I am in the same position now. And I desperately want to get some weight off (I gained 30kilos this pregnancy) and am a bridesmaid in a few months and also want to ttc again later this year (so dont want to gain another 30 on top of the 20 I haven't lost). I was thinking Zumba also as DD4 could jump around also if we don't bump into each other (but I can't afford to buy it)
Can you try simple things around the home like vacuuming more often, gardening, mowing the lawn, opting to use the clothes line over the dryer (my bigger down fall around the house) I'm yet to try these stratergies myself but I am still in the thinking about it stage. How about go to the park and whilst the kids play on the equipment do laps around the enclosure? Do you have any friends locally that can go walking with you to help with the kids (like push an extra pram etc?)
I could have written your post myself. Above are just some things I'm thinking I could try. When I find the motivation to try it.
Forgot to say that once upon a time I worked with an anethetist who swore by you are what you eat (I don't neccessarily agree with this as I think genetics plays a huge part) Anyway he did alot of work in nutrician and weight loss and reckoned you can get to your ideal weight without extra exercise apart from normal activites of daily living like work, caring for kids, cleaning etc) Its the exercise that helps tone up etc. So based on this theory if its true maybe changing eating habits or foods maybe the answer. I'm going to try weight watchers anyway when I get the motivation to start. I've done it before and it worked although then I only had two children then and not a newborn.
i really struggle to exercise with young kids too, but one thing that we have done is bought a cross-trainer (you can hire them too). i just do 15-20 mins on it here and there when i can. sometimes if dh gets home early from work he'll take the kids out into the backgraden so i can quickly do 15mins on it without them bothering me, or sometimes i'll do it in the afternoons while ds2 is asleep and ds1 is at kinder or watching a dvd. it's not much, but at least it makes me feel like i'm doing something and i have heaps more energy on the days where i go on it and the best part is that you don't have to leave the house so you can do it while the kids are asleep.
I could have written your post! I have pretty much got my food intake sorted by meal planning, and putting DH on the same meal plan as me, which makes it much easier. I ahve been baking a chicken breast each night, and making up a huge salad for each of us for the next day, and put the baked chicken with it. He takes his to work, and it means instead of me having no lunch, and then eating junk later, I can just grab my lunch container out of the fridge and munch away.
Exercise I am having trouble with, but I have just bought DS (he is 2) a bmx with a parental steering bar at the back, so my plan is to put dd in the baby bjorn, push DS and tackle as many hills as I can find to make up for the fact that it might be a short walk.
The other idea I had was walking to a near by oval (which is about a 10min walk) with the kids in the pram, and when I get there just basically run around like crazy playing with ds. I was even thinking I could run up and down the cricket pitch with DS flung over my shoulder for resistance! He would love it, we get to have fun time together, and I would be burning fat.
Anyway, these are my ideas for this week anyway! Will see how I go! Good luck
1. Meal plan and don't buy anything you think you shouldn't eat.
2. Cut down on portion sizes. Even if you're eating healthily, if you eat too much, you won't lose weight. The first few days are hard, then your body adjusts to not eating as much and you no longer feel hungry.
3. Get a pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps per day. Trying to fit in formal exercise is too hard for me because DP's a shiftworker who works different shifts every week so I can't get into a routine of going to the gym/swimming etc. It's just too hard to plan (for me). So I've been wearing my pedometer instead and if you have a goal, it's amazing how much more incidental exercise you can fit into your day just with housework. Putting clothes away in three different rooms is no longer a drag; it's a chance to get another 1000 steps. If I look like I'm going to be short, I jog on the spot for a few minutes several times per day. Cheaper than buying a Wii! Or I go for a walk around the garden while DD2 is asleep. It all adds up. I've lost almost a kilo in a week just doing that and not by making any changes to my diet.
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