My progress and how I did it (sorry kinda long)

I am super proud of how far I’ve come and still have more progress to make. I still have my days that I feel insecure because regardless of how much weight I lose my body will never be the same as my pre pregnancy body. That’s something I’ve had to come to terms with. I have loose skin on my belly and my body holds fat differently than before. But I just wanted to post this to give some hope. I’ve been pretty thin my whole life so when I gained 60 pounds during pregnancy I was shocked. It didn’t just “fall off” like everyone said it would while breastfeeding. I fell into a depression. My whole life had changed, everyone seemed to only care about the new baby, I was suffering with PPD, I felt like the person I was was fading away, and I felt my body was no longer mine. I weighed 195 pounds at my heaviest towards the end of my pregnancy. Now I am down to 140 pounds. HERE’S HOW I DID IT: I tried diet after diet and felt like a failure. The thing that saved me was portion control. I figured out that if I excluded myself from all the foods I love and eat super strict that I was going to continue to give up. I used an app called “my net diary” to track my progress, calories, nutrition, exercise and goals. I still ate some of the foods I love just in a smaller portion while slowly adding in a few healthy options here and there. I still ate fast food sometimes but I did my research and looked up the low calorie items at whatever place I’d go to. Being prepared is the key! I found that if I didn’t pack my meal ahead of time and waited last minute then I’d grab a quick unhealthy choice. So packing lunches the night before was a game changer. I was too busy with a baby to go to the gym so I found videos on YouTube for at home work outs. My absolute favorite is “Growwithjo” Consistency is key and no you don’t have to wait until Monday to start making a change!

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Excuse me your smile is so gorgeous. I didn’t even finish reading the post yet, this came up on my for you section & I just immediately had to say something about how pretty your well, whole face is. 🫶🏼

@Parker thank you so much! 🥰 You’re gorgeous too! It’s ironic because I’ve actually come across your page on here before because we don’t live too far from each other so I was going to message you but I’ll be moving next month 😩

@Brittini inbox would still be open regardless 🫶🏼🥰 wishing you the absolute best on your bettering yourself for yourself & your journey thru motherhood 🫶🏼

Thank you for sharing your journey! How long did this take ?

@Briielle of course! It took much longer than I thought it would because I kept giving up at the beginning before I figured out what really worked for me. I’d say it took me about a year and a half to get my weight down and even now I’m still working hard to maintain my weight. It’s really a journey. For me personally I feel like it was easier when I stopped breastfeeding because of how hungry I would get

Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I also gained about 60 lb during my pregnancy and due to hip issues I haven't been able to exercise until now. It's so hard to look in the mirror and see a different person staring back at you that you don't recognize. This information is so helpful and it's so nice to see that it can be done. This is very inspiring and I can't wait to start my own journey!

@Sarah i’m so glad this was helpful for you. I know when I started my journey I definitely could’ve used this insight. I hope your journey goes well! Give yourself grace and keep going! You got this!

Well done, you look fantastic 🤩 hopefully in years time I can look back as well and see some progress ☺️

You are so pretty! I started my journey (again) this week. Thanks for the inspo!

@Rudi thank you I appreciate that! &your baby is so precious! 🥰 Give yourself some time to heal and I’m sure you will see the results you’re looking for as time goes on.

@Haley 💚 thank you 🥰 so are you! I have to constantly remind myself that it’s okay to start over when I mess up because I still have the opportunity to make a better choice the next time

@BrittiniThank you for sharing you’re story, it definitely resonated over here🥺I also experienced PPD after my first child & it was definitely hard dealing with that along with the other things that come after having a baby. You look beautiful in both pictures and I love that you’re smiling in both, that smiles infectious girl! 🥺but also I’m proud of how far you’ve come & the determination you had to keep going after each downfall, it takes courage, strength and a lot of mental power to really push through everything we know to get to where we feel we need to be, no matter how much compliments we get only we know our bodies true comfortability & I’m proud of you for achieving that! Keep going girl ♥️!!

@Shan I was nervous to share it because I’ve never shared these pictures before but all of the support is amazing! PPD was definitely one of the hardest things I’ve went through so I feel you mama💕 & thank you so much you are beautiful too!!

You did an amazing job what an inspiration TYSM for sharing! With my boys in my 20s, the weight fell off super easy with my daughter in my 30s not so much so I’m definitely going to keep the Hope that I can at least attempt to get somewhat of the body that I want back and feel happy again!! I miss the confidence!!