Have you breastfed and successfully lost weight?

I'm still nursing at almost 22 months and I've lost 20 lbs (since Thanksgiving, not over 22 months). I went ahead and creeped your diary, and you're right on track with adding in your breastfeeding calories and eating those back. The thing with MFP is that the calorie goals are estimates and sometimes they need a little tweaking.

I didn't start losing until I got my logging under control, so my first recommendation would be to make sure you are doing that consistently. Second, eat back only a portion of your exercise calories. And third, if you really are hungry, maybe you need to adjust your settings. Change your activity level, change your goal loss per week to a lower number of lbs, or just manually add in another 50-100 calories per day.

These two links are very helpful:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

I breastfed both of my kids for 14 months each (they are now 5 and 3 years old). I lost all of the baby weight (37 & 35 lbs) by 10 months postpartum...and a few additional lbs by the time I weaned them.

I did not watch what I ate or care about calories until either baby was about 6 months old. At that point, I ate about 300 cals extra...then slowly decreased the extra cals until they were weaned.

I started exercising slowly at about 2 months postpartum. At about 6-8 months, I started increasing the intensity of running.

It's a slow process. Just eat very nutrient-rich foods and stick to about 300 cals extra...and then decrease as you get closer to weaning. Now that my youngest child is 3, I actually weigh about 12 lbs less than when I got pregnant with her.

I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight and fitness level around 7 months postpartum with my second baby. I breastfed both my babies for 1.5 to 2 years. It actually helped. After I stopped nursing I gained a little weight and that was when I joined mfp.

I walked a lot. I pushed them uphill in a double stroller and looped around the block a bunch of times on the way to the park and on the way home. At the park I played with them and also played on the monkey bars and did some fun strength training stuff and running around. I did dvd's of pilates and yoga. When my baby was 5 months I re-joined the gym to do strength training. I danced with my children. I went swimming.

I didn't restrict my calories at that time. I just ate well, and stuck with my hunger signals and some portion control. I was eating a lot. But, I did start counting calories after I was done breastfeeding and put on a few pounds and found mfp.

I'm still breastfeeding my little one at 17m, and I have lost 10lbs in the last 3months. It's definitely possible, but sometimes, just like you, am I ravenous! I listen more to my body now when I am breastfeeding, as there are days when I know that my daughter has eaten more and therefore I've used more to create the milk.

I find it so interesting how some women lose even more weight when they wean, and others gain weight. I'm hoping for the former, because these last 10lbs are a pain to shift!!