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Yay! Thanks so much!!!

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I know this frustration too! I have 2 kids, both by C-Section. Something that I didn’t learn until after my second kid is that sometimes, children change us – it can be hormones, it can be bones shifting (seriously my rib cage grew, as did my shoe size, and never went back). My second daughter was also VERY sickly, so I wasn’t getting the sleep I was used to – so there are so many factors to weight and how our bodies change. I personally will never be the size I was before I had kids, but I am WAY WAAAAAY stronger.

Today is my 2nd daughters 5th birthday, and I can say with absolute certainty that things will get better. I recommend something very similar to Veena’s actually – is to work on adjusting to what you can do now. Focus on goals that achievement oriented, vs. weight oriented. If tracking is your thing, you can measure yourself (vs. weigh yourself). Having a child is such a life change – we often focus on the physical, because that’s what the media (women’s magazines, the internet, and the like) tends to focus on. Instead, focus on how much more resilient you are now. Here’s what I hear from your progress:

– You got a great baby out of it – even if it wasn’t the way you wanted and you didn’t feel great during the process!
– You are managing to work out multiple days a week for an hour! Some women I know can barely do that with four and five year olds (or more)! This is a huge accomplishment!
– You got your invert back! You got your split back! (I didn’t even have my split when I was 18 and dancing full time!) YAY YOU! 🙂
– You’ve done this all IN FIVE MONTHS! Your baby isn’t even a year old yet! I bet they aren’t even walking or thinking about it yet! That is INCREDIBLE!

This time, truly, will fly by. I have to think very hard about my kids first year(s) because they are such a blur – you’re tired, you’re confused by parenting this new thing and everything is new and confusing and there always seems to be someone doing it Better Than You. It’ll be OK. I promise.