Welcome ladies of the Due August 2008 thread. Today is your day to begin REDEFINING your Post-Baby Body.

Please take a moment to STATE your SHORT TERM goal(s) and to STATE your LONG TERM goal(s) for overall health. This may include a weight you would like to reach, a fitness level you would like to attain, or size you would like to fit into.

I ask that you post at least twice a week. First to state what you plan to do during the week to reach your above goal(s). Then an end of the week post to let us know how you faired. BE HONEST! This is a SUPPORT THREAD so if you didn't find time to run a mile, admit it. Maybe someone else did the same and needs a running partner...thus a MEET-UP a might solve the problem. If you went above and beyond your expectations for the week, tell us and be an inspiration.

Now let's get started.

TwilightSurfer, here. I am 37 and have lost all my baby weight but would like to rehab my body post emCS. I have two more weeks until I have medical release to do anything.

Until then I plan to walk 20minutes a day and do breathing exercises to help tummy muscles regain strength.

I'm here, hot on your tail as always

OK - So here they are:

Short term: Reduce (although not completely cut out) the crap in my diet. Swim twice a week (40-50 lengths) and go to a pilates class once a week to lose the first stone and tone up

Long term: Lose at least 1 more stone and try to get to size 14. Get back to playing netball

I will start the day after my 8 week check in the first week of Oct

oh good grief, count me in then

not at being here with you lot but at how much I have to loose

I would like to get to 10 stone.
So am currently 10st 12.which was my pre pregnancy weight.
But obviously I am wobbly iykwim
want to lose and btone up.
Ihave a gym at home and a dance pole too.
pole dancing for fitness is fantastic.
had to stop lessons/classes when pregnant.
So basically waiting for all clear 6 week check.
Just been walking for now.

shall report back shaming myself with weight and how much I want to loose as soon as I get a chance to get on some scales - we don't have such things in our house - possibly part of the problem

The 7th of October is my POST-CSection FULL EXAM. I have told by my doc that I will be allowed to proceed with any exercise program following that exam.

I have signed up for a Mommy & Me Yoga class that will be every Wednesday beginning 08Oct.

I am interested in a Tai Chi class that takes place on Tuesdays or Thursdays or Saturdays...will have to see what fits my schedule.

I have been sort of asked to be another mom's running partner while our girls are in preschool but getting to the point of running may take me until January. In the mean time I'll stick to gradually building up my walking times EACH AND EVERY DAY.

I wish I could run.
I try on the treadmill but can only manage a few minutes at a time.
I seem to get stitch but not tired or out of breath. So have to slow down.
Prefer fast walk tbh.
Would love to go swimming or back to pilates, but no one to watch dc really.
Or should I say, dont really like puttng on people.

Can I just change the subject briefly
I have seen the perfect pram today, but I cant find anywhere in us that will ship to uk.
It is called Kolcraft tandem contour.

No1! POLE DANCING!! OH MY!! is there a video you go by or do you just make up your steps on your own??? totally curious!!

Hmmm....will research pram....

hi i went to fitness classes at first.
hen bought my own pole, then a dvd off ebay and tought myself.

It was very hard at first, they make it look soooo easy, i couldnt even pull my weight off ground at first. but after few weeks can climb/shimmy to top of pole
learnt lots of differnt spins/twirls
the instructer also teaches pilates so all pole work involves your core and correct posture.
best thing is its so much fun you dont realize your working out.

i might add i had terrible bruises at first, on inner thighs and shins from gripping/bashing the pole.
not sexy at all

if you, you tube 'swan lake' pole dance and watch her she is amazing. she starts of slow then music changes and she goes for it.think she is called KT.

No1 My Gym has a creche for the DC's so i can go swimming - i appreciate this is quite expensive BUT i need to feel better about my body so for me it is definitely worth it IYSWIM. On a cheaper note our local swimming pool has a nursery attached as well and i think you can use as a 'drop in' place - is there nothing similar in your area?

Hoping to be back down to 9 stone, although a little more would be better and would really be pre-preg weight. Scales this morning said 9,8,0, but had said 9,10,4 yesterday so . Suspect I've got about three quarters of a stone to lose.

Right, that's the bit I know. What I don't know is how I know what i'm like. Could say all the usual stuff, but not realistic. Therefore, in real world and hoping this will work:

1. Not tooooo much chocolate post DD bedtime, which is the usual vice
2. Alcohol limited to 1 glass (well bf anyway), but 3 times per week max
3. Brisk walk with pram to town and back (4 mile round trip) at least 3 times/wk

That's for now. Suspect I'll have to:

1. Cut out biscuits/cake. Will try no chocolate/anything sweet before DD bedtime.
2. Will not have cakes when out with friends for coffee.
3. Will go to exercise class at least once/wk.

