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".

ha ha I agree Solitude.

I was awake hungry too Shooting. TinyChoos is still feeding every 2 hours and Littlechoos waking in the night, I feel broken!!

My stomach has not been flat since I was about 5, but it's an aim anyway.

Come on Baby Solitude!
Stay away from the fridge Shooting!

That's so crazy that we were all up. I was starving too but felt very nauseated so I didn't want to risk it. Anyway, it was bloody freezing so I wasn't getting up (also there's been loads of burglaries in our estate in the middle of the night so I'm too nervous to go downstairs in the dark).

You must be exhausted if you're up every two hours Choos. Can you express milk so your husband can do some of the feeds? We have been very lucky with DS, he has become a good sleeper - it took over a year though - he just gets up to pee every now and again.

I've just had a few sweets out of the celebrations box, they taste awful. I'm so disappointed. They taste like cleaning products, bleurgh!

I did stay away from the fridge!
How old is tiny choos? Every two hours is exhausting, you have my sympathies there choos.

Enormous waistline update: 48 inches this week.

How frickin huge is that?!?!?!

I love celebrations (non sophisticated chocolate tastes)

Tiny is 5 months, think she must be having a growth spurt.

48 inches? Doesn't seem too bad to me (Apple)!

It's quite an apple though Choos. Perhaps more James and the giant peach size , I am enormous. I spent the morning pottering around the shops with DH getting a few presents and I'm in bits now. I really wish this labour would get going. Any idea how to convince my doc to give me a sweep tomorrow? I have this thought that once things start they will motor along nicely.

I think TinyChoos may well be having a growth spurt. Is she getting more active? You must be exhausted.

I meant I am an apple shape, I wasn't implying you were - honest!

Sweep… cry? Say you're intuition is the baby needs to come out (that always unnerves them!)

Tiny is the most gorgeous, lovely natured baby, so tired yes, but her gorgeous little face is worth anything. She brings a lot to our little family.

LittleChoos is working his way through a tub of celebrations, no one else is allowed one!

I'm way past apple shaped. We'll get our rock hard six packs back by the summer, wait 'til you see.

I have a feeling i might cry tomorrow anyway, I'm really sore. Really bad burning pains when the baby shunts down, I just want them to give me a sweep and maybe have an end to all of this. Feeling a bit of pressure behind my c-section scar so I want them to be aware of that. I don't want scar abruption.

That's so sweet about Tiny, you've made me come over all teary.

Go LittleChoos and the celebrations. I have a box of Terrys Chocolate Orange segsations that everyone is under orders not to touch, on pain of death. Waiting 'til there's a Christmas movie on so I can dig in to them.

Hope you get your sweep and your scar holds up solitude.
Babystars is still struggling with cold despite the full armoury of remedies. He had his 6 week review yesterday and the gp said it is just a cold but poor little guy has been hit hard. I hate it when they're ill and they're so tiny.

Oh poor Babystars. It's so hard when their is nothing you can do. Lots of snuggles and being fussed over used to help DS - still does actually. I think all you can really do is elevate the head of their bed and try and get them some fresh air. Children always look so tiny when they are sick, my 3 foot 2 inch toddler looks like a teeny scrap when he's not feeling well

No sweep for me today, I wasn't favourable - I was scanned and the baby wasn't engaged anymore, like he has been for over a month. Typical! But I have been given a date for a c-section if I don't go into labour myself, so the end is in sight. My plan is to relax and enjoy the next three weeks of my pregnancy, just surrender to the discomfort (and piles of food) and soothe myself that there is a definite end.

Hoping Babystars gets better soon, must be so stressful for you. Hopefully the cold will clear in the next couple of days. Is he sniffly? We got some of those capsules you break and pop on a tissue neat them when LittleChoos was bunged up.

Good you have got a date Solitude. Sounds like a good plan you have there.
I have been good all day but starving tonight, had chocolate and ice cream!!

Lost 2lbs
Celebrating by eating millions of Lindor balls so expect it will go back on again but hey ho!
How are you this week solitude? Any baby yet?

Hi all,

no baby here yet. Off to the doc's tomorrow and then again next week. I'm still contracting like a mad woman for several hours a day but nothing ever comes of it. I braved the shopping centre today and I'm now hunched over on the sofa in agony from my bloody SPD. DS had a great time looking at all the Christmas stuff so it wasn't all bad.

That's brill that you lost 2 lbs Shooting and I'm so jealous you have Lindor (I'll add them to my shopping list). How much have you lost in total? It must make it all worth while to see the weight coming off.

