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breast feeding
kriss1_
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Hello everyone, I am new to this. Does anyone know how much extra calaries you get for breast feeding and if there is a place to add that to your profile?
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Generally you need to consume an extra 300-500 calories per day if you're nursing.
Honestly, I wouldn't log it at all as 'exercise', but that's just me.
Here's a good factsheet:
http://www.kellymom.com/store/handouts/nutrition/mother-calories-fluids.pdf0 -
breast feeding, yummy!
Honestly, I have a few friends on MFP that logs it as an exercise, and they generally burn 500 calories a day.0 -
When you go to look for foods type in nursing. Depending on how often you nurse make your choice there and it will log as negative calories.0
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Thank You everyone those are great tips0
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