[ccasanova]

Ok, here goes.

Sept. mamas lets support and motivate eachother to get moving and lose the baby weight. Or any other stubborn pounds that need to go!

 

[lcaitlin]

alright, guess I'm in. I'm still 25lbs. over pre-preg weight at 9 weeks postpartum. I'm fairly active and I carry my big 15lb. baby everywhere all day long, but I don't seem to be losing any weight. not sure how to approach this since I have never really needed to exercise consciously before. yoga used to be all I needed to stay in shape, but that's obviously not going to cut it now...

I'm starving all the time! I could eat triple portions and still be hungry!

 

[emski4379]

i need motivation to start excercising. Also, not that I'm no longer preggo and have more energy, I want to start cooking healthier again (got kind of lax while preggo).

As for exercise, I'm hoping to start the couch to 5k program, but need a kick in the rear to get out there and do it!

 

[Logan's mommy]

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Originally Posted by lcaitlin I'm starving all the time! I could eat triple portions and still be hungry!

That's me! I'm eating lots. Thankfully, I'm not gaining, but I've haven't lost any weight in 4 weeks.

 

[ccasanova]

has anyone tried wearing their babes while doing some exercise moves? I put Matthew in the Moby and tried the moves that came in the Moby wearing instruction and I was very surprised and how good it worked!!! I felt the burn! Just have to figure out how to get some aerobics in the mix.

 

[ccasanova]

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Originally Posted by Logan's mommy That's me! I'm eating lots. Thankfully, I'm not gaining, but I've haven't lost any weight in 4 weeks.

Are you BF'ing? That is probably why your hungry all the time! Making milk takes work and your body needs fuel. Now this is easier said than done, but if your eating a lot of high sugar foods, that could be why your not losing pounds. I know for myself my softspot is for sweets!!! And now that it's the holidays...yum!!! But I figure, that at least I'm not gaining.

So that is why I want to up the exercise. That should take care of cancelling out some of the sugar.

 

[Charmie981]

I'm picking away at the weight. I'm about 6 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight, but that leaves me at 40 pounds more than is healthy. I'm currently 182 (at the lowest, my weight varies up to EIGHT pounds in a day!) and my goal is at MOST 150. I'd prefer 140.

Today I looked up my caloric needs here and discovered that as a breastfeeding mother who is overweight, I need to consume 2550 calories a day to lose weight. I'm tracking my calories at www.fitday.com and um, I'm definitely not eating enough! Gotta work on that, and make good choices.

Since 11-17, my goal progression has been first to eat three meals a day. Second, to make good choices for my meals and to add in two healthy snacks per day. Next Monday my goal will be to start doing my resistance workouts. I'll go ahead and confess that I spent the $40 on the FitYummyMummy plan, which has banner ads here at MDC. I'm pretty happy with it and love the support that comes with the plan (if you join clubFYM.com, a social networking-type site with the plan at its center, the plan's developer is actually on there to comment and give feedback when you have questions or just need support). I like that her workouts are 15-20 minutes but they're effective. I've done a couple of them and I do feel the burn in just those few minutes, which, let's face it, is all I can steal most days. Next week consistency is the goal, though, and I'm sure I'll feel lots of burn at that point.

I've been setting (and meeting!) goals each week, but my long-term goal is to reach 150 by April 14, my birthday. Anything below that will just be icing on the cake.

 

[tanyam926]

Yay! I am so glad I found you guys from my DDC! I really need some help here so I am glad I found you guys!

I am feeling really depressed about my weight which makes me want to eat junk all the time.

Eating is how I deal with stress, and I am feeling really stressed out right now. I feel like I need to talk some things out but don't have anyone to talk to. I know HOW to lose weight, that part is easy. It's just a matter of choosing to do the things I need to do every minute of every day. Like choosing to put down the cookie, to exercise, drink more water, etc.

When I feel down I don't feel like choosing the right things.

My little guy is 2 1/2 months now and I still don't feel like myself.

I have always struggled with my weight but before this pg and my m/c last nov. I was feeling really good about myself, I felt like I had things under control. Everything is hitting me now, I don't think I ever really dealt w/the emotions about my m/c and there are other things I just feel overwhelmed about. Should I deal w/this stuff in another forum?

I just feel like it is too hard. I don't even know where to start.

