Weight loss while nursing question....

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calebsmoma2000
calebsmoma2000 Posts: 7 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I had started using MFP Winter/Spring 2011 when I reached my highest weight/size yet- 165 which at 5'5 was a size 14 jeans/pants for me and I was not happy about that. I lost 5-10lbs then ...........and then we got pregnant with baby #4 (surprise! :)) Baby was born at the end of February & I was excited to start again :)

I took it easy for the 6 week postpartum time & then started counting calories after that. I figured 1200 for me and 300 for nursing so ate about 1500 give or take ~100-200 calories each day. Happily I started dropping weight like never before- I am down 17lbs and SIX sizes! I can wear size 8 jeans again - I haven't been there since.......um..... :) But I've kind of stalled here & I'd like to lose another 10lbs or so. It's been taking weeks at a time to see even a 1lb loss and I would like to do a bit better than that lol.

I am a stay at home mom of an 11 yo, 6yo, 2yo & 4 month old. I do basic housecleaning, chasing a toddler & taking care of baby but don't have as much activity as someone who's on their feet allll day. The baby nurses ~6 times a day & get's a bottle or two when I'm out with all the kids. For exercise I work out a little every day with 20-30minutes strength training, walks to the park, or walks around big malls, etc... then I also do bigger work outs ~2 times a week at 1-2 hours long (these have strength, cardio & self defense training with my husband).

So my question is .....Am I stalled because I'm still eating too much or not exercising enough? Or am I'm not eating enough? It seemed to be working well for the first 2 months but the last month++ hasn't done much at all.

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  • Kathy53925
    Kathy53925 Posts: 241 Member
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    This is a tough one. I really think you need to ask a nutritionist because you are breastfeeding. It's a tricky thing to diet and breastfeed.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
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    my doctors always told me NOT to diet or try to lose weight while breastfeeding, just eat healthy and let nature do it's thing. work on the weight afterwards if needed.

    I ate like CRAZY while BFing, round the CLOCK- and still llost weight, though, so I dunno....
  • JanSmelly
    JanSmelly Posts: 143 Member
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    If you give or take 200 calories, then you are down to 1300 calories. That is not enough for a breast feeding mother. Your milk may not be compromised (for now), but you are taking from your body. Ideally you should be taking in 300-500 additional calories with a net calorie total of at least 1800. IMO your first thought should be a healthy milk supply and a healthy body, not dropping all the weight so fast.
  • calebsmoma2000
    calebsmoma2000 Posts: 7 Member
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    I certainly wouldn't want to do anything to compromise breastfeeding & so far it has been going great there. I had asked my doctor about exercise & diet at my 6 week appointment & she wasn't terribly helpful. She said it was fine to do both but didn't offer specifics numbers or anything so was curious if others knew anything :)

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