Losing weight and toning up after baby

I am quite motivated with excercise now, I go to the gym 5 times a week (3x cardio and 2x cardio+weights) and I go to yoga once or twice a week. But it took me 11 mths after I had Maya to even set foot back in the gym.

You guys sound like WW worked for you really well. I found it hard because I didn't learn to eat healthy, just what fitted into my points. I did exercise every day (1hr and a half walk)while my son was at pre school, but once I went back to work, couldn't keep up the exercise and socilised a bit too much and it all slowly came back on. This time I have done Sure Slim and yes it cost a little more, but if you equaled it to what you pay for weekly weigh ins at WW, it is not that much dearer. I have learnt I have a sugar addiction and how much it affects my eating habits. As if I have sugar now (that time of the month), I feel really tired and have a headache. It also makes me more hungry. I have also learnt that bread makes you bloat, when I was being naughty and had too much I looked like I was pregnant again. I am breast feeding also, Sure Slim have a programme for that. I find I don't stick to it religiously and that is why it is taking so long to lose it. But I feel that it took 3 kids and 14 yrs to put it on, I can take a little while to take it off. Plus when Tara is sick she seems to feed more off me than on solids. It is great when you find the programme that works for you.
I have also discovered this vibration plate. There are a few places that have set up in Tauranga. For 15min you do certain poses that tighten muscles while on this machine and depending on the intensity of the vibration it gives that muscle a workout. They reckon in 15min on this machine is like doing and hour at the gym. I go 2x a week and I am already seeing some toning in my tummy muscles. Which after having 3 c sections, I never thought I would see again,lol.

There was a topic in the Toddler section called "the oldest wants a turn" where we let our kids have a type... I'll see if I can find it and bump it for you, Liz.

Well I am feeling quite organised today

I have done up a tracking sheet of what I am eating during the day and how many points I'm having etc - Found that I eat quite a bit of "Zero" points food... Hence why I can't get to eat all my points!!

So I now organise Dinner before I have breakfast (so I know how many points I will be having) - and then "budget" my points for brekkie , lunch and snacks.

Thanks for the advice Emma, have been on WW for about 3 weeks now and haven't gone anywhere (weight wise)... so hopefully will be able to budge a little more while eating my "20 points"

Keep up the good work everyone!!

Nah Dad does (hes got money - I dont!!) and he's brought me the points calculator, books etc and if he picks up anything new he just lets me know!!

Pretty good having him doing it as well - we drive into town (dont like country roads!) - and walk for an hour or so - good for father daughter bonding too.

I had 20 1/2 points today

My mum and dad are both overweight (mum moreso then dad) and my sis is quite large too... I was the skinny princess until I had Arna... Now I'm heading down the path of the rest of my family... so I am doing something while I can!! children learn not what they are told but what they see (something like that!)

Babbling is over!

My family don't have much of a history of heart problems (my Dad's side seem to live to 80+ but Mum's side has a strong cancer history) but on Willie's side they do - his brother dropped dead very suddenly of a massive heart attack at 56 a few weeks ago, and his father had diabetes and died of a heart attack related to that. Willie has high blood pressure, high cholestorol, prediabetes blah blah blah. I think it's a diet and excercise thing for him, as well as genetics, but he has taken the first step by seeing the doc and getting on medication for the BP and cholesterol.

I'm getting a cross trainer for xmas, so will hopefully be able to get him on that so he can get a bit of weight off.

So I'm really hoping that by setting a good exercise and healthy eating pattern for Maya she can ditch the dodgy genetics and maintain a healthy weight.

Isn't it 'Push Play' day soon????
I'm going to make an effort to get Han out and active (even if it is just crawling around on the grass, we don't do running yet!)

I think next week is "Push Play Week", Nikki. Kiya's kindy is going to a kids gym on Tuesday.

ha ha Becca, Paris's Daycare is taking her to the YMCA kindy gym here in palmy next tuesday too. they have push play day there today and everyone had to dress in green - i thought we had green clothes - but nope - paris has nothing green exept her butterfly outfit. lol! oh well - i put green hairties in her hair, that counts for something i hope.