Typical post- hit a wall/how many calories

wcs40110
wcs40110 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 8 month postpartum, still nursing. I find so much conflicting information on how many calories to eat. None of the calculators want to factor in feeding another human. Kellymom and all that say 1500 to 1800 calories and other sites say you don't need to add any. I'm 5', weighed 152lbs when I started this about 3 months ago and I'm down to 135ish and can't get past this. Since getting my jawbone 3 weeks ago I went from a desk job only to moving a minimum of 10k steps a day. Jawbone usually puts my calorie burn around 1800, which obviously doesn't count for nursing. MFP has me at 1200 and I try to keep it around 1500. I don't get how I'm supposed to know what's too much and what's enough in this situation as I know not eating enough can be just as bad as too much. TIA.

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  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I would ask your doctor and see how many calories he recommends. Its very important because you need to make sure your getting enough right now. You have plenty of time to lose the weight after your done breast feeding. You don't have much to lose either so I would definitely go with the higher number until your done breast feeding
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    Yeah, checking with your OB or Pediatrician would be a good thing to do. In general, you'd want to add 300-500 calories to your day. If you've been at 1500 cal/day and your supply is good, then that seems fine to me. If you find that your supply is dropping, then you should add in some calories to see if that'd help :)
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    I would not feel right advising how much is not enough or too many calories in a nursing mom. This is really something that should be taken up with your OB. His/her advise on how to approach this is the best advise any one here in the MFP can provide as it is most important to your new born to make sure you get enough as loosing weight after nursing can then be a higher priority down the road..IMHO
  • wcs40110
    wcs40110 Posts: 2 Member
    I can't take it up with a doctor until my insurance gets straightened out, which hasn't happened in the last 5 months so I have little hope. The little one is almost 9 months so she's not much of a newborn and if I'm going to wait for her to wean I'm going to be waiting a long long time. So, looks like I'm in the same boat as I've been in. Thanks anyways.
  • SarahPeters3
    SarahPeters3 Posts: 100 Member
    If you're still breast feeding Ive seen alot of people warned not to go under 1800 calories a day ask your doctor to be safe. Worry about your baby first the weight will come off later!
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