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Any pregnant ladies excited to have the baby and lose the weight!?!


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I miss running. I miss exercising in general...I love to sweat and I loved losing the weight after my last pregnancy. It was so exciting eating right and seeing my weight decrease. I hate that I only have weight gain to look forward to for the next 5 months.

If you have been pregnant in the past was it hard to lose the weight? What did you do? How long did it take?

I worked out 1 hour a day (never had been accustomed to do it before I got pregnant) and lost the baby weight plus 5 lbs within 4 months and then lost an additional 20 lbs in the next year. I just got really hooked on being healthy and sweating! Most of the time I didn't even have to count my calories.

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I should be having my baby any day now, and I can't wait to start exercising again!  I was able to get down to less than pre-baby weight after my son was born, so I'm hoping to get back down to the same weight after this one.  It took me over a year to lose nearly 30 pounds, but I worked full time, and it was hard for me to find time to exercise.  I'm a stay at home mom now, so it should be easier. 

The funny thing is that my family and I just got back from a walk (I'm hoping it'll help me get labor going), and the route that usually takes me 45 minutes took over an hour.  I'm walking slow these days!

It's so fufilling getting into a pair of skinny jeans after you have a baby. I think breastfeeding really helped to lose the weight. After I quit breastfeeding I didn't adjust my calorie intake and I ended up gaining 5 lbs back...I was also pregnant again but I shouldn't have gained that in the first trimester.

YAY! I am totally looking forward to loosing the weight after the baby.  This is my first pregnancy and I have been really surprised at how hard it's been on me to gain weight.

Yes i actually look forward to having the baby because i always lose weight after i have one.  I had my baby 7 months ago and i have lost almost 50 pounds since then!! :)


Clarice

That is all I think about sometimes.  When your pregnant you eat healthy but yet you snack because your hungry all the time (at least I am) So far I have gained 19 pounds I am 30 weeks along.  I am hoping to only gain 25-27 pounds that way I don't have as much to lose.  But then again I was alittle overweight when I got pregnant so I want to lose a total about 40-50 pounds.  I can't wait to get started on this.  My hubby started this week...and I know how quickly it comes off of him if he really trys.  lol I don't wanna be the lard butt...haha

Oh well my biggest wish is for our little one to be healthy. 

I'm pregnant with baby #3 (currently 23.3 weeks, I have until February to go! This is my last) and I can tell you what it was like after my last baby!


I'm 5'10. I weighed 172 pounds when I got pregnant with him, and the day I gave birth, I was 216. I gained 46 pounds - wow! (with my first I gained 61).

I gave birth to him in May and the day I got home from the hospital, I weighed 200 pounds. Within 7 months, I had lost 55 pounds, and I was weighing 145 :)

I calorie counted and did a lot of walking. I intend to do the same thing time!

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