Definitely need to drop the pregnancy weight, even though my kids are little older (born 2004, 2006 and 2008).

Was overweight to begin with (living in London and then two miscarriages will so that to you!!) and then put on about 40kg with my first son. Dropped 50kg after him just doing exercise and a naturopath diet, so went below my starting weight to an almost helathy weight. Then put on another 20kg with my second son, only lost about 10kg after him and then put on another 20kg odd with my daughter.

So.....when I finally got motivated to lose weight (around July), I needed to lose 40 odd kilos. Now that's down to about 25 odd kilos (I've been on TF for just about 4 weeks now). I need to get back down to a healthy weight and run around with those kids more. Any advice, freely taken!!

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This is my first time using the forums. It was recommended to my by a friend who is very insperational to my. Miss_Donna. I too gained some weight during pregnancy and want my pre-pregnancy body back. I have always had weight issues and would like to be able to walk into a shop and not have to worry about finding clothes that don't fit me. I have just started last week and i am already feeling better in myself with the fresh food i am eating.

Cheers

Today was my first weigh in. 2.4kg gone. I'm hoping that the coming weeks are as easy as the first! Today though I felt my first bit of temptation. I hadn't given myself any treats until today which I ate one of the TF chocolate bars...gee aren't they sensational? The only problem is when you come from eating a block to yourself, to 3 little squares, it just doesn't seem enough. And for me, having that one chocolate bar left me wanting more.....so I went back to my handbag and got out Sunday's chocolate bar and drove that too! (opps) Does anyone else suffer from this. When they have a little bit you just want more? I think I'm better to go without completely than give myself a nibble amount. I practically could engulf the bar with one sniff! (if that's possible). 

Afterwards I felt  like I had cheated myself by eating the whole weeks of treats in one session and that I'm ignoring the lesson that TF is trying to teach me; moderation. Which just made me feel like going out and getting a whole block to myself, as that's usually what I would do; tell myself that I'll start tomorrow and convince myself that it really wasn't that hard to lose 2.4kg so even if I binch tonight, I could be good for the rest of the week and still lose a kilo. But they say if you always do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you always get. And I'm not here to cheat and take short cuts...it's costing my family financially, and they're eating the same dinners that I eat!   (which I must say I was slightly impressed with how good things taste without the complete carbs.)  So to pick myself out of the somber mood I was in, I forced myself to go to gym...even though I had just eaten dinner. I went to do Step aerobics, but that was cancelled and combat was on. And man, don't I feel better now. There's nothing like a bit of punching and kicking to square up your emotions And now I'm set for another week.

 I was 94kgs when my daughter was born in 2007 I went to 88 after the birth but then the weight came back and sent me to 99kgs. I was scared cause nothing I did would help, I went to the doctor who took me off an antidepressant that I was taking for pre-natal depression (apparently is it known to cause weight gain) Anyway he put me on another drug to help kickstart my weight loss and I went down to 84kgs and on top of the world. Then I went off that drug which gave me side effects of wild mood swings,and decided not to go back on it. So my weight crept on again and my man had started working away and bad habits took over and landed me at 93kgs.  So this is where I started on my TF journey with a lot of work ahead.  Right now Im at 91.1kgs with the forum as my only support as I havent told anyone not even my man. (mum knows but she lives interstate)

Tori xx

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DATE        WEIGHT    WAIST    DATE       WEIGHT   WAIST              IF HUNGER IS NOT THE PROBLEM 

24/10/09       93.3            86        30/01/10       93.4         88                  THEN EATING IS NOT THE ANSWER

31/10/09       91.9            89         06/02/10      92.6         79                                              

7/11/09         91.2            78        13/02/10       92.6         88

14/11/09       90.9            78        27/02/10       92.5          87

DNW for 2 weeks

5/12/09         91.2            78

After a discouraging week last week of sticking to the program and gaining 0.1kg, I am happy to report that I had my week 9 (I think, I'm losing count) weigh-in this morning and have last 2.0kg and 2.5cm off my waist. Very, very happy with that. On top of that, I am now over half-way to my goal. YAY!!!!

Goodluck and keep motivated!

Lici19

Hey tori, my hubby works away and he doesnt know i am on tf either, in fact i havent told anyone except one aunty who lives a couple of hours away from me so i do understand exactly where you are coming from.

I am also overweight now as a result of being lazy and eating too much icecream during my second pregnancy. I think that not doing much exercise for the past 18mths (during his pregnancy and since he was born!) has also contributed!

But I'm doing something about it now, and am loving the results- god, it is good to see the numbers go down!!!

I have a 2.5yr old and a 9mths old now, and rarely find the time to exercise, unless it is around 9pm (that is, if I'm not on here!), so calorie restriciton has to be the way for me to lose the fat.

My mood, energy level and sense of happiness is closely linked to how I feel about my body and weight. Put simply, I am alot happier when I am thinner! I just feel better about myself, I take greater pride in my appearance, make more effort, fell like I am doing something just for me (which is a rarity when you have little ones).

So, long story short, I have just over 10kilos to go, after losing a,most 5 so far. My losses have been getting smaller and I would dearly love to lose a kilo (and some) this week. We will see...

Good luck everyone

Rachael

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Week	Date	Weight	Loss/Gain	Total Loss	Goal for following week
1	13/10/09	84.4	START	0.0	Lose 2kg
2	20/10/09	82.3	-2.1	2.1	0.7kg- drink 1.5lt water each day
3	26/10/09	81.0	-1.3	3.4	Can I hope for 1.1 to get me into the 70s? Or 0.8kg. More water. Less random things going into my mouth. Exercise this week!
4	2/11/09	80.2	-0.8	4.2	more exercise!
5	9/11/09	79.7	-0.5	4.7- not the 5 I was hoping for!	back to basics. As always, more exercise!
6	16/11/09	79.6	-0.1	4.8	grrr- can't even set goals at the moment!
7	23/11/09	78.7	-0.9	5.7	yay! a better week
8	3/12/09 (10 day week)	77.5	-1.2	6.9
9	16/12/09	77.4	-0.1	7.0
10	20/12/09	76.4	-1.0	8.0	woohoo! Must be the exercise?
11	31/12/09	77.2	+0.8	7.2
12	15/01/10	75.6	-1.6	8.8	11cms off waist
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I really like this thread. Now i know that i am not the only one going through weight issues due to pregnancy.

I have a 7mth old, When i feel preg i was probably around 60-65kgs and now weigh around 94kgs (not to sure cause I'm to scared to weigh myself anymore). I was so happy with my weight before pregnancy and it took me a lot of hard work to keep myself at that weight. Now 30kgs over my "happy" weight i am struggling to lose the excess baggage. i haven't started TF yet but everyone on this thread has completely inspired me to go ahead with it.

I used to be confident and loved dressing up & looking good but now i just do not care and hate shopping cause nothing i like fits me anymore. Also i feel my partner is not attracted to me cause of my weight gain. I know he loves me and he knows that the weight i gained was a "side effect" of having our beautiful son, but i can't help but think he finds me disgusting.

Anyways, thank you for this thread, you have all given me the motivation to start TF and get not only my body back but my life. I wish everyone the best! you all rock! Never give up!