by Elizabeth
(Dillsboro, IN United States)
I have a 2 month old daughter, and I feel great about being a mommy, but every time I look in the mirror, I don’t feel that great at all! I was always very small. Before I got pregnant, I weighed 107. Now I weigh 142.
And I know it’s because I had a little person growing inside of me for 10 months! But I just hate what I see in the mirror now. My question is: Is it normal for it to take a long time for new mothers to get back down to normal, or at least to a decent size?
Another question is: since I do have a daughter, I rarely have time to do much. How can I find time to workout? Are there any short workouts that you know of that will actually work? Thank you, Beth
Answer from Rumi
Hi Beth, congrats for your new baby 
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I have created post pregnancy diet for a friend of mine. She lost all the baby weight for 3 months, but she really followed my advices and she didn’t cheat. Just decide that you want to lose baby weight and will happen slowly and steadily.
About exercises. Try my 20 minutes workouts, they are free, you can download then on your computer or watch them online. Here is the page with exercise videos. On the right side of the videos there is suggestion how to combine them every day.
It is better to do both proposed videos one by one, but if you don’t have time, than do them separately, like one in the morning and one in the evening (for example).
Wish you success with post pregnancy diet and exercising.
P.S. Please use comments to report your progress, we will support you .
All the best,
Rumi
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Wow, her face really tells the story. I am a mother of 18 month old twins and I feel her pain. I hope she reaches her weight loss goals and gets the pep back in her step.
Your diet says to “mix a box (no more than a pound) of low fat yogurt”
What does that mean? I live in the US and have never had to mix my yogurt nor have I ever seen yogurt in a box. Can I just eat a small yogurt out of the dairy case?
Thanks
Dianna
You have been blessed with a precious gift from GOD.
She will only be be with you a short time before you know it ,she will her own person— what, in 15 years??
From this moment SHE is more important than your weight now even though your weight will disappear while devoting your life to her– teaching her be happy, smile, to know what NO means, to say please, Thank you and ” I love you”, and respect each other. When she’s ready to leave you – and no longer depends on you … You will have accomplished the greatest job on earth—an independent woman, hopefully , off to college, her, not you- well maybe so.
As a Mom to a wonderful 37 year old, I can only tell myself — I did the best I could… There are no guidelines– so we must rely on common sense.
Good luck.
We’ll work to make her country strong for her future.