With the mentality ATM of women competing to look good 24/7 (even if it is only in their minds kwim) it is no wonder this has extended into pg. I know of women who walked 10km's a day cause they heard that you get bigger with subsequent pg's and didn't eat like they should all because of some ideal they had in their heads.

Being Pg is the only time that I feel totally comfortable in my skin because I love the fact that I am pg and that my body is doing the most basic yet essential thing that mother nature intended it to do. I don't care that I look like I have 5 basketballs up my jumper instead of one sitting nicely in the front, nor do I care that I don't look like Elle after having a baby (I feel like it, just don't look like it LOL). It takes 9 months to gain any weight, so it can take 9 months for it to come off again. I do know that being overweight already it is in my best interests to lose weight afterwards, simply for my own health and not a desire to look good - that is simply a bonus.

Monnie, If you have worked hard to get where you were beforehand, I have no doubt that you will get there again afterwards. Granted that sometimes nature just does not let you get all the way back sometimes, which I have found, but embrace that and celebrate what an amazing job your body has done to nurture and birth a beautiful baby. Wear the stretchies and the extra lumpy bits with pride I say.