Haven't had ok to exercise yet, but fear it will come on Thursday. Think I will only resort to the second set of plans on 1st November if/when the first have proved useless.

SazzlesA we cancelled our gym membership and converted our garage instead, but I do miss the pool.
Am thiking of maybe putting dd in creche for few hours so will only have to find someone for ds .
When expressing properly will leave with dh when he is off.

Oh and have serious toning issues. Don't feel the urge to start on the sit-ups again yet, but don't mind that so much, so will prob. get going on those once I feel that my stomach is, largely, in one piece beneath the blubber. My sis is a personal trainer and taught me how to find out if my stomach muscles have come back together yet. Nowhere near at present, so I at least have an excuse for hauling the flab for the timebeing. Do kind of hope I can do something about it soon. Partic. as bf means that I'm confronted with it more than I would be otherwise/would like to be.

"one piece beneath the blubber"...according to Julie Tupler RN, perfect abs is all about correcting your diastasis and doing tummy strengthening exercises correctly. She has a video and a book, Loose Your Mummy Tummy.

Tupler gives a plan for fixing the diastasis (where the muscles are seperated) then proceeds with instruction on flattening & firming.

Correcting the diastasis is basically a lot of breathing exercises...very easy.

I'm in.

Short term:
Lose one stone (ie 14 pounds) minimum and tone up
How:
Plan meals properly and shop properly
Much salad and protein little carb
Eat a lot at meals so not shaky with desperation for chocolate
Swim when allowed length & frequency tbc
Pram walk avec chien every day, resulting in walking 10 miles a week.
Run as soon as allowed?
Postnatal yoga (can't start for another 6 weeks)

Long term:
Lose two stone
How tbc - maybe not poss till post bf?

General aims: look like old self by Christmas, look stunningly drop dead sexy by brother's wedding in France in May! Problem: hips are wider now than pre-preg, but not with flesh, with the actual hip structure . I swear I am not making this up as an excuse for myself, my actual bones have changed. Is problematic jeans-wise.

Will start after 6 week checkup (even though am 7 weeks now have to wait for consultant to come back from holiday as he is consultant and therefore always on holiday)

Sorry my plan is probably a bit ill-defined. Am crazed for sleep and am getting up early. Will review and refine.

Love this thread. Could be the making of me

OK.

Currently 11 stone. And feel like I have a flabby belly.

Short term goal:
Would like to be 10 1/2 stone. Less flabby belly.

Aim for the week:
More salad and fruit. Less junk food between meals. No crisps.

Long term goal:
Would like to be fitter, but we'll concentrate on losing weight for now.

Can anyone give me any advice about sit-ups - as this may be an aim for a coming week.

Advice About Sit-Ups: DON'T DO THEM!

Instead do CRUNCHES.

THIS YOU TUBE video shows how to properly do a crunch, why you shouldn't do a "sit-up" and how to take the crunch up a notch.

Perfect Form for Crunch Explained HERE

hey everyone, i'm in...

short term go.. want to lose 3/4 of a stone...

long term.. maintain it!!!

I am right there with you vg, my hips seems to have grown but unfortunately i have lost all my boobs and i didn't have very much to begin with.. ( boob job maybe )

How do i plan to do this???

emm... not sure.. have been doing tummy and leg exercises every morning since 2 weeks post baby.. trying to walk everyday for at least 1/2 an hour weather permitting..

We also have a gym in our garage.. rowing machine and threadmill...

6 week check on thursday so hoping to start working out properly then...

this all sounds great in theory but i know i am going to need lots of support from you guys to get motivated....!!!!

I have just noticed that everyones current weight so far admitted is lower than my -3 stone target

Perhaps i should have my own lardy thread before i join the exercise/fit bunny thread

Sazzles I could lose 3 stone and still be only at my optimum for body mass or whatever you call it. I just think 2 stone is more likely!

I'm exactly the same VG. 1 stone doable, 2 stone hard, 3 stone dream . I was 3 stone lighter when i got married but that was SOOOOOO hard and involved personal trainers and exercise 5x per week and fruit and salad diet. I'm not happy doing that hence my additional 1+ stone loss long term goal

I feel amazing when I'm lighter and also much less likely to overeat. When I'm heavier I think Oh sod it and have another 5 Jaffa cakes.

