How soon after DC did you loose your pregnancy weight????

DD is 3months. I gained 35lbs during my pregnancy and lost 20 right away. I EBF and was under the impression the weight would melt off...well, not so much To be fair, I JUST started to really watch what I eat and am trying to go on more walks...I am just so darn tired ALL THE TIME!! DD does not STTN so I don't get much sleep. Honestly, what I need the most is motivation (the fact I cannot fit into my clothes should be motivation enough).
What did you do to loose the pregnancy weight?
How long did it take you?
Is there hope????

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I gained about 55 lbs and was at my pre-pregnancy weight at about 6 months or so. A lot came off right away, the last 10 or so came off slowly.

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I lost it all like a month PP. I'm down -11 pre-pg but my body is still different. My arms are tighter from holding that 23lber but my tummy is NOT tight. Not that I do anything about it though! I feel like my old self again but I'm just a little loose in the middle area.

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I only gained 19 lbs. during my pregnancy and actually weighed a few pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight within a week PP. However... my weight is distributed so differently now! I have the infamous PP belly pouch, and of course, wider hips, I seem to have bigger thighs. I haven't been "thin" for about 8 years or so now, but I'm not tremendously overweight. I, too, thought BF would cause the pounds to melt away, and in the beginning it definitely seemed to happen that way. Around 3 or 4 months PP, I seemed to just plateau and not lose any more weight. I used to walk a lot in the beginning, but since going back to work in May, I hardly ever get to walk. I guess BF does cause some weight loss, but once your body gets adjusted to the constant calorie loss, it kind of "reconfigures" and you stop losing weight. Unfortunately, I have no answers for you, just sympathy and

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I only gained 20 pounds with pregnancy but gained about 30 while ttc... ds is 3 months old and so far to date i've lost all baby weight plus 20. I am EBF but honestly eat like crap and only excersize I get is lugging around ds and walks on friday..

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9 weeks pp I am 19lbs less than when I got pregnant. Sounds great, doesn't it? Well, it's NOT. NOTHING FITS ME! I have not a single article of clothing that I can pull over my fat azz or button over my giant, sagging belly Clearly my body did not get the memo that it's supposed to firm back up. I'm so upset over this, I cry about it everyday.

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With each pregnancy I lost 20 pounds within the first few weeks without trying. THen, the weight started to come back on. By the time I was pregnant with DS, I was the same weight as I was 9 months pregnant with DD

DD is almost 3 and DS is 8 months. I've lost all of my weight from DS and most from DD. I am now 10 pounds over my pre preggo weight from DD. So, for me, it takes 3 years

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There is hope. Just keep working at it and remember, it took you 9 months to gain it, it could take about the same to lose it and not everyone is the same.

It took me 4.5 months to lose my pregnancy weight. But I am on a very restrictive BFing diet so I am probably the exception, not the rule.

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Posted by SweetApril

I EBF and was under the impression the weight would melt off...well, not so much

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I'm still losing it 7 months pp. I gained about 50 lbs - I've lost 35, 15 more to go.

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I gained ALOT with DD. I lost 40 right away and still have a little mor to go and it's has been a year.

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I lost 25 right away, as soon as I left the hospital, I lost the other 15 in the course of the first 6 months and I kept the last 10. I started this PG with the extra 10 already on me.

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gained 35, had lost 25 almost instantly at the hospital and the rest just came off within couple of weeks. was back to my pp size within 3 months. But I think that's just my body type, I didn't have to diet or exercise (couldn't anyway, I was BFing and had a C/S) Plus I guess breastfeeding every hour or every 2 hours , barely sleeping and being exhausted will do that to you ( I did eat well and drank lots of water)
I should actually clarify that I was NOT back to my pp weight , just my pp size (I know it's weird) , it took me about 8 months to get back to my pp weight. I BF DD for 7 months and lost the leftover extra weight (about 6-7 extra lbs) within weeks after that.

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I gained 31lbs with DD. I lost 20 of them before I even left the hospital. Now at 5.5 months PP, I'm actually -2lbs from my pre pregnancy weight, yet i'm still 2 sizes BIGGEr than I was a year a ago. go figure
i'm trying really hard to walk more, be more active. But its tough!

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i gained 18ish and lost 32 by 10days PP but I was sick for the first 2 weeks.

my body still isnt the same though... not that i want my pre-preggo body back either

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I gained 45 pounds with DS. Lost 35 of it at 6 weeks pp and the last 10 took another 3 months to lose. My shape is totally different though and my belly is very loose and streched out.

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Posted by carissa1643

I lost it all like a month PP. I'm down -11 pre-pg but my body is still different. My arms are tighter from holding that 23lber but my tummy is NOT tight. Not that I do anything about it though! I feel like my old self again but I'm just a little loose in the middle area.

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I gained about 30 lbs...though I was probably 5 lbs heavier than normal when I got preggo. EBF helped it come off really fast...I think I lost all the baby weight. But then I stopped BFing and it started to come back on. Now I'm on Weight Watchers and I'm FINALLY heading back in the right direction. I never got around to working out, and before Riley I was at the gym 6 days a week. So now that I have the summer off, I've been working out regularly with Stroller Strides, going on walks pretty much every day, and I joined WW 3 weeks ago and finally really saw a difference. Though I'm not sure my body will ever really return to the shape it was in...all that extra skin! my goal is to at least fit into my old clothes!

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I gained 21lbs with DD#1(i had severe hyperemesis until i was 6 months preggo) It was all gone by around 8-10 weeks. I had a flat belly by 12 weeks p.p. My Dr joked that all that throwing up must have been a good work out for my abs I was only 138lbs the day I gave birth to Jordan(7lbs 12oz)

With DD#2 I gained 32lbs(had hyperemesis for 4-5 months but not as severe)I lost it all by about 12-14 weeks p.p. but def. more flabby this time around. I had a 9lb 3oz baby and a second c/s. I am also 38 I am lighter than pre preggo by about 7-10lbs but soft in the middle. I would not complain though. I wear the same size that I did when I got married 12 years ago

I EBF'd and think I naturally have a fast metabolism.

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Before I got pregnant with DC#1 I was going to WW and lost about 20lbs...With DC #1 I lost all but about 10 lbs by about 9months... it took me getting the flu to lose another 5, but i hung on to 5 lbs.

Now with DS (he is 4 months old) I joined WW about a month ago and have about 10lbs to go before I get back to my pre-pregnancy weight, but I am planning to keep going with it to try and get back to my original weight before I was preggo with DC #1 I still don't even fit into my fat pants but Im hoping i'll get there before goign back to school in Sept...

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I gained 24 with DS and lost 42 after he was born and STILL can't fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes. My body totally changed.

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I had gained about 28lbs with the twins, (and I had lost about 20 before becoming pg) a few days after I was home from the hospital I was down 45lbs, now at 4 months pp I gained about 10 of that back but I am still less then when I was pg so I am trying to concentrate on keep losing, not gaining!

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Posted by carissa1643

I lost it all like a month PP. I'm down -11 pre-pg but my body is still different. My arms are tighter from holding that 23lber but my tummy is NOT tight. Not that I do anything about it though! I feel like my old self again but I'm just a little loose in the middle area.

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About 10 months.....and i gained 60 lbs!