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I wonder about this too. I’ve had five children, and while I don’t get bigger with each one, I’ve never lost all the pregnancy weight either, not even with the magic of breast feeding, har, har. I typically lose a little at first, then nothing budges till I wean, when I lose a little more. Also, I really packed on the pounds eating for heat. I don’t know what a stone is equivalent to in pounds, but I gained 25 pounds in four months. I’m a little shocked. I’m reconciled to not having a slim teenage body, but this weight is uncomfortable and I want some of it off.
It looks like you got some great advice, so I’ll just add, as a fellow nursing mom, be greedy and self-indulgent about your sleep. For me, sometimes this means putting up the safety gate and taking a nap on the floor while the baby crawls over and around me. I am not above going to sleep on the couch if I think DH won’t leave me alone ;). I’m still a newbie, but I think sleep is the key for a lot of us who are struggling.
Yes, I’m gravitating to this approach as well. I was not an extreme chronic dieter, just an over-anxious mother trying to fix all my kids’ problems through diet, so when I let that go, I over-compensated with junk food. As I mushroom over the tops of my jeans, I’m thinking I need to find some balance. I still lean towards WAPF style eating as an ideal, without the extreme “New-fangled food is poison” attitude that goes with it.
Sorry to hear that. My 7 year old son has been constipated all his life. He has a genetic condition (Costello syndrome) and constipation is pretty typical of the condition, because one of its features is low muscle tone (hypotonia). Doctors prescribe Miralax. After consulting a naturopath, we have been able to manage his constipation by avoiding dairy (after an elimination diet) and supplementing with l-carnitine (for hypotonia) and magnesium (for general constipation).
My ideas for you would be:
1) try eliminating dairy for a while. Obviously don’t starve yourself and keep plenty of other quick snacks on hand. I’m BF’in too, and I like to have dates, cookies, coconut butter and bananas, etc, as easy-grab snacks.2) ask your practitioner to help you find a suitable supplement. Mag works for us, high-dose vitamin C (like Hydro-c) might work for you (it did not help my son). Ask him/her to for help in dosing and monitoring the effects.
Good luck!