OFFICIAL WELCOME

TwilightSurfer*
*SazzlesA*
*DizzyDixies*
*No1putsbabyinthecorner*
*Poppysocks*
Vin tageGardenia
*Longwayfromhome*
*Sarahnh

VintageGardenia

what i typed in the welcome post is NOT what appeared on the screen & i properly followed the EMPHASIS directions

Hooray, thanks TS you are an inspiration as ever!!

Currently 10 stone and 4lb and have the most horrendous 'muffin top' belly action going on, so:

Short-term:
1. Lose 14lb
2. Eat regularly and healthily but not cutting out treats altogether (otherwise I'll just crave them more!)
3. Do wii-fit every day or walk for 30 mins every day
4. As soon as ds2's colic has gone - get back to hockey training and playing (I'm hoping this will be in the next fortnight).

Long-term:
Maintenance

Hip Spread

I noticed this phenom after pg1. Now post baby2 it's a little more. WHY? My boobs shrink why don't the hips shrink??

Who do we ask about fixing this problem??

WELCOME

CaptainCaveman

Five ladies are post CSection...
of them, are core exercises still a scary idea?

{{{twilight raises hand}}}

Repeat CSectioners: Please give inspirational words.

I'm in I don't weigh myself so my goals will be necessarily vague - basically I just want to get fit and toned. Am currently around a size 12 (5'3" height) and will be happy to stay a toned size 12 OR go back down to a size 10.

How I plan to achieve it:

swimming once a week
lots of walking (I can't drive yet so this is a must anyway!)
running once a week when my fitness levels are back up a bit
power pramming with a friend

I've got a place in a 10k run next June, which I'll be doing to raise money for my brother's charity, so that gives me something to work towards. Really looking forward to getting started, roll on my 6 week check (in 3 weeks' time)!

Oh, I'm also planning to have a lot of vigorous sex once things are back to normal Best exercise ever!

oooh... I like Cyteen's last suggestion best!

Darling H has gone out to get me a Wii Fit package today. Guess that means that after years of not having scales in the house I will have to start being real.

Once I find out how much I weigh, will come back with a target weight too (generally around 10st 4) - and ways to TONE UP!!!

WELCOME

Cyteen
Ataraxis

sazz if it makes you feel better I'm on about a 5 stone weight loss thing, will tell you def after next Tues when am weighed at diabetes clinic

am all in for the support etc at the moment ladies BUT (and this is terribly irresponsible of me I admit) if I'm about to find out am type 2 diabetic next week I'd like to spend this week eating in ignorant bliss and being a glutton - shall step off this healthy thread till then

if I'm NOT then health plan starts in ernest anyway, I just think there will be a difference depending on results - does that make sense or is it my usual gibbering shite?

Dizzy, you just go right ahead and indulge. Most on here are in a holding pattern right now waiting for clearance.

ataraxis I bought one for me dh's birthday yesterday too

well just had healthy lunch, wholewheat pasta with tuna,tomato and cucmber.
Natural yoghurt and fresh chopped fruit with blob of honey, tbh that was more like a tea than a lunch.
But was very hungry today.
hoping it fills me up so I stay clear of the crisp cupboard, that is my one weakness.

Going to check out some recipes with lentils as I have bought some for the first time ever.....

Oh and my new nursing bras, have just arrived, two hot milk, the cherry bomb, as I heard some of you were pleased with it, and a pretty pink lacey one.

I risked working my size out online and on another thread, at 34f, as shops got me as 38dd, 36c etc...

They fit perfect and feel lovely.
So much nicer than the plain boring ones I had.

When I move about, most of me stops moving the second I stop walking BUT my midriff wobbles about quite alarmingly- what is that all about? I am scared of my stomach and its many rolls...

on the plus side, have walked for 30 mins today (down to baby clinic and home via the pub!).

lol cc

i walked with pram for two hours today. also have had no chance to eat anything, except this delicious two-pack of cream scones.

>walked the mall for 30min (remembered good posture)

>drank 20oz of water

>30 kegels

Captain...i have a bit of a middle jiggle too.

TS what are kegels

I have just been to feed next doors cat and it has left me a box of Thorntons chocs. My start date for my new hot body is going to have to wait until my 8 week check me thinks [embarrassed piggy emoticon]

Aren't kegels pelvic floor exercises?

Ok day. list of food today includes only a mini pain au chocolat, a mini kit kat and, so far, 3 rolos (rest of packet in imminent danger however). Did go for a 90 min walk with DD2 in the sling, without a cake/coffee pitstop midway round, so chuffed with that.

Anticipate that tomorrow will be bad as coil being fitted in the morning. Therefore DH at home to look after DDs and I intend to exploit the opportunity to take a back seat and make him feel grateful for me taking the contraceptive burden again. Looking forward to a day of sofa lounging accompanied by copious chocs. (Am blanking out the actual coil fitting bit).

