Weight loss while breast feeding, please help?!

mvankooij · 07-16-2008, 10:15 AM

My new baby is 3 and 1/2 months old and I am still breast feeding. I gained a lot of weight during my second pregnancy and need to lose some weight. Can anyone suggest how.

**patricias213** · 07-29-2008, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mvankooij

My new baby is 3 and 1/2 months old and I am still breast feeding. I gained a lot of weight during my second pregnancy and need to lose some weight. Can anyone suggest how.

Glad to hear you are breastfeeding. I had planned to breastfed my baby but i just couldn't.

You can safely lose 1 to 2 pounds while breastfeeding , nothing more. There is a diet plan on babycenter.com for breastfeeding moms, you can check that out. Start a working out at least 3 times for the week. Thats a good start there.

Freckles · 08-04-2008, 08:33 AM

Breast feeding is great. I breast fed all three of my children. The only thing is by the third I had gained a lot of weight. After my third child I decided to join weight watchers. They set me up on a plan so that I ate enough to keep producing milk and still lost weight. Basically the just figured out how many points I was allowed because of my size and then added extra to allow me to still breast feed. The program worked great for me. During that time I lost 35 pounds. The program was nice because it allowed me to get out and socialize for an hour a week without children. Don't get me wrong, the program is children friendly and when I had to I took the children, but it was nice to be with other adults and actually hold a conversion.

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mvankooij Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Africa, Pretoria Posts: 1	Weight loss while breast feeding, please help?! My new baby is 3 and 1/2 months old and I am still breast feeding. I gained a lot of weight during my second pregnancy and need to lose some weight. Can anyone suggest how.

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08-04-2008, 08:33 AM	#3
Freckles Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I live in TX Posts: 6	Breast feeding is great. I breast fed all three of my children. The only thing is by the third I had gained a lot of weight. After my third child I decided to join weight watchers. They set me up on a plan so that I ate enough to keep producing milk and still lost weight. Basically the just figured out how many points I was allowed because of my size and then added extra to allow me to still breast feed. The program worked great for me. During that time I lost 35 pounds. The program was nice because it allowed me to get out and socialize for an hour a week without children. Don't get me wrong, the program is children friendly and when I had to I took the children, but it was nice to be with other adults and actually hold a conversion.