15 pounds to lose post pregnancy

[Anonymous]

So my youngest is now 2 and I'm still carrying around 15 extra pounds. Give me your best tips for what helped take your last PP pounds off.

[Anonymous]

I have no tips, because I am right there with you

[Anonymous]

South Beach Diet + personal trainer for three months to kick start your fitness goals! Worth every penny, I tell you.

[Anonymous]

It wasn't post pregnancy weight, but I had to lose 10 lbs and I did it by quitting soda entirely, giving up dessert, avoiding added sugar in everything, and committing to running 3x/week and yoga 1x/week. I lost the 10 lbs in a little over a month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It wasn't post pregnancy weight, but I had to lose 10 lbs and I did it by quitting soda entirely, giving up dessert, avoiding added sugar in everything, and committing to running 3x/week and yoga 1x/week. I lost the 10 lbs in a little over a month.

You are my hero! I don't drink soda. I can give up dessert and added sugar. I'll struggle with carbs though. If I can have veggie carbs like a sweet potato, I could live. It's the exercise that I can't seem to get my act in gear to do.

[Anonymous]

I lost my pregnancy weight, my new job weight, and am now working on the grad school weight (22 lbs, with approx 10 to go) by working out 6 days a week and religiously logging my food. I use myfitnesspal.com. Depending on how much I work out, I eat about 1400-1800 calories a day. It's been quite slow, but it has worked. I can eat whatever I want, in moderation.

[Anonymous]

You really have to do the myfitnesspal. It makes you responsible for every single calorie.

[Anonymous]

Oh geez, if you figure out how, let me know. My daughter is two and I have 20 pounds to lose. If I had time, I would exercise but there's NO time between my job, my kids, and a husband who travels a lot.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Great tips! Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It wasn't post pregnancy weight, but I had to lose 10 lbs and I did it by quitting soda entirely, giving up dessert, avoiding added sugar in everything, and committing to running 3x/week and yoga 1x/week. I lost the 10 lbs in a little over a month.

You are my hero! I don't drink soda. I can give up dessert and added sugar. I'll struggle with carbs though. If I can have veggie carbs like a sweet potato, I could live. It's the exercise that I can't seem to get my act in gear to do.

Sweet potatoes and small servings of white rice are OK. Avoid bread, pasta, cereal (even whole wheat).

[Anonymous]

I am right there with you but with a 1 yr old. I have found that eating low carb/paleo helps me. Sugar and sweets are my downfall.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for myfitnesspal!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh geez, if you figure out how, let me know. My daughter is two and I have 20 pounds to lose. If I had time, I would exercise but there's NO time between my job, my kids, and a husband who travels a lot.

You need to be in a calorie deficit in order to lose weight. If you don't have time to work out, then you should eat less.

[Anonymous]

Stop eating flour, rice and potatoes for 30 days. Instead eat quinoa, black beans, sweet potatoes. And protein. Once I did that, the pounds came off. I then continued on past the 30 days and am loving it.

It's hard at first--no pasta, no pizza, cookies, etc. But you push through and then don't miss it. I did not give up sugar and love having a small piece of dark chocolate every night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh geez, if you figure out how, let me know. My daughter is two and I have 20 pounds to lose. If I had time, I would exercise but there's NO time between my job, my kids, and a husband who travels a lot.

You need to be in a calorie deficit in order to lose weight. If you don't have time to work out, then you should eat less.

Um Duh, I know that. I've been trying but just eating less isn't working that well.