I have a 10 month old son and I still have about 5 pounds to loose to get back to my pre pregnancy weight.  Although, when I got pregnant I was about 10 pounds heavier than normal.  So lets say I need to loose 15 pounds.  But I am SO unmotivated to excersize, i've never been discaplined enough to have a good excersize routine, but I would like to loose the weight before getting pregnant again.  I don't want to add ANOTHER 15 pounds to that after the next baby and be so overweight that I feel hopeless.\nWhat are some ways to get myself motivated and start a healthy routine for me and my son?
126899
What I used to do was find pictures of what I wanted my legs to look like and I concentrated on the end result.  You can do this...but be reasonable...don't set yourself up too fast for impossble results...you didn't run before you walked.\n\nI also found that having a training partner helped tremendously because they will not allow you to cheat. I happened to be lucky and had a American Football league professional player as my training partner and he would make do another rep if I slacked.....\n\nDon't be too harsh on yourself.  It depends on what your goals are.  It is easy to talk yourself out of doing it...but think of the endgame.
338941
The best way to get motivated is to believe that you are already a beautiful and wonderful person.  When you stress out about what you should be doing and how you should look, it drains your energy to the point where you can't even leave the house.  When you know you are a great person you feel like taking better care of yourself.  Trust me.  For years I thought I was worthless and wore baggy clothes and no makeup.  Lately I have decided to take good care of myself, and in turn I don't binge or stress like I used to.  It's weird that forgetting about losing weight makes you lose it easier.  It's all about distracting your brain.  Good luck!
57541
Break down your goals into mini goals so that they seem more managable.  For instance, if you want to lose 30 pounds, break it down into six five pound mini milestones.  When you reach each milestone, give yourself a non-food treat, like a manicure or a new outfit.\n\nMake a plan to lose weight like going for a walk with your kids 5 days a week.  Get support from friends and family.  If you have a workout partner, you'll be less likely to skip your workout "date".\n\nMake a list of reasons that you want to lose weight like having more energy.  When you feel like skipping a workout, go to the list for a good reason not to skip it.
457675
I wonder the same. These people want a very quick fix. It can happen easy if you do all the right things. I was never overweight but heading there and I decided after my 3rd baby I want and I can have that body I want. Like probably these ppl it seemed impossible and you dont want to suffer w/o guarenteed results. But I made up my mind,I use common sense and here I am, I weigh 112 now,size 1/2 and fit. I look at cake now and unlike before I have no desire. There are pleanty of healthy yummy things to stuff my face with.
28955
Have you been exercising? If not, talk to your doctor before staring any exercise program. If so, then keep it up..you may have to modify some exercises as your pregnancy progresses
57511
Hi \nFirst u should be happy for what you are. It normal for women to put on weight after pregnancy. What you think is what u gets it all in mind. You’re taking it too seriously.\nAs your message tells you have tried all kind of health, excise and diet books. You need \nSomething else that is “YOGA” it as helped a lot of people from getting out off this kind of problems. It will help you…\n\nHey my personal word “please don’t feel low…everything is  goanna be OK…:-)"
321401
Try pilates type exercises...my daughter had a baby 3 months ago and is slowly getting back into shape using the pilates system...but realize that it takes time as well as exercise and diet changes to get the shape you want!  You need to consume less calories than what you burn as well as tone up the areas that have been stretched to their limits during the pregnancy!  Don't despair!  I have had 5 children...still have the love handles and earned every inch of them!
566148
hi there, i was in the SAME boat as you. Losing weight after having a baby is even harder than before you had her! I got the book body for life by bill phillips i have dropped 20 lbs and never feel deprived, and feel better than i have since, EVER! I PROMISE if you follow it, you will lose the weight!!!!!!!
290647
My daughter is three months old, my second daughter!\nI started walking two weeks after she was born. Ate right. No sugar or bad carbs. I'm nursing and began daily exercise. about 15 minutes of stretching and 45 minutes of Ball exercises. I already have a 29 inch waist and I'm still working on it. \nIts a dedication, if you want to loose the weight you have to stick with it. during the first two or three weeks you wont see much results but once you reach four weeks it just starts melting away.\nDont rush your self and good luck!
269354
I have the same problem.  A friend of mine (who had 3 kids) told me 1) Diet, 2) Cardio and 3) Ab workout.  So I am upping my protein, lowering my carbs, upping my cardio, and I do crunches and leg lifts.  I also try to hold in my tummy when working out.  It is starting to work, but it takes time.
