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04-21-2007, 08:30 PM
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Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: upstate ny
Posts: 10
Height: 5'7"
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new here!!!
hello all!
I am new to the site---I have posted to the thirty-somethings site for the past couple days---I just discovered this forum! I am soooo glad because I re-start LAWL on 5/9/07!!! I lost 35 lbs. in 3-4 mos on the red plan last year. But...then I got pregnant with my first baby...she was born in February and LAWL has you wait another 3 mos after delivery before restarting plan (as I am breastfeeding and I guess there is a threat to the milk supply if you cut calories too soon)...sooo 5/9/07 will be the re-start date! My daughter is absolutely beautiful (as you can see --- I just love showing her off!). BUT...I gained sooo much weight with the pregnancy!!! I gained 0 lbs in the 1st trimester due to morning-afternoon-night sickness, then about 35 lbs in the second, and another 40 lbs in the third (I had polyhydramnios-too much amniotic fluid) and gained tons of fluid!!! I lost 40 lbs. my 1st month post-partum, and now I am about 5 lbss over what I was before I lost the 35 lbs!!! So, I need to lose 40 lbs. just to get to where I was pre-pregnancy ( and then I still want to lose another 35!!!). It is so hard to know that I was half way there before I got pregnant! Don't get me wrong---she was worth every single pound I gained---but I felt so good before I regained all this weight...and now I feel sooooo FAT and out of shape---and the stretchmarks aren't doing much for the self-esteem, either!!!
Anyhow, sorry for having a 'pity party'---just feeling bad and needing to vent. I have lost it before and I will lose it again! I am glad that I found this forum---I am looking forward to learning about any tips/ideas/advice you all have for following LAWL!!!Thanks for listening---hope everyone has a great weekend!!!
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04-21-2007, 08:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 919
S/C/G: 180/130/130
Height: 5'5
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Hi emmasmama,
I'm not on LAWL, but I wanted to say welcome I hope venting made you feel better!
Congratulations on your daughter, she's absolutely beautiful! (Like you didn't know that ) Best of luck in your weight loss efforts.
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04-21-2007, 11:11 PM
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Deb on LAWL
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Great Falls, MT
Posts: 1,034
S/C/G: 256.8/see ticker/150
Height: 5'6"
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Welcome Emmasmamma- Glad you found us. That baby girl is just too adorable.
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04-22-2007, 11:40 AM
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Debbie on LAWL
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: music city
Posts: 415
S/C/G: 239/223/135
Height: 5'5
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Welcome to the board! You have found the BEST weight loss forum out there.
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter...she is beautiful!
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04-22-2007, 02:58 PM
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Wendy II
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tropical MN
Posts: 383
S/C/G: 206/201/160
Height: 5'4"
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Welcome, Emmasmamma! What's your actual name?
I have about 40lbs to lose yet after having my son last May.
Join in on the "Losers & Friends" thread.. you'll find some great support there.
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04-22-2007, 06:26 PM
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New mommy again :-)
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 1,203
Height: 5'2"
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Welcome Emmasmomma! And congratulations on your beautiful baby girl. As you can see in my picture, my baby is much older (just turned 3)...but it all happened before I could even blink my eyes Anyway...thought I would say hi (from emmysmom)
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04-22-2007, 09:09 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Posts: 2,958
S/C/G: 260/252.6/125
Height: 5'1 1/2"
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Welcome! And Emma is adorable.
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04-22-2007, 09:13 PM
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Michelle on LAWL
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: BC Canada
Posts: 124
Height: 5'0"
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welcome .. you're daughter is beautiful!!
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04-23-2007, 10:23 AM
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hdsQrl - Megan on LAWL
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 575
S/C/G: 200.2/172/140
Height: 5'5"
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So cute! And I think most of us can sympathize with the baby-weight-gain. Now that my kids are 10 and 13, I can't really blame my weight on them anymore, though, hah! (It's all just post-pregnancy weight, I SWEAR!!!)
Welcome!!!
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04-23-2007, 11:16 AM
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Kim - IP 9/10
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 1,681
Height: 5'4"
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Welcome Emmasmomma! I'm from upstate NY too - Albany, actually. It's finally getting nice out - so you and Emma can go for walks!
Emma is a cutie. Lots of hair!
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04-23-2007, 11:32 AM
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LAWL Salt Police
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 2,200
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Welcome to the party...
My family is from upper state NY too.. Saranac Lake, to be exact...
Cute picture of the bambina!!
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04-23-2007, 08:13 PM
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Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: upstate ny
Posts: 10
Height: 5'7"
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Thanks for the warm welcome!
Thank you all for the very warm welcome!!! And the compliments on the baby!!! I am looking forward to getting to know you guys---you seem like a fun bunch! I am from the finger lakes region of upstate NY (wine country)---I have been through Saranac lake area-it is beautiful there too! I have a cousin in the Albany area but have not been there since a trip to the state capital bldg in college. I am a nurse practitioner, now I am teaching nursing for a small local college. I am facilitating an online course on genetics in nursing currently---it is nice that I am doing this now as I do not have to do all the usual traveling to teach at various regional hospitals with the 2 1/2 month old! I did have to go to the college today for a faculty meeting and my mom watched the baby---I am lucky that she is so close! It is a real eye-opener---as a new mom I had NO IDEA how much being a parent really entails! I can see already that it really makes time tight---which makes eating healthy really tough! Sorry to go on and on---just wanted to say that it's so nice to meet ya!!!Beth
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04-23-2007, 09:26 PM
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Post-Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 3,400
S/C/G: 235/213/150
Height: 5'7"
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I'm a little late...but welcome You are going to love it here
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04-24-2007, 09:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: East TN
Posts: 863
S/C/G: 228 in 2006/185/160
Height: 5'4"
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Welcome Beth, and congrats on your beautiful baby!!
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