I Hit A Wall

My son is now 3 months old and I'm trying my best to keep up with the demands of being a housewife, mommy, and a teacher, while getting back in physical shape.  I'm totally committed to pushing myself back to healthy, but my schedule is so unrelenting.  I've been really good about carb counting because I had to do it when I had gestational diabetes.  I'm shedding off pounds with breastfeeding and being in constant motion.

Just last week I had another check-up with my endocrinologist.  When she saw how I gained 30 lbs. then lost it, she praised me for my efforts.  Normally she would get gestational diabetic moms who would gain as much as 50-60 lbs.  She was very happy to see me back at the office with a net loss of 36 lbs.  I'm pretty happy about that too.  So I treated myself to a brand new red iPod nano as a reward. 

But since then I hit a wall.  No matter what I do, I look at the scale and nothing has changed for 2 weeks.  Neither gaining nor losing.  It's frustrating me.  I went back to my endocrinologist and she made a blood draw to check for hypothyroidism.  I read about the symptoms of hypothyroidism.  It can develop during or after pregnancy.  Some of those symptoms matched what I've been feeling perfectly.  I just thought I'm doomed to be a walking zombie because I've aged, I have two small kids, and my schedule is tight with no wiggle room to decompress.  I thought that the high blood pressure that runs in my family is something normal.  I thought the stress and lack of sleep is just a part of life in being a normal parent.  But it's not. 

So at the doctor's office, I had a couple viles of blood taken from my vein...AGAIN.  Hoping it's not hypothyroidism.  I'll find out about the lab results tomorrow.