is it possible to account for breastfeeding in myfitnesspal

hhheaton
hhheaton Posts: 1
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,
I imagine the answer is no, but is there anyway to account for the extra calories needed for breastfeeding on myfitnesspal? I want to make sure that the number of calories I'm estimating per day is correct.
Anne

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  • SassyDingo
    SassyDingo Posts: 19 Member
    There are breastfeeding options in your food section - if you search for breastfeeding, you can select depending on how many feeds per day or a basic 500cal.

    I just don't worry about it. When setting up my account I just put a desired loss of half a kilo a week and use those calories. I figure breastfeeding will make it go faster.

    Hope that helps!
  • snookumss
    snookumss Posts: 1,451 Member
    I think you could just add exercise for 300 or so calories per day extra.
  • Mom2Lizzy
    Mom2Lizzy Posts: 23
    The normal daily calorie expenditure is 500 for breastfeeding. You need to be careful not to eat too little, or your milk supply will dry up.

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