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Breastfeeding

queenjackilynn
queenjackilynn Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Is there a way to account for breastfeeding on MFP as far as extra calories allotted per day?

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  • FeraFilia
    FeraFilia Posts: 4,664 Member
    You can add it to your diary as a food option.

    Just do a search for breastfeeding and pick the one that works best.
  • chixabomb
    chixabomb Posts: 15 Member
    I found that when I added it as a food option, it skewed my view of what I actually ate (by minusing the calories from my food). I prefer to add it as exercise and have it taken from there so I can still see a true food intake. It doesn't mess with my exercise because I only weight train 3-4x week which doesn't have a calorie burn attached to it. I did create my own "exercise" under cardio for breastfeeding, because it was hard to find the 300 calorie burn I was looking for, there were lots of 250 and lots of 500. Play around with it and see what you prefer!
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,506 Member
    Wait.

    I have to track breast feeding if I .....

    Oh.

    Nevermind.
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