Breastfeeding

I breastfed all three of my children, and was told not to lower my caloric intake below 2,000 while nursing (exercise is great though, and strongly encouraged).

You could still lose some weight eating 2,000 calories per day (remember exclusive breastfeeding consumes at least 500 calories a day, so technically you would have 1,500 for everything else - minus your exercise.)

Finally, the most important stimulus for producing milk is nursing your baby - your body responds to the number of times and duration of nursing, and you will produce more milk when your baby depletes your milk often (so let your little one nurse often for the first couple of months to establish your milk supply.)

Hi, I had to answer your question because I've been through this exact thing! I lost 65 pounds while breastfeeding my son. I cut out all junk food, ate lots of fruit and vegetables. Had two salads a day and cut way back on bad fat, like greasy meat, fries, etc.

I took the Greens Plus diet supplement (it's a powder you mix with water) every morning (which doesn't taste great but it helps you lose weight and has tons of vitamins). All of the calories I consumed were nutritious calories so I still lost weight. The doctor said my milk was fantastic (all the healthy food). I also walked a lot and eventually started jogging.

Hope this helps! It is possible to lose weight and get in shape while breastfeeding.

I wouldn't lower it to much yet your safe zone is passed 3 months once you established a good supply and after the 12 week mark you have a good supply you can cut a few calories but seeing your newborn is only four weeks old and you've & already have had issues with production, just keep doing what your doing breast feed and pump a lot and drink a lot of water till at least 12 -13 weeks. I lost a lot of weight breastfeeding, just give it some time girl.

Sincerely mama of 2 (and currently weaning lol)