Sulking.
Thought i was about 10st 10 but turns out I am actually 11st 8 . Bloody Wii fit telling me how much I weigh.
At least DH's first remark when he saw was 'well I don't know where it is cos you're not showing it'. Bless him .
So definitely have my work cut out.
Target: 10st 4 before Christmas.

Wii Fit tell you your weight???? Interesting. Might need to get one so I can get DH fit.

Ladies, may I join pleease - even if I have a June baby? (she was end of June!)

(will wait to see if answer is yes before posting further )

the more the merrier, i say

yep TS - weight, BMI and you set a target and timeframe... no escape with this one. But I did notice that DH decided against trying it in front of me ....

eviz welcome .

Welcome eviz so your dd is nearly 3 months! Wow. My boy is 8 weeks on Monday.

Someone tell me how the Wii Fit works? And will my DS1 want it all the time? Is it a gimmick or my path to a svelte silhouette?

This site is useful you can plot your route and it'll measure the distance for you. So after you've powered along with the pram you can smugly work out how many bowls of Crunchy Nut cornflakes you can have. I walked 2 miles this morning so figured I should have 3 bowls hmm but bravely only had 1.5.

Eviz, you may join our thread if you like. We are a group of ladies who've been together for a year (while pregnant) having all just given birth last month (more or less). We decided collectively we needed a thread to help support our post-natal body reformation.

VG cool tracking link!! I had a pedometer thingy but haven't a clue how to use it to count my steps.

I checked out the Wii website. I think it's nice BUT probably not what would work for me (or DH). I'm trying to simplify....the Wii would be going against that.

welcome eviz

Hello eviz and welcome to our thread . It's a pleasure to have you join us.....you should spy what we wrote on the ante-natal threads though....what a ripe old bunch

So far today, fruit, cereal and a couple of cups of tea. Am off out this afternoon for a walk round the lake - hey, I might even do it twice

I like my wiifit but I wish the f*cker would stop telling me that I'm OVERWEIGHT. ffs, like I don't know that!!

unrecordable number of biscuits yesterday, but a whole celery cut up and ready in the fridge for today.

i am now really tempted to buy a wiifit although don't want them telling me i am overweight..

eaten so far today 2 fruit and fibre cereal cake bar ( reason they taste like cake but have loads of fibre in them) and a salmon light lunch... oh and some sugar free wethers orginial toffee candies!!! well they are sugar free..

i have walked to the shops and back with a screaming baby too.. had to carry her around the shops and all the way home whilst lugging a heavy pushchair and shopping.. surely that warrants and lots of exercise

Jeez all you guys are tiny compared to me OK, here goes .....

Current Weight - 12st 7lb
Short Term Goal Weight - 11st (preferably in the next 6-8 weeks)
Long Term Goal Weight - 10st 7lb

How - Weight Watchers - have been doing for 4 weeks now (I know, I know) and have lost 8lb. Have also just started Davina DVD and Tae Bo DVD, I want to do at least one of these at least 3 times a week

god foggy, my fecking target weight is about 12st7lb

will make you all feel better and post my weight once am weighed next week
<<sighs and tries not to comfort eat another packet of crisps>>

Feeling virtuous after 30 mins brisk walking . Wiifit says I'm still overweight , cheeky bastard!

CC, I bought one for dh's bday, the box is sitting looking at me so far

the step is quite good fun but the running just hurts my norks and moves my breast pads to where they shouldn't be!

lol CC
how much is the wiifit thing?

Found my pedometer out today and blew off the dust.
Only managed 7,858 steps, is it something like 10,000 a day for fitness and over 12,000 for weightloss.
Sure I got that from somewhere.
Got lot more to get in today then.
Mind you I didnt put it on whil 2.00pm.

i'd just like to remind everyone that i'm not starting this health and fitness drive till after my 6 week check. so my lunch of pizza and chocolate fudge sundae was entirely guilt-free

I'm with you cyteen. had treacle sponge and custard for lunch

well I have managed to saty away from the crisp cupboard for the last 2 and a half days.
Believe me when I say that is good for me.
I have been snacking on raw carrot still, the crunch seems to do it.
however I had a full nan bread yesterday and I am about to have the other one for tea today, as I am currently cooking dahl for the first time ever, never cooked lentils before. hope it turns out ok.

dhal is a great healthy tea - tasty, full of protein, low fat and cheap. let us know how it turns out, i've got a brilliant failsafe dhal recipe but am always interested in new variations.

would love your recipe.
Am eatingf it now nut didnt know how much water to boil lentils in, so guessed
Tried to drain but bvit watery

