Losing weight after pregnancy

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:02:01 GMT

Shek — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:02:01 GMT

For many women, achieving a healthy weight after pregnancy can be a struggle. It can be stressful taking care of a newborn, adjusting to a new routine and recovering from childbirth. However, it is important to return to a healthy weight after delivery, especially if you plan to become pregnant again in the future. This article looks at 16 evidence-based methods you can use to lose postpartum weight.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/weight-loss-after-pregnancy

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Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:19:55 GMT

nate mummy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:19:55 GMT

dasalo:
xiaowanzi:
dear all,

me is also new to KSP forum.. but i feel its not very heathy to take pills from doctors (drugs).. its best to have a good diet etc.. all thanks to my consultant who guided me through..

me also lost alot after my post pregnancy (my 2nd son is now 20months) and its all body fats!!! can u imagine that? once my body fats is reduced, my wole built also reduce.. yippie!!!

best of all, i feel more energetic and healthier also.. hehhe..
Off-topic - hi xiaowanzi, don't know if you are the xiaowanzi that I know at SYA. PM me if you are.

I never get to regain my pre-pregnancy weight. Now, it is even harder and gaining more weight due to hormone inbalance. Consultant? What consultant?

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:15:33 GMT

duriz — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:15:33 GMT

phankao:
Funz:
I always find it amazing how the brain sends signals to our body. I have already fed my baby and she was sleeping peacefully. Actually just emptied my jugs b4 heading to the pediatrician. But while waiting for our turn, another infant started crying and my breasts started leaking big time.

Wah, you all very reactive bodies, hor. Mine never did, but never had problems breastfeeding for 2 to 3 years each.

Mine neither phankao.
And I'm still breastfeeding DD (almost 11 months young) :celebrate:

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:14:15 GMT

phankao — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:14:15 GMT

Funz:
I always find it amazing how the brain sends signals to our body. I have already fed my baby and she was sleeping peacefully. Actually just emptied my jugs b4 heading to the pediatrician. But while waiting for our turn, another infant started crying and my breasts started leaking big time.

Wah, you all very reactive bodies, hor. Mine never did, but never had problems breastfeeding for 2 to 3 years each.

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:54:32 GMT

Funz — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:54:32 GMT

I always find it amazing how the brain sends signals to our body. I have already fed my baby and she was sleeping peacefully. Actually just emptied my jugs b4 heading to the pediatrician. But while waiting for our turn, another infant started crying and my breasts started leaking big time.

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:39:55 GMT

buds — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:39:55 GMT

I totally know watcha mean, mrswongtuition.

I've had those moments as well. :politebleah:

Once was during class dismissal and a fellow
staff nurse parent said to me, \"Wei.. hurry on
back laa.. i will get my children to help you keep
the materials.. your baby is hungry already...\" and
she gestured to my boobies. I looked down to see tt
they were mighty engorged and my boobie pads were
starting to leak! :oops:

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:29:08 GMT

mrswongtuition — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:29:08 GMT

I can totally understand the part on leaky breasts! Imagine mine leaking at the most inappropriate times though I had breast pads on!

1. In front of my male colleagues during staff meeting.
2. In front of my students during lessons.

It was just spontaneous letdowns!

Btw, mine started leaking when I was in my 32nd week of pregnancy.
My gynae was happy to hear my ‘complaint’ cos he said that it meant I will have good supply of milk. But it was irritating because I keep waking up at night with wet shirts and have to change shirts every hour!

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:25:38 GMT

dasalo — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:25:38 GMT

xiaowanzi:
dear all,

me is also new to KSP forum.. but i feel its not very heathy to take pills from doctors (drugs).. its best to have a good diet etc.. all thanks to my consultant who guided me through..

me also lost alot after my post pregnancy (my 2nd son is now 20months) and its all body fats!!! can u imagine that? once my body fats is reduced, my wole built also reduce.. yippie!!!

best of all, i feel more energetic and healthier also.. hehhe..

Off-topic - hi xiaowanzi, don't know if you are the xiaowanzi that I know at SYA. PM me if you are.

I never get to regain my pre-pregnancy weight. Now, it is even harder and gaining more weight due to hormone inbalance. Consultant? What consultant?

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:06:05 GMT

buds — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:06:05 GMT

cantbearit2:
Hello buds,

:congrats:

HEYYA THERE, cantbearit2!!! :love:
Thanks for the congratulatory note! :celebrate:

cantbearit2:
Can't help sending u a note cos I also have 3 kids. hee..... Same like u, my first two are princessess. Last one was a boy.

