Welcome! My little lady just turned 7 months last week and aside from starting some veggies/fruit at 6 months, she's all EBF!

There is a diary entry where you can log negative 500 calories into your diary. I have been eating all of those calories in addition to whatever MFP estimates what I eat to avoid dropping my supply. I've been back to work for four months now, so I pump three times a day while at work (and once in the morning). My life seems devoted to producing those ounces!

I've lost the weight I put on while pregnant, but I definitely need to just shape up and get toned, and back in good physical fitness. That's my goal right now. Many days, I log only a walk., but I figure it's better than nothing! I'm getting back into running, as I have a half-marathon at the end of August.

I love this recipe:
http://www.takethemameal.com/blog/banana-oatmeal-breakfast-muffins.php They freeze really well, you can sub out the eggs for flaxseed (good for milk supply), and they are low in sugar for a baked good.

I have been doing a ton of slow-cooker meats lately (a whole chicken/pork shoulder/flank steak) and using for all sorts of things. We do a lot of tacos in the summer with corn tortilla, lime juice, cilantro, and avocado (simple, and flavorful!) with a side of black beans.

I also just made this: http://thehealthyfoodie.com/broccoli-apple-and-almond-salad/ It turned out great! No olives in mine, though, and I didn't cook the broccoli. I love it crunchy!

Glad to have another mom friend who gets the whole breastfeeding challenges to a healthy life!

Hi Christina,

I'm breastfeeding my third son, who will be 5 months old next week. It's slow going, because breastfeeding makes me SO HUNGRY! But I am logging my food and doing the best I can. I've been using MFP for a long time and it works the way it's supposed to, sometimes I just don't follow the rules and then I don't see results :P

If you just add 500 calories to your daily goal, the thing that will be thrown off is the message at the end of the day that says "if every day was like today, you would weigh blah blah blah in 5 weeks." You can input -500 for food or exercise. That throws off your macros a little (you'll always be over on your protein/fat/carbs/etc) because it doesn't give you more macros when it gives you more calories.

You can't access forums from the app, but you can use your mobile browser. Thankfully it's a pretty "clean" site so I don't have any trouble using it on my iPad mini, but I don't know about your phone. That might be pushing it

Welcome!

Helen

I added a section to my food journal for breastfeeding and I have two that I've used one is -300 and the other -500. Lately I've been sticking to the -500 but as my daughter gets older (she's 6 months and EBF) I'll consider dropping the negative calories if my weight plateaus.

I set my daily calories at 1300 so with the -500 I'm getting 1800 a day. I am usually slightly under that, and I don't eat exercise calories back (because I think MFP over estimates.. so when I do eat them back I stay around 50%).

I've lost 6 lbs is just over a month, and 20 some since my daughter was born in January. I haven't noticed a drop in supply at all at 1800 but feeding your baby is most important right now, so if you see a drop up your calories.