New Moms

Hello!

I had my son in July last year. I don't really know how much I gained at the end, but I know it was over 50. And what made it worse was that I am only 4' 10. But the most important thing to me was how healthy my little man was. Definitely overshadowed the weight gain!

I lost 25 pounds at first from doing nothing - water weight. Long story short, I was in and out of the hospital due to quite a few complications and my weight loss just stopped because I couldn't do much. But now with the pain subsiding, and using this awesome web site to track my food, I've lost 4 pounds so far.

I wish you luck and congrats on your little one!

Hi everyone, I am also a new mom, I had my baby in Sept last year...Gained a total of 80 lbs (yikes) and have lost about 40 of it so far through various methods...now I need to take off the other 40lbs...glad I found this thread

I'm a new mom, i had our little boy in Jan I didn't gain weight, i actually lost weight and didn't really gain any (they could never explain to me why) but I am trying to lose weight so as he gets older i can keep up with him Congratulations Feel free to add me!!!

Hi fellow mommies. I am a mother of a 4 year old girl and 11 month old boy.With both I gained 50lbs. I am 30 lbs away from my goal weight. Its so much harder once we have our little ones. I am a member of Lucille Roberts and go during my lunch hour. Now that the weather is getting better here in NY I am starting to walk home from the train station (30 min brisk walk).
Good luck to everyone. We can def. do this!!! ))))

Hi im 26 and have just had my little boy 7 weeks ago, i gained 27lbs but its going to be sooo hard to shift as ive had problems loosing weight in the past!!
Any encouragement i can give or receive so we can all get to our ideal weights again!!

xx

Feel free to add me for support and motivation. I had my son 17 months old and gained 36 lbs when I was pregnant. I worked out every day while pregnant and 1 week after delivery I lost 22 lbs without doing any exercise. After that I had to work for the rest of the weight loss.

Hi stay strong and keep focused on your weight loss goals.

When I was pregnant with my first (son) I started out at 125pds and day of delivery I weighed 204 pds for a total gain of 79 pounds. When I came home from the hospital I felt like a swim suit model only to step on the scale and realize I only lost 11 pounds and I was like WTF!!??? Needless to say once I was about 6 weeks post pregnancy and was able to start a exercise routine I began my weighloss journey. By the time my son turned 6 months old I had lost 60 pounds of the 79 I had gained. I eventually finally got myself down to 130 which I was more then happy with (coming in 5 pounds away from where I started) and I maintained that weight till I got pregnant with baby number 2 last May, 2011. I just had my baby girl on Feb 13th 2012 and again I had gained 78 pounds and came home from the hospital again only 10 pounds lighter, ugh the utter disguise lol I just started an exercise routine last week and now that my daughter is 5 weeks old today I have lost so far 29 pounds, so the weight loss journey begins yet again.

The point Im trying to make here is you are not alone. Yes there are woman that barely gain any weight from pregnancy but there are way more woman who do gain weight and way more then the average 30 pounds. If you have the WANT to lose it you WILL lose, just keep focused and keep motivational things around. Each week take photos of yourself to keep comparing the weightloss, carry around a great picture you love of yourself from when you where in a weight bracket you were happy with, buy a pair of jeans one size down that dont fit and keep trying them on once a week till you can button them and wear them, losing inches is huge and can keep you motivated even if the number on the scale doesnt show much improvement.

And lastly if you ever plan on having another baby just make sure you get to a happy weight for you so if you do gain alot again the next time its not like your adding say 80 pounds ontop of what you didnt lose with pregnancy number one.

Good luck, feel free to add me as a friend if you need more support.