My weight gain during pregnancy...

I didn't have an issue with my weight until I was around 18, throughout out my childhood and early teens I had always been quite active, but by the time I reached my late teens I had to forfeit my activities for jobs and started to gain weight.

At my heaviest I weighed 13st 9lb and with my small 5"1 frame that was big, I dedicated the next four years to healthy eating and exercise and with a good diet plan and a well used gym membership in four years I had reached my goal weight of 8st 6lb.

So when I fell pregnant I vowed to stick to my healthy ways to keep the weight gain at a minimum however with hormones, cravings and morning sickness I soon gave up my healthy ways and adapted the attitude 'well I'm going to get fat anyway'.

The hardest struggle for me was the morning sickness it did last me until I was around 16 weeks although only a few times did I actually vomit the feeling that I was going to be sick seemed to be around all the time. I was even waking up in the middle of the night being unable to fall back asleep because I felt too sick.

There was a solution to temporarily get rid of this feeling.....Eating!! I don't know why but eating really suppressed the sickness feeling this was my first downfall from then on my food portions got gradually bigger and so on.

Straight after having my daughter I weighed a shocking 12st 6lb. Yes I had gained 4 STONE. I am more than happy to embrace my new figure and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat but I cannot put all the  weight gain down to pregnancy as most of it was definitely down to my poor choices.

Now that my daughter is nearly 6 months old and in a pretty steady routine it does give me a little time to think about myself so I have decided to give Herbalife a go to hopefully get back down to my pre pregnancy weight.

For those of you that aren't familiar with herbalife its a weight management programme tailored to your needs using shake replacements for one or two of your meals a day, if you are interested in finding out more click here. The shakes are surprisingly tasty and come in a good range of flavours not just the conventional strawberry, chocolate and vanilla.



The shakes are a wonderful replacement if you have a busy schedule they are quick and easy to make and you can just take them on the go.

I'm only on my second week but on my first week I lost 6lb and 2% body fat. Happy so far.

It will be a long journey to get back to my pre pregnancy weight a challange I am willing to accept. I will post on my progress and if anyone has been in this position before or is doing Herbalife please comment I would love to know your stories or any tips you may have to help me along.