just had my son, help please!

Eat healthy, exercise at your own pace, and stay dedicated. Congrats!

Had my son 6 months ago. Still losing. Add me if you like! Getting support, motivation and open diaries helps a lot.

^Enjoy your son, totally agree.

My daughter is now 15 months, I started working out when she was 3 months old. Make healthier choices and keep active. The little one should keep you on your toes.

A friend once told me 9 months up, 9 months down! Congratulations, Mama!

Rest is so important or you will lose your mind in those early days. Use that stroller I am sure you have and walk -- good for you and baby (bundle up). Don't expect too much too soon. Caring for baby is most important in early weeks and weight loss is secondary (But eat healthy). I have two sons, now age 11 and 20, so I know what's it's like! It's also wonderful. Everyone wants to tell you how hard it will be, but they fail to tell you how amaing it will be -- you will feel love and joy and pride like you've never experienced. Take care.

My best advice is, if you can afford it, see a nutritionist. My insurance covered it - I just had to ask my doctor for a referral. Diets are different for nursing mammas than "regular" people - so see if your insurance will cover a visit, or see how much it will cost to visit a nutritionist once and then during that visit ask for both a nursing program and a non-nursing program (so that you know how to eat after baby stops eating). I can tell you that my diet was:
Breakfast: 2 oz. protein and one serving starch (15 grams of carbs)
Snack: 1 serving fruit, 1 oz. protein (can be cheese, cottage cheese, peanuts or meat)
Lunch: 2 to 3 oz. protein, 2 servings veggies, 1 serving dairy (can be milk, yogurt or cheese), and 2 servings of starch
Snack: Same as first snack
Dinner: Same as lunch
Snack: 1 serving of starch and 1 serving of dairy (I usually had a bowl of cereal - but check the carbs on the box - you may only be able to have 1/4 or 1/2 cup of cereal to stay in the carb guidelines).
Overall, in a day, about 10 oz of protein items and about 5 to 6 servings of starch - remember that beans, corn, potatoes, greenbeans and peas are also starches in addition to "regular" carbs. When eating the servings of starch - do not count the carbs/starches in veggies towards your servings. One serving of starch is 12 grams - but you can round up to 15 grams. Eat as much veggies if you like. If really hungry, have a protein snack and/or more veggies. No items could have more than 10 grams of sugar (so I mostly ate plain Greek Fage yogurt - that was the only plain yogurt I could stand - hated it at first, now love it!).

Remember - that was MY meal plan and that did not include exercise - if you exercise will change many factors - so see a nutritionist if you can. I don't know your weight - and that changes how many carbs and other things and I would't want you to get poor nutrition while caring for your little guy. I can say that I was 160 at the time and I lost 20 pounds just following this diet and nursing (but no official exercise) in about 6 months. I did NOT count calories - just focused on proper balance of food. I am not against counting calories - but if you follow a diet by a nutritionist, it probably won't be necessary.

My baby just turned 10 months and I'm on the journey too. I also gained 70 pounds...it's a struggle and now that I'm older (my other boys are 10 and 12) it's even more difficult. Feel free to add me...the more support, the better

It's definitely about finding a healthy lifestyle that you can live with! Oh and don't forget that you'll soon be setting an example for your little one and it'll be so much easier for them to maintain a healthy lifestyle and weight if they have that background growing up!

Just concentrate on one day at a time and do the best you can and you are sure to be successful!

let yourself recover from the pregnancy and birth before worrying about this too much... also, don't go by how many weeks post delivery to say whether it's safe to exercise yet... get the "rec check" done to see if your abs have gone back together again... this can still be an issue for some women even months after delivery, for others it's not even an issue at all. If you have a c-section it's more likely to be an issue as they actually physically separate these muscles to get the baby out (in most women they naturally separate towards the end of pregnancy)

this blog page explains the issue and also has exercise suggestions for how to get the abs back together again if they're not already, although IMO you should get advice from a doc/midwife/physio and get exercise advice from them (physio would be best). http://jacquelinehooton.co.uk/tag/the-rec-check/

9 months up, 9 months down. Don't feel like you need to do this overnight.

Eat your calories, allow for breast feeding, take care of your baby and yourself. Friend other new mums and build a support network for yourself. Take care.

Breastfeeding burns massive amounts of calories.

NOT getting into the breast/bottle debate, the fact is: You can lose weight quickly and end up with "fried egg" boobs, or bottle feed, exercise on your own, and keep the girls looking nice.

Breastfed both my babies for 6 months and given the fact that I was 34 and 36 when I had my kids, my 'girls' are still pretty good for their age, haha!!

I agree with all the other posters, it's not that long since you had your baby so you need time to adjust to being a mammy and to give your body a chance to recover from all its been through. If you eat healthily and walk with the pushchair, most of the weight will come off all by itself.

The most important thing tho is to enjoy this tiny little bundle of joy that has arrived in your life, because all too soon that innocent little creature that relies on you for everything will be shouting, stamping his feet and throwing tantrums and will be to big to give his mammy those delicious cuddles (mine is almost 6 and we're at THAT stage, lol!!)

Congratulations btw x

Is he your first child? Congrats! I've got a son who's 4 in June and a daughter who'll be 2 in May, so I know how hard it is!

I lost all my baby weight after my son, only to get pregnant again when he was 14 months old, and I put sooo much weight on with her.

Anyway, I was back at the gym when my daughter was 7 weeks old, and that was 20 months ago, and i've lost 60lbs, but also toned up loads and built up some pretty good muscles! I'd like to lose another 10lbs.

I mix fed both of mine as my son lost 30% of his birth weight so I couldn't exclusively breastfeed him, and then my daughter was feeding 24/7 and I had my son, then 22 months old, to look after, so I couldn't maintain that past 4 weeks when I no longer had my husband at home to help! Anyway, my boobs look fine considering the hours I spent breastfeeding and pumping!

Definitely take advantage of just having the one child because you can go for lots of nice, long walks with a baby fast asleep! I really missed that once I had 2!

Feel free to add me.

Yes! As a mom to six, if your breastfeeding make sure to take in enough calories to breast feed........Also, realize that after having a baby your body needs time to recover so workout and eat healthfully taking in enough calories. I have seen alot of websites that having exercising with baby which may be good for you if you don't have time set aside for a workout.