Anyone else trying to move baby weight?

I'm working on loosing my baby weight as well. So far it's going great. I was about 10 pounds over weight pre-pregnancy and 40-50 after my follow up appt. (6 weeks) I literally started dieting and exercising that very same day. I've been working my butt off and It's not always easy with a newborn, but I've been at it for about 9 weeks and I've lost 16 pounds. It's easy once you get into it and feeling great is the best reward. Good luck. Don't do this alone mfp is here to keep you motivated and there is a world of knowledge on this site. :-)

I am working on losing the last of my baby weight as well. My son is 15 months old, and I have 10 lbs to lose... I am glad that you are getting on it now while your baby is little, instead of waiting around and being lazy like me! Best of luck to you!

I'm trying to lose baby weight too! My little guy is 14 months and because I was traveling a lot for work before I got pregnant, - I had gained about 15 lbs before getting pregnant. So, I've got about 40 lbs to lose. I've been pretty lazy the past year but since I've started getting serious, I've lost 14 lbs in 5 weeks!
Breastfeeding did NOTHING for helping me lose weight - I had heard so many people say it helped the weight to fall right off - of course that didn't happen to me!
I've been doing P90X and eating healthy - keeping track of my food intake on here has been one of the biggest eye openers for me.
I know it's hard - especially with a little one - I exercise at night after mine goes to bed which wouldn't be my first choice, but you do what ya gotta do

Good luck!

Me too! My son is 8 months old. Deep down I really don't think I look THAT bad (except when I take my clothes off lol) and that's been the biggest barrier to losing that extra weight. I relocated to the South from California, so my perception is a little hazy. People are accustomed to eating more "comfort" food down here so it is difficult to eat right when out or with family. I'd have no problem finding healthy options back home without feeling left out. I am 158 lbs (lost two lbs already!) and am looking to get down to 130.

I am! My first is 2 years old and I was about 20 pounds overweight when I got pregnant with her. Before I got pregnant again I lost all but about 5 lbs of the weight I gained with her (Making me 25 lbs over weight). My son is almost 4 months old and again I've lost all but 5 lbs of the weight I gained with him. So now I'm on a mission to lose all 30 lbs. I also work out after my 2 year old goes to bed. It isn't ideal but it makes it much easier on my husband to only have the baby to keep an eye on. I am not a morning person and I already have to get up at 5:40 in order to get both kids to the sitters before work.

Hi all

The best advice I can offer to any one who has had a baby is you need to do pelvic tilts to bring the stomach muscles back together before doing any sit ups or crunches.
Without doing these first you will never lose the baby belly. The muscles separate during pregnancy and they need to be brought back together before you can work on tightening them up.

Luckily my hospital adviced I did these in a leaflet they gave out to all new mum's.
Without this information I would have done what a lot of my new mum friends did and go straight into sit ups and do myself a lot of harm.
One of my friends has damaged her abs really badly through pushing herself too hard too soon.

This is a link that shows what I'm talking about and how to test if you need to do these. My guessing is you will :ohwell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShYwuDxzCL0&feature=PlayList&p=20FC9C6A643398E6&playnext_from=PL&index=7&playnext=2

This move brings the abs back together, works on the lower back and the bum, all key areas that I needed to work on after having my son. (Had terrible lower back pains for months after) These will help you in all these areas.
You will need to do them everyday if you can remember and do as many as you can just don't over strain yourself, you will feel it working and be able to see and feel the muscles coming back together.
This took me some months BUT it is SOOO WORTH it!!

I found this the one piece of information that saved me from losing my figure, diet and exercise after this can be built up gradually and pretty normally but get these in first til you can feel your stomach muscles are back together all the way, the belly button will be the last bit to rejoin.

Hope this is as helpful to all you mum's as it was to me.

Mel :flowerforyou:

I too am trying to lose the baby weight, kinda. I had already lost all the 65 lbs I had gained with him, but since then I had gained back 20! I am so mad at myself! But if we all stick together on this we can reach our goals. So long as one person is motivated that day, the rest will follow. I have been running with my 22 month old now in a stroller, and its great together time talking about the things we see, but also it is peaceful, since I live in the country. I really love the site and how I can see how exercising is burning away the calories.

ditto!!!! let's do it! :drinker: