How do you plan to lose the weight after baby?

I have struggled with my weight for a long, long time and am getting a bit concerned about after the baby comes. I know, maybe if I put the darn ice cream down now I would have less to worry about then but.......baby likes it
Anyway how did you or how do you plan to get back into shape?

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My gf bf'd which from what I hear HELPS a TON.. you burn like 500 calories a day or something like that.. and she only ate protein after the baby came. she said the weight flew off.

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Michele

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dirty Jenn! lol is *that* the 'x'box that your husband won't put down ?

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Post Partum Depression worked for me, not that it was intentional but I dropped weight so quickly cause I couldn't eat.!!

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Oh my LOL!!!!!!! Noooo

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LOL!! sorry I couldnt' help myself lol

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I am getting my butt back to the gym the very second my doctor says I can, and following a no white flour, no sugar, high protein eating plan that has worked for me in the past.

I'm going to be my sister's MOH 9 months after the baby is born, and I'll be d a m n e d if I'm going to do it FAT!

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I lost all 25 pounds plus a couple more and fit into my pre preg clothes from last year within 1 week due to the following (aside from giving birth):

1. Hospital food for 60 hours
2. Breastfeeding non-stop for first couple of weeks
3. Exhaustion
4. Loss of appetite (I think this was from bfding and a little pp depression)
5. Stress

I don't think this was very healthy that the weight came off so quickly, but now I'm eating better and have more of an appetite. I still have the 'pouch' and need to get toned.

I don't get to really workout yet, but I put music on in the mornings and dance around with Lyla and try to do some aerobic moves. I also go for walks with her.

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Michele, obviously I don't know about post-pregnancy loss of weight, but in the year and a half before my wedding, I lost 15 pounds. I know it doesn't seem like much to lose over such a long time, but it's gone for good! I have only gained 5 during my pregnancy, and I really think it's the habits I developed during that time-frame. I got rid of most carbs - and I know it sounds 'atkins' but I didnt follow that. I just cut out bread at dinner, and pretty much all pasta. I only eat it once a week. I traded for lots of cheese though! and I think my body just processes it better. I also increased nuts - just as a snack...now I fine I NEVER reach for a bagel...it's not even appetizing to me, and I was a bagel a day kind of person!

Anyway that is what worked for me. I have kept it up since I have been pregnant as well. Not intentionally though...bread and pasta have just become something I don't really like. (This theory by the way does not apply to the chocolate chip cookie - jumbo sized - in my purse right now...I mean COME ON!!! we are PREGNANT!!!)

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LOL Jenny. My problem is that I am not really a protein eater. I like the carbs mostly, but I know somehow by the Grace of God I will have to learn to not like them as much.
Of course, if I could figure out a way to eat veggies only for a while that would also help.

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Michele I was the SAME way. I was a bagl every morning, pasta almost every night, and major Italian bread dipped in oil with dinner EVERY night! Baked potatoes with EVERYTHING....I tell you, weirdly after just a couple of weeks it got easier and easier to not choose it. Even when I do order pasta at a restaurant, I end up eating a quarter of what I normally would have before.

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WW again!!! Going back to exercising!!!!