Lose weight & tone up between each baby?
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Topic: Lose weight & tone up between each baby?
Posted By: Sez26
Subject: Lose weight & tone up between each baby?
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:21pm
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Hi everyone,
We are planning our second child in a few months. My weight is average, but my stomach is rather flabby. I was wondering if it's better for me to put in some work before getting pregnant for the second time or wait until we've finished having babies and do all the hard work then. I have heard about women not toning back up after their first and then having a lot of excess sagging skin. But then again I don't want to put in a whole lot of work just to have to do it again once bubs arrives. I hope this makes sense ;) |
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Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:26pm
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I guess if you start getting fitter, it'll help with the toning and weight loss AND it'll certainly help with the conception, pregnancy and delivery I suppose.
Bit of exercise can't hurt either way. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:40pm
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I hear you!
I definitely lost weight between #1 and getting UTD with #2 but didn't do toning etc. I was too lazy  and thought "oh well, my abs will just stretch again". I don't know the stroy about sagging skin but I do imagine that tighter abs would help with maintaining posture and back stability for longer.
If I was only a couple of months out from TTC, then I'd just try and be healthy; if it was a year or two, then it might be worth putting in more work. #2 will probably be our last and I plan to put the work in once I'm done with BFing ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:48pm
| Start now, I was exercising hard out while ttc, I'm putting back weight that I had lost and worked very hard to loose but I'm in better shape than if I hadn't put the effort in and hopefully once I get back into exercising after this one is born my body will get use to it again quicker rather than starting off at extremely unfit and flabby. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:50pm
| Oh and my little thing I'm telling myself is being pregnant is no reason to be lazy (morning sickness/throwing up is in my opinion but not being preg). I've just started working out again. I did step aerobics the other day and it made me feel great, I just had to do some of the easier options rather than the advanced to make sure I didn't strain anything. |
Posted By: Sez26
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 2:54pm
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Totally agree that it's good to be fit for conception, pregnancy and labour AND for breastfeeding and having a new baby :) I have to remind myself that it's just not about what you look like!
I think you're right Flissty, just be healthy. I think I might have been a bit too relaxed while breastfeeding - I kept thinking, I can't exercise because I'm breastfeeding, I should have made more of an effort to do some regular moderate exercise. I only think women who put on a lot of weight during pregnancy are more prone to excess skin. |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:12pm
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Yeah, like Stacey, I've started exercising again (I'm nearly 6 months) partly cos I'm really not wanting to end up huge like I was last time and cos it helps with my back pain. But I'm doing it fairly low key - things like walking with DH and DS to do the fruit and vege on the weekend (50min), walking to get DS from DC some days (20min), trying to get to the zoo more (up to 2 hours of walking, albeit at toddler pace), deliberately buying things from the dairy so I have to walk there ....
I started running+doing WW when DS was 7 months and I was still BFing - my milk dropped a lot and BF didn't last much longer. So this time, I plan to try and do as much incidental exercise as I can and hopefully I won't have to be too dramatic! ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:20pm
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hahaha I didnt, cos I fell pregnant with DS was 5 months old! ------------- |
Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 3:40pm
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It wouldn't hurt, and the better shape you are in when you get pg, the easier it is to stay excercising and keep up your fitness throughout the pregnancy. I really wish I had been in better shape before getting pg - I had been dieting, but was a bit lazy on the excercise front. Plus, having all those muscles working from the start will help reduce back pain etc. I'd go for it, I don't think the work would be wasted! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 31 July 2010 at 7:14pm
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I def feel that my number 3 pregnancy was the easiest as i was fit. altho I couldnt keep up with the usual running and even walking after about 18weeks is painful (i get bad stitch like pains) i did keep up swimming and have to credit that to my easier pregnancy and also i recovered quickly from number 3 csection. when i went back to exercising at 2 1/2months i seemed to pick it back up easily without too much effort
exercise isnt wasted no matter when you do it, its kinda like why make the bed when im just gonna get back into it tonight....... |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 6:49pm
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I would try and lose weight and exercise in between .. I mean its not going to be detrimental to you and its less to lose post the next pregnancy.
Good luck!  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 11:27am
| I have just started doing pilates with a Swiss ball to try & tone up the tummy muscles. I was told it was better than sit ups & I hate sit ups so don't do them. |
Posted By: Sez26
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 2:16pm
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Thanks for all the advice everyone. Really motivated to get myself moving over the next few months now
A bit off topic... I've just noticed that I have a couple of lumps between my belly button and pubic bone. They are tiny, similar to pea size, underneath the skin - can't see them, but I can feel them. I'm off to the doc tomorrow to check them out. Does anyone else have these? I've done some research and they could be fat deposits or cysts. I'm really paranoid now! |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 3:56pm
I  pilates
They're a regular part of my exercise and I'm sure they contributed to be being back in my normal jeans (sz8-10) within 48hrs of #1 and 24hrs of #2 being born. Being fit and toned is always the best way to approach pregnancy! -------------   
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 4:34pm
do you do the tables or just the exercises? |
Babe wrote:Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 4:36pm
google is not really your friend when your are self diagnosing hope you got it sorted at the Dr.
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 03 August 2010 at 5:55pm
What d'u mean tables?? I have the Winsor basic and swiss ball DVDs. -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 04 August 2010 at 12:08pm
yip I do the Swiss ball & dvd & I have some guide books. There are places you can go & they have the tables with the straps (hmm that sounds a bit creepy, lol) & you do the exercises on them....also seen some on TM... |
Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 04 August 2010 at 1:49pm
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In terms of the original question, I'm sure it's a great idea to try and lose all the baby weight between babies - I didn't though. The motivation just wasn't there, even though I did try and managed to lose a few kgs I was still well over pre-pregnancy weight when I got pregnant again. Knowing that I was just going to get fat again meant I could never really get serious about losing the weight!
Now that I've had my second I've surprisingly found it easier to lose weight this time around, probably because we're not planning any more kids, so no more excuses not the lose the weight! I still have a way to go, but compared to where I was 8 months post pregnancy first time around, I've lost more weight this time around. ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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