Weight loss

I was 80kgs the week I fell pregnant, at full term 86kgs, four days after having Hayden (4.45kgs at birth) I was 80.2kgs and 10 days after I was 77kgs. I hardly exercised during my pregnancy and ate plenty including ice cream and quarter pounders like they were going out of fashion!!! I didnt even give the weight gain a second thought, I figured my body knew what it was doing and because I was reasonably heavy to start with my gain wasnt huge, I know much slimmer people who gained much much more but I figure that is your body adapting to what it needs to support the baby you are carrying.

I hear the tricky thing is keeping the weight off once you stop breast feeding but hopefully I can lose another 7kgs at least before we are considering weaning off the breast. Really need to tone up what is left though, its all rather soft and a bit wobbly still lol

Denny, I was the same as you and couldn't get most of my clothes over my thighs for the last couple of months. I ended up rotating 2-3 items of clothing until the very end - was so sick of them!

I think a good portion of the weight i put on / lost was fluid. My feet were like spongy bricks and were so uncomfortable. It was the middle of summer so I spent a lot of time with my feet in a bucket of cold water.

I lost most of the fluid in the 3 days after having DS (lots of weeing! sorry TMI), and i was back in my pre preggy jeans within 8 weeks. Was not expecting that at all...!

I was around 54kg before pregnant with Jack, I stopped getting on the scales once they hit 70kg (around 35 weeks) and was about 65 after he was born. They weight just fell off and was 57 by 4 months and then got preg again at 8 months.

Probably got up to 75 this time and it was not all baby, mainly ass and hips. After Caprece was born I felt like a whale, when she was about 8 weeks I realised the weight was going nowhere so started exercising daily. The weight came off pretty fast but it wasn't the best for my milk supply. Was back down to 56 by 6 months and am still at that exercising 2-3 times a week and breastfeeding.

i was around 74kg to start (had put on about 5kg after coming off the pill - so much for the supposed opposite effect!), got up to 92kg by 9 days overdue, and the day after coming home was 82kg. baby was 4kg, i'm assuming rest was placenta and fluid, but i didn't have much fluid retention leading up to labour.

am now down to 78kg 2+ weeks later, but a bout of food poisoning may have contributed to that! i'm also finding my hips are much wider, so even when my weight does come off more, i still won't fit my pre-preggie jeans!

Edited by kriss

I put on 15kg my last pregnancy and most of that was put on in the first trimester because of MS And then in the last trimester a lot of my gain was also fluid retention. 7 weeks after birth I am now 13kg off my pre preg weight I read somewhere that 12 - 18kg is the normal range.

If you can keep active and avoid comfort eating (definitely harder for me during the pandemic) you can definitely lose the weight you accumulated during pregnancy.

The recommended 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (or 75 minutes of more intense exercise) definitely helps. That's a couple of walks or online cardio / Zumba / HIIT classes a week.

Yoga helped me lose my weight a lot faster.

Yoga burns calories when done the right way.

If you are serious about losing weight and getting fit, you might want to implement a 60-minute power yoga and/or vinyasa flow practice at least five to six days per week.

This yoga weight loss program was easy to follow and worked for me during my pregnancy when I started gaining too much weight.

Each class is easy to follow, but is varied and enjoyable. Dynamic Sequencing means you'll always be challenged regardless of your current level.

If you want to follow my example, think about coupling your practice with a whole foods diet for optimal results.

Good luck bby!

Mandy