Losing Baby Weight

kistinbee

I am hoping to start a thread for anyone who has recently (or maybe not so recently) had a baby and wants to lose the extra weight! I need some motivation...

Here's a little about myself:
I joined MFP in November 2007 after I was married and had gotten "comfortable." As someone who had yo-yoed her entire life, I easily put on some pounds. I reached 185 pounds and was not happy. But joining this site helped me learn more about myself and how to be healthy. I was exercising regularly and eating right and found myself down at 155 pounds! I was also gaining muscle and for the first time in my life seeing definition to my body! Then I found out I was pregnant and very excited to be, but for the first few months I was sick and exercising was impossible. I wasn't eating much either and actually lost weight. Then I wasn't feeling too sick anymore but was not able to get myself back into a regualr exercise routine. And after pretty much fasting the whole first few months, I found myself giving into any and all cravings that I had. I quickly gained much more weight than I needed to. After having my daughter on September 5th I found myself at a new high...198 pounds. I have now lost 6 more pounds, but obviously leaves me with a lot left to lose still!

SO...here I am today, ready to get started. I am now back at work and am hoping to get back into an exercise routine. For now it will only be a few times a week as I am still getting used to being away from my beautiful baby girl! Is there anyone else who would like to join me?

mszSHOGAN

I'm in! I have 3 little boys, and gained anywhere from 70-95 pounds with each pregnancy. "Giving in to cravings" underestimates my eating habits while pregnant. :grumble:


And now I'm paying for it. Good for you for not letting it go completely. My youngest is 2 and I finally said "enough is enough" this past spring. I lost 36 pounds, quit coming on this site and going to the gym and gained back 14! :explode:


I'm back again and am just taking it one day at a time so I don't get overwhelmed. Its hard to be a mom, wife, employee, fitness junkie and whatever else we try to be. Trust me, I feel your pain!

Katie

kistinbee

Well Katie! It would be great to have you on board! We can help to motivate each other and stay on track! I'm getting ready to leave work here soon and have a few errands to run before I head to the gym. I'm hoping to get an hour on the treadmill with some inclined walking and jogging. Before becoming pregnant I had found a new love for running and am trying to get myself back into shape so I can run again without being exhausted right away. I've also been trying to do some ab work every night to re-tighten that lovely belly that I now have! So, that's the plan for tonight. I do get on the internet much from home as I have dial-up, so if I'm not back on here tonight I'll check in tomorrow morning! I hope you have a great rest of the day!

And my name is Kristin, did I mention that?

shamm08

I'm in my youngest is about 11 months and i'm still carrying extra weight, plus I never lost all the weight with my first. I really want to lose the weight this time my goal was to have it off before her first birthday seeing that thats not going to happen I just want to get it off. I could really use some motivation.

Mina133842

my baby is 10 months old, and I can't say that I gave in to cravings. I was WAY overweight (obese) and got pregnant, stayed the same weight through the pregnancy, until my last month, and gained. So, at my highest weight ever I went in for my C-section, and have lost 25 pounds since that day. I'm in. I've got a LONG way to go. I also need lots of help with motivation and exercise.

kbudde

I'm in too. I just had a baby by c-section on October 9th. So my abs are shot, and i dont enjoy wearing maternity clothes when i'm not pregnant anymore. Before getting pregnant i weighed around 125 and now i'm at 149. I went to my first pilates class today which i found nearly impossible to do because i have such a weak core now. I'd like to get back to fitting in my old clothes again, and I have a feeling that with holidays around the corner it's going to be an extra challenge!

LAgal

My baby is 19 months and I am still carrying the extra baby weight :laugh:
I have never been "overweight" my life, until I got pregnant and gained 70+ pounds I have lost some of the weight, but I still have 30 pounds left until I reach my pre-pregnancy weight.
I would love to join this group, if you guys don't mind.
Btw, my name is Erin

Crys1976

I am in too. Just joined and have a lot of weight to lose before I can have another baby. My baby is 10 months old and I had a c-section too. I was over-weight when I got pregnant, but didn't gain any weight until the last trimester.

susanecho

I just joined MFP today. I came across your message board and would love to chat with you gals. I had a baby (c-section) 3 months ago and would love to lose the baby weight, plus the weight I had even before I was pregnant. I thought I had all this time to excerise, eat right, and be that perfect size and what do you know...I'm already 31 nearly 10 years have passed since that "this is the year" speech. Ladies, I need help. I love hearing success stories because you know it can be done. You know you're not alone (even though it feels like that sometimes) and it's even harder when you have a husband who's thin and eats like a teenager and still doesn't gain any weight (so not fair). We can do this, I know we can. Yay for moms and yay for weight loss!!! Good luck ladies!

