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leeannniesel
leeannniesel Posts: 2 Member
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How do I log breastfeeding? Exercise?

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  • WhitneySpeicher
    WhitneySpeicher Posts: 11 Member
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    Yep, that's what I did. I'm pretty sure I had to create a custom exercise for it.
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
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    I log it under exercise > cardio
  • leeannniesel
    leeannniesel Posts: 2 Member
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    Thanks!! How many calories did you set it to equal?
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
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    I log it as a negative food. If you search for it in the food database it will come up with exclusive for like -500 calories and then like -300 for older child. I like doing that rather than exercise because it's calories you really really need to eat back.
  • jmagdalena707
    jmagdalena707 Posts: 28 Member
    edited April 2015
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    I log as exercise. My baby is exclusively breast fed and 11 weeks old. I usually log it as 300-400 calories of exercise. I did add it in manually the first time.

    ETA: I always eat back my Breastfeeding calories and try not to drop below 1800 calories per day. I also have ample supply. If you have supply issues, always decrease calories gradually.
  • AgentOrangeJuice
    AgentOrangeJuice Posts: 1,069 Member
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    How many calories are burned for breast feeding?
  • mathjulz
    mathjulz Posts: 5,514 Member
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    I log it as a food with negative calories. There are actually many entries in the food database. I prefer to log it that way, rather than as exercise, because then it doesn't look like I'm getting all those other exercise benefits, lol (It's mostly psychological for me, I'm sure).

    @AgentOrangeJuice
    AgentOrangeJuice wrote: »
    How many calories are burned for breast feeding?
    Exclusively breastfeeding burns approximately 500 calories. That is for when baby is getting all nutrition through breastfeeding. When baby starts eating more solids, or drinking some formula, it's less, usually 200-300 calories. Breast milk has about 20 calories per ounce, plus it takes some energy to make it, but it's hard to know exactly how much baby is drinking, so those are generally pretty reasonable estimates.

  • akirkman86
    akirkman86 Posts: 89 Member
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    I just upped my overall calorie goal while I was breastfeeding. I think I started at like 2000 and then gradually decreased it, being sure that my supply was good.
  • AgentOrangeJuice
    AgentOrangeJuice Posts: 1,069 Member
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    mathjulz wrote: »
    I log it as a food with negative calories. There are actually many entries in the food database. I prefer to log it that way, rather than as exercise, because then it doesn't look like I'm getting all those other exercise benefits, lol (It's mostly psychological for me, I'm sure).

    @AgentOrangeJuice
    AgentOrangeJuice wrote: »
    How many calories are burned for breast feeding?
    Exclusively breastfeeding burns approximately 500 calories. That is for when baby is getting all nutrition through breastfeeding. When baby starts eating more solids, or drinking some formula, it's less, usually 200-300 calories. Breast milk has about 20 calories per ounce, plus it takes some energy to make it, but it's hard to know exactly how much baby is drinking, so those are generally pretty reasonable estimates.

    is it suggested to eat these calories back or take the net loss?
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
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    eat back so you don't potentially danger your milk supply.

    Past a certain point though you don't need to be as careful.

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