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Hey all, so great to hear how you are all doing. And lots of congratulations - @SuzanneC1l9zz for your new job, @ClearNotCloudyMind for getting that bit closer to being qualified, @Dukare for keeping the show on the road and making progress at the same time! And good to hear how everyone is doing. I've had a mix of tech…

Hey all, good to catch up and hear how everyone is doing :) @Rashmi411 good to have you back - you can definitely do this. And for what it's worth, that trainer sounds like a one trick pony and not supporting people to transition from massive loss to healthy lifestyle that's sustainable is a massive gap. I keep fantasizing…

Hey all, I'm not quite back into good habits yet, but getting there (food seems to be the last thing to get back to healthy...) and enjoying popping on here to see what everyone is up to. Good luck looking for work @SuzanneC1l9zz. Well done for handling the injury / challenges @SwtHedgehog - hopefully you will get your…

@Dukare Thanks for your message and support - that's very good advice - although I rely on the cross trainer when I can't get out during the day, I do try to get out every day and a bit of mindfulness in nature is absolutely vital. indeed working from home I regularly do a circuit of my (small) garden to look at what is…

Hey everyone, I'm sorry I've not been online for a LONG time - it started out just a couple of days and then a blip with family birthdays, then some really tough times with work and some other volunteering, and then the days just kept ticking on. I kept thinking about everyone and logged on to look at the conversation a…

Hey all :) @Dukare so glad to hear your appointments went well and you have some more avenues to explore for yourself. I really hope that that load off your mind helps you to be a bit kind to yourself :). I hope you can find ways to get some movement into your day too, it all helps! @ClearNotCloudyMind well done on that…

Hi all, I have written at least two messages on this board this week and must be failing to submit them because neither are here :# which pretty much sums up my week :D :s it's been another toughie! I do enjoy reading everyone's messages on here though when I have a chance to check in and it's definitely helping me to stay…

Hey all, I hope everyone is bearing up - nearly the end of January, hooray! Just about to join a zoom for my mum's birthday, I'm always pleased to see the end of this month. I backed fruit muffins as a slightly healthy treat to join the birthday celebration, but sadly the power went out as I finished the mix... I didn't…

Evening all, I hope you are all well. I was really pleased to report a loss this week after 2 initial weeks of just staying pretty much steady, 2.4lb in total now, hooray, heading in the right direction (plenty more to go...). @HealthyTrent I hear you, evenings can be the hardest and as someone who tends to use food to…

Hey all, I've not been online much (other than work!) for the last few days, utterly exhausted by the combination of work pressures, home school and some volunteering responsibilities that have taken on their own life - I could literally fall asleep at my desk in about 2 minutes if I let myself! So I've not found this week…

Evening all (probably not for everyone depending where you are!) another grey chilly day here in the UK. But it's Saturday and all our plans were cancelled by the current lock down so we went out for a decent walk (somewhere between 4 and 5 hilly miles) which was pleasantly complaint free (probably because we walked to the…

Morning all, so great to read how everyone is doing - either the motivation from people making sure they are getting in their steps and workout in really challenging times, people cheering each other along (even when they are struggling to juggle things - those of you with new babies, I remember those days well and every…

@HealthyTrent sending some light your way, well done for getting out for a third day in a row. Every positive day or action is proof that you are not constrained by any particular pattern - well done for being kind to yourself. I can't imagine what you have been through, changing those habits and patterns (especially for…

Hmmm,I wrote a reply yesterday that I obviously failed to actually post 😂 sorry. @ClearNotCloudyMind hello! Yes pretty local then, although far enough away for us to have had sleet not snow sadly! Very muddy walk and run yesterday and another muddy walk today. Obviously being a bit further south in Bradford on Avon area is…

Morning everyone, I hope you don't mind me joining this group? I successfully lost some weight 11 years ago (having reached my highest ever at 180lb around my 30th birthday, but having been overweight up and down through my 20s - linked to mental health), I got to 160lb, had a baby and then got into a good place and got…

my daughter never took it - but she didn't really need to so I wasn't motivated to keep trying. My son took quite a bit of persuasion (he just loved the breast... !) but we found a quiet space, a softer teat, almost hot milk and distraction through singing and talking to him meant he eventually took it without really…

I didn't find I ever needed to add 500 extra - I settled at 350 in the end to lose in accordance with the goal I set (i.e. the defecit my normal calorie allowance suggested before adding bf cals in) Now I am feeding my 8 month old 2-3 times a day (he gets two bottles of formula at nursery) I have reduced it to 150 cals…

Hi Mel, That's not something I have experienced myself (although I get pretty lumpy when full!), but it does sound like it might be. I have been told by a friend who had mastitis that warm flanels on the breast (or warm showers) can help, gentle massage and feeding as often as possible. But if it doesn't go away quickly,…

Sorry to hear the pain is back. I had white nipple (vasosapasms) worse with my first and not so bad this time (maybe partly because this last winter was not so cold!). The things that helped me were little rice bags (I put some rice in a cotton sock) which I heated in the microwave and used after feeding or when ever I had…

It sounds like you are doing all the right things. sometimes it just takes them a long time to suss it out! I know Ros took probably 6-8 weeks to start really swallowing any quantity! I found she preferred some of the bought purees (boo!) mainly because they could make them much smoother than I could... but she got over…

sounds like a plan! I think because my daughter is used to undivided attention and doesn't have an older sibling she is less inclined to do things like drawing on walls! But who knows what will happen in a couple of years when the two of them play together ;)

It definitely sounds like you are making good progress and doing the right things :) I am still exclusively feeding although hopefully he will decide to eat solids soon and that will start to reduce... I am only 5'3" and am finding that 1200 basic, plus 350 cals for breastfeeding and then eating back my exercise calories…

Hi everyone :) nice to meet so many other mums :) I have a 3 1/2 year old daughter, Rosalyn (Ros) and a 5 1/2 month old son, Leonard (Lenny). We live in the UK (South West England)

Hello! My little one is 5 1/2 months now. I am 9lb above my pre-pregnancy weight and would like to lose around 10lb more after that. I gained 44lb this pregnancy as I was so tired and sick I just ate everything in sight and stopped working out. I am exclusively feeding (well, we started introducing puree about a week ago,…

I could definitely feel some slightly odd (not usually painful, although not far off) sensations where I tore last time and was stitched. I tore in the same place again this time but now 5 1/2 months post partum it is healed well and I don't feel anything. I definitely noticed between pregnancies that I was more sensitive…

Hey there, my boy is 5 1/2 months, but I still remember the fear of my husband going back to work and leaving me with two children - so I imagine 3 is even more daunting! You will be fine though, it's amazing how quickly you get into new habits and find things that work. In the first few weeks my daughter definitely…

As Dawnie said, we don't tend to have physical examinations over here in the UK until after due date. My first daughter arrived on her due date, so I have no idea what my cervix was like before that! With my son, I had an attempted sweep at one day after due date, but it could not be done as my cervix was completely closed…

Well done for getting this far - BFing is a roller coaster isn't it! I fed just once a day for some time (3 months I think?) with my first and I used to feed from both sides. I don't think the baby will necessarily feed much more, but it just helped keep things in balance I think. I had no problems stopping by the way, we…

Hi, feel free to add me as a friend too, I am EBF my 5 1/2 month old son (although we did start weaning about 3 days ago so in a week or so he might start to swallow some real food, lol!). You can add your breastfeeding calories as a food (search for nursing or breastfeeding - they are a negative amount). I count -350 cals…

ah poor thing, teething sucks! You do have to rely a bit on your instinct... when you are back to your normal routine you can make that call :)