I hope I will be able to answer some of these important questions that I also had when I was trying to lose weight while breastfeeding. Most importantly how could I stick to this and how could I successfully lose all this baby weight? What would be my breastfeeding keto macros?’ How would Keto affect my breast milk supply? Is it safe to go into ketosis while breastfeeding? The questions going around in my mind were I must add that I had previously had some success with Atkins while nursing my second child so I knew something along the low carb route would work for me. Secondly, I was taking care of my other 4 kids, so I needed to find a way of losing weight that didn’t mean spending hours in the gym and that wouldn’t affect my milk supply. I was genuinely having difficulty losing weight while breastfeeding. ![]() There were two major issues, Firstly I was exclusively breastfeeding my 3-month-old baby. I had actually gained approximately 22 pounds after the baby had been born which bought my total weight gain up to 55 pounds since I got pregnant. I was always tired even if I had a full night’s sleep.Īt this point, I needed to face my fears and decided it was high time I stepped on that scale. My knees were aching as I walked up and down the stairs and I was out of breath vacuuming the house. When I looked at photographs of myself, I genuinely didn’t recognize who I had become. When the baby was born in April, I hadn’t realized how much weight I had put on until I saw that I was overtaking my husband in portion sizes at dinner time. I was eating nonstop and the weight was piling on considering I had a hyperemesis gravidarumpregnancy where I was vomiting literally every day. I kept asking myself ‘why am I not losing weight while breastfeeding?’. ![]() It’s a common misconception that the weight will just melt off the more you breastfeed.įor me, it seemed that the more I breastfed the more weight I was gaining. ‘Don’t worry breastfeeding will get you back in your pre-pregnancy jeans in no time’ they said. Please read my disclosure policy for more information. ![]() As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The links below may be affiliate links.
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