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has any one lese encountered an unwillingness, shall we say, of the body to shed pouds while bfing? all of the reading i'd done pre-birth said that breastfeeding was a great way to lose calories (as well as all of the other wonderful benefits, of course.) well, i'm almost 8 months in to it and haven't really lost *any* significant weight. it's wildly frustrating, lemme tell you. dd takes nothing but the boob, and is a big baby (27 lbs at 8 months, and 30+" long too,) so its not like she's not doing her part.
i'm not the world's best exerciser, i'll admit. dd has yet to come close to sleeping through the night, and i'm going to school as well, so part of it is fatigue. i do make an effort to go on a 2 mile walk several days a week with her, though. i've made huge leaps in watching what i eat - mostly meat and veggies, fresh fruit, no refined sugars - basically a no crap diet. my portion sizes are pretty good too. yet the scale never seems to waver more than 2 lbs from where it has locked itsself down. (sigh)
what was your experience? will i eventually start to lose weight? or is this my future? i try real hard to be ok with what i am and not what i'd like to be, but it's really tough some days...ok, i'll be honest - i'm failing miserably and would just like to be somewhere in the realm of what i used to weigh! arg!
oh, and if you could wave your magic wand and encourage dd to sleep through the night that'd be great too.
and i want a pony for christmas.

what was your experience? will i eventually start to lose weight? or is this my future? i try real hard to be ok with what i am and not what i'd like to be, but it's really tough some days...ok, i'll be honest - i'm failing miserably and would just like to be somewhere in the realm of what i used to weigh! arg!
oh, and if you could wave your magic wand and encourage dd to sleep through the night that'd be great too.
and i want a pony for christmas.