Breastfeeding mothers and weight loss

I would say a good thing, you are not gaining! They say that weight loss during breastfeeding can change the taste of the milk and it turns some babies off. I didn't start losing any though until my daughter was weaned at 10 months (her choice).

Hi! I don't know how to calculate this for you, given that I am Spanish and used to Kilos or Stones, as I live in England. But I think 1k equals 2lb or sort of so I'll try

So when I got pregnant was also the fittest I've ever been in a decade and a half, as it happens..

Pre. pregnancy: 59kilos (around 118 lbs)
Full term pregnancy: 82 kilos (164 lbs approx)
16 weeks later and exclusively breastfeeding: 62.6 (135 lbs,i checked that one in lbs today)

I must say that I also start counting calories around the 6th or the 7th week after giving birth, I put myself the target of 1,200.. but because I was so hungry, I forced myself to earn some more calories doing loads of walking so I could eat them back! so I didn't lose much for a couple of weeks, but then I realized that the secret was to burn some extra and never eat them back!, so in the end I might have ended up eating 1600 calories or more but did exercise enough to save some 200 calories or 150 that I didn't eat, I hated to be in red numbers! lol.

Now in the past two or three weeks I've been doing work outs as well as daily exercises like carrying 16lbs (my little one is a big baby) load to and fro about 30 mins, an hour or more if he's got bad winds and he's feeling grumpy or poor. I also add the cleaning, I like to have the house spotless when I have guests, and given that the baby only naps for 3 hours during the day, if I have guests, gosh... I run like a mad person to have all spotless, plus I set up the baby nursery upstairs, so everytime I would have to change him I would have to go upstairs.. that makes at least 5 mins of wlaking upstairs with baby. I also add the standing while I change his nappy, which is no less than 5 mins or 10 if he feels great, so that 4x or 5x a day, adds like 40 mins standing.. (I log it as fishing, as I'm also moving my arms) lol . Well all this logging is justified anyway as I do seem to lose weight during the day, also I believe it helps that I drink loads of water and I try to eat loads of healthy and food that really helps to lose weight

However I have very sweet teeth and rare is the day I don't have a hot chocolate or an icecream, or a couple of biscuits, and so on, but yeah, I'm starting to fit in most of my pre pregnant clothes,but then I might just been lucky, it might be down to genetics as well, check if your mum had the same difficulty to lose the baby weight, or any of your sisters.

Good luck with it!:D

My current calorie goal is 1320 and there is a option in food that you can add in the calories burned by breastfeed. So really I'm taking in about 1500 in food, and I've been loosing a steady 2 pounds a week. My baby turns 1 next month too and he just won't quit. I've been working out at least 45 minutes a day and just trying really hard.

I think if you're making the right choices, tracking, and getting in a good workout it'll come off eventually. I wouldn't stress about it too much.

Are you just walking? If you can squeeze in a good 25 minute workout like 30DS you'll kick up your metabolism and it'll start coming off. That's what I did.

If I can help any more let me know or message me I'm in the same boat too so it'd be good to have someone to talk to in regards to this as well

My son is 19 months and I started trying to lose wieght when he was 11 months old. IN about 9 months I have lost 52 pounds. I workout 4-6 days a week, usally 5. I usally work out in the mornings using a video like 30 day shred, some videos on exercisetv.com things like that. My wieght loss has slowed down and on average I am only losing 3 pounds a month if that. I am trying to up my calories...but somedays I a still too low. I know how you feel, it seems like it has stalled and dosnt want to move anymore and I still have lots to lose so it is frustrating.