I am having some mental roadblocks with losing weight and was wondering if we could chat. It seems like everyone I know IRL gets back to pre-preg wait very quickly. Sure, maybe they have an extra 5lbs of squishy-ness or so (and boy do they complain about how "fat" they are when their size 2 jeans are snug ) but overall they look great.
I, on the other hand, am still 15lbs over pp weight, and it's all in my belly. I still can't wear anything other than maternity bottoms. I'm only 5'4, so I pretty much look 6 months pregnant. I tried to buy a couple of transition pants, but in order to get big enough for my belly they were literally hanging off my butt and legs.
I have been trying at about a B- level, if I were to grade myself. I just don't have my heart in it - I need to be going at an A+.
Now that LO has been "out" longer than "in" I have really started to wonder why I can't get motivated.
I think part of it is that I sometimes feel like I'll never feel like me again - I'll never be able to lose the weight, etc. Then I come up with excuses... maybe I'm one of the people that doesn't lose until they stop BFing, maybe it's because I haven't gotten much sleep since LO was born... etc.
There's not much point to this, just wondering if anyone else out there feels like this and is having a hard time getting motivated. I just don't have the will power that I used to and I don't know how much of it is psychological and how much is just because of legitimate lifestyle change.
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Me! I actually dropped everything + 10 lbs right after birth then it came back on! So annoying! I was doing really well exercising (using 30 Day Shred and her 6 Week 6 Pack videos) then we had the hurricane and were without power for 8 days followed by getting sick and then DS teething and not napping for more than 30 minutes. I've been trying to at least get out and walk with him in the afternoons on nice days but it's not enough. And I've been eating like crap because I have my period. So I really need to get back into it next week.
It's just hard. Sleep deprivation also plays a big part in weight gain/not losing and I know the two of us were not blessed with good sleepers. Plus, I hold a tiny bit of hope that weaning will help at least a couple lbs. fall off but we'll see.
This. I just don't make exercising a priority.
OP - This may sound really silly, but do you have a Wii? Before my wedding, I used the EA Active (NOT Wii Fit) game almost every day and lost weight and inches! Its quick, easy, and most importantly for me - cheap and fun.
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I'm still 20 lb+ prepg weight and I hate it. But in the fight between sleep/playing with LO or exercise sleep and the LO always win. Plus DH is still out of work, so we have to eat cheap, and it's so hard to eat healthy cheaply. I feel miserable, and I'm still wear a ton of maternity wear.
Oh, and my body is so weirdly shaped with it being all wide and lumpy I can't fit properly into any pants. I'm hoping for some renewed energy after the holidays when I'm done bf and LO hopefully is sleeping well consistantly.
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i fit in the 5lbs baby weight postpreg category. and its allllll in my tummy. i have a few pair of jeans that fit but most still dont. i usually wear my stretchy leggings. i would give myself a D grade because i dont work out or eat healthy. i get bursts of motivation that last a week and then i start making excuses. my biggest one is that i'll get my prepreg body back and all of a sudden get pregnant again and get all fat and ruin my body again... so theres no point in getting my prepreg body back if its for nothing. so dumb i know. but im a lazy fart so its my fault i cant get this last 5lbs off.
anyway, thats my ramblings on my baby weight. GL to you. your're not alone!
This is me too. I actually weigh more now than I did PP. I know it is because of my poor choices, but I just continue making them. At work I signed up for a weight loss challenge, paid $10, and still haven't done much.
I have no excuse as far as LO sleeping. J is in bed by 7 every night. I could def. do something after he sleeps, but I don't. I have a wii, with the wii fit, Jillian Michaels game & zumba game, but don't use them. I seriously need a swift kick in the butt!
Yeah, add me to the lost weight pp and then put it back on. I was bout 8 lbs under my prepreg weight a month after G was born but I've put it back on and then some. I'm about 1.5 lbs above what I weighed right before I got ku'd, but that was about 40 lbs more than I should be so...sigh. This has been very difficult. And, honestly, it's not a lack of working out. I've always been highly motivated to work out. But, my body sucks and if I don't eat perfectly I pack on pounds. That's where I really need the help.
eta: I don't even eat a ton, but it hasn't been very healthy food and it's kicking me in the behind.
Yeah I am 10 lbs above my prepreg weight. However, I can mostly wear my old clothes so it's not that bad. But I'm doing nothing to get rid of that weight. I blame it on BFing but I should blame it on my diet and mostly lack of exercise.
If you're serious about losing weight I recommend counting calories using a service like fitday.com. That worked for me in the past...but right now I don't feel motivated enough to do it. I would up the exercise if I had time, though!