Breastfeeding and "dieting"

Hello I have only joined today and not sure how to friend request be great if we can support each other with our weight loss. I'm also nursing my 2 month baby but I'm a bridesmaid in August so need to loose some post pregnancy weight! Ouch by the way for ur baby biting u lol I have a little boy but when I fed him He used to do that my current baby is too small

Hello! My baby will be 1 year old next week. When she was 6 months old, I went for a physical and found my cholesterol was super high. Since she (completely) refused to take a bottle of pumped milk, I was really sensitive to keeping my supply up and nervous to cut back on my food intake.

I started logging on here (as I had done pre-pregnancy) and just didn't go crazy, like you said, just tried to make wiser choices and stay within my calorie goal. My cholesterol was checked 3 months later and it had dropped dramatically, and I've kept up logging and am now well below my pre-pregnancy weight.

OH the biting! She just started doing this a few weeks ago--it is brutal! I figured out as long as she isn't distracted, she is fine. She only does it when she is distracted, it is like she gets confused and forgets what she was doing so takes a chomp. Often times "no distractions" means her room in the dark, but it is better than the bite! Best of luck!

I am nursing a 13 month old. I started counting calories when she was 7 months old and set my goal as 1 lb/week. I was already below my pre-pregnancy weight when I started on MFP. I lost about 30 lbs by the time she was 1. I ended up maintaining for most of June after I went back to work - life as a working mom is challenging! You can lose weight while nursing and maintain your baby's milk supply.

I remember the biting stage - it wasn't fun. I would give her a short break from nursing when she bit me. Breastfeeding is a 2-way street - no need for it to hurt the mom.

My breastfeeding days are a while ago now (youngest is now 6) so I may not be remembering everything correctly, but here goes...
When my babies were small, a big factor in my eating was tiredness! My oldest had reflux and is just a very demanding child (still is now at 9 yrs old), and I just got used to having broken sleep and not enough of it, and for me I then found I had to eat often during the day. So to stop piling on weight I really had to try and be organised and plan meals and snacks that were easy to grab during the day.
Having healthier options on hand (boiled egg, nuts, fruit...) helped me not reach for the biscuits and chocolate quite to often.

A starting point for you might be to start just tracking what you are eating so you can see where you can shave a bit off. There might be some easy places. e.g. I cut out sugar from my coffee when the kids were small - because I started drinking more, it could really add up if I wasn't careful, and after a few days adjustment it was really a change that didn't affect me -I still got my coffee but with less cals.

Oh, and with biting, one tip I learned was when it happens, instead of pulling them away from you as you might want to, pull them in really close (so they can't breath through their nose - gosh that sounds mean!). They then will open their mouth and unlatch themselves - otherwise pulling them off can do some nasty damage! Good luck!

I'm nursing my 11mo son and I feel you on the biting! My son has 6 teeth and knows how to use them, ouch. I scream and put him down and he cries and looks at me all innocent lol.

I have struggled with my weight while BFing as it makes me HUNGRY. Moreso earlier on, but now he BFs less and takes more solids so I feel I'm ready to make a change. And I was flat out exhausted as he woke every hour or 2 until about 9 months old, so I'd seek out a tonne of sugary stuff to get that burst of energy. Now he STTN so I am ready and raring to go lol.

I'm just starting out, eating 1900 cals a day, running 4x a week, and trying to take walks with hubby and baby every day too, plus I eat back my exercise calories. I try not to keep the stuff in the house that I turn to when I'm exhausted - donuts, ice cream, chips - and I try to make every meal something that baby can eat too, so no added sugars or salt, and a decent variety of fruits and vegetables.

Good luck mama, and feel free to add me!