Post-Natal Weight Loss

At Week 39 gestation of my second pregnancy, my weight was more than 63.9 kg *GASP*

 

Post-natal weight loss record:

 

Day 3: 61.1 kg wearing size 18

(Bean was born 2.96 kg, and I also carried a lot of amniotic fluids. If you do the math, you will be as puzzled as I am as to how I only lost 2.8 kg - did I pile all the weight back on during the 2 nights we were at the hospital?)

 

Day 5: 59.8 kg wearing size 16

(Slightly more believable!)

 

Day 7: 59.6 kg

(I weigh myself first thing in the morning, so I must have lost water and not fat...)

 

Day 8: 59.1 kg wearing size 14

(I had the traditional massage at home, so I'd credit the weight loss to loss of water retention)

 

Day 11: 57.7 kg

(Same as above, although I met my belly button again. It has been a while, belly button! I have missed you)

 

Day 14: 56.4 kg wearing size 12

(Same as above. Sigh. Isn't the expressing and feeding working?)

 

Day 16: 56.1 kg

(Stagnant. Need a new vanity self-care programme)

Day 95: 54.5 kg wearing size 10

Must, must, must soldier on.

Keep in mind: It took me 39 weeks to balloon, so maybe it is only fair to give myself another 39 weeks to decompress to my previous size...

 

Target weight: 50 kg (I was 48 kg pre-pregnancy but suspect that was slightly featherweight)

 

Target size: Size 8 or 10 (Love the prospect of a wardrobe makeover although I would love to be wearing those size 8 clothing again *ego*)

 

Wish-list:

1. Non flabby abs.

2.Thighs with smaller circumference.
 

(That means I can have to start exercising again after the 6 week check up. I can live with the "stripes of pahala" a.k.a. stretchmark for another year. Give them time to fade...)

 

Cheer me on, will ya?