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steph1499

Well Im stephanie and I had my oldest when I was 17. I lost all my baby weight by the time i was 19 and mostly because I was a correctional officer, who walked 6 hours a day and when I went to school for it was running 3 days 2 miles a day. Now fast forward I met my hubby and got pregnant 3 months later and 70 pounds later Jake was born all 10 pounds 2 ozs. of him. lol Well I never lost the weight i gained and slowly gained a little more. I got back on a diet and lost 30 pounds then guess what I got pregnant with my youngest hannah. Shes now 16 months old and though I gained very little weight I was 303 when I started my weightloss journey at the end of october. I ready to kick it into gear. Ive lost 17 pounds. My end goal is by feb of 2011 to be down to around 180. I think thats a goal I can do. Short term another 30 by march and another 30 by aug. I got a bike so my son and I can bike around the neighbor hood. I also had a c section with my last two so Im hoping this pouch will go away too.

kistinbee

WOW...all these C-sections! I had a C-section as well (I didn't mention that earlier) which made recovery a lot more difficult as well as getting back into exercising...but I'm fully recovered now and ready to get back into the swing of things. I am VERY excited to see all you ladies on here! I didn't think I'd get such a response!:happy:

Well, how should we do this? I'm thinking that we can weigh in every week and that same day set a goal for the upcoming week. We can share our successes and failures to help each other learn how to best achieve our personal goals. We can be support to each other! We can post what types of meals we are eating, any great low calorie recipes we may come across, and the exercise we are doing. Plus we can talk about how we can achieve our exercise and food goals while taking care of our little ones! I think that we can totally get to where we want to be! So...I'll start.

I'm going to make next week Monday the start of week 1 for me and add:
The date (Monday will be November 23rd, 2009)
Current weight-# pounds (Today is 191 pounds, we'll see if that changes by Monday)
Week 1 Goal-lose # pounds (I will probably start with 2 pounds)
Final Goal Weight-140 pounds ( I am SO ready to see this number again!)

I'll also add a Personal Challenge for the week...(for my first week it will be to hit the gym 3 times for an hour each!)

I think I will log like this each week as well as adding some comments on how the previous week went, any challenges I had faced or successes I had. And then I will check on here daily to chat with you ladies and help to motivate! SO...are you all up for this challenge? I hope so!

kistinbee

Good morning ladies! Hope you all had a good evening!

I had a nice workout last night...a 5K on the treadmill with walking/jogging intervals. It felt good! My abs are still sore from the crunches I did the night before. Good to know there are still ab muscles in there somewhere!:laugh: No workout planned for tonight but I'm hoping to make it to the gym again tomorrow morning.

I'm going out to lunch with a friend at work today so will have to try and make a healthy choice while I'm there, but I think I should be fine. And I have NO idea what to do for dinner tonight. I'm thinking of making some Tilapia with rice and veggies. We shall see...

So, are any of you ladies breastfeeding? Just curious. I know this burns calories as well and they say you should not be "dieting." I'm just trying to stay within my allotted calories plus some extra "healthy" calories for the ones I burn breastfeeding.

Well...time for me to get started on some work for the day. Have a great morning gals and I'll check back later!

Hannah_Banana

Oooo, hope I'm not too late! I've been looking for a post pregnancy mommy group. :bigsmile:

My baby isn't quite a baby anymore at 2, but I'm still carrying around all the weight I put on with him. My goal is to lose everything I need to by his 3rd birthday in Sept because we are going to a water park and I want to be a 'hot mommy'!

