The Bane of My Existence...

...is TEN lousy pounds. That is how much I would like to lose before my 5th anniversary cruise we have planned for November. I still have plenty of time but after almost a month of exercising and eating better I still can't get the scale to budge one iota. Ugh!! After I had baby number 2 I lost all of the weight I had gained from that pregnancy very quickly. I was excited. I was breast feeding and I have seen some of my friends lose even more weight breast feeding. Not me. I got to my prepregnancy weight and plateaued and have been there ever since. I gained weight after graduating with my bachelor's degree when I got a desk job but I didn't mind that weight since so many people thought I was too skinny. Then I got married and put on some more weight, then I got pregnant and put on more weight. Granted I only kept 5 pounds from the first pregnancy, but now I would like to lose that and at least 5 of the pounds that I gained after getting married.