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meghanhommy
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Any advice for how many “extra” calories a breastfeeding mom needs to safely lose??
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I was told 300-500 extra calories - I am EBF xx0
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I have heard the standard is to eat at normal maintenance calories and the extra burned from breastfeeding is your deficit.1
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I set my diary to gain half a pound a week and I’m currently losing it instead. I tried the exercise diary but I think I ate more in the end.0
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