New Mommies, losing the belly and a whole lot more!

I was in the same boat after I had my first son. It took me 6 months to even find the motivation to start caring. But once I did, I felt great. By his 1st birthday I was at my pre-pregnancy weight. . . then I found out I was pregnant again. I gained over 40 pounds and ended up at my highest weight ever. Now my second child is 5 months old and I am already at that same pre-pregnancy weight and it feels great! The biggest challenge for me was making sure I cooked healthy meals for all of us. After that I made sure to MAKE time for working out. Luckily my gym has childcare so I take them there at least 3-4 times a week and both of them love it! You are more than welcome to friend me and we can motivate each other.

Hi! I'm not a "new" mommy, but I had my youngest 18 months ago. My short term goal is to get under 200 pounds. Long term goal is to get between 150-180 (I was 180 before I had my oldest, But I know 150 would be a "healthier" weight for me).

Feel free to add me!

My baby is 10 months old. Feel free to add me

My daughter is 14 months old, but I didn't start working out/caring until she was 8 months lol. She wasn't a great sleeper (still kind of hit or miss) so most days I was either napping with her or just too darn tired. I'm still nursing and seem to be stuck between 10 and 15 lbs above my prepregnancy weight, but I keep trying!

Hello all,
I am not exactly a new mommy...my "baby" is a five years old, beautiful little girl! I have yo-yo'd on my weight for years and I am completely sick that I have still not reached my pre-pregnancy weight. I didn't exactly have a smooth delivery and ended up having surgery a week after my daughter was born. Due to this surgery, I moved rather slowly for several months and couldn't work out to drop the extra weight. It took a while, but by the time I was back to full speed I had packed on an additional 30 lbs. Before my daughter was born I weighed 160 and wore a size 10. Now I am at 192 and somewhere between size's 14-16.

My closet is still full of all the clothes I used to wear and it's abundantly obvious that I can not do this on my own---I'd love to join your group if you don't mind adding me as a friend.

~Shannon :glasses:

My daughter is 14 months old, but I didn't start working out/caring until she was 8 months lol. She wasn't a great sleeper (still kind of hit or miss) so most days I was either napping with her or just too darn tired. I'm still nursing and seem to be stuck between 10 and 15 lbs above my prepregnancy weight, but I keep trying!

This. With both my boys. My 2 year old still randomly wakes up in the middle of the night and wakes up for the day between 5 and 6 am. And my 5 month old wakes up at least twice a night still. Usually around 1 am and 4 am. Then up for the day between 6 and 7am. I can't wait for the day I have to drag their butts out of bed!

When I first started I couldn't work out at all as I had a c-section and was only 4 weeks post op. Happily I had breastfeeding cals and just watched what I ate the first 2 weeks. then for quite some time I just went out walking with the baby 3 times a week - 2 days where I only had her and one at the weekend when DH could watch the older 2.

About 4 weeks ago I dropped to only having Fris with just DD so that wasn't enough and I bought my first Jillian Michaels DVD (Banish fat boost metabolism) and I really rate this. I usually manage to do it while DS2 and DD are napping (at the same time happily!) or I confess I stick DS2 in front of the TV to do it - he is 2.5 now so the nap is getting rare! I have also started going walking one evening a week with a friend of mine - doesn't sound much more but I walk to hers and back as well as with her, so about 2 hours total AND I only have a very light tea, which is usually my main meal so it makes a huge difference. This change in exercise is what got the scales moving again as I had plateau'd for about a month. I have ordered 2 more JM DVDs (30 day shred and no more trouble zones) which will hopefully help me shake it up again.

I work out 3-4 times a week. I have a Stroller Strides membership good for one class a week, so we do that usually Wednesday or Saturday. The other days I just take the stroller out for a jog so I can use nap time as my "free" time. In the winter I workout while she naps. I have a treadmill so I either do that or a boot camp workout. Or Just Dance 2 on the Wii. I was going to get one of the Turbo Jam workouts for this winter, but I'm hoping to be pregnant again so I might hold off.

Adjusting my cals for nursing has been the hardest for me. If I didn't eat the extra my supply would drop to nothing, but I also wasn't losing. I ended up adding a lot more extra than I was originally comfortable with, but that's when I started losing, so I guess my body wanted more. Now she only nurses 2x a day average and I use the "minimal feedings" option, but that's still 200 cals and I almost feel like that's too much. This past week I've tried to come in around 100 below my calorie goal to see what happens.

In the same boat! My daughter was born 4/17, and I still have baby weight from my son - who is 2 and a half. :-P Feel free to add me!

My daughter is 5 months old, so I think it's about time I did something about my baby weight!

Haven't been on this site since I got pregnant, 14 months ago, but it was great when I used it before.

My biggest problem is just motivating myself to eat well, rather than just grabbing what's nearest to hand. My daughter has just started solids though, so I'm planning on giving her bits of my meals soon which will force me to eat healthier. I want to set her a good example.

That was really a turning point for me, too. We did baby-led weaning and totally skipped purees. When your 6-7 month old is asking to share what you're eating it drastically changes your food choices! We eat so much better now.