Looking Thinner, Thin-ish......

The fastest way to look thinner;
-wear black
-suck in your stomach
-stop eating
-give birth

My second child is now four months old. The past week, people have been telling me that I look thinner. I gave birth to a monster - he was 11.2 pounds at birth! No, I didn't have gestational diabetes, I just have big babies; my daughter was 9.11 pounds. Being sick throughout my entire pregnancy - I kid you not, I threw up a couple of days before giving birth - helped me not gain too much weight. But, with such a big kid, really, it would've been impossible for me to have gotten any bigger. I was huge. My husband would see me naked and just start laughing. I couldn't get angry, I just had to laugh with him.

-I wear black - season aside, I've never been thin so this has always been one of my fashion staples.
-I can't suck in my stomach - those muscles just don't come back easily! The only exercise they got for nine months was retching, which I think counts as at least a crunch or two depending how violent the puking.
-If I had enough discipline not to eat I wouldn't have a weight problem in the first place. I am trying to be like one of those "LA moms" - those uberfit, fashionable and actually-hands-on-moms - who make me green with envy but I'm hungry!
-So, I gave birth and now, while I'm not small, I do look thinner!