560364
I have two children and gained 50lbs with each child. Walking worked for me........yes walking. It didn't require much and I could go right out my front door. Sometimes my kids strolled with me or I put them in the carrier pack. But it worked! My first was born in 1991 and second in 1996. I must say that I carried that baby weight for 10yrs before stabilizing( but also went thru divorce so that didnt help) After that ten year mark I discovered country line dancing and that has also worked to keep me shapely and feeling good. I still power walk though........I love it!
389265
You've got some serious work to do!  30 pounds in three months!  I believe it can be done, but let's get one thing straight...your goal is not to drop 30 pounds, it's to fit into that dress.  Remember that.  The scale might not be moving on your journey, but you may be loosing inches.  Keep track of both to combat discouragement.\n\nOK. Weight Loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise...give or take a few percentage points. If you eat whatever you want, and exercise a ton, thinking it's going to give you the body you want, it won't. Trust me, I've tried. Diet is the MOST important when you're trying to drop weight.\n\nCenter your diet around: Whole Grains (100% whole wheat bread, tortillas, etc.), colorful fruits and veggies (eat the rainbow), lean sources of proteins (eggs, poultry, lean beef), and healthy fats (nuts, olive oil, avocados, etc.). Avoid white foods like the plague: white flour, white sugar, white potatoes (have a sweet potato instead, more vitamins!), etc.\n\nAlso, be aware of how your food is cooked. Was there butter added? Was it fried? Is there added MSG or salt? You might be a pain when you go out to eat, but hey, it's your money!\n\nDiet comes down to calories in vs. calories out. It's that simple. That being said...eating small meals throughout the day keeps you from feeling deprived and you are less likely to get hungry and go on a binge.\n\nPlease don't think I'm discounting the importance of exercise. It will help you feel strong and more confidence, not to mention speed and retain your weight loss. Get moving! Make sure to get your heart rate up! And if you find something that you can enjoy, the better! Try step aerobics, a new sport, get out and play soccer with the kids. Schedule it into your schedule like a doctors appointment and DON'T MISS IT!\n\nShoot for 1-2 pounds a week. You can defiantly drop some pounds and get into that dress in a couple of months! But get started...the sooner, the better!\n\nHopefully this helps.
306019
Listen I have had two kids and both girls with horrible hormonal pregnancies. I couldn't lose any weight with my first but was sooo determined with the second and I now weigh less than what I did when I feel pregnant with the second. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me happy to help in any way am now studying personal training. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
536421
my parents are both health fanatics. i, unfortunately, am not. However,  for a play i was in i needed to lose about 10 lbs to fit into the costume i was supposed to wear. I'm the type of person who hates going to the gym.. and loves chocolate.  I found myself in the same situation as you.. needing to lose the weight fast. So my parents suggested a reward program for me.. that would have negitive consequences if i didnt stick to it.  I ate about 5 SMALL meals at the same time each day, with half an hour of elliptical 3 days a week. I drank about 10- 12 glasses of water a day, and stayed away from foods high in sodium so that i would lose water weight.  I ate oatmeal as a breakfast with a chocolate flavored protein in it, which made it taste so amazing, i couldnt believe what i was eating was healthy!  I bought a dress that was too tight for me and threw away the tags as motivation.  It was different, and honestly annoying at first.. but after about the second week, i got into the habit and my body got use to doing exercise and eating semi-healthy foods and drinking lots of water. I have stayed in this lifestyle for about 4 months now, and i honestly couldnt be happier. I have energy and motivation in my life, not to mention how hot i look in that dress i bought!! I didnt think i could do it.. and it never worked before... but you can do it TOO!!  If you need motivation.. I believe in you. YOU can make it happen.
137237
For me motivation just wasn't the key.  I used to be 100 pounds overweight and I never exercised.  No way was I motivated to start.  I had to look at it differently, like a job or a chore, and just set a time that I was going to do it and then get up and DO IT, no excuses, no matter what.  Believe it or not, it works.  (heck, I did lots of other things that I don't want to do because I have to do them, why not add exercise to the list) A year and a half later, I LOVE exercising.  I look forward to it and feel like a slug if I don't do it.  It's just habit now, part of my day that I enjoy.  There just was no possible way that I was going to feel motivated to exercise almost every day when I had been sedentary for so long, but making it part of my routine really did the trick for me.
