diet, exercise, 3 month old twins

Owens-2-Be

I am getting sick of my poor diet and inability (not trying) to lose baby weight...but with being an emotional (chocolate) and quick food (cookies) eater with my two 3 month olds I am looking for advice, motivation, and wondering how others do it.  I feel like I need to sleep when they are both sleeping, etc.  any comments are greatly appreciated...

magsugar13

My advice is not to worry about it now. Wait until the babies are sleeping through the night and on a schedule. Then you'll feel better already, have a clearer mind, and be able to schedule the excercise in.

s.s.girl

I'm having the same?dilemma?and have started doing the 30 day shred. It's a 20 min. workout so it's not too time consuming. I've also started running occasionally with the help, support, and?encouragement?of my husband.?

For me the days that I work out I feel better and more able to face the challenges of the babies (my twins are basically the same age as yours). My husband has been really good about helping me carve out the time to make it a priority, because my mental as well as physical well being is better off. Good luck. ?

macchiatto

I totally remember that!

I started exercising right around 3 months. At that point they were taking fairly consistent naps (thank you, HSHHC!) so I tried to exercise 3 days a week during their morning nap. I did a Kathy Smith timesaver workout; since they're only 20 mins long, that was doable.

Mine started STTN at 4 months which made life much easier! In late May, I finally felt together and motivated enough to start Weight Watchers. Wanting to get back in my pre-pg clothes was a HUGE motivator, since I was tired of having nothing to wear except baggy T-shirts and such! I started the 30 Day Shred a few days later. My progress has been a little slower than I would like but I've lost 8 lbs and am a lot more toned. I'm gradually fitting into more and more of my pre-pg clothes. I still have 13 more pounds to lose but I'm on my way! 

omalley

I am sorry that I dont have an answer for you b/c I am right there with you! I have been very sporadic with my exercising. And when I am sleep deprived I eat bad ( and that feels like always). As much as I want the weight off, I have been reminding myself that it took 1 year to put this weight on so I have to give myself 1 year to take it off.

AlpacaBunny

I'm right there with ya.  I did sign up for weight watchers online but I did it for about a week then sort of fizzled out on my motivation.  I am just so tired all the time and I am starving all the time (I swear it is b/c I am breastfeeding).  I too am really bad with emotional and stress eating.  I eat sweets like crazy and I'm so sad and stressed right now b/c I go back to work a week from tomorrow.    I really need to make more of an effort to eat right and I figure the exercise will come with time.  We do take walks in the evening and I do still have a lot of pain in my groin from pregnancy/delivery.  So I'm trying to work through that still too. 

lajolla09.30.06

I also started working out right around 3 months, the 30 day shred was all I could fit into my schedule, and some days I didn't even finish it.  I had a lot of success with sparkpeople.com for figuring out what to eat..

Just focus on little baby steps now, maybe taking more walks, it will get easier when they start sleeping more!