Skinny moms - how do you keep the weight off? Is it possible...

[Anonymous]

I love to cook and eat/drink whatever I want when entertaining or going out (including all the bad stuff - chocolate, bread, pasta etc.). Hate working out, but do on a somewhat regular basis b/c I like to be fit - just feel so much better (but I'm def. not a hard core work out fanatic...). I'm 5 7 and gained 50 pounds with both pregnancies - then lost the weight in 6 months through breastfeeding and the following rules........cut down on bread as much as possible and keep lunches and breakfasts healthy(coffee/tea cereal with fruit, yogurt etc.) and run or yoga a few times a week. Also, lots of water..........best thing we ever did was get a dog - walking has worked wonders. ( I'm a size 4 or 6. and have been for years. It's pretty simple - and the exercise allows me to eat dessert when I want to ......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All this talk about dress sizes irritates me because it doesnt take into account HEIGHT
I am 5'11 and even when I had an eating disorder in college I don't think I was a 2 let alone a 0.
There are lots of women who are shorter and far chubbier than I who wear smaller dress size.

Also, sizes have def changed! I am now wearing a size 4, which I have never fit into before--even in college. And, no, I am not talking BR--the stuff I get at Bloomingdales/Saks is bigger than before. Or maybe I am less afraid to wear form-fitting stuff?? Who knows.

Soooo true.
I am 5'11 too and am at my lowest weight (133-135) but am wearing a MUCH smaller size (4, sometimes even 2!) than I did when I weighed this in my 20s. And I am talking Saks, Bloomingdales, Barneys, etc. I cant imagine i am just wearing stuff more snugly because I am hardly desperate to show off the sagging boobs and belly!

[Anonymous]

the only thing that has worked for me is running and running hard. no it's not fun but guess what, looking good takes work so i suck it up and i tell myself it's only an hour. and the best thing i've done is integrate intervals into my treadmill workouts and i'm now almost as teeny as i was in high school (this from a woman who gained almost 60+lbs with her pregnancy). it feels great to be in my skinny jeans and potentially need skinnier jeans!

[Anonymous]

Don't get too skinny. Skinny people have a shorter life expectancy than people who are a little chubbier. This does not suprise me, often really skinny people look like they are recovering from an illness.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.c7aaeb7940626693fa418a1eab2291f6.81&show_article=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Don't get too skinny. Skinny people have a shorter life expectancy than people who are a little chubbier. This does not suprise me, often really skinny people look like they are recovering from an illness.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.c7aaeb7940626693fa418a1eab2291f6.81&show_article=1

Well...skinny people are not why we have a health care crisis in this country! Little chubbier is all realtive and being overweight even by a little is not healthy for parents or their kids.

Weight Watchers works. I started almost a year ago and lost 22 lbs between mid July and Oct and have kept it all off!