Artechim - I'm not a dietician - but I think you can have around 1500 cals a day when breastfeeding?? If you are wanting to lose weight, but I dont generally think its recommended.. Even if you had 1800cals a day and did some exercise, you should still lose weight :-)
Hi ladies, can i jump on the weightloss wagon?
DDis nearly 7 months, i put a whopping 30kg's when UTD. I have lost 23, 7 to go and it has stopped falling off.
Would like to TTC#2 in a few months but not before shedding the last of my pregnancy weight.
I have to fit into SOME of my clothes!
Looking for all the tips and advice i can get.
Hi Gracie - I don't think Optifast is recommended for pregnant/breastfeeding mums as it is a very low calorie diet.
You'll be surprised by what a little excersise can do for weight loss. Eating a moderated diet as well as excersising for 30 minutes EVERY day will help. The trick when excersising is to start your half hour when your heart rate is high (usually 10 minutes into a fast walk or jog) and maintain that heart rate for the entire 30 minutes.
Gracie, Optifast is definately a no no for pregnant and breastfeeding mums. Not only becasue its a very low calorie diet but if taken 2 or 3 times a day it increase the levels of something in your blood which can be toxic to bub.
Ange, looks like a lot of us here are thinking that calorie counting is a good option.
Arte, I just looked in my calorie counter book and it says to add an additional 500 calories per day for breastfeeding mums. Also the daily calorie alowance for weightloss is 1200-1500 calories so you could have 1700 - 2000 calories per day and still lose weight!
Amy, I'm soo the same. I was mean't to start my diet on Monday, but I've caved pretty much every day. I HAVE to get on the wagon today! And yes, I've decided that I am going to allow myself some chocolate once per week only. And any other time I have a craving it's a cup of jarrah Chocolatte' for me.
I'm still BF'ing too, so i'm going to aim at 1700 Cals a day. I need a calorie counter book thingi!
I find if a skip meals my milk is really effected, so from today it is healthy nutritional meals only.
Every Thursday i walk with some mums and bubs, we do about 5km's, problem is we go to the bakery afterwards! Will have a salad sanga today, no treats.
Charlismumma- jarrah chocolatte sounds yummo, are they allowed? I've been on the aktavite to help my milk, well that might just be a good excuse because i love it! Might have to switch. (BTW my little girl was born on the 28/9 )
Hi Ange, you can buy a calorie counter book from the newsagents. They are really handy to have! You could still have someting a little yummy from the bakery as long as you count it in your calories. EG a scone with butter and jam is 180 calories. An iced cupcake is abot 140 calories and a friand is about 170.
Don't give up on your actavite as it probably is good for your milk supply. Just have it with low fat milk. Oh, and if you're anything like I am with milo, don't go overboard with how much you put in.
The Jarrah's are good. Only about 60 calories each but they aren't very nutricious.
Welcome to all our new ladies. Well I've been good and I didn't even have any of the Roses chocolates that one of the patients gave us yesterday. YAY there is a first time for everything!!! I really do struggle on what to have for lunches but now with Mel's meal plan I'm getting my lunches under control too and I'm even feeling better so I actually have some energy to do some exercise. I can't believe I've been on this healthy eating for three weeks now and I've only had a handful of chicken chips. This is the best I've ever gone. I think I just needed the right motivation and what better motivation than TTC.
Charli'smumma - I too have replaced my hot milk milo's with Jarrah hot chocolate which is actually quite yummy. What day is your weigh in?
Ange - Keeping your milk supply adequate is your main priority so definitely don't skip any meals and that what help your weight loss either. Like the other girls have said add more calories and exercise and you should lose weight without affecting your milk.
I can't go back any further, silly computer so hi to all the other ladies.
argh - I worked out what weight I'd have to be to be under 29 BMI - I'd have to be a weight I've not been since I was 16.
I'm over the 40+ bmi at the moment (not as bad as I was at xmas time where I was 53bmi), my goal is to be in the 30s by August/Sept. Then hopefully close to the magical 29 by the end of the year.
Wow, Alioops & Punkin, you are both doing sooo well! Punkin, do you mind if I ask how much weight you've lost so far???
Well, I've actually been really good this week. Not so good on the exercise part but eating wise I've been very motivated. I am seriously a chocoholic but I have not had any choc now for 5 days. My weigh in day is Tuesday so I'll let you know how I go.
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