Anyone else breastfeeding?

Yes I am. Ds is 5 months old,just need to loose about 6-9lbs
What super foods are you eating?

Yes I am breastfeeding. My son is 4 months old. So far I have lost 50 pounds since giving birth. I have 25 more to go. I know they recommend only losing 1 pound a week to keep your supply. But I have been losing at least 3 pounds a week and it hasn't affected my supply. I usually eat a bowl of oatmeal in the morning and then don't have many starchy carbs the rest of the day.

My daughter is 12 months and nursing. I'd like her to be weaned in another month or so because I'll be going back to teaching then. I've been using breastfeeding as an excuse to gain weight and overeat and it's beginning to affect my health.
I think the key to success is to keep moving.

It seems some women drop loads of weight while breastfeeding. Sometimes it is without too much effort at all! Unfortunately I am not one of those lucky ones. I had my son back in November. After the holidays, I started to exercise again and count my calories in hope of dropping some weight. I was producing enough to feed him, but it was always a concern - I was never able to build up much of a stash to let me feel like I had a cushion. I increased my calories to aim for even slower weight loss in hopes of bringing my supply up. Between the frustration of the slow weight loss, the stress of pumping enough at work, and issues with making time for exercise, I eventually just stopped counting calories, overate, and gained weight.

Now that we have begun weaning (not counting solids, we are about 50/50 breast milk/formula), I am getting back in the habit of logging my calories. Finding time to exercise is still a bit of a challenge, but my husband is able to help with feedings so I can go for a run a few days a week.

I have never been one of those ladies who drops tons of weight while breastfeeding. My daughter is 10 months old and still breastfeeding around 4 times a day and 4 times at night (yeah, she has yet to sleep through the night...) When I was 9 months pregnant with her I was around 190, after she was born (in September) I was 167 and now I'm 155 and I'm totally stuck at this weight! I still keep my calories around 1550 so I don't lose my milk supply but I've been tracking my calories, activity and weight since January and my weight has fluctuated between 156 and 152. I don't want to cut any more calories because I would like to breastfeed at least a few more months but I am at a loss as to what else I can do to lose weight. I don't have a ton of time to exercise without the children so I mostly walk, jog, swim and do yoga and do at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. My goal weight is 135-140 but it seems to be taking me FOREVER to lose any weight. Since you ladies are in the same boat I thought I'd ask for any suggestions.

I am breastfeeding my 2 month old. I spoke with my doctor at my 6-week pp checkup. She said limiting calories should burn fat before cutting supply as long as I ate 1500-1700 calories per day. Below that and my body could go into starvation mode and cut supply.
good luck!!!

Hey you can add in breastfeeding in the food - eg in snacks search foods for breastfeeding. It -500 for exclusively feeding and -300 for mixture of milk and solids! So usually if your little one is over 6 months. I try not to drop below 1800 calories as I have heard it can effect your milk. Plus I try to burn 500 calories a day in exercise. - add me if you like we can help each other xx

I actually have the opposite problem. I am nursing my 11 week old, supply is fine, but I can't stop losing weight! Last week I was officially 1 pound lighter than I was before pregnancy. I am just barely within the range of a healthy BMI. I didn't have this problem with my first child. I started using this as a way to make sure I eat enough calories a day. My doctor says I should be eating 2,200 a day to have a healthy weight and keep my supply. It just seems impossible.