Okay, but really… losing baby weight w/ intense FT job

[Anonymous]

Focus on eating less through lean protein, veggies, greens, and high fiber fruit. Exercise alone will not result in weight loss. Write down what you are consuming and how many calories for about a week. You will quickly figure out where and when you need to cut calories. I was like you after both kids and couldn’t handle the extra weight. I needed to lose it for both mental and physical wellbeing and to be a better parent. Losing it did wonders for my motivation and self esteem. You can do it!

[Anonymous]

Depends on if you’re nursing or not. If not, try intermittent fasting for awhile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stroller walks every morning with the baby before breakfast

Walking after meals is better- it will lower your blood sugar.

[Anonymous]

Accept that as a working mom, it will take longer to lose the baby weight. I thought I’d be able to lose it in six months (based on societal expectations), a year and a half later, I finally fit into my old clothes. It happened, it just took a lot longer than I was expecting it to. Prioritize sleep and eating well. If it’s possible, work out while the baby is at daycare - sometime I’d drop off baby right at 7:30 open just to go take a Pilates class before work, or try to squeeze it in during lunch. My husband does evening workouts after baby goes to bed. It’s hard, but it gets easier once baby is reliably sleeping through the night and your body feels recovered.

[Anonymous]

I think the best way for you is spending $$$ on a personal trainer. I live in a wealthy part of NW DC and did not get how so many women were back to pre baby weight by the time their maternity leave ended or soon after, but finally found out that they started using trainers during their Mat leave. I think it’s just the most efficient when you work an intense job and can’t waste mental energy on planning workouts. That said, you sound very type A and/or your spouse is making you feel bad about those extra 10 pounds (mine certainly did).

[Anonymous]

I don’t care about your weight but you need to let go of your perfectionist tendencies or else your life with children will be awful for you, your spouse and your children.

[Anonymous]

It’s the food not the lack of exercise. DOn’t even worry about fitting exercise in right now. Concentrate on planning your meals. I eat the same thing everyday for breakfast and lunch. It makes it so much easier to stay within my calorie limit. Concentrate on low calorie high protein food that will keep you full. And keep it simple right now. The meals dont have to be overly complicated - Greek yogurt/protein powder/oatmeal for breakfast. Turkey Sandwich/apple or baby carrots for lunch. Rinse and repeat. But watch out for the weekends and dinners. Don’t overdo the eating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Compounded semaglutide at a med spa.

Don’t do this for ten pounds. I’ve used it to lose 50 lbs and it was great but it has some side effects!

[Anonymous]

It took two years for me to lose all the baby weight in a healthy way. Give yourself time to adjust. Don’t worry.

[Anonymous]

My youngest is 5 and I am just now really able to focus on my body this intensely again. Please let this go- not the effort but the mental energy you are giving it.

I’m doing WW and it is a good balance. But I don’t regret focusing on my kids when they were tiny. A baby and a job is a lot already

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t care about your weight but you need to let go of your perfectionist tendencies or else your life with children will be awful for you, your spouse and your children.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I 100% agree with letting it go and not being attached to a number or what your body used to be before. But if you wan tot be able to be consistent about exercise, work out at 5:30AM. Find a group class (I did Fit4Mom) or do a Peloton workout or whatever. Then if (when) your workday gets out of control or if you're exhausted at the end of the day, you've gotten the workout out of the way.

This. I’m also 6 months pp and struggling to lose baby weight. (Third kid.) If and when you decide to make exercising a priority, it will only really work if it’s first thing in the morning. Otherwise, you will be too tired and other things will pile up.

I just dropped out of a fun exercise class because it’s at 6:30 pm on Thursdays and by that point in the week I am spent. We can only do so much OP.

[Anonymous]

Don't worry about exercise for now, 90% of weight loss comes from your diet. Get that under control first, then find the time to work out. There's time to do it, you just need to make the sacrifice with either waking up extra early, or waiting until the house is quiet at night.

[Anonymous]

Are you breastfeeding/pumping? For some people those last pounds will not come off until you stop lactating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care about your weight but you need to let go of your perfectionist tendencies or else your life with children will be awful for you, your spouse and your children.

I don’t know about this. My type A /
Perfectionist friends tend to have pretty accommodating spouses and also tend to be high achievers with good marriages/ relationships because they are so driven to do the best in every possible realm. I sometimes feel so jealous of type A people even though it would never work for me!