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[SoonerTexan]

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I think I'm going to have to drop the running class. After the 5 miles on Thursday I've been having continual pelvic pain. I skipped this morning and I can't imagine going another 5 Tuesday without it still hurting. I think it is just too much too soon and while I healed faster this time, I can tell I'm really weak :/ I'm hoping they will let me use the $$ towards another class in a few months because it wasn't cheap


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[Thirteen]

Accountability group

I think I'm going to have to drop the running class. After the 5 miles on Thursday I've been having continual pelvic pain. I skipped this morning and I can't imagine going another 5 Tuesday without it still hurting. I think it is just too much too soon and while I healed faster this time, I can tell I'm really weak :/ I'm hoping they will let me use the $$ towards another class in a few months because it wasn't cheap


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If you can get a doctor's note that might sweeten the deal for the monetary exchange.

Also: go see my old crew and instructors!! -- you will get great workouts and everything can be modified.


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[SoonerTexan]

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I'm still going to keep up with Orangetheory. Unfortunately fit for mom doesn't have good workout times for me and three kids kinda kills it. I sort of just want to be alone when I workout too

It's so hard to do anything with kids and DHs schedule. Even a 5:15 am running class was pushing it. DH handed me a screaming Nate and walked out the door as soon as I walked in on Thursday.

I'm just really bummed and down in general because trying to lose weight and get in shape is just so exhausting. I can't work out without arranging childcare or pumping. Eating well takes so much effort with 3 other non dieting mouths to feed. I'm pissed that I'm going to have to kill myself to lose 25 lbs and I'll be right back where I was pre pregnancy. And it pisses me off that my son has gained 5 lbs in 8 weeks while exclusively breastfeeding and I've lost 10 lbs since birth, including the 8lbs 7oz he made up of it! I haven't been eating awesome since he was born, but it hasn't been ridiculous either. Wtf


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[MAPPLEBUM]

I'm just really bummed and down in general because trying to lose weight and get in shape is just so exhausting. I can't work out without arranging childcare or pumping. Eating well takes so much effort with 3 other non dieting mouths to feed. I'm pissed that I'm going to have to kill myself to lose 25 lbs and I'll be right back where I was pre pregnancy. And it pisses me off that my son has gained 5 lbs in 8 weeks while exclusively breastfeeding and I've lost 10 lbs since birth, including the 8lbs 7oz he made up of it! I haven't been eating awesome since he was born, but it hasn't been ridiculous either. Wtf

I haven't had kids but I know when I get busy it's impossible to even consider working out as much as necessary to even just stay in shape. I've been in perpetual weight loss failure for 3.5 years so no advice there except maybe this is the point when you need to be kind to yourself? To my knowledge infants are pretty damn hard. And so are toddlers. And children in general. So maybe this isn't the right point to put the pressure on yourself to lose weight. It sounds like you enjoy Orange Theory. I would start there and see how much activity you can bring to your life that brings you joy.

I've had the FitBit for a week. So totally stoked that in the first week I managed 122,500 steps!! The semester starts back tomorrow so we'll see how it'll be when I'm working but it has been a lot of fun with the challenges and all that. I haven't logged food calories in a few days though I did through most of the week just to see how it works. It's pretty neat. I'm becoming more and more certain that I don't want to weigh myself. I'm going to go by the mirror. Which everyone says is a terrible idea but for some reason looking at myself in the mirror I know it will take a LONG time to get where I want. When I look at the scale I just feel like I should have already lost that weight.

Today I did 5 x 25 squats @ 210 lbs

[rufflesanddots]

Agree with [MENTION=4422]MAPPLEBUM[/MENTION]. Be kind to yourself! What about just making one change each month or so and not adding anything else until you feel comfortable? I can totally identify with wanting to get in shape and get my body back, but truly, what is the rush? It isn't a race and you may drive yourself crazy trying to do the mom + wife + clean eating + lots of workouts thing, especially after the holidays have only just ended. You sound like super woman to me, but even super woman needs to be kind to herself.

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[ladymoreta]

I know your budget is tight, but if you drop the classes and just get a gym membership with child care, would it be comparable? As a SAHM, my gym time (pre- kids in preschool) was my sanity-saver. It was a guaranteed kid-free time every day with a 4-hour window in case crap (sometimes literally) happened. I wasn't working out hard enough to make a difference, but I'd get about 45 minutes of activity almost every weekday of elliptical and reading my book, catching up on Facebook, or reading posts here. I can't say enough good about gym child care.

[SoonerTexan]

Laurie, that is totally my plan once I quit...we have a no frills cheap gym with free childcare around the corner. But I'm not comfortable leaving Nate there til he is a few months older and I know myself...I need some outside motivation for awhile until exercise becomes a habit again.

Orangetheory is my favorite but is very pricey and won't be affordable when I quit, so I'm trying to use it now and get some base to build on. It is probably too much with the running class together though. I was too ambitious.

