I gained a lot of weight when I was pregnant with Evan. I mean, A LOT of weight. To make matters worse, I was by no means skinny or in shape prior to the pregnancy. Honestly, I have just been pretty happy overall for the past couple of years, and I didn’t feel a real push or urge to lose weight. I mean, I wanted to be healthy and look good, but not enough to deprive myself of Chipotle burritos and delivered pizza.
After Evan was born, losing weight was really the last thing on my mind. I was entering into an entirely new territory, and his needs were really the only thing that I could focus on for months. Finding time to eat period was a challenge, much less to eat the right foods.
Now that Evan is 6-months-old, and we have settled into a routine (which includes sleeping through the night) I have had the time to really take a look at myself–literally. I realized that it was time to start taking some control over my health and my body, and since Weight Watchers had worked for me in the past, that would be the route I chose.
I have been following Weight Watchers, and counting my points, for five weeks now. I am not losing an extraordinary amount of weight yet, but I am losing. Each week, I am losing. I have lost 11 lbs. so far, and have really started to feel motivated about continuing toward my goal.
You could not pay me enough money to post my weight stats online for the world to read, but, I will be documenting my journey over the coming weeks, as well as posting my results. :)
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What you described is almost exactly how it went with me and Maggie- until 5 or 6 months, I didn’t even care about how (ridiculously!) overweight I still was. Those first months are all about The Baby ;) Then the routine settled in and I started caring again… I got on the WW bandwagon, I was amazed! It’s not easy, but if you stick to it, it works. You are doing GREAT so far, keep it up girl :) :)
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I am a complete stranger here and just stumbled across your blog via http://www.jayesel.net. Anyway…I started Weight Watchers myself on Jan. 4th. I had a baby in April 2008 and I’ve just decided to care about what I look like. I’ve been successful with Weight Watchers in the past so I decided to give it a go again. I’ve lost 12.5 lbs so far and recently started The 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels. Hooboy…was I ever out of shape!
I don’t even know where I’m going with this. It’s just encouraging to know that someone else is going through the same struggles that I am. Good luck with your weight loss.
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Good on you! Health is important and you should find that shedding a bit of weight makes things just that little bit easier, easier to move around and hopefully a bit more energy for looking after bub! I’ve lost over 22kg (about 49lb) with Weight Watchers over the last 10 months and feel sooo much better for it. Don’t be disheartened by small losses. 11lb sounds like a good healthy amount in 5 weeks. Enjoy your journey!