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I weigh more in my 30s than I did in my 20s.

I’m realizing I’m slowly gaining weight year over year.

I have more abundant food now. Now that we have kids. We have regular 3x meals per day. Also I feel more hungry nowadays. Not sure why. I feel like I stress eat.

With kids and moving to Suburbs, I’m not hitting the gym 3x per week like I used to.

I could use some tips on how new parents stay in shape.

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Just chiming in that I am in this boat too. I find it easy to fast at the office, provided there's not some ridiculous snack brought in by coworkers. However, at home the sheer amount of food I see while I'm preparing it for the kids, who constantly want snacks, makes it difficult for me to resist eating. I've had a bit of success by "skipping" some meals and only eating the kids' leftovers.

The stress of raising kids doesn't help either.

Honestly, get a trainer / coach. Ideally one who will help you both on the training and nutrition side. You can even get one of those online ones (it's what I did). When you have children, you don't have the time to think about this stuff yourself, so outsourcing it to a trainer makes a lot of sense.

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