Weight loss after the baby

[Sav2011]

Ooooh! this is good news....

Im pregnant for the first time and was wandering about this as well...

Two of my girlfriends have the hottest bods Ive seen after babies... its unbelievable, i thought they must have lived at the gym for a few months after having their babies but sounds like its not so bad and body bounces back if you are careful

[Olive]

i gained 11kg with DD1 , lost 7kg in 7 days then the rest over the following 3 weeks
i then put 2kg on when i got AF back when DD was 9 months
i gained 14kg with DD2 and it took 5 months to lose the weight plus the extra 2 kgs i put on after getting AF back with DD1, didnt gain when i got it back after DD2, i breastfed more too!

[Isadora]

I too am trying to lose weight, the stubborn love handles and extra juicy bits that developed over the butt and thighs!!

I think a nice gentle way to get back into exercise is walking every day. Take baby in the pram, or leave baby with DH. Its also a way of getting out of the house and clearing your mind a bit.

[lilmisspositive]

Hey ladies, just posting a new thread telling you guys about "the shape of a mother" but figured I should let you lovely ladies know too. Fantastic site with pictures and all over a fantastic site!! : )

[*Beema*]

I put on 14kg with DD2 (yay for bed rest ), 74kg

I was down 6kg after she was born, 68kg, and I have just started losing the rest, I am down to 65kg and I am jsut looking closely at what I am eating, but BF'ing can't cut out oo much, but skipping all the lollies, chocolates, juice, soft drinks, or fruit in the evening and thing that has extra fat or sugar I don't need.

Breakfast is a bowl of porridge, with a small amount of skim milk and a bit of raw sugar, a late morning tea, two boiled eggs, then lunch is four slices of grainy/seedy bread, one with hame (visible fat removed) the other corned silverside (visible fat removed), lettuce, tomato, cucumber, beetroot. Afternoon snack of almonds or a small amount of fruit (low sugar options), dinner grilled meat, or if it is schnitzel, minimal oil and well drained, pease, brocholii, carrot, sometimes corn, no potato, pumpkin (high carb foods). Lots of water and some tea.

And it just seems to kick my metabolism back into gear and the weight "falls" off.