Just added onion garlic tumeric to oil, then added tin toms and lentils, bit bland but tis ok.

didnt have cumin, bay leaf carraway etc...

here we go

Boil the lentils till you can crush a grain without any hard stuff. Fry some onion, when translucent add some garlic and ginger, stir for a sec, then add a chopped tomato. The add a teaspoon of paprika, and half a teaspoon each of cumin, chilli powder, tumeric, coriander and garam masala. Once the spices are fried off a little, stir it into the dhal. Add green chilli, salt and vinegar to taste. Serve with chapatis, or whatever bread you've got lying around.

it's really good!

great will get some more spices.
Tbh what I just had was very very bland but I liked the texture.
By the way it was like mush, is it supposed to be or should they still look round.

it's meant to be pretty mushy...i always use red lentils because i'm too lazy to soak the other kind, and they always turn to mush.

Oooh let me know how your babies like your lentils! Mine didn't one bit. I love em cooked as cyteen says then stuffed in a pitta bread with a great dollop of mango chutney.

ooh vg sounds lovelt too, i love mango chutny.
They were red lentils btw

No1 I got dh's at tesco for just under£70 - best price out there at the moment

Mmmm yummy! I eat mango chutney in bacon sandwiches, delish.

mmmm.. I love the m&s wendsledale cheese and caramalised carrot onion chutney sandwhich.
Oh and I love bacon, brie and chutney on crusty bread.

So how much is wii then?

Am I stuck in dark ages with a PS2 then?
Not that I have time tuse it.
In fact not used it since pregnant with dd

back from morning craziness
failed to get walk in...tooooo tired
had a BLT for lunch YUM
water intake only at about 6oz thus far

slowly i'm feeling more flexiblish
i even think i walked without hunching over today

oh and dizzy my rollercoaster has lessened since my whiney post yesterday. [smiled]

Calculate Your BMI

Use this to give you a feel for where you are and where you'd like to be weight wise.

IT DOESN'T TALK!!

glad to hear it TS

Looks like "most" have good eating ideas.

AND YES...carrying screaming baby DOES count towards aerobic activity & strength training.

Welcome Foghorn

You started WW right after birthing Lara?!? High Five!

Can you all do me a favour and post how tall you are and how much you are aiming to weigh ? You all either weigh much less than me already or are aiming for a much lower weight than me .... I am therefore hoping you are all about 3ft tall

forhorn I Swear you just need to stand next to me to look slim

I'm 168cm which is F506 and a half - the half is VERY important lol

I want to weigh 12stone

I've not a hope in hell at the moment

(hides the maltesers)

Yep Lara was 10 days old when I went Terrible I know but I absolutely loathe no longer being pregnant but not fitting into clothes. I don't 'ping' back into shape like some do so I have to work really hard to get back to pre-pregnancy weight, plus we have a wedding to go to 1st November that I wanted to b able to buy a lovely new outfit for so that's my target

no apologies necessary Foggy - am meant to be going with my friend but am waiting till diabetic results are in on Tues first

the two classes near also fall at really shitey times for me which is a PITA

well done you

Lol dizzy - I'm 5ft 7 so am hoping everyone else is considerably shorter than me

I'm going out for my first girlie night out on saturday, said girlie friends are shorter than me but also very slight ... I said yesterday, I am going to find the fattest person I can (horrible of me I know) and stand next to them all night just shouting at my friends when I want to speak to them

just tell me where you need me foggy!!

Not a brilliant day today - v. lovely, but terrible for me banoffee pie at lunchtime and now tucking into a glass of vino. However, so far, nothing else bad and also managed a 45 min walk with DD2 in sling. Given the day I've had though, it wasn't brisk.

Will do better tomorrow.... On the other hand is the start of the weekend and dieting and weekends just don't go together.... I'm useless at this .

LOL poppy. I'm not sure we are quite the support that TS was envisaging

poppy I think after the day you had TS won't be chasing you up on it

Poppy you have been excused from any redefining until Saturday.

Got up early to start Wii fitting... couldn't figure out which channel it is on (wasn't working the way it normally connects) and DH at work, so no fitting for me this morning .

But walked for 2 miles yesterday evening with the boys on their bikes by the sea (I love this lovely September weather) so feeling marginally better.

Oh - on the Wii subject, it also tells you your Wii fit age... think mine was about 46 . I kept shouting at the TV - 'I've just had a baby!' with DH saying, 'yes but it can't hear you...' SO WHAT?!.

ataraxis am tempted to have a shot on it this morning but dd2 is here and she is a thug and will stamp on it - probably best left till evening or empty house at least