Support from breadtfeeding moms

I would love to help you out. I am on the weaning stage w/ my 3 yr old, but can give you a few tips. Some of them will probably be something you've already heard, so sorry if i repeat.

* eat between 1500-1800 cals/day(depending on how often you are nursing/age of baby)
*keep hydrated
* try to eat on the healthy side(I know that sometimes hunger cravings can be strong)
*don't over do it on the exercise. your milk production will suffer
* get some sleep(I know that it is hard sometimes)

A great website is : kellymom.com. It is full of BF answers/tips.

This is my first successful breastfeeding child. Bad advice from drs lead me to believe that I would not be able to continue w/ my older two boys.

I am here for you any time.

the costumes were outrageous to make! well, the older 2. lol. I was surprised just how many people knew who they were! netflix rules! lol

on the food thing, just make a better effort to get less junk. Believe me, it is still hard for me.

do you have any q's?

sending you a friend request.

Nursing mom here to a 3 week old. I had lost all my weight with my first by just breastfeeding but it almost took a year (55lbs). This time I want to lose it quicker. Amurphy198, I laughed when I saw that you go in your son's Halloween candy. If you were to look at my MFP diary you'd see all the Halloween candy I've also been eating.
The things I've been doing to help me for supper is to prepare all in advance. Every Friday I make a list of the meals I want to make for the coming week. Then on Saturday I buy everything that I need to make them. I make crock pot meals that help out a lot and also prepare suppers in advance and put them in the fridge ready to go in the oven.
My problem is take-out, my husband is so bad and knows how to press my buttons to say yes. So when the kids are in bed he'll sometimes go and get us each burgers and fries.

I still give in to my cravings when the kids are in bed, I just generally hold out on having my dinner until then so that I don't go too far over my calories! Feel free to add me; my breastfeedling is going to be a year in two weeks!

Hi All,

Awesome topic - I'm Mum to a 6 week old girl and 3 year old boy. My wee girl is being exsclusively breastfed. I started MFP before I got pregnant with her and was relatively successful. I really want to step it up now and get to my goal before my 30th next year which is in August.

I don't really have any extra advise except the usual drink lots of water, eat lots of protein and exercise regularly

After my last baby, I lost about 35 pounds over the course of 9 or so months, after struggling with my weight for years. I went sloooooowly...maybe 0.5 lb a week, some weeks less. I just tried to eat healthy foods in the recommended amounts--five servings of fresh fruits and veggies, enough protein (I was aiming for 1-1.5 gm per kg of bodyweight), drinking enough water every day, etc. Healthy fats for afternoon snacks helped curb my evening sweet cravings (my favorite was nut butter with apple slices! Also homemade guacamole with whole grain crackers.) And yes, I would give in to my sweet cravings, too. I found that a tbsp of dark chocolate chips when added to a handful of almonds did the trick. Or Greek yogurt with berries.
I wound up joining MFP because some of my friends were on here. I never believed in setting strict limits for myself but rather paying attention to what I was eating while listening to my body's signals. When I started counting calories, I discovered that I felt best eating around 1600-1700 cals on rest days, and up to around 2200 cals on heavy workout days. I didn't feel hungry, deprived, or like I was on a "diet", so it was easier for me to stick with.

My main thing was getting in exercise everyday. I worked out with dumbbells in my bedroom 3x week, 20-30 minutes, using enough weight that I could only do about 10 reps. I've also been taking martial arts classes for 10 years, so I kept up with my martial arts workouts. But on the days where I couldn't get in a "real" workout, I still did SOMETHING. If the baby was fussy, I used her as my weight for squats, overhead presses, lunges through the house holding her out in front of me, etc. She loved it. And if I couldn't do anything other than jogging in place for 15 minutes or putting on music and dancing silly with the kids/holding the baby for 15 minutes, that's what I did. I found that doing my exercises first thing in the morning gave me a little shot of energy and made it easier to get through tough days.

Here in about 6 more weeks, I will once again be struggling to fit it all in while breastfeeding a baby, so feel free to add me as a friend!

Wanted to add--I second Kellymom.com. That site has excellent evidence-based articles for breastfeeding moms, including weight loss.