mixed emotions! down 23.5 pounds since 1/18. did not lose or gain this week. started out at 271, now at 247.5. my goal is 150, so i have 97.5 to go. i work and am the mother of a beautiful 8 month old baby girl. my husband is very supportive. we've been walking every evening. i've been losing steadily for the past 7 weeks, so this week was a little disappointing, but i'm looking for a good loss this week! good luck to everyone and have a successful week!!!

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Bravo Sharon!
You're doing great!Can you feel the difference?Is walking getting easier and your clothes looser?I too have a supportive husband..we are so blessed. Spring is just around the corner. Think of all the fun walks you'll be able to have with your baby! Keep up the good work!

thank you movin&grovin! actually, i've only been walking for 2 weeks. Before that, i was doing water aerobics, which i LOVE!!!! however, it takes too much time out of my evening to go to the classes after work and i hate being away from my baby for 1 minute more than i have to. so now we are doing the family thing and we enjoy the extra time together. before i had the baby, i'd lost 85 pounds doing the water aerobics. i actually only gained 25 pounds while i was pregnant. it was AFTER i had the baby that the pounds began to pile back on and I gained all but 9 of those 85 pounds back. before the baby, i spent 2 to 3 hours per day at the gym, but now that i'm a mommy, i had to rearrange my schedule around my daughter (but she's more than worth it)!

i think we have to stop worrying about a substantial loss every week! everyone is telling me how great i look and giving me lots of encouragement, especially since i was really depressed before i began eating healthier again. i'm able to wear clothes i couldn't wear just a few weeks ago. it will be a while before i can fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes, but it's okay because i'm doing something about it.

before i started working out, i could get down on the floor with my daughter. that really broke my heart. but now, i'm able to play with her and the look on her face is great motivation to continue.

thanks so much again for replying. if you don't hear from me, it's because i may not have had an opportunity to go on-line. my job took away out "on-line privileges" because of an abuser, so now we all have to suffer. http://www.diettalk.com/uub//frown.gif so now i have to wait until i get home and get settled and sometimes that's never.....

Awesome Sharron - you are doing great and you'll be there in no time. Love your name "Shrinking Sharron" - it suits you.

I sooooo know your pre and post pregnancy story!I weighed 220 when I got pregnant with my son(born seven weeks early Oct 98..that's another story..). Months before I got pregnant I had asked my doctor if it was alright..did he feel I weighed too much."oh no..go ahead and do it!"I wish that he helped me onto weight loss instead before i got pregnant,but that's in the past and now I have a beautiful son.ANYWAYS,I only gained 27 lbs my whole pregnancy. I was so good..just like I am now. I recorded everything I ate and never succumbed to sugary cravings(watermelon and Indian food were my weaknesses!)I was so proud of myself. I had friends who gained 60-75 lbs during their pregnancy.After I had my son,I only had 9 lbs to go to my pre-pregnancy weight. I had worked since I was 17 and up until my pregnancy I was a manager of a bookstore working 40-50hrs a week. So,coupled with quitting my job and missing my work and work friends and,well,we all know what holiday comes at the end of the month(candy day!) and my 6'7" husband who can eat a whole chicken and only gain weight in his big toe kept buying candy on sale....I became very depressed and ate and ate and ate. Not even realising it because I would never sit down and eat a whole meal. I would grab a piece here and there and never gave it much thought. I ended up weighing my all time high of 253 lbs. It really took about a year for me to work out my depression and it just so happens that it faded once I promised myself that my son and i would go and take a walk every day. I guess the clincher for me that made me realise what I was doing to myself was on a day that I was organising some old photos. I saw pictures of myself when I was 8 and then as a teenager and I just cried. My whole life doctors and acquaintances..even my mother and grandmother had told me that I was overweight and I believed them and you know...I wasn't at all. I was just bigger than the other girls who were stick thin at my age and weighed 50lbs when they were wet.I was mad for a day and then the ball started rolling! I have now lost 32 lbs and have 71 to go.. I am MOOVIN AND GROOVIN!
Boy..I sure did ramble on :)Keep us updated when you have the chance
ps..if anyone's reading this out there that was/is depressed after having your baby,you're not alone..tell someone even if it's your obgyn!I wish I had and maybe I wouldn't have gained so much weight. I'm definatly going to remember this if we have any more children.

[This message has been edited by moovin&groovin! (edited 03-12-2000).]