NBR: Question about weight loss

feistyred23

I've been in a huge rut regarding losing weight. I feel like I have a good amount to lose so if anybody else has gone through this and prevailed can you give me some advice or tell me how you managed to stay on task? I want to be healthier and happier in general.

ECUGirl2004

You can read my blog if you want. It's in my siggy.  Blogging about it has been really helpful to me.  It's nice to have a community of people cheering me on and who I feel like I am accountable to.

Pre-pregnancy, I used weight watchers and I felt like it was a great program for me.  Again, I liked having a community of people (in the meetings) who I could talk to about struggles and victories.  And weighing-in each week helped to keep me accountable.  Weight Watchers is a good program because it teaches you the tools you need to make a lifestyle change.  It's not about dieting at all.  Even though I didn't do WW this time around, I definitely utilized the tools that I learned in WW.

 

raceyrae

The main way I lost weight after delivery was by setting a goal of achieving something with a time line -- like ECU I also trained for a half-marathon.  I plan to do this again after this pg in addition to planning to work out 3-4 times a week before starting my half-marathon training in late summer (don't want to wait till then to start lossing the weight!).

Mrs_M&M

I hate exercise.  But after gaining 75 lbs. during PG, I needed to do SOMETHING.  A few years ago, I lost 15 lbs. by tracking calories, walking, and pilates.  It was tough work, but I did it.  Now it's hard to make time to do all of that, so I walk.

A few months ago, some girls on this board started a pedometer challenge, so I bought one.  I now use it to track my steps daily (you'd be surprised how little you actually move some days).  I think a good challenge is 70,000 steps per week.  It really gets you moving, plus, b/c you need steps, you move more around the house (for example, walking in place while brushing your teeth).  I swear, it all adds up.

Walking (combined w/ breastfeeding) is helping me sloooowly lose the weight, but whenever the day comes that I hit a roadblock, I'll start tracking calories.  You'd be shocked at how much you actually eat.  Self.com has some good calculators for healthy weight ranges, caloric needs, etc.

A few girls on this board did a 'no-eating-out challenge' - I think generally for more monetary reasons, but if you challenge yourself to not eat out for a month, I bet that'd help too.  Restaurant food has so many extra calories than what you'd make at home.

I keep track of my steps daily, and weight weekly (although I do weight myself a few times a week, and if I have a good weigh-in, I write it down too).  I have a goal of 1lb. per week - I think that's totally attainable and healthy.  But I've marked down a bonus weight - so if I lose a few more, I get a treat.  So in a 10 week period, if I lose 10, I hit my goal, but if I lose 13, I get a massage/pedicure/something fun. 

I'm still wearing maternity pants, so hitting my weekly goal is VERY important to me.  I love food SO much, but I love regular jeans too - lol!

While I've lost a lot, I do still have some to go (I guess that's what happens when you gain as much as I did - lol!)  It's a slow and tough process, but if you work slowly, you'll get there!  If you ever want a walking buddy, let me know!