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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I am not actually your wife. I promise. I'm four inches taller and about 10 lbs heavier than your wife is now.

I'm almost a year out from having my very easy baby. I weaned four months ago and have finally started to lose the weight.

Here's why:

1) I had severe hypothyroidism during pregnancy. I gained too much weight. I spent my first three months PP trying to re-straighten out my thyroid.

2) BFing was a bitch for me as far as hunger. Like, a serious, crazy, shoot-me-now kind of bitch. I know you're trying to be supportive, but if your wife has the same drive to eat that I did, you just won't be able to understand. It's like a five-alarm fire siren. All. The. Damn. Time. EAT EAT EAT.

I ate peanut butter, hummus, lots of shit like that. Stuff that was nutritious but calorie dense.

It took until a few weeks ago for the hormone shift to finish and for the pangs to die down.

3) I'm also an emotional eater. I struggle with it at times and I still have bad days. The stress of being solely responsible for my baby's food, and indirectly, my baby's survival, was hard.

4) I WAH and I'm home with my baby all day. It can be hard to eat well with all that's going on. We eat out a lot because it's easier to pay someone else to chop all those salad veggies.

5) I'm sure she's down about her body. I know I am. But I can only change day by day, and I'm glad my husband is supportive. I food journal and I exercise 4 times a week. I'm working up to 6 times a week. Today I'll go work out when DH comes home. Baby has a cold and I don't want the other kids in the gym daycare to get sick.[/quote]

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