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Count me in! I'm 5 weeks postpartum, also a c-section so I'm still taking it easy. My goal is to ramp up my work outs gradually and lose the rest of the baby weight as well. I've been stuck with 10 lbs left to go since 2 weeks pp. I'd like to lose at least 7 of those before my BIL's wedding in early August. I'm starting with a 30 min walk and some core rehabilitation exercises every day. Also trying to curb my habit of ravenous snacking once the kids are in bed...

@Mrs. Pen: that app looks awesome, but its so much more $$ than I'm used to spending on fitness. I might give the free trial a go when I'm fit enough to give it a real try.

Me! I don't have a scale, but I estimate I've gained 5-10 pounds since I stopped breastfeeding. I'd like to get rid of them by the end of the summer. I don't have a plan yet, but hoping to get ideas from this thread!

I'm a professor, so I'm hoping to have a bit more time in the summer to be able to workout.

@JennyPenny: yeah, I get that. But I cancelled my gym membership and workout in my basement now, so to put it in perspective, the year subscription is the same price as one month family membership at our YMCA. I think of it as spending money on my health and wellness and it helps reframe the $$ for me
I didn't use the app for bbg last year, I have the PDF guides. But for the post partum trainer it's only in the app. But I am loving it!

Are you breastfeeding? Other than just eating healthy foods, it's hard to figure out what to do because I'm RAVENOUS. Seriously I'm constantly hungry. I know for sure I'm eating 2500+ calories a day. Sometimes more. Not sure what's normal for a breastfeeding mama!

I was losing weight and toning up at 1950 calories last year, though. And I've heard breastfeeding is 500-800 calories more.. so I guess that'd be on track?

I'm in! My initial goal is to lose 10 pounds by June 21. I know the first five pounds will be water weight but I'll take it.

@Dahlia: I was so thin when I was breastfeeding that now I wish I had never stopped! Haha. My ultimate goal is to get back to that size.

@Dahlia: I have my pump in my closet and there are many days I walk by it and think, hmm, I wonder if I can induce lactation?? Lol. Maybe like muscle memory?

I swear this baby weight doesn't want to go away this time. BF isn't helping at all. So I joined WW. I have lost 9lbs in 5 weeks so far. 19lb left of pregnancy weight. Then another 13 is my goal. I am giving myself till Jan (her bday) to lose it all. Then I am going to spend the next year working on toning. My goal is to be a hot 40 when I turn 40 in Feb 2019.

The extra points for BF are nice but I think I am going to start to wean her (she is still having mucus poops with not eating dairy and not gaining much weight) so I am going to lose some. I know weight loss is 80% diet so right now I am focusing on that. Hopefully the baby will start to sleep soon so I have energy to work out soon.

@Mrs. Pen: I'm totally spoiled by a free, awesome, on-site gym at my work - so that's definitely part of it. And yes to being hungry all the time. My plan is to be more deliberate with snacking so I'm not starving, but not eating junk either. A rule I followed before last time I lost substantial weight was that snacks had to have protein and produce. So I can grab that muffin if I want, but have to have peanut butter and apples with it. It works cause it makes sure I'm filled and satisfied and keeps me from grabbing a handful of chips or candy mindlessly.

@bubblegum: Are you going straight to "hard core" work outs? I feel like I want to but last time I jumped into more activity than I was ready for I felt awful for a week. Now I'm really nervous.

@knittylady: I had one of my favorite healthy meals for lunch today. I make this salad http://www.skinnytaste.com/mediterranean-bean-salad/ but cut up the cucumber instead of spiralizing it and put it on top of some toasted pita with a bit of spinach/arugula and a bit of feta. It's about 550 calories and so yummy and fresh.

Bleh. I need to lose 5-10 and get in shape. I was about 10 lbs thinner last year when nursing my LO on an elimination diet. I'm still nursing him 2x/day but definitely not getting the calorie burn from nursing. I gained most of the weight back when I was finally able to eat dairy again. OOPS. I go in cycles of doing okay with healthy eating for a few days, then a few days of saying "whatever", and repeat and repeat. Part of the problem is I'm just so busy with working fulltime and taking care of a toddler. I would love to exercise but it's just really hard to fit in.

@JennyPenny: I don't think I'm gonna go hard core just yet because sometimes just walking a lot can cause me to ache at the end of the day. I lost all the baby weight and then some but I still want to drop some more lbs.

My "plan of attack" is to eat around 1200 calories a day (I know that's low but I sit all day and don't work out), try to go on walks in the evenings with my daughter more and continue cutting down on my Diet Coke habit.

We have a beach vacation coming up in exactly one month and I really need to stick with this or I may end up hiding indoors the entire time, lol.

@MrsSRS: That's amazing!!!

@Anagram: whole30 and lifting weights, mostly

Me! Me! We just started a whole30 yesterday and I'm doing a new combined workout and yoga program. I'd like to lose about 15 lbs but i honest don't know what goal date to set. I struggle to workout a lot because I'm in chronic pain due to endo 1 to 2 weeks out of every month which makes working out and motivation hard!

@Mrs. Oreo: I've completed one before. This one was DH's idea. I'm really proud of him for even coming up with the idea. Hopefully we can stick with it!

@Mrs. Oreo: Me me me!

I started a low carb diet in March for my brother's wedding that happened last weekend and I need to stay focused so I don't go completely off the rails now that the event is over. I was a complete carb/sugar MONSTER while I nursed and it didn't really make me gain any weight, but then I pumped weaned and I ballooned hard.

I'm currently down to my pre-pregnancy weight for DS2, but would like my next goal to be pre-pregnancy weight for DS2, which was 10 pounds less than I am now.

Low(er) carb is working for me right now because it forces me to eat more vegetables as filler and because my skin recently decided to age and go beserk and the higher fat content of my diet seems to help me get some of that glow back. And its keeping me from gorging on banana bread all day.

I'm not as great on working out (it gets to like 110F here) but I'm considering a gym membership (DH is skeptical because I will go a few times and then stop going and then we're stuck on a contract).

@Anagram: I did one whole30 and then stuck with that for weekdays but ate what I wanted, within reason, on weekends. I've plateaued so I started another whole30 today.