Breastfeeding moms, share your diet please

Re: Breastfeeding moms, share your diet please

• agilber3 member

  June 2015

  I have a 20 oz blender bottle that I make sure to drink every time I'm nursing. That's the easiest way to ensure I get fluids. Lots of proteins (peanut butter, turkey, cheese sticks), oatmeal in the morning or a protein shake. Fruit for snacks in between. My problem is I forget about eating! I just did some stretching yesterday about 20 minutes and baby and I went for a 3 mile walk round trip to get groceries today. Woot!

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• Hawk&Eye member

  June 2015

  I had mcds today partly because I am craving carbs (and not any good kinds) and partly because I wanted a hot meal. Having 2, I never eat a hot meal at home it seems. So the drive thru was all too tempting today.
  
  But I've been doing shakeology once a day and getting my water in has been a challenge but I'm working on it. I can get 5 oz after a full feed so I'm doing okay.
  
  I'm reading about fattening my milk and it seems to suggest avacados, fish, other things high in omega 3s.

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• supersarah77 member

  June 2015

  I've been losing weight as well, but slowly, so I joined Weight Watchers last weekend at 6 weeks PP. I did the same thing after DD and it worked well for me. I an adjustment from eating whatever I want as much as I want, but in a positive way. I'm paying more attention to the quality of food im consuming and aiming for a healthy balance. It's a point system not a counting calories thing, but most (all?) fruits and veggies are zero points. I still eat dessert and greasy food, just more limited than before. I gained 40 lbs with this pregnancy and as of last weekend was down about 20, so 20 to go. I'm guessing it'll take 2-3 months.
  
  Today I had cereal and coffee for breakfast, black bean and cheese taquitos for lunch, peppermint tea with honey this afternoon, and it's going to be a tuna salad sandwich and carrot sticks for dinner. I'll probably have a glass of wine and popcorn after DD goes to bed.

  Me: 38, DH: 35

  

  
  

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• saric83 member

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  I'm not thinking about anything in terms of losing weight - just eating enough to make sure I'm not decreasing my supply and to simply have enough energy to make it through the day.  

  
  

  In general, I really suck at making time to actually eat, so I'm eating a lot of smaller snacks/meals throughout the day and try to get a lot of protein and fiber and am especially trying to eat more meat to get my iron intake up.  

  
  

  A typical day might be something like toast or English muffin with peanut butter, string cheese, a Vitamuffin, Total or Basic Four cereal with milk, chicken nuggets, a sandwich, hummus with carrots or cucumbers, some kind of chocolate, and then dinner is often breakfast (egg, turkey sausage and toast). 

  
  

  For water, I'm having a hard time drinking as much as I did pre-pregnancy, but most days, I drink 75-100 ounces.

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• mars8k member

  June 2015

  For 6 weeks i've been eating a very limited diet because i was worried about my LO getting gas, now at 7 weeks i'm slowly adding more variety, my main meal is always oven baked chicken, i try to have a salad and an orange or 2 everyday but im not actively trying to lose weight since i'm naturally losing some, but maybe i should since i gained 22 kilos during my pregnancy!!

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• MrsElizabethPlano member

  June 2015 edited June 2015

  I drink 64oz of water, a tall glass of milk, 4 cups of veggies (cooked or not), 3 cups of fruit, 3 cups of protein, and I try to keep the carbs down to a cup or less but.....i get pretty hungry without them while breastfeeding. I indulge whenever I feel like it since I don't often want to, but I do avoid buying things that tempt me like ice cream and flaming hot cheetos. My husband on the other hand brings home loads of temptations >.< Also if I'm still feeling hungry I'll eat more protein and/or veggies. I was stuck on a 7lbs loss for 3 weeks and then realized I was indulging too much...so turned my focus to portion control and eating til satisfied rather than full. Lost a total of 9 pounds at 7w pp. Not working out, not feeling hungry. I did cheat for two days to control my appetite. Drank caffeine and smoked cigarettes. Back to normal now though. Just 15lbs left to lose!

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