New Mums still seeking new bodies - this time we'll do it.

[SolitudeSometimesIs]

So a new thread, a new more motivated state of mind.

We will be skinny. No more excuses.

I'd like to join. Don't need to lose much weight but def need to tone up my tummy and losing a bit more weight in that area would help too. I have diastasis recti (separated ab muscles) after pregnancy that mean at 18mths since baby I still look 4 or 5 months pregnant!! :(

Hi stuck, I also have a DR. What exercises do you do for it? I bought a programme called MUTU after having DD1. It is specifically for improving a DR, it is very good. I got my gap down to 1 finger after doing it. (Then got pregnant again so stopped) I really need to start again. I've tidying up the spare room this weekend so I have somewhere to exercise.
Beyond- yes you're definitely right about party food. I WILL be very good today and tomorrow . I know what you mean about losing and gaining the same weight. I've been doing it with the same 7lb since July. I did the same after DD1. Didn't properly lose weight until I went back to work and got asking if I was pregnant again

Ha Green, you're right, I would never admit this stuff at a meeting. Paying for the privilige of being shouted at by a former fatty (I say this as a current fatty) is not what I want on a Wednesday evening. Apparently they are so goal driven because their commision is based on the overall weightloss of the class - a friend of mine told me this, but I'm not sure how true it is.

And party food really doesn't count, it falls under the rule that food is points free if you eat it off someone elses plate. I'm full of great rules like these .

Hi stuck. That sounds really annoying if you have lost weight but still have a tummy. Would one of those belly bandit things help your muscles knit back together?

I tried on my pre-pregnancy jeans today and they fit perfectly. As in there was no proble with sitting down and minimal muffin top going on. So I'm pretty delighted now, all the hunger is paying off. I spent the day trotting around the children's science museum with DS2 strapped to my chest and DS1 running about. I am knackered, surely this counts as cardio and weight lifting all at once?

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone!

Hi ladies, can I join you?

I have a 5 week old baby and already i'm feeling the pressure to loose my baby belly. I don't know how people find time to exercise, I'm just about finding time to shower!!
Any advice appreciated :) Where does the time in the day go??

For the last week I have been doing JuicePlus, and have lost 6lbs already so seems to be working. Have any of you tried it?
I have done SW in the past (pre pregnancy)and its similar to that only its easier to have 2 shakes per day which are filling rather than find time to prepare meals....

Hi Teri, I've never heard of juice plus, is it a delivery system or do you make the juices yourself? I still haven't found time to exercise bar going for a walk every day that it's sunny. I think that's par for the course with a Winter baby. Having said that, I hate working out so I will find every excuse to avoid it.

Hi Teri, I've seen the juice plus mentioned on Facebook. I'm not sure what you do though. Are they powder shakes?
Don't put too much pressure on yourself yet, 5 weeks is early days. My doctor didn't recommend dieting till 12 weeks, although I know 6weeks is normal. Congratulations on your new baby and well done on the weight loss. I was still surviving on toast at stage with my first.

No advice on fitting in the exercise, but like Sol I don't exactly enjoy it so prefer going for a walk.
Sol- that's brill news about your jeans, and yes that sounds like great exercise. How heavy is your baby? I can never even figure out how to put the baby carrier on.

Can i join? DD is 18 weeks and EBF. I didn't put much weight on during pregnancy but too much cake eating while breast feeding has resulted in me weighing more now than I did 2 weeks post birth. Need to lose around a stone and a half.

Welcome Stuck, Teri and magical.

Sol - brilliant news re the jeans. Hope you and a great St patricks day.

How is everyone doing? I was 5 points over yesterday - had a hungry day and today seems to be going the same way, how come I was able to be so good last week?! Anyway trying to reign myself in.
As there are now 7 of us I think, should we try and keep some weekly stats?

Hi Magical - I was the same as you when I had Ds1. I put on a stone and a half when I was pregnant but piled on weight when I was breast feeding.

Weekly stats sound good Beyond. It would be very inspiring to keep a track going. I have cuppa soups on hungry days, they're a point each. Going over by 5 points is great for a hungry day.I had. skinny soup for my lunch and while it was yum, it was 6 points. I'm starving, I never thought they'd be that high.

Aaaggghhh!

