Weight loss after pregnancy

Question
My baby girl just turned 8 mos and I have been struggling with weight loss from the pregnancy.  I was in the ER yesterday for gallstones (going to be having it removed) where I discovered I am 8 pounds heavier than I was the day I left the hospital after having her.  I was 112 lbs before getting pregnant this last time... was 168 the day I went into labor, 148 the day I left the hopsital and am now 156.  This is my second child.  It took me a year and 1/2 to lose the weight with my first child with no lifestyle/eating changes and I lost all but 5 of the 65 lbs I gained during that pregancy.  Because I have not lost ONE pound, and in fact have gained 8, I am fearful that I will be overweight forever.  Because of my gallbladder problems I was told to go on a low fat diet.  I guess I should be on one anyway cuz of my weight issue.  I am LOST as to counting calories, fat grams, and healthy foods.  I have been on internet all morning trying to come up with some low fat recipes that our family will enjoy.. but geez it seems as though low fat means no taste.  Is there any advice you can offer?

Answer
Dear Sabrina,

There are two aspects to your question. First is about lowering total fat in your diet. From what I've recently read in clinical literature and from plenty of anecdotal evidence, I tend to think that not all gallbladder problems are being solved best this way. Is your problem an inflammation or irritability? Are you told to reduce all fats or only saturated animal fats? Many of my readers reported improving their bladder irritability symptoms by going on a low carb, high "good" fats diet. What is really important that you can not have both carbs and fats! You might want to discuss it in depth with your urologist.

The second aspect is low fat recipes. I love those from Dr. Weil. You can take a look at our collection of them following these links:

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