Before/After clean eating (9 months post prego) July-Dec 1

jeweljeans

Post baby, I lost my "baby weight" in about 6 weeks. I was back to 176... I put on 10 pounds by summer and was at a record 186! yikes. Peek baby weight was 196.

I started eating clean and working out 3-5 hours/wk starting mid August. I have a cheat once a week. My daughter is now nine months old and I feel like I can proudly go to the pool with her. And go to a hotspot for our 5 year anniversary without being insecure. I'm planning on toning up more yet. I'm 3 pounds away from my original ultimate goal. Very proud of my efforts, this community has been huge to me!

July
Here is the before pic (I always used my girly to shield myself and belly in photos):


Mid Sept:



Dec 1



9 months post baby. Clean eating and workouts have paid off!

Letters24You

Great job!! Way to stick with it!

Kristinj589

You look amazing!!! Great work!

paruls86

You look Awesome.......:drinker:

I have a very unrelated question..... what kind of birth did you have.... coz from what i've seen on mfp a mother rarely has this kind of abdomen without working out big time........

skle1978

Great Job!!! My problem has never been the baby weight....I was back to my original weight within 6 weeks each time......the problem was I fat before.

jeweljeans

You look Awesome.......:drinker:

I have a very unrelated question..... what kind of birth did you have.... coz from what i've seen on mfp a mother rarely has this kind of abdomen without working out big time........

Had a vaginal delivery... with a few complications.. but didn't have to go under the knife in the end. thank God!

emily_bird

Fantastic job! Great job to show other women that they don't have to fear pregnancy and that they can get their bodies back ! Thank you!

bmarie612

Great work! It has totally paid off!!! You should be verrrry thankful for your skin genetics! You don't even look like you have a "baby belly". I'm jealous

jessicaclairel

Great job!

Gerald_King

Fantastic well done

ayersan

I look like I have had baby belly, and I am a dude.

skrakalaka

You're looking great! I'm jealous of your boobs:blushing: Keep up the good work!

lin7604

You're looking great! I'm jealous of your boobs:blushing: Keep up the good work!

haha you and i both,lol... i wish i had some... what do you think it was that really made the difference for you

eandrsmom

Jealous!!!! I am 5 years post partum and still not quite there! Great job!

tommygirl15

Fabulous work, I wouldn't have even been able to tell you had a baby!

small_ninja

I wish I had your boobs :grumble: :flowerforyou:

Rosa1213

WOW, you look awesome!!
I haven't had a baby and your tummy looks better than mine! Your body looks strong and beautiful Keep up your amazing work!

sleepygirl38

way to go! you got a bikini body and its not even summer yet

Sparlingo

Amazing!!!

I had my baby girl in June, and I really really wish I had figured out this MFP thing in June or July -- I tried on my own to lose the baby weight and got absolutely nowhere. Now I'm a little over 20 days into tracking at 8 lbs down! I could have been so much further otherwise. Oh, well. It's never too late!

Thank you for being such a fabulous inspiration!!

Mpol2

Jealous!!!! I am 5 years post partum and still not quite there! Great job!

My babies are 22 and 18 and I still have a baby belly

jeweljeans

Thanks all!

The thing that helped the most was probably support! Nobody really seemed to notice my weight loss until I was down 20+ pounds. So having people on MFP encourage me, my hubs, my ifbb pro friend (who did my meal planning and cardio assigning) and my girlfriends encouraging me was huge!
Two of my girlfriends and I started a chat between our mobiles that we connect daily on... K several times a day. We chat about successes, funny things, failures, our hubbies eating crap foods in front of us and send each other sweet fitness motivation pics. Every bit has helped along the way!

P.s. even though I had someone do my meals.. Mfp helped me keep on track and be sure I wasn't sneaking food in without seeing it's impact.

shrinkingislander

You look hot, great job!

Katherinesfitness

Excellent work hot mama! I love that blue sports bra..

Alishalwarren

You look great!

jeweljeans

Thank you ladies!

svgarcia

Wow- congrats!! U loOk great

lhaas24

You look great!
Question for you, I am trying to learn more about clean eating. Can you give an example of what you would eat in a day?

Lunarokra

Congrats!!

jeweljeans

You look great!
Question for you, I am trying to learn more about clean eating. Can you give an example of what you would eat in a day?

Breakfast: 1/4 c dry measure cream of wheat
1 cup of berries
1/2 c. Egg whites with whatever veggies I like (spinach, peppers, onions, tomatoes)

Meal 2: egg whites or 1/2 c of cottage cheese
2/3 c berries

Lunch: 4 oz chicken breast or other lean meat
1/2 c of rice or tortilla for a wrap
All the veggies I want

Meal 4: cottage cheese, tuna or protein shake
Veggies
Maybe a table spoon of peanut butter if I'm craving

Supper: 4 oz chicken breast
1/2 c of rice
All the veggies I want (my fav is asparagus right now, sprayed with olive oil, a little salt, pepper, garlic and sprinkle of Parmesan cheese... Yum!)

Meal 6 (if hungry): cottage cheese or egg whites
1TB Peanut Butter
Veggies


Any protein can be substituted... The cottage cheese I eat is fat free. I try to eat something similar to this every day. I am never hungry! First couple days I was... Because I struggled with eating smaller portions instead of large ones. I eat salad dressing (low fat and on the side), I eat low fat mayo.. Moderately. Maybe a tablespoon with mustard in my tuna. I rarely do protein shakes, just because I find more satisfaction in real food. But I don't have anything against them.

Hope this helps!

sherisse69

You look FANTASTIC!!!!

Lennox497

Great work! You nailed it