avgillian
06-25-2006, 08:56 AM
Hi all, delurking finally. I have a 7.5 mon old beautiful baby boy -joy of my life. I have always had a weight problem but in the last 10 years I had been able to stay within 10 lbs of my goal weight on a zone-ish diet and I was fit. Then, I got pregnant and gained 40 lbs (12 in my first trimester alone!)My pelvis separated at around 5 months and that made exercise impossible duirng and after pregnancy. My baby was born 2.5 months early and I gained back the 11 pounds I lost during delivery plus 10 more eating hospital food and sitting by his bedside for 7 weeks. I could have cared less how fat I was at that point but it hurt when people would ask when I was due and I had a 6 month old! I finally bit the bullet and stopped wearing maternity clothes and jumped into those size 18's-I have no waitline left at all! I just joined WW (nursing motehr program) and I have lost 7 pounds so far in 4 weeks. i've done WW before and I really need the accountability fo stepping on the scale. I am curently in physical therapy to repair some of the damage that separating my pelvis did and I starting to exercise. Boy is it hard to do 20 min on the stationary bike at low speed, esp when in the old fit days I did an hour spin class no problem! Starting to feel a bit like my old self again. Thanks for all the inspiration on the board and I'll keep you posted!