Still starving all the time ....

Divallyn

Hey ladies, I BF with two FF supplement bottles a day with LO and I find that I am always starving. I still need to eat in the middle of the night. I heard that your hunger is supposed to taper off but mine definitely has not. What is your appetite like if you are BFing? 

LaCally4

Still hungry all the time here. I think I stopped having to snack in the middle of the night with DS around 3-4 months but during the day I was still hungry all the time for the whole first year it seemed!

mcgeeva

I'm still hungry all the time and know I need to start watching what I eat so I can loose these lbs. But seriously I am always starving at night no matter how big a dinner I eat.

Sparks in training!

I EBF and i cut down on my food intake. I do find it refreshing that i actually have an appitite. I do have snacks around. I try to have a 10am snack and 3 pm snack. Once i am home, i dont have time to snack! LOL

kel716

If you're BFing, you need an extra 500 calories each day.  That's why you're starving.     And fwiw, I am hungrier while BFing than pregnant...  but while pregnant, you only need an extra 300 cals/day, so that makes sense. 

BM is 20 calories/ounce, and your babies, on average, need 25 ozs/day.  25 x 20 = 500.  If you eat enough "good" calories (not junk food), you can lose weight while BFing.  

I've used sparkpeople.com to help me manage my calories when I'm not pregnant.  They have a sister site where you can manage what you take; check out:  https://babyfit.sparkpeople.com/

 

sarahinthecity10

I'm hungrier too and am trying to eat healthfully to keep losing the baby weight. It's nice to not be working out at all (had a c section so can't yet) and be losing weight! I keep a Zone or Luna bar on my nightstand and typically eat it after a night feeding. I'm also trying to keep my water intake up. I think I'm going to have a snack (string cheese) now!

ibnagy99

I EP and I am starving most of the time, but I am eating healthy and eating those extra calories and don't know why I am still hungry.  At least I know I'm not alone.

mbeeman85

I try and keep a healthy snack bar by the bed that I eat in the middle of the night, I have the opposite problem of most new moms, I have lost weight to fast, so I have to eat A LOT or I keep losing and have trouble making enough milk.  LO has just started sleeping through the 3AM feeding and staying asleep till 5 or 6 and I am usually light headed and nauseous by breakfast time because I didn't eat in the middle of the night. So eat that midnight snack!

Divallyn

Ya I am aware that I need the additional calories because of breast feeding but it seems like no matter what or how much I eat I am never satisfied. It's annoying, especially when I want to lose twenty three pounds before the end of the year. 

Sara1373

I'm the opposite, I have to force myself to eat and drink during the day because I am just not hungry. I EBF my LO.

[Deleted User]

Yep I am starving all the time! I always eat during night time feedings.