Waah! Really? What a coincidence!
I shall get tips from you then if mine comes out a boy. :lol:

cantbearit2:
A little disappointment for me as I lUV..........girls!!!!!!!!!! DH was all smiles (有人欢喜, 有人优).
find girls usually more endearing than boys leh.

Yeah, noe watcha mean... though i've taught some really cool boys
as well and they too are pretty endearing and know how to take care
of their mommies well. :hugs:

cantbearit2:
But since DS's delivery, I muz say, he is quite a lovely bb too (guess in the eyes of parents, all their kiddos are cute). So don't worry too much on the gender ya?!

Hee.. no worries. I ain't overly concerned over gender more than simply
praying for a normal healthy baby especially having a child at my age.
The well-being of the baby is way more precious and important than gender...
I'm just biased... :politebleah: .... since i prefer girls. Hahaa! :preen:

cantbearit2:
when is your ETD?

January baby darling..

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:45 GMT

cantbearit2 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:45 GMT

buds:
Yo clarabella! Thanks! :celebrate: Better late than neva.. so they say!

Niwaes, tell u the truth.. i sorta moved on after having both DDs
and some more both oredi nicely settled in Primary school.. i had
no intention for any more additions. While the baby thingy news
is still (yes.. still) sinking in for me cause i oredi have stuff
planned (we're shifting)... i have been told that when the nesting
phase begins the maternal instinct would sink in. It should lah by
then, hor. :lol:

Niwae, hubs is hoping for a boy.

I like girls frankly. :lol: Both of mine are such angels (in disguise
sometimes though..) But regardless of gender, it's close
shop after this one! :x .... plus i'll be demanding (yes.. demanding!)
:lol: .... a London Weight Management stint to hasten the losing off
weight process. If it comes out a confirmed boy, :rubhands: ... you
bet i'd be asking for a lot more than that! :idea: Hahaa! :evil:

Hello buds,

:congrats:

Can't help sending u a note cos I also have 3 kids. hee.....

Same like u, my first two are princessess. Last one was a boy. A little disappointment for me as I lUV..........girls!!!!!!!!!! DH was all smiles (有人欢喜, 有人优). find girls usually more endearing than boys leh.

But since DS's delivery, I muz say, he is quite a lovely bb too (guess in the eyes of parents, all their kiddos are cute). So don't worry too much on the gender ya?!

when is your ETD?

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:57:27 GMT

xiaowanzi — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:57:27 GMT

LKVM:
tree nymph:
went to see the doc, he is recommending me to take Reductile. it will control the food intake amount actually - you will still feel hungry, but it will help to send a full signal back to your brain faster and earlier so you will stop eating, thus cutting back on the amount you eat and will help you lose some weight. i'm on it now for 2 weeks... have stopped the piling on weight at least. now i should cut back on the carbo...

Is it safe to use?

dear all,
me is also new to KSP forum.. but i feel its not very heathy to take pills from doctors (drugs).. its best to have a good diet etc.. all thanks to my consultant who guided me through..

me also lost alot after my post pregnancy (my 2nd son is now 20months) and its all body fats!!! can u imagine that? once my body fats is reduced, my wole built also reduce.. yippie!!!

best of all, i feel more energetic and healthier also.. hehhe..

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:11:13 GMT

buds — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:11:13 GMT

Yo clarabella! Thanks! :celebrate: Better late than neva.. so they say!

Niwaes, tell u the truth.. i sorta moved on after having both DDs
and some more both oredi nicely settled in Primary school.. i had
no intention for any more additions. While the baby thingy news
is still (yes.. still) sinking in for me cause i oredi have stuff
planned (we're shifting)... i have been told that when the nesting
phase begins the maternal instinct would sink in. It should lah by
then, hor. :lol:

Niwae, hubs is hoping for a boy.

I like girls frankly. :lol: Both of mine are such angels (in disguise
sometimes though..) But regardless of gender, it's close
shop after this one! :x .... plus i'll be demanding (yes.. demanding!)
:lol: .... a London Weight Management stint to hasten the losing off
weight process. If it comes out a confirmed boy, :rubhands: ... you
bet i'd be asking for a lot more than that! :idea: Hahaa! :evil:

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:31:14 GMT

clarabella — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:31:14 GMT

Totally agree that bf is great for quick loss of weight. But for me it only worked once... for DS1. Lost about 5kg in less than a month. Didn't help much for DD and DS2 though. And I tbf all three kids for about 2 yrs each, no use leh.