Current weight - 211 pounds (According to last week's weigh in)
Week 1 Goal - Lose 2 pounds
Final Goal Weight - 135 pounds-ish (Never been even close to that, so I have no idea what I'll look like. :noway: )

I have PCOS, so my diet will perhaps differ some. I follow many of the same rules as diabetics and really watch my carb/sugar intake. But I still count calories as well - can't wait to get to know you ladies! :flowerforyou:

Fieldsy

can guys have baby weight to lose? lol

kistinbee

Fieldsy...SURE! Especially if it's that sympathy gain!:laugh:

Hannah...we'd LOVE to have you join!

Fieldsy

yeah I got like 20lbs of baby fat I wanna lose lol

supermom1114

I was 140 before I had my son and I got all the way up to 190 while prego, part of that was severe fluid retention, I lost 25-30lbs within the first month or so after he was born just from losing the built up fluid. This site helped me to get down to 142 around 11 months after he was born. I had a busy time with midterms in college so I got a little off track, didn't gain but didn't lose so I stayed 142 on my son's first bday, Nov 14. I'm back on track to lose the 10-15lbs I gained freshman and sophmore year of college, used to be 125 in highschool doing sports and ROTC so thats my goal. So I said all that to say it is possible if ya'll stick to it!! You can do it! And you're children are counting on you!!

kistinbee

Thanks Supermom! It's always good to hear from someone who's done it! I know we can all acheive our goals if we set our minds to it!

shamm08

My name is Stephanie, I forgot to put it in my first post. I'm a stay at home mom that really struggling with the weight I put on.
My current weight- 137
Week 1- I say down 1 pound
Final Goal weigh- I'm not sure yet I would just like to be at a healthy weight and look good at the same time. This is hard for me because I have had many eating disorder when I lose weight its just never enough until I get to an unhealthy weight and even then I can't stop

susanecho

Well, I had breakfast this morning, yay! Not much of a breakfast person, but at least that's a start. I did some Tae Bo last night while the kiddo was sleeping, my buns are burning. Kristin...good job on the 5k, that's so awesome. I need to be creative and do a lot of home work-outs due to the baby and after working a 12 hours shift I don't want to go to the gym.
For all you breastfeeding moms you can add approximately 500 extra calories to your overall daily intake. If you are exercising, do it after a feed or pump session because the milk after a workout is kind of sour and your baby may or may not like the taste.
Stephanie, don't forget you are a beautiful woman with a loving family around you. You are who is important to them regardless of your weight. My best friend has similar struggles. She was a gymnast so an eating disorder seemed to come with the territory. She always hung around the 98-105lbs range and for a 5'4" frame that is tiny. After her first baby she got up to 140 but quickly went down to 115, I told her she looked good and healthy and not to lose anymore. She went down to 95. I told her she looked ill and her baby needs her to be healthy. She has now had baby #2 and sits around 120 and looks awesome. I know she still struggles and no weight will be 'perfect' but at least she's healthy right now. I hope we can be a support for you.
We are all going through the same thing, right ladies? Whether it's 10lbs or 100lbs...it's weight loss!
Happy journey!

Tianisha1908

Hello Everyone
Hoping there's room for one more in the group. I had my son last year on Christmas Eve and haven't lost any of the baby weight. I got up to almost 200 pounds during my pregnancy and right now I'm around 185. I was 160 before the pregnancy but I would love to get back to my college days size of 140. I work full time as a Financial Aid Director and it's extremely hard to fit exercise time into my routine. I must say I haven't been motivated to exercise or eat healthy lately. Any free time that I do get, i try to sleep and get rest but lately I'll try to walk 2-3 miles at least three times a week. But I have absolutely no time at all for the gym. My boyfriend recommended going on my lunch break but I just haven't been that motivated to do that yet. I think there's a mental block that I have about leaving work to go the gym and then come back to work. Please let me know if it has worked for any of you before. I have never been the size that I am now and it's so depressing when I look in the mirror. So I decided that I'm the only one who can do anything about it and knowing that there are women here who have been through and are currently going through what I'm going through makes it a little easier. So here's me...
Current Weight - 185
Week 1 Goal - Lose 2 Pounds
Final Goal Weight 150 (Realistic:laugh: )
Oh and my name is Tianisha and yes I had a c-section also

kc7671

Hi girls! I'd love to join you. I had my son July 7, 2009. I gained about 50 lbs and still need to lose 25!! I'm depressed that it's not coming off quicker. I lost 20 when I gave birth, on maternity leave gained 8 back and now have lost 5 in the last month by keeping track of my food & an elliptical. I want to have a second baby before I'm 40 (turned 38 the day before my son was born) but just can't even think about it til I lose some!!! Ughg!! Hope to chat soon, Kelli

