Any new moms getting back in to working out?

Bonnieg318
Bonnieg318 Posts: 156 Member
edited 10:17AM in Getting Started
I'm 6 weeks post baby and I have done pretty good but need to get rid of 10lbs of pregnancy weight then would like to loose 30lbs and I would be at my goal!!
Any other new moms out there need some support and encouragement?

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  • tamaraarredondo
    tamaraarredondo Posts: 4 Member
    Im not a super new mom, but we have the same weight loss goal :) my little one is 16 months old.

    I am back at my pre pregnancy weight although i didnt really gain much during. I mainly did after we moved and remodeled our kitchen. All that take out for 6 weeks until everything was done took its toll on my waist. But im hoping to shed 30 pounds ultimately.
  • Bonnieg318
    Bonnieg318 Posts: 156 Member
    tamaraarredondo nice to meet you!! I will send you a friend request!!
  • ragenhay1
    ragenhay1 Posts: 158 Member
    My son is four months and I've been working out and tracking calories since he was two months. I'm down 23lbs with 7 more to go until I'm at my prepregnancy weight and 57 until I hit my goal. This is my second baby and I didn't lose any of the weight from the first. Breastfeeding is helping the weight come off plus I go to the gym five days a week while my oldest is in school.
  • Bonnieg318
    Bonnieg318 Posts: 156 Member
    ragenhay1 nice to meet you! I am going to send a friend request! Way to go loosing your pregnancy weight!!!
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Don't sweat working out too much since eating at a calorie deficit will definitively make you lose.
  • DiamndMnd
    DiamndMnd Posts: 67 Member
    Hello! I also 6 weeks post. We have similar goal! I have about 5-7 pounds til I'm back to my pre pregnancy weight. I would like to get tone and in shape more so than lose a bunch of weight. I'm 5'3 130 lbs currently. My goal would be 115 though. Are you breastfeeding? I am so have to keep that in mind while getting back into shape.
  • gradchica27
    gradchica27 Posts: 777 Member
    HI all. My youngest is 4 mo today! I have 11lbs of baby weight left to lose (out of 60!). Then maybe another 4 and then add some muscle. Breastfeeding mine as well, so trying to balance my desire to get this weight off and keep my supply up :)
  • meltoine
    meltoine Posts: 46 Member
    My youngest is 3.5 months. I've been back at this for 2 months and I've lost 17lbs. I'm back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I'd like to lose another 20lbs.
  • Bonnieg318
    Bonnieg318 Posts: 156 Member
    Saramore10 wrote: »
    Hello! I also 6 weeks post. We have similar goal! I have about 5-7 pounds til I'm back to my pre pregnancy weight. I would like to get tone and in shape more so than lose a bunch of weight. I'm 5'3 130 lbs currently. My goal would be 115 though. Are you breastfeeding? I am so have to keep that in mind while getting back into shape.
    Yes I am breastfeeding also. I know it helps get the weight off but I would rather be toning up while I am loosing rather than just loosing weight.

    I think we all have similar goals! We can get this done ladies!!!

  • PreciousTiger
    PreciousTiger Posts: 3 Member
    I also just had a baby 6 weeks ago! Getting back into it and really trying to get motivated!! It's much harder now I'm a mum of 2 and always busy!!!
  • suerun11
    suerun11 Posts: 136 Member
    I am 5 weeks pp....also breastfeeding. I'm back to my prepregnacy weight but super flabby. I'd like to lose 10 more...but be fit and tone. I miss muscle.
  • Bonnieg318
    Bonnieg318 Posts: 156 Member
    I'm loving meeting new moms!!! It keeps me motivated knowing we are all working toward the same goal!
  • Aaimzey
    Aaimzey Posts: 10 Member
    Hi :) my little one is now six months old and starting to wean onto solids, I'm still breastfeeding too :) I have 25lb to lose to get to goal! x
  • yrieves
    yrieves Posts: 14 Member
    edited December 2015
    Hi, I'm a mom of four girls and recently had a baby too. I need to lose about 30 lbs still.
  • Bonnieg318
    Bonnieg318 Posts: 156 Member
    Is anyone interested in checking in here daily or whatever for support and encouragement? I am going to really get at it after the holidays. I'm not going to go crazy over the next week but might as well have a starting point!
  • DiamndMnd
    DiamndMnd Posts: 67 Member
    Bonnieg318 wrote: »
    Is anyone interested in checking in here daily or whatever for support and encouragement? I am going to really get at it after the holidays. I'm not going to go crazy over the next week but might as well have a starting point!

