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How Many Calories??

MissKayGee
MissKayGee Posts: 11
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Hi! I am breastfeeding my 2.5 month old while trying to lose weight. I am having a hard time how many calories I need to be consuming each day. I don't want my milk production to suffer because I am eating too little. I am also exercising and burning calories but I don't know what I need to enter manually for my daily calorie goal.

Please help!

Thanks! :-)

MissKayGee

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  • jmcreynolds91
    jmcreynolds91 Posts: 777 Member
    I stay around 1800 and am loosing weight at about 1 pound per week which is recommended for nursing moms. Eating 1800, i dont feel hungry or starved, it has worked out good for me. You can just set MFP to loose 1/2 pound per week and this will give you 1850 or you can add Breastfeeding in as an exercise or search the food database for breastfeeding. Good luck!
  • MissKayGee
    MissKayGee Posts: 11
    Thanks so much for responding! :-)

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