Okay y'all I'm going to do something a little crazy and reveal what I looked like one week postpartum. I have a few friends who are pregnant for the first time and it got me to thinking about all the things I had dis-illusions about when I was pregnant for the first time with LB. One of those things was my body. I seriously thought it would pop right back. Boy was I wrong. I even remember packing my pre-pregnancy clothes in my hospital bag and getting really sad when I couldn't pull the leg on as I was getting ready to leave the hospital. Once I got home I put those jeans away and tried again in a month...still no luck. It took a good 4 months before my pre-pregnancy clothes began to fit.I think the reason I thought I would pop back to my size was because all the magazines show these new moms holding tiny little babies and looking so skinny again. It just isn't reality. It takes work to slim down and when you just have a baby your life is occupied with keeping that new one alive. I like to say you go into "survival mode". As in you eat whatever is in your house and you sleep whenever that precious one lets you. No menu plan, no schedule, no work out. Just living.
One thing I did do before both my precious babes were born was stock my fridge and pantry with healthy things. Yes there are still cookies and chocolate in my house but I also made sure I had some healthy go to lunches and dinners ready because honestly right now I have no time to think what is going on the table.
I'm not sure how much information you all want me to share and honestly part of me doing a post-baby body blog is so that if we do get pregnant again I don't put unrealistic expectations on myself to lose the weight. And in all honesty it took almost a year to slim down with LB. And most of that happened when I started training for a 5K. All that to say here are my stats and a few pictures. But first check out these cuties meeting for the first time:
And here is me 1 week post-baby wet hair and all:
So I went to the hospital weighing in at 176. I gained 40 pounds this pregnancy. As of this picture I was down 18 pounds putting me in at 158. No exercising yet just popped the baby out and lost some water weight. I will post the next update at 1 month post-baby (or some time around the 1 month mark). I don't have any goals this time around and wont be exercising this month at all. Unless you count chasing a toddler and carrying a 10 pound baby in my moby wrap as exercise.
I had full intentions of getting this post up 1 week postpartum but came down with a nasty uterine infection, that I am still healing from but feeling much better, so its about a week and a half late. Anything you all would like me to post about in these updates?
It took me a year with Alexis too. I gained 30 pounds. I started exercising (4-5 days a week) AND dieting (Weight Watchers)when she was three months old. I finally lost those last couple pounds when she stopped breastfeeding. I spent a good part of the time thinking I was surely doing something wrong. Thanks for bringing normal back to the post pregnancy body. It's hard work! Happy Surviving :)
ReplyDeleteYou definitely do new moms a service by posting about this! I think a lot of people are surprised that they don't just bounce back. This time around I knew what to expect, but it's still hard when you feel fat, tired, and gross post-partum. It's good to be reminded that it's normal and what everyone goes through (unless you're some crazy celebrity magically losing the weight in 2 weeks :D). I have also been planning to do another post partum post soon after losing the weight!
ReplyDeleteI love how you think. It is so true we are constantly bombarded as women on what we should look like at all times not just post baby/pregnant/whatever...plus throw in being super mom on top of that and it is enough to make one up their upper pills. :) I think this is great, plus, I think for me it is harder realizing that my body is now twice re-shaped, it will never be the same body before 2 ppl lived and grew in it and that's ok...at least that is what I keep trying to tell myself. HA! Good blog idea!
ReplyDeleteYou look great Kelley! Thanks for posting this and being so open. And congratulations on that sweet little lady of yours. :)
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