How Do I Lose My Baby Tummy???

You should diet to lose those few extra pounds, and then exercise whenever you can at home. For weight lose, just make sure the calories you take in during a day do not exceed your calories burned. You should try to stick to around 1600 calories a day to be safe. You can do weight watchers if that is easier. I did weight watchers a few years back and lost 20 lbs in 2 months. I switched to calorie counting after I had my second child and lost 35 lbs. in 3 months. I found running to be a great way to loose weight and look trimmer. I hate running, but I feel really great after I do it. Great thing is that now that it is getting nicer out, you can run around your neighborhood or go to a local walking trail at night (hubby can watch the kids?) and run. Then, while at home, I would buy a big exercise ball (one of those balls you can lay on- I bought a big one at Walmart for around $15, it isn't technically an exercise ball but I can lay on it). Then you try to do sit ups while your back is on top of the ball. There are many other exercises to do while on the ball, look it up on the web. This is a great all over workout that accomplishes a lot in a little amount of time- key for a mom of young kids. Then, while watching kids or doing dishes or making dinner or brushing your teeth (etc) do some lunges (go up and down). I am one of those people that feels that every little bit helps. While I am watching tv, I bought some of those ankle weights and put those on my ankles and I left my legs up and down. You can also use one of those little kid balls and put it between your thighs and squeeze it (kind of like that thigh master exercise thing that was around when we were teens). You can also take some canned goods and use those as little weights to work your arms. You don't want a lot of weight as you are not bulking up, but weight trainiing is important as well as cardio. Can you possibly rent some exercise videos from the library as well? I love yoga for toning up.

I also need help with losing my baby tummy - although not sure if it is the tummy or the area above my C-section - it just seems to be a flab of fat/skin!

any ideas - I am a member of Lifetime - which I just love for the daycare, but dont want to pay a trainer extra money! I am doing the elliptical - just love that machine for at least 45 min. and then was doing the tread mill, but also want to add weight training - any ideas? Does it matter which one I do first (weights or elliptical).

Also, live in Bolingbrook and am looking for a buddy to work out with!

I love this book called Lose Your Mummy Tummy that focuses on repairing the diastasis, which is a separation of the stomach muscles that 98% of women develop during pregnancy and most never know they have, much less fix. Having it really keeps your stomach from ever tightening up that last little bit. Good luck, it worked wonders for me!

I just started using Arbonne's Figure 8 weightloss line and 7 day detox and lost 2.5 lbs since yesterday- I'm really excited to weigh myself tomorrow morning!! I really like it and it's full of all kinds of vitamins and minerals and good stuff. If you would like some info on it i'd be happy to provide you with some, feel free to email me at ____@____.com and I can get you more info.

A.
ps. I'm also a big fan of Weight Watchers!!

I'm using www.vfl.com. Accountability to something really helps. Each day, I log my meals and sometimes I plan them so that I don't go over my calories. It's only $6.00/month. Next week, I'll incorporate excercise. So far I've lost 3lbs since 4/1/08.

Would you like to be weight loss buddies? If so, let me know. We can email each other with support and challenges.

M.
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I LOVE "Walk Away the Pounds" with Leslie Sansone. She has a great low-impact aroebic DVD~ it's fun and not exhausting~ and it WORKS!! Check it out!