Is there an average time it takes to lose your baby weight? If your youngest is at school, can you really still blame the jelly belly on your babies?
How long does the ‘post natal’ (or postpartum if you’re reading this in the middle of my night) bit last?)
Well in my experience (and my clients’), a correctly prescribed postnatal exercise programme will put your body back to where you want to be well within a year of having your baby, including tackling the mummy tummy. If you commit to the exercise and lifestyle guidelines and eat for health and vitality (i.e. if you follow all the rules… ;)) you can certainly be back in your jeans or even a bikini 4-5 months after having your baby.
BUT… and its a big BUT… most women don’t actually have the guidance, the inclination or the energy to commit to a ‘correctly prescribed post natal exercise programme’ in the first few months after childbirth. Actually, come to think of it, within the first year or 3 ;)
Can’t imagine why. Anyone would think those early months and years were hard work, or tiring, or utterly overwhelming or something… Anyway, point is, most don’t. Which means, that unless you are blessed with REALLY lucky genes, then that mummy tummy is going to be obscuring the waistband of your jeans for some months or years to come.
But it’s never to late to start knocking those wobbly bits back into shape!
I can already hear your ‘I’m the exception to the rule!’ cries: ‘But my stomach muscles split!‘ / ‘I’ve had 3 c-sections’ / ‘I’ve got big bones’ or ‘My mother never lost hers either’. But it can be done dear fellow knackered mum. Honest.
So, Question: “What’s the average time it takes to lose baby weight?”
Answer: Until either your fairy Godmother waves the washboard abs wand, or you give it some help.
Can you relate to the school gate “Just can’t lose the baby weight” chorus? Or have you lost all yours? How long did it take you? Come on – tell us your tales of mummy tummy woe :)
It took me 6 months to actually start working out. I breastfed my baby exclusively and she’d a lot of extra fat. I was back to my prepregnNcy weight HOWEVER I still had a huge gut at 6 maths postpartum. For about wo months now now I’ve been know been doing Jillian Michaels 2 xs a week. I’ve lost extra fat around my thighs and butt BUT…. my gut has only shrieked a little. I still have a gut and lots of loose gross skin. I def feel stronger and happier with exercise as part of my routine nonetheless I get frustrated thinking about that mommy tummy on my body. I know I won’t go back to how I was but I at wish hope I can still look decent naked one day
MuTu will enable you to get your core functional and strong to support your more intensive workouts Cherie – you need to build the foundations first to get a core that works. Intensive workouts can’t address the root causes of the pooch. MuTu will get you there :)
With my first pregnancy, I gained 0 pounds and within a year got my abs back without any extra effort than my regular workouts. Exclusively breastfed my baby girl for 6 months. But with this second pregnancy, losing weight became a constant-battle-nightmare-deep-blackhole for me. I started at 116 lbs (at 5’7″) with this second pregnancy. 4 weeks after delivery I weighted 140lbs (literally dragging my huge whale derriere) and I felt horrible beyond words could ever describe; no confidence or whatsoever. After 3 months of working my bottom off and trying balanced diet, I managed to lose only 10lbs. I still feel HUGE and horrible. I am not fitting into any of my clothes, as if my hip and chest bones got bigger! SOS! I am exclusively breastfeeding my baby son but it is not helping a tiny bit. So can anybody tell me how to lose at least 10 more pounds (maybe not all the baby weight) fast? I am going back to work in a month and I am already sick and tired of people’s rude comments of “How FAT I became!!!” I need my confidence back. HELP somebody!
PS: I am not expecting to get my pre-pregnancy body back but really, at least I want to fit into my suits and want those rude people to respect me again! And looking at this face in a mirror just makes me feel so sad.
Hi Stefani – have your checked out our 12 Week Program? Its the entire MuTu System in 12 Weeks!
With my first pregnancy, I gained 0 pounds and within a year got my abs back without any extra effort than my regular workouts. Exclusively breastfed my baby girl for 6 months. But with this second pregnancy, losing weight became a constant-battle-nightmare-deep-blackhole for me. I started at 116 lbs (at 5’7″) with this second pregnancy. 4 weeks after delivery I weighted 140lbs (literally dragging my huge whale derriere) and I felt horrible beyond words could ever describe; no confidence or whatsoever. After 3 months of working my bottom off and trying balanced diet, I managed to lose only 10lbs. I still feel HUGE and horrible. I am not fitting into any of my clothes, as if my hip and chest bones got bigger! SOS! I am exclusively breastfeeding my baby son but it is not helping a tiny bit. So can anybody tell me how to lose at least 10 more pounds (maybe not all the baby weight) fast? I am going back to work in a month and I am already sick and tired of people’s rude comments of “How FAT I became!!!” I need my confidence back. HELP somebody!