 

[ccasanova]

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Originally Posted by tanyam926 Yay! I am so glad I found you guys from my DDC! I really need some help here so I am glad I found you guys! I am feeling really depressed about my weight which makes me want to eat junk all the time. Eating is how I deal with stress, and I am feeling really stressed out right now. I feel like I need to talk some things out but don't have anyone to talk to. I know HOW to lose weight, that part is easy. It's just a matter of choosing to do the things I need to do every minute of every day. Like choosing to put down the cookie, to exercise, drink more water, etc. When I feel down I don't feel like choosing the right things. My little guy is 2 1/2 months now and I still don't feel like myself. I have always struggled with my weight but before this pg and my m/c last nov. I was feeling really good about myself, I felt like I had things under control. Everything is hitting me now, I don't think I ever really dealt w/the emotions about my m/c and there are other things I just feel overwhelmed about. Should I deal w/this stuff in another forum? I just feel like it is too hard. I don't even know where to start.

mama that's why we're here.

to help eachother out.

 

[Logan's mommy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccasanova Are you BF'ing? That is probably why your hungry all the time! Making milk takes work and your body needs fuel. Now this is easier said than done, but if your eating a lot of high sugar foods, that could be why your not losing pounds. I know for myself my softspot is for sweets!!! And now that it's the holidays...yum!!! But I figure, that at least I'm not gaining. So that is why I want to up the exercise. That should take care of cancelling out some of the sugar.

We're bfing. We don't keep many high sugar foods in the house, but we also don't have the most healthy of food either. I'm glad that my weight is now what it was pre-preg, but even before I got pregnant I had about 20 pounds to loose to be where I wanted to be. I'm just on the verge of being slightly overweight. Before I had ds1 I was very slim, I know I won't get back to that size, but I would like to get close. I'm thinking since it's cold here I'm going to bundle up ds2 and stick him in my sling and start going for walks around the block (about a mile) and work my way up to going around the block 2-3 times.

I've been awful about eating today... I didn't eat my first meal until 6 pm

and then we went to Pizza Hut, where I had 4 bread sticks, 3 pieces of chicken pizza, and some chocolate dunkers

I need to make sure I do something other than sit on the couch tomorrow. But it's going to be

: here tomorrow.

 

[emski4379]

I need to get better about having meals and snacks planned out. If I don't, it's just too easy to reach for junk. I try not to keep much junk in the house though.

 

[ccasanova]

thats something i will do. get the junk out of the house. how will i break it to the kids that their halloween candy bags are going to go?

 

[ccasanova]

ok mamas! i've finally weighed and measured myself. so now i can have an accurate goal. I'm 151 in the am and my measurements are 37 in. at the belly button, 40 or so at the hips i think? (i wanted to measure the tummy pouch to see if its going down any) and 23-24 at the thighs. I could get sad about it but I'm not going to let myself. Feeling bad about it will not help matters any and I don't want to bring negative energy in, kwim? So I've got 20+ pounds that need to go. i've always been around the high 120's because I used to have a lot of muscle mass. I've got about 6 inches that have to go around the waist and tummy. I still don't fit into my jeans.

And 2 inches around the thighs would be nice too!

 

[ccasanova]

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Originally Posted by Charmie981 I'll go ahead and confess that I spent the $40 on the FitYummyMummy plan, which has banner ads here at MDC. I'm pretty happy with it and love the support that comes with the plan (if you join clubFYM.com, a social networking-type site with the plan at its center, the plan's developer is actually on there to comment and give feedback when you have questions or just need support). I like that her workouts are 15-20 minutes but they're effective. I've done a couple of them and I do feel the burn in just those few minutes, which, let's face it, is all I can steal most days. Next week consistency is the goal, though, and I'm sure I'll feel lots of burn at that point.

can you tell me if her 15-20 minute workouts are mainly strenth training? Or aerobic too? or a combo of both in a workout? It's the cardio that I need to get this fat moving! So I'm looking for a way to get a lot of cardio done in the least amount of time possible. Matthew is very attached to his mama!

 

[Charmie981]

I'm really loving FitDay.com for logging everything re: my weight loss goals.

You can make your profile public if you want, and I did (for now):
http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJour...wner=charmiecm

I did my FitYummyMummy workout yesterday and am humiliated that 15 minutes can make me so sore, but I'm going to change that thinking to "wow, this is a great program, she really did find a way to effectively work out in 15 minutes."

