Getting back in shape after childbirth is something that every mama dreams of .  Yours truly also struggled with the nagging thought of 'Will I get back into my pre-pregnancy clothings?' during the initial months after childbrith.

Then lo and behold! dear husband signed up for a new credit card and got a slimming centre voucher as a welcome gift and guess who used the voucher!

My Size (Pre-Pregnancy and Post-Partum)

For a bit of background info before I go on with this story :  I was about 45-46kg pre-pregnancy and was wearing (generally) 26" jeans very comfortably.  I put on about 19kg altogether during pregnancy and 1 week after giving birth, I had about 10kg to lose to get back to normal.  I couldn't even bear to put the measuring tape around me.

Dominic was about 3 months old when I got the slimming centre voucher.  By then, I was wearing a 27", newly bought, Giordano jeans, barely squeezing into it.  Actually I think I was more a 28" then but because of the cut of the jeans, I had to take something smaller so that the jeans wouldn't look strange on me.  I seriously cannot remember what was my weight then.  Probably a bit over 50kg?

Actually, I was rather pleased with my 'progress' considering the fact that I did not go on any diet and basically ate what I wanted to eat.  As a matter of fact, even until now, I have never gone on any diet all my life.  I am not boasting.  Basically, I just couldn't be bothered with dieting even during the times when I was really a bit more pudgy than I liked.  I love eating too much to go on a diet.  It's a complete lack of self-discipline.

Well, I attribute my 'rather-pleasing' weight loss to breastfeeding, as I was breastfeeding Dominic totally for over 3 months already.

Why I decided to go for it?

Ok, it was precisely because of my lack of self-discipline that I wanted to look for quick solutions.  By the way, I was not too keen on dieting also because I was breastfeeding and I didn't want to jeopardise Dominic's nutrition just for vanity reasons.  Generally speaking, unless you have a serious weight problem, you should avoid dieting (especially crush dieting) while breastfeeding.

Besides plain laziness, it was also part of my curious nature to want to try things out.  It is very common for me to by things to try out just to see if they are really as good as they claimed to be.  E.g. I try out various cosmetics on my face to see if they are really good or just empty promises; I have tried various breastmilk production boosting stuff to see if these things really worked even though I generally didn't have supply problem.  So, I hope you get the picture here.

Anyway, since the treatment is free, and I certainly didn't mind if it really helped me to lose a few kg, and I was really curious about slimming treatment, so I went for it.