Successfully loosing weight while EBF

I’m three months pp and would really like to start loosing some of my baby weight now. I put weight on in my pregnancy and have a wedding in May, it’s probably a bit unrealistic but I’d like to loose a little bit before then. I thought breastfeeding would be helping me loose weight but I’m so hungry all the time 😭 has anyone managed to actually loose weight while exclusively breastfeeding?

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Yes I've lost 2 stone, breastfeeding uses up calories but in reality you still need to eat less to actually lose weight. I use a food diary and try to roughly track calories. I reduced carbs & sugar, basically banning sugar - as its addictive and makes you hungrier - instead opting for lots of fresh fruit, snacking on raw vegetable sticks with hummus or peanut butter, plain yoghurt and protein like chicken, as my snacks.

My breakfast is typically a smoothie or a piece of fruit, maybe with scrambled egg or a handful of nuts
Lunch I usually do snack plates, cucumber carrot peppers celery with hummus or peanut butter, maybe a little cheese, if I'm particularly peckish I'll have a small portion of pasta or a veg heavy omelette
Dinner I eat what I want but I opt for small portions of carb/fat and large portions of vegetables/proteins/etc

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I am struggling to loose weight 😫 but my 2021 baby i lost the weight quickly and weighted less then before I was pregnant.

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Make sure you eat plenty of protein. Protein fills you up and you can have so much of it that it’s impossible to over eat. Chicken quesadillas are amazing! I make it in crock pot and toss it on pan with tortillas, super low calorie but high in protein, it leaves room for a snack if I wanted to. Lost weight by 1 month and still have lots of milk. Just gotta make sure you drink ALOT of water. You only really need extra 400/500 calories per day while breastfeeding. Protein is your best friend and I don’t even crave snacks in between I stay full. For little nibbles i eat animal crackers lol you can only eat so much of them and they supper low in calories

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