Calorie intake, nutrition, Weight Loss and it’s impact on breastfeeding. Does this sound good?
want to lose some weight, but I had a reeeally hard time doing that after I had my son. I gained 45lbs with this pregnancy, and I was 30lbs over weight already. I’ve lost some weight just from having the baby and losing the extra water weight, about 19lbs so far.
I exclusively breast feed, so I don’t want to affect my supply. That’s my top priority right now.
I’m still taking my prenatals, I eat a balanced diet that I make sure meets my nutritional goals even without the prenatals as well as monitor my fluid intake, nutrient intake and calorie intake on FitDay.com so I can keep better track. I’m currently eating about 2000-2100 calories a day and drinking about 80 ounces of fluids a day, though I’m shooting for 100 ounces. I haven’t started working out yet, but I plan on doing about 30 minutes of cardio a day nearly every day as soon as I feel up to it.
Does this sound good to you? Should I eat more or less?
It’s only been 2 weeks since I had my daughter, btw.
When I was pregnant with my third child, I was in excellent shape. I did thirty minutes of running with weights every single day while pregnant. I only gained twenty pounds and I delivered a healthy ten pound boy with one push. I expected losing the last of the weight to be just as simple, after all, I had done so well keeping in shape during the pregnancy. And I was breastfeeding, so I figured I would be stick thin in no time.
Well, evolution knocked me upside the head just about then and reminded me that mommies have fat stores for a reason. Our bodies are determined to hold on to what we’ve got for the sake of our little ones, who require us to be healthy to nourish them. I really didn’t lose anything while breastfeeding, no matter how hard i tried. And I saw all those magazines of all those celebrities who gained sixty pounds and lost it all in two months and they all thank breastfeeding. That’s crap. Yes, breastfeeding burns an extra 500 calories a day on average, that’s true. However, those celebrities need not thank breastfeeding. They should thank personal chefs, personal trainers, nannies, and pre-packaged everything at their disposal whenever they so desire. Also, their careers depend on their weight loss. If my boss told me to lose weight I would tell him to go fu himself, if you know what i mean. lol. Another thing, losing weight that quickly also produces harmful by-products which can be released to your baby in your breastmilk.
Soooo…I think exercising is a good idea and make sure you watch the quality of food you’re eating over everything else. Just don’t get too discouraged if your body tries to hang onto those last few pounds. It’s doing it for the baby and it will give you a break once you wean him. It sounds like you’re on your way to losing the weight, it will just take time. Meanwhile, don’t buy any of those stupid ass special interest magazines featuring celebrities on the cover who thank breastfeeding for their incredible forty five pound weight loss in three weeks. It’s bull shit!
