Losing baby weight?

[Austin_Racer]

Our little girl was born last May. I had been working out pretty regularly (3x/ week) from the beginning of 2007 until her birth. During that time my weight was always between 181 and 183lbs, even though I was getting stronger. I was finally able to bench press more than my body weight right before she was born. After her arrival it was very hard to make time to get to the gym, since baby made the schedule. Well now that she's sleeping through the night I was finally able to get back to the gym. After 4 months of no exercise and, as far as I can tell, roughly the same diet, I weighed 175lbs this morning.
Why?

[cabezon]

Are you asking why you lost wieght, or that you only lost 12 lbs?

IIRC, new moms get a hormone that helps drop the baby weight. But with the stress of being a new mom, the strange hours, and bad eating habits, it's understandable.

Congrats on the little one!

[Austin_Racer]

Yeah I wondering how I lost ~7 lbs (12lbs?) over 4 months with no exercise, when my weight didn't change significantly over 5 months when working out 3 times a week.
I'm a dude btw. :)

[m007]

Originally Posted by cabezon

But with the stress of being a new mom, the strange hours, and bad eating habits, it's understandable. Congrats on the little one!

I bet the stress and the strange hours of being a new Dad would also have the same effect on a male as it would a woman. Its an exciting time, it's also challenging and you're having to modify your life from how it was pre-baby! i.e. sleep schedule, stress, meal times (hehe yours as well as your babys), your downtime where you go to go to the gym that u probably have less of now! Hehe...wait till your little one gets moving around...eek! you'll have plenty of exercise w/o the gym! LOL...Congrats again!!!!

[cabezon]

guys get baby weight?

[m007]

Originally Posted by cabezon

guys get baby weight?

haha sure. y not? just bc ur not carrying it doesn't mean your body can't react to the stressors involved w/ having a baby! hehe. but hey, everyones body can react differently. lol.

[Austin_Racer]

I was just making a joke really. I don't consider any of my weight gained or lost "baby weight".

[cabezon]

Originally Posted by Austin_Racer

I was just making a joke really. I don't consider any of my weight gained or lost "baby weight".

yeah yeah, I get it. Once you said that you were a man, it went from normal to funny. hence the

I thought it was odd that a woman was proud that she benched her own weight, but hey...

[Austin_Racer]

... not that there is anything wrong with that. ;)