Any other nursing moms?

How old is your baby? I'm a nursing mom but my baby is almost one so milk supply isn't as much of a concern. With a younger baby that is being nursed exclusively I think you have to be careful about making sure you're eating enough. I believe you need 500 extra calories a day while exclusively nursing but you can factor those extra breastfeeding calories into your daily log. There are also a couple breastfeeding groups on here you might want to check out. My advice would be to take it slow and make sure you protect your milk supply, since that's the most important thing right now.

My youngest is 6 months and I've lost about 17 lbs over the last 3 months. While I'm sure a great deal of that was initial loss, water, whatever - I have been maintaining a healthy, exclusively nursing, relationship with my baby. First and foremost in my mind is water. Hydration when working out and getting active is critical, even more so when nursing. Second thing is caloric intake. It does take calories to nurse and you need a healthy balance to find yourself losing slowly but also supporting your little one.

It can be done! Good luck!

I have a 5 month old and I started working out again when she was 3 months. I make sure to eat my 500 breastfeeding calories on top of whatever calories MFP allots me.
If you go into food and add breastfeeding it will give you a bunch of options, where you are just choose -500 calories.
I was skipping my 500 for a while and what I noticed is that my body decided to keep making milk and stop loosing weight. I'm super grateful it choose that instead of loose weight and lower milk production!
Like the PP said, get your 500 and makes you to drink lots of fluids.

Everything I've read says that it's safest to loose 2 lbs a week while nursing. I don't think the HRM would count the calories burned during milk production, they're not really programmed to do that.
I'd talk to a lactation consultant if you're worried about loosing weight too fast while nursing. They might be able to help you figure out a balance between weight loss and milk production.

My son is almost 11 months old and still nursing. I just go and under the food search and search for breastfeeding. I choose the "nursing an older baby" option for 300 calories. He's down to nursing 3x a day right now, so I haven't found that my supply has changed any. I just make sure to add the breastfeeding calories on top of my regular ones.

Hey,
Still nursing my 17mth old during the day and I allow an extra 200 per day for it.
Up until 9mths ish I ate an extra 500cals a day and kept hydrated and I've had no problems.
I did notice low cal weeks led to her feeding more often esp at night - i think the milk quality worsened so eat those cals!
Good luck with it all

I am a nursing mom. LO is a few days shy of 8 months. Up until a month ago, I did not watch what I ate or exercise. I lost all the pregnancy weight (60 pounds) and now working on the extra 50 pounds I put on before pregnancy. My best advice is listen to your body. Eat when your hungry, don't eat if your not hungry, eat healthy, get some rest, drink lots of water, and take a good whole foods vitamin. I recommend Nature's Plus Prenatal. Vitacost.com carries these prenatal at a low price compared to other stores.

Also, breastfeed on demand. Baby is a far better indicator of when they should eat than any doctor or anyone else. Not to mention, when a baby goes through a growth spurt, they tend to cluster feed which increases the mother's milk supply.

A good site to check out is kellymom.com. It has tons of information on breastfeeding. Good luck!