weight loss while breastfeeding

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I'd like to safely lose weight with out my milk supply being affected & after coming across a whole heap of conflicting info, I thought I'd come here and ask for other people's ideas and/or experiences with weight loss while breastfeeding. Thanks in advance

[onthefly]

Hi,
You can find some info here
I think the main concern is with losing weight very quickly, and 'fad' diets that may mean you end up deficient in certain nutrients, etc.

[beansbeans!]

Its definitely possible. Ive lost 30+kgs whilst breastfeeding. You need to eat healthy, watch your portion sizes, keep well hydrated. Wear a good bra, and exercise after you have breastfed, this helps preventing mastitis, and to be honest its a heap more comfortable. imo I would definitely avoid any fad diets, the shake ones, and any change in diet that is not focused on delivering you healthy, well rounded meals.

[Now we're 3]

I think I was just lucky in that my weight just plummeted when I was breastfeeding. I had only put on about 8 maybe 9kg during pregnancy and lost 20kg when breastfeeding (including what i'd put on). DS wasn't big but was back to pre pregnancy weight within weeks and believe me I was eating so much it wasn't funny. Good food but lots and lots of biccies etc too. However we had a horrific time trying to get breast feeding established - DS wouldn't feed milk went away etc etc - so I reckonmy body had to word super hard to produce milk hence the weight loss. I went back down to the weight I had been when I was about 23. Unfortunately once I stopped at 18 months bit by bit those damn kilos crept back on. At pre pregnancy weight now but would be happy to lose 5-6 kg.