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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone? Tell me your stories.

I'm over five months postpartum and know I need to give it more time, but since getting the 6 week ok to start exercising, my weight has. not. budged. I thought when I stopped nursing it would help (I dry up quickly with return to work as pumping just doesn't work for me), but still the same weight as I was a few months ago. With my first, I lost easily after I stopped nursing. I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, but my thyroid levels have been fine postpartum.

I know my size/shape may have changed again (hips were wider after first baby), but wish I at least could lost the weight, then deal with what I am - I've also been delaying purchasing larger clothes in the hope that I would finally kick some of the weight. I'm exercising, [b]eat three meals a day with a healthy snack,[/b] cut out sweets, and rarely have a drink (too tired anyways). [/quote]

How many calories are you eating? It all comes down to calories. If you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. Track what you are eating for a month and see where those number lie.  [/quote]

Typical day, rough estimates:

breakfast - 450 calories including coffee (usually a chobani less sugar yogurt and a protein granola bar plus small homemade cold brew coffee with almond or oat milk)
lunch - 300-400 calories (frozen meal such as Evol or leftovers which vary, sometimes do rotisserie chicken over salad)
afternoon snack - 150-200 calories (?) (plain dry roasted almonds or baby carrots with hummus)
dinner - 500-600 calories - varies, but typically just meat and a roasted vegetable with olive oil, sometimes pasta with vegetable and sausage (usually chicken or turkey based sausage), sheet pan dinners, etc.

Working out ~4x a week for 30ish minutes doing a mix of HIIT, strength training with 10 pound dumbells (I use the website fitnessblender.com), not sure exactly how many calories I'm burning these workouts, maybe 200? I could also get heavier weights as a few of the exercises are getting easy. Alternate days focusing on lower body vs arms/abs. Still pretty gentle with my postpartum abs exercises, focus more on pelvic floor exercises.

I can see I can cut my calories more. Prior to pregnancy, I'd say I had a fast metabolism and I'd easily shrink with this - I ate desserts much more freely so just had to cut back sweets for a week or two and clothes would fit looser. Now, not so much.

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