    That is something I would be interested in! I like meeting new mommies as well! I haven't begun working out yet. I want to get my calorie intake in order first then I will begin. Also would like to hear how you ladies are eating healthy!
  • allegro80
    allegro80 Posts: 2 Member
    I am the mom of 2 boys. My older son is 3.5 and autistic and my new baby is 8 months old. In the process of both pregnancies, my husband was cheating on me. We tried counseling a few times and I finally got to my breaking point and moved out this past June. After moving out, I ate away my emotions and pain. I put on about 30 pounds over the summer. By the time Labor Day rolled around, I was thoroughly disgusted with myself and decided it was time to do something. I started doing T25 and watching my diet more closely, and I'm down 80 pounds!! It's amazing how quickly the weight can go on!
  • MVY_
    MVY_ Posts: 253 Member
    edited December 2015
    I have a 3 month old! Just restarting my journey again. Before pregnancy 155..I lost 30 some lbs. After pregnancy 186, CW is 167.

    I'm doing sort of a Keto diet like I did last time. I work out in the morning or after work, when ever i have time. 30 minutes of cardio.

    Add me if you like.
  • Tink1o5
    Tink1o5 Posts: 10 Member
    I just had my daughter (my 3rd child) September 29th. I'm trying to get back into my goal of losing weight. Before I got pregnant I was 215lbs. After I gave birth I was 205. I'm now at 203. My first goal is to hit 175. Then go from their.
  • unswin
    unswin Posts: 5 Member
    Bonnieg318 wrote: »
    Is anyone interested in checking in here daily or whatever for support and encouragement? I am going to really get at it after the holidays. I'm not going to go crazy over the next week but might as well have a starting point!

    I'm interested in that as well, if it's ok for me to just jump in here. :)
  • unswin
    unswin Posts: 5 Member
    I just had my fifth baby about a month ago. She was a happy surprise but I wasn't happy with my weight when she was conceived and now I weigh even more. I was at about 210 lbs when she was born and now I'm at 185. I would love to eventually get down to about 150, or however much I weigh when I look and feel good and have some muscle. ;)

    Reading your stories is so inspiring to me - thanks for posting!
  • Bonnieg318
    Bonnieg318 Posts: 156 Member
    unswin wrote: »
    I just had my fifth baby about a month ago. She was a happy surprise but I wasn't happy with my weight when she was conceived and now I weigh even more. I was at about 210 lbs when she was born and now I'm at 185. I would love to eventually get down to about 150, or however much I weigh when I look and feel good and have some muscle. ;)

    Reading your stories is so inspiring to me - thanks for posting!

    Jump away!! Welcome!!
    Wow 5 kids you are amazing!! I'm thinking my son might be an only child lol!!!
    Everyone is inspiring me also! I am ready to start the new year!!
  • DiamndMnd
    DiamndMnd Posts: 67 Member
    unswin wrote: »
    I just had my fifth baby about a month ago. She was a happy surprise but I wasn't happy with my weight when she was conceived and now I weigh even more. I was at about 210 lbs when she was born and now I'm at 185. I would love to eventually get down to about 150, or however much I weigh when I look and feel good and have some muscle. ;)

    Reading your stories is so inspiring to me - thanks for posting!

    Going through the pain 5 times! Wow. I would like a few babies but I need to forget about how painful it was! Lol although it is such an amazing experience and blessing. My baby boy is 6 weeks and every day I think about delivery and how amazing it was holding him for the first time!
  • Kyrenora
    Kyrenora Posts: 133 Member
    Hi there! My daughter was born a little over five months ago. I lost about 25lbs right off the bat, and then I started making excuses for myself. It was never the "right time" to exercise, and it was so easy to live off of Mac & Cheese and microwavable meals. I'm now back up to 200lbs and really feeling uncomfortable. Most of my life I was somewhere between 100lbs and 140lbs. I'm aiming to get back down to 140 (but lower would be good too).

