Comments on: Feeling Really Fat and Ugly and Sad

By: kellyann

kellyann — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:28:04 +0000

Hi. I went to the dr 3 days ago and they weighed me. I have two kids 5 and 3 . I am always asked if I am pregnant. I was 135 lbs and I’m 5″7. Now I am 206. I can’t get the weight off. I never had to diet or work out. I have no energy or motivation. I know how you feel. It hurts when people say that. But don’t put mor then 1200 calories in you body a day. I just started 3 days ago. Come on let’s do it. Xxxoo

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:38:45 +0000

I have 3 kids in 5 years. I am 9 month spp and i still get asked daily when the next one is due. Or people who cant tell ask if we are trying for more. It makes me very upset. I know my muscles havnt fused back together. The more i work out and lose weight in other areas the more prego i look. Isnt a bitch that when we are just prego we hope people think we are prego and just after we want to hide in a hole. : ( I am right here with ya ladies!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:02:51 +0000

THANK YOU ALL! I can’t believe I found this when I googled “I still look pregnant.” I am sad because today marked four people asking when I’m due in the last two weeks! My kids weren’t even big babies (7.7 and 7.0). I have a 5 year old and a 20 month old. I’m not sad because people think I look pregnant, I’m sad because I do look pregnant! I’m 5′5 I weigh 129 and I seriously look five months pregnant. So obviously it is the two c-sections…. does anyone know any fitness experts we could ask about this specifically? I can’t afford a tummy tuck.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:10:29 +0000

I was googling to find someone with the same problem and I found this! Thanks. It’s been three years since I gave birth to my son 8lbs. Before pregnancy I was fit and in good health. During pregnancy people kept asking if I’m having twins, and was scared I would deliver right on the spot whever I was because I looked so big, I carried him low. I had to have an emergency c-section because he couldn’t come out, I’m only 5′2″.

To date I still look like I’m at least 5 months pregnant. I’ve exercised, ate right, lost all the weight and came back to pre-pregnancy weight, I even looked slimmer than before I was pregnant, but there was the belly still there, smaller than before, but still big, I still looked pregnant. I went to see a doctor about liposuction, his advice was that I needed a tummy tuck, but suggested I wait until after I’m done giving birth. I’m not quite ready for another child yet, so I have to wait and live with this big belly until such time.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:32:46 +0000

I have twins that are now 14! I was in great shape prior to the twins, I even drove a UPS truck for years…. however now I get asked about once a month when is my baby due. I tend to blast back at them and say 14yrs ago and then we both feel bad… Then I go cry for a while I see that eveyone is dealing with the same thing, but it would be nice if someone had a REAL suggestion for us to get our bodies back seeing how once you split your stomach muscles too far they will not shrink back and I cannot afford the tummy tuck…. I hate my body!

By: Carla Ehrenreich

Carla Ehrenreich — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:55:51 +0000

Me three. It’s been 2.5 years since the last baby of three and I was working hard at eating right and my stomach just seems to be bigger. Lately the pants I had gotten to fit again are feeling really tight as I haven’t been so good with the food this last month. But I have lost my motivation. I thought if I dieted and lost weight. Lately I’ve been reading about how it is the traverse abdominal muscle I need to strengthen and how crunches can actually make the baby belly worse. I keep trying to accept it but it’s not working. I hate it.

By: kayla

kayla — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:47:35 +0000

I only have one child a little girl in 05 it has been 5 and a half years and i am still asked all the time if im pregnant i do my best to eat right and work out at least 3 times a week plus a 40 hr a week job but nothing ever happens i have lost weight in other parts of my body but never and inch in my tummy since she was born.. i feel your pain

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:05:47 +0000

Thank You! My husband thinks I’m eating junk food all the time… I had two big babies for my size too. They are 13 months apart. After a year and a half of my second one I look about 3-4 months pregnant. I’ve been eating healthy and exercising regularly now for the past year. I also exercised all through my first pregnancy and in btw pregnancies. Tired of being told I still looked pregnant I got a personal trainer for the last two months, 3X/wk. I feel in good shape, felt good till a friend told me today that I’d better start doing some sit-ups because from the look of my belly he might still think I’m pregnant. Have amazing legs, good upper body, but that belly just go away. I feel…mmm sad.
Thanks for all your postings.

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:10:29 +0000

Oh my gosh! I know exactly what you are all going through. I have two boy who are 3 1/2 and 13 months. They were both delivered by c-section. I have been asked numerous times if I’m having another boy or told good for you to be working out while pregnant. My dental hygienist got all excited for me today thinking that I’m pregnant again. I work out all the time and eat good. I weigh less now than in high school. I am really skinny every where else but my belly. It stinks when your belly sticks out more than your boobs. I hate feeling like I have to suck my belly in all the time. We just have to remember we are not alone and things could be worse.

By: charity

charity — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:43:26 +0000

wow i thought i was the only one who going thru this. had my lil girl a month early (emergency c-sec). and my lil girl is gonna be 2 in sept. I aalso have a 4yr old, but i lost alot of that preg weight. But my 2nd one, i was at cavernders other day, found this cute shirt, so i went to dressing rooms, o m g, tried it on, made me look more pregnant than i was with the shirt i came in with. mostly i wear dark t-shirts to cover up the preg fat. AND also i cant have anymore kids.
its very discouraging and depressing, almost 2yrs and still look pregnant.
but anyways u arent alone , im tryin zumba, its fun, my kids try to do the zumba with me also…try that!! good luck ladies and to myself