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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I knew child bearing didn't make me gain, on my last kid. After he was born, I only went higher and higher on my weight. After a year, there was no way I could blame it on pregnancy.

NOW, the pregnancy did:
-cause me to lose some ground on workouts.
-include nausea, tiredness, more weight, everything that works against you when you're trying to work out and eat better
-give me a c-section which was further weeks of hobbling around
-strain my body--joints, organs, iron

The newborn and other young kids messed with my sleep, my free time, so yes, I continued to gain and not lose after the pregnancy was over.

But, when friends had babies after me and lost, and I kept going up, it wasn't the pregnancy to blame anymore.[/quote]

The difference between them and me:
-they didn't have c-sections
-they had built in family and reasons to make free time for themselves. Various aspects of my life lead to a lot of (sometimes necessary, sometimes unnecessary self-sacrifice).
-more self-esteem and direction built-in, sort of an off shoot of the above. I took a couple years of floundering to figure out more of what I wanted to do with my life and time, besides just raising kids.
-I think they have more money than I do[/quote]

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