My Slow Shameful Return to Prepregnancy Weight
It’s my turn to share my Oxycise! Success Story!! I’m ashamed to admit that I am just as flawed as every human out there, probably even more so. I gained more in my pregnancy than most people. I gained about double what you should gain. People literally gasp when I tell them. I’m mostly ashamed because I only did Oxycise! through my first trimester, then I just got lazy and had all sorts of cravings that I gave into. The result? A lot of weight gained. Are you ready for the number? I’m so embarrassed to share… 55 pounds! I avoided the scale, so I honestly don’t know exactly what the final number was. The number that I do know is 177, which is the weight I was at my first doctor’s appointment a few days after the babe was born.
Let me give you a few other numbers so you can compare. My weight when I’m super healthy and fit is 128. My weight when I got pregnant was probably about 133, I fluctuate just like everyone else. I make no claims to being the perfect role model.
So, AFTER giving birth, I was 43 pounds over my prepregnancy weight. Meaning, I gained around 53 pounds (my baby weighted 8 lbs. 7 oz.). GASP!
Advice: Do not tell yourself that just because you’re pregnant you can eat whatever you want and will make up for it later. While possible, it takes a lot of work.
How did I lose that 43 pounds?
Simple. Just kidding. It took hard work. Luckily 20 pounds fell off in the first month just from nursing. Babies take 500 calories from you a day. This was great! Plus, I found it easier to eat healthy when I knew my baby would get whatever nutrients I fed my body.
I plateaued at about 153 pounds. I thought I would never get it off. But, I decided to start my Oxycising again. Yes, I could have been Oxycising from day one home from the hospital, but I wasn’t getting much sleep and justified not exercising because I had a new baby… and a lot a guests.
I should stop writing right here because I tell everyone else to Oxycise everyday, and have just admitted that I didn’t Oxycise consistently for about a year, a really important time to exercise at that. But, as I’ve already thrown myself under the bus, I’ll continue to tell you how I got out of my slump.
This plateau at 153 pounds was really hard on me. I’d never weighed that much in my life. I was too embarrassed to make any O! videos at the shape I was in. That’s when I finally buckled down and started back into my Oxycise! routine. I did Oxycise! everyday.
I could hardly believe that the scale started to move! Slowly, but steadily, I made it down to 141 pounds. I hit another plateau. It was Thanksgiving and Christmas followed, I was traveling and eating A LOT. I fell out of my routine and was really unhappy with my body.
January came and I had to buckle down AGAIN and I got back into my routine. I started Oxycising whenever I could throughout the day and got at least one good workout in 5 days a week. Once again, that scale started to move! I was thrilled! I’m not one to weigh myself everyday, I find the little bumps up now and then to be really discouraging. I try to only weight myself once a week so I can see the overall progress.
Luckily, my babe is quite the chunk 
and lifting him has kept my arms toned. But, this stomach had been stretched out quite far and I didn’t know if it could ever be tight again. Guess what? In March I hit my prepregnancy weight!! It was the best feeling in the whole world. I do go on walks with the babe, but other than that, Oxycise! is all I do. It works! This is the second time in my life that it’s gotten me down to the body I want. Now, all I need to do is maintain. What a great feeling.
All of my skin is tight. I don’t have extra skin hanging off my belly, and this belly was BIG! I feel exactly like I did before I was pregnant and am excited for the summer rather than dreading bathing suit season.
If you skip all those periods of justifying laziness and bad diet, you will get in shape way faster than I did. But, it’s also nice to know that even with a little break you can get back into it and lose the weight.
Thank you for writing this for us. I know it had to be hard for you to do but it really encourages the rest of us who know what we should do and don’t. How? It encourages to keep getting back up and trying again. Thank you! I’m so glad that you’re having such a wonderful time being a new mom and have been able to reach your goal so well!
Thanks Caroline! I’m so glad that you enjoyed it. It’s always hard admitting I’m not always the perfect role model for weight loss… but, I just want people to know to never give up. Success does come. It does feel good to finally be back to my old self. Thanks for your comment.
I just discovered the Oxycise program and ordered the first set today. . . .My baby is due in a couple weeks, and I’m “nesting” . . . part of nesting for me is planning on how to make me smaller. . .hehe. My last pregnancy I had a similar amount to weight that you had, and at the plateau’s I had to do the same hard mental work, of accepting my imperfections and allowing myself the freedom to continue losing the weight instead of punishing myself for not being perfect. It makes me happy to see that you’re doing the mental work of weight loss. It was the hardest part of losing the weight for me. . .and I imagine I’ll be looking at my post baby body in a couple weeks and reminding myself of the same things.
Has your baby come? Congratulations if so!!!! I wish I could go through those first moments of having my baby over and over. Check with your doctor, but most of the time Oxycise is safe to do right after birth… and during birth, lol. So keep breathing, it will help you sleep and have more energy when awake. I used to use it to wake me up for those middle of the night feedings… then again to relax and go back to sleep. I agree with you, the mental work is the hardest part. I hope you’re faster than I was at kicking into gear and getting your tummy tightened again!
Good luck. Thanks for commenting! btw… what’s your baby’s name? How are things going?
I am 3 months postpartum and just at the point where I feel i have sleep enough to start oxycising again! How many times did you do an oxycise workout? I have a 2 year old and 3 month old at home so it is a challenge to find time when someone doesn’t need me- but I need to do it!
I try to do Oxycise 5 times a week. On good days, when I’m feeling ambitious, I’ll do a couple workouts since they really don’t take too much time. On bad days, I’ll promise myself that I’ll workout twice the next day to make up for not doing it.
I only have my 11 month old, but I’ll just play games with him while I workout… like, he’ll chase my foot around or I make faces… he has fun with it. Good luck!! I know how hard it is to squeeze time in for a workout. It will be worth it! 