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Breastfeeding

momma2go
momma2go Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
How do i calculate with breastfeeding a new baby and trying to lose weight, without losing milk supply???

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  • gypsychic33
    gypsychic33 Posts: 79 Member
    I saw on another thread to eat at least 1800. You can do that by entering exercise. I just made an exercise called breastfeeding and add it everyday to up the calories.
  • kyliesuebam
    kyliesuebam Posts: 22 Member
    Every ounce of breastmilk had 20 calories in it, so if you pump at least once to see how much you predict for a feeding, use 20kcal x # of ounces=calories in milk. Then, your body had about an 80% efficiency rate to produce that milk. So you would take you first total number and divide it by .8

    Example:
    My baby eats 2 ounces every 2 hours. (12 feelings total for 24 hours)
    That's a total of 24 ounces produced in a day.

    24 oz X 20 calories = 480
    480/.8=600
    So it takes you 600 calories to produce 24 ounces of breastmilk.

    I would create your own exercise session and make it whatever caloric expenditure you calculate
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