Mommy of three -- taking back me

SWink06

Hello everyone. I am a 33 year old work from home mommy to three children, all born within a 3-1/2 year period. Unfortunately, I have an incredibly hard time losing weight while breastfeeding. I've gained over 100 pounds since I started having children.

Now that my youngest is 13 months, I'm ready to be me again. I'm sick of being fat. I'm sick of looking in the mirror and seeing a stranger looking back at me. My now 4-1/2 is already making innocent comments that I'm a "big mama" and is always asking me to run and play with her. But it's hard in this body.

So I'm here to take my life back and set a good example for my kids.

I'm an emotional eater so I know it's going to be a struggle. I've lost my first pound since starting this week, so that's a start. But I am a little bit at a loss as to what to do with myself when I can't use food to suppress my emotions. Tracking my calories has really made me realize just how much I've been doing that.

Can anyone else relate?

AmyEm3

I can relate! I'm 34 with three kids within 5 years. I also GAINED weight while breastfeeding. I'm also an emotional eater. I started trying to lose weight a little over a year ago. I lost 40 lbs between May and Dec last year but since then I've been sort of at a stand still. I'm trying to lose about 10lbs or so still.

wyldflowrr6

I have six kids but that took me 16 yrs LOL I can relate tho. I have about a 100 to use too. Add me if you want We can support each other

SWink06

Great! Thank you so much. It's nice to know I'm not completely alone. All my friends lost a ton of weight breastfeeding and they're all skinny. I sometimes feel I'm the only one struggling. It will be nice to help and support each other.