breastfeeding mom in need of advice

Hi! I'm also a BFing mom have lost 1st 5lb in six weeks on MFP but I can't drop below 1800cals or it will effect supply.

Firstly take into account that your baby at 4months is still completely reliant on Breastmilk and your body works very hard to produce milk for an exclusively breastfed baby. You are burning 500calories just by breastfeeding. The good news is if you eat healthy, breastfeeding will help you get down that weight quicker.. Most women need 1800 calories to maintain supply and if baby is EBF you may need more than that drop the calories down slowly by about 50-100 calories every few days until you are at 1800-2000 calories a day that way your body won't jump into starvation mode and stop all non essential bodily functions like milk production. I'm sure baby comes first so take it slow and steady. The best way forward is eat healthily and move more. Get out walking with the buggy and you will start to see the scale moving. This is very doable! Be kind to yourself having a new baby is tough x x

I'm right where you are. My son is 3.5 months now and I have a total of 80lbs to lose. I started when he was two months and I'm down almost 20lbs.it is tricky finding just the right amount of calories so you can lose weight and have it not affect your milk supply. I bounced around between 1500 and 2000 calories until finally settling on 1500 plus an extra 300 for breastfeeding. I also eat back my exercise calories. Breastfeeding is great because it burns extra calories! I go to a gym with a daycare so while my oldest is at kindergarten the baby goes to the daycare and I take group fitness Classes. There are great videos on you tube for work outs at home.

And really, take heart. It took 9 mo to put on those pounds, they will come off with a sensible diet (your breastfeeding can be the deficit), but it will take time. I lost 60 lbs of baby weight multiple times, but it took 8 months to a year. Not what any of want to hear when we see celebs (or, in my case, a few friends) seemingly drop the weight overnight, but slow and steady keeps you and baby healthy

Feel free to add me and check out my diary just to get ideas. I always appreciate seeing what other moms are doing. Mine keeps it real

My baby is approaching 3 months and I'm starting to think about losing the weight. I have 2 stones to drop. Im thinking of setting my mfp as maintaining weight and relying on the calories that breastfeeding burns as my deficit.

Be patient! Bfing is hard work! I bf my three for over a year each, for me if I dropped cal below 2000 my milk production stopped. Overnight. Very unsettling. Working out was very hard because of how well endowed I became while nursing so walking was my workout. I live in a hilly town so my legs looked awesome! I ended up eating over 2000cal for the full year each time and lost very little weight in the year I bf each. The weight came off easily after the first two when I quit nursing and the third took more work. But like was stated, it took a while to put it on and it takes a while to come off. I shared my experience just for reference. You and your babe need to stay healthy. That is the most important thing! Enjoy that baby!