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@MsLipGloss: That is awesome! Congrats!

@petunia354: It totally sucks. But it is depressing wearing maternity still. I have one pair of work pants that fit me. I have lost all my weight but everything shifted so now I have to lose even more so I can fit in my clothes. It is depressing.

I really need to figure out how to work out now. I can't go to the gym at night since DH is traveling no one to watch R. I guess I need to just start doing videos at home. I just hate working out later at night, cause then I have trouble sleeping. But my thighs have to stop being so flabby.

Hey ladies! Checking in to join this thread! I loved reading about everyone's progress. keep up the good work!

I am 6 weeks PP with 20 lbs to lose to get to my ideal weight. I can't do WW at the moment, but I am starting small with eating cleaner and exercising (lightly, for now!--when I go back to work, I highly doubt I will have time to fit any exercise in, unfortunately! ). Hopefully with BF this will do the trick to get my weight loss going.

@MsLipGloss: That's awesome about your pants! I am still working to fit into the pants I got to wear during my first trimester that I thought were so big back then

@dojo: oh same! My fat pants when newly pregnant are now my can't-get-over-my-hip pants we'll get there!!

@petunia354: I hear you! Can I just also say that I don't think people disclose *all* of the relevant facts when they talk about losing all of their pg weight, i.e., like, whether they were overweight pre-pg . . . because where you started out really matters! Not that that is any of my business, but I feel like without all of the relevant data, the data that is presented creates a warped sense of reality . . . and for those of us who struggle, well, it just makes it feel that much more depressing. Sort of like when someone posts that they only gained 25 pounds while pg, but they don't disclose that they were already some number of pounds overweight before they got pg . . . So, I write all this to say that I always try to tell myself that (1) I don't know what I don't know, and (2) that comparison is the thief of joy . . . and that if I allow myself to compare (apples to oranges, really) my experiences with someone else's that I may end up losing some of the joy that I have with regard to my baby girl . . . and my life, for that matter.

@MsLipGloss: word! just like people don't disclose ALL the facts about STTN. But I expect 1/3 of people to "fudge" the truth, I am a natural skeptic!

I feel so far behind in this thread, but welcome to everyone that's joining in! The more support the better!

@MsLipGloss: thanks! I did the elliptical for 20 minutes...nothing huge but a start in the right direction. I did not help that I met up with a friend for a drink after we put our LOs to bed last night, but I forced myself out of bed. Tomorrow I'll try to go at least 25 minutes

Also, I totally agree that you never know what people are leaving out and choosing to disclose... I'm coming to realize this more and more as I get older...

@HLK208: @dojo: That's how my shorts feel from last year. I can't get into those, so jeans for me this summer. It makes me miss my maternity shorts.

I did manage to fit into some size L skirts I bought for the summer, but my belly is still present. At least they fit!

In a small win for today, I resisted a donut after a stressful/frustrating/upsetting morning with my DH.

@Mslipgloss, haha, YES! I've had people comment to me that I don't look like i've had a baby BUT i always tell them, "i went to the gym 6 days a week starting at 6 weeks PP, i've been eating paleo, and i've been crossfitting it up. It ain't luck". I could easily be like, "oh wow, thanks!!!!!" and leave out the *vital information*. But I like to fully disclose that getting the jeans back on (hopefully soon!) is HARD WORK. And well worth it

Also? I turned down cake two days in a row. Le sigh. (full disclosure, I had a margarita instead yesterday, lol. I told myself I could have ONE, not both).

@cascademom: thanks! good job resisting! I had a dream about donuts the other night lol.
@sandy: thanks! I have so much weight to go...15 pounds until I'm down to my second pre-preg weight and then another 12 after that until I'm down to my first pre-preg weight. It helps me to look at it in increments rather than 27 pounds!

@blackbird: I met a super fit mom of 3 and she was like "honestly, I live at the gym"

@cascademom: *high five*

@HLK208: It should not be possible to be visually assaulted with vision of donuts dancing in your head while you sleep! Talk about *no rest* for the weary!

@dojo: So, there is a gym at my office. I tried to use it during lunch when I was still pumping 3 times a day, and it was just too big a strain on my time at work (I bill every 6 minutes of my time, so, while I don't have to be at work for a specific amount of time, I have to bill a certain number of hours, and I can't bill for everything I do), so it was really really hard! Also, LO was not even close to STTN, so, that lasted about 2 weeks before I just totally crashed and gave up.

Now that LO is (more or less) STTN (which to me means at least a 6-7 hour stretch), I am able to sneak in a workout at the end of the day . . . when I am super tired and just want to relax. *sigh* There is a gym super close to our house, but that means I would have to leave, soooo . . . DH and I bought an elliptical trainer for the house (it was just delivered this week!), so that I can at least go downstairs and hop on it for a good bit to at least maintain some kind of aerobic fitness! I also have a lot of home gym stuff like kettle bells and resistance bands that I can use, too.

@MsLipGloss: Yeah, same here. I mean, I guess I COULD get up at 4:30 to squeeze in a workout (if I don't go to the gym to do it), but working out with full boobs sounds really unpleasant!

@dojo: I wish I knew. I can't get up in the morning to work out. Never been able to do it. I can't go at night cause that is the only time with R. If DH is home I could then go to the gym, but then that puts me at 830 to eat dinner. I have to find something to do though.

@dojo: I hear you! My solution currently is to just not work out.

So I woke up at 6:30 (slept in 30 minutes) and made BLT wraps for our picnic/park play date today...so I did not get to work out. BUT, I'm going to fit in a workout tonight...and to keep myself accountable I will post on here to make sure I do it.

@sslm: That is awesome!!!
@sandy: That is what I need to start doing.
@hergreenapples: Good luck tomorrow!!

@sslm: awesome job! Hearing about everyones' losses gives me motivation to keep trying!