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Those that lost weight while breastfeeding

kwitt22kwitt22 member
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Kind of silly question, but I am curious. I have lost a lot of weight since I gave birth to DD who is now 3 months old. I have had trouble loosing weight for nearly 8 years and even after I had my first DD had I trouble. With this baby it seems to be melting off. My question is once your babies started to not eat as much did you notice that you gained weight or your weight loss pleatued?
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  • nolemomma14nolemomma14 member
    My DS is 4.5 months now and the first couple of months the weight came off really fast. Now I've plateaued. I was really enjoying watching the scale go down. I suppose I will have to kick up the exercising now!
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  • RayRay007RayRay007 member
    I plateaued until I totally weaned at 14 months ( was down to 1-2x a day for a couple months before that) when I put 10 lb back on.

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  • Lwilson24Lwilson24 member
    I just want to say you guys are awesome! My daughter is ebf and I weigh more today then when I was 9 months pregnant! I know it's different for everyone but I've been steadily gaining weight since the day dd was born! I've never been over weight so this is tough for me but I've been advised not to do heavy exercise while breastfeeding. :)
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  • acoxwellacoxwell member
    I seemed to lose weight/keep weight off better while breastfeeding.  For me, I think it was that I seemed to be able to eat more freely (and SNACK freely) without seeing it on the scale.  Since I have stopped breast feeding, I've gained about 8-10 lbs.  
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  • brie_and_almondsbrie_and_almonds member
    I lost a lot of weight at first (going down to 20lbs under my pre-pregnant weight), and then just after a year I gained about 10lbs back and has been stable there for the past 9 months or so. I'm scared of what will happen when I wean. 
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  • MRoxy0628MRoxy0628 member
    I weighed less (not drastically, but maybe 10 lbs.) than I did pre-pregnancy while breastfeeding and pumping.  I'm not pumping anymore and while I'm still nursing it's lessened, so I've gained weight back.  I think I'm a few pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight now. 
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