baby weight
After my husband and I were married, our first child was born before our 1st anniversary, and that first year adjusting to much change I gained 65 pounds during the pregnancy. It took a year to get back in shape. That was short lived however, as we were expecting again and I struggled to stay
Thanks to Cathe this story has a happy ending! After a nearly perfect pregnancy, and an all-natural delivery of a beautiful baby girl, I developed an excruciating pain in the left side of my abdomen. I endured this pain for a week thinking it was normal after birth pains, but it kept getting worse and
I know what you’re thinking…what’s the big deal about 4 ½ pounds? Well, this success story isn’t so much mine as it is my son’s.I have been an avid exerciser for the past 9 years. In 2003 I found Cathe tucked inside a box that my newly purchased step came in. It was love at first
I started out in July of 2002, after having my last of 3 boys in September of 2001, with all the weight of each pregnancy, if not more, still on.In 2003 I was turning 40 which I wasn’t looking forward to, and the fact that my size 18 pants were getting too tight was enough
I have had Crohn’s Disease since I was 18 years old. After years of trying to control the disease with meds, I had to have emergency surgery for a bowel obstruction. After going through the initial surgery and then a bowel resection, I slowly started to add exercise into my life. Fast forward to when
When I got pregnant I had been following Cathe’s DVDs for five years. I was very excited to be pregnant and progressing with mine and my husband’s marriage. Although I was very excited to be having a baby, I started to worry about my fitness and what was going to happen to my body during
I danced from the age of three until 18, then stated teaching dance. NEVER worked out. HATED it. I believed weightlifting to be big men in gyms, not for women. No, definitely not women! I thought I dance and always will, that will provide all of the exercise I need! Then I met a wonderful
I worked really hard to gain the 50 pounds my doctor recommended I gain during my pregnancy with my twins. I had to gain as much weight as possible as quickly as possible because I was toward the end of my pregnancy, I could not maintain the weight gain my babies would desperately need in
2 years ago I had a wonderful and beautiful baby (baby #2). I also had some extra weight that just had to go! At 162 lbs I was about 24 lbs heavier than I was before I had gotten pregnant. I was 38 lbs heavier than I was when I graduated high school. None of
After giving birth to my 3 kids all by c-sections I retained alot of my “baby” weight. I tried many different fad diets over the years but always gained it back. I have never been an athlete or someone who exercised on a regular basis. A year ago my friend Colleen and I started a
Before I got pregnant I was in great shape. When I got pregnant with my first child I gained about 70 pounds and after having her I still had 50-60 pounds on me for a whole year.I was very depressed because of all the weight I had gained. I tried a workout program that helped
