Comments on: Being A Fit Mommy-To-Be

By: bplatonova

bplatonova — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:08:10 +0000

I would like to send you a private message. I have a few questions to ask, but not in public…. Yet!

By: Cocoa bean

Cocoa bean — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:46:39 +0000

So true, I was my healthiest when I was pregnant with my son, now 11 months, and after his birth, by C section, I continued eating healthily, watching the calories, stayed off the alcohol and caffeine and I weigh less now than I did before I got pregnant – and feel great. It’s really a mental thing. I exercised right through my pregnancy till I was 8 months gone and 2 months after birth I was back on my power walks. As a result I also don’t have a single post pregnancy stretch mark. Yoga stretches are king!

By: Lakesha

Lakesha — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:48:48 +0000

First, I would like to say I absolutely love your blog. I could spend hours on it just reading the many topics that are available. I would like to know how did you get your stomach in such good shape after after having a 9 lb. 10 oz baby? When I had my son (which was 3 1/2 years ago) he weighed 9 lb. 6 oz. Could you please share some tips on how you did it?

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:33:37 +0000

I had a different experience while pregnant. I was in the 280s when I got pregnant, and overnight everything just changed about the way I viewed my body. Suddenly I had an important task to fulfill and that task depended on my body and the way I treated it.

I gained the first 8 lbs in the first couple of weeks of pregnancy, which was a little alarming. Then came those waves of nausea. Suddenly I was in tune with my body in ways that I had never been in tune before. My body absolutely positively demanded… SALAD. Salad of all things! And anything vinegary – pickled peppers, olives, regular pickles, pico de gallo, all of it. Considering I *hated* vinegar, I couldn’t believe what I was eating.

By the time I stopped feeling nauseous, I was a lettuce queen and started adding in small amounts of protein. In the last 2 months of my pregnancy, I craved nothing but fat and sugar, and by golly I ate it. But as pregnant women know, your belly is squished and moved around in the last trimester and I could barely eat a meal the size of my fist. So yeah, I ate fat and sugar, but I could NOT overeat. I was eating every couple of hours because my baby was growing and my stomach didn’t have the space to expand.

I only gained 30 lbs during my entire pregnancy, the first 8 lbs in the first 2 weeks and the last 10 lbs or so was mostly water that I gained in the last 2 weeks. I loved being pregnant because I was so completely in tune with my body – it was the first and only time that I seemed to intuitively know exactly what to do all the time. If only I could be that way NOW! Life would be totally different…

By: Randi

Randi — Fri, 20 May 2011 16:33:52 +0000

This is such a great post. I actually became pregnant in the midst of my weight loss journey. I had already lost 52 lbs in a year and was super scared that this pregnancy would be the same as my 1st (I gained about 60 lbs which took me from the 150′s to the 200′s). I had to realize that 1st I am not the same person I was before. I was a teen mom and ate like any teen ate..now multiply that by being pregnant..yes the weight crept up.

I am older and because of the journey I was on prior to becoming pregnant and I now much wiser. I had many people ask me why I would become pregnant when I lost all that weight. They also told me I would gain all my weight back.

I was quite upset but have managed to prove them wrong. I eat the same way I ate prior to becoming pregnant and I walk daily and do Zumba twice a week. All of that has allowed me to keep my weight gain in check. I understood I may gain weight because I am pregnant but I am not allowing it to get out of control.

One thing I’d like to add that may work for new moms is also coming up with an after baby regimen. Yes I know that the baby will take up lots of time and that it’s not ok to exercise hardcore prior to 6 weeks post-partum. That being said those days home with baby (on maternity leave) may lead to those bad habits creeping back up again.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:46:10 +0000

Thanks so much for this post! My husband and I have been talking about having kids and I will admit I got a little nervous. I just started on my weightloss journey and worried that any weight I loss I’ll probably just gain right back if I got pregnant. This was very reassuring that I don’t have to gain all the weight back and still be healthy.

By: Lala

Lala — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:04:08 +0000

please post more like this. I had just started my lifestyle change when I found out I was pregnant. after a trip to Europe I can no longer stomach fast food or excess grease/salt so I’m safe there. but my three meals and three snacks plus my increased water and fiber is not staving off the hunger. HELP!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:14:41 +0000

Love this post! I have a 12 month old, and I am still battling the weight I gained from pregnancy. I am also “short” at 5’2 and put on a whopping 50 pounds.

I have 10 left to loose…

My tips..hmm I really did eat healthy when I was pregnant. I ate lots of fruit because thats all I craved. However, I think that I didnt move enough. I probably should have tried yoga and walked a bit more.

By: Caress Lepore

Caress Lepore — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:17:53 +0000

Thanks so much for this post. I really need it. It seems that now I am pregnant I crave healthier foods with the exception of the occasional Chilli Cheese Slaw dog.