I have to do something though. Letting it slide isn't an option. That's what's been happening the past 4 years and I am 50 lbs from an okay place and 60-70 from a really good place. I can't fit into any of my clothes and I hate how I look. I feel happier and have more energy when I'm eating better and working out. And I can look at my mom and see that just waiting isn't an option. If the hole gets too deep it's even harder to get out. I have so little gratification losing the first 20 lbs because it's 20 lbs from where I started last time. If I don't stay on top of it, it's gets worse.

Unfortunately it is really really difficult for me to lose weight and it is only getting worse as I get older. Moderate tracking and exercise helps me maintain. I have to be pretty intense to lose. It sucks, but it is what it is.


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[niener]

Broke out the fitbit again a couple of days ago and went for a jog this morning for the first time in weeks. I was doing pretty well before the holidays, had lost almost 10 pounds of the 30 I need to get back to pre-pregnancy weight, and managed to gain 8 of them back in the last 6-7 weeks . The ridiculous thing is I didn't even go that crazy over the holidays. I had maybe 4 bigger than average meals, didn't keep as many sweets around the house as I usually do in Dec, and stopped jogging but still went on a bunch of long walks. My body really doesn't want to give up these new layers of insulation. ST I'm the same way -- it's never been particularly "easy" for me to loose weight, but the older I get, the worse it gets. I have a feeling I'm really going to have to bust my ass just to get back to where I was and when it comes down to it I just don't know if I'll have the motivation. Then another pregnancy will (hopefully) come along and I'll just keep packing it on. Oye. Being a chick sucks sometimes.

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It's really hard for me to loose weight too and it's extremely slow. I have to strictly control and track my calories and I'm hungry all the time. It really sucks and it's really hard.


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[Thirteen]

For those of you running/walking: check out the app "Charity Miles" to choose a benefactor of companies and corporations that donate to organizations when you go the distance. It's pretty cool, and the cost is nothing to you!


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[Sheherezade]

[MENTION=1890]niener[/MENTION] and [MENTION=1889]SoonerTexan[/MENTION]

I think we are all very similar. Maybe we should have our own buddy group! Lol. As someone who is older (48) and never lost the baby weight, I can tell you it didn't get worse. I just didn't lose the twenty I added with each kid. So, I started out 20 over what I'd like to be and then added 20 with two kids. Now, I'd be happy to lose 60 pounds. That sucks, but it puts me in the same boat with many women out there.

Fwiw, I have seen several women my age lose the weight within a year. The trick seems to be that it becomes their life focus. It's a full time gig, nd everything has to center around it. For me, I've not had that year yet. I'm always trying to launch a business, get a kid in college, remodel something major. The year of fitness hasn't happened, but maybe it's coming for me.

Don't despair though - it can be done. It just takes total focus on diet, grocery shopping and multiple daily gym visits that most busy mothers can't fit in their life.


Angie

[SoonerTexan]

Yep that sounds about right! Man all I want is to be a size 10. 8 is a dream. 6 ain't never gonna happen and I'm okay with that.


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[scrub-jay]

Laurie, that is totally my plan once I quit...we have a no frills cheap gym with free childcare around the corner. But I'm not comfortable leaving Nate there til he is a few months older and I know myself...I need some outside motivation for awhile until exercise becomes a habit again.

Orangetheory is my favorite but is very pricey and won't be affordable when I quit, so I'm trying to use it now and get some base to build on. It is probably too much with the running class together though. I was too ambitious.

I have to do something though. Letting it slide isn't an option. That's what's been happening the past 4 years and I am 50 lbs from an okay place and 60-70 from a really good place. I can't fit into any of my clothes and I hate how I look. I feel happier and have more energy when I'm eating better and working out. And I can look at my mom and see that just waiting isn't an option. If the hole gets too deep it's even harder to get out. I have so little gratification losing the first 20 lbs because it's 20 lbs from where I started last time. If I don't stay on top of it, it's gets worse.

Unfortunately it is really really difficult for me to lose weight and it is only getting worse as I get older. Moderate tracking and exercise helps me maintain. I have to be pretty intense to lose. It sucks, but it is what it is.


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Word. To all of it. I'm going to start the MuTu system to get my diastasis recti in better shape and then I'm not sure what to do next. I'm sick of nothing fitting right. I hate getting dressed in the morning because I feel like I'm wearing various iterations of pajamas. Nothing new fits right either, if it fits my thighs, it's baggy on my waist. My breastfeeding chest doesn't allow me to fit tops right. I hate all clothing right now. If I lose weight, I just lose my milk supply. If I eat fat-rich food, I don't gain...my supply increases. I'm blessed in that I don't have milk supply issues, but I'm cursed in that I keep every lb I gained until I wean. So I've got 2 more years of feeling horrible about myself. I just can't anymore. Sorry for the rant.

[niener]

[MENTION=953]Sheherezade[/MENTION] Yup that sounds like me in a couple kids.
[MENTION=1768]scrub-jay[/MENTION] Yup to the pajamas in various iterations. I just change out of PJs and into yoga pants because anything less stretchy doesn't fit right and I don't have the money or inclination to get an entire wardrobe tailored for a size I'm actively trying to get away from.

[gcuthbe1]

Yep that sounds about right! Man all I want is to be a size 10. 8 is a dream. 6 ain't never gonna happen and I'm okay with that.


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Saaaaame!

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