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Originally Posted by amelies_mom i knew that i'd have some extra skin, but really, that WHOLE flab being skin? cause i mean.. it is not like there is just skintissue on me.. there is acutally stuff underneath the skin, which feels like fat lol
did you have stretchmarks? did they go back after you lost your weight or your skin got back to normal?? i dont ask for having no stretch marks at all, but i hope i dont have the red lines for the rest of my life?! |
Your uterus is still going down so right now what your feeling under that skin is all the organs and everything that have to go back into place. I had a c-section and when I looked at my belly [a week after I had the baby] it was horrible! I still looked 8/9 months pregnant and my skin was hanging [I guess they call it the mother apron? lol] I couldn't workout [as hard as I wanted to] until my 6wk mark and once my doctor told me OKAY, I started running right away. I have been running 3-4 times a week [with a 10lb weighted vest] and doing very vigorous workouts at the track/stadium bleachers. I have been eating lots of lean meats, protein rich foods, veggies, fruits... and drinking lots of water. My belly is so much more smaller than the week after I had him. Its not as saggy anymore and I don't have to lift the skin up to see my c-section inscision [ya it was that bad]. Trust me... once you start working out and eating SUPER healthy you will see progress every month. Your belly won't stay that way. My sister always told me the only thing that would fix my belly was surgery. Its only been 4months since I had my baby and im already proving her wrong. I have already lost 55lbs [I gained 80 while pregnant] and my stomach is shrinking.... Its really not that hard. You just have to be dedicated [VERY dedicated] and motivated!
For the OP- BFeeding doesn't always "garantee" weight loss. I have a friend who BFed for 6months and none of the weight was coming off. When she stopped BFeeding the weight just dropped right off. I never BFed [I tried but I wasn't producing anything... no matter what I did] and I still managed to drop 55 of the 80lbs I gained while pregnant in about 3months time. [First month I didn't workout due to recovery].