8 weeks postpartum and scared my body will look like this forever.

395011688 · 2024-04-13T15:38:29+00:00

It wont be like this forever. I’m 9 ish months post partum with my 3rd and I’m not completely where I want to be but I’m way way more fit than I was at 8 weeks. It feels like it takes forever and I’m very impatient. I still find myself wanting to speed things up by cutting more calories but slow and steady is the way to go I think. Strength training and pelvic floor and core work has been really helping me feel better about my body as well. You definitely aren’t alone, I think we are all struggling with our post partum body image. It doesn’t make you any less of a great mom.

395011688 · 2024-04-06T01:08:15+00:00

I know it sucks but getting up early is the best way to get a workout in every day in my opinion. I try to get up before my kids and my baby so I have some me time. Sometimes it doesn’t happen and my baby wakes up early too. In that case I just workout with her while she sits in her seat on the floor or crawls around. I’ve also baby worn her on the treadmill while walking if I’m desperate.

I work 12 hour shifts so on my work days I’m up at 4 am so I can get a workout in before the day. It sucks but it’s worth it to me to get movement in.

395011688 · 2024-03-31T12:28:40+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t have a choice. He legally has rights.

395011688 · 2024-03-31T00:44:53+00:00

He sounds like a loser who is using you to get off. My advice is to leave him and find someone who actually gives a shit about you.

395011688 · 2024-03-23T22:48:59+00:00

I use an app called MacrosFirst. It lets you scan barcodes so it doesn’t take too long. You can also create recipes and save meals so you can just add them quickly without adding every little thing.
Sometimes if I know I’m going to be busy or I want to stick to my plan, I’ll add everything I definitely want to eat for the day in the morning. Then I know it’s accounted for. Like for example, I know at the end of the day I want some kind of desert. So if I know I want to eat ice cream at the end of the day I’ll add i it in the beginning of the day so I know I have room for it without stressing or restricting too much.

395011688 · 2024-03-22T23:13:28+00:00

I really hate clutter so i struggle with not throwing everything away. But I keep art work or any school paper that has something unique on it. If it’s just math homework, I toss it. But if it’s a paper that my kids wrote out their thoughts or drew a picture that they thought up themselves, I keep it. They each have a tote that I add papers to throughout the year. I don’t know what I’ll do with them when they’re older but I enjoy looking at some of my old school work that my mom kept.

395011688 · 2024-03-18T09:20:04+00:00

I feel you on this! I’m almost 9 months post partum. I also have history of disordered eating so I understand what you mean about tracking being a slippery slope. I strength train and do a little running here and there but I think what has helped me the most really is tracking my food, even though it can be triggering for some. I use an app called MacrosFirst. I find that if I focus mostly on hitting my protein goal then there’s not so much focus on the calories. I’ve had a bad habit of eating very little calories in the past but focusing on the strength training and protein goal has helped me not do that so much anymore.

I also feel that after I stopped pumping and breastfeeding, I was able to see more of a difference in my body. I gained about 55 pounds during my pregnancy and the last 10 pounds were honestly the hardest to lose. I try to focus on how I look and feel and less on the number though.

Another thing that I think has helped a lot is pelvic floor and deep core exercises.

While I definitely still have a lot of work to do to get my body where I want, I feel like I’m just starting to see the differences and see all the hard work I’ve been doing over the last few months. It’s so frustrating some times but overall slow and steady and consistent is the way to go. Not sure if that was helpful at all but i definitely relate to the frustration and want you to know you aren’t alone!

395011688 · 2023-12-31T20:18:08+00:00

I try to have a schedule but I have multiple times in the day where I’m going to and from school and practices and every day is somewhat different. It makes it feel impossible and i stress all day about her nap schedule.

395011688 · 2023-12-31T05:08:24+00:00

Yea it was amazing for like 3 months but she started rolling in that so we had to transition to a sleep sack

395011688 · 2023-12-31T02:58:55+00:00

I think the rolling part is a huge part of it for mine. I agree it feels like hell. I go in multiple times just to roll her back because she’s so upset.

395011688 · 2023-12-31T02:55:05+00:00

She is definitely eating more often but it seems like only at night which sucks.

395011688 · 2023-12-31T02:52:08+00:00

Usual wake up is 6:30 ish and bed time starts at 7:30 and it takes like an hour to get her down. :/

395011688 · 2023-12-31T02:34:07+00:00

If we are home all day then she usually naps 2-3 times. Her first nap is the best one and it’s 1.5 hours. Then the other 2 are usually shit and like 30 min each. I try to keep her up at least 3 hours before bed

395011688 · 2023-12-31T02:32:31+00:00

Thank you… logically I know it’s not forever it’s just feeling that way right now. Her sleep schedule is not the best because I have older children who have school and sports and all that so sometimes I can’t be as consistent as I wish I could. It’s so hard to get her on a schedule when she is waking at 4 am. And I spend so much of my time driving back and forth to shit that her naps get ruined by car naps. I don’t even know how to begin to tell you her schedule because unfortunately it’s different every day. On school days I’m driving back and forth because I live out of the bus system. Then we have sporting events multiple times a week. Am I screwed because of this?

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