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Breastfeeding

whitneybooker0515
whitneybooker0515 Posts: 7
edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
A friend of mine is wanting to join MFP and she is breastfeeding...is their an option to put that in so that she still gets enough extra calories for that??? Thanks!

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  • bpotts44
    bpotts44 Posts: 1,066 Member
    I believe she would enter as normal and then log breastfeeding as 400 calories of exercise.
  • whitneybooker0515
    whitneybooker0515 Posts: 7
    No, I mean to add it into her daily calorie allowance. She will need more than what a person that doesnt breastfeed would need :/
  • vtsantiago
    vtsantiago Posts: 12 Member
    There are a lot of different ways to input it. I put breastfeeding in as cardio that burns 400 calories a day. I EBF my 2 month old.

    Others manually change their calorie goal and add 400-500 onto that. I have also seen some mom's put nursing in the food diary as -calories. The Breastfeeding group has lots of info.
  • ellie319
    ellie319 Posts: 139 Member
    I breastfeed and i just add it into my food diary
  • MallyPie
    MallyPie Posts: 81
    I breastfeed and I just bumped my caloric intake up to 1800. She needs the extra cals or it could affect production.
  • jubeemine
    jubeemine Posts: 13
    I breastfeed but never add it. I've never had an issue with supply..and we still nurse 8-10 times a day.
  • ChrisRS87
    ChrisRS87 Posts: 781 Member
    I'd be alright with breastfeeding as long as it was a good source of protein and kept my macros in line.
  • wabecca
    wabecca Posts: 19 Member
    I just add "breastfeeding" into my food log every day and it gives me -500 calories (so it takes me from 1300 calories available to 1800 available :))
  • mommyRN0811
    mommyRN0811 Posts: 29 Member
    you can adjust your settings to what you want rather than using custom settings.
  • Leigh_b
    Leigh_b Posts: 576 Member
    you can search breastfeeding on the food diary and add it that way - it add calories instead of taking them away
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
    I believe she would enter as normal and then log breastfeeding as 400 calories of exercise.

    Is exactly what you do (Although I thought it was 500 not 400), that way it gets added to your calories that you need to eat.
  • sds76
    sds76 Posts: 215 Member
    I've seen it added as calories burned and as negative calories consumed. So you could do either. I nurse as well but never count it, my supply is doing just fine and my daughter is still nursing 6-10 times a day.
  • molly_grue
    molly_grue Posts: 215 Member
    you can search breastfeeding on the food diary and add it that way - it add calories instead of taking them away

    I do it this way. It takes away 500 from my daily total so I end up eating 1800-1900
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