Breastfeeding confusion

fergan7
fergan7 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey, I just started this app, I am wondering if there is a way to factor in breastfeeding as I would assume I need slighlty more calories to keep up my milk supply? I want to loose weight ASAP but also need to keep in mind I am only 7 weeks postpardom and exclusively bf. Please help me out

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  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    You want to add 500 calories a day to your calorie goal and only set your rate of loss to 0.5lb.

    If after a few weeks you aren't losing change it to 1lb.

    There is a breast feeding group somewhere on here. I'll try to find you the link.

    Congratulations on the birth of your child :)
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited June 2017
    No personal experience of course :smile: but search for "breastfeeding" in the food database to get a calorie adjustment.

    Congrats on the birth of your child. :flowerforyou:
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    You can either eat at maintenance and let breastfeeding create your deficit or set it to 0.5lb loss and add breastfeeding into your food diary as a snack for a negative calorie adjustment

    I know you want the weight off asap but you didnt gain it overnight and too agressive deficit will affect supply particularly in the first 3 months

    Im a breastfeeding mama of a 16 month old and even now i have to carefully balance my intake or my milk drops
    (my boyo feeds very frequently, ex 25 weeker prem with lung disease)
  • salleymo
    salleymo Posts: 50 Member
    Glad you asked this. My baby is 12 weeks and I nurse and pump.
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