You're not alone I had my little girl 6 months ago I weighed 200 when I gave birth to her. I'm at 176 and I haven't really been paying attention to losing weight until recently. I'm being realistic, my husband much like yours likes bringing cookies, ice cream and chocolate in the house. I tell him not to but that is a losing battle and my butt is not the losing one .

SO the the only advice I can give you is don't give up! Set your self realistic goals start of with just a day or a week, but start small. For example I started of as follows. I will work out at home (doing the Gillian Michaels 30 day shred) at least 5 days a week and walk with my daughter when it's nice outside. I will lose a pound this week. Well it's my first week and yes I've lost a pound, I've walked with my daughter twice and I've done the workout 2 days so far and I have three more days to complete the 5 day goal.

You can do it!

Be gracious to yourself. Four and a half months is not a very long time after giving birth. Six months after I had my little boy, my weight was still creeping up. My husband and I joined a gym about that time, but it took another six months after that to really start losing. My son just turned 2 last week, and now I'm finally down more than 30 pounds since joining the gym.

For me, I was way hungrier breastfeeding than I ever was when I was pregnant. I ate pretty healthfully, but I ate a lot. My pitfall was cheese. I would put tons of cheese on everything. I've really cut it back, and I think that's been helpful. We try not to keep a lot of sweets or snacks (other than fruits, veggies, whole grain crackers, etc) in the house. You mentioned you have a sweet tooth. Who does the grocery shopping? Can you do it, and hold yourself accountable to what you buy? Can your husband be supportive of what you're trying to accomplish and make some sacrifices for your health's sake (or at least, eat the junk away from home)? We still keep some ice cream in the house, especially in the warmer weather; we try to stick to the Edy's Slow Churned varieties - half the fat from the regular kind, and some varieties have no sugar added - and they're still really yummy. You can allow yourself a little, just watch those portions and log, log, log your calories! And give yourself time. I was right where you are - so frustrated. But now I'm smaller than I've ever been before. You can do it, too!

Hard time here as well...My baby turned 4 mths this past Saturday and i still need to lose another 20...I can't seem to shake my pregnant sweet cravings...:(