Gaining weight

Hi mommies. I’m a mom of 2under2, I’m breastfeeding my youngest, and I’m losing so much weight.

I wanted to find out what are the quickest ways to gain weight while breastfeeding?

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Protien!! And healthyish snacks. You are burning lots of calories just by producing breastmilk xx

How old is your youngest? I found i was losing weight but when bubs started solids and slowly started having less and less milk and now it's flying back on 😅😭

thanks mama

she is 1 month 😭 I’m a long way from solids

You’re welcome! I know the feeling! I lost a lot of weight during pregnancies to gestational diabetes and then exclusively pumping and in the beginning I dropped 2 dress sizes as well as 10-12kg along with the initial weight drop after birth lol didn’t take long of snacking and having 3/4 smallish meals a day to put it back on tho🙄🤣🥰 xx

What kinds of snacks did you eat if you don’t mind me asking? 😭

Anything and everything, I’m not a very healthy or health conscious person🤦🏼‍♀️ never have been lol but I did research some oats, peanut butter and chocolate chip protein balls or something along those lines! My bubs is 18mo now so this was a while ago! Haha and in general some meats and crackers lol xx

You might also see a difference when your supply levels out between 8-12 weeks. My weight loss slowed significantly then and it seemed to be common within my mums group but the gain came in hard when the solids drop came.

Honestly gain is just about calories in v calories out and making milk uses a lot. Snacking on pretty much anything or increasing your portions to increase your calories will help you gain weight . Protein helps your body grow so is a good thing to increase your serves of like Rebecca said 🫶

Good luck xxx

I recommend 'energy balls' made of oats, peanut butter (or any other nut butter) cocoa and if you want to add even more - flax seeds for more fats (but they change the taste a bit) and then you might add some sugar/honey for even more kick and quick effect!
Also loads of different proteins!

But change what you eat! I am afraid I was eating those above too much when the baby was tiny and now he has an allergic reaction whenever I eat anything from above..!

Now I lose weight and it's so hard to stop it!

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