Going gluten-free.

Something had to be done. I was feeling like a giant sea slug, and the scale showed I weighed a pound MORE than I weighed at 41+ weeks pregnant.
At first, my plan was to do a yeast elimination diet, but that was a pretty extreme jump, and I'd probably have given up.
So, I'm going gluten-free.
It really hasn't been that bad, considering how much I love all things bread. The second day gluten-free, I was SO hungry. I ate at least once an hour. But I ate raw fruits and vegetables, and homemade chicken soup. The third day, I wasn't so ravenous. Today's day 4. I'm already down 5 pounds! I'm ecstatic! Even if I can't lose ALL the weight, I'll feel much better having lost SOME of it.
If I'm able to lose a significant amount of weight, I won't feel so strongly the need to wean after a year. With my other children, I couldn't lose any weight until I weaned, and then it just fell off. Well, I probably couldn't lose any weight because I ate mostly BREAD! It probably sounds terribly selfish to want to wean just to lose weight, but my self esteem has been exceptionally low, and I don't think I could take another year and a half of that.
Now, I believe I'll be able to wean when Lola's ready, and not when Mommy can't take another second of being fat!