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Breastfeeding!! Help!!

Minxysam
Minxysam Posts: 2
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Am currently breast feeding my 6 month old and have read I need to be having an extra 1500-1800 extra calories a day - is there a way I factor this into myfitnesspal calaculations?......

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  • Sapporo
    Sapporo Posts: 693 Member
    300-500 per day. Enter in a food item, search for breastfeeding. It adds negative calories to give you more for the day.
  • mfpmech
    mfpmech Posts: 10
    My Home - > Goals -> Change Goals - > Custom ->

    manually change the number, add 1500 to the total

    congrats on the little bundle of moneyblackhole
  • MdawnK
    MdawnK Posts: 8 Member
    300-500 extra calories is all that is needed for a breastfeeding or pregnant woman. Maybe that 1500-1800 number would be an estimated total calories needed per day.
  • Minxysam
    Minxysam Posts: 2
    Thanks so much!!
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