weight loss after baby…?
I am working real hard to lose my post partum weight. I only have about 12lbs from when i found out that I was pregnant and now. I work out daily (sometimes twice a day) I walk/jog one mile a day when my husband gets home and do a routine video in the morning when I can. I also am watching what I eat. My menu is usually scrambled eggs with cheese on whole wheat toast for breakfast, a fiber granola bar with either yogurt, pudding or jello and a protein shake for lunch/snack and a salad with cottage cheese and protein shake for dinner. I stop eating by 7pm so as to not have anything “sitting” on me. I have been doing this about two weeks solid and the scale isnt budging. What else can I do. I know normally I would be losing with this regimine. I am also breastfeeding so I have to be sure to be getting enough nutrients and calories for the breast milk. I dont want to take any supplements that could harm my baby, thanks.
Some of us are fortunate and breast feeding alone is enough to lose all of the weight, but for other people (and you may be one) they don’t lose it until they stop breast feeding. I had one friend whose doc told her that just as it took 9 months to gain it all, it can take that long to lose it all. Also, I don’t know what size you were prior to pregnancy, but I’ve noticed that my previously skinny friends have a lot more trouble losing that last 10-15 lbs, than me and my larger friends. I was not a skinny woman at all prior to getting pregnant, and with both of my chilren, by the time of my 6 week check up, I weighed less than I had prior to getting pregnant, with no exercise or dieting of all. (I tease my skinny friends and tell them that this is the one advantage to being overweight).
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