Measurements/Weight Loss/Eating Disorder After Having A Baby?

I have decided to eat healthy and lose weight. I had my baby on Feb 16th, which makes him 3 weeks right now. I do have an eating disorder and i can very quickly get right back into restricting way below a normal of calories, but the fact that i am breast feeding helps a lot, because it forces me to eat a somewhat healthy amount of calories for my baby. I ate pretty good during my pregnancy and he was 7lb 13oz 🙂
Ok now for my questions lol I would like to start losing weight very soon, mostly through diet. I have a heart condition which makes it somewhat hard for me to exercise (walking and light stuff is fine though). Because of my eating disorder history i have REALLY messed up my metabolism and i am currently eating around 1300 calories a day, (which is what i ate during the pregnancy and gained 30lbs) Is there anyways to bump up my metabolism so i an eat a more healthy amount of calories while still losing weight? My baby is gaining weight like crazy breastfeeding even with that caloric intake, but i know it’s not a normal/healthy amount.
Also my measurements are 39ish-29-39 (the boobies vary though because of the breast feeding) and i was kinda shocked that my waist and hips were so large. Are the hips and waist larger because of just having the baby? If so, how many inches could i expect them to go down by normally, from my body healing and the bones and what-not returning to their normal positions?
Another thing is that i really don’t want to get back into my old eating habits. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on how to keep myself from going back to that? I plan on eating very healthy foods, kinda like i did when i was restricting, except that i’m going to eat a much greater amount. I was only eating between 200-500 calories a day when i was restricting, but i plan on eating about 1500 or so now. (i want to be able to get up to 1800 or so without gaining weight if i am able too with my screwed up metabolism) I plan on eating a lot of tofu, grilled or baked chicken and fish, fresh/frozen vegetables, fresh fruits and nuts, light yogurt, natural peanut better (for protein and calories) and egg whites. Anything else i should add that anyone can think of?

Thanks for any advice you guy/girls can give me!

please help me with my baby #2 bottlefeeding/ breastfeeding decisions!!?

i have a 2 year old who was strictly formula fed… i tried to nurse him at 3 weeks when he literally turned torwards me, and away from the bottle.. he latched on perfectly and wouldve been a natural, but at that point i didn’t have milk left.. so we just decided to continue with the bottles…

now i’m due in august with baby #2. With my first son’s stomach problems/ vomiting/ formula switches/ etc, and with our financial issues – breastfeeding seems like the easy solution. HOWEVER – i have one big problem. I have SEVERE anxiety, depression, ocd, and adhd disorders… i stopped medication completely for this pregnancy, and life has been beyond a struggle..

my husband told me we’re bottle feeding so that i can get back on meds, because i’ve been really difficult to live with, constant anxiety ruining everything – and i honestly agree that getting back on proper medical care would be smart, with my emotional issues and history of postpartum depression. i know that zoloft is safe while breastfeeding, and during pregnancy – but i also know that it causes withdrawal symptoms in the baby (which are miserable and i wont do that to my son).. and that zoloft alone is not enough

soo… do you think given the circumstances, that bottle feeding might be a healthier solution for all of us? or should i try to keep my sanity for another few months to breastfeed the baby?

thanks for your help!!

Mothers: What did you love and hate about being pregnant?

I’m well aware that pregnancy can be very uncomfortable. Hell, my menstrual cramps are bad enough to bring me to my knees sometimes. I had to be put on birth control to help control the pain. But my 23 year old sister hates being pregnant. She’s excited for her child, but hates actually being pregnant. She constantly complains about her back pain and her swollen feet, and I can understand that. However, she never focuses on anything happy. For instance, she never talks about feeling her daughter move inside of her, or how happy she was when she first got to see her on the ultrasound. My mom says she’s making pregnancy sound a lot worse than it is, and that she LOVED being pregnant. What do you think?

BQ: Did you have a natural birth?

Is there anything I can do to help my belly go down faster?

I had our son last tuesday September 2nd, pre-pregnancy I was 105 and right before I had him I weighed in at 148 so big drastic change, anyways I had a natural vaginal delivery no pain meds but I was induced so I had the pitocin then also the other regular IV meds they give you. I still look about 5-ish months pregnant and it is very annoying this is my first baby so I assumed I would just like have a jelly belly or something not still a pregnancy looking belly. My feet are also very swollen. Just wanting to know if there is anything I can do to no look so pregnant anymore? Is it normal, he is 3 days old now 🙂