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Breastfeeding Moms

texasangel1983
texasangel1983 Posts: 1 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is there a way to show that I am breastfeeding so it will change my calorie and protein needs?

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  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    You can either manually add 500 calories to your daily goal, or every day log it under your food (or maybe it's exercise... now I forget, but it's in one of them).
  • aryaw
    aryaw Posts: 36 Member
    I would like to know too. I am bf & my doc says I need at least 2000 calories but more if as working out.
  • miriamtorason
    miriamtorason Posts: 208 Member
    I haven't been able to find a way to have it set automatically, though you should be able to put in the number of calories (in my case, 100) through exercise and account for it that way. I don't think I've ever come across a diet/exercise site/program that accounts for the caloric needs of a nursing mother. BOO.
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