Did most of you experience weight loss once you stopped breastfeeding? Or was it the opposite?

I’ve had two babies, and I’m ending my BF journey with my baby girl who will be a year old in a few weeks. I’ve always found it nearly impossible to lose weight while breastfeeding, or even maintain for that matter. With each kid I’ve gained about 30lbs over the year I’ve nursed them. I know they say it takes about 3 months for hormones to level back out and that you may experience weight gain during that time because you still have the raging appetite but aren’t removing milk/burning calories. I really don’t want my weight to go up even further before hormones balance so I’m trying to combat it by tracking my calories and getting some kind of daily exercise.

Just wondering what your experiences have been.