What is your weight loss plan for after baby comes?

I was just looking at some pics of myself from last summer and i miss my old body so much. I want to get back into shape as soon as possible but having a newborn (esp in late fall and winter) is not going to make going to the gym easy.

I hope BFing will help shred some lbs.

what are your plans?

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Well I plan on BF which is great but you do still have to keep your calories up.. so I have a treadmill and weights at home. Im going to "TRY" and use them when I have a spare min that I dont want to be napping!!

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Posted by Linda1003

Well I plan on BF which is great but you do still have to keep your calories up.. so I have a treadmill and weights at home. Im going to "TRY" and use them when I have a spare min that I dont want to be napping!!

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praying??


im in the same boat as you..late fall/winter baby will make going out for walks and stuff difficult.

I have some videos at home i used before my wedding that were quick 20 min workouts and done regularly i saw great results. I'll probably go back to that for a while and hit the gym on the weekend.

LOOK GREAT NAKED is the set i have..really great, targeted excercises for abbs/butt/thighs.

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im hoping that a mixture of praying and sleeping and BFing will help. hopefulyl the more i sleep the less ill eat.

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Breast feeding
Praying
Hopefully I will be too busy to eat!

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running running...as fast as I can

I plan to run. I plan to get my arse moving as soon as the doc gives the ok.

I look at my husband. my fit hot handsome husband...and KNOW there is NO EFFING WAY I can allow myself to not give it my everything.


I am putting up pics of myself (such as these) all over the house looking good.


I need more of THIS in my life

yes, I am excessively vain.

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Luckily, DH has a flexible schedule so I should be able to get out and get to the gym.

I also plan on rejoining WW. I am not planning on BFing right now but, they do have a program for BFing mommies.

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BFing
and going back to spin as soon as I can

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I lost all the weight from my DD within 4 months, and had gained a lot of weight in places other than my stomach. BF definitely helped, but for me, not right away. I felt the BFing benefits kick in around 3 months post partum. Before that, it was lots of working out whenever I had a chance and watching what I ate. I was back at the gym doing cardio 2 weeks after giving birth and started weights at 4 weeks. I waited until my 6 week check up for ab work. I did tons of squats. At 3 months, I hurt my back and didnt work out as much, but then I think bfing kicked in cause I wasn't working out, but the weight started dropping a lot! This time, my plan is to really watch my diet (I will eat enough for BFing, but all healthy foods), exercise at home as much as possible, and BF for as long as possible.

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wii fit until the weather gets nice (since i'm due in jan) and then walking with my little guy alot!

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Well I plan on going back to work as a dance teacher 3 weeks after delivering (that's what I did with DS.) So that and Bfing helped take off a lot of what I had gained. Since I won't have as much time until summer rolls along, I will also have to put myself on a diet and try to get to the gym in addition to dancing.

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I'm hoping my good genes will help me lose the weight

In all seriousness, my eating habits pg are pretty much the same as before I was pg. So I plan on continuing to eat the same way (though I am sure I will try to make the some better choices). I also hope to get exercising as soon as I can. Unfortunately, because is due in February, I probably will be stuck in the house more than I would like and it will be harder to take walks. But, I have a lot of help nearby that will definitely let me get to the gym when I am up for it again - even if it is just to walk on the treadmill.

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one tip...that worked like a charm....

get a girdle and wear it from the beginning in the hospital. Then go smaller as you need to. I was wearing my pre-pregnancy clothes at 8 days post partum. My sister in law did the same thing and it worked for her as well!!!

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Honestly, I'm hoping genetics plays a big part in losing the baby weight.

I'll also have to totally cut out all the sweets I've been eating, and only eat half of what's put in front of me at meal times.

I know I'll have to exercise too, but I'm not a big exerciser to begin with.

I'm hoping to take walks around the neighborhood with my before I go back to work. But once I go back to work, I just don't know where I'll get the energy to work out.

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Well, for me it will be hard b/c I have more than 1 kid....I'll have 4. I can't go to the gym at night b/c I'll be doing EFFING homework- yes I hate homework but I don't let my DD know that! My plan is to go to the gym Saturday and Sunday mornings. That is a realistic goal and 2 days are better than none.

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I plan on BFing, so hoping that sheds some of the lbs. But I do plan on taking DS for walks daily or even twice a day from the time I am feeling up to it. Also I do plan on getting back into the gym routine once given the ok (we have one in our house)

My DH is in amazing shape & even lost weight when I was pregnant, so there is no way in heck I can not be determined to get back into shape.

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I lost all the baby weight plus an additional 5 pounds within 2 months by exclusively pumping BM. However, the weight had redistributed itself and I had a little pouch in my belly that I couldn't get rid of. I'm going to try again with this baby and see what happens. Not sure what I'm going to do with the little pouch again

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BF and lots of walking. baby is due in March and i hope the weather is nice or else i am going to be spending a lot of time at the mall

i am not the exercising type. i hate gyms. if i could afford a personal trainer i would do that - loved it the one time i did!

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Thanks for posting this Michele.

I have a daunting task post partum to lose not only baby weight, but prednisone weight I put on (and that is no small feat because I was on that the moment we started TTC in big doses).

My plan is to BF as long as I can manage to (depends whether my arthritis chooses to cooperate and not flare). I am also in the process of eliminating as much processed food as possible and I will probably do a lower carb way of eating (more South Beach, not the Atkins I did). I am also registering for a good jogging stroller and plan on walking with the baby-March and April are gorgeous in South Florida. I am going to also combine that with swimming and on bad days, Wii Fit and weights. I don't know if I will be able to make it to the gym because DH works late and I won't have child care.

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Posted by shapla79

I lost all the baby weight plus an additional 5 pounds within 2 months by exclusively pumping BM. However, the weight had redistributed itself and I had a little pouch in my belly that I couldn't get rid of. I'm going to try again with this baby and see what happens. Not sure what I'm going to do with the little pouch again

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Weight watchers, BFing, and running on the treadmill.

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I'm a big fan of WW too! I want to start back up as soon as I can. Its the only thing that keeps me on track.