CandiQueen

Honestly, I am "lucky". This doesn't mean that I don't work to lose weight, or that I don't have to be careful so that I can keep it off, it just means that when I do start working my butt off my results happen quickly. I lose weight quickly and gain it slowly. The only thing that my body can't handle and causes me to gain…

I don't really have any input on this topic except GOOD FOR ALL OF YOU! This should be the mentality. I know so many people that are just like oh who cares I am going to be fat when im pregnant anyway, so I will just try to lose the weight afterwards. I guess they are not thinking about the magnitude of health problems…

I doubt that your gain has to do with fat, but at the same time your diet is horrible and although you are staying within your calorie range, you are eating mostly junk food. I know they say a calorie is a calorie, but at the same time if you are not getting the proper nutrients your body may be holding onto everything it…

I ate a pulled pork sandwich and fries from Montana's and it turned out to be 1800 calories!!! I was floored when I found out and am never going there again. I figured it would be high and I would have to have a small dinner but I had no idea it would take up my entire food for the day.

thanks for the tips everyone, a lot of great advice! I will certainly just eat as my body tells me to but just make sure that they are healthier choices so that I am not "losing my way". As for only netting 45 calories, that is not exactly true. Breastfeeding over a 24 hour period burns 500 calories, so technically by 9:30…

any type of chocolate, especially M&Ms and Mini eggs. Also chips and dip and ice cream, ice cream, ice cream!

Try not to worry about calories when you're pregnant. Eat whenever you're hungry but make healthy choices and your body will mandate how much you need to eat. If you absolutely want a number then eat as if you were doing maintenance with 0 extra calories in the first trimester, 300 in the second and 500 in the third. Most…

As far as this morning with breakfast, I feel that you were in the right. He should be supportive and if that means that you need to make a separate breakfast for yourself and he knows this, then there is nothing for him to be sulking about. As far as the social functions go though, I think maybe you both could re-think…

why WOULDN'T you count liquids....its not nothing.

I would like to thank everyone for their support. I guess I wasn't thinking clearly and kept thinking it wasn't that bad. With all of your seeming to agree on what I should be doing though I decided to involve my dad and best friend and finally told them the full situation and they said they would support me and that I…

I am 5'4 and currently 130 lbs. Before I got pregnant last may I was at 118 lbs and feel that I looked my best then. I am a small/medium build. I look a tad chunky at 130lbs and had more than a few people tell me in 2011 at 110 lbs that I looked too skinny, so I think 118 lbs is right where I want to be. At 118 last year I…

As a busy mom of only 2 I can say, YES, it is most definitely a workout!! Running up and down the stairs with laundry, picking up 5x a day, making meals, cleaning kitchen, dusting, gardening, maintaining the house in general all gets the heart rate going and anything that elevates the heart rate burn calories. If you feel…

im breastfeeding too! type it in as a food ant it will subtract 500 calories, aren't we lucky :)

Knowing that in a year I can look back and be so happy and content with the new lifestyle choices I make now and look better at the same time, is what is keeping me going. Your success is a great motivation to all that are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Hope you have the great birthday we know you will.

Hey, that is what I am looking for too :) I am a mom of a 3 year old boy and 6 week old girl and really need some support and motivation, maybe we can help each other out.

You're not eating enough. Your body has probably gone into starvation mode and is holding onto whatever fat it can. I suggest increasing your calories a bit and making sure they are coming from healthy sources.

I have a son who is 3 and I had to lose about 60 lbs with him and did so in about 12-14 months. I just had my daughter and she is only 2 weeks old but I have started logging calories. I am nursing fulltime and this time I only need to lose 28 pounds but I am STARVING all the time. I have put myself to start at 1800…

The way I look at it is, when you have a weight loss goal you want to achieve and fall off the wagon for a few days no matter what you are still in a better position then if you never tried at all. You are still healthier and still in better shape than you were before you started your journey. So although you had a slip up…