When did you lose weight, breastfeeding

I lost weight with my first in the first few weeks or so but he was an absolute guzzler! It soon went back on once I finished 🙈
Didn’t shift any with my second but then she took less, I was older (middle aged spread?) and we were in lockdown so not as active.

I was the exception in that I couldn’t not gain weight when breastfeeding. I got thinner and thinner. 3 weeks pp, I was the lightest I’ve ever been as an adult. But I also did not eat any extra calories as I wasn’t hungry. Most of my friends were the complete opposite.

I still looked pregnant for the first 3 months EBF my first but after 6 months the weight melted off and I was the smallest I’d been as an adult. Piled it back on when I stopped.
Everyone is different just like every baby is different!

I wish I could remember what it was called but I used to use something online that told you interesting info/tips and benefits each week you were breastfeeding. I remember the 7 (maybe 9?) month+ mark was a ‘fat burning period’ because of the age of your baby and composition of the milk. It’s certainly been true for me both times- I lost loads of weight from this point onwards. I think most people have stopped by this point though or aren’t feeding as much.

I carried around an extra stone during my long winded 4 year breastfeeding slog with my youngest. The stone more or less dropped off when I stopped

It took a good 2/3 but then the weight dropped quickly also helped by the fact I was dairy free for my sons allergies. I lost a good couple of stone.

When I started eating more. My lifestyle is pretty healthy but I wasn’t eating enough calories and my body was holding onto the weight. Once I was, it began coming off.

About two years after I stopped.

I didn't. BF made me ravenous. I ate so much. and even put on weight initially. Took a good 18 month to lose all the pregnancy weight. I think it's a bit of a myth that women lose weight whilst BF.

I didn't lose any weight until I stopped, but then it came off easily and I was soon back in all my old clothes. I was 42 as well, so there's always hope!

When my youngest started sleeping through the night at 5 years old and I stopped eating sugar to keep me going through the tiredness.

Breastfeeding / not breastfeeding made no difference it was the tiredness that was my issue.

Not much in first 3-4 months, most of it when DD was bigger and consuming more milk between 3-8 months

I never lost weight until I stopped breastfeeding. My mum and sister were both stick thin from it but for some reason it just never did the same for me. As soon as I stopped it dropped off fast.

It worked for me.

But then I'd only put a stone on because of sickness.

Lost two stone very quickly - but I know it doesn't affect everyone the same way. And really, it's not ideal to be lighter and thinner than you were before pregnancy

Apart from the initial drop of weight immediately after birth, I didn’t lose the rest of the weight until I completely stopped breastfeeding and then a substantial amount dropped off really quickly (a couple of dress sizes almost over night!)
this happened with both my babies!

I sat on the sofa EBF and scoffing chocolate. By the time baby was five months old I was smaller than I was before conceiving.

Nope I was soooo hungry and thirsty bf. I had to diet it off once I stopped

I stayed the same the entire 21 months I breastfed DD - literally nothing I did shifted it and I ate and ate at times and didn't put anything on either.

At 19 months PP I started to feel a change in myself, like my hormones were back to pre-pregnancy and I felt myself again. Thought that was my chance to make a diet actually stick, but ended up pregnant again on the exact cycle. Whoops 🙈

Can probably hope to start a proper weight loss journey sometime in 2027...

I was one of those people who piled the weight on bf. Apparently that’s a thing. 2 years later and I’m still slowly losing the weight. I barely gained a stone during pregnancy but piled on another 3 afterwards during that postpartum period - the bf hunger is a thing! I’d also had a section so was delayed getting back into my usual exercise etc which didn’t help.

For me, it changed - with one of them, it was when I stopped feeding.

I weighed less 3 months post partum than pre pregnancy with both of mine.

They both fed constantly, DS hourly, day and night. Dd had dairy/soy allergy so my diet was heavily restricted and the weight just continued to drop off me.

I probably gained some back with both of them from around 9months- when they started sleeping through and I relaxed a bit. Fed both until 18 months.

When I stopped.

Only after I stopped. I was insatiably hungry while I was breastfeeding.

First time I lost when I stopped breast feeding. Second time I lost nothing. Might have had something to do with the midwife telling me to have a Mars bar at 11:00am to help with the 11/12 pm feed 😂

Edited for appalling typos

I could only lose weight after I stopped. Every time I wouldn’t eat like a king, milk reduced so I gave up trying and once I stopped the weight drastically fell off.