PS: I am not expecting to get my pre-pregnancy body back but really, at least I want to fit into my suits and want those rude people to respect me again! And looking at this face in a mirror just makes me feel so sad.
Hi Stefani – have your checked out our 12 Week Program? Its the entire MuTu System in 12 Weeks!
My baby is going to be a year old in a few days and I have not lost one single pound I’ve been breastfeeding, supposedly it helps with the weight loss but it has not helped. I have been exercising daily and no improvement either.
My baby is going to be a year old in a few days and I have not lost one single pound I’ve been breastfeeding, supposedly it helps with the weight loss but it has not helped. I have been exercising daily and no improvement either.
I gained 42 pounds!! Baby is now 21 weeks & I have 3lbs left to go until pre-pregnancy weight. I’d like to lose another half stone on top though, holiday in 10 weeks so will be wearing a bikini then. Half the reason I booked the holiday was to terrify myself into stepping the diet up a notch! Execise has actually begun!
I gained 42 pounds!! Baby is now 21 weeks & I have 3lbs left to go until pre-pregnancy weight. I’d like to lose another half stone on top though, holiday in 10 weeks so will be wearing a bikini then. Half the reason I booked the holiday was to terrify myself into stepping the diet up a notch! Execise has actually begun!
Take a look at our online training program – & sign up for the free video in the pink cloud if you haven’t already!
During my first pregnancy i gain 15 pounds weight But after my pregnancy according to my doctor i continue exercise and yoga by that i reduce my weight easily without any problem.
During my first pregnancy i gain 15 pounds weight But after my pregnancy according to my doctor i continue exercise and yoga by that i reduce my weight easily without any problem.
With my first I lost more then I gained within the first year and the mummy tummy was gone. By the time she was 18months I was nicely toned and you couldn’t tell I had a baby. This second time came around and I haven’t lost too much… My son is now 9 months and I’ve lost 15lbs. I’m 135lbs and my tummy still look’s 3 months preggers. Even with walking and working out I can’t get it to go away. (My muscles split slightly and I’m not sure how to lose the tummy, not even a bit o.O.)
Take a look at our online training program – & sign up for the free video in the pink cloud if you haven’t already!
With my first I lost more then I gained within the first year and the mummy tummy was gone. By the time she was 18months I was nicely toned and you couldn’t tell I had a baby. This second time came around and I haven’t lost too much… My son is now 9 months and I’ve lost 15lbs. I’m 135lbs and my tummy still look’s 3 months preggers. Even with walking and working out I can’t get it to go away. (My muscles split slightly and I’m not sure how to lose the tummy, not even a bit o.O.)
i’ve lost all my baby weight plus an extra 2 kgs yet the mummy tummy remains! help!
i’ve lost all my baby weight plus an extra 2 kgs yet the mummy tummy remains! help!
MuTu System CAN help Lisa! Take a look at the online training program :)
i’ve lost all my baby weight plus an extra 2 kgs yet the mummy tummy remains! help!
I gained 33 pounds during pregnancy. Was very active (previous endurance athlete). My baby is 13 weeks old and I have 15 pounds to go. I have been running twice a week and doing yoga once a week. I also take walks with baby. I hope that I will have it gone within the next 3 months.
You’re doing great Sabrina! Make sure you do some core & pelvic floor strengthening too – a lot of running very soon after childbirth can cause pelvic problems later on if you don’t *hold it all in*… :0 Keep your pelvic floor strong & you’ll soon lose the rest of the weight with everything else that you’re doing!
I gained 33 pounds during pregnancy. Was very active (previous endurance athlete). My baby is 13 weeks old and I have 15 pounds to go. I have been running twice a week and doing yoga once a week. I also take walks with baby. I hope that I will have it gone within the next 3 months.
You’re doing great Sabrina! Make sure you do some core & pelvic floor strengthening too – a lot of running very soon after childbirth can cause pelvic problems later on if you don’t *hold it all in*… :0 Keep your pelvic floor strong & you’ll soon lose the rest of the weight with everything else that you’re doing!
lost all baby weight and then some within 9 weeks of having twins!!
2nd time around, baby #3 and with all under 4 yrs old…. if you belived the likes of heat and closer magazine (aka “running around after little ones just burns the calories off”) I would be a much lovelier version of myself… alas running after 3 kids under 4 makes me pretty terrible at will power (apart from my vow not to have any more babies!!). The weight is coming off – the last 8 lbs are proving pretty stubborn but I will conquer!
lost all baby weight and then some within 9 weeks of having twins!!
2nd time around, baby #3 and with all under 4 yrs old…. if you belived the likes of heat and closer magazine (aka “running around after little ones just burns the calories off”) I would be a much lovelier version of myself… alas running after 3 kids under 4 makes me pretty terrible at will power (apart from my vow not to have any more babies!!). The weight is coming off – the last 8 lbs are proving pretty stubborn but I will conquer!
