"I lost all my baby weight by 6 weeks post partum, all because of nursing!"
"You can burn up to an additional 500 calories a day while you nurse."
"Nursing is the best diet, EVA!"
Nope. Nadda. WRONG!
Ok, so nursing can help you get back into your preprego clothes sooner, but it's not really this most amazing diet that you hear so much about. I slipped on my prepregnancy jeans, and wore them out of the house, probably around the 4 week post partum mark. BUT they were my super stretchy, pull on jeans AND I still had a muffin top in them. With my quick "weight loss" I thought this time would be different and I'd be able to get back on track a lot sooner than I did with my first. I was wrong. Or maybe not...
Size-wize, I was wrong. I am not one of those lucky woman (if they truly exist) that all of a sudden lose all their baby weight and then some, all because of nursing. When I am nursing, I am hungry. Almost all the time. I find that I'm able to control it most of the day, with healthier snacks or being too busy with the kids to snack. But then 8pm hits. I get one monster into bed, nurse the other monster and then BAM, I'm starving. I want salty, I want sweet. I want something to fill my belly. I just want SOMETHING. And most of the time, it's never a healthy little something to snack on and trick my belly into thinking the void has been filled. Nope! It's like a big bowl of air popped popcorn (which is ok) smothered in creamy salty butter (which is not ok). Or a gluten-free peanut butter cookie (which is ok) or half of the bag (which is not ok). It's the kind of hunger that will propel me to eat anything that is in front of me, and it doesn't really matter what it is, and continue eating until I go to bed.
No wonder my scale has been creeping up again. I need to get this snacking under control. I need to drink more water. I need to... work on getting rid of this jiggle! Spring is coming (I swear it!) and quickly following on it's heels is tank top and shorts and cute little sundress season... oh how I want to look cute in a sundress this summer...
Oh I hear you girl. I heard all through pregnancy that I'm all belly and I'll be back to my pre-pregnancy clothes so quick, especially if I nursed.
ReplyDeleteIt's BS! I wasn't all belly, my ass doesn't fit into my jeans without muffin topping, or else the jeans don't fit above my thighs. I've been 'nursing' for four months now and the only thing that moved the scale since Liam was born was doing a strict Paleo diet for 30 days. I'm like you, I'm starving ALLTHETIME! I eat more than my 200lb boyfriend!
I curse at those women who just melt away their baby fat.
Oh Thank goodness, Becky! You are so fit, so it's nice to know that us "jiggle-mommy's" aren't the only ones :)
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