Hannah_Banana

Good morning ladies and hello to all newcomers! :flowerforyou:

Stephanie - While I can't relate to your problem, I'm sure that someone here can and if you ever need help or support, we're all here to do just that.

Susan - Holy cow, awesome info about the exercising/sour milk thing. I had no idea. Of course mine isn't breastfeeding anymore, but its awesome info for the future. With Wesley, he decided that he liked the bottle waaaaaaay better about 2 months in (I was a full time student, so I pumped and had to leave the bottles with the baby sitter) so I hope to be able to stay home with the next and breastfeed exclusively.

Tianisha - Your attitude is awesome, and I think that's 80% of the battle right there. Instead of going to the gym, just going for a walk around your building would help you burn some calories. Then you don't waste time getting in your car, driving over, getting dressed etc. You can work up a light sweat just with brisk walking - its not like being on an exercise machine obviously, but something is something! Also, you may want to look into exercise you can do at your desk. I'm asking Santa for one of these this Christmas: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0027ZNH2O/ref=asc_df_B0027ZNH2O967900?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=shopzilla_rev_34-20&linkCode=asn&creative=380341&creativeASIN=B0027ZNH2O

Kelli - Oh, I hear you Kelli. I want to have all my children by 30, and I have two more to go so this weight needs to come OFF so I can be healthy for my next baby. It motivates me to think about holding my future little bundles of joy, and being a hot preggo mommy! You know, wearing those adorable maternity clothes instead of those dreaded frumpy mumu type get ups. :blushing:

mandita

Hi moms,

I am Catalina, 29 yrs old, sahm, 2 kids, 6 yrs old DD Claudia, 7 month old DS Razvan.
Before DS I had 49 kg and now 62 kg, SW 65.

It's dificult to make all workouts and meals, DS wants only in my arms, but DH is very suportive. Seems like each day is a chalenge.

I started 9 days ago, everything is wrote on paper, everything is organized. My home chores too. I couldn't do it without this organization.

You can see my starting pics in my personal profile. I will update them week 3.

My weightloss "program" is a little brutal and organized, but I can't keep the good work in other way.

I am having 5 healthy meals, nonono junkfood or something packed, no sugar and everything made with sugar, no sodas, so everything in mynutrition is clean. Of course I am craving, but I am looking at those gorgeous girls in videoclips and I know I can do it.

Cardio 60 minutes/day. TurboJam, kristy Cardio Combat, Fonda workout

My DH makes me a fine masage every day. It's not professional, but it works reallly well.

I am breastfeeding after each workout, and my baby doesn't seem to dislike the milk, he is 7 month old.

Nice to meet you girls.

susanecho

Lost a whole pound! Wish it was more, but hey a pound is a pound. Stayed within my calories yesterday. Man that was hard. But it's good to see where the calories go and what to give up so you can have something else, like dessert! Is anyone else in the 1200 calorie limit? I do give myself a little more since I'm breastfeeding, not quite as high as 500 calories though. I was starving, any suggestions on keeping the hunger at bay until the next meal? Just borrowed my friend's Billy Blanks Boot Camp. I will try it tonight after work. Hope you ladies have a great day!

Hannah_Banana

Welcome Catalina! Wonderful to have you on board. :flowerforyou:

Susan - Congrats! You're absolutely right, a pound is a pound and thats exactly how we get to our goal. I have a 1200 cal limit, and I stave off hunger (and binging) by eating 5 small meals. I eat breakfast at 8:30, next snack is at 11:30, then another at 2:30, dinner's at 6 and then I have desert an hour or two after. I was one of those people who when they sat down to eat, I wanted to EAT. So for a few months, I only had 2 meals a day (a late breakfast & early dinner). But I when I felt hungry I would always eat 'just a bite' of this or that and never count it. Well all those 'just a bites' stalled my weight loss. Now if I'm hungry at 11am, I know I can eat again in half an hour and it really helps me!

