BF and BMI

[mickey]

I am getting quite concerned about my weight!

I didn't check it so far, but I can see in the mirror that I've lost a lot of weight!

as known you should not diet whilst breastfeeding I am wondering now if there is a certain BMI were to stop BF at?

does anybody know?

I feel like my storage is empty and my body does not know from what to produce the milk anymore!

I try to eat as much as possible (three meals a day and fruits in between), but obviously it is to less!

is there anything specific, I can eat to keep my weight up?

thx guys

 

[Kina]

I would try eating lots of carbs etc. Healthy high calories foods, not processed foods with lots of saturated fats

People in 3rd world countries still produce milk to breastfeed, so I wouldn't worry too much about it

 

[Lucy]

Hi Mickey

Some people find that BFing makes them lose a lot of weight, I've read on different occasions how it supposedly burns 200 or 500 or 1000 calories a day!
For me I don't tend to lose weight at all whilst bfing but my sister had the same as yourself - she was eating 5 small and healthy meals a day with some fruit inbetween and she lost a lot of weight and became 7lbs lighter than her normal pre pregnancy weight

 

[mickey]

I'm just worried that I'm getting underweight as I ever was more at the edge of having ideal weight and being underweight before pregnancy!

my metabolism seems to work quite quickly and those extra calories burnt by breastfeeding are adding up!

will check my weight on the weekend and I will get in touch with a breastfeeding centre as I am really concerned

 

[Serene123]

Wow the whole BF weight loss thing works then?!

 

[mickey]

obviously it is different from person to person!

but a friend of me also shrunk!

I just googled for high calorie foods and so far I am eating all of it: pasta, meat, poultry, eggs, cereals...

firstly, I will try to eat more (just need to find the time for it!!!) and if this does not help, I will go and see my GP!

I called the women from la leche league and she gave me this advice

 

[Kina]

I weigh less now than I did prepregnancy, but am still too heavy. Shame Alex has stopped breastfeeding, could have done with losing a few more pounds lol

 

[mickey]

possibly the dream of everybody: to eat more

but honestly, I just can't eat mountains, but I am also not eating kids portions!

well, I just try to eat sth whenever I have time in between the baby and leave the housework, what I always try to do in between, for OH to do.

good excuse I have

 

[Lucy]

Sounds like you've got really healthy eating habits as well, I'm sure I'd be a few stone lighter if I didn't eat all the chocolate, cakes and biscuits! I just have no will power and when I'm tired I crave sweet things. I do a fair amount of exercise though so I hope I'm destined to end up pre-pregnancy weight and not this 2 stone overweight lardy that I am !!

 

[mickey]

I can dig into chocolates as well, especially at the moment as they provide energy

a whole package of after eight in a day isn't a problem for me at all

 

[mickey]

I checked my weight again

29/02/08

I had 9st 3lb - 58.6kg; my height was 5' 1.8'' - 1.57m - BMI 23.7

02/04/08

I had 9st 0lb - 57.0kg; my height was 5' 2.2'' - 1.58m - BMI 22.8

I lost approx 3lb - 1.6kg in a month

is that much

 

[Kina]

I wouldn't say that was a lot, but then I've always wanted to lose weight.

Also you seem to be at quite a healthy weight for your height, I know the minimum I can get down to at Weight Watchers for my height (5' 6") is 8st 12lb.

 

[mickey]

the print out from the scale states, I can get down as far as about 46 kg in order to still have a healthy BMI

I weighed myself obviously with clothes, so I think I have to deduct another kg for that, but then I still would have about 10 kg on storage

so, I think I do not have to worry to much, but considering I will keep on bf, I possibly will continue to loose weight

 

[Helen]

Hi mickey

I had/have the exact same problem as you. I lost a stone in 4 weeks BF my two. Very scary at the time and I found that I didn't get an awful lot of sympathy or understanding. It seemed to stabilise out at a stone under what I was pre-PG which I think is far too thin for me (size 8 and 8 3/4 stone)

I stopped BF Charlotte nearly 3 months ago and Tom nearly 2 months ago but I've only managed to put on a few pounds so far. Up to 9 stone.

I ate as much as I possibly could while I was BF even taking bananas to bed with me for a snack in the night cos that BF made me hungry! LOL! HV suggested making myself some calorific smoothies but I didn't really have the time to faff with that. I found it hard though because I have a healthy diet and it's difficult to change your ways to remember to eat biscuits or something to add easy calories.

I weigh myself when I take the children to the clinic to be weighed to keep an eye on things. I felt that way the HV also started to take me seriously when I insisted each time on being weighed.

Good luck. Keep your eye on your weight.

 

[mickey]

now, I start my day with a big bowl of musli containing nuts as nuts are supposed to have a lot of calories

like this I feel much more energetic during the day