That always makes me chuckle… like sitting with a cup of tea & a biscuit & occasionally lurching after an errant toddler is going to do the job… You will conquer those 8lbs Nic… its just fat & it’s fallible!! PS Liking the ‘no more!’ willpower ;)
lost all baby weight and then some within 9 weeks of having twins!!
2nd time around, baby #3 and with all under 4 yrs old…. if you belived the likes of heat and closer magazine (aka “running around after little ones just burns the calories off”) I would be a much lovelier version of myself… alas running after 3 kids under 4 makes me pretty terrible at will power (apart from my vow not to have any more babies!!). The weight is coming off – the last 8 lbs are proving pretty stubborn but I will conquer!
Somehow I managed to get through a first pregnancy (five years ago) without gaining any weight or a mummy tummy (apart from the baby weight I mean….obviously I weighed more when I was pregnant but it all came off almost straight after the birth). Second time round not so lucky. Gained while pregnant, gained in the year after he was born (he’s now 16 months). All this despite being a committed MuTu exerciser for the last year! The 2 stone extra slowly coming off now I’ve cut out alcohol and caffeine!!!
You’ve done great Sarah – you’re strong, supple & fit. It just sounds like a few wine calories were covering up all that hard work for a while… there’s a 6 pack in there waiting to be revealed :)
Somehow I managed to get through a first pregnancy (five years ago) without gaining any weight or a mummy tummy (apart from the baby weight I mean….obviously I weighed more when I was pregnant but it all came off almost straight after the birth). Second time round not so lucky. Gained while pregnant, gained in the year after he was born (he’s now 16 months). All this despite being a committed MuTu exerciser for the last year! The 2 stone extra slowly coming off now I’ve cut out alcohol and caffeine!!!
You’ve done great Sarah – you’re strong, supple & fit. It just sounds like a few wine calories were covering up all that hard work for a while… there’s a 6 pack in there waiting to be revealed :)
@openid-54940:disqus 2 stone down is brilliant – well done! The 10lb will happen… just keep at it – good luck :)
I didn’t start to do anything about it until baby was 9 months (too knackered)- now he’s 14 months and I’ve lost 2 stone with about 10lb to go. But that last bit is just not coming off!! Argh!!!
@openid-54940:disqus 2 stone down is brilliant – well done! The 10lb will happen… just keep at it – good luck :)
I didn’t start to do anything about it until baby was 9 months (too knackered)- now he’s 14 months and I’ve lost 2 stone with about 10lb to go. But that last bit is just not coming off!! Argh!!!
Hi Alice, I hope you make your 12 year old feel sufficiently guilty on a daily basis for causing your distress!
Yes & no is the answer… the Masterclass itself: no sweat at all. Just 2 hours in the comfort of yours or a friend’s house (you can even drink wine if you want!) while I impart the knowledge you need, demonstrate my (non-sweaty) secret moves which really do WORK, do a (fully clothed) test on each of you to establish your own personal muscle split & prescribe what each of you need to do about it.
You’ll need to put down the wine glass for the test & to try out a few moves for yourself, but it’s NOT an exercise class. In fact you’ll gain more insight into how to eliminate a postnatal tummy in those 2 hours than you’d get from 20 classes!
The bad news, is that there could be some extra fat sitting on top of those muscles… & THAT might require some sweat on your part to get rid of. But I’ll tell you what to do about that too – I have devised 15-minute targetted workouts for mums to do on their own, having found that hour-long ones don’t tend get done…!
Hi Alice, I hope you make your 12 year old feel sufficiently guilty on a daily basis for causing your distress!
Yes & no is the answer… the Masterclass itself: no sweat at all. Just 2 hours in the comfort of yours or a friend’s house (you can even drink wine if you want!) while I impart the knowledge you need, demonstrate my (non-sweaty) secret moves which really do WORK, do a (fully clothed) test on each of you to establish your own personal muscle split & prescribe what each of you need to do about it.
You’ll need to put down the wine glass for the test & to try out a few moves for yourself, but it’s NOT an exercise class. In fact you’ll gain more insight into how to eliminate a postnatal tummy in those 2 hours than you’d get from 20 classes!
The bad news, is that there could be some extra fat sitting on top of those muscles… & THAT might require some sweat on your part to get rid of. But I’ll tell you what to do about that too – I have devised 15-minute targetted workouts for mums to do on their own, having found that hour-long ones don’t tend get done…!
I’m coming up for my 12th year of postnatal tummy. Does the antedote involve working up a sweat? I’m allergic to effort (which explains everything!)
I’m coming up for my 12th year of postnatal tummy. Does the antedote involve working up a sweat? I’m allergic to effort (which explains everything!)