Weight Loss
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Topic: Weight Loss
Posted By: EthansMummy
Subject: Weight Loss
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 9:13am
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I know that this is different for everyone but how long did it take you to lose your weight from your first baby? ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 9:45am
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HA HA HA ummmmm I didnt. now that ive had two its going to be a mission. And my youngest is 16months and i still havent lost any ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 10:18am
ohh same here but i only have one bubs am trying to lose it now oh how i miss my skinny days ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 10:31am
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I know you're all going to hate me... but I don't know how I lost the weight! I never put much on, I literally go all "baby", and I was back in my jeans a couple of days after having my kids (although I will admit that the jeans were ones that were 2 sizes above my pre-pregnancy size both times).
The extra weight I did put on was on my bum and thighs, and going for walks seems to help me there. Both after having Kiya, and after having Josiah, I've been back to my ideal weight and size by the time they're about 8 months old. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 1:12pm
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I am pretty much back to pre-pregnacy weight now. I think that breastfeeding for longer does help - the weight seems to have just fallen off since Hannah was about 4 months. Also now that I am dairy free - no cheese, biccies etc... But I have also been doing LOTS of walking with the pram and eating better. Feel so much better for it too. Good luck... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 8:43pm
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I decided not to bother losing the weight after my first child and now that my second one has arrived and we don't plan to have any more I guess its time!
When I was pregnant with my second child I hardly put any weight on at all so queried this with the doctor as I was a bit worried. His reply....in the nicest way.....was that the baby was using my 'reserves' so to speak. Didn't gain any weight after the second child was born but still have to lose the weight from pregnancy one. I thought it was quite cool....I was pregnant, getting big with the baby but when the baby was born I could actually maybe weigh less than before I got pregnant and it sort of worked as I hadn't gained any weight |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 9:54pm
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before i was pregnant i weighed 54kgs and by the end of my pregnancy only weighed 64kgs, weighed myself 2days after birth and was 53,stayed at that for 3months then went onto the depo injection and went up to 70....it increased my appetite something shocking...i used to get 2 footlongs from subway (oink oink)
I went off the depo a year ago and im at 55kgs, which im happy with I just like being able to wear jeans.... Still have a bit of a pot belly tho but i dont mind it |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 10:15pm
caitlynsmygirl - that reminds me SO much of what I was like when I was on Depo, gained 20kgs and a HUGE love of food (not to mention a huge waist, thighs, bum... )  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 10:18pm
oh i had that love of food on the pill  have so far lost 4kgs and i relly dont wanna find them again only 15kg to go yay ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 08 May 2006 at 9:14am
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I was the same as caitlynsmygirl, except I havent gone back down again..
Update on my "weight loss revival" - It's gone Kaput with me and Arna being sick!!! ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 09 May 2006 at 5:22pm
I obviously cant comment on this yet - but i know how hard it is to shift weight when i wasnt pregnant - i was a shocker, going on diet for like 2 days then cracking and binging, i can only imagine it will be harder after baby is born...ugh not lookign foward to it ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 10 May 2006 at 9:32pm
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I breastfed for 13.5 months and the weight was sucked away hehe.. I got down to skinnier than I've been in years but it's true that you do gain it again when you stop breastfeeding! I've put on weight (well fat) now and I need to exercise more! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 8:35am
Breast feeding here too although I am still a big girl!! (but was before preggy too )
Kat - You are almost the skiniest person I know!!! Where is the fat!? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 2:14pm
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i think it was when jack was about 12mths i decided to join weight watchers to loose my extra baggage. i was already 6kgs heavier than i wanted to be when i got pregnant with jack and after i had him there was ANOTHER 6kgs on top!!
i think i managed to loose about 4kgs and then stopped going only to gain it back again. then we decided to try for #2 so i gave up completely and now after this bubs is born i'm going to kick start the 'healthy eating and exercising program' again. i'd highly recommend weight watchers to all and pilates! if you can't afford the weekly ww meetings, you can just get the books of trademe and do it at home or maybe with a friend. ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 10:55pm
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"They" say that it takes 9 months to put it on and 9 months to lose it again.
I don't think I put on much weight, but the extra little podgy tummy had shrunk back in definitely by the time Hannah was 9 months. I'm skinnier than when I started too. Though that was because I'd put on quite a lot of weight in first year at uni... (Fresher 5!) My theory is that I'm losing weight now because I snack on Hannah's leftovers and am never hungry enough to eat my own meals. (Well actually that was a few months ago now... made a conscious effort to eat my own food and went on the Depo injection so have put on a bit again). |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 10:56pm
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and p.s. Kat a.k.a "Miss Thin"
Shoosh
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 12 May 2006 at 8:22pm
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i have put my wight lose on hold and will start again on monday ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 1:37pm
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Thanks for that. I'm a little paranoid about it do I get routine pregnancy tests done at each injection. (OK, so I've had one!!!) Got pregnant with Hannah after taking the emergency contaceptive pill and got preggo in December while on the mini-pill (can't take combined pill due to migraines) so yeah, giving Depo a go at the moment and if all else fails will go for an IUD. Although I think the risks of falling pregnant are higher with the IUD anyway.
