Looking for new mommies who have made progress...

What do you consider a new mommy? My baby is 11 months old. But I've been a mommy for 8yrs lol.

Well, my kids are 5 and 2 and a half, but its taken me almost that 2 and a half years to lose 53 pounds. I didn't really get serious until January of this year. You just have to take it one day at a time and maybe simple swaps like caluiflower instead of pasta or rice and less processed foods. I ate chicken and either broccoli or cauliflower almost every night when I first started! And just get moving! Even if its dancing around your living room! Good luck!

I have 3 children but my youngest is 3.5 months old. I have lost a total of 31 lbs and am far below my pre-pregnancy weight. I actually am more fitter and leaner than I have been for many years. Friends have noticed right away how lean and trim I look now. I lost quite a bit of weight before i joined mfp and since mfp i've lost 7lbs.

I have never really tracked my food before or exercised as seriously as I have before. This site is great mainly b/c of the motivation factor from friends and people here on the message boards. There have been many days where I did not want to get up and exercise but after seeing my friends logging theirs I knew I had to get off my butt and do something.

It takes time but it will happen. I still have plenty of work to do and being a mommy to 3 there are days where it's tough to find time to exercise and eat healthy but I know it's worth it for me and my children.

Keep at it! You can do it.

Ive been a mommy for 6 years....and a mommy of 2 for 3....I was 160 pounds before I got pregnant with my daughter and in July when I got family pictures done I couldnt even look at the results. I had let myself get up to 217 pounds......and I can't even remember where it all started. I've lost 19 pounds since then. I was mainly doing diet and short cardio work outs but I have recently decided I want to take this very seriously. Tomorrow I start my new routine of weight training M-W-F and cardio T-T-S withn sundays off. I want to not only loose the weight and keep it off, but I want to start a career as a trainer. Ive never wanted anything so badly in my life. I want to be a good example for my babies, I want them to live a healthy and happy life. I don't ever want my kids to feel the way I felt all through high school and into my early twenties as everyones "fat" friend.
Its harder for moms, finding the time with kids around soaking up all of your attention, but it is do-able. IT CAN BE DONE! Before July next year I will be a living breathing example that you can turn it all around.

I am a mommy of 5. My youngest is 5 1/2 months (born in June), and my oldest is almost 18. I am currently about 5 pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight... so YIPPEE to me! I feel good about that, especially because many people doubted I could lose the weight after baby #5. Despite being proud of my small accomplishment, my body image is a daily struggle just because of having 5 kids and getting older (and my pre-pregnancy weight was not my ideal). I need to work on toning and getting in shape.

The Couch to 5k workout has really motivated me, as has this site. However, I only got in 1 day of running last week, and I can TELL. I am going to redo week 4 this week and try to motivate myself to eat healthy and get on MFP every day. Also, I am trying to eat "cleaner" - check out www.thegraciouspantry.com - to help me boost my healthy eating choices.

I would love to have a support group on MFP, feel free to add me and we can support each other!

Hello I'm a mommy of 3. My daughter is 2, my son is 7, and my step son is 10. I run a daycare from my home and that takes up 13 hours of my day so I don't have much time for myself after i take care of my family. I also coach youth cheerleading and my son and step son are very active in sports. I am really busy. I try and work out during nap time but if the kids don't cooperaste or there is no school then that can't happen. Alot of people exercise alot but I only do 30 minutes a day 4 x per week. My calorie intake is 1200 so that is enough for me. I just have to fit in the exercise when I can. It is hard juggling everything but It is something i have to do or i will be obese. Goodluck to you. I also just started a group just for us mommy's. Here is the link if you'd like to join http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/934-mommy-s-losing-it

I'm a mommy of 4; I have an 8 year old daughter, 6 year old boy-girl twins and a 13 month old daughter. When I got pregnant with #4 I was at my highest non-pregnant weight. I now weigh 47 lbs less than when I got pregnant with her. Compared to my pre-pregnancy weight with #1, I'm 29 lbs lighter. So, really, I'm at the healthiest weight that I have ever been in my adult life!!
It's not easy with kids, so rather than focus on exercising, I have been focusing on eating healthier and eating less. I'm also still nursing the baby, which has been helping me shed the pounds.
You can do this!!

WOW TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU! Such motivating stories. I'm a newer mommy. I shouldn't say "new". My little girl just turned eight months old! Anyhow, I am looking to change my lifestyle for her. I hate working out, absolutely loathe it. I am so...lazy about it. I enjoy being active; I just don't like the ritual of working out. Anyhow, I am struggling because I find myself not eating much during the day due to being busy with work or the baby, and then 10pm rolls around and I'm raiding the pantry and grabbing quick, unhealthy choices. I find it difficult to start this journey around the holidays, but I am committed to trying to be the best me I can be, especially in this area. I've struggled with an eating disorder before, so losing weight is a risky road for me. Anyhow, thanks for the support!! You guys are amazing!

I am in the same boat as you in many ways! I'm a new mummy too, my LO is 7weeks old

I have to be super careful with watching my weight as I also suffered with an ED when I was younger! I find myself being super strict during the day as I have bubz to look after I don't tend to have time to think let alone eat anyway :-) but as soon as she is in bed I get obsessive food thoughts, and often find myself eating something and not really being sure how I ended up in the kitchen! I find it most difficult as we moved to the area 3months ago, and I don't know anyone so I have no one to be accountable to if that makes sense! I'm almost too embarassed to ask my other half as he has such perfect will power! (damn him!)

So if I can be of any help in the form of just having someone to talk too, please feel free to add me!

If not then GOODLUCK!

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I am a new(ish) mommy as well I have a 3yr old daughter and a 5month old son.... I, like you, LOATHE working out! lol actually it's become a lot more tolerable now because I know it produces results! I have been overweight my whole life and just kinda dealt with it so I was never happy with 'me'.... I only gained 10lbs during my first pregnancy and after having my daughter I lost those 10lbs plus an additional 15. Needless to say that made me happy but over the following year or so I gained all of it back =/ I started working out and gained approximately 10lbs (taking me up to 190lbs @ 5'2") - that almost broke me but then I found MFP and my life is forever changed! I dont have 2hrs a day to work out like some of the folks on here (I work 40hrs/wk...am married and have 2 little ones) but I found that even working out 3-4 days per week for 1/2 hr to 45minutes helped me tremendously (and of course the BIG key was using MFP). Once I started tracking my calories it made me realize what I was eating and the amount of calories I was blindly inhaling lol. I started this journey in Feb 2010 at 190lbs and got down to 176lbs by Sept. 2010. Tthen found out I was pregnant...I didnt restrict myself as seriously while pregnant but remembered to workout and make healthy choices (actually lost 7lbs during pregnancy). I had him via C-section in June 2011 and am now down from the 176lbs pre-pregnancy to 130lb =D It can be done!!! I am approximately 5lbs from goal and never in my life thought it was possible....I was the least motivated person when it came to working out and used to roll my eyes at ppl who counted calories, but now...people roll their eyes at me when they ask how I did and I reply 'working out and counting calories/portion control' LOL I did it the old fashioned way! So to sum it up I went from 5'2" 190lbs (wearing a size 16jeans and XL or 1X womens shirts) down to 130lbs (wearing size 7 or 9 jeans(juniors size) 8/10(misses jeans) and Med/Large shirts). I still have approx 5lbs to lose and would like to tone up but for now I couldn't be happier!!