Weight gain after miscarriage

[ErinsHope]

Hello lovely ladies,

Just wondering if any of you ran into the same issue as me. My first miscarriage I didn't really gain any weight, but since my second I've gained a bunch of weight, about 20 pounds or so (since June yikes!) I'm pretty sure I just ate my feelings lol, but have just started working out again and paying close attention to my diet, still the weight doesn't seem to be coming off, highly annoying!

 

[nevergivingup]

Hi Erinshope: Definately don't feel bad, I was in the same boat. I had a total of 3 m/c's. after the first one I didn't gain nothing but 5 lbs but then I get prego again and lose that one too and o boy did the weight came then out of nowhere. I tried excercising too but found myself pregnant again for the third time and that ended up being twins but I lost one and still kept the weight. Overall with those 3 pregnancies I gained over 30lbs and now I'm killing myself to get it off by working out everyday. I found our with my m/c's came depression and hormones running everywhere. I was stressed to get pregnant which caused my body to hold unto that weight now since I had my baby I'm finally am stress free and actually see the weight coming off finally. An u will too, sorry about your losses.

 

[Mellymel]

I'm so glad to see I'm not alone! My hormones are all over the place (my face is still breaking out, hair still falling out etc) It's been almost 6 weeks since my d&c and I feel like I am gaining weight. I am exhausted and I keep eating to try to keep me awake. I don't have a scale to weight myself but my clothes are very tight

The worst thing is I will be in family photos for my brother in laws wedding in 3 weeks and the bride is super fit...I'll look huge and need to get bigger clothes to wear.

 

[celine]

Yes, i had a mc almost 7 weeks ago and i never got my period ive had a bfp so amost 6 weeks aglong but seriously have gained 7lbs the last two months

 

[ErinsHope]

I'm so happy I'm not alone. I've been working out, and eating very healthily but it's not coming off. Mind you I am SUPER stressed so that probably is playing a huge role in it. But gaining weight makes me stress on top of other stress. Nothing seems to be working to take the weight off.

 

[nevergivingup]

I know how you feel Erinshope, mellymel and Celine. My weight is taking forever to come off to, it's like I'm losing 1 pound a month. The doctor says it takes a year it's not a fast fix and it's not healthy......but the superstars are dropping weight like flies and they look great but he said you aren't a superstar (ounch!!) and in the long run you'll be more healthier. I'm sure he's right but Erinhope I agree this weight is depressing by itself.

 

[nevergivingup]

Those m/c's will put the weight on you fast and at the end we have nothing to show for the weight gain....that's the stressful part. But we'll get through it in time....at least that's what I have to keep telling myself.

My weakness is anything with Extra SUGAR in it!!!

 

[Starry Night]

I have this too. I have gained after all of my losses. And I was on bed rest with my son (my 2nd pregnancy) so I gained 60 pounds before I was done. Once I finally had my child a lot of the stress went away and I eventually lost all my pregnancy weight plus the weight I had gained from the m/c. It took a year, but I did it.

But now I have had 2 miscarriages in a row and I have gained 10 of those pounds back. My weight loss last year had plateaued at 150 and at that weight I am very borderline healthy/chubby. I should lose more but I was happy and looked pretty good (no "muffin tops"). So gaining those 10 pounds has firmly placed my in the "chubby" category. I have controlled my eating enough that I'm not gaining anymore but I am definitely not losing. And no matter how badly I feel about it I just can't bring myself to make the changes. I think my main issue right now is I've gotten addicted to pop. One can alone isn't a lot of total calories but it's a lot of sugar and I have noticed that pop gives me a major pot belly.

 

[nevergivingup]

Starry : I agree with you on the "no muffin top" I think that would bring n more stress if I knew I had to deal with that shape. No offense to anyone. But wow I wish I could lose all my weight plus my pregnancy too but a year is Soooo long for my impatience but I don't have any other choice bc my DH is making sure I don't try any of my fad diets which always works but im sure isn't healthy. I'm eating healthy but I'm maintaining too and that's bothering me I want to lose not maintain but in due time I hope. And I've stop drinking sodas but that Pepsi is so darn good I was addicted to wake up at 3 am and go drink a swig of it just bc it was so good. Bc I have a dangerous sweet tooth so I satisfy it with frozen yogurt from Orange leaf but I'm eating to much of it to call it a healthy snack now

Starry I just don know what to do now.... I'm exercising my brains out here

 

[ErinsHope]

I'm exercising alot, eating healthy except for 2 cookies every day (small ones) and drinking tons of water, weight keeps going up. Hubby just thinks about losing weight and poof 5 pounds gone, so unfair.

 

[Starry Night]

Weight has always been an issue for me. It just hangs on and hangs on. Last summer I was eating 1500 calories a day and at my age I should have been losing 1lb a week without exercise. I was also walking 40 minutes a day for 5 days a week plus 20 minute bike rides 3 or 4 days a week. And I was losing 1lb a week and then just hit a wall at 150 (my goal was 145). My options were to eat less but I was already on the verge of feeling hungry all the time so that wasn't a real option. The only real option was to work out harder and I just wasn't interested enough. I was satisfied especially as I was 10 pounds lighter than my pre-pregnancy weight and the lack of "muffin top". I wasn't toned, mind you, but I was comfortable in my own skin.

My DH is also the type who can eat whatever he wants and not gain anything. It's catching up a little with him as he gets older but if he wants to lose weight he just needs to cut back a little. I have to nigh-on starve myself.

 

[nevergivingup]

Erinshope: lol, I know what u mean, that's the same way it works w/ my DH while I'm sweating bullets at the gym. Our hormones are the one to blame.Definately not those 2 cookies

 

[ErinsHope]

I read this while I was eating my cookies lol

 

[nevergivingup]

Lol!! I'm I'm dreading something sweet so bad that I'm constantly popping sugar free breath mints. It's 20 of them in the pack and I have 10 left. Stop the madness!

 

[ErinsHope]

All the best tasting food is not good for you.

My in-laws are also in town for a month, a father in-law was a cook before he retired, trying to convince him that I'm trying to eat healthy is impossible lol.

I hope someday soon I will be gaining weight for a totally different reason!

 

[nevergivingup]

You're so right ab that, all the good foods are not good for you. And yikes you have a harder struggle your father n law is a professional cook, can he cook healthy foods instead? And don't worry you will in time, and then you'll enjoy 10 cookies a day and be ok. FX for you, are you TTC?

 

[ErinsHope]

His idea of healthy food and mine are very different, plus lots of big meals!

We are definitely TTC, and enjoying the practice lol! I have two uteruses though so it makes life complicated, basically I still get a period the 1st month I'm pregnant because of the uterus that isn't pregnant, and it adds a good amount of risk if I can ever make it to my 3rd trimester, just will more than likely be a premmie because uterus won't have enough room to expand. Luckily I have a great Dr, so just need to get to that point which seems to be difficult!