Losing Baby Weight

Okay it's a new year! :happy: Ready to make some committment to this losing weight thing. I would like to lose 50 lbs this year. My baby is now 6 months old. We just moved back home to Colorado after being gone for 2 years wandering the USA (chasing work). So where is everybody??? Okay, fresh start new goals every week! Let's do this Mommy's!!

Goal this week - To work out every day. And drink my water and try and stay under my calories..since I haven't for the last two weeks even thought about doing any of those things.:bigsmile:

Current Weight - `179 (lost weight during Christmas...I'm thinking I lost muscle..but we'll take it!!):noway:
Goal weight - 135
SO LET's GO MOMMY's!!!!

Hi, I just found your group now. I am 32 and have around 35-45 pounds to lose. When I got pregnant with my son in 2005 I was 156, (my goal weight is around 140). I got up to around 175 with my first pregnancy and never really did lose the weight. Then when I got pregnant with my daughter I hit an all time high of 208. I have lost some of the baby weight, currently down to 167. Last year I managed to get down to 162 my using the site, but over the summer gained a few back.

I started off this year with my head on straight and ready to start the year off right. My son is 4 years old now, and my daughter is 22 months. I enjoy walking/jogging on the treadmill, and doing Bob's biggest loser boot camp, and Jillian's 30 day shred.

I have also started a blog to give me some place to vent or talk a little, also with hopes of some good inspiration.

So far this week I have worked out to Bob's boot camp on Sun, and Mon. Need to take a break today, I am pretty stiff, but will get back to it tomorrow. Maybe will do some crunches today.

Just went back and read all the posts; here is my rundown:

My name is Cris and I am 35 years old. I have been married 2 years and have a 4 week old daughter, a 10 year old step son (every other weekend) a large boxer dog (my baby before the baby), a hand me down cat, and a hamster. I work full time for a health care organization but work from home. My job is fast paced and stressful but I plan to take care of baby with no help to start and see how it goes when my maternity leave ends on 2/22 (wish me luck!!). I have never been more than 10 lbs over weight until I became pregnant and gained 50lbs and have now been left with 40lbs to loose. I am nervous that I won't regain my old body but am willing to give it a shot! I also want to have a second baby but have not decided when yet but figure starting out at my goal weight for baby number two is my best bet.

Looking forward to getting to know you all!!

-C

Kristin,
I swear your struggle is my own. lol. I have yoyo'd all my life and got pregnant and weighed 200 pounds when I went in the hospital to have my son sept 25. I am now 181. This doesn't help when you're 5'1" I have just started doing a 40 min workout a day and eating healthier. Let's hope I will have success like yours! Thanks for the inspiration and motivation.
Rachael

Hello Girls!!

Well, today is day number 2 for me. Yesterday I ate within my cals but did not work out at all. I will be hitting the gym tonight to ride the stationary bike and elliptical. I plan to weigh in every Tuesday but may have to take a sneak peak tonight because I think I have been loosing some water weight since I weighed in last week.

I was reading Jenn's post and it is crazy to me the difference in weight loss when you are in your 20's than when in your 30's! I have lost 10 lbs since I gave birth and Jenn has lost 35 lbs!! So unfair! Old age stinks

Kristin - I cannot believe Kadence is 13 lbs and 4 months old already! Oh, they just grow too fast! Amelia had her 4 week apt today and she weighed in at 8lbs 1.5 oz so she is big stuff now! She was only 6 lbs when we brought her home but she still seems so very small in my arms. I will load some pics on my profile of her today since I can never seem to copy and past photos into messages on this sight. That makes me feel old too! Haha! Having a treadmill will be awesome for you! Can you do exercise videos until then? I would not want to leave after being at work all day either! It is crazy how much you miss them when they are not with you. I cannot wait until it is warm out again so I can break out the stroller! That will be the life; enough of this winter bull crap!

I am starting to take a supplement today called Fenugreek to up my breast milk supply as it has been dwindling. I am hoping by increasing my milk I can satisfy Amelia and loose weight quicker. I need all the help I can get! I just do not see this weight coming off easily; even my face is chubby. I hope with baby #2 I am not so deathly ill in the 1st tri and can workout instead of pack it on like I did with this one...

Positive thoughts!!

Hope you all have successful days!

