Weight loss
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Topic: Weight loss
Posted By: denny25
Subject: Weight loss
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 5:18pm
| I know it is different for every one, but i'm just curious to know how much weight everyone lost after giving birth (literally straight after) and how much weight you had to 'work' on loosing. |
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 5:23pm
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Hehe well... at 40 weeks preg, I was 152kg.
I got weighed today and i'm 127kg :D I have eaten so much junk food and drank so much wine (well not that much actually) and been lazy and horrible, yet ive still lost weight *hides* This is 3 months down the track as well... As far as straight after - I honestly couldnt tell you - I didnt really give a crap as i'd just had a caesar and felt like complete arse. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 5:52pm
| Full term I was 99kg.. I didn't weigh myself straight after but a month after I was 91kg. I'm now down to 72kg after A LOT of work |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 6:05pm
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I got to 60kg at 40 weeks, the next time I weighed myself I was 50kg at about 5 days after giving birth. I did have a very big baby 9lb6 so thats where a lot of it went. I have since lost another 6kg although still not at pre-pregnancy weight. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 6:58pm
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Andrew 127kg when I had him, the day after 112kgs (I had pre eclampsia) and Josh I can't remember sorry. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: sadie
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 7:02pm
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I was 84kg the day I had DS - first recorded weight in my book was 70kg so I put on 14kg.
DS was 3.5kg, and when I got from from Birthcare I had lost 7kg in the 3 days. Now 7 months down the track I am at 65kg so am pretty pleased with that. Haven't gone out of my way to diet at all given that I am still breastfeeding. I walk loads though which I think has made a big impact in losing the weight. 
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Posted By: gypsynita
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 8:47pm
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I lost 8kg between 39 weeks and the day after Cian's birthday (I delivered at 39w 5d) so I'm guessing that was all him and the placenta!! ------------- Anita Mum to Cian (Aug 08), Josh (Jun 10) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: 2bmumof3
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 8:55pm
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Just going on the last time (I gained the most weight that pregnancy, 14kg) I got up to 62kg after 4 days after c-section I was down to 55kg, now down to 52kg which is where I'll sit until I stop BF....well that's how it went for me both other times, when I stop BFing and my body returns back to itself hormonal wise the weight simply drops off. Bearing in mind I'm a very keen excerciser before, during and after pregnancys. ------------- Sara Corban (22/11/04) Connor (18/04/06) Chelsea (21/05/08) 
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Posted By: Alanismum
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 9:38pm
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I put on 15 kg during pregnancy. Baby was 3.7kg. When I came home from hospital I'd lost only 5 kg. It went down pretty quickly in the first few weeks though. After 5 months I've been back to pre-pregnancy weight. I think breastfeeding helped did all the work because I didn't diet or exercise at all. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 9:45pm
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I put on 23 with the gremlins and lost 14 in the first week (6kg of that was baby + 1kg of placenta). I put on 16kg having Chiara and lost 6kg immediately afterwards, she was 3.5kg.
The weight fell off while I was breastfeeding/expressing for the gremlins but I put it back on plus interest once I stopped, and it's coming off OK now but I really need to get my eating and exercise sorted. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 10:06pm
Am I reading this right, you're 44 kg darl? Isn't that really underweight or are you a fellow shorty like myself? 
