How does a (real) woman lose baby fat from 4 kids in 4 years in a row?
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I'm kind of in the same situation.  My son was born on New Years and all through the pregnancy I didn't feel fat.  Now here I am wearing my husbands pants b/c none of mine fit me.  There are many things you can try but only you will figure out what really works for you.  Try to keep a journal.  Get some exercize.  Eat less or more healthy at least.  I would definately suggest to start small.  Find one small change to make, like stop drinking sodas.  When you have past that hurddle then set another small goal.  Such as taking your children for a walk every day.  My little one loves his stroller.  When it gets hard just remember that there are lots of people that are dealing with the same thing and find someone to talk to.  You can e-mail me amn_carpenter@yahoo.com if you would like someone to talk to.  I hope you find what you are looking for.
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I do understand what you are going through.  You may not ever get back to that 135 pounds, but you can get closer to it.  The drugs make it harder, and menopause may have some effect.  But there are things you can do.\n\nIf you make a few life style changes you should be able to lose some weight. You may know that you need to have a deficit of 3500 calories to lose a pound, so don't try to do it too fast. This is a system that has worked well for me and several friends have also been successful with it.\n\n1. Eat three nutritious meals and three snacks everyday. Cut out junk food. You probably need at least 1500 to 1800 calories a day. Many people make the mistake of not eating enough when they try to lose weight and then become discouraged.  Be very conscious of your nutrition.\n\n2. Drink lots of water - at least 8 big glasses as day. Lots of water is essential. Stop drinking soda and other drinks with useless calories. Eat fresh fruit instead of fruit juices - the juices are very high in calories.\n\n3. Begin a simple weight lifting program at home or at a gym.   I'd go the gym route at least to start, if you have never done weight training before.  Ordinary household items (tins of soup, for example) can actually serve as weights for beginners. Buy yourself a good weight lifting book for women. Actually the "dummies" series of books has done a rather good one.\n\n4. Walk, walk, walk. Buy yourself a pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps a day.\n\n5. Record everything you eat and all your exercise to make sure you have a "calorie deficit". Two of the sites I've included will help you do that. Basically burning more calories than you take in leads to weight loss. \n\n6. If you drive, do less of it and park at the back of the parking lot instead of close to the door. Always use stairs - never the elevator or escalator.\n\n7. A mini stepper is an easy piece to equipment to have at home and gives great results. I bought mine at a second hand store for $4. even if you use it for a minute or two several times a day it can make a big difference.\n\n8.  Did your oncology team ever refer you to a dietician?   That may help you.   Also talk to them about your weight concerns and get their opinions.  \n\nI hope these thoughts help. You can do this. Good luck with it.
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The best way is by example.  Create an exercise program for yourself and invite your kids to join you.  Eat healthy yourself and tell them how good you're feeling, offer them your foods.  Most kids want to please their parents.  Good luck!\n\nPS - with all due respect to others, that software program is cruel.  It puts the idea into the heads of children that if they DO end up looking like this, they will somehow be less worthy of your love.  BAD IDEA.  \n\nTell your children they are wonderful and perfect the way they are, then make weight loss and healthy eating a positive thing, not a "do this to fix the bad in your life" thing.    PLEASE don't make your children ever feel like your love is affected by their physical appearance!  (I DESPISE that new TLC show!)
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Well I had the best of both worlds as I took a year off work to get to my ideal weight. I have had two children and after my first child couldn't lose the weight. I was so wanting to get back to my ideal weight that after my second child I started going to the gym 6 times a week for at least 1.5hrs & really learning about it all. \n\nI am now studying to be a personal trainer and have combined work and ideal weight together. My aim is to maintain my weight for life with healthy eating and exercise routines. Here is the plan I followed: \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. Stop making some major mistakes wake up earlier and get active earlier your metabolism is sluggish and needs to be woken up this is half your problem. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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The best way would be to exercise and eat healthy.  Denise Austin has a GREAT video called "Bounce back after baby".  She concentrates on the problem areas that new mommys tend to have.  It worked great for me and i'm sure it will for you too.  Just to let you know how well it worked for me--- I gained 39 pounds with my last baby.  After my doctor okayed me to be able to exercise again safely i started using this video and watching how i ate.  I lost a total of 69 pounds in about 8 months time.  Good luck and take care.  If i can do it, anyone can!!
