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My son is 7 months old and I'm 8 pounds lighter than I was before I got pregnant - and my hips are 2'' smaller. I gained 44 pounds while pregnant and had a 9lb baby. It was hard on my body but I worked my *kitten* off and you can't even tell I had a baby now. Congrats on your pregnancy, OP! Babies are the best thing ever :)

Hi Bat Granny! I'm just here to say I love your story and that you set a good example for the rest of us with your positive attitude and your sense of humor. Wishing you great success! :flowerforyou:

I never thought to do that, thanks! My husband usually dumps the jar into a big bowl and stirs it up and puts it back into the jar. Your way sounds easier :)

I love blueberry muffins! Looking forward to them :)

ROLL, ROLL, ROLL!!! I don't know how to post GIFs, but I'm tempted to figure it out just to roll this sucker.

I :heart: you KatLifter!

We do: bath, jammies (and crawl around if he has too much energy), brush teeth, nurse, sleep. Which makes no sense because why would you brush your teeth and then eat? Eventually I think we'll replace the bedtime nursing session with a story. I figure the whole bath, jammies, lights out thing is enough to cue him that it's…

Keep em coming! Only 62 more GIFs until the roll!

Oh snap, they didn't have MFP, either. We all better deactivate our accounts!

Unless you are allergic to cereal or milk, there's no reason you can't fit it into your food diary and continue to lose weight.

It kind of makes sense when you look at it as calories that your baby is eating. Your milk is full of calories for your baby, and those calories don't just magically appear. Your body is working 24/7 to make milk. I've heard the 20 calories per ounce estimation, too. Score! Congrats on the upcoming baby, OP!

Exactly.

Totally agree!

I'm here to read the replies because I wonder about this, too!

I choose my trusty beige nursing bra over my sexy Victoria's Secret bras every day. And I don't giveacrap.

That's neat info about your friends in Paupa New Guinea! And congrats on nursing 7 babies! Go mama!

:noway: wow... I think I would have raged if I got a letter like that from my MIL! Edit: crappy spelling on my part.

This is the first I've heard of it being a myth - my doctor and dietician have both told me that your body uses more calories to produce milk than it does during pregnancy. Is this new information/research? I know that in areas of famine women are able to breastfeed their babies, but in a Western first-world situation,…

I eat 2100 calories - my son is 7 months old and eating solids as well as nursing.

This looks yummy!

Eat negative calorie foods - they take more calories to digest than they contain. Riiiiiiight........ :laugh:

My mom came over and I gave her a piece and she said it was amazing. It's actually not too bad for her, either (she's diabetic). Cream cheese, peanut butter, and light Cool Whip are all "diabetic friendly" - I could make this again and leave out the confectioners sugar and she would be able to eat it without too much worry.

I totally love this! When I had mixed everything together, I didn't have enough filling to fill my pie crust, so I threw the rest of my cream cheese block into the bowl, along with more of the other ingredients. Worked perfectly. I also used regular peanut butter because I'm really not a fan of fake peanut butters. But I…

This is what I was going to say. Did you have your baby recently? Your stomach might just need more time to shrink on its own.

@RBXChas - I don't know if I would have made it through a weekend at the lake house. You are a strong woman! @chickybuns - yes, it's better to have a non-involved MIL than an overbearing/annoying one :smile: @blink - it really sucks that you uprooted yourself and your family and it hasn't worked out! Too bad your MIL isn't…

That is so bizarre! I would have been miffed. Where did she go for 3 hours?

My vent: Every time I see my MIL she puts her fingers in my baby's mouth to feel around for teeth. Despite me saying "no he isn't getting any more teeth, I checked." She even does this while we are out in public - why would she stick her germy fingers in my baby's mouth? I wouldn't stick my fingers in HER mouth to say…

This probably sounds weird, but I sprayed a light layer of hair spray on one of my yoga mats (a cheap one that was always slippy). Made it sticky enough that I didn't slide, but not too sticky that it bothered me. But I eventually just bought a really good mat :smile:

If you drink and swim at the same time, the calories will probably cancel each other out! Enjoy your vacation. If someone told me I could go to Mexico but I would have to gain 5 pounds, I'd gain the 5 pounds and have fun.

I'm back again to say that my husband ate the leftovers for lunch and said it was really good. Asked him if it was something I should make again, and he said yes ... So maybe it will go into my recipe rotation :smile: