New Mum seeking new body by Christmas!

[CoraBear]

My baby boy is 6 months old and I am quite overweight. Ok, I'm alot overweight (takes deep breath) I'm 15 stone. At 5 ft 7 this is waaay to much. I am sitting here in the one pair of trousers that fit me and my DP's tee shirt because none of my tops fit properly. Basically my stomach looks like a deflated paddling pool and my thighs are so big that I'm fairly sure that if I sit down too much longer they will burst open.

After I had the baby I took the very grown up approach to weight loss and I hoped that if I ignored the problem it would go away and somehow I would have a body like posh spice-because all new mothers lose all the weight instantly don't they? Turns out they don't, and surviving on mini aero's didn't help. I weigh more now than when I gave birth.

I have a serious lack of motivation but I decided to see if I could lose some pounds before Christmas, as I'll be seeing people I haven't seen since I was pregnant and want to look casually fabulous. So are any of you interested in holding my hand, kicking my arse and generally helping each other to stay on track? I really want to do this but I know if I'm not answerable to others my resolve will slip.

I have my first weight watchers meeting tomorrow, which I'm dreading as it will mean that the leader will weigh me and know what a tubby fecker I am. So, if any of you weight watcher followers or followers of other plans would like to come and join me and share stories of jogging up and down while eating maltesers so the points are being eaten and burned off simultaneously or just have a rant about how unfair the world is when you're hungry, you are welcome.

Right, I'm off to remove all the biscuits, chocolate and sweets from my house before tomorrow. That's right, when I say "remove" I do of course mean "eat them".

Thanks Choos.

I'm going to be 36 weeks on Wednesday. I'm under the care of the obstetrician, you need to be having a really normal pegnancy to fall under the midwives care. My obs is supposed to be good, but I think she's crap. I would change if I could but at this late stage I think it'd be impossible. I don't even have a number to speak to anyone on the obs team but I need to get this sorted don't I would never forgive myself if something happens.

I had a GTT on Friday. I'm not diabetic so there's no quick fix for all the water. Why would I need the extra monitoring? Is there a risk that that something could happen to the baby before labour / my waters going? To be honest I'd have this baby out tomorrow if I could. I feel like a ticking time bomb just waiting for something to go wrong. Were you a nervous wreck too?

Yes, I wanted the baby out too, they told me he was fine but I just felt he'd be better out. I had the monitoring for peace of mind- mine and theirs. I don't think there are additional risks, I wasn't told so anyway and I stopped googling.
I think you should request to see her again. Write down all your queries/ concerns. Say you want your requests confirmed in the notes.
Hope I have not made you worry more, you just need a plan of action imo. Could you call the hospital and ask to be put through to the dept and ask the reception staff to book you to clinic this week, if they won't do that, ask to speak to one of the medical team.

I rang the hospital and my obs and her assistant are on holiday this week so I spoke to a lovely midwife from the assessment unit who gave me the full run-down of what I should do.

She said I need to ring an ambulance if my waters go and to adopt the knee-chest poition on the floor until it arrives. She was saying that I'm going to be seeing them when I come in - they are the frontline staff - so I can give them a ring and let them know how I'm getting on. And to come in if I have any worries and they'll pop me on a monitor. I feel more reassured having spoken to her.

You haven't made me worry at all. I feel like I need all the info I can get my hands on. Thanks so much for taking the time to go through it all with me. I plan on bringing several pages of questions and demands with me to my next obs meeting and chaining myself to the chair until she has answered them all. I was in such shock last week. That will not be happening again.

Sorry for derailing the thread with my never ending pregnancy saga.

Good - you have a point of contact now. Yes - don't leave without a plan, sending lots of baby hugs your way.

Was this a diet thread?!

Hello. Your dr sounds dreadful solitude! And fancy going on holiday and not telling you or who her cover is. Afraid I don't have any knowledge or advice for your condition. I had the opposite with ds1 and leaked water from 25 weeks so had to be induced at 36 weeks.
I lost some more lbs.....
Hope your house gets better soon choos
We have illness here too. Ds1 has yet another virus and is miserable. It's so hard when they are ill.

Good point Choos - the intention is weight loss but I think it's turned in to a big support thread. . Thanks so much for everything today.

How many lbs did you lose Shooting? Are you delighted? You are so hardcore with your Monday weigh in's. I am definately signing up to your Skinny soup diet as soon as this baby is born. Is your DS ok? There are some seriously nasty bugs going around at the moment. One of my nieces has a viral infection of her tonsils, it's sweeping through her creche.

Well done shooting!
How's things Solitude?

I have started ww properly again today, going to stick to my points all week and see….
I have just treated myself to a poncho from the white company, tried it on at home, LittleChoos said he didn't like it and I think the baby laughed. Fashion fail????

Children are the harshest critics aren't they? Sometimes they're bloody blunt though, I'm sure you look gorgeous.

Good luck with the propoints, I think you'll do really well. I think you did the right thing by starting again. Has everyone recovered in your house?

I'm doing well, would murder a can of ice cold coke but I'm cutting down on my sugar. BOOO!