Anyway, eventually I discovered what worked like magic: cut out ALL processed food! For months all I ate was brown rice, vegetables, white meat and a little fish (imagine no seasoning at all, how to eat wor) and fruits. No noodles, bread etc and definitely no dessert. I think I skipped milk too. Drank only water. Everything was fairly tasteless cos I didn't use any salt, sugar, soya sauce etc. Very sian, but the kilos plunged like rocks into water, and in about two months even my pre-pregnancy clothes were too large.

(Sorry, OT a bit.
buds, congratulations!!!!! I'm probably the last to know on KSP but better late than never lah. I saw 'dis time 3rd round' and my eyes popped hahaha. Really very happy for you!)

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:19:20 GMT

carebear — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:19:20 GMT

I gained 17 kg during my first pregnancy, and 12 kg for the 2nd one.

Both i breastfed so went back to prepregnancy weight in about 4-6 months, and 4 more kg later, and was back to my undergraduate days weight!
The secret is to breastfeed. 1st one breastfed till 15 months old, 2nd till 3years old. My kids when they were young, were chubby, probably due to the breast milk, while i kept my weight under control!

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:35:38 GMT

buds — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:35:38 GMT

Funz:
Yah boy buds, really hard like rocks.

Yeah boi! :hi5:

Funz:
DH said can give someone orh bak kak if not careful. Then he say must be careful dun wait knock into baby's head can cos concussion. Irritating.

Hubs said it too but more subtlety to it.. If he dare say anything close to wat
your DH said... :nunchuk: Haaaiyaah! I'd give him a taste of concussion wor! :heresmyfish:

Painful hokay! :roll:

But yeah.. did look pretty nice and perky huge. :lol:

Oh.. hubs subtle quote was... \"You look like Lara Croft in Tomb Raider.\" :preen:
Yaa!! Even without the metallic suit boi! :laugh:

Funz:
Since I was on total EBM my whole freezer was filled with milk.

Mine too!

Funz:
Overslept one nite and my PJ top was soaked thru with breastmilk.

I usually need to change many many breast pads within a day..
So not only do i need to bring the usual pads during outings, breast
pads cannot forget or else.... i'd seriously need to get a new top if we
were to go for our outings. Little bit late in feeds or expressing oni sure
leak..

Funz:
For most mummies, their milk come in only about 4 days to a week after birth. Me, I started leaking colostrum 1 mth b4 birth. On the day that I gave birth, I was engorged in the evening. With DD, inexperience so did not prepare pump or thot of pumping, while still in hospital. Went home with blocked ducts, luckily manage to clear through pumping and massaging b4 it got worse. With DS, experience liao. Brought my trusty pump along. 4hrs after birth, I was pumping over 100ml of thick yellow colostrum much to the delight the nurses. But hor very wasted cos poured away a lot oso since DS did not drink much the few days of his life.

Again all same same... 2nd pregnancy colostrum leaked earlier than 1st wan..
Haiyaah, dis time 3rd round mebbe coming soon oredi. Sheesh... Not
shiok for ya noe... game nites. :preen:

I had to throw a lot cos no more space to store. When i worked, all throw..
cos the centre doesn have a freezer, only got mini fridge.

Oh yah.. hospital gave me their super duper industrial kind of Medela pump.
Super smooth and painless. That's when i decided to get the portable Medela.
Only difference is the hospital ones got no sound at all. Unlike the portable. :roll:

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:01:21 GMT

Funz — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:01:21 GMT

Yah boy buds, really hard like rocks. DH said can give someone orh bak kak if not careful. Then he say must be careful dun wait knock into baby’s head can cos concussion. Irritating.

Since I was on total EBM my whole freezer was filled with milk. Overslept one nite and my PJ top was soaked thru with breastmilk. For most mummies, their milk come in only about 4 days to a week after birth. Me, I started leaking colostrum 1 mth b4 birth. On the day that I gave birth, I was engorged in the evening. With DD, inexperience so did not prepare pump or thot of pumping, while still in hospital. Went home with blocked ducts, luckily manage to clear through pumping and massaging b4 it got worse. With DS, experience liao. Brought my trusty pump along. 4hrs after birth, I was pumping over 100ml of thick yellow colostrum much to the delight the nurses. But hor very wasted cos poured away a lot oso since DS did not drink much the few days of his life.

