Would like to hear from the mommies out there,

I have always lost all of my baby weight until my miscarriage. I have not lost that weight, even 4yrs later. Well, i have lost 8lbs of it, but thats after joining MFP.

I gained 50 pounds with both pregnancies and currently weigh 15 pounds less than prepregnancy weight. Lost a lot through breastfeeding, but the last 10 to get way under prepregnancy weight was all my own hard work. It's possible!!

Thanks, ladies! I greatly appreciate the kind words! It's just that when I see all the flab it seems kind of impossible. :embarassed:

If it's any consolation, I feel more discouraged now with a giant 9 month preggo belly than I do with that deflated spare tire. I remember what it looked like with my first and I just sat in the hospital bathroom and laughed and laughed. It was funny looking.

Take joy in your journey-- and try to find the humor in all things.

i gained so much! ha ha five months after the birth of my third baby i am still 50 pounds overweight. i try and try.....do it small steps.
it took five months for me because i was one to restrict what i ate then got pregnant and had a none month free for all! i ate whatever i wanted! fast food n all! when i found out i was pregnant i went straight to mcdonalds and had a big mac. (first one in years! ha ha)
but after baby it was hard to get back into the eating right routine. the new baby and the change in lifestyle....it was all hard to adjust.

im breastfeeding n it still didnt drop off.
i joined here and managed to lose 5 pounds in one month. if u monitor your food every day u can do it.
set small goals like i did. five pounds a month is great right? i hope to do the same next month!
i started by doing something every week. the first week i cut out all candy n suger. the next week i added no rice. (brown rice ok)
the third week i added walking three times a week. i do this.....and i added this app to my phone. i play around with the food and what to eat all the time. i come here to motivate myself. if u come here daily u will be motivated.
the very first thing to do it tell yourself one month isnt forever.....commit to one month.
then tell yourself u will do one week with NO CHEATS! and see how it goes. promise yourself one week of no cheating......and hold yourself to it.
as mothers we do everything for our kids and husbands we tend to forget ourself. remember to do this for yourself! you owe this to you.
add me as your friend!

I was just like you after I had my son. I thought there was no hope that I would ever lose weight again. I was borderline obese when I got pregnant with him and gained over 40 pounds. Even though I breastfed for over a year, I just couldn't seem to get the weight off. I did finally get under my pre pregnancy weight but that didn't help my self esteem much since I was so overweight to begin with. When I weaned my son, I finally gave into to that crazy notion that maybe I had to actually exercise to lose weight. Sure enough, that did the trick and I am now half the weight I was when I gave birth! You can do it! Just put your mind to it and don't give up!

I am a mother of three, my youngest is 8 months old. So I am currently working on losing the last 20-30 pounds of baby weight I gained.

My story in the shortest version possible, lol....

I have been overweight pretty much my whole life. After having my first child(gained 60 pounds), I topped out at around 240 pounds. I only lost about 30 pounds of it before getting pregnant with my second child(also gained 50 to 60 pounds) and topped out at my heaviest in my life, 255 pounds. I was so tired of how I felt, how I looked, EVERYTHING! I decided to change it all! I worked hard for about 11 months and managed to lose 98 pounds. I was at the lowest in my life and felt so great. I was 158 pounds. Then I became pregnant with our third child. I did gain more than I had hoped. I gained about 50 pounds. After that initial lose of weight after he was born I was stuck at 200 pounds. I have been working hard since he was about 3 months old or so and am currently at 176 pounds. I want to get back to my original goal of 150 but this time I want to continue to around 120-130 and be at my ultimate goal. It is hard, when you have kids things can work against you easily. Just stay focused and include them! Let them exercise with you(dance around etc.). YOU CAN DO THIS!

Yes, it can be done! I've got 2 children. I didn't gain too much with the first because I was able to get to the gym while pregnant and I was quite good about what I ate, but I did still gain a bit and it took me a year to lose it, and then I got pregnant again! With my 2nd I put on a lot (I didn't weigh myself though) and I was massive after! She's now 19 months old and I've lost 55lbs and am smaller than before I got pregnant with my 1st.

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I've been logging every day on MFP for the past 180 days (i think) and I was eating well before that, but eating less actually. Eating a bit more has helped me. I have personal training sessions once or twice a week, do spinning, zumba and aerobics. I'd still like to lose another 15lbs.

Feel free to add me.

You can do it!
I gained 40 with my first, then lost it all, then gained all of it plus MORE back in between pregnancies (my girls are 3 years and 8 months apart). I gained nothing with my second pregnancy, lost a bunch after I had her... and then gained all of it back, plus more again, within 2 years. I was up to 230 pounds and thought I'd never see a 1 in the front of my weight again.

But, I started working out, eating right, and here I am 90 pounds lighter at 140. My girls are 4 and 8, and believe me - it is SO worth it to be in shape, not just for me but for THEM!

Hi OP! I have had two children in three years, so I was more pregnant than not for a while! LOL But with my first I gained 40, and didn't lose it all, then with m second I gained 25. My youngest is now 13 months, and I have lost more than it all. I am the same size I was in high school. But it is def something that you have to be continuous about. you have to find ways to work out with your child, make it fun, finding time is the hardest!!!

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it and put in the work necessary to make it happen.

My pregnancy was a long time ago as my son is 14, but I was 180 lbs at the top of my pregnancy weight. After having my son I made it down to 150 lbs and then over the many years after I gained much much more. I am now working on getting to 160 lbs and am smaller than I ever was at 150.

Yes it can be done:).

My stats:

Per children - 146

Highest pregnancy weight - 196

Current weight - 124

My children are 7 & 3 years.

I weighed 168 when I became pregnant with my first and weighed 224 when I delivered. I lost almost 44 pounds immediately (I was down to 185) and then I just stopped losing weight. I did WW and got down to 139 right after my baby turned a year. Became pregnant with my second at 139 and delivered at 199 (I was determined to stay below 200!). Got down to 155 and stopped losing even though I was still doing WW. Got pregnant with my third at 155 and delivered at 195. Stopped losing weight again at 155 (and had to stop cutting calories due to supply issues). Weaned my baby in October and waited for the weight to magically fall off. It didn't of course. So I joined MFP on December first and am currently at 148.8. All that to say, I've gained and lost a lot of weight having my kids but it can be lost, as often as needed! This will be my last time, thankfully. You can totally do this!

Yes, it can be done. Took me until my youngest was 3 to focus on it, though. My best advice - try to get an exercise routine going. My best time was to get up and work out before the kids woke up. The weight is still off, 6 years later. (He was a 10+ pound baby, btw. I had yo-yoed up to 186 pounds when he 3 years old. Today,126. Well, 127 after Christmas!)

Both my kiddos were c/s. Overall my stomach is good. I have a small "ledge" but definitely coverable with a bikini. My loose skin is only noticable when doing planks/push-ups/ect. That is normal for all moms... my friend does fitness competitions (so very in shape) and has this. I would say a year for my stomacb to get pretty good and 2 for it to really get good. Hope this helps.