I know just how you feel! I'm also a first time mum with a one month old. I lost about 25 lb last year before getting pregnant then put all that back on plus about 20 lb more! I'm back to taking long walks with the dogs and bubba everyday as well as restarting intermittent fasting (as I'm not breast feeding anymore as baby wouldn't latch on!). Fasting and exercising and cutting out sugar was how I lost the weight to begin with, so I hope it works again. However, I have no idea how I'm going to tone up my baby belly. My whole body felt like an empty sack after giving birth and I also feel like an alien in my own body!

I completely empathize. My daughter is just about 3 months old and I've just returned to work. I'm also exclusively breastfeeding and am discovering that I'm clearly not one of those women who loses tons of weight while breastfeeding. Before I got pregnant I'd just completed my first half marathon and was in the best shape of my life. I felt fit and really happy with my body for the first time in my life. While I love my daughter more than anything in the world, it's been difficult adjusting to the new me. I gained about 45 lbs (I stopped weighing myself toward the end because it just made me depressed) and while I lost 25-30 of it in the first 2 -3 weeks I've pretty much plateaued since then. I started going back to the gym last week and between looking like a dumpy mess in my gym clothes and practically losing all of my fitness I'm feeling pretty bummed. To cheer myself up I bought a whole bunch of new clothes for work that actually fit me. Hopefully getting back into my old workout routine will help drop some of this weight. Don't worry! You're not alone!