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My LO is not the only one that has physically changed in the past 1.5 years (long)

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Hello all:

 Now that I'm a little more comfortable being a mama to my DD and while we are still bfing (when together), I've been able to focus on my own physical health a little more.  Well that and the wedding and trip to Vegas and Hawaii we are taking later this year has caused me to reexamine my physical state.

 I've been pretty lucky and have returned to my prebaby weight (even a bit below) without much effort, but man is my body not the same.  All my pants and skirts fit, but the stomach does not look the same in a bikini.  And my booty?  What booty, somehow the muscle I had is gone and I'm flat as a board in the back.  The muscles in my calves are gone (I can now fit boots that I couldn't zip up before).  It's positively embarrassing.  While my chest is bigger than it was, let's just say I won't be going topless at any pool parties in Vegas (not that I would've before, but I wouldn't have been embarrassed if I did).

 Not super complaining (although I am a bit).  I definitely take it as part and parcel of being a mom.  Small price to pay for my (now not so) little one.  I definitely feel the need to look better in a bikini, but I'm also really disturbed by the atrophying of my muscles.  I was always very active in the past, so I know for a fact that a lot of the weight loss is loss of muscle mass (this is very negative).

 Just curious as to how mommies feel about themselves now physically and what they are doing to maintain, improve, etc.

 I'm definitely walking a lot more and have started to take a boot camp.  I try to do pushups and planks at home, but probably need to do something more regimented and continuous.  Not just for aesthetics, but I want to be a healthy mommy for my LO.

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Re: My LO is not the only one that has physically changed in the past 1.5 years (long)

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    Netty_3Netty_3 member

    Well...I have been working out, and I am so close to my pre-preggo weight I can taste it (4lbs.) I seem to lose and gain the same 3 over and over making it seem so far out of reach though.  That being said I haven't been able to weight train as much as I used to...which leads to a flabbier body. :/ At this same weight before I was fitting and looking better in my clothes than I do now, and it's all about muscle mass. I am trying to get back into the game of weight lifting again this week.  After a few weeks of LO being sick, me being sick, and weeks of teething in between I could not find the energy ormotivation I need to wake up at 4am to work out.  Now coming off of a week and a half of consistent sleep I am working on getting up and getting to it! I get in cardio during lunch at work...but don't have access to the same weights as at my gym near home...I'm also hoping to start running again...I have been apprehensive about it, because I hate not being able to do what I used to, it's daunting. I know the longer I wait the worse it is.

     We have a trip to Disney in 6 weeks...so that's my goal for now.

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    I've been back to pre-pregnancy weight for a long time (I only gained 25lbs with LO and lost it within a few weeks), but I would like to do some sort of organized exercise. I've been thinking about Yoga or Palates to gain some strength. I've always and still am weeny-teen,y blow-away-in-the-wind thin, which is great don't get me wrong, but I would like to gain some more strength.
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    imagekalette:
    I've been back to pre-pregnancy weight for a long time (I only gained 25lbs with LO and lost it within a few weeks), but I would like to do some sort of organized exercise. I've been thinking about Yoga or Palates to gain some strength. I've always and still am weeny-teen,y blow-away-in-the-wind thin, which is great don't get me wrong, but I would like to gain some more strength.

    I could have written this.  I need some muscle.  My plan is to do more push ups, planks and squats.  I am also biking now that it's semi-decent outside. 

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    RMama2012RMama2012 member

    Same here!  Flat butt, flabby stomach, and I don't know if I would call these things breasts anymore.  I call muself "skinny fat" because I am thin but flabby.

    I am also trying to get back into a routine.

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    I think making the time is definitely the hardest thing. Waking up early is soo hard for me. All the props in the world for waking up before 6 am, much less at 4. I have to admit hearing about the flat butts makes me feel better. Next time I'm pregnant, I'm definitely doing lunges and squats.
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