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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lost about 145 lbs before I got pregnant; I went from 280 to 135.  I actually hit that final goal weight two days before the FET that finally worked, so I had literally *just* finished losing the weight.  There was no time for my body to adjust, and unfortunately I started gaining immediately when I got pregnant - I was 8 lbs up on the scale before I even had my beta (all water weight, clearly).  I gained rapidly and steadily throughout the pregnancy, about 30 lbs per trimester for about 95 lbs in total.  There was no controlling it, I just kept gaining steadily no matter what I did.  I had a really hard time with it, especially in the first trimester.  It felt like all my very hard work had been for naught.  But, it did all come off, plus a little extra.  I was down 75 lbs by 6 months postpartum (without any effort), and the last 20 or so I lost slowly over the following year (with a little effort).  For about a year now I've been maintaining at 5 lbs below my lowest pre-preg weight.

Congratulations on your loss!!  If you've been able to maintain your loss I wouldn't worry too much about losing weight postpartum... you've already ingrained new, healthier habits that you'll be able to return to when your body is your own again. :)[/quote]

You are awesome!  How did you lose the weight each time?[/quote]

Thank you - I was pretty determined to lose it, which helped a lot. :)  The first time around it was very strict calorie counting, plus exercise.  I started with the calorie counting, then added in regular but only very moderate exercise, primarily walking - that was all I could do at the start.  I ramped up the exercise later as I gained stamina and strength.  After the baby I did very little to lose the weight again; mostly I just returned to the good eating habits I'd developed while losing the first time. I think a good part of what I gained was water weight, to be honest, and I also had a postpartum thyroid condition that I think helped me shed some of the weight (the only upside to that!).  The first 75 I lost postpartum can probably be chalked up to those two things, and the good eating took care of the next 25 lbs over a year's time.  My food intake is a constant daily thought for me, and always will be, but I've been able to maintain my loss without doing any tracking, so I've been lucky.[/quote]

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