I know I can't diet while breastfeeding. Does this mean I can't lose weight at all until I am finished breastfeeding? My daughter is 8 mths. old.
Weight Watchers has a special program for breastfeeding mothers. The points or calories are just set a little higher. It works.
L.
I am not an expert in this area as my breastfeeding trial only lasted a week with my kids!
But I would say that you probably want to stay away from any diet pills. But that you can eat the right foods, healthy which should help, also I don't think there is any reason why you can not exercise and that should help too!!
I also wanted to lose weight while i was still breastfeeding. What i heard was that it is ok to lose 1 pound a week while breastfeeding. Hope this helps.
I am a mother of four and breastfed all of them. I currently am with my 3 month old son. One down side is you lose weight so much slower than those who bottlefed their babies. You might lose some weight with exercise. Doing so will tone and help you when you stop nursing. You will lose a lot after you wean your daughter off. And the really big positive is that a nursing mother tends to keep weight off for years after the birth of the child whereas a mother who bottlefed will begin to gain it back over the years. So while we take longer to lose weight in the beginning it pays off over time.
Hey, C.:
You can diet while you are breastfeeding. Weight Watchers has an awesome program and they make allowances for women breastfeeding. I did it after my first and lost 25 pounds while breastfeeding. I'm doing it again now that I've had my second baby (but I'm not breastfeeding him anymore). It works, I'm proof!
K.
The truth is C.. Breastfeeding helps you loose that baby weight. Most women eat more than they need to because they think they need to provide for the baby. A lot of the weight that we mothers put on during pregnancy is to help support a growing baby after they are born. Dieting, meaning good well balanced is meals, is much better for you and growing baby than not dieting. Make sure you are drinking at least one 8oz glass of fluids everytime you nurse. Liquids are most important.
Hi C., There's a difference between losing weight by dieting and losing weight by excersize. It's ok, for you to lose weight by excersice, because you aren't putting anything into your body that is going to harm the baby, or alter your breastmilk. But I wouldn't overdo it, until you've talked to your doctor about how long you should excersize and what types of excersize would be more effective for you. If you had your child by c-section, the doctor may not want you start doing excersize, until he's checked out how your scar is healing. Just because something looks healed on the outside doesn't mean it's completely healed on the inside. So excersize in moderation, but check with your doctor first. One excersize you don't have to be cleared for, that is good for you and baby both, is walking. Hope this has cleared up any confusion you might have had. S.
No it just means that you're going to have to exercise regularly and watch what you eat better.
While I was breastfeeding I couldn't eat sugar or eggs even milk because the boys had really low tolerances for all of those. I dropped a lot of weight by replacing those fats with healthy mineral and vitamin filled alternatives. Of course once I was no longer restricted my calorie intake of fats and sugars went back up and so did my weight because I wasn't exercising as much to burn off those calories.
Eating for two doesn't mean eating for 2 pie eating contestants.
I READ YOUR REQUEST PLUS ALL THE OTHER RESPONSES AND THEY ARE RIGHT, I WOULDNT GO ON DIET PILLS BUT EATING HEALTHY AND DRINKING LOTS OF WATER AND EXERCISE WOULD BE THE BEST THING SO THET AFTER YOUR DONE BREAST FEEDING YOU WILL ALREADY HAVE HEALTHY EATING HABITS AND WOULD JUST HAVE TO UP THE EXCERSING. BUT FOR NOW YOUR BEST BET WOULD BE WALKING AND MAYBE SOME LIGHT WEIGHTS FOR YOUR ARMS AND LEGS. HOPE THIS HELPS. GOOD LUCK
According to La Leche League, diet does not really affect the nutritional value of breastmilk. They recommend consuming between 1500 and 1800 calories a day to give your body the energy it needs to produce the milk supply and if you wish to get fit in other ways, a daily brisk half-hour walk would help you feel good as well as losing weight.
