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12 Mar 2024

Losing weight with breastfeeding

As soon as your baby is born, all you want to do is watch your figure slim down and lose weight.

  • The good news if you've chosen to breastfeed your baby is that breastfeeding will help you lose the pregnancy pounds.
  • That's right, during the 9 months that you carried your baby, your body built up reserves to provide rich milk for your newborn.
  • And it is precisely from these reserves that it will draw to produce each liter of milk necessary for your little one.
  • So forget about dieting, just go back to your pre-pregnancy diet and you'll be back on track effortlessly.
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Jessica
7 Jan 2024

So in 2023 my weight went from 157 pounds while 7 months pregnant, to 97 pounds while sick and breastfeeding to 102 lbs after breastfeeding for almost a year and having literal skin flaps where my boobs used to be and I started working out and drinking protein shakes. So I guess this is my healthy weight at 5'5? Lol I'm just vibing out with my weight atp

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❣️𝒦𝒶𝓎𝓁𝒶 & 𝓚𝓪𝓶𝓲❣️
Almost there I believe 😊
7 Jan 2024

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Xena
114 is the best place to be, but I personally am aiming for 130
7 Jan 2024

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Eshe 🧘🏾‍♀️
18 Oct 2023

The amount of food I have to eat to keep up w breastfeeding is crazy. I'm always hungry. This is the thickest I've ever been. I have jeans I can't fit now lol they said I would lose weight breastfeeding. I'm here to tell u thats BULLSHIT 😂😂

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Saleena
Lmao, I felt this. I lost 2lbs since having my son. 16 years ago, the weight dropped off like it was nothing 😅
18 Oct 2023

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Eshe 🧘🏾‍♀️
lol same. I've never nt been able to fit my jeans. My first 2 children I didn't breastfeed and I was back to being paper thin immediately, this time I don't see myself losing weight at all unless I eat right or workout. And I'm straight on both at the moment 😂
18 Oct 2023

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Angel
29 Aug 2023

Heyyy moms 😂😂 I was keeping my weight off when I was breastfeeding but now that I have them on formula due to not being able to produce enough for the TWINS 😩🥴 I’m gaining my weight back….

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Danielle 🦦🪷
Mannn this weight doesn’t wanna melt off of me like it did with my first. Once this gym opens near my house tho ima get in there. It’s too hot outside for me to be out there
29 Aug 2023

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Angel
It’s superrrr hot, yeaaa this tummy and side fat gotta go
29 Aug 2023

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Cryss
17 Mar 2023

Hey mamas I need y’all’s advice ! So after this pregnancy I gained a lot of weight and it’s been hard to get it off I’ve been working out constantly but as they say exercise is 20% and your diet is the 80% They say weight loss start in the kitchen cool…. How I usually lose weight when I need to lose weight before an event is the egg diet or I’ll do a water fast but because I’m breastfeeding I can’t do any diet rn because apparently it’s not good to knock your body into ketosis while breastfeeding because it can affect your baby 😩 I’m going out of town in 3 weeks and I am not comfortable in my skin AT ALL like I need to drop some of this baby weight off! Like I’m far out of my weight bracket so I’ve been working on getting it off but I definitely don’t wanna travel with this weight so I wanted to lose a few pounds……Ok so what I wanted to know if y’all think I could do a 3 or 5 day diet and not breastfeed for those 3-5 days like pump but not give the baby the milk and dump it out for those days to jump start this weight loss and once I start eating carbs again then go back to breastfeeding because I’m an over supplier so I have the milk to give I just don’t know if I should I got 3 weeks to drop some weight and I know the diet will work to lose the weight….What do y’all think I should do ?

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Margie
Hi there! With my first my doctor said it was ok to do keto as long as I drink a lot of water a lot ! I would call the doctor an ask what they think I wanted to do it while pregnant since I was before I was pregnant with my first but he didn’t recommend it so I stop and got back on it right after having my daughter was just told to drink a lot of water for the keto diet I was also breastfeeding that is why he said to keep up with water due to making sure I had enough milk for the baby! good luck mama hope you burn that weight before going on your trip!❤️🙏
17 Mar 2023

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Cryss
Thank you so much mama 💕 I appreciate it ! I’ll definitely call my doc and ask her I didn’t know that!
17 Mar 2023

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Famta
1 Mar 2023

Ok so ummm...... I'm getting to damn big with this breastfeeding. Has anyone successfully went in a diet, lost weight, and still was able meet there baby breastfeeding needs??

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🍹Jenni
Here I thought breastfeeding made u Lose weight fast! Wth
1 Mar 2023

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Famta
I'm sure it can but the hunger and thirst is unbearable and I give in.
1 Mar 2023

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Felicia
16 Feb 2023

After having my almost 8lb baby 10 days ago I’m down 18lbs, I’m hoping breastfeeding helps me lose the remaining baby weight 🤞🏼

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🌸🦋🍀Olivia🍀🦋🌼
Yes that will help you lose some weight
16 Feb 2023

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Felicia
Only 15lbs To go 😩 you look great! Are you breastfeeding too?
16 Feb 2023

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Cryss
13 Feb 2023

I really hate all this weight that I’ve gained after the baby 😩 what are y’all experience with weight loss and breast feeding ? Because I heard it makes you lose weight or is it something they just say ? Did breastfeeding make you lose weight ??????

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Amiya
Idk I’m still breastfeeding and I’m only 2 week’s postpartum
13 Feb 2023

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Cryss
Yeah same here but Im a month in
13 Feb 2023

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Queen Cici👑
19 Jan 2023

How long did it take y’all to lose weight from breastfeeding? This question is for those who breastfed and lost weight.

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Blocked user
I feel like the less I feed the less I weigh. Hard 2 tell after getting the birth control shot but I've lost 50 lbs
19 Jan 2023

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Kenosha 🔥
You care More about losing weight after Birth then caring for Your child huh this is why 20 year olds like you Dont need children
19 Jan 2023

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stephanie
9 Oct 2022

is pumping the same as breastfeeding? well almost like breastfeeding,,, like i heard breastfeeding helps u lose weight and it’s better . but for example what if baby doesn’t wanna latch on to the boob . can i pump and it will be almost the same ??

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Joy
Yes I had to pump bc my daughter wouldn't latch and I just put the milk in a bottle and gave it to her
9 Oct 2022

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stephanie
okay thanks cus i wasn’t sure 😁
9 Oct 2022

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Sofia
26 Sep 2022

Has anyone been told to stop breastfeeding from your baby's doctor because he is 7 ounces under weight from birth weight.Ao she told me to stop breastfeeding after a week if he doesn't gain weight. But he's been having formula also since he was born. But to blame my breast milk. Because he's 9lbs 2 ounces. But he was born at 9 lbs 9 ounces. I feel this doctor is not saying it right. What do y'all think? And yes my milk did come in which is why I don't understand. To discourage a breastfeeding mom is sad

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Jenn
I can understand supplementing formula after putting him to breast but not to just stop breastfeeding.
26 Sep 2022

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Jenn
How old is he?
26 Sep 2022

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