Sun, Sep-14-08, 07:26
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,011
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 190/169/140
BF:
Progress: 42%
Location: New York
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I personally never lost much weight while breastfeeding- my appetite more than made up for my increased caloric intake! I was able to start changing my diet and exercising more when my babies were about 9mo (except for my first baby because I was pg again at that point.) I was able to lose small amounts of weight at a slow, steady pace when my kids were crawlers and toddlers, even without weaning. I didn't discover low-carb eating until well after all my kids were weaned so I have no personal experience with that.
What I would recomend is that you start off by logging your foods; see just how much you're eating now, how many carbs, etc. Do this for a few days so you get a good idea of what your average intake is, as any one day might be a little bit "off" from your average. Then slowly tweak things from there. I would do things like cut back on grains but not worry about the carbs from dairy or moderate-carb veggies, and under no circumstances would I cut back on fat while breastfeeding. Make sure you get plenty of protein too!
For example, if you find that you've been taking in 300g of carbs per day, try cutting back to 250 or 200; jumping to 30g per day is too much of a shock to your system and could affect your milk supply. Then, If reducing your carbs doesn't seem to have affected your baby or milk supply after a few days, cut back a little more- over the course of a few weeks you should find a carb intake that's safe for you and your baby and still lets you lose weight slowly.
I wouldn't do any of the official "plans" while nursing, unless you're starting with "maintenance" and willing to do LOTS of tweaking if you find your personal carb needs are higher than the plan recomends. I really think you should ease into changes extra slowly right now.
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