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Daizy wrote:Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 10:12pm
I was 55-56kg pre pregnancy, and went up to 78kg (Bub was 9lb/4.08kg and I had a HUGE placenta) ...also I was such a lazy slob during pregnancy - I don't recommend it. I ate bad food like it was going out of fashion, and i ate like I was carrying quads 
After birth I was around 68 kg and slowly over his first year i dropped back down to 58kg. Now I waver between the 58-60kg mark depending on if I'm having a good day. My goal is to get back down to 50-52 kg like I was back in the day, I'm a shorty so that will be a healthy weight for my height. |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 10:12pm
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I was about 8kg lighter after having Gina - 10 days later that is as that's when we came home
With Emma, the day after having her, I was the same weight  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 5:42am
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i havent weighed myself since about 32 weeks pregnant so have no idea how much weight i ws and am... i like it like that too or i might start to obsess i am back in my pre preg clothes though
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 10:23am
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with jack, i was 76kg when i got preggy, not sure what i weighed at the end of it...around 89kg i think...after he was born i was 84kg and it never shifted. he was 5lb 12oz
with charli i was still 84kg when i got preggy, and was 86kg when i had her.......after i had her i was 76kg 
i am now 78kg  which is only 2kg more, but there's alot more flab...........hence my daily visits to the gym------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 10:28am
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With Kryssi I was 70kg when she was born and 64kg one week later.... and then until June this year lol ------------- |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 10:44am
Yep, Im a shorty  Only just 5ft....just-------------
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 11:16am
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Well I only made it to 31 wks 4 days. With all the extra fluid I was retaining because of the pre-eclampsia I got up to 65kg (my pre-preg weight was about 43kg - yes I am a shorty!). A couple of days after giving birth and loosing most of the extra fluid I got down to 55kg. When the swelling in my body finally went down after a week (and after a week on hospital food!) I was down to 47kg and that's where I still am almost 6 months later. ------------- 
Missed MC July 2011
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Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 6:27pm
| Yep i must admit, i am obsessing about my weight. I have 2 more weeks to go before my due date and so far i have gained 17kgs. I thought i'd be able to get my pre pregnancy clothes over my thighs at least, but no way! So that is my main concern. Is it excess fluid in my thighs or fat? And i can't stop thinking about food and i am always hungry. Ho HUM! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 6:48pm
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I gained almost 30kg so don't feel too bad
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Posted By: kiwikid
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 8:27pm
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I was 80kgs the week I fell pregnant, at full term 86kgs, four days after having Hayden (4.45kgs at birth) I was 80.2kgs and 10 days after I was 77kgs. I hardly exercised during my pregnancy and ate plenty including ice cream and quarter pounders like they were going out of fashion!!! I didnt even give the weight gain a second thought, I figured my body knew what it was doing and because I was reasonably heavy to start with my gain wasnt huge, I know much slimmer people who gained much much more but I figure that is your body adapting to what it needs to support the baby you are carrying.
I hear the tricky thing is keeping the weight off once you stop breast feeding but hopefully I can lose another 7kgs at least before we are considering weaning off the breast. Really need to tone up what is left though, its all rather soft and a bit wobbly still lol ------------- 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 10:04am
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Yup denny don't feel bad, I put on 18kg over the course of my pregnancy. Actually given that I lost 8kg due to hyperemesis in the first trimester you could say I put on 26kg
I was 68kg (and a bit podgy really) pre preg, got down to 60kg by week 14, and got up to 86kg by week 40. When JJ was 4 weeks old I weighed myself and had gotten back to 70kg, with no effort at all - biggish baby plus lots of fluid. Haven't weighed myself since but there's still a lot more flab there and I suspect I will have to put some effort in to get rid of that last little bit (plus some, I'd like to be less than 60kg). Murphy's Law says I will just get back to my ideal weight and it will be time to get pregnant again
(edited for bad maths!) ------------- 
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: sadie
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 10:49am
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Denny, I was the same as you and couldn't get most of my clothes over my thighs for the last couple of months. I ended up rotating 2-3 items of clothing until the very end - was so sick of them!
I think a good portion of the weight i put on / lost was fluid. My feet were like spongy bricks and were so uncomfortable. It was the middle of summer so I spent a lot of time with my feet in a bucket of cold water. I lost most of the fluid in the 3 days after having DS (lots of weeing! sorry TMI), and i was back in my pre preggy jeans within 8 weeks. Was not expecting that at all...! |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 11:34am
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You need to remember that your hips spread as well denny. Mine are only just about back to normal now, after I had Jack I couldn't get anything to do up around my hips cos the bones had spread.
I gained about 30kg during my pg (I ate poorly and didn't exercise). I lost 15kg with the first few days (baby 3.48kg +placenta + a LOT of fluid - had oedema pretty badly), then lost another 5kg the following 2 weeks. I now have 8.5kg to go to get back down to pre-preggy weight. I'm not b/f so the weight's not dropping off as well as it did when I was. |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 12:00pm
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I was around 54kg before pregnant with Jack, I stopped getting on the scales once they hit 70kg (around 35 weeks) and was about 65 after he was born. They weight just fell off and was 57 by 4 months and then got preg again at 8 months.
