gaining weight while weaning!

[diyasmom]

We are down to 2 feedings and not quite weaned yet! But I would like to know if it is normal because I seem to gain a pound a day now! The main reason for me to quit was that I was eating like a maniac. No amout of drinking water made me feel better! I had to eat! I was back to pre pregnancy weight 6 weeks  postpartum. Now that I am down to 2 feedings, I have gained about 5 pounds adding to the 5 pounds I gained when I went to 3 feedings! Thanks for participating in the poll! Please feel free to post messages too and give me some words of support or enouragement to lose weight!

[Mel55]

I'm the same.  Was back to post-baby weight about 5-6 weeks after delivery.  Now that I've weaned DS, I've gained 15lbs--EEK.  My appetite has dwindled but somehow the pounds are coming back.  I'm not sure if it's my BCP or the fact that I've weaned (I'm on a new brand I haven't been on before).

[JacobMarksMummy]

I found I was eating breastfeeding amounts of food even though I wasnt hungry just out of habit. That was the amount of food I thought I needed in my head, my tummy was telling me that I didnt need that much anymore I just wasnt listening.  Luckily I realised what I was doing after about three weeks so I made an effort to cut back on calories and now my weight has stabilsed back at exactly where I was pre-pregnancy. Hurray!