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noomom
noomom Posts: 4
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I am a mom nursing a 9 month old. I have lost too much weight, trying to gain 10 lbs. Anyone know how to calculate the calories lost to breastfeeding accurately?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Your maintenance calories (2000?) plus breastfeeding calories (400?) = 2400? a day.

    Sorry I can only guess. Need more information. Age,height,weight?
  • noomom
    noomom Posts: 4
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    I'm 34 years old, about 5'6" and right now weigh 115. I am most comfortable around 125.

    I was estimating 400 calories a day for breast feeding, but am not sure if I can calculate that more clearly? Baby is 9 months and nurses 4-6 times per day and doesn't eat much in the way of solids.
  • noomom
    noomom Posts: 4
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    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Your maintenance calories (2000?) plus breastfeeding calories (400?) = 2400? a day.

    Sorry I can only guess. Need more information. Age,height,weight?

    ^^ see above comment. Sorry I did not quote you before.
  • rsaintcyr
    rsaintcyr Posts: 1
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    I'm also a nursing mom to a 10 month old. My weight fell off and I weigh 97 lbs. I eat 2500 cal a day and can't gain unless I hit 3000. I can't seem to do this though without eating crap! We are very healthy eaters and this is sooo hard!

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