Postpartum weight loss ???

Question

Hi ladies, 
I had my baby 9 weeks ago and I feel terrible about my body. I'm reading all those women who lost 80% of their weight in the first 4-5 weeks .. I barely lost any since the day after birth. 
I am breastfeeding, eating a lot less than when pregnant and pretty healthy like always before pregnancy, and exercising about 3-4 times a week or at least walking for an hour. I don't nap and do plenty of things around the house. I do not understand why my weight isnt dropping
I also started Herbalife shakes in the mornings at 5weeks pp. 
Before pregnancy working out 5 days a week I was up to 117lbs 
37.2 weeks pregnant ( day of birth ) 156lbs.
Day after birth 148lbs 
9weeks pp i was 140.8 yesterday and suddenly this morning I'm back to 144lbs. 
Does any of you have an idea of what is going on ? I can be patient but I'm not sure if it's normal to not drop despite of all my efforts.. 
Oh and I'm also one of the lucky ones who had 0 stretch mark until the day after birth .. psych 😅😰

8weeks pp

37weeks

Before 
 ..

Here is my cutie pie, makes it all worth it though !! ❤️

Answer

My daughter will be 9 months on January 8th, I’ve lost exactly 10 lbs. I started my pregnancy at 110 lbs and ended it at 195 lbs. my daughter was 10 lbs 6.3 oz at birth.. I pretty much haven’t lost anything at all. I’m hurt and grossed out by my body. You’re not alone. It’s hard to be positive.

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Omggg I’m in the same boat!! I just had baby #2! My first fell off super fast. This time not so much...I gained 40lbs. I’m down 22lbs and stuck...nothing else is coming off now. I’m working out and walking. Eating Keto and breast feeding...i think it’s slowly coming off in inches but not on the scale, my scale went up 3lbs but I feel like I’ve lost. Idk what is happening. I definitely feel your frustration! But man when that baby boy smiles it’s all worth it😂

Before baby #2...this was 12 months after baby #1

And my baby boys...they are worth the temporary cottage cheese 😂

Answer

I didn't lose a single pound from walking out of the hospital until about 6 months later, however after that I went even smaller than my pre pregnancy weight. Give your body time to recover. It took 9 months to put it on (theoretically) so it will take easily as much time to take it off

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Some women hold weight while breastfeeding s mine all came off when I weaned. I gained 75lbs during pregnancy lost 22 right away and then nothing until 7 months. I’m now 3lbs over my prepregnancy weight and have been since my son was 10 months, we weaned partially at 7 and completely at 8z

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I gained 32 lbs and lost 16 lbs within the first week or so. I was left with another 16 lbs to lose and was in a similar situation. Exercising, eating well but my weight would hardly budge. I increased my water intake a ton and started doing Beach Body 30 minute workouts 5-6 days a week. The weight started to slowly come off. I'm now 5.5 months pp and 6 lbs away from my pre pregnancy weight. It's been very slow going! I think it must have something to do with hormones or maybe pregnancy slows our metabolism? It's frustrating when you are working so hard and the things you have done in the past to lose weight are not working like they used to!

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you need to eat more food not less. breast feeding alone burns 600+calories per day.

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I had a personal trainer. And when I was cleared to go back to the gym he said that doing 40 min cardio 4 times a week would be absolute key! And I did. And lost weight well. Although it was hard work! So wasn’t one of those who just had it melting off because of bf. Before the cardio I did walking, and watched what I ate, and didn’t really loose any significant amount. The cardio seemed to do it. Although I found it a lot!

Postpartum weight loss ???

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