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Breastfeeding calories

ayannacolon98
ayannacolon98 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
I’m 4 mos PP 180lbs. My goal is 140 as I am only 5ft. I am exclusively breastfeeding.. curious how many calories I should be eating per day. 1500 just doesn’t seem accurate.

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  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    Set MFP to calculate your maintenance calories and let breastfeeding create your deficit.
  • lemonwater1
    lemonwater1 Posts: 72 Member
    If you are exclusively breastfeeding, you can enter that into mfp daily diary and it will count it as burning 500 calories per day.
  • SlothSister003
    SlothSister003 Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks for the info on entering breastfeeding. I wasn’t too sure how that worked. I’m 30lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight and needing some change to start happening!
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