I'm so excited!!! I'm down 5 pounds!! I honestly didn't do much.....I just tried to eat less and two days later I was down 3 pounds! Then I decided to keep it up and I'm down 5 pounds! I'm breastfeeding a soon to be 6 month old and I'm sure that has something to do with it! The thing is, I want to lose 20 more and I'm not sure how to do it. Should I just keep doing what I'm doing and see how much I lose? Or should I make a more concerted effort?

I'm aiming for around 1900 calories a day (breastfeeding a 6 month old can burn up to 1,000 a day so I can't go too low) and plan on exercising 4 days a week (more if I can find time).

I'd love to lose 10lbs by Christmas!

Advice/encouragement is much appreciated!! So glad they made this forum!!

keep up the good work!!

Good job! Why don't you join us in the weekly chat thread and see what the rest of us are doing to lose/maintain weight? There are also all sorts of other threads and I'm sure there's probably one for moms who are breastfeeding that you can also check out.

Dagmar

Check out our 5# Challenges. 5# are great increments to focus on to keep from being overwhelmed.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156128

Thank you!!!! I'm down another pound but am SO determined to keep this healthy and safe so I'm going to aim for no more than 1 1/2 loss a week. I'll def join the next chat!