Losing weight after having a baby in my 30's proved to be much more challenging than I had anticipated.
I spent my life being fit, averaging between 130-140lbs which was a curvy athletic type build on my 5ft6 medium frame.
Even after having my second child I lost weight immediatley, walking out of the hospital room wearing my size 28 jeans. I immediately began playing lacrosse and roller blading. On maternity leave I roller bladed while pushing him in rhe stroller sometimes 10km a day.
Looking back, I can't believe I struggled with my appearance.
In 2007, I gave birth to a beautiful 9lb baby girl. It was an extremely trying pregnancy, high risk due to my wolff Parkinson White Syndrome, and severe hyperemesis.
The medication that I was taking while awaiting risky heart surgery slowed my metabolism to a near halt. With moderate exercise and cutting out carbs, I was able to shed 25lbs of baby weight prior to my surgery.
The cardiac ablation to repair the extra pathway was 80% successful. I was less symptomatic, but still feared exercising at high levels of intensity.
You can't even imagine what it felt like to have your heart race to 300 beats per minute, slipping in and out of consciousness and having to be cardio converted back to normal sinus rhythm on multiple occasions felt like.
Basically....they stop your heart, you come about as close to death as medically possible, then they restart your heart again.
Because of this anxiety, and fearing another episode of SVT, I tried to lose the baby weight by diet alone. BIG MISTAKE!!!!!
P.S. I have attached a link for more information about WPW http://www.medicinenet.com/wolff-parkinson-white_syndrome/article.htm
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