Dieting after birth?

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How are you planning to get back to pre pregnancy weight once your baby is born? 
I've gained 40lbs already and still have 5 more weeks to go.
I can stop stressing about my weight

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Breastfeeding!

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I plan to walk right away and work on building core muscles gradually. With my last pregnancy, once I was at 5 weeks post partum,  I did T25 (with a lot of modifications). By 3 months pp, I was at prepregnancy weight. By 5 months, I  was about 5 lbs under prepregnancy weight. I gained about 40 lbs with the last pregnancy. I did T25, then completed brazil butt lift to slim the booty, then another round of T25. Of course, clean eating is helpful. I also breastfed.

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Breastfeeding, low carbs, and exercising! there is no way I'm getting stuck chubby

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Just remember that it took you nine months making this baby so it might take you nine months to go down again on the scale. 
But I hope that you won't stress to much and just enjoy your bundle of joy once it has here 😊

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Breastfeeding and physical activity. ... and I should probably also cut down on the chocolate for a while after birth.

I'm also banking on the fact that I will be so sleep deprived I won't even be able to form a coherent thought about what I should snack on.

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I'm going to start exercising once my doc gives the OK doing 30 min cardio sessions 3-4x a week and one yoga class a week if I can manage it. Then just try to eat really healthy (fruits, veggies, lean protein). Also I'm going try to be really patient with myself!! (Super hard, yes, but I'm going to try!)

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I won't be doing anything until I'm able to exercise. Before I got pregnant I was going to pole fitness once a week and had amazing abs... So I'm going to go back to that 🙂

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I'll be breastfeeding, but other than that I'm just gonna try not to worry about it. It took time to gain it; it'll take time to lose it

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I'm in the same boat, I've gained about 45 pounds and I will be 37 weeks Friday.. I'm trying to watch more closely as I near the end so I don't go over a certain number. I wish I would have watched more closely the whole time though but I feel very motivated to lose it because I really want to feel good about myself and fit in my clothes!

As hard as it will be for me I would really like to stop drinking pop. I did that once a few years ago for 6 months and lost a decent amount of weight I gained during my first year of college.  I will also be breastfeeding and I know that you aren't supposed to have a lot of caffeine either. I had a long term goal weight when I was trying to lose weight but I got there by making small goals. I would focus on losing 5 pounds and then when I got there I would do it again so I didn't get overwhelmed. I plan to work out at least 3-4 days a week, maybe starting out with some 30 day shred or prenatal exercise videos, walking, and 30 day challenges off of Pinterest.

In the past I also downloaded the myfitnesspal app and it showed me how much I was really eating and that helped. I plan on drinking a lot of water and drinking a cup first when I feel hungry, not go back for seconds, and not eat late or if I do make it an apple or almonds etc. I think starting is the hardest but once you do and start seeing some progress it's so much easier to stick with it. I'm going to take before pictures and measurements and choose a piece of goal clothing so I don't focus too too much on the scale. One thing I won't do is completely deprive myself because if I set too strict of limitations on food I end up feeling miserable and give up or beat myself up if I have something unhealthy. I will just try my best to keep it to a minimum and watch my portions when I do eat it. Hope this helps; we can do it!!

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Most annoying response ever to "How do you plan on losing weight after having a baby?" is "Breastfeeding".  Come on ladies, it's like just blatantly saying, "I'm too lazy to exercise, so I'm going to use 'feeding my baby' as a plan to lose weight."  It's ridiculous. And FYI, that doesn't even happen for every woman. From what I've heard, it's about 50/50. Some people lose weight faster and some hang onto more fat longer because of BFing. The best plan to lose weight hasn't changed in a million years... Eat healthy and exercise.

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