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Nursing Moms

wheezymc
wheezymc Posts: 9 Member
edited January 27 in Health and Weight Loss
Do you count the calories burned from nursing?

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  • hilaryhill
    hilaryhill Posts: 156 Member
    I took my TDEE, subtracted 20%, and then added about 400 calories for breastfeeding to that to end up at 2200 cal/day. Ive been losing consistently since I joined 2 weeks ago!
  • wheezymc
    wheezymc Posts: 9 Member
    Thank you :-)
  • jodiegarnett
    jodiegarnett Posts: 30
    I done the same, but only added back 200 calories as my bub is 2 and only feeding 3 times a day :)
  • bfbooty
    bfbooty Posts: 189 Member
    yes i did my lo is now weaned but i counted 500 cals when she was exclussively breast fed then brought it down once she was established on solids to 250 and down again as her feeds decreased iykwim
  • ashleyh3156
    ashleyh3156 Posts: 177 Member
    I no longer count it, I actually stopped at 6 months when she was fed food. When exclusively yes I did count it, and no it didn't effect my milk supply at all.
  • georgina1970
    georgina1970 Posts: 333 Member
    Yes, you're supposed to eat them back.
    Did you know you can enter it from the food database as negative calories to add to your total for the day?
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