Losing baby weight advice??

Question

So I was 120lbs before baby. But two years before that my average weight was 130-140lbs with my max at 155lbs. I’m now 178lbs 😔 I worked really hard to lose that weight and now I’m at negative square 4 😢 the week I’ve been keeping track of my calorie in take, walking when I can (I work, go to school and have baby since I’m a single mom) I was 180lbs when I started keeping track of my stuff but what kind of foods or drinks can help with the baby pooch?? Or help lose weight in my thighs? I feel so insecure about my body. I breastfeed my baby too so i cant diet a lot apparently. I know everyone says give your body 9 months after baby since it took 9 months to grow but I just wanna feel good about myself again. And not want to cry every time I see my reflection. 
I struggled with my weight for so long and then two years ago I finally got the body I always dreamed of and I got pregnant with my baby. I’m so happy that I had my little angel but I just wish some of the weight would go away... I gained almost 60lbs and lost 34 of it and then I gained more back :( my biggest insecurity are my thighs. I’ve ALWAYS hated them and then I had a thigh gap and now it’s back to barely squeezing into anything... I just want to cry.

Answer

Intermittent fasting 
Simple as eating between 12-8P
You can adjust depending on your lifestyle or when u wake up. I don’t eat past 7PM
Drink a ton of water doing this. 
I do this, I am breastfeeding and it’s fine and works for me. Whatever u do don’t be hard on yourself. Try to embrace it and be okay because as soon as u do that it’s easier to lose weight because stressing about it will make it worse.

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Sweet mama I’m sorry you’re feeling this way. I have no weight loss advice because I’m not into that sort of thing but I will say- I gained weight before I got pregnant and it really messed with my self esteem to be trying to squeeze into my clothes every morning. Then I got pregnant and bought all maternity clothes and felt great! It was so freeing to be in stuff that fits! So I encourage you to go treat yourself to a few things that make you feel amazing RIGHT NOW, where your body is at. Jeans, a dress, whatever. It’ll make you feel awesome.

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I’m struggling with this too. Lots of water, calorie counting, and exercise is what seems to be most helpful. It’s hard, but I wake up at 4am to go to the gym before work (that way my husband can watch the baby). Have you tried Orange Theory? It’s a great workout, and the early morning classes make it feasible for mamas to get a good workout.

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I am EBF as well and not in a rush to loose weight but want to feel healthy. During pregnancy I gained 45 pounds. I prob have about 15 more to go from my pre pregnancy weight. I have a dog so we walk everyday since my daughter was born sometimes with the stroller sometimes in the carrier. I have a Fitbit so I try to get my 10000 steps daily.  I also try to go to the gym twice a week. For me going to the gym is more of stress reliever and it's nice to have an hour to myself for some me time. I have tried the working out at home thing but I'm not very good at doing this I'll so a few exercises then get distracted. I find I am always hungry since I breastfeed and when I'm not organised or prepared I just grab anything and everything and snack or if im out im much more tempted to stop somewhere for a snack. When I buy food I really enjoy eating and try to prep my meals for the day it's easier for me to not eat everything in sight. Some of my snacks would be yoghurt and fruit, popcorn, veggies and dip, cheese meat and crackers, smoothies, soup. I also try to have a good amount of protein with every meal I find that if I don't have enough protein with meals like if I had a bowl of cereal only without some sort of protein with it I would get hungry again much sooner.

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The best advice is always to eat healthy, but I know that can be hard. After my first I found eating better got easier when my baby started solids, I wanted him to eat better than I did so I bought all these healthy things for him and since I was buying and making them for him I started eating them too.
You could look into intermittent fasting. I did it before I got pregnant with this baby and it was pretty cool. Tbh I wasn’t using it to lose weight because I didn’t need to then although I have friends who used it to lose weight. It really gave me more energy and better focus which was super nice being a working parent.
I can only imagine how strapped for time you are being a single parent but whenever you can find time to go on a walk do it. My family goes on a 30-45 minute walk every day after dinner. Throw baby in the stroller or carrier and we all get some fresh air and exercise.

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