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Crystal318
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Speaking of "just" having a baby.....
Crystal318
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How long do we get to use that line?
I find myself saying "well, I just had a baby"......trying to rationalize why my size 7 jeans only go up to my knees and my back fat hangs out from underneath my 36 C bra (which should now probably be a size 40 
. Then I remember that my LO is already six months old!
At the rate I am going, he will be like six years old and I will be like 'Oh, well, Yeah, I mean, I just had a baby, that's why I'm fat"
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Re: Speaking of "just" having a baby.....
In my own mind, about 3 months should have seen me wearing my old clothes. Now that we are almost 6 months out and I'm still wearing maternity clothes I have the trainers at the gym telling me "well, you just had a baby!"
I've been told that most people don't start to see things going back to normal (starting) until around 9-10 months. After that, I dunno.
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I had a moment of panic the other day when I was testing to see how much DS had grown in between doctor's visits. I held DS and stepped on the scale and said, "DS, I really freakin' hope you're 20 lbs because Mama's in trouble if you aren't." He was only 15 lbs... I've packed on another 8 lbs since I started the bc pill.
SUCK.
I cried about it to a friend of mine with 2 kids and she said give it 2 years. She said by the 2nd year after her son was born, she was back to pre-baby weight and only 5 lbs from her goal weight. She got pregnant with DS#2 that same year. LOL!
This is what I was told as well by my old trainer. She says BF-ing is also a huge culprit in losing the excess weight because you need it to continue bf-ing so I'll just have to learn my new "fat" self. *sigh*
I guess I'd say 9 months - a year to get toned and everything in it's place for the most part. I was really fluffy before and I'm just as fluffy now but it's dispersed differently. I don't know if that will really go away.
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I would say it probably depends on how much you gained in the first place.
I have been lucky enough to lose what I gained, but NOTHING looks like it used to. I don't know if it ever will...
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Ok, now THAT is hilarious. Thanks to the Dr. slicin n dicin, I don't have a sleeve-like vag, but I do have a lovely scar and a shelf of a stomach that hangs over the top.
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Seriously though, now that its spring I feel like people are behind my back going "dude - she had the baby last YEAR and look at her"....and not in a good way
I think when LO turns 1 you can no longer say that you just had a baby. With DS, it took me only 3 months to lose the baby weight, but I never fit into the same prepreg clothes again. Even when I was the same size, my old things (mainly pants) just did not fit anymore. Once I stopped BF (DS was 15 months), the muffin top disappeared within a week. My doc said that as long as you are BF, your body will store some extra fat and it will usually be in your hips or stomach.
With DD, I am still not at my pre baby weight. I still have 15lbs to go. But I did put the weight on earlier in the pregnancy and I gained more this time around. I am not expecting to lose it entirely until DD is over a year and I stop BF.
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That has got to be the most condescending, judgemental bull shiz I've read all day.
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Why?
I'll agree with this.
For me personally, 6 months.
Perhaps the weight, but not the look you had pre-baby. I easily look 10lbs heavier than pre-pregnancy-but my weight is exactly the same. I lost the weight both times really quickly because I stayed active and had minimal weight gain during pregnancy, but after 2 c-sections my stomach is a blubbery mess. It's going to take a long asss time to get things back to the way they were (or in the vicinity of the way they were).
A friend of mine took 2.5 years to get her body back but she had abs before/after-not just getting the actual weight off.
Well that was sweet of her. She was just trying to save you from an episiotomy should she happen to head out that way.
Oh I don't expect anyone to look the way they did before they got pregnant, honestly. I've lost the baby weight and I still don't look the same lol. What I meant was a year should be plenty of time to get the weight off. After that it's just an excuse.
Seriously? that after a year, if I'm not able to bouce a quarter off my a$$, having a baby is just an excuse?
I work full time. I'm only halfway through my masters program. I have two dogs and a DH who is needier than my 2 month old. I don't have unlimted hours a day to spend at a gym trying to get back my PP body. I eat right, I exercise when I can, but if in a year I'm not where I was, I'm ok with that. I'm 32 FFS. That shiz doesn't bounce back as easily as it used to.
Losing weight is a struggle for some people...no matter what the time frame or circumstances.
Yeah, but everyone has different circumstances too. It's a hell of a lot easier to lose weight in your early 20s as opposed to someone who might have their first child at 40. Plus, some people gain a large amount of weight due to circumstances out of their control (like GD).
Please tell me where I said that, ever?
That is just my opinion. If someone really wanted to get the baby weight off, a year is plenty of time. I know that it's harder for some people but c'mon... a year is a long time. I've seen obese people lose tons of weight in less than a year.
Yeah, but if you're obese it's easier to lose weight than someone who is not.
It's much harder for a mom in their late 30s/early 40s who maybe gained 40lbs but was an "average" weight pre-pregnancy to lose the weight.
I think it's easy to say that women should be able to lose it if you're young/have genetics on your side.
I understand that completely. I wasn't saying people should look like super models after a year. All I'm saying is if you really wanted to lose the weight, a year is plenty time. I still stand by that. I know some people have conditions or what not that make it harder for them to lose the weight but a majority of people can lose it.
Diet and routine are key. Even if it's just walking around the block. As long as you are eating healthy and doing some kind of exersise then the weight will come off. I promise you.
No, no. If you put your mind to it you can lose the weight. Trust me. I'm not being judgy or "condecending", I'm just being honest. Unless you have a disease or condition, you are just as capable as a 20 year old to lose weight.
Sorry to say it, but I agree.
I approach life with my own quasi-catholic-voodoo-superstitious-astrological nonsense which I custom tailor on a daily basis to justify anything I feel like doing.
Therefore, whenever and however long I feel like it.
I am sorry to say it because no one wants to hear the truth when it's something touchy like this. That's why I never said it in any posts before but since someone else did, I agreed.
I'm really not a b!tch or judgy person. I am a honest person!
And I'm not trying to come off as holier than thou or whatever it is (not saying you said that, I just feel like I came across that way) because I am still struggling with things about myself but I know that if I really wanted to I could fix those problems.
Nope, it is a lot easier for a 20 year old to lose weight than a 40 year old. Hormones, metabolism slowing, thyroid function decreasing, etc. all make it a lot more difficult for a person who is 40 to lose weight. It's a lot more work, and with work/children/busy life it's not so cut and dry for everyone to just be able for the weight to be gone. Losing weight is challenging for many for a host of different reasons, both genetic and environmental.
I'm not speaking for myself-I've lost the weight and I was young enough that it came off fairly easily. I'm just making a general statement that there are many legitimate reasons to not have lost the weight at 1 year PP. I do think for someone that's young and has genetics on their side still, it's easy to think that though.
I'm just going by what I've seen. I was a PTL in the Air Force so I helped people get into shape. Like I said before, I didn't say all of the baby weight... just a majority of it, give or take 10 pounds. A year is plenty of time, no matter what the age.
I have to say I agree. A pound a week is 52 pounds in a year. Unless you gained twice as much, you should be able to take the weight off fairly easily within a year with some diet modification and basic exercise. That being said... I am 6 months out and still haven't lost the weight. I am a student, I work, my husband is needy, I have 3 dogs and a crazy 6 month old. Those are all my reasons for not losing the weight, and DEFINITELY excuses.