I'm a breast feeding mommy who needs calorie advice

As a former breastfeeding mama, that alone will help you to shed the weight. I would recommend consulting with your OB or baby's pedi to find out exactly how many calories you will need to take in daily in order not to sacrifice your milk supply at all. Best of luck to you!

I have a disappointing answer from a someone who nursed all three of her babes each for 13 months. Calorie restriction is a tough one its more of a balance of having the right kind of nutrients and fats to make that milk. I would talk to a lactation consultant he/she you can talk about what you are eating and make tweeks for weight loss. But, here is the not so cool part of my answer:I lost a few pounds 6 weeks postpartum but my weight really did not come off until after I stopped nursing. I have had many friends that have had the same expirence. And a few that were the opposite. Everyone's body is different and reacts to hormones respectively. I would not focus on calorie restriction but work on exercise. That is what I did and it worked wonderfully I was able to nurse and excerise, I was toned and strong. When I finally stopped nursing the rest of the weight went away quickly.

Totally agree with farrow29. Calorie restriction this early on when baby is on the verge of so many growth spurts and not near eating foods yet - perhaps not the best timing. Exercise (moderate) is a good alternative. If you go Gung ho in that dept it will also affect your supply in the negative. I have 2 LOs (1 is age 3, another 11 months) and my experience had me losing some pounds in month 1-2 and then plateau til I stopped BFing at the 1 yr mark with both kids. Afterwards, I could go back to my old workout/eating restrictions to pull off the last pounds. Lately, I started working out more and eating better in the last month and a half while still BFing my younger son. I've been dropping about .5 to 1 lb a week now since I got back to tracking. Lots of veggies (like across most meals in my day) are now incorporated into my diet to make sure I feel full and baby gets great nutrients. Good luck and God speed in your journey. The beginning stages are rough and beautiful all at once.

My baby is 6 weeks tomorrow. I've lost 25 of the 40 I had gained with the pregnancy. I have not been dieting and I won't be for some time. I'm also breastfeeding and I worry that my baby won't get proper nutrition if I try to restrict calories. I am going to start exercising now that I've healed (taking a walk tomorrow with my kids). I'm hoping adding in exercise will help me get back into shape without messing with milk supply or my baby's nutrition.

We humans store toxins in our fat. Breastfeeding is not the time to diet, because it mobilizes toxins stored in fat, releasing them into the milk. Eat a normal healthy diet, and you will lose weight without calorie restriction while you are breastfeeding. When you are done breastfeeding, you can calorie restrict. But 130 is extremely thin for 5ft 9 in.

I breastfed four children successfully and lost pregnancy weight each time, although it took successively longer each time. Please be patient, your first attention is to your child's nutrition. If you eat normally, (you are not eating for two or even 1.5), if your diet contains nutritious foods, contains 8 glasses of water, and is not one of any deprivation, your child will benefit and your pounds WILL come off, albeit not as quickly as you want. I get that, I hated it too at the time, just not enough to diet. But the memory of my sweet children nursing at my breast, their beautiful smiles as they dreamily slipped off the nipple and the milk dripping down their face, well nothing can replace that, not even the tiniest waistline. It's over far too quickly, treasure this time. Even though I nursed my children for long periods of time, within a month of their self weaning, I missed it. By the way my four are adults now, and not one of them has a weight problem. This is partly because I gave them the best start of fully breastfeeding them.

Avail yourself of all the links up there, hook up with LaLeche, and take your baby out for walks in the stroller, it's good for you physically and emotionally, and it's good for the baby.