My niece and I were hanging out today and I was lucky enough to be part of this conversation
McKenna: "you are having another baby".
I can already tell where this is going, but I am hoping that I am wrong, so I ask her "do you think Saku needs a sibling"?
McKenna: "No your belly is way out here, there is another baby in there"
You have to love the brutal honesty of a four year old. I have to defend myself and say that I do not think my belly is "way out", but the sad truth is that my middle is just not the same. The numbers on the scale are actually below my pre-pregnancy weight and my legs are doing well because of all the running I do. But I do need tips of how to get rid of the softness in the waist area? I mean I know all about doing abs, but I would love to hear from people's personal experiences before I start torturing myself with crunches each morning.
And maybe I will give up sweets...tomorrow or the day after tomorrow..or not;)
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Just wait until that four-year-old is your own kid so you get to hear it all the time. :)
Pilates really helped me. It doesn't make the flab go away but it helps you hold it in better. I'm sure you look awesome. :)
Bridget, pilates is a great idea. I will try it out and hopefully, it will work it magic on me as well:)
Oh my, I would have wanted to cry! I am sure you look great. I am so impressed that you are below pregnancy weight--that will likely never be the case for me.
I love pilates and think it works great for abs, but I haven't done it so regularly post baby. My "regular" workout now is the Jillian Michaels "30 Day Shred." It is a killer, but it incorporates abs and is only 20minutes which is great. I can 't say I am living proof, but it makes me feel like I look better.
Don't give up sweets, you'll make us all feel bad! I enjoy my rocky road ice cream every night and don't plan to change any day soon. I have to have a guilty pleasure.
I think planks are really good work and they help your core. It took me two years after my first to think that my stomach was no longer looking like what I like to refer as my "frontal butt".
Ha I was gonna say the same thing as Bridget. Shay use to tell me I looked like I still had a baby in my belly all the time. I guess it was good motivation. Since I know from her it's honesty without her trying to be rude or hurt my feelings. She just didn't know that you don't say that kind of stuff.
Every time I see my niece she asks me if I am having another baby. And even eight months after Charlotte was born people at the stores were commenting. (For the record, I didn't get pregnant again until she was 9 months old - which means I have probably looked pregnant for the last 2 1/2 years straight. Awesome!) Let me know if you figure out the tummy issue because I need help too.
I think this happens to everyone. After I had Easton I brought him in to show everyone at my school in DC and some of my students asked if I was having another baby. I admit I had tears in my eyes. If you continue to run/workout after a long while it goes away (basically just before you decide to get pregnant again-at least that was how it was for me) vicious cycle I tell you.
You can't give up sweets. You just can't! Life is just not worth living without sugar! :)
Eevi- Thanks for your comment! It is nice to hear from you and see your blog. I don't have any advice on how to get rid of the prego gut - since I haven't had the pleasure yet. I never understand how celebrities do it - surgery i guess? I wouldn't recommend that route tho.
Fun to hear from you.
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