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foreigngirl

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Hi everyone, I am new here. Just wanted to say something about myself: I am 5 foot 1, weighing 140lbs. 2 months ago just had a baby (c-sect) and for about 3 weeks now I've been working out Mon-Wed-Fri. I still havent lost the weight, I've been 140lbs since 1month ago and its very frustrating. I think I eat kinda clean: in the morning I have 2 eggs with wheat toast and 2 pc of turkey bacon, 2 hours later I have a protein bar, 3 hours later I have 1 pc of grilled chicken breast (or 2 eggs again) and then around 6-7pm I have meal replacement drink (I add some whey protein in it, too) and thats it for the day. My beverage is only water. What do the girls think I should do to loose this baby fat a liitle bit faster?
Thank you for all replies :worried:
 
Welcome! Congrats on having the baby! It sounds like you're lean on calories and probably healthy fats too. You might want to try www.fitday.com to start recording what you're eating for a while and get a more accurate idea of what you're really taking in. You want to make sure your calories don't get too low.

Are you nursing?
 
No, I am not nursing. I have to let the dad get involved, too, you know. :) But, I was just worried that maybe that meal replacement is messing everything up for me, cause it has like 240cals. My husband has me on a strickt weight lifting regime. I am tired as it is after running after a 3 year old and taking care of the baby...maybe my lack of sleep is the down factor? I am way too confused :worried:
 
What kind of meal replacement are you using? There are lots of different ones (and just regular protein powders too) that you can try that have all different ranges of calories and nutrient contents based on your goals.

Lack of sleep is never a good thing but a mom with an infant has her whole own set of challenges with that. :)
 
you had a c sect 2 months ago and started working out 3 weeks ago???? dang must have healed fast!!!!! heres the ? is it "baby" fat or stratched skin and what are you doing to lose it?
 
I am using the Met-rx protein supp powder and also I am taking the Any Whey protein (without flavor). Is this good or should I make a change? I have only my husband to guide me, but I need to talk to girls, cause I think its a bit different...
 
Its baby fat. Thank God I dont have strech marks...But I am still scared to start doing sit-up, so I just sit on a bench and do leg raises. And it's still there, thats why I am totally aggravated with it
 
Hey girl! Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

My first comment is to not be hard on yourself for the weight -- your body just went through 9 months of stress plus one big catastrophic event so it may be askign for some time to recover, esp after the additional trauma of a c-section. I've never had a baby and I can't say that for a scientific fact, but I don't think its impossible that you need to give yourself some leaway because of what you're asking your body to do, on top of the stress of just taking care of the little joy ball. :)

Can you start by reading the sticky at the top called "Are you new to EF Ladies Board - START HERE" -- there's a short list of detail that you've given some of , but especially the specific daily meal plan and the food counts detail that you can get out of a food counts program like www.fitday.com (its a free account online - takes a few minutes to set up your food definitions, but it is very easy to use and very useful!) so that we can know for sure just how much you are eating and what exactly you are eating.

Diet is usually the one place to start to look at to achieve your goals. Weight, btw, is only a measure of the total mass of your body's muscle, skeleton & fat. So its almost irrelevant when you are talking about "losing weight" -- you really want to decrease your bodyfat and/or increase your muscle.

Just eyeballing your diet, I think you are way under-eating, especially for the energy you need to keep up with Junior. Your body is thinking it's in a famine-mode where there simply isn't enough food around, so it has adjusted its metabolism down a bit to preserve the energy sources it has (bodyfat). And thus, you aren't burnign fat efficiently. I'll also add that generally I recommend eating as much REAL food as possible. The protein bar probably isn't killing you, but there are better sources of less-processed food available. I also see very litte fats in your diet and very little carb. Do you feel tired or flaky all the time? (Symptom of too little carbs.)

And finally you should get your bodyfat measured so we can talk about how much of you is muscle and how much is truly fat. Using the scale to judge your progress is just not the way to go. In the first part of my prep for a bodybuildign show, I lost 8% bodyfat but the scale didnt' budge more than 2 lb from 160 lbs for 3 months of intense dieting, cardio & training.
 
foreigngirl said:
Its baby fat. Thank God I dont have strech marks...But I am still scared to start doing sit-up, so I just sit on a bench and do leg raises. And it's still there, thats why I am totally aggravated with it
i hear you...just had my baby 9 weeks ago..3 kid and my stomache is as they say "used".....i had a problem with my muscles not going back into place after i had him so i just got the ok friday to do sit ups and such....i think weight gain from a baby is the worst to lose....i wirked hard after my 1st baby and it took me about 5 months to get to where i wanted to be after doing sit ips and walking a lot..i didnt see any results for a while because i didnt do any excersizing during the preg....did you?
 
I'll do that, I mean, measure my body fat %. My husband was telling me the same thing - that I am not eating enough. But, silly me, I wa thinking if I eat more I wont get anywhere and anyways I dont really have that big of an apetite. Thats kinda bad...
 
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