Pregnancy

Gisel2015 wrote: »

You are posting your question in the wrong forum. Try posting in the Motivation and Support section and you may get more answers.

I don't think posting this in the Motivation and Support section is the right section for her to be posting this...She isn't even asking anything about motivation OR support o.O She's asking a general question about weight loss and pregnancy

Eat healthy and you won't gain loads of fat I'm assuming but you'll gain weight that's any pregnancy

I have three kids. I gained a bunch after my second baby and then lost 40 lbs which got me to the lowest I'd ever been. Then I got pregnant with surprise baby #3! I was kind of frustrated since I was really happy with my weight but I was careful during my pregnancy and I didn't do too bad. Honestly, it's post pregnancy when I tend to gain weight. The pregnancy weight comes off pretty easy for me and I've typically be within 10 lbs of my prepretnancy weight a month or so after giving birth but it's been really hard for me to stay on track after that. I always end up gaining some back. So I'm finally back to my original weight after a year. I know I could have gotten here faster but I also didn't want to stress myself out with a new baby and all. Plus, that year really flew by!

It's different for everyone, but pregnancy shouldn't totally ruin you! You just need to be realistic and give yourself time to lose. You don't want to get so worked up that you don't enjoy your new baby. Becoming a mom is totally worth a little weight gain

I only gained 12kg for the 42 weeks I was pregnant and I lost it all by the time I was 10 weeks post-partum. I'm now 3kg under my pre-pregnancy weight at 5.5 months post-partum. I'm eating a ton of food every day and I'm still losing weight, albeit very slowly.

Ironandwine69 wrote: »

Pregnancy is different from everyone. You won't know what it will do to your body until it happens.
In my case, I was super healthy and actually underweight when I got pregnant. I ended up gaining 82 lbs ( I am 5'9), while working out every day and watching what I ate. Yet, within 6 months I was in my pre pregnancy clothes. My friend gained 40 lbs and it took her years.
No matter what, having a healthy baby( for women that want babies) makes everything worth it a million times.

This 1000X

I had 5 pregnancies and each one was different.

My first pregnancy, I had nothing to do but take care of myself so I didn't gain too much weight and my body bounced back fairly fast because it was my first. With my next two pregnancies, I was very busy with little kids and used it as an excuse to eat too much. It took a long time for me to lose the weight after them, like 6 to 8 months. With my last pregnancy (baby is five weeks old right now), there were no excuses. I counted my calories and worked out every day and I actually lost fat in the long run, though I wasn't trying to do that. Now at one month postpartum, I have been at my pre-baby size for a few weeks now. I bounced back even faster than with number one. All that to say, The effort you put into it really matters. But you know what? I really don't think you'll regret it. There's just nothing like having children. I would gain 100 pounds for each of them if I had to.