Any other BFers having a hard time losing weight?

SarahWaggy

I swear I am always having to shove my face full of food. Anything we have in the house (which I normally try to stock with healthy food). I have lost 5 pounds since I came home from the hospital. I take a 2 mile speed walks with Remy daily. I try to do 10 - 30 minutes of exercise 4+ times a week...

BUT, if I up the work out, and go on a (healthy) diet.... My supply drops. Drastically. Anyone else having this problem...? 

SweetPeanis

I just started working out a few weeks ago and while I have not noticed any weight loss yet, I have also not noticed any supply drop either.  I'm drinking 124+ oz of water a day though to help keep it up. 

I'm also not dieting, just picking healthier foods to eat.  I hope to lose a few pounds or at least firm up the pounds that I do have. 

I've heard that sometimes breast feeding can cause you to hang onto fat.  Which blows.

wearenutts

I didn't loose any weight until I stopped BF.

SnoopyLuv

I'm 2 lbs under PP weight but I was super heavy to begin with. I was down to PP weight about 8 weeks PP. I do need to eat a ton to keep up. I am really nervous about my supply dipping so weight loss is on the backburner until I wean. I take a walk with her when the weather is nice and wear her so I get the extra calories burned but I won't go and workout. I'm lazy anyhow.

SarahWaggy

I am seriously about to go CRAZY. I just want to lose a little bit of this weight before my husband gets home (roughly late June). 10 pounds would make me happy.

 

And I don't mean diet as in eating small meals (though I have tried smaller meals more often) or anything like that. I am more talking about eating healthier food. 

Ananke

I lost 20 lbs in the first week, and nothing since.  I'm hoping it starts dropping off when DS weans.  I keep resisting buying new clothes and wearing the stuff I wore before I'd lost 30 lbs before getting preg.  I even wore some mat. pants today.

SarahWaggy

Ananke:

I lost 20 lbs in the first week, and nothing since.  I'm hoping it starts dropping off when DS weans.  I keep resisting buying new clothes and wearing the stuff I wore before I'd lost 30 lbs before getting preg.  I even wore some mat. pants today.

Yeah, I lost 20lbs while in the hospital like "BAM" gone. And now.... yeah...

I had to go buy a whole new wardrobe because I have been living in the same 2 pairs of shorts since January and I was getting sick of it. But I go dresses that if I lost weight, it would still look good. 

goodgolly_mrsmolly

I gained 40+lbs, am finally down to 9lbs above pre-pg weight.  I feel like I'm constantly eating, but I do go to the gym 3-4x a week.  I'd like to lose the rest of the weight before DH comes home at the end of the summer.

anvloveskme

I gained 39 total while prego.  I have lost all of the prego weight + 3 lbs and am trying to lose an additional 22 or so to get back down to my wedding weight.  The first 26 lbs or so melted off in about the first month.  I went up and down the final 13 when I started supplementing with formula.  Now, I am down to only BF at night before bed and in the morning.  I started doing weight watchers about 6 weeks ago and have lost an average of over 2 lbs per week.  They have additional allowances for nursing mothers.  I tried WW many years ago and it is totally revamped now - I am a total foodie and wuss when it comes to dieting, good food is my one "additction" and I have been really happy on WW.

Genevieve_kris

Glad to hear I'm not the only one.  I gained 37 pounds and lost nearly 30 of that very shortly after DD was born.  Now I'm hanging on to 8-10 depending on the day and can't shake it. 

I had basically resigned myself to having a little extra layer until I weaned, but that attitude is becoming less attractive as swimsuit season approaches.

KailaF10

Im still 12 lbs over pp weight...I had issues keeping up too

LuJackCity

I'm having the exact same problems. I eat mega healthy, drink a ton of water, and recently starting going to the gym 5 days a week.

I can already tell a drop in my supply but not a drop in my weight.

I feel so gross, I was psyched that I only gained 22ish lbs while pregnant and thought it would come off easy this time. 20 dropped off right away, then I actually gained weight back due to my insane bf appetite. 

It really sucks and I don't know what to do.

JJ1973

I gained about 30 pounds and lost all but 5-10 of those at 6 weeks post-pregnancy. Then, hung on to the rest until 4-5 months post-pregnancy. The thing that made the difference for me was going back to work. I'm just more active day to day then I was while staying home, and I probably eat less, too. Now, I'm at my pre-pregger weight, if not a pound or two below. But, for months, I was really concerned about that extra baggage I was carrying around - it really seemed permanent and didn't budge until I went back to work.

MSC03

Genevieve_kris:

Glad to hear I'm not the only one.  I gained 37 pounds and lost nearly 30 of that very shortly after DD was born.  Now I'm hanging on to 8-10 depending on the day and can't shake it. 

I had basically resigned myself to having a little extra layer until I weaned, but that attitude is becoming less attractive as swimsuit season approaches.

This is me, too.

I've really, really been trying to just forgive myself for not looking how I'd like to look (Note: I've never been even close to perfect, but I'm usually comfortable in my own skin) but some days it's a struggle. I just keep telling myself that this is one of the only times in my life that I can eat more than usually and have more splurges.