Looking for help!!!!!

[Melanie570]

Hi all, im new to all this so im going to explain whats going on with me and see if anyone can help. Well first off im a mommy to 4 9-6 yr old girls and 19 month identical twin boys!!! So getting up and going to the gym just isnt an option at this point, bonus is i do have a track behind my house basically in my back yard. So i think that can help, i just wish i had someone to call me and say hey mel get out there and get moving you can do this. But friend fall short when your number of child rise lol. I dont find that i eat terrible but i night alot but ive traded chips for wasabi peas. But lately is seems the more im focusing on my weight loss the more weight im putting on 😥 Im 5'2 and my ideal weight for me would be around 115 im currently at 133. Im carrying it in my face belly arms n thighs bleh. The odd thing is after i had my twins i was 144 at their birth and two weeks later i was 122 . What hapoened what am i doing wrong??? My self esteem is getting realy low and ive alway bern so tiny between 95 110 but im getting older i get that, ugh sorry im rambling!!! Food ideas or plans that work for you? How to manage exercising with kids? Anything thanks for listening to this overwhelmed mommy ! Happy monday

[Dominique]

5’2 / 133 lbs is BMI 24.2, still within the normal weight range (albeit close to the upper limit). At your "ideal" (according to you) weight of 115, your BMI would be 21, ie. below the mid-point of the normal range.

The good news: you don’t have much to lose, especially since you don’t necessarily have to go all the way down to 115, but could perfectly well settle for 120-125.

The bad news: you want the weight loss to occur in your face, belly, arms and thighs. Unfortunately, you cannot "spot-reduce". You will have to eat less than you burn, and hope fat will disappear from the desired areas.

As to what food to eat: most of it from minimally processed sources, control portion sizes. It’s not really what you eat that makes you fat (or prevents you from losing weight), it’s how much. Try to move a bit more. Losing weight is really about creating a sustainable deficit. In your case, no need to go "Biggest Loser" style.

[Melanie570]

Thank you so much for your reply, i dont really eat very much for example tonight was chile rellano boca burger topped with cherry tomatoes avocado and 1 ounce chedder. I really need to not go under my 10000 steps goal i think thats really setting me back. Can ou recommend and supplements to give added energy for workouts thanks again

Melanie Costanzo

[Dominique]

"not really eating very much" isn’t a very precise way of quantifying your intake. Do you have a kitchen scale that can weigh to the gram? If not, I’d definitely recommend you get one (they are not expensive). If/when you have one, do weigh what you eat, if only for a couple of days. No need to use MyFitnessPal, just google name of food + nutrition and you will get results like this:

You may be shocked when you’ll realize how many calories there are in your "chile rellano boca burger topped with cherry tomatoes avocado and 1 ounce chedder", especially when comparing it to what Fitbit says you burn in a day at your current activity level.

If you are not losing weight right now, you either need to eat less, move more, or both. Your profile only shows one day at more than 10k during the past 30 days:

There is nothing magical in getting 10k per day, but if you were getting that consistently every day (or 70k per week in average) while eating the same, this would probably create a deficit that will initiate weight loss.

You don’t really need any supplements (at least not in order to be able to walk 10k steps a day), but if I could recommend one, that would be caffeine (in case you don’t currently drink much coffee). It’s a cheap, safe and well-researched stimulant. Just don’t take too much of it, or too late in the day.

[emili]

because you are so tiny your metabolism might be slower and well the older we get it slows down even more. So what once seemed like not eating much, now is eating more than you are burning which creates weight gain. I get it- after running after kids all day and listening to their demands and whining- the last thing you want to do is walk - you want to pass out on the nearest surface and not even picky about what it is. but moving more will create the energy that you are looking for. cleaning up after them and making sure they don't get into scrapes is moving, but not enough- I know some days its like you ran a marathon to no where but its not enough to burn through calories. go to the track. get yourself a scale. measure and write down calories and walk. you will see a difference in how you physically feel and how you look- which will directly impact how you emotionally feel (we are girls, cmon). Dominique laid out a pretty good plan for you- give it a try.

[Melanie570]

Thank you so much hunnie, i know i need to get moving, thank you so much for the motivation i needed it!!!! I will be picking up a scale this weekend! And I generally have my coffee in the morning 1 to 2 cups! I will keep you guys posted please don't hesitate to give me a bark lol if i start slacking, i think as a mom i was getting overwhelmed

Melanie Costanzo