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:49 GMT

buds — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:49 GMT

Most of you very very very lucky to have gained only between 5kg to 20kg.

I won't tell how much i gained cos sure many can make mental calculation. :politebleah:

I was one massive walking dinosaur.

For DD2 my weight prior to delivery was slightly over 75kg!
Can you imagine that!

For me, my main weight loss regime after delivering DD1..
was definitely the post-natal stress, blues & freakin' problems
with my MIL! I went back to work stick thin. My colleagues said
my pre-pregnancy clothes were loose on me for someone who juz
gave birth!

No extra special diets whatsoever. Just more soups and fruits. I cudn
for the love of my life swallow any essences from any kind. :sick: I cud
not stomach the smell what more the taste! :faint: Did the massage and
the wraps. Like autumnbronze, it was pure bliss of those few days.. :love:

As for white veggies that cause colic.. i just know it now that someone
mentioned it. But i ate cabbages.. nothing leh. Cabbages are considered
white veggies right? The rest that i do not eat, i use it to calm my melons
from over-growing. The tiring part abt having too much milk is.... really bo
pian. Must express EVERY 3 hourly esp if baby sleep thru the next feeding..
If lazy to get up and do it since baby sleeping anyways... it'd be hard by the
time i wake up!

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:21 GMT

buds — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:21 GMT

My mumsie didn get mastitis at all.

She was just one dry well. :lol:
That's why she gave up.

I had mastitis thrice and boy did i
tell myself each time i'd stop but i
didn't.

I had fever spikes and boi do those
fresh cabbages from the market help
sooo much with my darn engorged melons.

They were not only huge but hard like rocks.
I was easily mistaken as someone having done
breast enhancement! :siam:

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:15:40 GMT

toddles — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:15:40 GMT

buds:
toddles:
That is a lot of milk!! WOW really envious of your supply. your babies are so fortunate. what do you attribute it to? genetics? special soups? enough rest?

Naah.. dun think it's genetics, toddles hun. It cud be but guess in my case
can't be cos my mumsie barely had any within the week and gave up. Too
painful.

My mummy also got mastisis in the first week and gave up. I got mastisis 5 times and ploughed thru, by God's grace!

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:11:17 GMT

buds — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:11:17 GMT

duriz:
mummyjoyce:
I gained 20 KG during my 1st pregnacy; pregnant again when 1st DD was only 9 mths :oops:

No time to lose weight!!! :!:
Wow! Must have been tough on your body. Not much time to recover from the first pregnancy yet, and have to look after your DD.

Ohhh but you must know duriz, mummyjoyce is now one hawt momma.
40kg oni leh.. envy.. envy.. Losing the weight, fats and trying to regain
figure is one thing... being healthy during the process is also another.

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:46:03 GMT

tree nymph — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:46:03 GMT

LKVM:

Is it safe to use?

yes it is. must be prescribed and monitored by the doc.

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:44:28 GMT

tree nymph — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:44:28 GMT

buds:
toddles:
That is a lot of milk!! WOW really envious of your supply. your babies are so fortunate. what do you attribute it to? genetics? special soups? enough rest?

Naah.. dun think it's genetics, toddles hun. It cud be but guess in my case
can't be cos my mumsie barely had any within the week and gave up. Too
painful.

I beg to differ on this.

I actually think its your own body structure. Cos i know many mothers, no matter what they do, they just can't get enough supply. Of course, if you have supplies to begin with and don't wanna give, the supply will drop too.

Reply to Losing weight after pregnancy on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:24:41 GMT

schweppes — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:24:41 GMT

autumnbronze:

... I also tried Schweppes' baked sweet potato chips recipe. They are really yummy, esp if you can get those sweet potatos from Indonesia.

:hi5: :hi5:

autumnbronze:

We can even create a 'Lets Lose Weight' thread to cheer each other and share recipes and restaurants that can accomodate your 'special requests' during meal ordering.

Any takers?

Count me in!! Started eating healthily this year and signed up for exercise classes at Amore, so am making gradual progress. I think I lost about 3 kg so far.

:rahrah: Yup, this \"Let's Lose Weight\" thread sounds like a great idea!! We need to cheer us fellow sistas on :rahrah: