Ugh! ME! I lost about 20lbs within the first couple months, and then hit a wall where no matter how I ate and how much I exercised couldn't lose a lbs. I have been there since July and my LO is now 7 months old and I still have 20lbs to lose to get back to pre-pregnancy weight. I pretty much gave up and stopped caring in July since I have not gained or lost any no matter what I do...but with winter and the holidays coming I know I need to get back in the game or I WILL gain...I told myself 9 months on, 9 months off, but at 7 months I am realizing I need to start making a lot more effort if I am going to meet that goal....and realistically I think I will need to give myself to her birthday in April, because losing 20lbs by Jan 11th is not very probable or healthy....So first birthday pp weight is my new goal

Well, my baby is 4.5 months old. I have gained 17 kg, lost about 8 right after and then 2 more. I have not lost any for about 2 months now. I have been counting non stop, back to exercise since 6 weeks pp but with no luck. I am so discouraged but I will give it more time, I have no other option.

Araromi, I gained about 55lbs, too! Last time I weighed, I was down 20, so I have 35lbs to pre-preg weight and then another 10-15lbs to my comfortable weight. (I'd gained 15 before getting pregnant). I'm trying to not feel discouraged yet b/c I"m only 8 weeks PP, but I had hoped that more would come off initially. Plus, I'm so busy that I'm finding it very difficult to plan in exercise. I have a 7 year old and 3 1/2 year old, I home school and run a WAHM cloth diaper business. I can't seem to do it all. Whenever I focus on exercise, the house ends up staying a wreck and I get behind with my sewing. If I focus on the house, school, and sewing work, I have no time to exercise. I'm planning on really stepping back with the sewing work after I finish my orders for this month. Hopefully that will allow me to focus on the other, more important things and give me the time and focus I need to exercise! I miss it!

I've also found that physically, its been hard to get back into working out. I'm sure part of it is due to getting older, 3rd kid, and not sticking with exercise during my pregnancy. But I've had some major back issues and I'm even seeing a chiropractor regularly! I have horrible lower/mid back pain and get sharp spasms when doing things like jumping jacks or running, etc. High impact, which never bothered me before! I really hope it is b/c i"M out of shape and that it goes away soon! I did a jillian michaels dvd last monday and could hardly move for the next several days!

My profile pic is from when I was first pregnant, just before I found out I think, and this is where I need to get back to! I'm still 37lbs over this weight (or 34lbs on a different scale lol) and my baby turned 7 months today.

I exercised until 38 weeks pregnant, and I rarely ate above maintenance for my pre-preg weight, so I've no idea how I gained so much weight. I swear I gained a bit after I'd had my baby because my denim jacket would do up when she was like 10 days old then a couple of weeks after it wouldn't? So weird.

I work so hard at the gym and I'm so good with my eating, and I only lose 1lb a week usually.

Losing weight after having a baby isn't always black and white. I know the popular theme on MFP is calories in vs calories out and if you're not losing then you're doing something wrong but that isn't always the case in my experience. Hormones play a big role in weight and hormones can be crazy after having a baby. The important thing is to keep working at it and not give up. I am due to have baby #3 in 3 weeks. With baby #1 it took me over 6 months to lose the weight and about a year to start to feel like I was close to my pre-pregnancy size. However, my belly never fully recovered. With baby # 2 a year out I still was up 10 lbs. I nursed much longer with baby # 2 and the weight was slower to come off. I think challenges help. I would do 30 squat challenges or sign up for 5Ks. Constantly changing up your work outs and tweaking your eating will help. I think it's also important to tackle sleep and stress both of which can make you hold on to weight. Don't give up ladies.

@lina011 you look great.

It's still baby weight 9 months on, definitely. It took me around 14 months to lose it all after my 2nd. I was pregnant 13 months after my first and I wasn't quite finished losing baby weight. My third is 8 months now and I still have around 30lbs to go, and I've been going to the gym 5 or 6 times a week since she was 6.5 weeks old!

Feel free to add me.

Glad to see you back Tigger...I'm right there with you...almost the same story! Its so hard when you feel like you are doing everything right (or the same way I successfully lost weight before) and seems like its not making a difference. I'm more motivated in the last 2 weeks then I have been in the last 4 months, so hopefully that will count for something!