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Anyone else still feel rubbish 8 months after giving birth?

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pinkcorsage · 26/03/2009 16:31

I feel so frumpy all the time - I am very clean and hygienic, but my ds suffers with reflux so always have a bit of sick down me somewhere. I refuse to buy or wear nice clothes as I know they will get ruined. I still weigh the same as I did the week after giving birth - I desperately want to lose weight as getting married in August. I know how to lose weight, but I think being a SAHM, I just don't have that much of an incentive. I used to be a bit of a party girl when I was younger - always out after work, clubs, bars, parties and dates. So I think I always wanted to look good. Now I am lucky if I get to go out to the supermarket on my own of an evening. I see all these celebrities with their kids floating around in skinny jeans with tans and blow dried hair and I feel so inadequate. It is a rare occasion that my dh and I have sex, as I am always so tired and feel so shit about myself.
I also find it very difficult to get any proper exercise which I really think would help. People always say to go out for a walk with the pram, but I never feel like I am getting a proper burn - feel like I need to get running on the treadmill for 20 minutes. Can't afford a gym membership and no-one to look after ds, and the weather is always so crap to go out in. Anyway, put the violins away! Has anyone got any suggestions? Any tips to give me a kick up the arse and restore my self esteem? Be nice please!

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LibrasJusticeLeagueofBiscuits · 27/03/2009 10:01

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sports_and_exercise/675059-Right-I-am-starting-39-couch-potato-to-5k-39

EachPeachPearMum · 27/03/2009 11:19

Sounds like you've got loads to consider here... but one thing I know from experience is that exercise energises you- yes, you will feel tired- you have an 8 month old, and haven't exercised for a while... but I promise- a few sessions- even just 'hard' long walks- and you will have more energy-it's how bodies work.

My dd was a non-sleeper... so we were at our wits end- however one of the side effects was that to get her some sleep, I did an hour's walk after lunch every day, powering round the local tree-lined streets so she got some sleep and wasn't completely tired out. When she was 6 mo I was back at my pre-pg weight, just through this alone. The weight stayed off too once she cracked the falling asleep in her cot thing at around 8 mo and I wasn't walking as much.
(went back on when I returned to my desk job though there's nothing like spending the day running round with a toddler to keep you slim!)

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