PT 2. PHYSICAL HEALTH / WEIGHT LOSS
I am a full year post partum and in the last 2 months, I’m down a little over 10lbs! I want to share what’s worked for me and I think it’s super important to drive home that I am a YEAR out. I know at 2-3 months post partum you start to come out of the fog and want your body back but you need to be patient and give yourself time to heal and let your hormones level out. Especially with a c-section, I wasn’t cleared to workout until 8 weeks PP, and since I was breast feeding, I was constantly hungry and wanted to focus on feeding my body with everything London needed!
My experience with both babies has been that the initial weight and swelling came down on its own after a couple of months but the real weight didn’t come off until I was done breast feeding. And in this case, actually months later. I think in large part this is because of the hormones leveling out a bit more once breastfeeding stops but also you can have a much better grip on what you’re eating when your body isn’t creating food for another human. I breastfed for 7 months from May to November then began transitioning London to formula.
Fast forward to January of this year I decided I was ready to commit. I had my fun during the holidays as we all do and did not feel my best going into 2025. I wanted to get my confidence back, get the endorphins going and feel empowered again. It was a slow start. I tried multiple times to commit and recommit and I got into a better workout routine but I wasn’t really seeing results. I hadn’t weight myself either so I had no idea where I was even at. When I got back from our family trip to Florida, I had the motivation to really go for it.
March 3 was my first day of tracking calories and having a weekly workout routine. The most important change was tracking what my body burned for calories on an average day and consuming less calories than that. I tried to stay in the -250 to -500 calorie deficit range each day. Sometimes I had to eat a little more at the end of the day to hit that, sometimes I was a little over but my weekly average was somewhere in that range. After just 4 weeks of this, my results were really shocking (in a good way). I couldn’t believe how fast my body changed. This helped me stay motivated for the next month and the transformation continued. Here I am with just 2 full months of committing under my belt and though I don’t feel like I’m “done” I am SO proud of my progress and feeling more confident than I have post partum.
I feel like I have a formula that works for me and that I love which is the most important thing because if you love it, you’ll keep doing it and consistency is the only thing that works. This quote stuck with me so I wanted to share it — stick to the plan, not your mood. Your mood and motivation will change on a daily, let’s be real, hourly basis. Don’t let it dictate your choices!
If you want me to share my exact workout routine and what I’ve been eating let me know. Love you all! Xx. If you liked this post, make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 3!
