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Jeez, how will I EVER get the rest of this weight shifted?!
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Hi Mummies
I put on 4 stone when pregnant, DD is now 8.5 months and i've still got 1.5 stone to go but it's been lingering for aaaaages now and no matter what I do, just isn't going and it's starting to really get me down
I'm a healthy eater and exercise well. I've also been following a body blitz diet for the past 7 days (no wheat, no carbs, no sugar, etc - but surprisingly still satisfying lol) and I weighed myself this morning...........not even lost a pound!!!!!!!
I walk approx 20 miles with the pushchair each week, aswell as running after a crawling baby, do Davina Fit DVD once, sometimes twice, a week and do the Wii Fit too.
So why on earth am I not losing ANYTHING??!!
I feel big for my frame, I'm only 5ft 3" so desparate to at least get back to pre-pregnancy weight (which is the one & a half stone I've got left to lose).
What can I do? Why am I not losing it? Any tips?
xx
I put on 4 stone when pregnant, DD is now 8.5 months and i've still got 1.5 stone to go but it's been lingering for aaaaages now and no matter what I do, just isn't going and it's starting to really get me down
I'm a healthy eater and exercise well. I've also been following a body blitz diet for the past 7 days (no wheat, no carbs, no sugar, etc - but surprisingly still satisfying lol) and I weighed myself this morning...........not even lost a pound!!!!!!!
I walk approx 20 miles with the pushchair each week, aswell as running after a crawling baby, do Davina Fit DVD once, sometimes twice, a week and do the Wii Fit too.
So why on earth am I not losing ANYTHING??!!
I feel big for my frame, I'm only 5ft 3" so desparate to at least get back to pre-pregnancy weight (which is the one & a half stone I've got left to lose).
What can I do? Why am I not losing it? Any tips?
xx
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I would also say to beware of any diets where you cut out sugar and carbs etc. as this will only result in short term weight loss, you might gain it back pretty quickly. just eat as healthily as possible, and have a few treats.
not sure if this is any help, but this is what I have been doing the last 2 months. My LO is almost 6 months old, and even though she is EBF, i did not lose a single pound! i sorted out my eating, and it made hardly any difference. since introducing the more strenuous exercise (about 5 times per week!) I have lost on average 1lb per week . i wish it was more though!
hope this helps
if your eating healthy chick only thing i can think of is upping your exercise,i no its hard with a LO but you need to get your heart rate up and push that little bit more
i no its ironic coming from me as im over weight but i did pass with advance higher in PE lol and also studied fitness health and exercise at college lol
I just think it's strange that I'm not even losing a pound though hmmm.....
Hey Grudie Nice to see you over here, you should be a permanent fixture though
Yeah I'd love to do more "proper" exercise but I just don't always get the chance lately xx
Any other ideas as to why I'm losing anything? x
My husband swears by a training exercise (he plays football) called tabata. Basically, you get a stopwatch that has a beeper mode on it. He programs it for 4 minutes and sets the beeps so the the first goes off at 20 secs, the second at 10 secs. For the first 20secs you sprint as fast as you can, when you hear the 2nd beep, you rest. Continue doing this for the full 4 minutes. It's knackering but high impact cardio which burns fat quickly and continues burning whilst you're resting. Apparently all the premier league and referrees do this exercise xx
Out of curiousity did they put you on medication? x
Keep going it will suddenly vanish without you realising!!