Postpartum Weight Loss- October! - Page 6

[Annie Mac]

Also Amanda I know you haven't asked yet, but my weight going into November is 110.5 Yippee!

[Amandamanda]

Originally Posted by maciascl

I weighed today & I am 169 now so I am down 4 pounds from my prepregnancy weight. I guess I can't really count the weight I gained during pregnancy can I

HAHA, i totally count the pregnancy weight! I got up to 220 while pregnant, but pre-pregnancy was around 170-180 (not sure exactly, but I was 177 at my first prenatal appt at 9 weeks). So yeah, at 140ish I am technically 40lbs under pre-pregnancy, but i worked HARD to get those 40lbs of pregnancy weight off too! I demand credit for all the loss, except maybe the 20lbs of baby/placenta/fluid LOL.

Originally Posted by jess_paez

i realized i'm an obssessive weigher too. which would be fine, except i think weighing once a week will make me 'anticipate' that i willl be weighing in and i will choose better food choices, because i'd like that weekly weigh in to reflect all the work i've been doing.

I HAVE to weigh daily. I tried weekly, and it just messes. with. my. head... Not normal I know. I try to convince myself that if I have a good weigh day I am going to keep doing what I'm doing to keep on track, and if its a bad weigh day, then I want to step it up to get back on track. If I don't weigh, I start to slip. I can go maybe every other day or so, but yeah. I'm trying to work on it.

Originally Posted by mandica

Okay Okay! I'm here already! Fessing up to the terrible job I;ve been doing at reaching my goal. I was SOO close!

The truth?? A 6 pound weight gain in 6 weeks.
Please help snap me out of this downward spiral.

Welcome back! 6lbs is really nothing. I know it seems like a lot in a short amount of time, but I bet you once you get back into the groove of things, it will ALL come off. It is probably water weight from poor choices. Just remember that no day is ever ruined and it is never too late to get back on track! One bad food choice does not unravel a whole day! Do you have any updated stats for our first post?

Originally Posted by pacificbliss

Either way I have to take it easy for 2 weeks and am feeling down about the whole thing. Trying not to eat for comfort. That said, DH brought home some cookies and I knocked them out...all but the three he ate. Seriously, it was a bag of 10 cookies. I guess I did not succeed at not comfort eating. Sigh

Been there, done that. Try to rest so you can heal, and get back at it!

Originally Posted by Annie Mac

Also Amanda I know you haven't asked yet, but my weight going into November is 110.5 Yippee!

Amazing Annie!


As for me.. I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel after a few weeks of 142-144

finally.

So close to the 130's. I can't even believe it.

Wish me luck for this weekend though. With Halloween candy just mocking me, I am sure to need all the luck I can get.

[jess_paez]

i am sure i ate a bit over my points today...i don't think by much, so i'm not going to beat myself up for it, although i did set a new goal with myself that i will work out every day next week, not drink diet pop, and i think i realized that when you do go over points and eat something you've been craving it is hardly as satisfying as you think it's going to be. i'm going to not weigh everyday this week...i hope i am not setting myself up for failure hoping for a 'big' weightloss and then not come close, but i will do everything i can and just hope i can go down 2lbs, i can't wait to say goodbye to the 180's. i was feeling good today though, because i am now at the weight i was before i started working out prepregnancy while we were living in spain and i lost 15lbs (i was 169 at my lowest about a month before i fell pregnant). i keep reminding myself that it can only get better from here-losing 5-10 lbs i will feel great and start fitting into more flattering clothes.

[Amandamanda]

140.7 today! Yesterday wasn't a fluke! This might have been the motivation I needed not to go crazy over Hallowee-kend. I am SOCLOSE to the 130's! So close!

What is everyones plans for Halloween?
We are going to a "trunk or treat" tonight at our church. It is like trick or treating, but you do it out of the trunks of cars in the church parking lot. Should be pretty fun. Tomorrow we will be going to church like normal, and I've been going back and forth with my comfort level with trick-or-treating on the Sabbath. We might just skip it, since my kids are mostly too young to really care or know the differene. Tonight should be good enough for them. Downtown Disney also has trick or treating with lots of candy and goodies set up for today/tomorrow, so we might do that tonight also. That should be plenty of Halloween fun for them.

The way I figure it, the less trick or treating we do, the less EATING I do! haha.

(..because I already totally had 2 mini kit kats and a mini snickers bar that we bought to give out tonight. oh well.)

[SpuglyRoo]

Oh Amanda, I know what you mean about going a little crazy at Halloween. We'll also be going to our church tomorrow with the four of us all dressed as carpenters like Bob the Builder. We have done family costumes the past two years (pirates then cowboys) and plan on continuing to do so until the kids protest. My oldest is 2 so that might be a while.

At my church they set up like a mini carnival for the kids with games they can play to win candy, a moon bounce, hot dogs, a hay ride, etc. so we won't actually do any real trick or treating but there is still the potential for candy. I like that the way they set it up the focus isn't candy but rather having some fun.

I actually pulled a couple of pieces of candy out of what we bought to pass out and put it away for Christmas stockings. This way I won't have to buy several bags of stuff later just to put a few of each kinds in our stockings. There always ends up being too much leftovers which I happily take care of. Well, happily until I check out the scale.

The next two months are very stereotypically my worst, weight and healthy choices wise. It gets colder, you start eating more comfort foods, the sweets start being more available, etc. No good for weight loss. My goal is to not overdo it this year. Even if I only maintain over the next two months I would probably be relatively happy, but my goal is to keep loosing a half lb a week.

Anyone else doing anything special for Halloween? Dressing up? Dressing your kids up in something adorable?

[loveneverfails]

Ok, I'm back. Been MIA for a while, but I'm back now and getting into the game.