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Listen, I am so happy now. I put on so much weight after I had my first child. It was a terribly hormonal pregnancy so the weight never shifted despite trying so hard. Then I had my second child and weighed 80 kgs I ballooned to about 94kg at the end. And yes, I got stretchmarks. \n\nAnyway, I lost all the weight cause that was the one thing I really wanted to do for myself. Having kids is challenging but going to the gym gave me 1.5 hours of sanity a day. Something for myself as I didn't have heaps of help like others do. \n\nStretchmarks are still there but they really fade over time. There is a great product called Bio Oil in Australia and it helps reduce the lines. But, they will over time nonetheless. \n\nHere is the plan I followed cause I want you to do it too: If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved if you don't have the access. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. If you have access to a gym include boxing and spin classes as well. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 (women) - 1800 (men) and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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My wife breast fed so the extra weight just slipped off. At the end she too had around 10 pounds or so and just had to hit the gym. She focused on abdominal exercises as tolerable to strengthen that area back up (don't go overboard though, it takes a couple of years for them to heal naturally and you don't want to tear anything worse than it already is), and mostly did cardio for overall fitness and calorie burning.
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Listen I have had two kids and both girls with horrible hormonal pregnancies. I couldn't lose any weight with my first but was sooo determined with the second and I now weigh less than what I did when I feel pregnant with the second. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me happy to help in any way am now studying personal training. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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i take it by your question that you have not tried excercise yet. \n\nsome women are able to look the way they did pre pregnancy. some are not. I would recomend regular excercise. You can do some cardio, do some weight training. \n\nI used to run 6 miles a day and do some light weight training. My stomach was never completely flat, but alot of that baby belly was gone. \n\nWhatever you are able to loose, great. Whatever you maintain, great.\n\nProviding you are not grossly obese, you should be proud of what motherhood has given you. Loose what  you can, but be proud of all you have. .."I am woman, hear me roar"\n\nGood luck.
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Healthy eating and please don't starve your self. You need lots of energy to keep up with your little ones. Drink lots of water and involve the whole family in an exercise program.  Running, hiking, swimming and maybe join a health club. anything but find a motivation point. a dress you would like to fit in to one day or a healthy weight. remember it took you 18 months ( 9 months with each kid) give it at least that to take it off.  You can do it just take the first step.
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The quickest way for her to lose about 200 lbs of useless fat might be to divorce you....\nWhy would you get on here and ask that? You had to know you were going to tick a lot of people off...
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I lost 40 pounds over the course of about 8 or 9 months.  It definately is a process!!  I just ate healthy and exercised about an hour 5 days a week....and I've kept it off for almost 2 years!
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My first son, I lost the weight easily...with my second son it was harder. I cut my portion sizes down a little, drank alot more water, and did alot of walking (cause that was easiest for me...just put the kids in the stroller and go). It give you time with your kids and it's the best to get back to pre-baby weight. You can try sit ups in the evening before you go to bed to tighten your tummy. I did alot of this and was back in my old jeans before my son turned 9 months old. It's not fast, but you do see results after a few months. I didn't have the time to keep a regular workout.
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If your still pregnant you can't. If your not, women gain weight in their bust, butt, and hips. Diet and exercise will help to make them go away unless your breast feeding then your stuck with them. If you are still pregnant then after you have the baby, do not breast feed and try to lose the excess pounds. They should be the first thing to go.
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I have two kids. I know its tough, but you have to be willing to make changes to your schedule and your menu... if you are not willing then you need to accept that you are probably just going to gain weight. \nGo outside and play soccor or whatever with your kids instead of watching tv.  Clean the house with the music on so you will dance and clean.  When You are taking the garbage out, work your arms like a dumbell. \nStop buying cheetos and crap.. its not good for you or your children. They should be eating well too.. such as Lean protein meats like more chicken and turkey.. do not buy fatty ground beef meat anymore.. \nCook 2 veggies for dinner like, broccoli and cheese and Peas, instead of boxed mac-n-cheese... \nThese are things you should be doing anyway. You have to set a good example to your kids about being healthy too.
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I have the same problem.  A friend of mine (who had 3 kids) told me 1) Diet, 2) Cardio and 3) Ab workout.  So I am upping my protein, lowering my carbs, upping my cardio, and I do crunches and leg lifts.  I also try to hold in my tummy when working out.  It is starting to work, but it takes time.
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deliver your full term twins.\nSeriously you dont want to lose weight fast because you can gain it back just as fast. Do it slowly by diet and exercise. Start out walking and increase your walking pace and time each week. Nutri-system is a satisfying healthy program to lose weight.