I can relate. With my first son, I gained 85 pounds and lost 75 after 2 years. I was also breastfeeding so I didn't diet. With my second son, I gained 65 pounds and lost 55 pounds after about a year. So I had retained 20 pounds from both births and then after about another 2 years, gained another 10, so right now I'm 30 pounds overweight. I did Weight Watchers and lost 20 pounds, but I found it difficult to maintain because the food I was eating was not what I liked to eat and my husband can eat anything and everything and not gain an ounce and I had to feed him and I eat along with him which is very bad. Plus he's the kind that if he's eating something (cake, ice cream, cookies - which he likes to bake), he's like, have some with me or try this I just made it, which made it impossible to lose weight. I was watching a show on Life Channel on weight loss and I found this technique really interesting and it really worked for me (until I went off it. The trick is to stay on it). I wish I could remember the guy's name. He's theory was eat what you want because diets don't work if you don't like the food. The important thing is portion control. The slower you eat, the less you will eat. His instruction was take a bit of food. Put the fork down. Chew 30 times then swallow. Pick up the fork, take a bite, put the fork down and -- well, you can guess the rest. I found that I was eating less and less as far as portions went and felt full. He also said that if you feel hungry, eat. But eat very slowly. I named this the 10-bite diet, because after 10 bites, I felt full and I lost 30 pounds in 4 months and I never felt like I was depriving myself of anything. I ate whatever I wanted, just not as much. I maintained that weight loss for over 2 years but since eating this way is something that needs to become habit and I went back to my old habit of eating quickly and "man portions" as my husband called it so the weight came back. I've started again with the "10-bite diet" and have been losing the weight again. Like the man said, you need to change the manner in which you eat and make it your lifestyle. Congrats on the new baby. Enjoy every minute of him and take lots of pictures.
07-20-2009, 05:51 AM
