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New to this and need to know how to add the BF Calories?

Desilou72
Desilou72 Posts: 7 Member
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Hello all! I just joined and it said I need to eat around 1300 calories but I am currently EBF so how do I add that to the calculations?

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  • momRN2B
    momRN2B Posts: 247 Member
    In the food database there is a food called breastfeeding and its minus 500 calories. Add that "food" to whichever meal u want and it will deduct 500 calories.
  • amyfromky
    amyfromky Posts: 16
    I just add 1 minute of cardio and put it as BFing 450 cals.
  • kidcole11
    kidcole11 Posts: 98 Member
    I just changed mine today so that the bf starts me at -500 or -800 (depending on who is eating and how much) by using the ebf under the food category. It was nice because it added extra nutrients I needed to get, like extra protein! In the end, you need to do it so that it makes sense to you. It is really hard to wrap your mind around for some reason..I've been working on figuring out exactly how I wanted to do it for two weeks.
  • nsky04
    nsky04 Posts: 4
    thank you for asking this question I was just wondering the same thing :-)
  • Peep_chic
    Peep_chic Posts: 369 Member
    I had mine on 500 for a while but then I discovered a milk calculator and found out that I wasnt estimating it right. It calculates
    according to baby's weight. You can input it as breastfeeding by ounces.

    http://www.fourfriends.com/cgi-bin/milk.pl

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