Losing Your Pregnancy Weight – The No Starch Diet

Posted on October 11, 2007 in Health & Safety by little mochi

I did it!  I lost 10 pounds of my postpartum weight in one month and I barely had to exercise! 

At my first ob/gyn visit, I weighed 108 pounds.  Small girl, right?  Well, let’s just say that I gained 50% of my weight by my last visit.  Yup…I weighed a whopping 156 pounds my last week of my pregnancy.  If you think that’s crazy, just wait until you see my nasty stretch marks! 

At my 6 week post partum check up, my ob/gyn said I really should start exercising to get back to my pre pregnancy weight.  I told him that I would be back to “normal” by Decemember.  He laughed and said “We’ll see.”  I guess he didn’t have much confidence in me because of all the weight I gained.  Of course, gaining weight is a lot easier than losing weight.  So I didn’t have a problem with his lack of confidence.

With the busy schedule of caring for a newborn, I barely had the time or the energy to exercise everyday.  The only thing that I could do was watch my diet.  So I went on a low starch diet.  I usually eat several bowls of rice a day.  But since I limited my starch intake, I began to notice the pounds dropping.  I was actually able to squeeze into my old pre-pregnancy jeans! It was amazing.

Right after I gave birth to Mason, I was at 135 pounds.  I stayed there for two months.  Then I decided to go on this no starch diet.  Last week, I weighed myself and I weighed “only” 125 pounds.  All I can say is…only 17 more pounds to go, doctor!



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