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Breastfeeding

xshivx89
xshivx89 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a way to add breastfeeding into your daily calorie loss total?

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  • hill8570
    hill8570 Posts: 1,466 Member
    Just bump up your base activity level a notch or two (sedentary to lightly active or active), or just override the number of calories that MFP is allocating by the amount you want to add in for breastfeeding. If the baby is getting food exclusively from breastfeeding, that is 300 to 500 extra calories from mom.
  • chrisfwood
    chrisfwood Posts: 37 Member
    My wife just added a guestimated 300 to 500 (started as 300 and increased it over time) as exercise for 1 minute.
  • steadygirl06
    steadygirl06 Posts: 15 Member
    There is an exclusively breastfeeding option in the database which takes 500 cals off your total. There are also options for breastfeeding a toddler etc but i haven't checked to see how many cals they take off.
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