weightloss and BF?

[Mum0809]

Have you looked into weight watchers. They have plans you can do while breastfeeding. I am looking at starting it. It looks pretty good.

[Nadine216]

Congratulations on your healthy boy!!! WOW 4.9kg. You don't need to exercise ... you can just lift him up and cuddle him all day!!

I read in a baby mag (OMG I am not sure it was in a magazine ... I can't remember where I read it!!! ) just last week about dropping kg's after breastfeeding. They said the secret is this:

Don't eat twice as much, eat twice as healthy

Made sense to me
On the exercise, start slowly. Walking with bub in a pram is always a good idea, get your heart pumping and your endorphines flowing ... and burn some fat. Just wait till after your 6 week check-up. My gyne told me I can start walking when I can climb two flights of steps without getting out of breath or having discomfort.

HTH! Goodluck!

[Danielle]

really jojo? weightwatchers do a diet for breastfeeding mothers? oh yipppeee!! I will have to look into it, thankyou so much for letting me know, probbaly be good for bub too I imagine getting all healthy food as well.

Nadine thats hallarious but true i could just lift that little heavyweight all day huh? he hurts my back when i hold him too long hehe. It does make sense too to eat more healthy not twice as much, its hard though I have an uncontrollable hunger since breastfeeding its unreal!

Thanks girls I will look into weightwatchers I think, sounds like a great idea

[Sequoia]

Danielle, I'm starting WW next week after the all clear at my 6 weeks appt. Because I'm in the middle of nowhere I'm doing it online.

HTH.

SG
xo

[jpiers]

Congratulations on your baby boy!

[Nettie]

Nadine- thanks for the 'eat twice as healthy' thing... that's my new mantra!

I very proudly lost 18 kgs before falling pregnant.. I'm now back where I was before I lost all my weight and I haven't lost much since giving birth.. as I'm only expressing my milk and not technically 'breastfeeding' - I'm not sure that it's helping with the traditional BF weight loss thing.

I've been walking most days since my first week home from hossy - trouble is I too am hungry all the time and never can be bothered with getting the healthy food. Eating a lot of bread & crap food (mmm chocolate!) which is definately not helping me!

Think I'll get a nice big bowl full of fruit to snack on (good one-handed food!) and will try to plan out some meals to eat 'twice as healthy'!!

Tried some sit ups & push ups the other day and think I'll have to start all over again there! Could only manage 3 push ups! Was up to 20 before falling pregnant!

Good luck to everyone for their weight loss!