breast feeding

kriss1_

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?

poisongirl6485

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.pdf

DangerRanger

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.

mommy2halfdozen

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.

kriss1_

Thank You everyone those are great tips