goal is to tone up and return to pre-pregnancy-days, fitness-wise.
Anyone else have the same goal?
Toning up postpartum
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Re: Toning up postpartum
Obviously I don't, but I wanted to wish you a lot of luck doing it 
. You're only 130lbs, so really nothing too much to have to do.
I don't know when you gave birth obviously, but CONGRATULATIONS and I hope that everything works out for you. I don't have a lot of historical evidence about you on here, to formulate a solid opinion of you as a person, (I would never set out with the intention of judging anyone), but I'm willing to bet, you're someone that will be a great influence on your child and a great rolemodel and mentor as well.
That and the fact you're willing to start looking after yourself, instead of just letting your own health and body slide. I've never once come across someone that cared a lot about themselves physically as a person, that showed little of the same for any children they had.
Fitness Mums are some of the most wondeful, caring and emotionally beautiful people you'll ever come across and experiences on here and in life itself, have taught me that.
So GOOD LUCK with everything you are trying to do. Whatever support we can give you, please just ask anytime and when we can or feel able, we will do what we think is right to try and help you and give you that little something extra that makes the difference for you.
. You're only 130lbs, so really nothing too much to have to do.I don't know when you gave birth obviously, but CONGRATULATIONS and I hope that everything works out for you. I don't have a lot of historical evidence about you on here, to formulate a solid opinion of you as a person, (I would never set out with the intention of judging anyone), but I'm willing to bet, you're someone that will be a great influence on your child and a great rolemodel and mentor as well.
That and the fact you're willing to start looking after yourself, instead of just letting your own health and body slide. I've never once come across someone that cared a lot about themselves physically as a person, that showed little of the same for any children they had.
Fitness Mums are some of the most wondeful, caring and emotionally beautiful people you'll ever come across and experiences on here and in life itself, have taught me that.
So GOOD LUCK with everything you are trying to do. Whatever support we can give you, please just ask anytime and when we can or feel able, we will do what we think is right to try and help you and give you that little something extra that makes the difference for you
.Re: Toning up postpartum
Thank you! I almost cried while reading that!
daughter will be 4 months old in 9 days!
Thank you so much. I'll probably end up re-reading your post anytime I find myself down or having no motivation.
I have very little friends or family helping me, so just your little bit of encouragement has brightened evening quite a lot!
-Stephanie.
daughter will be 4 months old in 9 days!
Thank you so much. I'll probably end up re-reading your post anytime I find myself down or having no motivation.
I have very little friends or family helping me, so just your little bit of encouragement has brightened evening quite a lot!
-Stephanie.
Re: Toning up postpartum
I'm glad we can help .
I'm sorry there are little to no people in your life willling to support you. I have seen this quite a bit on here and other sites I sometimes or used to go to. It's hard for females sometimes, because their partners or families question why they want to do it, when thay "apprently", don't look fat or "supposedly", could end up looking amaciated, because if they seem a healthy shape and weight to others, why would the individual question it themselves.
Their problem is not always ignorance, it's not being able to live in your skin for a day. You know why you want to lose about 20lbs of weight and probably gain 5-10lbs of muscle, so you're 115-120lbs, but some won't know why and won't "get it", or they'll think you'll become anti-social, too obssessed, or start to look displeasing to them amd might give you psychobabble about ruining your life, health, looks, being too obsessed and preoccupied with it all and possibly becoming preachy or critical of their shape and appearance.
In some cases it's the fear of having a female partner that becomes stronger, or less attractive in some way, that gets the negative critiuque or words of caution.
I would never tell you to avoid your goal, unless you said you'd wanted to be 100lbs or less and I'd only advise against it in part, if I thought your goal was good, but your method or application needed refinement, for health and wellbeing reasons, to help you progress in a better and healthier way, if it looked like you wren't doing that.
This site will always support people that care about themselves and are willing to show us a bit of respect and humanity. I appreciate females often find the process more stressful and harder ot deal with, because the female image has historically always been scrutinised and assesed by society far more than a mans, so females can sometimes exaggerate or over-analyse every subtle change, good or bad, or get mildly obsessive, like with weighing or calories and it's okay to be human you know and it's one of the best things to be.
So whatever support you need from us, we'll try to reciprocate with best intentions. If you believe in yourself and remember your own self worth and value, you'll be fine I think, so chin up, GOOD LUCK and keep smiling.
Your last post has confirmed for me, what I already suspected about you and I'd be proud to be on this site with someone like you anytime .
.I'm sorry there are little to no people in your life willling to support you. I have seen this quite a bit on here and other sites I sometimes or used to go to. It's hard for females sometimes, because their partners or families question why they want to do it, when thay "apprently", don't look fat or "supposedly", could end up looking amaciated, because if they seem a healthy shape and weight to others, why would the individual question it themselves.
Their problem is not always ignorance, it's not being able to live in your skin for a day. You know why you want to lose about 20lbs of weight and probably gain 5-10lbs of muscle, so you're 115-120lbs, but some won't know why and won't "get it", or they'll think you'll become anti-social, too obssessed, or start to look displeasing to them amd might give you psychobabble about ruining your life, health, looks, being too obsessed and preoccupied with it all and possibly becoming preachy or critical of their shape and appearance.
In some cases it's the fear of having a female partner that becomes stronger, or less attractive in some way, that gets the negative critiuque or words of caution.
I would never tell you to avoid your goal, unless you said you'd wanted to be 100lbs or less and I'd only advise against it in part, if I thought your goal was good, but your method or application needed refinement, for health and wellbeing reasons, to help you progress in a better and healthier way, if it looked like you wren't doing that.
This site will always support people that care about themselves and are willing to show us a bit of respect and humanity. I appreciate females often find the process more stressful and harder ot deal with, because the female image has historically always been scrutinised and assesed by society far more than a mans, so females can sometimes exaggerate or over-analyse every subtle change, good or bad, or get mildly obsessive, like with weighing or calories and it's okay to be human you know and it's one of the best things to be.
So whatever support you need from us, we'll try to reciprocate with best intentions. If you believe in yourself and remember your own self worth and value, you'll be fine I think, so chin up, GOOD LUCK and keep smiling
.Your last post has confirmed for me, what I already suspected about you and I'd be proud to be on this site with someone like you anytime
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