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moominmollyPre-pregnancy weight: 168 (I was ~160 for most of the year or two before that, but last January was hard; ideally, I'd like to be in the shape I was in at around 160.)
Weight just before labor: 224
Pounds gained: 56 (whoa!)
Current weight: 204
Breasts: must be like 20 pounds each, I swear
Current goal: 30 minutes of walking in a row, daily ab workouts (from the lose your diastasis book)
Now, it's definitely *not* about reaching any particuar number. I don't work like that. However, it is about regaining fitness and abilities, and I freely admit that I'll enjoy seeing the number change as that happens.
I'm probably going to post things like this as my goals change, until I feel like my body's familiar again.
Relatedly, I felt myself walking across a parking lot, yesterday, and noticed that my walk had settled back into my old familiar rolling gait. Until that instant, I didn't know that it felt any particular way to walk like me. Nifty.
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Date: 2005-12-07 09:28 am (UTC)I personally find the evolution of women's bodies around pregnancy fascinating, particularly for women who breast feed. We may not give birth in the extreme conditions of animals like the emperor penguins, or humpback whales who choose birth places where there is no food for them, but our bodies certainly go through their share of amazing perseverence. Maybe the reason I find it so interesting, is that I am unlikely to go through this process myself given my bodies propensity towards infertility. Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us.
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Date: 2005-12-07 10:36 am (UTC)*fuss, fret*
:)
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Date: 2005-12-07 11:51 am (UTC)Also, I read some book...don't remember what, but it involved a lot of inner city kids in the juvenile justice system...and it said they all walked with the "pimp roll", and that's what I think of when I hear "rolling gait".
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Date: 2005-12-07 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 05:31 pm (UTC)I don't know what my walk looks like, but I've been told it's funny and roll-y. It's all hearsay.
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Date: 2005-12-07 12:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 05:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 05:44 pm (UTC)Glad to hear you're getting out and about. I need to do more of that.
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Date: 2005-12-07 11:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 01:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 02:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 06:19 pm (UTC)I'm already under 200!!! I'm on doctor's orders though not to resume working out due to the fact I was stuck on bedrest for so long. So I have to wait the whole six weeks thing until my follwup appointment.
I am using the stairs in the house a lot (we live in a 2.5 story house). I'm happy to shed the baby weight, though I kinda agree with you that my boobs can't be helping any.
My goal is to lose more than just the baby weight while I'm breastfeeding. At the rate I'm going, when I do finally return to the gym, I'm gonna be shedding weight like nothing.
Oh... and I'm still amazed I can bend over, and get up from sitting on the floor without a three-ring circus. I still think I'm walking funny though.
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Date: 2005-12-07 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-08 05:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 09:58 pm (UTC)Just curious,
H.
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Date: 2005-12-07 11:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-08 12:00 am (UTC)- H.
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Date: 2005-12-09 08:09 pm (UTC)And thanks for getting me going on cheese again. New job = new schedule = not always time for breakfast. Cheddar on crackers can be eaten on way to subway.
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Date: 2005-12-09 08:22 pm (UTC)I was a bit sensitive about the weight for a while, since my body was already feeling SO alien to me that feeling superhumanly huge on top of it just ... caused me some weight/self-esteem issues that I never felt like talking about. But now that I'm normal scale again, I don't care as much, if that makes sense.
Average gain for a singleton is ~35 pounds, but I'm tall and broad and kind of dense, so I think 50 or so actually wasn''t unreasonable on me. Thay said, if I had this to do over again, I'd exercise more, even if only for the energy.
PS: mmm, cheese. :)
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Date: 2005-12-09 10:05 pm (UTC)