Trying to lose weight during breastfeeding, anyone else? :) - Page 2

Munchkin30 · Mar 27th, 2012, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by sam1984

i will weigh in with you weekly if you want in pm.
i bought myself some scales but then found out i had gone about it all the wrong way and just stopped eating so now i have planned to try not to loose anymore than 2lb a week.

oh and hv said that it is at 5-6 months that bf kicks in for weight lose

Really?wow thats ace!

i was 10st 4 pre preg, put on about a stone and a few days after lo was born i weighed 9st 13!! unfortunately 5 months later i still weigh 9st 7 and could do with losing another stone (i'm only 5ft 1) so ive joined my fitness pal. They calculate calories etc but u add on 500 for breastfeeding a young baby. Its free and its dead easy to calculate calories. sadly i keep cheating ;0

oneway · Mar 27th, 2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by sam1984

oh and hv said that it is at 5-6 months that bf kicks in for weight lose

I do hope you are right. It would be good to see the scales move in the right direction

sailing_girl · Mar 27th, 2012, 12:28 PM

It's a tough balance between keeping your supply up and losing weight. I couldn't do it in the first 6 months because when I'd lose a pound or two, my supply would tank and my daughter would be hungry and it was so frustrating for both of us. My advice is to eat healthy and moderately exercise but don't start cutting back on the calories or insanely exercising because you quite possibly will run into problems with not having enough milk to satisfy your LOs. Good luck! I'm slowly losing my pregnancy weight....it's not easy but I figure that it took me 9 months to put on so it's not going to come off fast.

Coco14 · Mar 27th, 2012, 13:00 PM

Me too! I just want cake and chocolate! I eat so much. I was 9.5 pre-preg and went up to 11.5 then down to 10.3 within two weeks of giving birth, and still there now. Was relieved not to have put any back on though!
I do love going for walks though which was put on hold for a few months due to bad back towards the end and then recovering from C-sec, so I'm hoping that now I'm all healed the walking will help!

kimmyttcno3 · Mar 27th, 2012, 16:04 PM

My daughter is 6 months now and I've been going to slimming world for the past 12 weeks and have lost just over 2 stone so far. I was worried about it affecting my supply but so far so good xx

youngwife20 · Mar 27th, 2012, 22:54 PM

Hey ladies can i join u? I find it hard dieting when bf im always hungry! I lost 2 stones in 3 weeks after having her but i think its slowed down as im sure most of it was water im about 16stones now! Pretty bad i wish i cud just loose it quickly! I havent bought a scale but i think il give myself till baby 7 weeks before i buy a scale and will weigh myself nxt at 6week checkup x

sam1984 · Mar 28th, 2012, 04:33 AM

must say though. easter is going to be really hard all that chocolate and easter eggs are always the best sort of chocolate

xsadiex · Mar 28th, 2012, 05:41 AM

My mum is a chocolatier so it's hard to escape chocolate damn it!

We've been cutting out pretty much all meat and eating lentils and chick peas and lots of vegetables - I'm hoping this will shift the weight.
It's so hard when you want to stuff your face.

At least the weather is nice, will be going on a walk to town today!

jenniferttc1 · Mar 28th, 2012, 07:06 AM

I am!
I've lost all my pregnancy weight ( the whole 20 pound haha) and I would love to loose about 10 more. Finding it VERY difficult to loose the extra weight cause breastfeeding makes me crave the worst foods, and im way too tired to workout and can't figure out how to manage going to the gym with a newborn :/ I have started taking him on morning and night walks thought

milosmum · Mar 28th, 2012, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sam1984

oh and hv said that it is at 5-6 months that bf kicks in for weight lose

I have to agree with this. I barely lost anything til after new year when he turned 3 months since then I have lost 1stone 9lb and much as I have been eating healthy meals with my DH he has not seen the dairy milk I have been eating behind his back! BF makes me soooo hungry now sometimes I even have toast before baby bedtime and my grown up healthy tea after bedtime! The weight is still coming off but I know when I start weaning him I will have to stop all this unhealthiness or it will go back on twice as fast!

Now I just wish that cadburys fruit and nut counted as one of your 5 a day!

xxx

Mar 27th, 2012, 12:28 PM	#13
sailing_girl Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 539	It's a tough balance between keeping your supply up and losing weight. I couldn't do it in the first 6 months because when I'd lose a pound or two, my supply would tank and my daughter would be hungry and it was so frustrating for both of us. My advice is to eat healthy and moderately exercise but don't start cutting back on the calories or insanely exercising because you quite possibly will run into problems with not having enough milk to satisfy your LOs. Good luck! I'm slowly losing my pregnancy weight....it's not easy but I figure that it took me 9 months to put on so it's not going to come off fast.

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Mar 27th, 2012, 13:00 PM	#14
Coco14 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1,503	Me too! I just want cake and chocolate! I eat so much. I was 9.5 pre-preg and went up to 11.5 then down to 10.3 within two weeks of giving birth, and still there now. Was relieved not to have put any back on though! I do love going for walks though which was put on hold for a few months due to bad back towards the end and then recovering from C-sec, so I'm hoping that now I'm all healed the walking will help!

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Mar 27th, 2012, 16:04 PM	#15
kimmyttcno3 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 283	My daughter is 6 months now and I've been going to slimming world for the past 12 weeks and have lost just over 2 stone so far. I was worried about it affecting my supply but so far so good xx

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Mar 27th, 2012, 22:54 PM	#16
youngwife20 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,042	Hey ladies can i join u? I find it hard dieting when bf im always hungry! I lost 2 stones in 3 weeks after having her but i think its slowed down as im sure most of it was water im about 16stones now! Pretty bad i wish i cud just loose it quickly! I havent bought a scale but i think il give myself till baby 7 weeks before i buy a scale and will weigh myself nxt at 6week checkup x

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Mar 28th, 2012, 04:33 AM	#17
sam1984 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 631	must say though. easter is going to be really hard all that chocolate and easter eggs are always the best sort of chocolate

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Mar 28th, 2012, 05:41 AM	#18
xsadiex Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: West sussex Posts: 2,848	My mum is a chocolatier so it's hard to escape chocolate damn it! We've been cutting out pretty much all meat and eating lentils and chick peas and lots of vegetables - I'm hoping this will shift the weight. It's so hard when you want to stuff your face. At least the weather is nice, will be going on a walk to town today!

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Mar 28th, 2012, 07:06 AM	#19
jenniferttc1 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: US Posts: 10,769	I am! I've lost all my pregnancy weight ( the whole 20 pound haha) and I would love to loose about 10 more. Finding it VERY difficult to loose the extra weight cause breastfeeding makes me crave the worst foods, and im way too tired to workout and can't figure out how to manage going to the gym with a newborn :/ I have started taking him on morning and night walks thought

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