Hate my body 7m PP

[MyWay30]

ive gotten out of pregnancy and having a big baby pretty well. I’m a stone heavier than pre pregnancy and tbh I’m not overweight or anything but my belly is so flabby now

When I was pregnant I was adamant I’d utilise the childcare options we have (both sets of parents) and train/eat well

Instead, I’m too nervous to leave DS with anyone other than (DH first) my parents and I like to not pester them as they’ve had him so we could have dates. I haven’t trained, the only exercise I do is walking. And eating wise I don’t eat well, I snack a lot because I’m tired and usually grab Coke Zero for some sort of caffeine boost as I don’t like coffee or energy drinks

I just feel like I’ve let myself go and I’m disgusting I look in the mirror and think will I ever look nice? I look at pictures of 21 year old me (I’m 24 now) and wonder who she is? So skinny and in shape and actually made an effort appearance wise

PS I am so grateful that my son is happy and healthy that is the main thing I’m not saying this ! Just having a bit of a confidence low

7months pp is not long at all, stop being so hard on yourself!
Are you breastfeeding?

@Fixyourself never breastfed! Always been FF now just with food for him x

You need to adjust your expectations. I didn't put a lot of weight on during pregnancy (except baby/water weight) but it took around 12-18 months for my stomach to even slightly resemble what it did pre pregnancy. 4 years later and I'm in fairly good shape considering, but you have to accept that pregnancy permanently changes your body and it'll never look how it used to.

@LesOliviers yeah I think I just expected to have to lose weight in general but it just seems my belly is fat? And of course you can’t choose where weight falls off so I just feel a bit eh will I ever shed the belly fat? Even tho the rest of me is quite slim I don’t want to loose too much weight elsewhere