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Breastfeeding

sunreader
sunreader Posts: 3
edited October 2024 in Social Groups
Hi, you more experienced fitness pal mommies! Technical question: I'm curious how you account for breastfeeding in the calorie counter. I've just been mentally adding 500 calories to the numbers they give me, but there must be a way to log those calories on the site somehow. Yes?

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  • sunreader
    sunreader Posts: 3
    I went ahead and created an exercise called "breastfeeding" (it's cardiovascular, doncha know?) and said it burns 500 calories. Guess I'll just log it that way until I learn a better way.
  • mrsmellymac
    mrsmellymac Posts: 236 Member
    you can go into the food database and type in breastfeeding. There will be several options for you there!
  • alyssa92982
    alyssa92982 Posts: 1,093 Member
    i just automatically added 500 calories to what my goal calorie intake would be for the day. so ex: to lose 1/2 lb per week it set me at 1300 calories per day. I then changed it to 1800 cals and made that my permanent number
  • mirrim52
    mirrim52 Posts: 763 Member
    You can also quick add calories and put in -500
  • sunreader
    sunreader Posts: 3
    Thanks, gals! Lots of good ideas!
  • deannarey13
    deannarey13 Posts: 452
    Great advice ladies!
  • ljohnson1112
    ljohnson1112 Posts: 7 Member
    So glad someone else asked this question... I was wondering the same thing! Thanks everyone!
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