3 1/2 months and 30lbs later! Prego Weight is gone!

Sparlingo

Love this! Your progress is AMAZING!!

I really wish I'd heard about/found MFP earlier. Started tracking a month ago and I'm down 10 lbs, but I have 40 lbs to go . Also had a June baby (June 8th - my first). I need to stop thinking about how far I would be if I found MFP in June, and start thinking about how far I'm going to be in a year's time if I keep this up!

You look incredible!! And that last photo is just precious .

missmegan831

Awesome weight loss and you look fantastic!!! I love zumba too, it feels more like dancing fun then exercise, Congrats again to you and btw, you have a beautiful family.

treagal

Wow, you look amazing!!!!! Excellent results! You look solid and healthy now, beautiful, just beautiful!

prettymomma16

wow you look AMAZING mommy! Just curious, did you breastfeed? I did with my girl and I lost the weight very quick, however I gained it all back after I weaned because I kept eating like I was breastfeeding lol (

congrats!!

StephFork

You are my role model! My son is almost 4 months and I've lost 25 of the 35 I gained with pregnancy & I have more to lose because I was overweight when getting pregnant. Do you mind me asking if your breast feeding and how many calories you eat/ate to lose the weight? You look amazing & you have a beautiful family!

theCoke

The picture with your sons could be in a parenting magazine article about moms getting fit and healthy with little ones! I love it! I'm also hopeful to have a body like that one day because of ZUMBA!

mommycullen

OMG! you look gorgous! Baby weight is rough. I gained 80 pounds with each pregnancy. I had my 2nd baby in April and have lost all 80 pounds PLUS an additional 7. So I know how tough it can me. You look really great.

mommycullen

The picture with your sons could be in a parenting magazine article about moms getting fit and healthy with little ones! I love it! I'm also hopeful to have a body like that one day because of ZUMBA!

i toats agree. dude you should submit it!!!!

ncruso24

The last pic where your son is hanging from your arm is sooo cute! that could be the cover of a fitness mag you look great! I can't wait until I can say I've had as much success as you. Keep it up!

JosieJo2000

That last pic is SO cute!!! You look amazing, so toned - and happy Loving those abs and those amazing arms!!

Happyme2009

Amazing! And zero stretch marks! Congratulations from a newbie

tinanana7

You are my role model! My son is almost 4 months and I've lost 25 of the 35 I gained with pregnancy & I have more to lose because I was overweight when getting pregnant. Do you mind me asking if your breast feeding and how many calories you eat/ate to lose the weight? You look amazing & you have a beautiful family!

Again, thanks so much for the comments everyone, they are seriously making me want to cry, so nice!

As for breastfeeding, I am still breastfeeding but only part-time (maybe 3 times a day). My little one is mostly on formula. When I started MFP I only deduction about 100 calories a day for breastfeeding. I didnt want to count those toward my daily goal since I was never really sure how much he was eating at a feeding.

As for calorie counts, in the beginning I was super anxious to lose pound so put myself on a pretty strict calories count ( I know MFP doesnt reccommend going below 1200 but I was probably averaging about 1050-1100 a day net. I was of course eating more calories than that but made a point to do cardio every day (for at least an hour with a few exceptions) so that I would always net my daily goal. Zumba helped a lot with that because there is no way I will run on a treadmill or do the elliptical for an hour. The key really is to find a form of exercise that you enjoy so that you will stick with it. I think that was my problem in the past, I would get bored and not stay consistent. Also, I like to eat and there is no way I could stick to only a 1200 calorie a day diet (like I said I love food too much) so the tradeoff was working out more and making really healthy food choices, as in lots and lots of veggies!). In fact, I think it was pretty rare for me to consume less than 1400 calories in a day, but like I said, I was always able to add to my daily budget with exercise.

May have to consider submitting that pic of the boys!

ksimp88

SO MOTIVATING!! Way to go!

rrumbolt

you are fabulous and you look fabulous..

schondell

You look amazing!!

kdiamond

You look great and in no way look like you just had a baby in June!!!! And your kiddos are adorable!!!

easycure

you look amazing and your babies are beautiful!!!

mommy3fit

you look great! My goal is 30 lbs too and I LOVE Zumba!!

OnMyWay4

I love this!!! Too cute! Congrats lady...you look awesome!!

BeingAwesome247

Fabulous job! You look amazing and your kids are adorable. Love love love that last pic!

This! The baby's face is hilarious!

Awesome job

Love_flowers

Abseloutly amazing!! And hey, I think the last picture is super adorable!

SparkleShine

You look awesome! LOVE the last pic with your boys! YES, submit it to a fitness magazine with a before shot.:flowerforyou:

svgarcia

Great job, u look great

cakemewithyou

oh my goodness...
HOW DID YOU DO IT.

davery1985

You look amazing,i hope one day i can look as good as you do

kaylou

So here goes, haven't posted pictures before so hope this turns out. Figured it was time to finally post some before and after pics if for no other reason then my own entertainment! Plus I really enjoy seeing everyone else's success stories and they have really helped me in my weight loss journey.

Gained about 45 pounds during my pregnancy (not to mention I never lost that last 10 from my first pregnancy) and decided the weight need to come off once and for all! Definitely not as dramatic a weight loss as a lot of you folks but still a big accomplishment for me.

Some Stats about me:
Height: 5'6"
Starting Weight: 172 lbs
Current Weight: 141 lbs (about 9 lbs below my pre-prego weight)
Main Forms of Exercise: I've only been doing cardio up till now and 90% of that has been Zumba with a little bit of the elliptical and various other group fitness exercise.

Day of Delivery June 15, 2012 (this was pretty much the only time I had a valid excuse for being overweight)


1 Month Post C-section (Don't have a lot of my pics from this point on since I wasn't really digging the camera)


Early September (I had lost about 20 pounds at this point but realized the last 25-30 wasnt coming off until I put forth some real effort, I had't started back exercising yet at this point. After looking at the scale stuck at 172 lbs and seeing this picture, I decided I needed to start MFP)


End of October (Again, really didnt like looking at myself in pics so this was the first time I decided to actually take before pics)


And from the side


Around Thanksgiving


Gotta love how my son decided to photobomb this one


Today


Side View


Had to throw this one in for fun since it was these two little monsters that created this whole post lol!


I still have a few more pounds to go (I've never been a petite gal and have no plans to be) and I am really starting to focus on strength training now especially the quads since it's dumping in the mountains and I am ready to ride! Had to skip last season since snowboarding is not highly reccommended while pregnant (although I did ignore that rule twice during my pregnancy, shhhh, don't tell anyone!) I've started using kettlebells which I enjoy but I will continue to do my first love, Zumba, Zumba Zumba!!

Thanks for letting me share!

YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!!