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Help! Breastfeeding and fitness

nomorefitnesspizza
nomorefitnesspizza Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How much calories more should I eat as I am breastfeeding. Is anyone able to Help??

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  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    Most common advice I've seen lately is to eat at maintenance and let breastfeeding create your deficit. There is also a breastfeeding entry in the database but I'm not sure what the amount is.
  • DomesticKat
    DomesticKat Posts: 565 Member
    Breastfeeding mama here. I eat at maintenance or above on some days. I eat back exercise calories. If I eat at maintenance every day I tend to lose too rapidly so I have a few days a week where I eat a few hundred calories more. I'm also on my feet most of the day so that may have something to do with it. I lose about a pound per week on average but it fluctuates. Try maintenance for a few weeks and make sure you're weighing and measuring your food and see how it goes.
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