are about the same age! I'm with you on the whole it takes 9 months to gain and can take that long to lose it. I gained 45 lbs with him. So its coming off very slowly.

NellyRabbit

I've been BF my daughter for 16 months now and with my previous 2 girls I lost the weight by taking a natural supplement called fanugreek. It helps your supply and you can then watch your calories closer. eat lots of fresh food, the less processed the better, and if you can take the little man out for a walk.

qtiekiki

I BFed both of my kids until 1 when I wasn't getting enough from pumping. It's a delicate thing when you are BFing. You don't want to be under calories and affect your supply, but then you also don't want to be eating too much. I think if you are not gaining, then I would just stay with your current calories and then slowly your calories as your baby is feeding less. With my 1st, the weight came off quickly while BFing. With my 2nd, I didn't lose the last few pounds until after I stopped BFing.

FitKate

I've been BF my daughter for 16 months now and with my previous 2 girls I lost the weight by taking a natural supplement called fanugreek. It helps your supply and you can then watch your calories closer. eat lots of fresh food, the less processed the better, and if you can take the little man out for a walk.

I've been taking fanugreek since he was 3 weeks old! This stuff is amazing with milk supply. I have over a month frozen! Did not realize it helps with weight loss too. Thanks for the post.

FitKate

I BFed both of my kids until 1 when I wasn't getting enough from pumping. It's a delicate thing when you are BFing. You don't want to be under calories and affect your supply, but then you also don't want to be eating too much. I think if you are not gaining, then I would just stay with your current calories and then slowly your calories as your baby is feeding less. With my 1st, the weight came off quickly while BFing. With my 2nd, I didn't lose the last few pounds until after I stopped BFing.

My problem is making excuses like "I'm breast feeding so i'm aloud to eat 1/2 cheese cake" lol I did the same thing when i was pregnant and gained 45 lbs. Now i'm trying to make healthier choices.

qtiekiki

Ok got it. In that case, then cut down your calories. Good luck.

FitKate

Thank you for all the help!

dawn33

I'm a new mom too. My daughter was born that end of April and sometimes I find it really hard to keep motivated and exercise. I will say seeing other moms on here doing well keeps me motivated that I can do it. I am still breastfeeding...not at much since my daughter eats baby food etc but still doing it...everyone always said oh you'll lose tons of weight when you breast feed...I don't feel like I did. I have 20 more pounds to go for pre baby weight and I want to lose another 20-30 after that. My husband and I want to have another baby but I want to get myself healthy again before we start trying. It's nice to have other moms on there though to chat with!!!

We can do this with the support of each other so add me if you would like and keep up the good work ladies!!!

Mythel

Hi! I'm not a new Mom (my boys are 5 and 3) but I did BF both of them (for 19 months & 21 months respectively). I work full time and pumped daily, multiple times a day, 5 days a week, for at least 8 months - per child. That's something like 800+ pumping sessions! Anyway...with my first child I dropped all my baby weight plus about 20 extra pounds (I contribute the extra weight to an extremely stressful couple of months I went through though.) My first son was always in the 100th percentile AND loved to nurse so I really think he was taking more calories than I was putting in. It took about a year to lose all my baby weight (this was with no exercising or dieting of any sort). Almost the same thing with my second son, however it took about a year and half to lose all but 5 pounds of my baby weight (I have since put on about 20 pounds. Ugh.) once again not exercising/dieting.

I think dieting while BFing is a bad idea....however eating healthy and watching portion size is a great idea!! While you BF you need a higher calorie intake than you normally would. So EAT! Just don't eat junk (*ahem* I'm talking about you chips and donuts.) I noticed that most of my weight loss was towards the end of nursing my boys and right after they weaned. I wasn't as hungry and my daily food intake dropped dramatically.

I would say don't rely on BFing to make you lose your baby weight...it helps but it's not a miracle cure.

mamangen

Hi! I'm a new mom too, my 2nd son was born at the end of july 2011 and I have a 2.5 y old too. It took me 1 year to lose 20 pounds after my 1st son, but I had gained 35 pounds during the pegnancy... I bf'd him untill he was 13 months old. But I too feel that I lost more weight towards weaning time. As for my 2nd son, I have the same weight then when I came out of the hospital... So here I am! I'm also looking for new frienships to keep me motivated, so feel free to add me!

ShefMum

Feel free to add me if you like. Don;t be in too much of a hurry to lose those lbs while you;re breastfeeding. That's nature's way of making sure you can feed your baby (although didn;t you find you lost weight at first?). Sue

amurray009

Hi I had a girl in sept and also bf. I thought I would lose more weight but have only dropped 8 lbs since her birth.

Recreation1

Hi! I had my son in August 2011. At first I lost weight, but then was tired, not exercising, and.eating junk food. Now Im 5 lbs from the weight I delivered my son. Im not.able to join a gym right now and will be.going back.to work part time. Anyone have tips or advice on how to fit in exercise?I just joined this site tonight.

chayden78

Hi, I have my baby girl in June 2011, and have lost 50 lbs since having her. I did gain about 70lbs while pregnant (way too much) and was needing to lose weight before I got pregnant, so I want to lose another 80 lbs.

I am breastfeeding, but have noticed that when she started solids, I wasn't nearly as hungry as I was when she was bf exclusively, and I figure my calorie burn has probably dropped.

I lost the 50lbs by watching what I'm eating, but not cutting too many calories, and exercising every day. It was great in the summer, I was out walking 10km every day with her. Now I am back at work and having a tough time fitting in exercise. I would rather work out right after work, but I feel guilty being gone for another hour, and only getting 2 hours with her before she goes to bed. I need to remember that I am doing this so she will have a healthy role model growing up. She is only 9 months, so I doubt she even notices that one extra hour I am gone!

If it's nice out, I will skip the gym and take her for a run in the jogging stroller.

Does anyone else have almost 100 pounds to lose like me? Or have you done that? How did you do it?