Going Nuts over My Weight

Well, a few things could be why you are not seeing weight loss. First of all, you may be gaining weight because you are gaining MUSCLE through your workouts. This is actually great news because more muscle increases your metqabolism and helps you burn fat...and also makes you look more toned. Don't worry about bulking up...women cannot bulk up...we don't have enough testosterone.

Another reason may be that you haven't been working out long enough...After the initial weight drop in the first few weeks (largly due to losing water weight)it can take up to 10 weeks to see true and long term wieght loss.

Keep doing what you are doing and be sure you are getting all the nutrients you need. If you do not take in ENOUGH nutrients your body will hold onto fat as a survuval instinct.

Feel free to e-mail me with any questions...I am a personal trainier, nutrition instructo, and I had a little boy at the end of August 06 so I know what you are going through trying to lose weight!!
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Ask your doctor for a thyroid test. It's a simple blood draw, and a pretty standard test. You're a little young for thyroid problems, but they're not unheard of at your age. Many women develop them during pregnancy. Hypothyroidism (under active thyroid) is a common cause of unwanted weight gain or inability to lose weight.

Loosing the weight from the second pregnancy is harder. I don't think it will go back to the way you were before. Even if you get you're weight down you're skin has been streched and will remain a little stretched forever. Since you're nursing the weight will fall, just give it time. Don't deprive yourself from foods, that will only make you mentally unhappy. Eat healthy fruits and veggies and remember to continue taking you're vitamins. You do need some extra calories since you're nursing. Drinking juices is a good way to give yourself extra calories and not feel gross afterward. Weight is such an issue for woman these days. Don't let it ruin your life and well being...stress also contributes to weight gain...so embrace being you. Show you're daughter the true beauties found in a woman.....her strength, her independence, her pride, and yes health is important but not everything. If you died tommarow make it so people remember you for the awsome mama and woman you are, not how obsessed you were with trying to look perfect. A true beautiful woman penetrates her beauty from the inside out.....and in this day and age since you have a daughter who may grow up with the same problem about herself I would stongly teach and show that to her everyday. You are beautiful!

First thing I would do is make an appointment with your doctor to have you glucose and TSH levels checked. Then speak with your doctor on what will or will not work for YOU and your desired shape. A basic metabolic panel will explain more about what choices you need to make reguarding what foods to eat and if there is a reason why you are gaining weight when you should loose it.

STOP TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT FOR THE WRONG REASONS! If you are healthy and your son is getting enough nourishment from you, you are doing the best you can. The more pressure you put on yourself, the harder it will be to lose it. When you are breastfeeding, your body REQUIRES more calories. If you take it away, you will not be doing your son a service at all. Also, all your stress about it can be increasing your levels of cortisol which will be like running up hill. You need to wait for the major dieting until you are not breastfeeding. Also remember...muscle weighs more than fat. If you are doing that much exercising, it would not be surprising that you are gaining muscle that you might not want to be gaining. If you just want to be toned, you will need to change your routine a little. Mix your cardio with your weight training and make sure you also give your body a lot of rest. That is just as important as water intake.

Good luck and do not focus so much on it right now. Enjoy your baby...eat right and be happy!

Take Care~!

Before I got pregnant with my daughter, I was 110 pounds, and I still thought I was HUGE!! After I lost most of my pregnancy weight, I was still 125, and I could not get rid of those 15 pounds, so I talked to my gyno about it. She told me that sometimes our bodies just like a certain weight. I, unfortunately, have now been at 140 for about a year now, but I have lost a lot of body mass, and aside from my weight, I am probably smaller and healthier than I was before I got pregnant. Just remember that it takes 9 or more months to put on the weight, it's not just going to melt off over night. There are lots of healthy methods, maybe you just haven't found the one that works for you!! Good luck!!

I feel your frustration!! I just had a baby too and have been exercising and eating right but it takes time to lose weight. I too have suffered with some form of anorexia and that makes it even harder to lose weight because your body's metabolism slows way down. Try eating small meals/snacks every three hours like apples with peanut butter or cheese and crackers. Eat a diet very high in fiber that really helps me. Do not eat anything after 7 PM and make sure to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Remember sometimes you gain weight before you lose it because you are gaining muscle which weighs more then fat. Hang in there and do not give up. It takes alot more time to lose weight then to gain weight. The main thing is that you and your baby are healthy so keep on exersicing and eating healthy it will take a while but the weight will come off.

I would get it checked out by a doctor, but if they tell you there's nothing wrong, I wouldn't worry too much. I didn't lose the last 15 pounds of my pregnancy weight until I was done nursing my son. As long as I was nursing, I couldn't get rid of it. I think because the body needs the nutrition to make milk. Good luck!

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Hi B., I would make an appointment with your doctor and have your thyroid checked.and maybe see if they can do a panel on you to rule out different things that might be causing you to not get rid of the weight. do you think maybe you are building up mucle tone instead of fat? you know that mucle weigh more? you could be just toned up. maybe go speak with a work out instructor to see.you know it takes 9 months to gain,it will take some time to get it off. your child is only 6 months. whats the hurry? enjoy your child.and don't stress so much on your weight. good luck to you enjoy your little one.

Just give yourself time, somtimes the weight doesnt come off until you stop breastfeeding. Im very similiar to you, I was 110 prepregnancy and after pregnancy I kept gaining weight, it absolutely drove me crazy! I would stay arround 120-125 pounds. ( which is big for my frame!) but when I stopped breastfeeding its slowly started to drop off and Im almost back to my prepreg weight. I have about 4 pounds to go, but Im guessing I have more muscle now from lugging around a 15 month old so maybe that is where the extra 4 pounds are coming from :) Dont worry about it now though, your body needs the extra fat for breastfeeding... Good luck!
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