Tomorrow is weigh in day!!!!

I thought today was Monday because we had a bank holiday here yesterday. Fingers, legs, eye lashes and everything crossed for a weight loss tomorrow.

Good luck with the weigh in! I have got off to a bad start, I have a horrid cold and just want to lounge around eating chocolate and stodgy carbs. I will not be defeated though, and have replaced chocolate with oranges

Good luck Sol.
Hope you feel better soon Magical.
I went over points again yesterday so planning on having a very austere 3 days to make up for it!
As a slight excuse, I don't know how many points should be aiming for, DD still BF 2-3 times a day (and 2-3 night!!!) but she is also taking puree.

Anyways - it doesn't excuse the ice cream or chocolate!

Weighed myself this morning. I've lost 3lb! So that's a total of 10.5 since January. Hoping I'm back on track now.
Beyond- I had a look on the WW website and it says an extra 7 pp for a weaning baby. I might switch to points next week. I'm going to have a proper look at the website later today.

Weigh in went well for me too. I lost 2 lbs, which I'm really happy about. DS 2 is feeling a bit crap today and has been very clingy and wants to be carried all the time but he weighs 15 lbs and my back is killing me, he was in a sling for a bit but even with that he's a strain. I'm hoping to get some toned arms out of this baby carrying lark.

Congrats on the weight loss Green, are you delighted? That's such a great loss since Jan.

Magical, you poor thing. I had a rotton cold a week or so ago, it's hard to eat healthily when you want to cuddle up with some comfort food. It'll be worth it though when you see the loss on the scales.

Beyond - you're still feeding a lot, 6 feeds a day is nearly how many feeds I did when DS2 was a newborn. Make sure you're not starving yourself. Are you a bit run-down or do you think you're eating enough?

Well done both of you! Great news :) So pleased.

I am feeling a bit virally Sol - Maybe that's why I went off the rails (points) a bit, past 2 days, motivation is back today. Weetabix for breakfast, soups for lunch etc etc!

Keep focused Beyond (nearly typed Beyonce there). You didn't go too far off the rails, you weren't found in the bakery section of your nearet M&S passed out and surrounded by dozens of half eaten chocolate cakes. Let's get back on track and ready for your weigh in. You'll be really annoyed at yourself if you haven't lost weight, try and stay on your points, it'll be worth it.

I had 2 cookies and a mini muffin with DS1, I have to stop rewarding my weight loss with food - it's so bloody counter productive. It wasn't anything major but I'll be having salad for dinner so I don't go over on points. I have pointed everything up and written it in my little ww book. It makes depressing reading as far as books go.

I pulled out my next pair of goal jeans that I want to fit in. They are super tight. I couldn't really get them over my knees. By Easter I want to be able to get them on, by Summer I want to be able to wear them. My plan is to put them on every time I feel like eating over my point allowance. And if I over eat when I'm out I have to try them on when I get back in. It was not a pretty sight. They used to be my "fat jeans" .

How did I let myself get this way? It was a big reminder of how far I have to go and how different I look. I bought those jeans when we were in America and when I got home I realised I'd picked up the next size up from the one I was then, so they became my fat jeans for when I was bloated. I wouldn't even dare bring out my jeans that I wore every day, they are flippin tiny.

Ugh. Anyway. Enough self indulgent whining. Let's get our shit together and never feel down about our weight again. This will be the last time I have to be this overweight. This is the last time any of us will have to be heavy.

Does anyone else have "goal clothes"?

Eeek!

Apologies for the whining. Just got a bit of a shock today when my fat jeans wouldn't go over my thighs.

Slowly slowly catchy monkey!

Let's do it this time. Sod those, jeans, they'll be miles too big for you soon anyway.

I did have quite a bit of sweet stuff yesterday and while was not lying wedged in the bakery aisle I was way over points!

Thanks Sol and Beyond. We'll done on your loss Sol, hope your son is feeling better soon.
Hope you feel better soon too Magical.
Beyond - Sol might be right about not eating enough. DD2 is also 8mo (tomorrow I think?) and she sounds like she's feeding the same as your DD. The week before last I could not stop eating, I felt so tired and rubbish. I even had to get up in the night for food. I've started taking vitamins and iron tablets again and feel better now. She's calmed down with the feeding again, so I think it was a growth spurt.

