Why I love being a woman:
I love getting to have children and being able to stay home with them and watch them grow. Being a mother is the best job in the world and I wouldn't trade it for anything!
Why I (sometimes) hate being a woman:
I hate the look and how my body feels after having children.
What I hate the most is how I am now trying to get back in shape. I spent all last week exercizing every day (sometimes twice a day!), eating smaller-portioned, healthy meals and I lost a grand total of 1/2 a pound in one week. My husband eats out every night almost, while on duty and played basketball one night last week and lost 5 pounds.
Can anyone relate to my frustration!?!?
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My body is its most efficient when I'm pregnant! My metabolism works like I wish it always would! But it doesn't mean I want to be pregnant all the time! :)
I have definitely learned that my body is "different" now that I'm having kids. And I think age is already starting to change how my body works. It is definitely hard to not get frustrated, especially when I've battled weight my whole life and it just seems to get harder!
Yes, men are crazy like that!
Post-first-pregnancy for me, I got down to my lowest weight since high school and yet I didn't look like it! My belly area will never be the same!
You're not alone!
:: Hand raised :: I'm right there with you! Before I got pregnant I lost 30 pounds of what I lovingly call "marriage weight"... after I had Cecelia I tried doing the exact same things that had helped me to lose the weight before and I didn't lose a pound.
It wasn't until Cecelia turned 9 months old that the weight started coming off, and by that time I'd kind of given up on things like counting calories, yet, within weeks of her being 9 months old I dropped the rest of my pregnancy weight. It was the craziest thing ever.
Now I'm trying to just get toned, and some days I feel like its a lost cause. Who has time to exercise when you are chasing a one year old all day? Shouldn't that in itself be enough exercise?
It really isn't fair. My husband can eat anything he wants, and you know how scrawny he is! I am constantly having to think about calories, and if I have exercised enough. And if I over-eat, I see the results! But if I am good, I don't necessarily! Hang in there though. Claire is right, around 9 mos seems like a time when I have heard a lot of women say the weight all of a sudden just comes off. I think your body retains it for awhile after the birth. And some women say breasfeeding helps them slim fast, and other people say they didn't shed the final pounds until they were DONE breastfeeding. Everyone is different!
Molly I totally feel your pain. My son is 13 months old and I thought for SURE I would be back to at least my pre-pregnancy weight (I still have marriage weight to lose beyond that, too...). I exercise regularly and when my son was 9 months I decided I needed to step it up. By that time I had only lost about 5 pounds. Here it is, almost May and I have been exercising around 4 hours a week, tracking what I eat, and have lost another mere 5 pounds (since January 1). That is 1.25 pounds a month.
It sucks.
I can't say my body "feels" that much different (unless you count the extra soft spot in the shape of a tire around my hips). It sure looks different though.
When someone finds the magic bullet let me know what it is. I'll totally take it. Until then, I'll try and keep my chin up and attitude positive. I figure this is a lifetime struggle for me!!!
Here is a link to an interesting statistic: http://momtothescreamingmasses.typepad.com/the_elf_diet/2008/04/survery-says.html
Just wanted to correct myself... I lost 20 pounds after I got married and before I got pregnant. The 30 lbs was the pregnancy weight that stayed around till Cecelia was 9 months old. (I'm embarrassed to say that I gained 50 pounds while pregnant!! Yikes!!)
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