Good luck with ww choos
Food delivered tonight so the fridge is restocked with soup!! Don't think I will lose much this week though as we had a takeaway tonight as just couldn't face cooking anything and we are going to try and go out on Thursday.
Baby boy is much better today. It just feels as if he gets bug after bug.
Hope all ok today solitude

One takeaway isn't going to do too much damage Shooting, in fact it sounds yum! I'm glad your little boy is feeling better. It really is crap when they are sick and at this time fo year they seem to get one thing after another.

So, as promised, my waist measurement...47 inches!

Yup, that bloody huge. I hope that makes you all feel a bit better!

Have become addicted to ice cold fruit salads. This must be followed by a mug of hot chocolate. I thought I was doing really well with avoiding sugar until I realised there's a pile of it in that little snack.

However, I have been back to the doctors and the fluid accumulating around the baby has slowed down. I think it's the lack of sugar. I should have followed a line on the graph but I didn't, I've dropped down several lines - wohoo!

Also, haven't had any coke in a week and I'm over the worst of the withdrawl symptoms.

How's everybody getting on? Hope you're all well.

Good news solitude! Your waist measurement made me smile
Have been really bad this week, not expecting to have lost anything come Monday. Will try harder next week.....
I now have ds' stinking cold. Other people go off food when poorly, I just want to eat more!

I think you are supposed to feed a cold Shooting…

Good news Solitude, so pleased to hear. Hope all else is well.
I have been mainly good (odd bit of chocolate). We will see what the scales say on Tuesday!

I weighed myself early.....have lost nothing......
Will try harder next week. Still feel rubbish with cold.
Hope all ok with you both.

Stay tuned for another waist update. I plan to measure again tonight. I'm in slow labour I think, been having proper contractions for the entire weekend, between 1-4 contractions per hour. I'm exhausted with the start and stop way they are coming. I WANT TO HAVE MY BABY!

Don't worry that you haven't lost anything yet Shooting, there's always time. I hope you're feeling better, don't be too hard on yourself. And Choos is right, you do need to feed a cold - I believe that's solid medical advice .

How's everyone in your house Choos? I think chocolate is deserved when you have been following weight watchers. Have you been having Options hot chocolate? That's really chocolate-y and I think it's only 2 points per cup.

Oooooh, we made the "Most Active" bit. That's hilarious. Everyone else must be putting their kids to bed!

Ooh solitude that's exciting! Hope things ramp up for you and little one is here soon!
Am eating my soup.........

Aaaargh and now I'm having a salted caramel
Latte with cream on top. Must try harder tomorrow.

I'm currently bouncing on my birthing ball watching Arthur Christamas with DS. I'm in a bit of pain but nothing seems to be helping to get the contractions regular or making them last longer than a few hours.

I've never heard of a salted caramel latte, was it nice? It sounds delish. You deserve something tasty if you haven't been feeling very well. Tomorrow is another day - just make sure you don't have one tomorrow too.

oh that's does sound delicious shooting - fingers crossed for weight loss next week.
Exciting times Solitude - come on baby!!!

I have been having Cadburys highlights, they are only 1 point, I am getting through a tub a week
So, I have lost 2lbs, I am hoping to lose another 4lbs before christmas and then 6lbs post (before our holiday). This would leave me with around half a stone to lose after the holiday (plus any holiday baggage!!)

Yay Choos, that's fantastic!

2 lbs is great. You're right, hot chocolate is the way to go. You get the taste without burning through a load of points. How much have you lost in total? I think 4 lbs before Christmas is achievable.

I'm wobbling around like a penguin, I feel like the baby could fall out. DS was telling the baby that if he/she comes out then Santa will bring him/her a present. I think the baby is going to make me suffer. I can see myself here 'til my due date.

It was delicious! You should both have one!
DH is out so am having soup for tea to make up for naughtiness!
Well done on 2lbs choos! That's very good.
Come on baby solitude, come out!

Sending come out baby vibes!!!

I have lost 13lbs so far. I am carrying pretty much all of the excess on my tummy though….
Well sone shooting, I have been having soup for lunch and I think most of the 2lb is down to this.

It's my tummy and hips that are the worst.
Am up with little b who can't breathe because of his stuffy nose poor chap. Soup isn't that filling, am starving! Good job it's too cold to go down into the kitchen for a fridge raid!

I'm up too!

Preggy insomnia and a hiccuping baby are driving me nuts.

Stay away from the fridge Shooting, nothing good will come of eating at 5am - however you can feel very smug tomorrow (later?) when you pat yourself on the back for avoiding the temptation. Have you any snufflebabe or junior olbas for the baby?

13lb is a fantastic weightloss Choos, that's nearly a stone gone. I suspect once the weather gets better and you're able to get out a bit more, your stomach will tone up. And soup definitely seems to be the secret weapon of success on this thread.

I was looking at photo's of various z list "celebs" exercising in parks and posing on beaches with their bellies and thighs flailing about the place, you know the type of photo's where they swear they didn't know they were being papped . And all I could think was that no matter how much a magazine/fitness dvd company were willing to pay me there is no way I would get my battered body out for photo's like that. I was cringing at pictures of me taken at the weekend, but at least I'm the only one to see them (I have a mega dose of pregnancy fat face, not cute at all).