Hi Ladies,
My son is just over 6 weeks old now, and I've always been a little overweight, but also have always been active and a primarily healthy eater (though my portion control SUCKS). I exercised throughout my pregnancy (walking/jogging w/ the dog and modified Jillian Michael's workouts w/ my dr's approval, of course). I'm finally getting back into the swing of working out hard, and it feels great. But I definitely have some baby weight to lose (gained about 40lbs during my pregnancy- eeek!) and I just feel generally flabby.
What are your experiences with PP weight loss? How long did it take you to lose the majority of your baby weight? Any different ideas or suggestions? I'm always trying to switch up my routine to keep things fresh. I've tried on a pair of my "fat jeans" (one size up from my normal pre-pg size) and they are definitely still snug on me, so I haven't even attempted to try on my normal pre-pg jeans.
Edit to add: FWIW, we are FF due to some underlying structural breast issues causing my supply to be extremely low, so unfortunately BFing is not an option at this point.
Re: PP weight loss...suggestions/experiences
2 years, 2 surgeries, 2 clomid fails, 2 IUIs, 1 loss, IVF #1 - 10/25/10 = BFP!, DS is now 3.5yrs!
TTC #2 - 6/12 surgery #3, FET #1 & 1.2 = BFN, 12/2012 FET #2 = BFP! DD is 1.5 yrs!
Surprise! 12/16/14 BFP, loss #2 12/31/14
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Good luck to you hope that helped!!
Well, I didn't drop any weight BFing, so there's no guarantee that would even work for you. I wouldn't sweat that.
It took me 15 months total, but I wasn't "trying" that whole time to lose the weight. In all reality, I was only actually trying (and was successful) in losing the weight after about 7 months.
I used WW for the first 3 months to get myself in check with what I was eating and to help with portion control (this is also something I struggle with) and I only really did walking around the neighborhood as my exercise. After that I slacked off for a while then started back up getting serious again and was watching what I ate, walking, and doing Jillian Michaels workouts.
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14