Getting started questions with breastfeeding

Liz12mae
Liz12mae Posts: 57 Member
edited November 13 in Getting Started
Hello! I'm 12 months postpartum and still nursing. I still have 10 pounds to go before I am at postpartum weight and then I have another 40 I would like to go from there to make it to my goal. I haven't really tried too hard to lose any weight since the baby was born but I'm feeling huge and tired and I just need to get started with this. First things first how do I manipulate my calorie goal to include breastfeeding? Thanks!

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Search "breastfeeding" in the food diary and you will find several negative calorie entries that add calories back onto your goal.
  • lima013
    lima013 Posts: 80 Member
    Just add breastfeeding as a "meal" into your dairy. You will get -500 cal
  • catgerm
    catgerm Posts: 44 Member
    I set mfp to lose .5 lbs per week to account for an extra 200 cals. My daughter is 12 months too, and I know I'm not producing like I was before solids.

    I noticed when I first started using mfp and my cals were too low (1200) I didn't lose anything and my milk supply dropped significantly. I shoot to stay between 1500-1800 cals per day
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