How are you getting on Choos? Chocolate and ice cream sound delish. It's so hard to eat healthily at this time of year.

Is everyone ready for Christmas?

You're a brave woman venturing to a shopping centre!!
I have lost........29lbs since 18th October- that includes giving worth so 8lb12oz of that was a baby!
It does make it worth it and I can fit into my clothes now but I need to do some serious toning and my stomach is so wobbly and flabby it's unreal. Dr said no proper excersise until end jan though so can't do much until then.
More soup tonight to make up for excessive Lindor consumption! I've eaten all the white one and the praline ones now (my favourites) so hopefully I can resist the remaining ones!

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Well done Shooting! That's amazing. Soup definitely the way to go. How's babystars?

Solitude - you are crazy - put your feet up! and come on baby Solitude…

I am not optimistic for weight loss this week, had a party yesterday and went for noodles today with a friend. friends over tomorrow.. But I can be good from Wed-Mon and so will do final pre weigh in before Christmas next Tuesday. I then plan to have 3 days off only and start ww again.

29 lbs is amazing Shooting, I hope you are really proud of your achievement. I am drooling at the thoughts of all the Lindor, I think soup is a good plan - there's nothing it can't fix!

Weigh yourself first thing in the morning Choos so that you can enjoy the rest of the day with your friends. Parties and food are hard to restrict at this time of year. You never know with weightloss, you could be surprised tomorrow.

I literally cannot put my feet up, I am in bits. DH went a bit mad at me for doing too much but it's genuinely hard to not do stuff. I'm very frustrated - I have the nesting instinct and the last little burst of energy, but everytime I walk more than 20 feet I'm a big crying lump of agony. And it's Christmas and I want to do bits and pieces with DS, who is so excited this year, I feel like I'm missing out. (We had to cancel a trip to Santa on Sunday because I was in so much pain so I'm feeling very bad about that, so I told DH that the two of them can just go this weekend)

Discovered that I also like the dark chocolate lindors so there is no hope now!! Thanks for the support ladies, when it's written down it is a lot so am feeling quite pleased with myself.
Baby stars is much better thanks choos but he has his first lot of jabs today so poor little chap will be feeling rotten again in an hours time.
Solitude, big hug to you. You are doing so well. Totally understand about wanting to do stuff with your ds and feeling like your missing out. You can make up for it once you're back to normal again. Don't try and overdo it though and get yourself in a pickle and not able to even get out of bed. How long until your c section date? Would you like them to bring it forward?

Solitude you poor thing. It's really tough. Be kind to yourself, take it easy and it's just 1 year when you can't do as much as you would like, you call go all out next year with 2 little Solitudes in tow!

Hope BabyStars is ok after his jabs.
I have pit on a lb! Feel pretty relaxed about it, just a blip, am thinking of the bigger (thinner) picture.... Will still have 4 weeks after Christmas until my hols. If all else fails, will pretend TinyChoos is a newborn and I am very new post partum (she is very petite!)

I like that choos! I don't think I'd get away with it with baby stars, he is a newborn but is so enormous he's probably bigger than tiny choos! 1lb isn't much, could just be water

I agree, it is probably just water, 1 lb is very little. I like your thinking with TinyChoos, a stunt newborn.

I have had the morning off, DS is in school and I had a quick meeting (which I nodded off in - oh the shame!) and then it was off to sit in front of the telly to catch up on my Criminal Minds that I recorded.

Yum yum yum, Christmas chocolates!

Feeling very sorry for myself, I've been having contractions since 1.30am this morning but not much is happening so I'm at home eating all the Christmas goodies. DH has gone all Papa Bear and has cleaned the house from top to bottom and won't let me lift a finger - it's been hard to relax, but stuffing my face is helping. He's taken DS swimming now so I can rest.

I hope everyone's getting on well and not being driven too demented on the countdown to Christmas.

How are you now solitude? Any more contracting?
Christmas gluttony has well and truly started here, not weighing myself tomorrow as will have put on rather than lost I think. Will recommence soup eating in jan!

Still contracting away here. I've had 3 per hour all evening but I don't think anything going to happen tonight. I'm watching The Dark Knight and eating pringles - not a bad way to pass the time.

I think stepping away from the scales for the festive period is a good idea. It's Christmas, you can't be doing with food restrictions. I did read your post wrong though and thought it said that you would "recommence soup eating in jam", I thought you'd gone a bit nuts. I will be joining you in the soup diet in January.