Cant stay commited to weight loss? Need help? Lets Chat.

Im Mary.
Im 16.
My son, Caden Matthewis 4 months old as of yesterday, he was born at 8lbs 10oz 21 inches long.
I gained 60 pounds during pregnancy.
My pre-pregnancy weight was 115.. now I am 150 due to too love handles, a pooch, and thunder thighs. Ever since I had Caden I cant stop eating Taco Bell and snacks. I cant stay commited to dieting and I need support!
Im looking to loose 40 pounds!!

NOW YOUR TURN... Introduce yourself.

My name is Jasmine.
I'm 28.
My son is 3 and 1/2 months old. I gained 70+ pounds during my pregnancy.
I am addicted to junk food.
I was 125 pre-pregnancy. I am now 145. I want to lose 25 pounds, but I have actually GAINED 3 pounds this past week or two. I think the main problem is at work. There is always junk food there...chips and candy mainly. I just can't pass it up! I have no willpower and no time to really exercise.

Quoting newlifeofmine:“ Im Mary. Im 16. My son, Caden Matthewis 4 months old as of yesterday, he was born at 8lbs 10oz 21 ... [snip!] ... I cant stay commited to dieting and I need support! Im looking to loose 40 pounds!! NOW YOUR TURN... Introduce yourself.”

gah the devil is taco bell!!!

im 21
i weigh..well..a lot !
i only gained 15 pounds during pregnancy and i lost it all but i am now over what i weighed when i was nine months preggo!  
Sophia was only born 6lbs 14 oz so i cant blame her! lol

i am actually cutting out soda all together. today i had one and that was with my taco bell!   i start tomorrow.

i actually blame some of weight gain to my BC last time i was on BC i gained 20 pounds and went up a cup size. and now again when i go on it i gaine the same! so needless to say im off of it.

i have all the weight watcher stuff they send you and i am going to try and stick to that.

Quoting Shannon♥Sophia:“ gah the devil is taco bell!!! im 21 i weigh..well..a lot ! i only gained 15 pounds during pregnancy ... [snip!] ... so needless to say im off of it. i have all the weight watcher stuff they send you and i am going to try and stick to that.”

oh i wanted to add Sophia will be 8 months old on June 3rd.

Quoting newlifeofmine:“ Im Mary. Im 16. My son, Caden Matthewis 4 months old as of yesterday, he was born at 8lbs 10oz 21 ... [snip!] ... I cant stay commited to dieting and I need support! Im looking to loose 40 pounds!! NOW YOUR TURN... Introduce yourself.”

Why not base your diet on a 2000 calorie limit each day? Pretty soon your body will start substituting the usual intake with old stuff, and you'll start losing weight. :]

And there are lots of healthy foods that taste good. NATURAL salsa has about 10 calories in it, and pickles have zero calories! There are lots of yummy vegetables and fruits, too.  

I hope this helped. At the beginning of my pregnancy, I wasn't getting enough calories and I started losing weight. I wasn't exercising though, and I'm sure that can speed things up.

Good luck to you!

I'm Dani
I'm 19
EmmaLynne was born May 2, 2007. She weighed 6lb 6oz and was 19in long. I gained a grand total of 70 or 80 lbs during pregnancy (I was between 80 and 90 lbs pre-pregnancy) and I weigh in at around 140 right now.

I've got bad love handles, the pouch and thunder thighs as well. I feel your pain on not being able to stay on a diet. I tell myself I'm going to lose weight and tone up but I can never stick to it. After I'm done having kids I plan on saving up for a tummy tuck because my pooch won't go away. I was 225 lbs in 2005 and I lost 100 lbs in less than 6 months (I was on medication that made me gain a lot of weight. I stopped the meds and lost all the weight without doing anything). Soon after I got pregnant, so the pouch is mostly excess skin. I know some of it is fat though because it sticks out a bit at this point.

I just can't lay off the ice cream and chips 'n' salsa. That and I eat a lot, if I try to cut my portions I get really sick and have to go to the hospital. To make it worse I'm lactose intolerant (and the ice cream is HELL on my stomach) so some of the alternatives are a bit higher in bad fats and calories. Only some, not all.

