new mom, new to forms...need help

Create your profile as if you were not nursing, then add breast feeding to your food log daily for the extra 500 calories. Keep a close eye on your supply, I know I have to eat far more than 1700 a day in order to maintain supply and lose weight (some days I get up to 3000 depending on my workouts!) but everyone is different. Congrats on the baby! My son will be 4 months tomorrow, I know it can be challenging. You're doing great to be here, though. My first was 9 months before I came close to caring about losing weight! Feel free to add me

I'm a new mom too and breastfeeding as well. You have to make sure to eat enough calories to produce milk. You should have at least 300-500 more calories a day to keep your milk supply. I started tracking breastfeeding in my daily journal just to make sure I get enough calories. Working out with a new baby can be challenging. I try and breastfeed before I work out and put her in her rocker right next to me. It seems to work in giving me the time I need. With a new baby it is all about timing.

I set up my profile ignoring the nursing. I set it up to lose 1 lb a week. I never did add in the nursing calories. But that really depends how heavy you are. I was heavy enough that I was still getting about 2000 calories. I lost weight really well at that setting. Also my milk supply kept up. I made it to 1 year. That is longer than with my other two. My son quit cold turkey 2 weeks ago. I planned to wean at a year but he had other ideas. Having a hard time to get my milk to dry up. I keep getting engorged.