Breastfeeding confusion

fergan7

Hey, I just started this app, I am wondering if there is a way to factor in breastfeeding as I would assume I need slighlty more calories to keep up my milk supply? I want to loose weight ASAP but also need to keep in mind I am only 7 weeks postpardom and exclusively bf. Please help me out

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

You want to add 500 calories a day to your calorie goal and only set your rate of loss to 0.5lb.

If after a few weeks you aren't losing change it to 1lb.

There is a breast feeding group somewhere on here. I'll try to find you the link.

Congratulations on the birth of your child

sijomial

No personal experience of course but search for "breastfeeding" in the food database to get a calorie adjustment.

Congrats on the birth of your child. :flowerforyou:

ruqayyahsmum

You can either eat at maintenance and let breastfeeding create your deficit or set it to 0.5lb loss and add breastfeeding into your food diary as a snack for a negative calorie adjustment

I know you want the weight off asap but you didnt gain it overnight and too agressive deficit will affect supply particularly in the first 3 months

Im a breastfeeding mama of a 16 month old and even now i have to carefully balance my intake or my milk drops
(my boyo feeds very frequently, ex 25 weeker prem with lung disease)

salleymo

Glad you asked this. My baby is 12 weeks and I nurse and pump.