I'm nervous about eating as many calories as the calculator says I need, but I'm going to do it because obviously *I* am not that great at figuring out what my body needs to be healthy, KWIM?

I'm also going to put the scale away until I've been working consistently for 4-6 weeks. I've gotten into the habit of letting the scale help me assign my "value for the day" and that's just NOT healthy. Plus, the scale changes so much (6-8 pounds over the course of a day!) that it just doesn't help me to know what I weigh.

Already, just focusing on eating 5 times a day, then changing from eating crap 5x a day to eating healthy 5x a day, I feel so much better...more awake, less exhausted. I'm sure when I'm being consistent with workouts 6x a week that I'll feel even better. It's a wonderful feeling...one I haven't had in years!

 

[Charmie981]

Cynthia, I have done a grand total of two workouts, but I've been working on nutrition first (baby steps for me). I have read and understand the concept pretty well. The basic premise is that you need 6 separate workouts a week: three "resistance training" which is not quite strength training. It is mostly bodyweight exercises and yes, they will make you very aware of your muscles and they really do only take about 15 minutes. The other three are "intervals." This is a different approach to the "you must elevate your HR for 30 minutes" type of cardio, but I know from experience with body for life that it WORKS. You have to establish a scale of 1-10 where 1 is "I'm sitting on the couch doing nothing" and 10 is "I'm going to die if I keep doing this, it's so hard." With her intervals, you start out warming up at a 3-4 for a few minutes, then elevate to a higher level (intro is a level 5-6, I think?) for a minute, then back down to a 3-4 for a minute. You repeat the last two steps 3-4 times for a cycle of 15 minutes, then cool down for about 2-3 minutes. With the warm up and cool down, the session should be about 20 mintues total. There are various ways to work the workouts into your day/week, including doing both workouts every other day, doing one workout every day for 6 days, then resting a day, and a bunch more.

Also, there are 4 levels of workouts included: introductory (4 weeks), Basic (4 weeks), Intermediate (4 weeks) and Advanced (4 weeks). I'm satisfied that it's not going to be something my body gets used to and it stops working, as happens when you do the same workout over and over again, KWIM?

And I only bought the $40 e-book, not the whole shebang $150 or so setup (goodness knows, I've spent enough money on fitness plans...I didn't want to spend another $150!). So far I'm quite happy with it and feel like the 16 week workout plan alone was worth the $40. It did take me a while to work through the e-book...I think it could be written more coherently, or it may just be that I was reading it on the computer screen and couldn't flip back and forth. But that would be my only complaint.

 

[ccasanova]

thanks Charmie! I asked because I wanted to know what kind of aerobic workouts they were. I was doing intervel training for a couple months before getting pregnant, and they did exhaust, and so must work! I didn't do them long enough to see true results though I think. Do the intervel workouts do the strength training too during? Or is it strictly aerobic? I did an intervel workout on the treadmill today that was 20 minutes long! Yeah! My first one since Matthew was born. But it was all cardio, no strength obviously. Do you know if one is better than another? To do strictly cardio intervel or cardio + resistance intervel instead? I'm thinking I'm going to start posting the workouts I do during the week on here. That will motivate me to actually do them so that I can have something to post!

 

[ccasanova]

Man I'm posting a lot on this thread!

Here are the workouts I've done so far for Dec.

Dec. 5th- 20 minutes intervel dvd workout (then Matthew woke up)
Dec. 6th- 20 minutes interval treadmill workout (quick walk, run)

 

[funfunkyfantastic]

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Originally Posted by Logan's mommy That's me! I'm eating lots. Thankfully, I'm not gaining, but I've haven't lost any weight in 4 weeks.

Same here... cept i haven't lost any weight since 2 weeks PP and i'm now 11 weeks PP.

 

[Logan's mommy]

I wish I had a tredmill, or money to join a gym. Des is so attached I can't put him down to do anything to physical in the house (I have a Wii, and Wii Fit that I haven't been able to use) but the second I put him down he wakes up and screams. It didn't even get up to the mid-20's today

I had really wanted to get out and walk around the block, but I'm not really comfortable having him out in this type of cold for too long. Dh doesn't generally get home until after dark, and even when he is home he's not a whole lot of help with Des (which would be a different thread entirely)