How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

This is my first, so I was wondering how everyone losing the weight...or at least most of it ;).
I was planning on going right onto the weight watchers core diet, which worked wonders for me before pregnancy?

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

I plan on probably doing regular Weight Watchers when it is safe to do so. And BF too, which should help. Since will be born in the summer, I hope to take some nice long walks with her too, which will help. I'm not going to stress about it too early though.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Posted by nbc188

I plan on probably doing regular Weight Watchers when it is safe to do so. And BF too, which should help. Since will be born in the summer, I hope to take some nice long walks with her too, which will help. I'm not going to stress about it too early though.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Same plan as above!!!! I'm actually glad I'm having a summer baby. Folks are like it'll be some uncomfortable being preggo but afterward the warm weather will be so nice to get out in, walks, swiming, light bike riding.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

I plan on doing a lot of running! Running and just eating right.

eta: I wonder if my boobs will hurt too much?! Maybe I'll just take it easy at the gym then...

Message edited 3/14/2007 11:09:19 AM.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Posted by leighla

Posted by nbc188

I plan on probably doing regular Weight Watchers when it is safe to do so. And BF too, which should help. Since will be born in the summer, I hope to take some nice long walks with her too, which will help. I'm not going to stress about it too early though.

That's exactly my plan.

Just substitute for

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Breastfeeding, pilates and spinning.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Im definitely going to go on South Beach diet the minute I give birth and just do a lot of cardio and weight lifting.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

I took it easy the first 6-8 weeks after i gave birth to give my body some good recovery time. I noticed when i did too much, i would start bleeding harder or again.

BUT, i ate really well, lots of veggies, lean meats, little bad carbs, no junk and i took walks almost everyday. I also drank lots of water!

I gained 50+ lbs with DD and lost all but 7 by the time she was 5 months old and i got pg again.

Remember 9 months on 9 months off!!!

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Probably take long walks with

But I don't know how much weight I will really have to lose in the long run b/c I have only gained 9lbs and my arms and legs are skinnier than they've been in YEARS from my m/s and my pudge redistrubting.

Message edited 3/14/2007 11:18:57 AM.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Posted by KateDevine

Probably take long walks with

But I don't know how much weight I will really have to lose in the long run b/c I have only gained 9lbs and my arms and legs are skinnier than they've been in YEARS from my m/s and my pudge redistrubting.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

everyone is different.....one of the nurses told me once you go over 20 lbs, it will take more effort to lose it. With DD I gained 22 lbs (and not because I was careful..PG seems to agree with me). I was wearing regular clothes 2 days after coming home. It just "melted" off.

So far with this PG (26 1/2 weeks) I've gained 8 lbs but to me it looks like my belly is bigger at this stage than it was with DD

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

I just plan on eating the way I did before pregnancy, and working out at home for a while. I am going to go back to my kickboxing classes in September - I never go in the summer because I hike a lot and am always outdoors. I am planning on throwing baby in a carrier or jogger, and we are going to hit the trails together....

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Most of your weight will go away within the first 2 weeks depending on how much you've gained. I gained 38 lbs and lost 20 right away and 5 more after the first 2 weeks. I took it easy for the first 6-7 weeks. The rest has been slow to come off, but now that it is nice I've been walking a lot.

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With my first, I didn't do ANYTHING to try to lose weight, not even eat "well" until AFTER the 6 week mark [i had such bad m/s that i simply decided to make up for lost time and enjoy food for a while]. I gained 28 pounds in my PG. At my 6-week check up, I had already naturally lost 27 pounds [and no breastfeeding]. I went on the Atkins diet and exercised to a tape and lost a total of 45 pounds after my baby.


I tend to have a fast metabolism in the first place...DH hates me for it. I am right on track to gain about the same amount of weight this time, but I was thinner to begin with as well...likely I will do what I normally do in the summer: eat salads all day long and drink lots of water along with walks with the stroller and maybe add some crunches to try to prevent a "pooch" from forming.

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I plan on WW as soon as the Dr says that I can, and eating salads and walks since it will be summer when the baby is born

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

I gained 30 pounds and lost it all before my 6-week post-partum visit. This was in Nov/Dec, so it wasn't easy to exercise and I was eating lots of yummy food.

The things that helped me the most were the things I did while I was pregnant -- daily walking and eating really well. I kept myself in good shape during pregnancy, so I wasn't carrying extra weight. BF'ing probably also helped the weight come off.

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South Beach and long walks

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I gained 37 lbs and lost 22 within the first 8 days.

After my 6 weeks PP checkup, I went back to the gym. I lost the last 15 lbs by lifting weights, doing cardio, and eating right. It took a little over 2 months.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

I did a small amount of exercising, but weight watchers did it for me. I started to go when I went back to work at 9 weeks PP and lost all the weight I had gained within a couple months. I plan to do the same thing for this PG.

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Long walks with DS and avoided eating bread and sweets.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

When we decided to have a baby DH promised me that I could get a personal trainer afterwards.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

Posted by nbc188

I plan on probably doing regular Weight Watchers when it is safe to do so. And BF too, which should help. Since will be born in the summer, I hope to take some nice long walks with her too, which will help. I'm not going to stress about it too early though.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

i gained over 50 pounds and did nothing to take it off except BF. It really just melted away - b/c I ate much more BFing than I did when I was pregnant. With the exception of the first 2 PP weeks - I didn't have much of an appetite. I lost all but 5 BFing and then gained a few when I stopped - b/c I kept eating so much and took the rest off running.

Re: How did you lose the weight after pregnancy?

I have lost over 60 pounds in my sure fire diet...I don't thihk you want to go my route though...it involves cancer and chemo.
I try and look at the positive though, GREAT way to lose weight!