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I'm sorry that you're feeling this way. Honestly, 8 weeks postpartum is still sooooooooo early to be worried about this! It took 9 months to put the weight on, it's natural for it to take just as long to take it off...

For me, after I lost the initial weight from baby being born, placenta, water, etc, I was pretty stagnant. I found it really hard to lose weight while breastfeeding. Whenever I tried to diet, my supply would plummet, so I eventually gave up worrying about it. It was more important to me to keep up my supply and be able to provide breast milk for my baby than it was to lose the weight. I'm not planning on going on any serious diet until I'm done nursing. But I feel comfortable with that decision and knowledge that I'm going to keep most of this weight on for a while.

Hugs to you. I hope you can accept yourself at whatever weight you are - your body did an amazing thing keeping your LO safe and healthy and now it's continuing to do amazing work breastfeeding. Don't beat yourself up.

I gained about 50 this time. Half of it fell off within the first month. Then for a month it didn't go anywhere. So in July, I started working out 4x/week and calculated out my macros. I've lost about 10 pounds in a month. I've got about 15 to go. I waited to see if the weight would come off on its own, but it wasn't.

I'm one of those ladies that holds on to 10-15 pounds while breastfeeding/pumping, even though I was exercising. I weaned about a month ago (21 months postpartum) and have lost 5 pounds. Eight weeks is so early though, so try not to beat yourself up.

@ldh112: Food is made up of building blocks of protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Of the food I consume, I aim for a percentage of each. 45% of my total calories from carbs, 30% from fat, and 25% protein. It allows my body to shed fat while retaining muscle, instead of just "losing weight" and wondering why I'm not leaning out.

I am 6 (almost 7) weeks postpartum and feel similarly so I am glad to read this. None of my pp clothes fit and I hate wearing mat clothes.

Oh, sweet mama, I know how hard it is to feel that way. After both of my babies, I dropped a good amount right away, and then held on to 10 lbs until after I weaned. I have done absolutely nothing special to lose weight (no diet or exercise plans), and now after my second baby, I'm in my pre-preg size, from before my first baby. It takes a long time though, I never got all the way back after baby 1, because I got pregnant again at 13 months PP, but this time I weaned at 16 months and even though my old clothes fit again at 12 months PP, they fit completely comfortably now at 18 months PP.

Be kind to yourself, try to be patient with your body, and don't push it too hard. I know it's scary, but if you're a healthy person in general, it *will* come off. Carrying a baby is a big deal-- you aren't fully healed internally for 18 months, so it makes sense that your outsides take a while too.

And big hugs.

i remember reading somewhere that most of the weight you lose from breastfeeding comes off between 3 and 6 months. i lost the most weight during that time. i never lost all my post partum weight, but then i even gained some back when i back to work so i blame my lifestyle and the stress of everything as opposed to it not being possible. after my current pregnancy, i already feel more confident about losing more weight and keeping it off because i won't be working on a thesis and i will learn from last time where i ate way more than i needed to when breastfeeding (i hope to make healthier choices this time).....so when i think about it, i actually lost the most weight during that period and did not dramatically change my eating then either.

With my first pregnancy, the PP weight just fell off me. I had lost all my pregnancy weight, plus an additional 10 pounds by about 4-6 months PP. I hadn't weighed that amount since high school. I got pregnant at 10 months PP and now I'm currently coming up 7 months PP.
This time around the weight isn't falling off at.all. I'm about 13 pounds above my pre pregnancy weight. I was very surprised at this from A) the first time it was so easy to lose weight, and B) I'm now running after a toddler and carrying around a baby. I tandem wear them almost every day and walk about 5km. Even while carrying an extra like 43 pounds around daily, the weight still won't budge. I've been stuck at this weight from about 2 months PP.
I went and bought a few new outfits that I was more comfortable in to help make myself feel better. I took a babywearing barre class 2 x a week and still no difference. I started getting really down about how I look/felt so I also went and started crossfit 3 weeks ago. I try to go 2x per week first thing in the morning so that it's done for the day. It's really hard getting up at 545am to get to the class, but I'm always really glad when I do. Even though it's only the 3rd week that I've done crossfit, I'm starting to feel way better about myself. I still weigh the same, and don't think I look different yet, but it just makes me feel good by getting up and going.
It's so hard, but we just need to love ourselves, and as long as we eat well and try to be active/healthy we should eventually start feeling better and seeing results.

I felt this way too at that stage, but you really need to give yourself time. I remember I had a goal to be down to my pre-preg weight by the time I got back to work (around 14 weeks) and I still didn't make that. However, I did end up losing all the weight and then some (by 8 months post-partum, I was about 10 pounds below my pre-preg weight). Some of my weight loss was due to my elimination diet, but I think alot of it was breastfeeding as well. I know it's hard to be patient, but it probably will come off if you continue doing what your doing. I wouldn't go on a diet if you are breastfeeding.

I agree with the 9 months to go on, 9 months to come off. Plus breastfeeding can throw everything.
I bought new clothes for nursing. I even splurged on a nice pair of shorts that fit my post partum body and I felt looked nice. I didn't go crazy, just about five tops, one shorts and one dress. It helped me feel better about my new body.