Rachel - Sorry about the mastitis. Hope you recover quickly! I have never had any problems with breastfeeding my first or second baby, as of yet. I took a 3 day trip when my baby was 2 months old and had to pump every 3 hours around the clock. On day three, I started getting clogged ducts and engorged with slow letdown while pumping. It was painful and I was so glad to return home to bf the little one.
I guess I am a little worried because I'm suppose to attend one of my best friend's wedding in the Carribean for 4-5 days at the end of August. My Luke will be 9 months old. I'm worried b/c this is a longer time away from him than before and I worry about problems occurring. It seems like it can happen so easily.
Anyway, I hope you are feeling better soon.

Im new to the board. Just had another baby girl on 5/7 and my 2nd oldest was born on 2/25/10 so I have lots to lose :D

Pre-pregnancy weight: 188lbs
Weight 4 days before I gave birth: 209lbs
Started weight loss: 189lbs

Goal: 150lbs

What "plan" are you doing to lose the weight?
I am nursing my newborn daughter (21 days old), I'm counting calories, doing crunches and leg daily and workouts w/ hubby using my Wii Fit

Prepregnancy weight - 174
Highest pregnant weight - 211

19 wks PP - 165 lbs
20 wks PP - 163 lbs


goal = 149 lbs

Pre-pregnancy weight: 235
Weight when I delivered: 247
Started weight loss: 250 (Somehow left with a 9lb baby and 3 pounds heavier!)

Goal: 150lbs

What "plan" are you doing to lose the weight?
Counting calories, aiming for between 1850-2000/day, drinking a gallon of water daily, and trying to get up and MOVE at least once a day, be it walking, going to the gym, doing a video, etc. Will change this as I progress

SW: 250

5 weeks pp: 217
6 weeks pp: 216.8
7 weeks pp 6/1: 216 (-34)
8 weeks 6/8: 213.4 (-36.6)

Hello everyone! So I took a long dieting vacation this last month of May. Stopped counting calories, but now I am going to make an effort to 'eat light' and try to listen to hunger cues. I have lost 52 pounds since November 15 last year, but reached a plateau at 142.

So my new goals are tough, but I'm trying to lose weight for my friend's Caribbean wedding on August 27 (I wish it was a winter wedding in a cold climate so I could hide it all!) I will be planning a 'destination' shower for her the middle of next month. Her other friends are a very skinny and fit bunch, so even after losing the amount I'm aiming for, I will still be the heaviest one there. I will try not to compare, because I will also be the oldest one there and the only one with 2 little ones (my boys are 2 and 6months old.) It's tough to lose major weight while breastfeeding. So I am going to do my best and see how it goes. I am still exclusively breastfeeding my baby and he just started solids about 2 weeks ago at 6 months.

So I will post here weekly on Fridays.

New Start date = June 3.


Goal 1: Lose 10 pounds by July 4.
Goal 2: Lose 12 total pounds by July 15.
Goal 3: Lose 24 total pounds by Aug 26.

June 3: 142 pounds
June 10:

Welcome new members =0)

Update:
We had some major changes, including a big move to another state. I have been under a lot of stress, which is not good for weight loss.
I gained 2 pounds over the past month!!!
My baby is now 7, almost 8 months old and I am still exclusively breastfeeding. I have decided to join Jenny Craig again tomorrow to see if that will help get my weight moving again!
BTW, I am really tired of JC food from the first time I did the program 2 years ago! But I am desperate and at a plateau for months now.
I wish other people would post here, b/c I like the BF board, but I may have to move to the JC board for more support. Good luck everyone =0)

I "fell off the wagon" and "restarted" yesterday. I was over 200 lbs but not sure of the exact weight at nearly 42 weeks pregnant. My weight before getting knocked up was I'm guessing 155lbs but not entirely sure.

I'm nursing my 5 month old and getting back into running (1.5 miles yesterday, 2 miles today..) and doing some Yoga (via DVDs.)

I would go back to WW (I lost around 50lbs with WW in the past) but A. I can't afford it and B. it's 6 miles there-and-back from my house and we have a car-free lifestyle. Baby's too young to go in a bike trailer atm.

Pre-pregnancy weight - 206
High pregnancy weight - 233

1 week pp - 216
2 weeks pp - 213
3 weeks pp - 212
6 weeks pp - 208

It's time. I need to get this weight off. My little man is over 10 months now. We just moved across state lines--again--so I've been really stressed. My eating habits have been terrible. Time to get back on the wagon!

Anyway...

Pre-pregnancy weight: 165
High pregnancy weight: 218 (I think--I can't remember for sure)

45 weeks pp: 185

Pre-pregnancy weight (4th baby) - 207
High pregnancy weight - 240
8 weeks postpartum-220
9 month postpartum - 214
Goal - 160
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Getting close to my "Pregnancy alert" weigh - the last 3 times I got pregnant I was 207-213.
I would like to loose as much weight as possible nefore getting pregnant again, I just feel that my body can not handle the extra load anymore.

Pre Pregnancy Weight-186
During pregnancy Weight-215
Post pregnancy Weight- 190

First two weeks my weight went down to 186 PPW so that was good.
Now it is at 183. I haven't been able to workout too much just BF really taking walks when I can. Just moved too, so been busy, but I hope the move helped me lose another pound or two.

Pre pregnancy weight- 142lbs
Delivery weight- 184lbs
Current weight- 160lbs

Goal 1: 150lbs by Halloween
Goal 2: 142 lbs (pre-pregnancy weight) by New Year's Day
Goal 3: In the 130's Mid-February 2012
Goal 4: 130lbs (GOAL!) by May 2012

I'm going to count calories to lose weight and exercise to get back into shape. Yesterday was my first day of sucking it up and counting calories. I'm aiming for 1800/day. I've also been walking, and I went to my first spinning class last Thursday. It felt great to get moving, but I do feel sore in my incision area... I'm not sure if it was too much or not. It didn't hurt during the class. I'll try again on Tuesday and see how it goes.

Pre-pregnancy - 204
Delivery - 234
6 weeks postpartum - 208
8 weeks postpartum - 204 (first goal)
10 weeks postpartum - 199
12 weeks postpartum - 197
14 weeks postpartum - 197
16 weeks postpartum - 197 (gosh!)




Short-term goals:
Out of Obese catagory (191 lbs) by end of November
Lowest weight in 4 years (185 lbs) by end of December
Lowest weight in adult life (164 lbs) by spring

Long-term goal:
150 lbs by baby's first birthday (7/16/12)

Pre-pregnancy weight (4th baby) - 207
High pregnancy weight - 240
8 weeks postpartum-220
9 month postpartum - 214
11 month postpartum - 210
Goal - 160

I hope you ladies dont mind me joining in. I lost over 50 lbs before becoming prego with my last baby and gained it all back....so here we go again lol.

pre prego weight 165
1 week pp 227 (lots of fluid)
4 weeks pp 204.0 12/30/11
5 weeks pp 202.6 01/06/12 -1.4lbs
6 weeks pp 200.8 01/13/12 -1.8 lbs
7 weeks pp 199.4 01/20/12 -1.4 lbs