New here...help with baby weight!
Hello all,
I am new here so this may have been discussed already and I apologize if I missed the posts. I had lap RNY Feb 2007, down 105 pounds at one year surgiversary and got pregnant shortly after.
I gained quite a bit of weight during the pregnancy, I honestly stopped looking at the scale and asked my Dr. not to tell me, because I couldn't think I could handle it. So...my guess is I gained somewhere between 55-75 pounds with him. He is very healthy and wonderful....but I am now stuck with what I have done to myself. He just turned 7 months old and I can't believe I am still carrying around some of the weight.
I am following the South Beach Diet, formula feeding, taking spin classes as well as walking on the treadmill and using the eliptical. I shoot for 4-5 times a week, but some weeks are inconsistent. I am down to 180 now...but started the pregnancy at 150. I'm 5"4 and very happy at 150, although not tiny I am in a size 8/10 then. I really want to get back into all the new clothes I bought before I got pregnant, but I seem stuck. It just isn't budging.
Now, I have noticed that one rule I break seems to be more important than I realized! I drink when I eat. So, starting tomorrow that is coming to an end (I'm out of the country and it is bedtime here for me now). Has anyone else noticed a big change when they stopped breaking that rule?
Also, any other advice about how you got the baby weight off would be greatly appreciated! I really want to get this 30 pounds off. I am starting to feel like a WLS failure.
I am new here so this may have been discussed already and I apologize if I missed the posts. I had lap RNY Feb 2007, down 105 pounds at one year surgiversary and got pregnant shortly after.
I gained quite a bit of weight during the pregnancy, I honestly stopped looking at the scale and asked my Dr. not to tell me, because I couldn't think I could handle it. So...my guess is I gained somewhere between 55-75 pounds with him. He is very healthy and wonderful....but I am now stuck with what I have done to myself. He just turned 7 months old and I can't believe I am still carrying around some of the weight.
I am following the South Beach Diet, formula feeding, taking spin classes as well as walking on the treadmill and using the eliptical. I shoot for 4-5 times a week, but some weeks are inconsistent. I am down to 180 now...but started the pregnancy at 150. I'm 5"4 and very happy at 150, although not tiny I am in a size 8/10 then. I really want to get back into all the new clothes I bought before I got pregnant, but I seem stuck. It just isn't budging.
Now, I have noticed that one rule I break seems to be more important than I realized! I drink when I eat. So, starting tomorrow that is coming to an end (I'm out of the country and it is bedtime here for me now). Has anyone else noticed a big change when they stopped breaking that rule?
Also, any other advice about how you got the baby weight off would be greatly appreciated! I really want to get this 30 pounds off. I am starting to feel like a WLS failure.
Make sure you are getting enough calories with all those workouts... and toss in a little light weight training too...
But, how many carbs are you getting in and protein... track that as well if you haven't... it might help you get that weight off...
I know many here have been through what you have and might have more advice for you than me...
Good luck!
But, how many carbs are you getting in and protein... track that as well if you haven't... it might help you get that weight off...
I know many here have been through what you have and might have more advice for you than me...
Good luck!
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