Losing weight while BFing?

Re: Losing weight while BFing?

• ANBODIN member

  May 2013

  DD just turned 4 months old, and for the past 2 months, I have been using the my fitness pal app to count calories to lose weight. I aim for 1700 calories/day. 1200 calories is the least amount it will allow you to have plus 500 calories for breastfeeding. I have read that you should not drop below 1700 calories if you are breastfeeding. I lost 2-3 pounds a week the first month, and now I have been losing a half to a full pound a week. It is very slow, but everything I read says that slow and steady is best   You could try eating 1900 calories a day and watch your supply. If it drops, increase calories, if not, you could try a little lower. Everyone is different, so I can't promise what is working for me will work for you, but I hope this helps I gained 56 pounds with pregnancy, and I only have 6 of those left...My eating habits were the problem! 

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• LaceFace14 member

  May 2013

  I've been doing the weight watchers plan and including nursing points for a while now. I've fallen off the wagon a few times but the weeks that I am good I've lost between 12lbs/week and my supply hasn't suffered.

  

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