You know what is hard? Planning and starting your postpartum weight loss journey. The hardest part is starting. Once I am in a routine and can see results it becomes part of my lifestyle! But before that I am constantly researching at-home postpartum workout programs and postpartum exercises for tummy.
I had 2 babies before I realized I could not avoid taking care of my body – that taking care of my body is not for my own vanity but for keeping up my health and energy to be the better mom for my children. With the limited amount of time I have to go workout by myself the solution I found was to use at-home postpartum workouts.
After my first baby, Annaliese, my body did not immediately snap back but after a year I was able to wear my most of my pre-pregnancy clothes. Then I had my second baby, Abigail… it was a completely different experience!
My baby bump popped a lot sooner than with my first while I was pregnant, and then postpartum around the 9 months mark I could tell I was going to need to start some kind of workout and dietary change for multiple reasons. For one, my energy levels were super low. I could lay on the couch all day while my toddler and baby played on the floor. And the second reason is that my stomach muscles were very much stretched out and my core was not what it once was.
Now that I’ve read the novel The Four Tendancies by Gretchen Rubin, I know that I’m an upholder and have no problem self starting activites on a whim. But for some of you you need the pressure from someone or good enough reasons to start something up. So let me share what postpartum at-home workout programs I’ve used and why I like them all for different stages of your postpartum fitness journey!
Love Yourself Work Out Plan – Way of Grey
The sucky part about this awesome workout program is that, I believe, it’s not available anymore. Sophie Grey is an Edmonton based fitness entreprenur who a couple years ago offered online or on-location workout programs. I stumbled upon her social media 3 years ago and bought her 3 month program, and to be honest I never made it past week 7. I’ve done her 3 month program 4 times and once I hit week 7 it was a combination of the workouts being too hard, or I would get sick, or not look forward to working out.
With that said I did see results! And it was not a light hearted workout, they probably revivaled the BBG workouts before BBG was a huge thing. Each workout touched on cardio, core, and then a circuit. You were left drenched in sweat everytime!
4+ Weeks Workout – No Tummy Mommy
I know Trisha though Instagram, and the best part is that I unexpectantly met her when I was in Toronto during the summer on the Toys R Us trip! It was a lovely surprise!
Skip forward a couple years of using Way of Grey, add in a new baby and a move to a new house with a big, open basement I wanted and needed to start working out again!
And the reason I started using No Tummy Mommy was the Way of Grey program was unavailable online for some reason. So I tried a free BBG workout and did not like it at all, and then remembered that Trisha had an at-home program available as well! So I signed up!
I was 9 months postpartum when I started her No Tummy Mommy program and love that it was the perfect push for my postpartum body. The workout program was challenging but not impossible, and left me feeling sore but not immobile.
I did Trisha’s workout program for 10 weeks and felt much stronger in my core and arms. It prepared my cardio and strength for the next program…
AX-1 90 Day Program – AthleanX
Woah, that’s a full head spin on workout programs! Yes, this program is not specifically postpartum centred and I don’t recommend it for early on in your postpartum fitness journey. But my mom has been doing this program for months and always encouraged me to try it so finally I did!
I now see why she likes it! The workouts are quick sessions (which I love) and the are “400 challenges” that test your strength and cardio. If you don’t pass then you go back to the beginning of the weeks exercises and repeat until it’s challenge day and you retest. It sounds daunting but it is addicting and fun to see how much you’ve grown!
And all along my postpartum weight loss journey I have used Weight Watchers – as someone who had a great metabolism as a teenager and then had babies at 20 years old I thought I could eat anything, drink as many lattes as I wanted, and feel great! My food choices caught up with me quick.
I’ve used both the Weight Watchers meetings and the Weight Watchers app, and both are great! I currently only use the Weight Watchers app because like I said before I am a good self starter. If you feel like you need that external pressure from people to stick to something or you always have lots of questions that you want answered, going to the Weight Watchers meetings and using the Weight Watchers app is probably best for you!
Results wise, I have no problem talking numbers with you – the scale has never been an enemy but I think it’s important to know all women are not petite. I am 5′ 9″ and typically at the end of my pregnancies I gain 40 lbs. So when I was 3 months postpartum I weighed 197 lbs, and at 12 months postpartum I weigh 155 lbs.
That’s my postpartum weight loss journey – it feels impossible at the start but once you have a program you like it gets easier!
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