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".

Went to the gym today. I used the treadmill, eliptical (sp?), exercise bike and weights. I felt so much better after it, full of energy and not as sore as I thought I would be. I can't believe the difference in my levels of fitness since before the baby and now. I'm going to try and go at least once or twice a week and still keep up my dvd exercise in the morning.

How is everyone else getting on?

Hi everyone, I've been doing alright (eating a bit too much at the wrong times though) and doing a lot better with my dvd. This thread has just reminded me I still don't have scales!!

My baby was ok after her injections Cora, just a little bit grumpy. I think I find them worse then her. I've been a bit stressed though as I've just found out I may be being made redundant :( will find out for sure in 2 - 3 weeks but I'm already feeling worried about it. So I'm going to go watch a dvd and have a few drinks and maybe soemthing yummy to cheer me up then get up early in the morning and do my shred to make up for it :)

Sorry to hear about your job situation MTS, I don't blame you for being worried. You're right to chill out for a bit, it's stressful though. Also, glad to hear your baby is well after her injections.

I'm feeling the aches of my work out, my bum cheeks are flippin killing me. That's what I get for using the elliptical. So I'm having wine to ease the pain, I have to go on a hike with a friend tomorrow though so I won't be having too much.

Rubbish, frankly. Am still doing exercise but eating is hopeless and I've now discovered almond magnums!!! I'm starting 30 day shred on Monday (though will be 35 days for me as having weekly day of rest) and will just have to go cold turkey on after dinner eating. I sense a lot of time spent brushing my teeth...

Almond magnums-they are so delicious. When I was pregnant I loved them. Haven't gone near one since, due to fear of reawakening my love for them. Can you just eat them to get rid of them and then don't buy them again?

I went on a semi-hike today, it was so cold we went for coffee, it was so half arsed. Was fairly good points wise but I have had a few weeklies which I used for vodka, dreading my weigh in already though.

Well my weekend was a disaster diet wise, went out for a meal and had a really yummy (but fattening) curry and THEN a cake. Where is my willpower!!! Even worse I haven't looked at my shred dvd all weekend. I will actually need to starve myself all week to lose any weight.

Amazingly after all my AM indulgence (goodness but they are divine), the curry on saturday and the wine thur-sun, I weigh the same as last week. I appear to be half an inch shorter though . Imagine if I actually didn't gorge myself how much I could lose. DP informs me that the two AM I ate last night were the last two in the local shop and they're not expecting a new delivery soon (it being winter I guess). I've got in lots of grapes, kiwi fruit and lychees for post-dinner sweetness, having decided that cold turkey on afters isn't going to cut it and leads to mega dried apricot binges (never a good idea in so many ways).

On the plus side, I started 30-Day Shred this morning (or 35 day shred as I will be taking a day of rest on Sundays) and it wasn't too bad. Followed advice to double the warm up and cool down sections and got it all done in 30mins, which should be do-able on a regular basis. May be forced to revise this view in the morning if parts of me refuse to move as they should though!

Good luck everyone. As Scarlett says, "Tomorrow is another day"...

Hi,

I am just dashing in to say sorry I have not been around, had a bit of a stressful time last week and so dieting wasn't a priority. Starting again (again!) and will be weighing in next Tuesday.

Good luck all!

Hi all,

rosalux your post just made me laugh, I love the thought of your DP asking the shop keeper when his next AM delivery was, like he was buying them for an addict.

MTS, cake and curry sounds like a good weekend to me!

I have been working out and pointing and doing everything I should and I weighed myself today and I hadn't lost a pound. Tomorrow is official weigh in day so by some grace I might lose something but I will be so pissed off if I haven't lost anything. In fact my scales will be kicked up and down the hall like its predecessor was if nothing has changed. I want to be in the 13 stone bit, it's such a barrier for me. My DP was being supportive and said he would do ww with me this week so he kept a food diary so I could show him how much he usually eats. He never made it to his daily limit, so he's not doing ww with me now.

How annoying he didn't make his daily limit!
I now want to see what the fuss is about with the AM's..............

OH MY GOD!!!!!!

I haven't lost a bloody pound. I am so annoyed. So this week instead of being really points conscious and exercising, I'm going back to being half arsed and using my weeklies for wine. I AM SO CHEESED OFF. I'm taking today off to enjoy some points heavy food.

Right, I'm off to see if I can find Almond Magnums and I'm going to eat them 'til I pass out. (Grumpy cow emoticon).

And Choos, it is annoying he didn't make his limit, but he gets 45 points per day so that's fairly high. He came in no where near it. If he loses weight I will scream!

Well I bought scales last night and I am actually 4 pounds MORE than I thought I was. Fantastic :(

I'm so hungry and I really want to have a little snack but I'm not going to. I'm using your tip rosalux and brushing my teeth whenever I want something sweet and it is helping a bit.

Hello, I'm back with a slightly less homicidal attitude.

I was so annoyed yesterday that I had a delicious day of eating and I'm back on track now. A friend who is doing ww texted me to say Belvita breakfast biscuits are 6 points per pack of 4 and they're filling. So just a suggestion for anyone who needs a points friendly, on the move brekky. My goal for this week is 2 lbs, should be enough to get me in to the 13 stone arena.

MTS-that's so annoying about the 4 lbs, I truly know how you feel. Try not to get too down about it, it's straight after Christmas and everyone put on weight then.

corabear glad to hear you didn't let the disappointment derail you completely - that's really positive. Also, perhaps the day of joyful eating will shock your body into losing more weight? I've not been dieting as such, but just replacing after dinner mindless snacking with a bowl of fruit. Has been okay the past two days, although last night I had a couple of vodka & soda waters as DS had been a complete nightmare all day, resisting his lunchtime nap after 30mins and screaming for the best part of an hour and a half. I was totally shattered by the time he went to bed, whereupon I cracked open the vodka I have had in the fridge since before Christmas. Less calorific than AM is how I'm justifying it. Mustn't do it again today though, as friend visiting tomorrow who I haven't seen in 18 months and will be quaffing cava in celebration. Will go out and buy lots of lychees in preparation for inevitable carb crisis following said celebration.

