Nursing and cal count

Trigirl01
Trigirl01 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 29 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi! Is there a way to adjust your weight loss goal calories to take into account that you’re nursing? I can mentally add 500 cals/day to suggested calories to achieve my weight loss goal but that defeats the purpose of use of this app. Is it on the app and I’m missing it? Thx!

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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Trigirl01 wrote: »
    Hi! Is there a way to adjust your weight loss goal calories to take into account that you’re nursing? I can mentally add 500 cals/day to suggested calories to achieve my weight loss goal but that defeats the purpose of use of this app. Is it on the app and I’m missing it? Thx!

    I believe there is an entry/entries in either the food database or the exercise database?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    Trigirl01 wrote: »
    Hi! Is there a way to adjust your weight loss goal calories to take into account that you’re nursing? I can mentally add 500 cals/day to suggested calories to achieve my weight loss goal but that defeats the purpose of use of this app. Is it on the app and I’m missing it? Thx!

    I believe there is an entry/entries in either the food database or the exercise database?

    Yep. It's in the food database. Search "breastfeeding" and you'll get negative calorie entries.

    The other option that I've seen and I think is a good idea is to eat at maintenance for your weight and allow your nursing calories to create your deficit.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I set my diary to gain half a pound a week while I was nursing to try and give myself a deficit.
  • Trigirl01
    Trigirl01 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you!
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