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I wasn't going to post about this topic because I have never been one for exercising...then I thought about it a little more and decided that I needed to do this for me. I was overweight before I was pregnant with Gabby. I have struggled with my weight for the past 7 years or so. I was down at a good weight when Mike and I got married and then through some stress at jobs and not working out I started to gain and gain and gain. I had started riding my bike and playing golf before I got pregnant. After I started working out, stretching, doing some yoga because my back hurt so bad. I only gained like 16 or 17lbs when I was pregnant because I was on a pretty strict low carb diet for my Gestational Diabetes.
When I had Gabby I didn't expect the weight to drop off. After I had her I lost like 14lbs in a week or so. Before I knew it after awhile I was down 20lbs, then 25lbs, then 30 and it kept dropping. In the end while breastfeeding I ended up dropping 45lbs. I was thinner than I had been in years!! I kept most of it off, I probably gained back about 10lbs and while I am not where I want to be right now I am still under what I was when I got pregnant with Gabby.
I still don't exercise all that much, I try to get out and walk. I started Zumba over the winter and need to get back into that. Needless to say that doing Zumba while full on breastfeeding was.... Interesting.... Lets just say I needed a lot of support ;) A good bra is worth every penny. I didn't have to worry about my supply dropping like some women do with exercising. For one I wasn't doing it that often and secondly I had a pretty good supply, it never really dipped at all through the 19.5 months that I nursed her.
Anyway now that I have weaned Gabby I plan on getting back into the exercising more - and because it's nice out here in MN I am not in hibernation mode. So wish me luck in getting back on the exercise train!
What is your breastfeeding and nursing experience??
When I had Gabby I didn't expect the weight to drop off. After I had her I lost like 14lbs in a week or so. Before I knew it after awhile I was down 20lbs, then 25lbs, then 30 and it kept dropping. In the end while breastfeeding I ended up dropping 45lbs. I was thinner than I had been in years!! I kept most of it off, I probably gained back about 10lbs and while I am not where I want to be right now I am still under what I was when I got pregnant with Gabby.
I still don't exercise all that much, I try to get out and walk. I started Zumba over the winter and need to get back into that. Needless to say that doing Zumba while full on breastfeeding was.... Interesting.... Lets just say I needed a lot of support ;) A good bra is worth every penny. I didn't have to worry about my supply dropping like some women do with exercising. For one I wasn't doing it that often and secondly I had a pretty good supply, it never really dipped at all through the 19.5 months that I nursed her.
Anyway now that I have weaned Gabby I plan on getting back into the exercising more - and because it's nice out here in MN I am not in hibernation mode. So wish me luck in getting back on the exercise train!
What is your breastfeeding and nursing experience??
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Good for you for losing that weight! And yay for MN mommies :)
I've been breast feeding Desmond for 6 months now and haven't dropped a single pound other than the initial water weight loss (approximately 20lbs). I've had a few dips in supply but that is mostly because I've occasionally fallen off my normal pump schedule. Once I start back on my normal schedule my supply picks back up. My goal is to get in a few workouts a week. Hopefully some of the weight will start dropping off. When did you start to see it come of after you had Gabby?
Thanks for the comments ladies!
I think I started seeing it slip off around 3 months or so But I think it finally came off around 6 or 7 months after.
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