
Tameika - posted on 03/29/2012 ( 67 moms have responded )
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Breast feeding spose to make u lose weight but I'm not what am I doing wrong / need a work of buddy to walk track or something anybody up for it mother of 1 age 29
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Vero - posted on 06/09/2013
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I' been trying to loose weight..i have done verything in reach to loose weight. I run alot and excercise frently.i am geting muscle but its under the fat i already have the first 6 weeks i lot the baby weight but..i notice that since then i have gained it back... i dont know what do..ps i ve been nursing for over 1 years...im starting to go depressed..
Shelly - posted on 04/03/2012
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Producing milk uses a lot of calories, so it does help in that regard. However, whether it will help you loose weight or not seems to depend on the person, as well as your general nutritional habits. For me, as long as I was breastfeeding, I lost weight or stayed the same, but when I stopped, I gained. Others that I have talked to said the opposite, that as long as they were breastfeeding they stayed on "pregnancy mode" where the body seems to try to hang on to all the extra pounds. It wasn't until they stopped nursing that they were able to loose the extra weight. So it really varies from one person to another. It definitely worked for me, but not for others.
Angela - posted on 04/01/2012
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I didn't have any issues weaning my daughter. She was 14 months old when I weaned her. I started introducing cow's milk when she was a year old and I just slowly started taking out nursings during the day until we were down to only right before bed nursings. Then I started giving her a sippy cup with cow's milk and holding her until she fell asleep. I don't think she even realized by then that she wasn't nursing anymore. It was super easy for me, I've heard of others that have had a hard time with it but I think if you're patient and understanding eventually it'll will work out. Good luck with everything (weaning and weightloss).
Shauna - posted on 03/30/2012
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Okay, so I know a lot of people say breastfeeding can help you lose weight. However, each situation is different. I think breastfeeding made me so hungry, and you're only supposed to eat an extra 300? calories a day or something like that. So I really started to drop the pounds better once I weaned my son after 13 months. Then I got pregnant again (planned) and up is my weight once more, but yeah. I just wanted to let you know that I think you'll find your appetite drops to more normal levels once you're finished nursing, or at least it did for me.
Ania - posted on 04/26/2012
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Lady...walking is not enough to loose weight...healthy diet is a must and add some serious exercise for confidence boost. Start with getting rid off junk and processed food from your diet start eating veggies and control your portions. BF helped me loose weight, but it is not a rule it depends on a lot of things. I breastfed exclusively no formula no other food for 6 months (that's when I became 10 lbs lighter when I was even before getting pregnant) and my child BF constantly during that period. Every hour at the beggining for the first 2 months and from then every 2 hours on average. I ate a normal diet. I've never changed the way a I ate during pregnancy or after. Still during pregnancy I've gained 37 lbs so it was enough...