Calories burned/intake while nursing

itsmrsgreene
itsmrsgreene Posts: 16 Member
edited November 24 in Fitness and Exercise
For my nursing Mommas out there.... is your your calories burned / calorie intake affected by nursing from what I understand when you are BF your calorie intake is higher but you're also burning calories from BF.....can that be indicated on this app?
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  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    edited September 2015
    Nursing (exclusively) requires 300-500 calories per day. So, the simplest way to do this on this app, is to program it to eat at maintenance and breastfeeding will put you at a deficit. Obviously if you see you are losing too fast after a few weeks, add more calories.
  • itsmrsgreene
    itsmrsgreene Posts: 16 Member
    Ok thanks...no longer EBF...pumping & nursing....i may leave it as is.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    thegreenes714 wrote: »
    Ok thanks...no longer EBF...pumping & nursing....i may leave it as is.
    If you are mostly formula feeding, then you probably need to cut the calories for nursing. If you are still mostly feeding the baby breastmilk, I would still count at least 300 calories.
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