    I dealt with Gestational Diabetes during my pregnancy, which was severe enough that I required insulin, so it's really important for me to get back to a healthy weight so I don't develop Type II Diabetes. I would also like to have another child in the future, but if I don't get this excess weight off, I'm extremely likely to get GD again.
  • FitShannonNicole
    FitShannonNicole Posts: 6 Member
    I just had my fourth baby 2 months ago. He was also my fourth c-section. I am just now getting back into the swing of working out and a healthy diet. My stomach always is my biggest problem area (c-section is mostly to blame) so working out is a must for me to get it semi flat again. I'm also breastfeeding so right now it's not super hard to stay within my calories. I'm doing 30 day shred now, and once I finish that I will move on to T25. My profile pic is my progress from my last baby, I hope to have the same results this time! I'm 28 though and the weight gets harder and harder to lose with every baby.
  • ri091296
    ri091296 Posts: 25 Member
    Kyrenora wrote: »
    Hi there! My daughter was born a little over five months ago. I lost about 25lbs right off the bat, and then I started making excuses for myself. It was never the "right time" to exercise, and it was so easy to live off of Mac & Cheese and microwavable meals. I'm now back up to 200lbs and really feeling uncomfortable. Most of my life I was somewhere between 100lbs and 140lbs. I'm aiming to get back down to 140 (but lower would be good too).

    I dealt with Gestational Diabetes during my pregnancy, which was severe enough that I required insulin, so it's really important for me to get back to a healthy weight so I don't develop Type II Diabetes. I would also like to have another child in the future, but if I don't get this excess weight off, I'm extremely likely to get GD again.

    Hi, Im right there with you, not diabetic but put on bed rest at 5 months, which made regulating my weight gain ridicoulusly difficult, I gained 65 pounds.
    My daughter is seven months on the 20th, and I still have a long way to go to reach my goal weight (130ish). I was overweight when I got pregnant, 175 lbs, I'm 5'7" 25 yrs old.
    Within the first month postpartum I went from 240 lbs to 190 lbs, just by breastfeeding. Well that was six months ago and I haven't managed to lose the remaining 15 lbs to get to pre pregnancy weight.
    She is a wonderful baby, is on a good sleeping/nap schedule, so I don't have any more excuses at this point.
    I really want to get fit to be a better me, a better mom, and a better wife.
    Feel free to add me as a friend!

    Oh, and go us new moms!! (For doing the most amazing thing, making a human being! )
  • Trracy
    Trracy Posts: 1 Member
    Hi! I had my baby on December 9th, and gained almost 50 lbs during the pregnancy. I'm now at a month post pardum, and lost about 18 lbs of that. But I'm really, really not happy with my weight. It all went to my thighs and belly (which I can deal with) but it also went to my face!

    Everybody wants to take photos of me with my baby, but I don't recognize the person in the photos. I burst into tears in front of my mother in law after she showed me a photo, because I looked absolutely AWFUL. She gave me a hug and said, "That's just how it goes when you become a mom."

    I don't know why, but that comment made me SO ANGRY. No. That doesn't have to be me. I had been eating so terribly during the last 2 months of my pregnancy - hamburgers, fries, milkshakes ... that after I had my son, it just became so much easier to eat crap this past month as opposed to buying things that are actually good for me and my baby. That was kind of the wake up call for me. So here I am!

    Any extra motivation I can get, I'm all about. Feel free to add me!

  • ri091296
    ri091296 Posts: 25 Member
    Trracy wrote: »
    Hi! I had my baby on December 9th, and gained almost 50 lbs during the pregnancy. I'm now at a month post pardum, and lost about 18 lbs of that. But I'm really, really not happy with my weight. It all went to my thighs and belly (which I can deal with) but it also went to my face!

    Everybody wants to take photos of me with my baby, but I don't recognize the person in the photos. I burst into tears in front of my mother in law after she showed me a photo, because I looked absolutely AWFUL. She gave me a hug and said, "That's just how it goes when you become a mom."

    I don't know why, but that comment made me SO ANGRY. No. That doesn't have to be me. I had been eating so terribly during the last 2 months of my pregnancy - hamburgers, fries, milkshakes ... that after I had my son, it just became so much easier to eat crap this past month as opposed to buying things that are actually good for me and my baby. That was kind of the wake up call for me. So here I am!

    Any extra motivation I can get, I'm all about. Feel free to add me!

    I get comments like that all the time too.. It makes me sick. Just because we become mothers doesn't give us a pass to stop taking care of ourselves. Hello?! Who cares for baby if we get sick?.. Exactly. . Still us.. nuff said
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