steadygirl06 Member

A few hours away from us has been getting over 120F!

We've been sitting between 100 - 108 in my part of the world for most of the last few weeks 😝

I swim as the majority if my exercise (not as much as you would!) But i find i have to increase my calories a bit otherwise I really struggle to keep up. It has been a bit of trial and error figuring out how much i need to eat to fuel my swimming while still losing weight.

If you search breastfeeding in the food diary there are options to add in as negative calories :)

Swimming makes up most of my exercise. If you are pushing yourself it's a great exercise. I find swimming in an adult squad ie Masters is a great way to make sure i get a good workout

There is an option in the database for breastfeeding which adds 500 cals.

There is an exclusively breastfeeding option in the database which takes 500 cals off your total. There are also options for breastfeeding a toddler etc but i haven't checked to see how many cals they take off.

It was great fof me at the time. I just had a baby and she was very unsettled so the 30min workout wirked really well. I did have an argument with the 'trainer' who told me I shouldn't be working hard as I would burn muscle not fat. Not long after thry introduced a system to get you to work harder. Go figure. Saying that…

I generally do light/moderate effort to account for the overestimation and deduct rest times. Sounds like you need to push yourself harder with breaststroke ;)

Me. I'm currently breastfeeding my 4.5 month old.

In saying that I've always had a strong mill supply. Others may need to eat more to maintain their supply.

I'm currently breastfeeding a 4 month old. I just use what mfp gives me and use the option in the database for exclusively breastfeeding which is 500 cals. That adds up to just over 1700 plus i eat back all my exercise cals. I also don't stress if i go a bit over because some days I'm more hungry than others. It seems to…

There is the option of breastfeeding a toddler in the database. Not sure on accuracy though

I am losing weight while swimming. My advice? If you don't have good technique in all 4 strokes get some lessons and use them to mix up your workouts. You also seem to get more hungry after swimming so takes a bit of willpower not to overeat the next day. I love swimming, enjoy

Do you have it set to kj? I get around 2000kj for 10,000 steps