Breast feeding weight gain!

Omg. Has anyone experienced a crazy amount of weight gain from breastfeeding. I gained 12 lbs of fat in 6 months! How the hell do I get it off without dropping my milk supply?!

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Unfortunately yes, I was so sick when I was pregnant and lost weight and now I’ve gained it all back and then some 🥲

Eat lots of protein and healthy fats to keep supply high and less simple carbs. Also make sure you're moving your body throughout the day. If you want some free resources to help with this check out my website: www.kbhealthcoach.ca

I lost quite a bit of weight over the first year postpartum (now a stone lighter than my pre pregnancy weight) without impacting milk supply (still BF my son who is 15 months) - key is just to lose weight gradually. Dont try and go on any overly restrictive faddy diets. Research shows losing 2kgs or less a month should not affect supply- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9478032/

As others have said, prioritise healthy foods, protein, fruit and veg and don't overly restrict carbs or you'll be more likely to binge. For me the key to sustained weight loss is healthy eating + weight training. Cardio alone doesn't cut it at least for me anyway so I aim to do 2x weight training sessions and 1x cardio session a week. If I can only fit 2x workouts in then I prioritise the weight training ones.

Good luck!

Yes. With both my pregnancies, I lose weight when pregnant and gain while breastfeeding.

Im 10 weeks pp. I tried to wear a maternity dress today and it was too snug around my thighs. I gained 35lbs during pregnancy. Lost just over 15lbs in the first few weeks. Now I’ve gained most of that back. My sugar cravings while breastfeeding are out of control. I didn’t have cravings like this during the pregnancy. The struggle is real.

I gained so much due to pregnancy/breastfeeding! I was worried about my supply dipping but i’m in a calorie deficit and i’ve managed to lose 15lbs in just 7 weeks without it affecting my supply!

I use the app nutracheck, when u fill in ur details it will ask if your breastfeeding and add the extra calories on for you.

Alongside calorie counting I made sure I was eating balanced meals and getting my 5 a day in, try to go on a walk every day and if I ever have the time (which is rarely) i’ll do a workout.

Hope this helps :)

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Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

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What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

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Anyone else extremely sad and anxious to leave their first born😭

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I’m so sad and anxious about leaving him

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