Hi nice to meat you my name is Jennifer I am a mommy of 5 they are 9, 8, 7, 6, and 10 months. With my youngest I did great during pregnancy and only gained 7.3 pound. I was so proud however now I have been using breastfeeding as an excuse to eat way more than I ever should. I gained 20 pounds in the last 6 months. This makes me very sad because I am at the heaviest I have ever been. So here I am to help me get back on track!

Hi everyone! I'm a SAHM to 3 kids, ages 5, 4, and 15 months and am a full-time college student. I've had a very hard time getting the weight off and keeping it off. I was in the military before I had my oldest and I would love to have that body back! My biggest problem is finding the time to work out and the motivation to do so. I want to lose at least 40 lbs but hopefully more!

Hello! I am a mommy of a 21 month old baby girl. I've been trying to lose weight since I returned to work after having my daughter and it has been a struggle. When I was pregnant I lost a lot of weight and while on leave I was able to maintain that, but after coming back the weight piled on. I am looking to lose 60lbs total and I struggle with staying focused when trying to lose weight. I definitely need a lot of motivation to help me stay focused. I want to be able to be healthy for my daughter and for myself, have more energy and of course fit into the size 12 pants I brought on impulse (lol). I've had a lot of people tell me I wouldn't be able to do it and I'm just ready to prove them wrong. I'm a mommy on a mission and I'm ready to drop the weight.

Hi ladies, I'd love to do this with you! I need support as I'm getting nowhere on my own.

My little girl is nearly nine months old. I put on four stone in pregnancy stupidly by using it as an excuse to eat whatever I fancied. I've still got two stone to lose and have had for the past eight months! I'm breastfeeding still which doesn't help as I'm always hungry but I think my biggest problems are that I got into bad habits when pregnant and I spend too much time at home grazing. I walk with my girl in a sling between 30 minutes to an hour daily but I loathe exercise for exercise's sake. I have been doing the 5:2 diet for about five weeks but have not lost any weight because I eat so much on my non fast days. I'm going to continue with it though because I find it easy to follow but am going to set myself a few new rules:

1. No meals after 7pm
2. No food between meals
3. No alcohol, chocolate, cakes or biscuits

I'm also going to try to track and get on here to chat to you all. This matters to me as my confidence is low. I want to do this for my gorgeous husband and my little girl.

Hello!

I am mum to a beautiful 7 month old boy and pregnancy just ruined me!
I like many used it as an excuse to eat everything and anything I could... which I don't regret as when else can I and actually has made dieting easier as I promised myself if I didn't hold back during I would after.
I put on 35lbs and had an emergency c section so had to take it easy for a while.
Since March I have lost 22lbs eating healthy and doing 6/7 days exercise (7 when i was doing 30 day shred) and have 13 to go.

I was actually hoping for an impartial opinion - is this a fast or slow loss for 4 months? I feel like it is taking alot longer than it should to loose pregnancy weight, I lost alot years ago and it felt much quicker but maybe the grass is greener...

Good luck to you all and congratulations on your little ones

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My name is Cody and I am a mother of three: a 6 yr old, almost 3 yr old girls and a 9 month old son. I have had a hard time losing more that 15-20 pounds and gained more than 50 since having kids. Before having kids I was still about 40 more then I should be. I am a preschool teacher and have the summer off and would like to lose in total of 80-90 pounds. I have been working out in the gym with the elliptical and zumba for the last few week and know that I need to stay consistent if I am going to slowly but surely get this weight off. I started back in January with myfitnesspal but couldn't stay motivated while working, finishing my Master's and having a baby that didn't sleep through the night. Now while I have the summer off I want to start good workout habits and eat healthier so when I go back to work I don't have any excuses. Nice to meet you all and I look forward to this weight loss journey together.

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my name is Lah and i am a single mom of one sweet 7 yr old girl. well after having my daughter 7 years ago i never bothered about healthy eating and exercise and this was made worse after my husband of only 4 years passed away in 2009. after such a tragic event in my life i turned to food for comfort that is when my weight ballooned from about 210 lbs to 252 lbs.at the moment i am a whooping 250 lbs and am desperately hoping for a 95 lbs weight loss. to be honest i need all the support i can get in the world and am committed to make this a possibility. however portion control is my biggest enemy and also the fact that i find myself thinking of food even more , since i decided to work on losing weight. i feel that i have to lose this weight for my daughter and even more so for myself.

i am hoping that i can find a lot of friends in this group who i can support as they support me. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT

I'm Lori. 36 year old mother of a one year old and step mother to an 18 and 19 year old boys. I am ready to get fit and healthy for my son, and myself. And if I happen to feel a little sexy along the way, thats even better! I am starting at 224 with a goal of 154. It's not going to be easy but I plan to make it fun this summer.

Does anyone know if there is any section on my fitness pal to account for 'breast feeding' either in exercise or profile ?

To produce about 25 ounces of milk a day, it costs the nursing mother about 650 calories above her usual requirements. To meet this energy need, the Institute of Medicine recommends eating 500 calories extra calories a day. The remaining 150 calories are drawn from fat stores accumulated during pregnancy. Hope this helps you could probably add an exercise under your profile.

Hey everyone I am a mom of 1 and she is 5 years old, before i got pregnant i weight 135 pounds and now im at 192, i want to get back down to my original weight where i was most happy,i work out anywhere from 4 times a week to 6 times a week from zumba to the eliptical, feel free to add me for motivation and support

Hi, I'm Julie. I'm 27, and have a sweet son that will be 4 months the end of this week. I'm back to work, so I'm working full time and until we move next month I have a 1.5 hour communte in the morning and afternoon. So I'm gone about 12 hours a day, we get home around 6, he's in bed around 8/830 and my husband & I are usually in bed by 9/930. I gained approx 30 lbs during my pregnancy. I have 10 lbs to go to get to "pre pregnancy" however, a few years ago I was down to about 166. I'd like to get back to there (at least) so that's actually another 30 lbs for me to go! I had lost the weight and then went through a bunch in life and gained it back. So my goal now is to lose these 10 lbs of baby weight & keep going. Until we move I just don't know how to fit in gym time. I surely hope once we move it will be easier!

I have a 5 month old son, I put on 50 lbs with my pregnancy and am still holding onto 30 of it. I know how to eat well, it just seems that I am always pressed for time!

I am making my top priority cooking healthy meals, since my son is about to start solids and I know that I will be teaching him habits to last a lifetime.

I also want his first memories of me to be as an energetic, fit, healthy and happy woman!

I'm thinking of joining the Y and they have up to 2 hours of childcare while you work out, but I have never left my son with anyone except for grandma and never for more than long enough to go out to dinner with my hubs. So I'm kind of nervous about that, but feel that it would probably be good for us both. Anyone have any encouragement for me there?

It's always hard to leave them with strangers, but it is good for you both! Just have plenty of healthy, easy foods in the house (fruits, veg, yogurt, etc) so you both can avoid snacking on unhealthy foods. Keeper salads such as broccoli or cabbage are good to have on hand since they last in the fridge for a few days and you can just grab a bowlful for a quick lunch. It's great to involve him in extra workouts for you as well, such as dancing around the living room with some good music cranked! Enjoy your little one!

Hi! I have2 kids ages 11 and 8, I have let this go on too long! I started exercising when I went back to work and lost 30 lbs and 22 inches. That was back in 2011. Since then I hit a plateau. Don't got me wrong I exercised and lifted weights and developed muscle and definition, but then I would lose motivation and start eating again. Gain 10 lbs, start working out again.....etc, etc, etc!

This year I decided I was going to do something fun with weight lose and fitness.

So I signed myself up for some races.

I ran my first race in may, a 10km. Finished in 1:35 while injured, I tore my calf muscle during the race.

So physio it was, but while cheating I was busy eAting.

But I did complete CITY CHASE a 6 hr scavenger hunt/amazing race type challenge which during I climbed 802 stairs to the top of the calgary tower, carried a canoe over my head with my partner while climbing over obstacles, etc.

Now I amtrainingdor MUD HERO in 55 days!

Then zombie run in October.

Needless to say I am committed. I would love to have some active friends too, so come over and friend me too!,

hello my name is sammantha i have a 15 month old daughter and recently i've become a stay at home mom..so im trying to lose those 40 pounds ive gained since giving birth to my daughter plus another 20 after that. we garden/walk/hike daily now and ive started changing my eating habits. feel free to add me

Hi there, my name is Jennifer and I'm a 31 yr old stay at home mommy. I have my very energetic 3.8 yr old son and my sweet little lady who's 4 months old. With my first I gained 28 pounds and lost it all plus an addition 10 pounds in over a 2 year span. 2nd pregnancy gained 35 pounds and lost 20 pounds within the first 3 weeks. but now nothing since then. I'm exclusively breastfeeding, no pumping, just all me. So I can't really diet and well running doesn't feel to good. I go for walks, just purchased an elliptical, and do some hand weights here and there. Trying to get back my body to feel good about myself and to be able to keep up with my kids