Breastfeeding Moms?

Ive been breastfeeding for 5 years straight right now and am currently nursing my 19 month old. Im right about 1800 a day and this includes my exercise calories some days closer to 1900. Be careful since your little guy is so young and still EBF. Youll need 500-900 more calories a day at least. Please whatever you do dont buy into this 1200 calorie a day nonsense while you are nursing.

I always get confused with the "net" calories. I am supposed to eat about 1640 a day then I factor in the 210 or so I get from exercise so I'm at about 1850 with that. Since I am only nursing 3-4 times a day now (long durations, but still) I don't count in my BF calories and add them too but I would imagine it would be between 200-300 now. I also walk a lot ( a few miles most days) at a brisk pace but only use those if I need them...which some days I do. I've learned that while yes, calories DO matter they are not the say all end all and you've got to eat to give your body fuel especially while breastfeeding.

In all honesty, and doing this for many years now I can tell you if you go at this too aggressively and you don't eat enough and exercise too hard your milk supply will be effected and you'll feel like crap. Luckily, I learned this after my 1st and now on my 3rd I am wiser. I went about it all wrong when I was a 1st time mom and paid for it dearly. Your guy is still young and you're still recovering, sleep deprived and your body is working hard to meet his needs. The very most important things right now are to make sure you're eating enough, eating every 2-3 hours, getting the best sleep you can and be active.

I am doing the 30 day shred right now and can tell you when my babes were 4 months old there is no way I could have done it with nursing every couple hours. I had recurrent mastitis and the impact would have been too much and too draining. I would do some lower impact exercises, strength training and walk, walk, walk to start. If you're wearing your babe like I did and still do you burn even more

Feel free to message me if need be. My best advice is to take it slow, don't go into super crazy 2 hour a day exercise/starve yourself mode and you'll be fine. Make sure you're eating enough, drinking enough and moving to stay healthy and it will come off.

I thought I would be one of those moms who drops all of their baby weight while breastfeeding. Not so. I tried restricting my calories when my daughter was about 3 months old, but my supply suffered immediately. I actually gained weight around month 5. It was not until month 6, when solids were introduced that the weight started to come off without even trying. If I had known about MFP back then I would have used it to track the quality of food that I was eating. If you stick to healthy, unprocessed foods and stay away from sugar, the weight will eventually come off. At one year post-partum I was the thinnest I'd ever been without really tracking calories, and not doing any exercise. I was eating healthy food and still nursing my little one. I guess what I'm trying to say is be patient, because the weight will go. Eat healthy foods, and stick to around 2000 calories a day while doing moderate intensity workouts. However, having said all that, my friend went back to kickboxing at 2 weeks post-partum, lost all of the baby weight by six weeks, and claims that she exclusively breastfed for the first year, besides the addition of solids at around six months. Everyone is different I guess. Sounds like you are putting your little one first, so you shouldn't have any problems. By the way, congratulations on breatfeeding for 4 months already. It is not easy, that's for sure!

I am nursing my 16 month old. He nurses about 3 times during the day, then a few more during the night. I chose the breastfeedi.g older baby optionthat gives me an additional 300 calories. I walk and do the 30 DS for my exercise. I make sure to eat mostof my calories back. I have been at it for a month, lost 7 pounds, and have not noticed any drop in my supply

I'm EBF my 7 month old and plan to until she is 12-18m. If I eat well, I loose 1-2 lbs / week at 1800 calories. Up until 6 m I was just walking and doing one Kickboxing class / week. I was aiming for 1800-2000 and 2000-2200 on Kickboxing days.

Now I'm doing a gym class 4 times a week and walking. MFP says I should be at 2400 on exercise days. I didn't gain at 2400 but I didn't loose either. This week I'll try 2200. I think I do need to eat back my exercise calories but right now I'm still trying to figure out what the real number is.

If I don't eat more than 2000 on the days I exercise I do have supply issues and my daughter wants to constantly nurse to get enough. That does cause me food issues so I know I need to stay over that point.

I think you have to figure out what works for you. Good luck!