The Fat Loss TroubleshootThis is your place to troubleshoot your fat loss problems from nutrition to training. This section is led by Leigh Peele, author of "The Fat Loss Troubleshoot," the ultimate fat loss manual. If your results have slowed or stalled this is the place to come for advice for all your fat loss needs.
Ok, many of you know that I am expecting my first child labor day weekend (how ironic is that hehe).
I want to know how easy it was to shed the fat? To my surprise, knowing how my metabolism used to work pre-pregnancy, I am barely gaining any weight yet, which is a good thing because before I was pregnant, if I was eating the way I'm eating now, I would have gained 10lbs in a week, easily hehe....now it's been 4.5 months and I haven't even hit the 10lb mark so I'm happy.
But I know it's not going to be easy or anything, but I want to be able to be down to 130lbs or so after I have the baby. Some people say it takes a good year to start losing the baby weight.
I can't speak from experience, but from what I've observed with my friends and family, everyone is different. I have a friend who has had 3 kids and her stomach is flat as a board and looked great a week after having birth with each of them! I have other friends who struggled for a long time with extra weight, for whatever reason.
I found losing weight after baby was super easy! But it didnt really budge until about 6 months pp......and the weight melted off. I went below my PP weight. We have a hormonal advantage after having a baby. I also think breastfeeding helped. The key is to get right on it...dotn wait too long!
Ok, many of you know that I am expecting my first child labor day weekend (how ironic is that hehe).
I want to know how easy it was to shed the fat? To my surprise, knowing how my metabolism used to work pre-pregnancy, I am barely gaining any weight yet, which is a good thing because before I was pregnant, if I was eating the way I'm eating now, I would have gained 10lbs in a week, easily hehe....now it's been 4.5 months and I haven't even hit the 10lb mark so I'm happy.
But I know it's not going to be easy or anything, but I want to be able to be down to 130lbs or so after I have the baby. Some people say it takes a good year to start losing the baby weight.
Any advice?
Thanks
The only thing you really have to be careful with is certain training movements post postpartum. Other than that though your diet needs to be relative to nursing to some degree if feeding. This is a crucial time for nutrients and growth of the baby so yes, you do want to make sure you are taking care of yourself to the highest level because what she/he eats is what you eat.
Technically weight loss after pregnancy shouldn't be much of an issue. The other varibles to consider if it is right at your time is what you have to determine and then how aggressive.
The best advice I can give you is not to expect that it'll fall off immediately like it does with celebrities. Remember--they have the money to hire trainers, nannies, chefs, you name it... You're probably flying solo (well, with your family's help, anyway). You'll lose some immediately after birth thanks to delivering the baby and water weight, but there's no telling what it'll be like for you afterwards. Just remember that your focus for the first year really should be on the baby and on letting your body repair itself. Try to rest as much as you can (yeah right) and try to eat as well as possible, too. You can do it!
Good luck--Labor Day is a great time to have a baby!
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Thanks for all the advice. So do you think I should wait it out a few months? I definitely want to breastfeed but I don't want to harm myself or the baby if I decide to do OPT. I'm definitely going to do OPT after the baby, it's just a matter of when. There are so many variables to look for.
I'd say to give yourself a good few months to get things nice and established. You'll have the nursing down pretty well by 6 weeks or so, and you'll have a better idea of how things might go for you. When you do start, I'd start slowly, maybe just with the deficit and walking first or something, just to see how your body and your milk supply works.
I'm in the same boat as you, except this kiddo will be here on May 12. I'm thinking--at the moment, at least, but I'll be talking about it with Leigh--that once I get the all-clear after the c-section (6-8 weeks), I'll start off slowly with a slight deficit and walking and see how things go from there before I launch into anything too stressful. Before I got pregnant I was just eating at a deficit and walking and the weight was coming off, so hopefully that will be true afterwards, too.
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Etana, dude, we're already procrastinating enough and having this kiddo at 39 weeks. I'm afraid I'm going to go into labor (which I really want to avoid since I'm going to end up with a c-section anyway) before then as it is! The doctor wanted May 7, but my hubby is on a giant and intense project until May 10, so if I want him at the hospital with me and not at work or on the phone, then May 12 it is. Hopefully the baby got that message, too. hehehe
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Your body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what you write down...
Weight watchers has a great program for breastfeeding moms. They started me at 30 base points ( I was 155lbs then) which came out close to 2000 cals. With exercise, I was eating over 2000 and losing weight slowly. Weight came off, lost all of and more by 10 months pp
To summarize, the evidence to date indicates that, inwomen with adequate fat reserves, gradual weight loss (up to 0.5 kg/week) is not likely to have any adverse consequences on lactation. There is less information regarding the potential effects of weight loss among underweight women, or of very rapid weight loss
among normal weight or overweight women. Figure 1 illustrates the theoretical relationship between maternal energy balance and breast milk energy output (4). It is hypothesized that milk energy output will be maintained within the expected range in women with “adequate” (as yet undefined) energy reserves, regardless of energy balance, and also in women with low energy reserves who are not losing weight. It is only under the combined circumstances of low maternal energy reserves and negative energy balance that milk energy output is predicted to decrease. The threshold at which this might occur in humans has not yet been identified.
Fat Loss after Baby?
The doctor wanted May 7, but my hubby is on a giant and intense project until May 10, so if I want him at the hospital with me and not at work or on the phone, then May 12 it is. Hopefully the baby got that message, too. hehehe
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