4 weeks after

This is 4 weeks after.  It doesn't look too bad, but I have a ton of extra skin.  That is going to take some time to shrink.  I start teaching group fitness classes in two weeks.  I am so excited I can't stand it.  I am also going to start running.  I think I am going to start tracking my food on here as well as my exercise activities.  Maybe it will help me to learn how to help other women with the transformation of their bodies after they give birth to a child.   I am really struggling with the eating part.  I know I need to restrict calories to lose weight, but it is really hard when you are breast feeding.  I need the extra calories to produce milk. I started losing weight, but then my body went oh H#LL NO!    I began starving, which sucks.    It is super hard to exercise when your body is screaming for food.   The good news is I start back to work soon and I will start teaching classes too.  That will keep me busy and limit the amount of time I have to eat.  This means that I will have to plan my food and eating times AND I will be too busy to think about hunger. Yay!  Of course this means I will need to log my food as well to make sure I don't drop too low in calories.  I need at least 1700 cal right now to keep producing milk.  That gets tricky when I start exercising.   I am kind of excited about the whole process though.  I get to be my own guinea pig in an effort to help others in the future. 
I am going to start taking measurements too.  I'm curious as to how long it will take for my hips to go back into place and for my skin to tighten back up.   I know I have a way to go on the joints.  My feet still hurt like crazy, as well as my hands.  And my right arm still has a problem with going numb.  I think I have a pinched nerve in my shoulder.   Pregnancy does some mean things to your body.  It's a good thing we get something really special out of it. :o)