How long did it take you to lose your pregnancy weight?

[Amethyst8]

With DS weight fell off within about 6 months but is taking longer with DD. She in 1 YO and I am still not there. Anyone else struggling?

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I am struggling, although I am not careful enough with what I eat. I didn't really lose the weight after DS (now 2) and I feel I should make more of an effort now that DD is 6 months. In the back of my mind I just think that I may have another and I'll make an effort after that, but thats not good either.

Good luck to you.

With the first one I lost it all quite quickly.

With the second one 3 1/2 years later I am still struggling .

took me eighteen months at a rate of just one pound per month..slow but it has stayed off. what worked for me as cutting out carbs in the evening meal

6 months with number 1. 12 months with number two and still haven't with number 3 who is 2 and 3 months. Trying properly though now and have lost 2lbs in 2 weeks so far.

I'm still a stone overweight and DS now 9 months old. However, I have NO discipline. Could have shifted it by now if I didn't eat too much toast

Can't remember with ds1. With DS2 - 10 days.

No idea how/why - didn't put much weight on (less than a stone I think - although he was a month early) - and didn't do anything (apartfrom breastfeeding) to lose the weight.

But in case you think I'm smug, it was after having children that I piled on the weight! I've lost a stone but am still half a stone away from the weight I was then.

13 years and counting.

2 years later and still there. my lovely little over hang

After DD1 I got back down to my pre-pg weight within three or four months, without any effort. Though the weight had redistributed a bit.

DD2 is 9 months old and I'm still a stone heavier than I was before I became pregnant with her.

I used to be a gym bunny and watch what I ate though, BC. Now I live on chocolate and leftover fishfingers.

After DS it took a year and that was only because I have PCOS and my gp said that I wouldn't fall pregnant until I was under 12 stone (i'm 5ft9 with size 9 feet so that's fairly slim for me).

DD is now 3 and i'm on slimming world with two stone to lose to get down to 12st again. I don't think that many of us 'real' mums can expect to snap straight back in to shape after pregnancy. We don't have the luxury of having our meals delivered and a personal trainer unlike Liz Hurley and Posh.

But anyway do you really think it's possible to go back to the same weight we were before children ??

DD1 is 3y 10mths and i am still not back to my pregancy weight.

I put on 3 stone with her, but i did lose 19lbs when i had dd2 4 weeks ago. But i still have about 4 stone to lose.

4 months with DD. DS is nearly 10 months and I lost it within 6 months but didn't try that hard, however just under a stone crept on due to eating bloody kids leftovers and butter on toast etc. However, I just cut out all that crap, and have lost 7.5lb in 1 week

To summerfruit, it is definately possible to get back to pre-pregnancy weight, although I find like someone else said, the weight can be re-distributed.....bizarre!

gave birth in oct 04, 10 months later and i lost 4 stones!!...since then ive put back on 1.5 stones and seems to stick on that weight.