Will just continue with being paranoid! Told Zeke I am not having another termination. (Though I think I just said it for shock factor, really I meant, if I happen to fall pregnant after my degree is finished I am going to force you to marry me so the child will be legitimate - hrmmmm maybe that's more shocking.) |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 13 May 2006 at 6:16pm
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no go with the shock factor nickki ok restated wight loss on monday so being a pig till then ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 14 May 2006 at 2:06pm
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hahaha I love those "I'll start next week..."
My Dad has a gluten free diet which stops every time he goes on holiday (which he does nearly every second week) Useless man. |
Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 14 May 2006 at 2:29pm
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Breastfeeding and walks help i think. I have 2 kgs to go woohoo I fit into my old size 10 clothes and nearly fit the size 8s. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
www.jackkeith.blogspot.com |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 14 May 2006 at 6:09pm
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i always say next week but this time i mean it i feel horrable being this big and want to be fit anuff for when james hits toddler hood ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 14 May 2006 at 7:30pm
rachel...sz 10 almost 8!! i hate you 
good on you lu for trying to loose weight, it's so hard to get motivated. i wish i had managed to loose my extra 6kgs before i got pregnant again as i'm really noticing the difference now. i'm definately getting back into walking and pilates as soon as i can after bubs is born!! ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: pixeldust
Date Posted: 14 May 2006 at 8:39pm
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Oh boy.. don't get me started on the weight thing! I weighed myself 4 days after I had Mason and while holding him (I thought that was only fair to get an estimate of how heavy I was at the end of my pregnancy), and I'd gained about 25kgs :( So far I've lost 14 in 11 weeks, which I suppose isn't too bad. 20 more to go until I'm at my goal weight.
Better get that Weight Watchers membership sorted! -------------  
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 14 May 2006 at 8:52pm
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I've officially gone on weight watchers online. I didn't need to lose any weight from being pregnant, as needed to lose it before Jake and Taine. Baby weight fell off luckily.
Like you Nikki, I've just gone on the injection. Are you supposed to get a period? I haven't had one in...over two years now! And before anyone thinks "uh oh....deja vu", I had the injection before Lewis came home. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 16 May 2006 at 8:56am
| Nah... no bleeding isn't suprising, especially if you hadn't had one for the last two years!!! I had irregular bleeding [read: every couple of days! arghhhh!] but now it has stopped. |
Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 2:41pm
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What about with the mini pill are u supposed to get periods? I got mine back at 6 weeks and then at 8 and 10 and nothing since ------------- http://lilypie.com">
www.jackkeith.blogspot.com |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 4:14pm
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I think with the mini pill they can be irregular too.
Though, I'd get regular pregnancy tests Rachael, my midwife told me that the mini pill wouldn't be best for me due to natural fertility (which judging by having a babe so easily, you do too!) so just be aware that it's easier to fall pregnant on mini-pill + being extra fertile. (p.s. I ignored midwife and got pregnant again  )
And that's all from Dr Nikki today. |
Posted By: Caterpillar
Date Posted: 20 May 2006 at 11:28pm
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After both pregs I lost all my weight in about 5mths with breastfeeding & general running around being busy. But I was also on that horrible implanon & as soon as i stopped breastfeeding i packed on the kilos - about 5kgs in just 2 weeks! Implanon sux! ------------- Liam Blake 10-12-03 & Kye Jarrod 12-09-01 |
Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 4:17pm
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I'm too paranoid about getting knocked up again so we use condoms too and we hardly ever have sex ------------- http://lilypie.com">
www.jackkeith.blogspot.com |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 3:47pm
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I thought I was paranoid too Used condoms for the requisite 2 weeks (which I have since found out is 7 days) when I accidentally missed the pill and somehow still managed to get preggo. Arghhhhhhhh.
Ah well. Anyway, just a little horror story for ya. Maybe Murphy doesn't have it in for you like he does with me. 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 4:15pm
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It's alright Nikki... Murphy has it in for me too!
