Moms with Nursing Babies?

inGodaloneItrust

I am nursing my 3 month old, and wonder about calorie intake... and general weight loss while breastfeeding.

Anyone else out there breastfeeding too?

Willbenchforcupcakes

I'm still nursing my youngest, who just turned one this past weekend. What has worked for me is picking the correct activity level (even while I was at home, I was set at active for all the crazy running around up and down stairs), set my profile to lose 1 pound a week (now it's set at 1/2lb since I am so close to my goal), adding in the best breastfeeding option into my food diary, and eating all my base plus nursing, plus the majority of my exercise calories.

caramellips06

IM BREASTFEEDING TOO A 4 MONTH OLD. I HAVE READ GENERAL RULE FOR US NURSING MOMS NO MORE THAN A LB A WEEK BUT I HAVE LOST UP TO 3 IN A WEEK. JUST WATCH UR SUPPLY N U WILL KNOW WHAT WORKS FOR U SINCE EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. IM ON A 1430 CALS INTAKE BUT I CAN ADD UP TO 500 CALS IF I NEED TO SINCE U BURN ANYWHERE FROM 200-500 CALS A DAY JUST BREASTFEEDING. TRY NOT TO FEED AFTER A HARD WORKOUT SOMETIMES UR MILK CAN HAVVE A SOUR TASTE BUT BABY WILL LET U NO. MAKE SURE TO GET EVEN WATER TOO IM DRINKING UP TO 100 OZ A DAY SOMETIMES. ALSO I WAS TAKING FERGNUREEK N DRINKING MOTHERS MILK TO HELP WILL SUPPLY BUT IM ESTABLISHED NOW SO GOOD LUCK N HTH THIS IS WHAT HAS WORKED FOR ME

jgm379

I think you burn/lose at least 400 calories a day nursing the babes. I always lose weight faster when I'm nursing so your actually doing yourselft a favor by taking the weight off now instead of later. Later will be harder.