I have, by complete chance, started a new diet. It is the "Pick up a stomach bug at soft play and spend 24 hours vomiting diet." It has worked a treat, but unfortunately my little boy has picked it up too, although it has given him dreadful nappies instead of throwing up. As successful as it is I really want to just do weight watchers instead.

rosalux, you have my sympathies with the non sleeping baby. I have one of those. He has no solid sleep routine during the day as he needs very little sleep and just nods off when he's tired-it's very frustrating. I'm hoping he might be a little more organised with his sleep when he starts to walk. He's ok at sleeping at night so it's a pay off I'm willing to make. As for the vodka-some days it's an essential parenting tool!

Completed L1D5 of 30 day shred this morning, and despite having a cupcake making morning yesterday and drinking half a bottle of cava last night, I only ate one glace iced cupcake after (a rather healthy) dinner of pearl barley mushroom risotto with salad, so that is something of a result. Also nicked a few oven chips from DP's plate when he got home, but still. Can now squeeze into black skirt from Coast that I couldn't do up a couple of months ago. Still a bit tight, but hoping I can actually wear it out of the house in a couple of/few weeks.

Cora - hope you and your DS are feeling better. There are lots of bugs going around at the mo.
Rosalux - non sleeping baby here too. Think we may resort t0 PUPD soon.... How are you finding the shred? Is it worth trying?
MTS - hope you are not too disappointed about the 4lbs.
Well I still haven't started ww properly, I am the queen of procrastination! Anyway, I am starting Monday - really!!! Obviously can't start at the weekend.... and we are off out for dinner tonight.
Hope everyone is doing better than me! I am aiming for for 3lbs off by the end of Jan. Then 7lbs in Feb.

Back to my shred dvd today after a week away from it. I am seriously struggling to get time for it just now. If I put it on when my toddlers about she wants to "help" and by the time my baby goes to sleep I'm too tired for it. I think I'm going to have to get up a bit earlier to do it from now on. That's it completed this morning though as my toddler is visiting her great granny so I've had peace.

Hope you and your little one are feeling better Cora.
Well done completing day 5 rosalux. I'm back to counting today as day 1 as I took such a big break from it. Today was much easier but I'm not looking forward to level 2.
NewChoos I will join you on losing 3lbs by end of Jan :)

Hello all,

I am back from the disgustingness that is a stomach bug. It only lasted for 24 hours but just as I was over it the baby got it so it's been insane. I have never felt so sorry for the poor thing as he was having stomach cramps and was in agony, at least I knew what was wrong with me, he was just in bits. It's really put me off soft play.

Choos you have stolen my Queen of Procrastination crown, I'll fight you for it later-ha ha. But that is nickname in my family because I can be de-motivated at the slightest thing.

I haven't worked out but I have pointed and used up all of my weeklies because I was starving when I started to feel better. Dreading my weigh in but I can't motivate myself.

Today is weigh in day for me and I have lost another pound. So at least it's something. I now weigh in at 14 stone. I have to really start taking responsibility for my eating. I have a bad habit of being cautious for 4 days, crap for 2 days and then I stick to my points for the day before weigh in. It's obviously impacting on my ability to lose weight and just leads to me being frustrated.

I can't bear being this big and cumbersome any more. My son is nearly one and I look worse than the day I had him.

Sorry for the depressing post, just sick of myself.

Don't be too down on yourself Cora, you're doing so well to be losing all this weight. I know how you feel though, I'm good all day then night time comes and I'm a little pig. I get so annoyed at myself because in one night I can undo all my hard work!!

Well I've lost a pound and I would love to lose another 2 this week, just really have to stop eating junk. I've had no time for exercise today, I was at out of hours last night with my toddler who has croup :( so me and my girls will be cuddled up watchin cbeebies no doubt. Hopefully get my dvd done tonight.

Hi MTS, thanks for your kind words, I just seem to be my own worst enemy at the moment and it's getting on my nerves.

Congrats on losing a pound, I'll join you in trying to lose 2 lbs next week. How is your little girl? Croup is dreadful, it sounds awful. Is there anything you can do to ease it? My son had a dodgy tummy for the last few days so it's been fairly hectic here. I hope your little one is ok. Cbeebies sounds like the best way to spend the day.

I second the post dinner self sabotaging drama. I'm trying to work on this by allowing myself a big bowl of fruit but nothing else and graduating to teeth brushing and sugar free mints post dinner. I think it's just a habit and habits can be broken...

We're all in the same boat so. It's so annoying to have such a lack of control. I have been having a few cups of options hot chocolate after dinner but there's some times of the month when hot chocolate is a poor substitute for a bar of fruit and nut that's been in the freezer all day.

If I went down the road of brushing my teeth every time I fancied a chocolate-y snack I would have them brushed down to the gum in a week (big pig emoticon).

Anyway, on I go, I have to be strict this week because I want to be down into the 13 stones so I can be a bit more motivated.

My little girls much better today thanks cora. She got a steroid shot at the doctors as she seemed to be struggling to breathe :( now I just have to give her calpol and it should hopefully clear up.

I think this is the hardest time to diet anyway, maybe it's just me but I always eat better in the summer anyway. When it's cold I just want big stodgy dinners and cake, well that's my excuse anyway :)