195148
If you are serious and understand that there is no overnight way to loose the amount you are asking about maybe this will help. At about 5 lbs. a week it will take  about 10 weeks to loose the weight You would be better to set your sights on 2-3 lbs per week. NEVER, EVER eat anything after 5pm. Never eat just before going to bed. Eat only twice a day. Drink water, lots of water, and a glass of warm water before bed. Drinking water helps the body to flush out excess fat wastes and toxic body waste and helps with giving you a full feeling. It also helps with mental mentality. Have a bit of fat in some form early in the day, like REAL butter on a piece of toast, this will make the body feel like it is not being slighted. If you must eat sweets try the sugar-free kind, they cost a bit more but are worth it in the long run, pace yourself with them. Get out of the house every day if only to walk once around the block, don't rush, notice everything around you, think about what you see. Add more blocks as you feel as ease with, change routes. If you are pressed into feeling bad by someone near, start doing a chore, laundry, dishs, vacuuming, taking out the trash (and you can sneak that walk as you drop the trash in the trashcan as you go by), STAY AWAY from the ice box. Binge eating only makes the problem worse and you feel you are less of a person after it is over with. If you get weak when out and hit a fast food place and after ordering you feel you shouldn't be doing that, DON'T !!!!, pay for the food, walk OUTSIDE!, don't sit down, and drop the stuff in the trash can or give it to someone outside or an animal. You will feel odd doing this but then you will feel that you just took control over yourself and it will get you thinking about the other things in your life you should look into taking back control over, and you just proved to yourself that it is not impossible. Try taking yourself out of the circle you focus on all the time and place yourself on the edge and others in the center. When I was losing weight I found that taking Chromium tablets each day curtailed my craving for chocolate. I am a big choc-0-halic. Amino acids also helped for control (all over the counter stuff). Make sure you are not alergic to any of this though. And do not make a big deal of your trying to loose weight to others, keep low key, pretend to be eating so other do not try to keep handing you stuff to stuff in your face. I stopped smoking by not telling anyone and keeping a half pack of ciggs in my shirt pocket so all could see I had it and they did not offer me any. It was worth their bumming them from me to ward off any questions. Nobody near around you will help you if it is not in their best interest to keep you in the position that is more conveient to them. FAKE them out! Depend on yourself, in the end you are the only one who is there for you no matter what is said. O.K. eat more veggies, take them with you, snack on them, unlimited, try all the diffrent veggies at the store, take time out to go to the store just to see what is offered, strange to you or not, try it! And stay out of the other areas of the store. Well, that's what I can tell you for what it is worth. I gained a lot of weight after 3 surgeries and am an older person in my 50's, and now it is so hard to loose, so very hard. Do it now while you can, and like yourself, not what others want you to change into for them, you are not them, you are YOU, and control will come with practice over time.
51952
First of all if your child is causing you problems while you are exercising, I suggest that you let a relative, friend, or someone you trust babysit him/her. But if that's not the case then I suggest for you to exercise daily and eat health. Think about how nice you would be looking if you do lose all that weight by summer. \n\nYOUR DIET??????????????????\nIt not nesserly means to not eat anything, but to watch what you are eating.When I say eat healthy that means try to eliminate fried, cooked food or fast food. Instead eat vegetables, fruits, grain cereal, drink water, and eat a balanced meal. Try to eliminate any other drink that is not water because most drinks them have too many carbohydrates or added sugars.\n\nExercising??????????????????\nTry to set a goal for yourself. Do aerobics, exercise videos, running, or mainly focus in your abdonimal area. \n\nTo it to impress your self and because you are a winner and not a failer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nTry not to give up and have faith in your self. While you are exercising think about all the hard work that's going to pay off when you are in the beach in your bikini. Find ways to motivate your self. Invite some friends to go run or exercise with you.\n\nDo as follow and you will see great results. But if for any reason you don't find the results that will satisfy you, try this other alternative..........\n\nHave you heard of the Atkins Diet?????????????\nThe Atkins Diet consists of you eating as much (certain) food as you want and loosing lots of weight. Of course by exercising too. \n\nThe Plan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nEat has much meat as you want or any food that has few carbohydrates. You should eat any kind of  meat, eggs, sugar free jello(has to be sugar-free), creamcheese, whip cream, and any kind of chesse. All these foods have few carbohyrates. The main plan is to watch out in the amount of carbohyrates you eat. Don't eat any kind of bread or food that has many carboyrates. Because if you do the diet and end up eating a lots of carboyrates the diet is not going to work and you will not lose weight. I recommend you to follow the diet strictly because it does give you great results.\nHowever if you are interested find out more about the diet in the internet\n\nRemember the best way to lose weight is by setting a plan that will help you stay focused.