Probably got up to 75 this time and it was not all baby, mainly ass and hips. After Caprece was born I felt like a whale, when she was about 8 weeks I realised the weight was going nowhere so started exercising daily. The weight came off pretty fast but it wasn't the best for my milk supply. Was back down to 56 by 6 months and am still at that exercising 2-3 times a week and breastfeeding. |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 12:48pm
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I always planned to weigh myself when i went into labour; despite 4 days of induction, I forgot! I was 68 to start with, and by month 7 had put on 16kg. I'm guessing I put on about 25kg in total. Daniel was 9lb 4oz. I go more by clothes fitting than kg. One month (exactly) after Daniel was born, I'm a size 14-16 (was 12 before getting pregnant), and it's mostly on butt and thighs, though my boobs are also much bigger than before. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 8:47am
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i was around 74kg to start (had put on about 5kg after coming off the pill - so much for the supposed opposite effect!), got up to 92kg by 9 days overdue, and the day after coming home was 82kg. baby was 4kg, i'm assuming rest was placenta and fluid, but i didn't have much fluid retention leading up to labour.
am now down to 78kg 2+ weeks later, but a bout of food poisoning may have contributed to that! i'm also finding my hips are much wider, so even when my weight does come off more, i still won't fit my pre-preggie jeans! -------------  
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 9:01am
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Wow, this thread just goes to show how different everyone is. There's such a huge "normal" range, huh?
I was 71gks at 14 weeks (my first weigh-in). At 39w1d (my last mw appointment) I was 77kg. I dropped down to 66kgs a week after Hannah was born. (she was 3.3kg + placenta etc). But I was also VERY active during my pregnancy. I could only stomach fruit and veges during the first 14 weks or so, and was on my feet, working, for 10 hours a day. I'm back up to about 70kgs now though, but that's only because I haven't been out walking as much as I should be. Must get onto that. ------------- 
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Posted By: kriss
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 10:05am
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Posted By: Jonna269438
Date Posted: 05 September 2021 at 6:41pm
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I put on 15kg my last pregnancy and most of that was put on in the first trimester because of MS And then in the last trimester a lot of my gain was also fluid retention. 7 weeks after birth I am now 13kg off my pre preg weight I read somewhere that 12 - 18kg is the normal range. If you can keep active and avoid comfort eating (definitely harder for me during the pandemic) you can definitely lose the tummy you accumulated during pregnancy. The recommended 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (or 75 minutes of more intense exercise) definitely helps. That's a couple of walks or online cardio / Zumba / HIIT classes a week. Yoga helped me lose my weight a lot faster. Yoga burns calories when done the right way. If you are serious about losing weight and getting fit, you might want to implement a 60-minute power yoga and/or vinyasa flow practice at least five to six days per week. https://yogaweightloss365.com/" rel="nofollow - This yoga weight loss program was easy to follow and worked for me during my pregnancy when I started gaining too much weight. Each class is easy to follow, but is varied and enjoyable. Dynamic Sequencing means you'll always be challenged regardless of your current level. If you want to follow my example, think about coupling your practice with a whole foods diet for optimal results. Good luck! <3 Mandy |
Posted By: Debbie268550
Date Posted: 05 September 2021 at 8:16pm
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I put on 15kg my last pregnancy and most of that was put on in the first trimester because of MS And then in the last trimester a lot of my gain was also fluid retention. 7 weeks after birth I am now 13kg off my pre preg weight I read somewhere that 12 - 18kg is the normal range. If you can keep active and avoid comfort eating (definitely harder for me during the pandemic) you can definitely lose the weight you accumulated during pregnancy. The recommended 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (or 75 minutes of more intense exercise) definitely helps. That's a couple of walks or online cardio / Zumba / HIIT classes a week. Yoga helped me lose my weight a lot faster. Yoga burns calories when done the right way. If you are serious about losing weight and getting fit, you might want to implement a 60-minute power yoga and/or vinyasa flow practice at least five to six days per week. https://yogaweightloss365.com/" rel="nofollow - This yoga weight loss program was easy to follow and worked for me during my pregnancy when I started gaining too much weight. Each class is easy to follow, but is varied and enjoyable. Dynamic Sequencing means you'll always be challenged regardless of your current level. If you want to follow my example, think about coupling your practice with a whole foods diet for optimal results. Good luck bby! Mandy |