Quoting Lilly89:“ Why not base your diet on a 2000 calorie limit each day? Pretty soon your body will start substituting ... [snip!] ... calories and I started losing weight. I wasn't exercising though, and I'm sure that can speed things up. Good luck to you!”

Ugh I wish I could eat pickles again. I developed a severe allergy to squash after my pregnancy was done and over with (my Grandma said it was probably from the Spinal Block because she had the same problem with Shell Fish after she had to get one). Before then though I would eat pickles by the jar.

Im Kristin
My daughter is Darlene Shayn she is 17 mos I gained 36 lbs with her.
Im at the same weight I was on the day I had her. Lost weight and gained it back a few times.
I cant seem to lose weight and keep it off. I need to lose about 60-70 lbs. I was over weight when I had her.

i'm Brooke, i'm 20 years old about to be 21 july 5. My son Joshua was born March 4, 8lb 11oz 21in. During my pregnancy i gained 50lb. i lost most of the weight, i just have 10lb to lose. I still have a pouch, and stretch marks. No matter what i do i can't get rid of my pouch! i'm addicted to pepsi, i can't stop drinking it! But yesterday i decided to stop drinking pepsi and soda, becuase thats whats making it for me to lose my pouch!

Count me in!
Cindy
20 almost 21 (in August)
Gained 43 pounds.. only lost 20.. I want to lose the other 20.. and tone up.
I don't eat unhealthy, I just never remember to work out until im laying in bed nearly passed out. I do have an ED and that causes some problems..
I've seemed to hit a plateau and it sucks!

Hey ladies! My name is Bunnie.
For some reason..I wanted to type 16 years old, lol..but I'm 19.
I hadmy 1stchild June 8, 2005 and gained weight but lost it all right away!
I had my 2nd child March 4, 2008 and gained weight..and I've kept gaining since!
I've gained 40lbs, and I now weight 180lbs. I'm only 5'2, so it pretty much sucks. I do eat pretty unhealthy..but I almost can't help myself. I love food so much..so I've started working out..and I can see myself getting more toned, but I'm not losing any weight yet. Oh..also, I'm a soda junkie.

I'm Marianne. I had my son in july. He will be 10 months tomorrow   I gained about 35 pound swith him. I'm under my pre-pregnancy weight now but still want to lose 20 pounds. I am having trouble staying on track too. I can't stop munching on junk food at night.

My name is Kelsey. I'm 18 years old. I haven't had any kids but I was pregnant and ended up losing her at 14.2 weeks. I actually lost 25 lbs. during my pregnancy because my boyfriend and I were fighting a lot and morning sickness was killer. Well anyway, after I miscarried I got superdepressed and stayed that way but the past two weeks I've gained 6 lbs.. (don't know why). My boyfriend and I got a WiiFit the other day and the scale said I was obese for my height. Right now i'm at 187 and I wanna get down to about 140 or less. I'm trying my hardest to stay on track with exercising but when I do have time I go into "lazy mode". I try to ea right but I never do. I can't stop pigging out on candy bars and chips.

I'm Jenny. I gained about 45 pounds while pregnant (my son is 9 months old) and I lost 35 of it the first 6 weeks PP. Then after that, the weight wouldn't budget.

I'd like to lose 30-40 and I just started Atkins. I was going to just cut out white sugar and white flour, but I figured if I did the full Atkins it would go away faster.

Oh, I've been doing Atkins for 9 days and I've lost 5 pounds so far.

ImSammie!
I am 16.
My son Gabriel is almost 8 months old, he was born 7 pounds 7 ounces and I gained 45 pounds during pregnancy. I was 123 prepregnancy and went up to 168. When I left the hospital I was 147, and by the time Gabriel was about a month I was 135. I am now 127, and I would like to get down to 115. I am around 5'6 or 5'7, I havnt measured myself recently.
I have awful love handles and of course the pooch. I hate it. I also have a lot of prepregnancy jeans that are going to waste, I really want to get back into them. If I could just get rid of these love handles and pooch I would be very very happy. So I guess I just need to tone up a bit. My ultimate goal is just to look good and feel good about myself.