Does the weight you gain during pregnancy fall off easily?

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FTM here. Before becoming pregnant I was  in good shape for the first time in my adult life. I was eating right, working out, and lost about 60lbs. I felt great. Now 31 weeks into this pregnancy and I feel like I'm huge again. Not just the belly but I feel like you can see it in the rest of my body. I was wondering...any of you who have been through this before...does the weight you gain during pregnant come off easily afterwards?

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I take the better part of a year every time to regain my former physicality of a tight and toned size2/4. It takes 280 days to change with the pregnancy so i figure 365 is fair to get back to where i was prior.

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I hope so but at the same time I won't hold my breath for it... have gained 23 pounds and am 31 weeks. I seem to so far gain 1 pound per week in my last trimester, so 9 more to go? 😒 I lost ~16 pounds before getting pregnant and, even though I needed to lose more, I'm thankful I at least got that weight off first! I'm not a fan of exercise and I'm planning to breastfeed so I won't be able to do any extreme diets or supplements like before.

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I think a woman's activity level and genetics has a lot to do with the weight you shed and how soon it goes postpartum.

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I started at 133lbs.....gained 29lbs by the end of my pregnancy and I'm 3 weeks postpartum and at 139lbs and not breastfeeding. I think it just depends on the person

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Not for me. I started out at 102 with my first and I weighed 137 when I gave birth. Four years later and started this pregnancy at 124. So I never lost over 20 pounds of it.

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Depends on your body and your body's reaction to the postpartum period.

I gained 4lbs during my first pregnancy. I was 15lbs under my pre pregnancy weight after birth. I gained 20lbs in 6 months while exclusively breastfeeding.

From what I've read the breastfeeding weight loss thing isn't a given. The women I've spoken to in my local moms group weren't able to lose until after breastfeeding was over. They believe it was hormone related.

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Mine came off fairly easily but I was in great shale before getting pregnancy and I continued to work out when pregnant so I  only gained 35lbs and it was mostly all belly. Breastfeeding helps A LOT.

Does the weight you gain during pregnancy fall off easily?

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