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Hi girls! Thanks for your replies. I almost forgot I'd posted this here and thought I'd update. Well, I sound a lot like you all as my "regular weight" used to be around 120 (I'm 5'6") but I gained some and held on to it prior to my daughter's pregnancy b/c I'd had some early pregnancies and then miscarriages in that year or two prior so I started her pregnancy at about 135 and when I went to the hospital to have her I was 167. I think I left the hospital weighing like 147 or something. For months I could not crack 140 and now I think I am at about 135 so it seems the exercise is starting to work. It's just taking time. I work out almost daily (mostly treadmill and some elliptical) and I do some weights b/c I know muscle burns more calories. Anyways I can fit back in my prepregnancy jeans, but MICMMS3, I found that a couple of pairs that were hipsters don't fit like they used to around the hip bones and I think that is b/c your pelvis does widen a bit after when giving birth and will probably stay that way. I do feel better overall and less flabby! :) I started to feel my milk supply going down so I started taking fenugreek and it has helped. I'm trying to pump a bit more too to keep it up even more but it's hard to find time w/ taking care of an almost 9 month old, working from home, bf'ing AND feeding solids. Whew! Well, my goal at this point is to get down to like 130 or 125. I honestly can't imagine being 120 again as it seems like I'd look anorexic to be that size again having been so much bigger in my pregnancy, lol. I'll keep y ou all posted. I almost gave up the bf'ing recently and started mixing with formula but only did it for 2 days and decided to just stick to it and I think we will make it to a year hopefully. It's just hard to feed dd at this stage b/c she wants to look around, kick me in the face and just is soooooo active! :)

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