Loosing weight while nursing

I'm exclusively breastfeeding my 7 month old and in the last 4 months I have lost 76 lbs, not even counting the pregnancy weight since I lost it immediately. It can be done! I made sure to check in with my doctor about diet since I want to make plenty of milk! My little guy is thriving! Good luck!!!

I lost all the baby weight both times and I know nursing helped quite a bit. It made me thirsty and I drank lots of water plus the doctor said I could go to drinking skim milk. I also think I didn't eat a lot because I was sleep deprived- those were the days!

I am still nursing my 13 month old. He is my 5th.

I have noticed that I have a hard time losing the weight while breastfeeding, especially in the first year. Like someone else said, I think it was because I was hungrier. In the last month or so (about since my baby turned 1) I have lost about 5 pounds out of the 25 or so I want to drop ... I think it's just because I'm able to adhere to my calorie goals. I don't know what the difference is when they turned 1 (except they're eating a lot more "real" food) but I remember something similar happening with my last child, too.

My advice, based on my experience, is to focus mostly on getting a well-balanced diet right now. Track your food & calories if it helps. You may find the weight slowly coming off that way, but you might not. In my opinion, it's more important to continue providing that nutrition for your baby (assuming you want to keep breastfeeding) and not feeling deprived. That doesn't mean to give up and eat anything and everything, of course. Just be patient and enjoy your little girl for now, it doesn't last long at all!

I'm exclusively nursing right now as well with my 4 month old. I'm not restricting too heavily. I held on to, and gained quite a bit of weight after my pregnancy. At my 6 week pp check up I was 226. I'm now 231... So I am hoping to see some of it come off. I was also emotionally eating, due to stress level and what not..