-Cris

Hi gals, I haven't been putting in my eating..still trying to get back on track doing that. I haven't been eating within my calories I'm sure..uggh. But I have been working out..So I am hoping it kicks in and I lose some of this weight! I did lose it easier when I was younger too..seems so unfair! But on to happy thoughts. Okay, maybe you all can relate to my analogy of life..like a frosting tube(you know the one you use in cake decorating class)..just when it's looking like it's coming out all nice, it is coming out the top too making a mess..Just how life tends to be. So even in that we shall prevail! Off to bed so I can workout tomorrow morning!

Goal this week..to work out 5 times and log in my food. And drink my water!
Starting weight 198
Not sure what I'm weighing because I don't own a scale. Last I checked 176!
Goal weight - 135!

Sorry I have not posted in a while. We went to Wisconsin and Upper Michigan to look at houses and we got back this past saturday. All I have to say is thank you myfitnesspal for the app. I tried to log in my food while I was gone. I did gain while I was gone but I went back down thankfully. just two more pounds to hit 30 pounds lost since I had the baby this past november.

I was thinking of asking hubby if he would mind buying a small portable stepper but I kind of see him saying we have stairs use them. lol

Might be TMI but I ordered new panties this week. they should get here tomorrow or friday. I got them in a smaller size. First time buying panties that were not the just my size brand. I didn't want grandma panties anymore so I went to lane bryant's website. Ordered them from there since they have a sale right now. I figure I lost almost 30 pounds I should buy something nice. :blushing:

HI, my name Is Kaci, and I had a little girl in July 2009. My weight has went up and down since. I gained prolly 5 to 10 pounds over the christmas holiday because i had my gallbladder taken out right before and i wanted to enjoy eating WHATEVER i wanted while we were visiting family, prolly not a good idea but man i enjoyed it. No that the new year is here im about eating right (as best i can) and working out. My husband is a Marine so he will be helping me witht he work out and losing a little himself, but not like me. I am the biggest i have ever been. 218-220. Im used to being around 170 and my smallest was 128. I wanting to get back down to 140 and be toned. The thing with working out with a man is that he is going to slim down and trim up alot faster than i will. Plus he is deploying in Oct and after he is gone i will still need support, so im hoping to make friends on here (other women) that can relate to having and newborn and wanting and trying to lose weight. What a challenge HUH! Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Hi girls!

I would really love to join your group! Kristen, our babes are very close in age! My youngest was born August 24th of 2009. My story is fairly similar to everyone else here. This baby is kid #5 for us. I had two from a previous marriage, as did my husband, then we had #5 together. With both of my previous pregnancies, I gained about 60 pounds and managed to lose all of the weight, so I feel confident that I can do it again. But I agree with the others that losing weight in your thirties is not like doing it in your 20s! I ate really well and exercised a lot with my previous two, but the weight just melted off. I swear I would seldom see less than a pound of weight loss a day. Not this time though! I had gained 25 pounds before I got pregnant this time (I blame a job change), and then still gained 60 pounds during pregnancy. I had lost about a total of 30 pounds after the baby was born and I was focusing on losing it. Then for some reason I said to heck with it and I gained back 16 pounds! I knew fresh motivation would come with the new year, and I have been eating very well and exercising almost every single day since the beginning of the year. I have 67 more pounds to lose to get back to where I was when my hubby and I met a few years ago.

Now I am a stay home mom (just lost my previously mentioned making-me-fat-job due to a relocation) and I am loving that. I am very busy keeping up with 5 kids, housework, laundry, and the baby, but I am dedicated to doing this!

Southernmama- men do lose weight so quickly and it seems unfair! LOL. My hubby is also trying to lose weight with me and he will probably be a stick figure before I even hit the 20 pound mark!

CHuffmn- I can soooo relate to needing the new pants! After I gained some of the weight back, even my maternity pants were too tight! So I went out to Kmart and bought these velour things that are pretty hideous but at least comfy! My body is still all floppy and oddly shaped from my belly being stretched out, and I cant stand my belly flopping over the top of any normal pants! Ugh, that's embarrassing to say to strangers! Oh well, we have to be accountable, right?

I'm really excited to have found a group of other moms with babies on here! I was hoping I would!

Oh, and BTW, my name is Jessica, LOL.

Oh Kristin, I forgot to ask you how the treadmill is?