not losing anything while breastfeeding please help

As someone who breastfed, let me say this: you have the rest of your life to lose this weight, do not stop breastfeeding for your own vanity; do what is right for your baby. They grow up WAY too fast and this is one bonding experience that means too much to discontinue for the sake of how you temporarily look. Trust me, the Europeans won't care; unless you are some visiting movie star or of that ilk. BTW, never mind what I wrote about it being a "bonding" experience..........I just re-read and realized that you "exclusively pump".

I would look at whether you're measuring your food properly. Some people apparently have trouble losing the last bit while breastfeeding but not the case for everyone so don't automatically give up. I would eat a bit more on days you workout. It takes 20 cals for each oz of breastmilk so you're already burning 720 just by pumping.

For those who say you have the rest of your life and don't give up nursing. I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to lose the weight while breastfeeding and she didn't mention anything about giving it up. Since she's pumping I'm sure she'll notice if there's any decrease in supply and can adjust as necessary.

It looks like you need to up your calories, under food look for breastfeeding and it will have a -number, I'd say at least 700 for the amount of milk you are producing. I take 200 off for feeding cos my 19mth old only has 1 bedtime feed plus I eat into but not all of my exercise calories and my weight loss has been consistent so far.

"she didn't mention anything about giving it up"........................"I will stop at six months if it keeps going like this"...........ring any bells?????

Sorry, I missed that! Total brain fart!!

OP don't give up bf just to lose weight. It's still possible to do both and it's really good for your baby! And it's still possible to lose weight. I had my baby feb 5 and have lost 40 lbs since and haven't stopped and I'm bf full time. Tweak your diet, see if you can add more protein and less carbs if you're over on them.

Why don't you open your diary maybe we can help?

I breast fed both of my babies - the weight shifted when the babies were around 6 months old. I kept going to 18 months with the first and to 9 months with the second( I was very sad he stopped early!). Don't worry about the weight loss, concentrate on good nutrition to feed your baby and give your body everything it needs to do its work and get back to normal.

I was about the same weight as you pre pregnancy and have stayed at that and less for the last twenty four years - don't rush it, you're doing something wonderful

Bfeeding made me gain. So I had to put off my weight loss goals a bit until i was done. By the time my guy was 4 months he was eating 4x what I could produce so I stopped and started to lose slowly.

As someone who breastfed, let me say this: you have the rest of your life to lose this weight, do not stop breastfeeding for your own vanity; do what is right for your baby. They grow up WAY too fast and this is one bonding experience that means too much to discontinue for the sake of how you temporarily look. Trust me, the Europeans won't care; unless you are some visiting movie star or of that ilk. BTW, never mind what I wrote about it being a "bonding" experience..........I just re-read and realized that you "exclusively pump".

This so much!!!!!

So my base calories while sedentary are 1800 then I should add 700 for bfeeding? Then add back any exercise calories?

If your base BMR is 1800, I would probably add a few hundred calories for BFing (the exact number is a bit of a guess. I've heard 350-500. Never heard 700 before). Then, yes, add your exercise calories.

I told her 700 based on the fact she's pumping 36 oz a day and according to the literature it takes 20cals to make an oz. So 720.

can i ask why you are exclusively pumping? I've never heard of it before, I'm just interested you don't need to answer I found pumping time consuming and its like doubling up the time to feed baby - all that time to pump then the time it takes for them to take a bottle?

I just noticed you've got another one only 22 months old as well! they're both going to keep you busy! just be really active, eat really healthily (easy especially as you have a toddler who you should be feeding lots of healthy foods anyway) and stop worrying about dropping weight too quickly. A goal of losing half a pound a week is much better for you at this stage of your life.

My youngest is 1 and I am only now starting to loose weight. I have also stopped breast feeding (it was his choice really - ouch!). Concentrate on caring for your two wee ones. Eat well, get as much sleep as possible and get out and about every day. Dont put too much pressure on yourself!

I only recently stopped breastfeeding after my baby reached 1 year and only then did I really start to loose weight consistently. Everyone's body is so different, some of my friends lost all of their baby weight when they were breastfeeding with such ease, but me not so much. Even though it is very frustrating, you can only do what you can do during this time. Just try to eat smart and enough and drink tons of water and be creative to get in every bit of exercise possible. One thing that I noticed for myself, was that I would strap my baby to myself in the Moby and walk all over like that...to the store around the house, pushing my godson in his stroller whereever and although it didn't budge the scale much it made a huge difference in my shape after a while since my baby is comparable to a small giant!

Okay, so I have two kids. A 3 year old boy and a 6 month old girl. I breastfed my boy for about 6 weeks. Breastfeeding was difficult the whole time....whe wasn't a good latcher, my production was low and I couldn't seem to boost it no matter how hard I tried. I wasn't worried about the weightloss right away, but what I can tell you is that I gained while breastfeeding him. I ended up giving up once I started back to work....he was just soooo hungry and I wasn't producing enough. I really beat myself up about giving up for a long time because I felt like I failed, but on a side note, I quickly got back to my pre-pregnancy weight (like within 2 months). Now for #2, she is a preemie, born weighing only 3lbs. I wanted so badly to breastfeed her because they say it's the best thing and bc she was so early. Between her having the same latching issues, being in NICU for 2 weeks, and me trying to keep up with my son as well, it only lasted about a week before the doctors stopped me...they said because she was having so much trouble that it was actually hindering her growth because she was working too hard for her food and burning too many calories. They put her on a great (high calorie) formula and we never looked back. They're both happy, healthy, and she's even managed to catch up to what a normal sized 6 month old should be....and mommy is skinny again! All I'm trying to say is, everyone is different. Lots of women successfully breastfeed and lose weight, lots of women don't. Lots of women choose to use formula rather than breastmilk, for their own reasons, and their babies are just fine (formulas have come a long way). If not losing is stressing you out, then maybe stopping is what is right for you and your little one. I understand how important it is to soooo many women because in the beginning it was to me also, and when I stopped it wasn't because of the weight gain. However, weightloss was a very pleasing side effect of stopping. Don't let others views on the topic of breastfeeding sway your decision. Do what's right for you and your situation.

Among other things, breastmilk for a year shows some evidence of helping your child's future weight control. GIving it up so that you can diet your own weight down seems ... counterproductive, especially when waiting 6 months for yourself could make a difference in your child's entire life.

That said: I lost like crazy while breastfeeding. No counting calories, I just let my kids eat mostly on demand when I was home. It didn't start right away, but between 4 and 6 months my weight dropped dramatically. With my #2 kid, especially - she was really big for her age and didn't like solid food, and by the time she was a year old I was at my lowest ever adult weight. And I ate like a horse...