I'm really pleased with the amount I've lost so far. I never lost anything while breast feeding DD1, and had to go on a pretty drastic diet to lose 2st when she finished feeding. I'm more happy that I've been able to eat nice food without feeling too deprived. I liked the 5:2 initially, so I might try combining it with WW points on the other 5 days and see what happens. I still have a very long way to go.

I've just found out today that I'm not going back to work. I didn't want to go back, but I'm feeling slightly odd about the whole thing. I've made a healthy curry for dinner, and I'm going to have a few drinks to toast my new future!

The M&S bakery scene made me laugh Sol. I was was staring longingly when I went in yesterday. Although I'd probably head or the wine and cheeses aisle if I had the chance!
Nothing wrong with whining. I'm trying to feel more positive about myself, but it's difficult. Especially when nothing fits.
I have some nice coats that I'd like to wear again. I have some dresses and nice jumpers store in the loft that would be nice to wear again. I'll have to think about that one, it's a good question?

Beyond - if you're in the cake aisle, I'm in the crisps aisle with a bottle of white wine trying to bribe the staff not to tell any of you guys that I'm there and Green is in the cheese aisle. Sounds like a fun day out!

I went through all of my pre-pregnancy clothes and found lots of bits I'd forgotten about but it was fairly daunting to see how much I have to lose. But I had my salad for dinner and I've decided not to focus on feeling bad. I'm doing some little beauty treatments for myself tonight - taking a weed whacker to my eyebrows and scrubbing myself from head to toe in body scrub.

Oh I meant to say I bought a really brilliant beauty product the other day, it's an eye brightener that you put on under your face powder but over your concealer (I don't wear foundation), it's amazing. I'll go and get the name of it. Lots of people commented on how less tired I look since I've started using it - all my mates who are used to me looking like exhausted road kill.

Well rested by Bare Minerals. It's fab.

Hey there, I'd like to join you ladies with the weightloss please!

I have a 2.9 yo DS and 12 week old DD and have quite a bit of weight to lose. I am actually a stone lighter now than I was before I got pregnant with DD as I had gestational diabetes so ate really well and lost weight.

I've been using MyFitnessPal and have lost 6lbs since my 6 week check so have a plan to continue to lose a pound a week (this seems manageable to me as I can still have some treats) so that on DDs 1st birthday I will be at my goal weight...only 39lbs to go! I'm weighing in on Thursdays from next week

I've been trying to fit in a few 30 min fast walks in the evenings with DD in the pram while DH does DS's bath and am joining a buggyfit type class tomorrow. Once DD starts to sleep a bit earlier in the evenings I would like to start C25K again (did it years ago and was running 5k but now couldn't run 5cm).

I'm all for the group motivation! I feel pretty motivated in myself, mostly thinking of all the lovely clothes I will fit into, but it's always easier when there are other people checking up on you/encouraging you/shouting at you to stay away from the cake

Hi Winter. Welcome.

That's brill that you are a stone lighter than when you got pregnant - not so great about the GD, but silver linings and all that .

We had started a rule on the last thread that 1 lb per week is the goal and anything else is just a bonus. It made sense because it meant that every loss was to be celebrated and a STS wasn't the end of the world. Let me know how you get on at buggyfit, it sounds very cool, there's nothing like that where I live.

We'll keep you motivated as best we can, the support on this thread is really nice. I had a wobble earlier today (See above for my whiney post) and everyone was very sweet.

Thanks so much Solitude.

Yes, the one good thing about GD is the enforced diet. DH is diabetic so I had a pretty good idea of what to eat/what not to eat. People did comment a lot about how my face was getting slimmer while my bump was getting huge. I'm still very obese overweight but the weight always goes off my face first which is a nice reminder when I look in the mirror!

The 1lb per week goal suits me just fine. Hopefully I can sustain it as it's been grand so far and I can still have the odd scone when out and about. I went to the buggyfit with DS and loved it. It's all outdoors and the trainer is fab. I made lots of nice friends last time so hopefully it will be another nice bunch this time round.

Sorry you were down earlier about your jeans. I totally get how awful not fitting into certain things can make you feel. I also sometimes wonder how the hell I got so big but at least we are all doing something about it now.