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I did, and I do! I'm within twenty pounds of my government-approved healthy weight, and I intend to blow past that (downward!) soon.
Even at my fattest, I was walking several miles a day. It was so disheartening because I did the same stuff that had slimmed me down after all my previous pregnancies, and it had no effect. I always knew when certain people were repulsed by my appearance, but I couldn't exactly go up to them and say “I know it looks like I'm a fat slob, but I do exercises regularly and this is mostly because of some shots I had”. I just had to be quiet and think about how disgusting I felt. It was a very painful learning experience.

I was/am lucky to have a supportive Mom. She gave me an extremely small pair of pants and her old exercise machine. I finally got into the pants last month, and let me tell you, THAT was a great day. :-)