I had my stupid knee injury PLUS birthday season over here, so weight loss has Not Been Happening. However, I started again on Monday from a starting weight of 172.4 and I'm 171 now on Saturday, so the battle starts again. I'm back on the healthy eating wagon and happy about it. I'm eating around 1800 calories a day, and doing a light walking/running hybrid for a mile every other day. I can't commit to much more than that right now with 5 kids age 8 and under, but I can commit to doing that much.

I mainly needed to get back into being willing to cook because the food I cook is so much healthier and more satisfying than the crap I can buy at the store. So, homemade granola, home made yogurt, home made bread and eating salads for lunch every other day alteranting with eggs or other healthy and low cal food is making a big difference for me.

Onto Novmber!

[maciascl]

Originally Posted by SpuglyRoo

Anyone else doing anything special for Halloween? Dressing up? Dressing your kids up in something adorable?

Nothing real exciting here. DS1 will be a pirate, DS2 a firefighter & DS3 will be Charlie Brown. I actually don't like Halloween anymore. It's too much about scaring everyone even little kids which makes my kids super jumpy. DS2 won't even go to the bathroom w/o turning on every light on the way. Then there is the crappy candy...I just hope I can keep myself out of it.

This morning I weight myself & was shocked to see 172 again. A couple days ago I was 169??? I've been extra hungry lately but I thought I was doing pretty good. It could be my scale too. Sometimes it does random things like that. I guess I'll just have to wait & see.

I got a new carrier yesterday that will allow me to start walking more with DS3. The sling was killing my back with normal use so I was not going to try to go for extra walks in it. Hopefully this will help & I'll be able to actually get some exercise in.

[aphel]

Hello! May I join you ladies?

I'm 14 weeks PP with my first baby, a daughter. I gained 70 pounds while pregnant, my poor midwife was wringing her hands . . . .

Anyway, I have kind of an odd relationship with food, having been overweight once before, but also frequently underweight. It's very difficult for me to find a balance, and I've really never had healthy eating habits, whether I am eating too much or too little, or just not healthfully at all.

So, DD has inspired me to lose the weight the "right" way. Obviously I can't just crash diet, or my milk supply will be affected. So exercise and healthy eating is the way to go. Now if only I could find the time to do either. . . .

Happy to have found you guys!

(Oh, current weight is 170, goal weight 130)

[ihugtrees]

Amanda, are you eating often? I know a personal trainer who says that the human body is meant to eat every 2-3 hours. The less you eat, the more your body thinks it needs to store up because there may be a famine going on

Hello everyone else. Sorry I've been absent! I've been sticking pretty well to my high fat, high protein, high veggie, grain free diet, but I notice I'm eating a lot of starchy vegetables...squash, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes--these are the things that are coming in our weekly produce basket, and I'm not sure they are good for my weight loss. I weighed in at the doctor last Thursday at 163 (with a good layer of winter clothes, so probably more like 161-162.) I was so disappointed. I've been eating so well lately and all for naught, because I haven't lost more than a pound since the last time I weighed, in August. I lost 20 lbs after I had my daughter, and have gained 10 back, by IMPROVING my eating habits. Yes, I have sweets sometimes (like 3-4 times a week) but other than that, I eat REALLY healthy and nutritious food, and I'm moderately active...so many people I know who eat WAY worse and exercise WAY less and are WAY skinnier! UGHUGHUGH!! I feel like there is no point for me to be working so hard. I'm totally losing motivation.

I went to the doctor last week and finally caved, getting a prescription for Zoloft...I'm hoping if I can improve my mood and energy level, I will exercise more. I've had major PPD since my daughter was born and it's hard to eat well/exercise when you feel like this. Doc also did a bunch of bloodwork to check out my thyroid and such, to see if there may be a reason I'm not losing weight. I think I need to start keeping a food diary, because I may be eating things I'm not realizing.

So...that's my vent/negative/sad post. Sorry to be a downer!

[SpuglyRoo]

ihugtrees- sorry for your frustrations. My thyroid has a long history of giving me troubles so I can really empathize. It is frustrating to not see any results, but keep in mind that you are still going to be healthier it just may not show yet. For my thyroid troubles I found that controlling it by avoiding foods that impair thyroid function worked best for me. The hardest to avoid is soy, because it is in nearly everything, but it really does a number on your thyroid, which then screws up the whole rest of your body.

AFM I was just checking in with my starting weight for November (is it really tomorrow already? yikes! time flies!) Start me at 139.5 woohoo! buh bye 140's!

[Amandamanda]

Okay ladies, get your weights posted for NOVEMBER!
November? Who just said that? Can it be so?

as for me.. my end of October/Halloween weight is not so scary!!


PLEASE OH PLEASE DON'T LET ME MESS THIS UP!
Spugly, I'm right there with you!!

I can't even believe it! It seems like just yesterday this was my weight.

These have been the best, scariest, most frustrating, most trying, wonderful seven months of my life. I have my beautiful new baby boy, and my health to be the best mom I can be to him and my daughters.

I am so proud of myself, and all of you.

oh yeah.. Happy Halloween of course.

[RaeRae91]

Hey ladies can I join? I am a little over 3 months postpartum and about 5lbs away from pre-pregnancy weight.Which is about 10 or 15lbs from where I would like to be. I have not done any excercise or anything but I need to now as its just flab now lol. Okay here are my stats.

140 pre-pregnancy
173 day I delivered
145 now

[GoBecGo]

Well, this morning i was 211 still, and i've not been weighing very reliably, so i'll stick with it. I've lost NOTHING in a month!

I am running more now though, and my body definitely looks different/better and clothes are fitting better, so i guess i'm just holding steady and the scale-results will come.