Today's is hubby's birthday and we are going out to eat. I've looked up the menu and decided what I would have. DH doesn't really think I need to lose weight and thinks I should ALWAYS be indulging, so he demanded as birthday king that I have what I've always had (the ribs). So I've decided I can make us both happy. I will order water, order the fresh veggie instead of fries and only eat a serving (2 ribs) instead of the entire half rack. The meal will probably still be around 600 cals, but I've budgeted for that, am exercising and it should all be great! :bigsmile:

mandita

Happy birthday for your DH Hannah.

I have 5 meals too.

Today:
8.00 fruits pears
11.00 steam chicken, 1 egg, kohlrabi, tomatoes
14.00 rice with carrots
16.00 whole grain pasta
19.00 salad cabbage tomatoes

I wasn't in mood to make a certain workout so I just dance today for a half of hour.

My DS is teething so I didn't have much time. My DH massage only 7 minutes.

ooo, and I had a bath, exfoliating my body with cofee, bran and honey

shamm08

This week hasn't gone as good as I would like. I got a sick baby so I haven't gotten but one workout this week. I have manage to keep my eating under control which is great if I could just have some time to workout.

Texangrrl

oh oh oh!! can i join ladies, and that one guy? :laugh:

Id love a group to join, help me stay motivated. I have two kiddos, and two step-kiddos, all under the age of four. i know what you're thinking...,.YIKES...but its actually fun when we have all four together. My youngest just turned one in october.

I didnt pay attention to weight gain during my pregnancy, it was really stressful for me, i ate to console myself. She was a pleasant surprise for our failing marriage, in texas, you can not divorce while the wife is pregnant, so we basically tried to fix it, over and over, until neither one of us could take it anymore, I finally left when she was 6mos old. I then started talking to my highschool sweetie, and we've been together since. My weight has fluctuated alot this past year, I started out at 225, then dropped down to 205, now im back to 215, I must be content with my sweetie, dont they say you gain weight when happy?

Id love to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight of 180, which is still 10 above the "healthy" weight for my height of 6'2". Im thinking once I get there, THEN we'll see. haha.

Good luck ladies!! Im looking forward to getting to know and watching all of us succeed. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

this weeks goal: To hit the gym at least 4 times, we will have all four kids all week, and I will have them by myself during the day, Im pretty sure I will need a mid-morning break and drop them all off in the kids club at the gym. :laugh:

To keep myself from going crazy, im only going to weigh-in once a month, my next weigh in day is Dec 15.

Texangrrl

This week hasn't gone as good as I would like. I got a sick baby so I haven't gotten but one workout this week. I have manage to keep my eating under control which is great if I could just have some time to workout.

thats great youve kept the eating under control! theres always some things you can fit in at home, like lunges while cooking dinner, or sit-ups on the floor with the kiddos.

i know with a sick baby this isnt realistic, but with my older kids, we have a cot mattress (for camping), its alot like patio furniture pads. i have one lay on their belly on one end, and i grab the other end, and then haul butt around the yard, they have a blast and im outta breath after doing all three big kids a few times each.

Texangrrl

Lost a whole pound! Wish it was more, but hey a pound is a pound. Stayed within my calories yesterday. Man that was hard. But it's good to see where the calories go and what to give up so you can have something else, like dessert! Is anyone else in the 1200 calorie limit? I do give myself a little more since I'm breastfeeding, not quite as high as 500 calories though. I was starving, any suggestions on keeping the hunger at bay until the next meal? Just borrowed my friend's Billy Blanks Boot Camp. I will try it tonight after work. Hope you ladies have a great day!

yay! a pound is a pound and good for you! i have the BB boot camp dvd...that im supposed to be doing right, im just dreading it. im at 1700 a day, and i stayed in my calories today, with a 100 to spare! it wasnt near as hard as i thought it would, every time i started wanting to do snack, i filled my water bottle up.