Will breastfeeding be my ticket to winning the weight war?

Well I've managed to be just 19 days past my baby's birth and I'm now under my pre-pregnancy weight. Like all women I have a distorted view of who's in the mirror, but my husband swears he can see weight loss. And he says it's not just the belly - even the problem areas are starting to shrink. What can I associate this with? I'm thinking it's the fact that I didn't gain a lot of weight in my pregnancy and then I'm breastfeeding. While breastfeeding sucks (YES I SAID THAT), it seems to burn an insane number of calories and it seems to get some hormones going. As a result,  I may actually be able to lose weight while I'm recovering from this pregnancy.  We all know that weight loss is the cornerstone of beating PCOS symptoms. In fact, my first pregnancy was a surprise BFP while I weighed 165 lb. I haven't weighed that in almost 6 years or so. I'm only 15 lb from there now - so I'm hoping for the best. I would love to have a BMI that's well in the middle of normal instead of on the higher end of normal / lower end of overweight.

Sorry for the scant posts lately. Needless to say motherhood with a newborn has eaten a huge chunk of my spare time.

2 weeks after delivery and back to pre-pregnancy weight - Take that PCOS!

9 months ago - I had this fear. Having PCOS, I was convinced that I was going to have to eat like a bird to prevent my weight from exploding. After all, PCOS has conditioned me into having a love-hate relationship with food. Yet somehow, during this pregnancy, my weight has been awesome. In fact it's been better than awesome. I went through the bulk of my pregnancy not having gained more than 15 lb. Then in the last week I gained 6 lb and then I delivered. Who knows what that 6lb was.

I'm proud to say, I'm already packing away my maternity wear. I was so jazzed to pull out my size 10 ultra low-rise jeans and they fit! In fact they had some room to spare and needed a belt :) I hopped on the scale and I'm right at my pre-pregnancy weight. Only 2 weeks after delivering my baby. I feel so lucky. It seems that somehow although PCOS has wreaked havoc on my body, I got a free pass in this pregnancy. I didn't gain any huge amounts of weight. My weight came right off and Id on't seem to have extra fat stores.

Now I do have my pooch and my tummy is a bit stretched out more than it was - but I'm feeling confident that it will return to it's not so impressive but not so noteworthy state.

I'm also breastfeeding - well attempting to. I had fears about having no milk or low milk supply. I really should have been afraid of my baby chomping on my nipples like a barracuda! That being said, I'm able to breastfeed her ( with formula supplements) and I'm pumping as well. So who knows.... with the lack of weight gain and the breastfeeding, I might actually come out at a good 10 lb under my pre-pregnancy weight. Any time that a cyster can end up in a situation where weight loss comes easy... we should celebrate!