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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  I was thin but muscular (mesomorph) and ballooned out during pregnancy, and hadn't lost it before getting pg with my second, so was HUGE by the time I had my second.  I lost it all.  So I may have something to contribute here...

People lose weight when they sleep.  She needs to get some sleep.  It's not just what she's eating, or if she's not exercising, it's the sleep too.  She should absolutely NOT do what I did and that is do errands/empty dishwasher/clean house when the baby naps.  Nap when the baby naps. Even if she is "not a napper."  And don't stay up late "to be an adult"--remember this is a phase and during this phase, sometimes it's good to go to bed at (e.g. 7pm) when the baby goes.

Regarding the eating and exercising, little things can help…subbing out any protein or vegetable or full-fat dairy for bread/grain/pasta helps both metabolically and to help someone feel satiated.  (meaning if you insist on obsessing about something she's putting in her mouth, obsess over the bread, not the ice cream)

No need to start jogging--go for a walk with her.  Walk to the ice cream store if that's what it takes.

Remember OP, it's just a PHASE.  I remember this like yesterday, my lawyer DH not wanting to go to bed early because "I don't want to be like an old person and have no life…"  OMG.  So short sighted.  A few months in, he ended up sleeping downstairs before any court appearance (because he almost blew some case because he could not put a cohesive thought together due to lack of sleep).

Now as a tangent (not talking about you, just generally), and mindful that it's just a phase, I often muse how many men want variety in women, but with their actual woman, they don't like variety.  Just think, OP, you're going to get many different women in your wife: you'll get the young one, the old one, the middle aged one, the fat one, the nursing one, and who knows? the long haired one, the short haired one, the curly-haired one, the suntanned one, etc.  Relax and enjoy it.  Congratulations on your new baby and btw I do agree to lay off during the first year, and also I'm laying off on you because it IS such a transition for everybody involved.  It's really a case of someone smacking a person on the side of the head and saying "now is not next year."  Chillax.

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