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Healthy postpartum BMI?

taylorundentaylorunden member
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I know you store fat when you are pregnant and breastfeeding so does anyone know what a normal bmi is after pregnancy? My baby is 5 weeks and I breastfed for only 3 weeks. I am not very big but my bmi says that I'm very obese.. Lol hopefully this is normal because I'm feeling pretty discouraged.
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Re: Healthy postpartum BMI?

  • MesmrEweMesmrEwe member
    Forget about the BMI chart - it's notoriously inaccurate for anyone who's even remotely physically active.  It's also wrong on the other end of the spectrum too (saying people are healthier than they actually are)...  Even now, my body composition scan shows that my lean body mass alone is "obese" according to BMI charts.  Instead I'll take being a higher number on the scale when the reality of my body composition says where I'm really at in an unbiased way (you can't fake/cheat a body composition scan)..
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