Nursing moms who calorie count

Gummybear · April 2012

I am slipping into bad habits so I am tracking again. Right after I had the baby I used Spark People and just added 500 calories onto their recommendations since baby was EBF.

Since I am working out so much more I have switched to MyFitnessPal since it has better calculations. Baby is now almost 9 months. I still breastfeed, but she eats a lot of food as well. I'd say I nurse 6 times a day and once at night.

I think I should maybe only give myself an extra 200-300 calories now, since my milk is not her only source of nutrition. Thoughts? What do you give yourself and how much are you nursing?

jillybean222 · April 2012

I BF exactly the same as you do and our babies are the same age but I still use 500 as my magic number. My disclaimer is that I am not a true calorie counter...I just ball park it. I eat ice cream and other crap but I try to make sure I only really indulge once a day or every couple days....but I keep eating my kids Easter candy so I'm sure things are going downhill quickly!!!

Kaley28 · April 2012

I give myself 200 cals/day. My DD is 15 months, but still nurses quite a bit (appx 5x daily).

kat.in.the.hat · April 2012

I didn't calorie count while BFing, but I did WW and they took away points when we added in solid foods.

I'd stick with 500 for now if it's working for you and you're losing weight. If you stall, then cut back those BFing calories. But if it's not broke, don't fix it.

Cinco · April 2012

I think you just need to play around with it. I set up My Fitness Pal to lose a half pound a week vs. one pound to account for Bfing. It worked well in the beginning, but I have hit a plateau. I've tried increasing and decreasing calories and nothing seems to change the scale. At this point, I feel like all I can do is eat clean, exercise, and not obsess over the scale. The last 5-10 will come off someday. Hopefully

Gummybear · April 2012

Thanks ladies.

I've haven't lost weight in months -- I have been kind of at a happy weight (actually gained a pound or two) when I started lifting 4-5 days a week -- but I am smaller in size. I just have been getting lazy with my eating and while it has not reflected on the scale yet, I feel gross and binge-y.

I'd like to lose 5 more pounds, but I am not sure I will while I still BF. With my first I help on to a bit of weight until I weaned. I think I'll just play around with it and see what happens.

KrisO · April 2012

Late to the party, but I am stil nursing my twenty-one month old, anywhere from two to four times a day. I use 200 calories, and since the end of February, I have lost about six lbs, and I am stuck. Does seem to matter what I do, and the same thing happened when I was still nursing my DD who is almost 4. I am frustrated bc I have a good at least ten lbs to go, and no matter what I do nothing happens. I feel better, look better, and am just trying to focus on beng healthy and wean him.

Hopefully when he is done, the last lbs will go ( either with or without some hard work!)

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