New here and loving it!
WildcatMom82
Posts: 564 Member
Hands down best food logging site I've tried! As with most newbies I'm looking for friends if anyone is interested I was overweight most of my life, a size 16 for as long as I could remember. My junior year of college I started working out at the campus gym and slowly started learning about calorie counting and better eating. Over the course of 3 years I went from 220 lbs to 147 at my lowest. Leading up to my wedding in '08 and after the honeymoon I found myself back up to 155 where I stayed for a year before getting pregnant. My baby is 8 months old, now, and I've finally decided it's time to make time for myself again! I had worked up to running 4 or 5 miles pre-baby but haven't tried a run since she was born. Right now there's over a foot of snow outside, so I'm saving that for spring! Instead I'm trying to get back into some kind of shape.
I'm embarrassed to admit I weigh only 4 lbs less than the day I delivered. I got up to 199 (it's like the universe knew I couldn't handle 200 again) and over the first 2 weeks post-partum lost 20 lbs not doing anything. I slowly gained back 15 of those lbs, I'm currently 195. I've been putting off watching calories, etc because I am nursing and I am afraid of losing my supply, but I decided starting off slow and then stepping up can't hurt. I hope. It's hard to go from an active, 40 hour a week job and an hour a day at the gym to being home most of the day and not having gym access, but I know it can work! And hopefully my kid will start crawling soon and I can chase her around
I'm embarrassed to admit I weigh only 4 lbs less than the day I delivered. I got up to 199 (it's like the universe knew I couldn't handle 200 again) and over the first 2 weeks post-partum lost 20 lbs not doing anything. I slowly gained back 15 of those lbs, I'm currently 195. I've been putting off watching calories, etc because I am nursing and I am afraid of losing my supply, but I decided starting off slow and then stepping up can't hurt. I hope. It's hard to go from an active, 40 hour a week job and an hour a day at the gym to being home most of the day and not having gym access, but I know it can work! And hopefully my kid will start crawling soon and I can chase her around
0
Replies
-
I would love to be your friend as I am one that needs motivation to keep going from time to time. Lets do this!!0
-
Wow, that is great0
-
Feel free to add me! I have a little one too (well, three actually) but one that is only 5 months old...I know hard it can be to make good eating decisions when stressed and always on the go---and finding time to workout can be challenging too. Hopefully we can cheer each other on!0
-
Hey I'm so happy for you taking the time for you! You will lose it again! I'm so glad you joined this site too!0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 426 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions