Wearing My Pre-Pregnancy Jeans!

Today Lily is five weeks old and I am wearing my first pair of pre-pregnancy jeans! Granted, they were my "fat" jeans before, but still. Today, when we went to vote, the lady at the poll went on and on about how I did not look like I just had a baby. I've had quite a few people tell me this, and it is really quite flattering. I don't want to brag, but I am sort of proud of myself. Not that I've really done anything to loose the weight, but I do think my efforts to not gain a lot while pregnant have come into play. I think that nursing has also helped, and, although it hasn't been easy, I'm glad I stuck with it. Now, I just need to find a way to loose those last ten pounds, but something tells me that if I'm just a little judicious with my calories, carting Lily around will help with those!

The whole loosing 20lbs almost instantly has been really weird. I have to admit that it's really strange to look at pictures of myself from just five weeks ago and see how huge I was. I know some of it was baby weight, but there was also a lot of water retention that I didn't even realize. There was one day, about a week after Lily was born, when I suddenly realized that my feet and hands were small again. It was really crazy. It's also funny how you get used to moving through space with a big belly, and it took me a few days to realize that I didn't have to squat, I could actually bend at the waist! It's really all been a little surreal.