60lbs Down! Young Mum with 10 Month Old :)

Time for me to share my updated story!

My name is Claire and I am 25 from Scotland. I had my son on 24th October 2012 and in February this year I joined MFP to help me get back to my pre pregnancy weight. Before becoming pregnant I was around a stone (14lbs) overweight and had been on numerous diets. Pills, shakes, Slimming World etc and never getting to where I wanted to be. I had no idea how simple to use MFP would be and just how straight forward it was to lose weight!

Before I had my son I weighed 212lbs (15st 2lbs): My son was 9lb 12oz of that, hence the HUGE bump!






6 weeks after he was born I weighed 200lbs (14st 4lbs):





I started making better food choices and walking a bit more. I managed to lose 18lbs myself before beginning logging with MFP in February.

I weighed 182lbs (13st) when I realised I seriously needed to do more:






My MFP story:

I learned SO much from this place. Reading the forums and all the amazing help from everyone on my friends list. Realising you can eat and lose weight! I've had good days and bad, some days where I've eaten really well and others where I've been a good 1000 calories over my goal. But I logged it all, even the bad days, even when I didn't feel like it because I knew a good day would be coming and I'd regret not doing it!

I began taking measurements and pictures to document my progress and that helped me more than seeing the number on the scale move. There are times now when I look in the mirror and still see that fat girl so I get my photos out to remind me of how far I have come. When I reached my pre pregnancy weight (164lbs/11st 10) I couldn't believe it, I was over the moon and kept on going wondering if I would see my 'ultimate goal weight' and then when I reached THAT (150lbs/10st10) I nearly fell over!!! So I upped my calories and ate a bit more....and continued to lose.....and lose.....and now I am weighing in at 140lbs/10st. Total Loss 60lbs (4st 4) Never did I think I would get here!

I did one round of 30 Day Shred, then one round of Ripped in 30, a mixture of other Jillian MIchaels' DVDs, a couple weeks of nothing and now I am about to begin week 3 of a C25K program. I ate around 1500 calories a day, right now I'm sitting at 1680 and plan to keep on increasing until I maintain. Inches are my focus now.

Here are some of my measurements (25th Mar is the day I started 30 Day Shred):

25 Mar - 13 Aug

Height: 5'5

Chest: 33.5 / 28.5 = 4.75 inches lost
Waist: 40.5 / 33.25 = 7.25 inches lost
Hips: 43.5 / 38.75 = 4.75 inches lost
Left Thigh: 23 / 21 = 2 inches lost
Right Thigh: 23 / 20 = 3 inches lost
Left Arm: 12 / 10.25 = 1.75 inches lost
Right Arm: 12.5 / 10.5 = 2 inches lost
Dress Size: UK 18 to UK 10/12

And now for the pictures! My massive son wrecked my stomach and left crazy stretch marks which I hope one day will resemble something slightly less awful but hey, it's the body I have so here we go:

From the day I started logging, 25 Feb 2013, to 13 Aug 2013:








Me and my boy who is now nearly 10 months old:




Thank you for reading it all! I am honestly so proud of what I have achieved and I still have some way to go but I will get there! Thanks again to MFP!!!