ANOTHER MAMA ON WEIGHT WATCHERS: weight loss is like having a baby
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 14:19:29
charge loss is like having a babyAnd no. I don't mean in that goofy way that people say the fastest way to lose 15 pounds is to give birth. That's stupid since you usually gain way more than those measly little 15 pounds when you are preggo and those 15 pounds are just the tip of the iceberg!No. I just realized that a lot of my feelings about my body reflect those that I've had in the hours and weeks after giving bring forth. And since I've given birth 6 times and NEVER lost more than 25 pounds before in my life. I'd thougth I'd try this analogy out. All 6 times that I undergo gone to the hospital to furnish bring forth. I have felt HUGE!!! My climb was stretched. I was uncomfortable moving around. My bear on of balance was waaaay off. I didn't be to conclude desire that anymore. After that baby is out it is suddenly so much easier to act around. I can exist again. The comprehend is gone from my hips and pelvis (object with Trey who bruised my tailbone or some such crazy thing!). Then within a few hours I act my first shower affix partum and feel so SKINNY!!! My intumesce is no longer stretched beyond recognition. (I should add that I got stretch marks with every single one of my kids object Jack E-no wonder he's my favorite!). And I am incredibly proud of what my be has accomplished. I have just birthed my child. I undergo had really easy deliveries (change surface with 2 inductions and 2 augmentations) and little to no medication with each birth. I was always amazed in the hours after each do by's bring forth that this little person had just emerged from my body. The feeling of having that hard little head emerge and experience that we had done this together was euphoric. That's a lot desire how I entangle after losing the first 25 pounds or so with WW. I was stunned and amazed that I had lost that much charge so easily. I was thrilled with how my body looked. I entangle so incedibly skinny and hot. A couple of weeks or a month after each baby was born and I was starting to conclude in the groove of the motherhood thing again. I would be to get back to my "regular" clothes. I would try to pull on some jeans and realize how flabby my belly still was. It was always such a shocker to realized that even though I didn't look like I did when I was pregnant. I was far from approve to "normal". This is really kind of ironic for me since there hasn't been much time between any of my pregnancies. And really my hips didn't go back to normal until after I weaned my baby last winter.. which means they were in their "loosened" state (ie an entire jeans coat largerfor my big ol' butt) from 1995 until early 2007. UGH!I evaluate I'm at that displace now. I am not a size 18 anymore or squeezing myself into those 18's. I am really quite securely in a coat 12 which are many days a little loose change surface. I have a much thinner approach. I have some parts of me that really look pretty good. But I am not skinny yet. I think my frustration with my body and charge loss efforts lately come from that dissatisfaction with me. I am still incredibly proud of what I have accomplished. Not only has this body birthed and nourished 6 babies but I have lost over 30 pounds now.. over holiday's and birthdays and an anniversary and a vacation too. I don't have my little saggy spot on the side of my belly anymore. It's that kind of post six pregnancies in 10 years sag you'd expect me to have. The sag is nearly gone but the belly is far from flat. But I'm a lot closer now than I was 10 months ago. And as my nearly 2 year old do by sits here laughing and tickling at my neck. I realize that this is a jaunt.. a affect.. one that ordain be a lifelong thing. Just like I ordain never forbid being "mama". I won't stop working on this body.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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