Kiya: condom baby. Josiah: planned, and conceived pretty much the first time after we stopped using birth control. #3: minipill/condom baby (I forgot to take my pills with me on an unexpected weekend away, used condoms inbetween, STILL got knocked up!) ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 8:21pm
| It's funny how similar our situations have been! (Well, actually not married yet and am not planning to have 5 kids... I'm sure there are at least a few things similar) |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 25 May 2006 at 10:02am
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Hi
Interesting reading. I piled on the wieght with my first (going from 58kgs to 81kgs) - its those mince pies I tell ya - no wonder my son loves them. Took about 8mths to lose doing nothing - I had youth on my side. With my daughter i went from 53kgs to 71kgs back down to 64kgs day after I had her and lost most of the wieght straight away - although I have crohns disease then pretty bad so weight just kept dropping off. Once fixed I have put on a healthy weight gain - although would of liked to be a few Kgs lighter before getting pregnant. So far i have lost 1 kg but i am prepared and not niave that I shall put on at least 10 kgs in pregnancy. I have tried to watch what I am eating as buying savory morning tea isn't great for the waist line (hehe neither is getting pregnant either I guess  I shall worry about losing weight after baby born. Going to Uk when baby is about 5 months so would like to have got down to pre pregnancy weight then. Lost of walking over summer and joining the gym again is the plan (we'll see will keep u posted on that one! Best laid plans and all
Also someone mentioned the Inplanon, I was thinking of trying that out as I don't like the idea of the depo (nor the weight gain that goes with it) IUD had one got put in hospital because of it never allowed one again, and PIll well I just have a terrible memory and keep forgetting. What was it like? ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: karin**
Date Posted: 29 May 2006 at 7:50pm
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I put on 14kg in my pregnancy and have 4kg left to lose. It's that annoying 4kg that means all my pre-pregnancy clothes are too tight and maternity clothes are too big. Add to that ... my partners family ... all the girls are size 10 (including his mum) and they all were in their pre-preg jeans within a week of having their babies! I thought for sure that breastfeeding would help me lose the weight, but it didn't . All my friends told me that after your baby is born your breasts often go up a size. Well, mine are the same size A cups so they didn't get any bigger - can't say the same for my thighs and hips though! Have started walking last week. I live on a hill so it's been particularly excruciating and I have to stop all the time, but I'm determined to shift this saddle and get back into my clothes.
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 8:56am
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Karin, I don't know how old your babe is, but I found the great way to lose weight is forgetting to eat!
I was so busy taking little bites of Hannah's food all day (once she got past baby mush) that by the time I got round to thinking about food for myself, I wasn't hungry. Then I lost too much and had to concentrate on eating properly again Amazing how much energy I got back though!!!
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Posted By: Caterpillar
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 3:05pm
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Karin, Im an A cup too & was hoping 4 bigger boobs from the breastfeeding - they didnt get bigger tho, just looonger! Now really needin that pushup bra!
I can also relate about 4getting 2 eat, I never seem 2 get lunch b4 3pm & dinners r so chaotic with the kids that it just puts me off my food so I usually dont bother! ------------- Liam Blake 10-12-03 & Kye Jarrod 12-09-01 |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:04pm
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I got the opposite - I was a nice B cup pre kids - now am a D cup and they told me they don't get bigger!!!! ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: karin**
Date Posted: 04 June 2006 at 12:56pm
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Oh my goodness! Now I am depressed! Small boobs and I NEVER forget to eat!!! My little boy has just turned 5 months old so is just starting on food. Also, my partner is a builder so needs to eat big, hearty meals every day. The good news is that I've been walking every day with bubby and since I live on a hill it has been a killer - but I've lost half a kilo!!!! However, I just had a bleat to my partner about him not doing anything around the house and he made me pancakes with cream and maple syrup for breakfast!
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:49pm
| Don't worry Karin, by the time you are making 5+ meals a day for your toddler and cooking for hubby too, food for yourself will be the last thing on your mind!! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 8:50pm
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P.S. I am now of the small boob variety too. It is the most depressing thing ever. I'm not sure whether it is the beauty of a selective memory, or I got used to having a lovely D cup during pregnancy, but I mourn the loss so much!!! Told my boyfriend that I am getting a boob job when I am through with kids. I can't wait!
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 9:13pm
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aaaargh don't!! LOL, you have a lovely figure as it is! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 June 2006 at 9:19pm
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We'll see about that after I'm done with another couple of kids!!!!
I'll think about it then... but not porn star boobs... just to reinstate them to their former glory! hehehehehe
Who knows... they could grow in that time anyway. Well... it's nice to have hope |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 6:13am
| I was thinking the same thing Nikki. I used to look down and have impressive cleavage Befoer the babies, now, i look down and have to keep looking down from the sagging. thank god for push up bras is all I can say. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 06 June 2006 at 9:14am
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I'm worried now I used to always complain about my big boobs (E cup) but now that they are slowly disappearing, I've realised I actually did like them like that! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 3:31pm
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Mine are disappearing as well I thought they stayed at least until u stopped breastfeeding but apparently not ------------- http://lilypie.com">
www.jackkeith.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Mandy269457
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 honey!! Mandy |