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Infant feeding

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dairy milk

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burgatroyd · 13/07/2014 19:48

This has prob been done before but could do with advice. I have four month dd2 and she is ebf. I often eat a big bar of dairy milk daily. Portion sizes are massive. I basically can't stop eating. Chomp, chomp chomp. I don't weigh myself but I'm definitely a lot chunkier now. I thought you were meant to lose weight when bfing?
I put on weight with dd1 and lost it all when I stopped bf at 10 months. This time though I find I'm putting on more weight.
Two questions. Is anyone else eating lots of chocs?
Has anyone successfully managed to wean themselves off and not feel exhausted and hungry?
Thanks

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leedy · 13/07/2014 20:14

I practically lived on Green & Blacks (ooh get me with my faincy chocolate) in the early days of both babies, in fact I just ate a ridiculous amount of food in general. I found the ravenous hunger (not just for chocolate, for anything) definitely eased off once they were on solids, so you may find it calms down by itself. Lost a load of weight around 9 months both times without really doing anything.

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burgatroyd · 13/07/2014 20:36

Nine months, eh...? OK, here's hoping I stop before I reach critical mass. I eat these chocs super quick too and they melt onto dd's babygro.

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bf1000 · 13/07/2014 21:22

I gained weight in early days of BF but i started to lose at least a lb a week from 6months. still seam to eat loads but weight fell off and stayed off. I now weigh less than I have in years. so I wouldnt worry at this stage. BF def helps weight loss but I think gain or no loss is normal as I think body holds on to fat initially to aid feeding but once weaning starts it starts to shed the excess weight.

yum yum for chocolate

tiktok · 14/07/2014 07:43

Bf does help weight loss but the effect is likely to be totally negated by a large block of chocolate every day :)

Come on. Get real.

Branleuse · 14/07/2014 07:56

breastfeeding doesnt make you lose weight unless youre only eating a normal non breastfeeding diet. If youre eating constantly then youll gain. Its not magic

leedy · 14/07/2014 10:25

It's not as simple as that - I actually still lost weight while eating a lot more than my usual diet (think two breakfasts, two lunches, etc. - and then it fell off me once I stopped eating quite such a ludicrous amount), while some people put on weight while BF even if they're not eating tons of chocolate. I think it affects people in different ways - some people's bodies seem to hang on to the pregnancy weight while feeding, some people burn through it.

Branleuse · 14/07/2014 10:29

i didnt lose weight until i stopped breastfeeding because i was so bloody hungry and thirsty all the time

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burgatroyd · 14/07/2014 10:50

I know the chocs are counter productive! I just wondered why I was craving this so much. I used to be a size 10 and now I'm like some sort of shuffle pig. Just wondered if others craved crazily and if this was normal.

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cogitosum · 14/07/2014 10:55

For me it's about sleep. When we have a bad night I'll crabs sugary foods. Unfortunately this has lead to weight gain.

harverina · 14/07/2014 11:05

Bf makes me crave sugar. I have joined weight watchers to get my eating under control as otherwise I would have kept gaining weight. You won't lose weight if you eat too much calories/fat/sugar - you would need to be bf 24/7!!

fledermaus · 14/07/2014 15:22

I found breastfeeding made me put on loads of weight too. I think sleep deprivation makes you crave sugar.

NorahBone · 14/07/2014 20:34

I got no cravings when pregnant, but as soon as baby was out and feeding I got a real hankering for chocolate too. It may have been a lack of iron - I mostly ate dark chocolate in case, because of course this IS the best source of iron. Oh, and milkshake - probably my body trying to cheat the system.

Hopelass · 14/07/2014 20:45

OP I was exactly the same, easily chomping through a (huge) bar of dairy milk every day in about 5 mins flat whilst bf.

I continued when I'd stopped bf (DS was 6mo) and realised this was a bad idea because the weight slowly starting creeping on!!

DS is now 9 months old and I've lost 1st 6lbs in the last two months, I just went cold turkey and started walking loads, weirdly I don't get any choccie cravings like I thought I would. I have an 'emergency' bar of dairy milk in the cupboard but haven't needed to touch it........yet!

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burgatroyd · 14/07/2014 21:01

OK...so its 9pm... And I've had no dairy milk! Yippee! That's because theres none in the cupboards. I have eaten loads of grapes though.

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katemeister · 15/07/2014 07:43

I have a ridiculous sweet tooth since giving birth and it hasn't subsided 8 months later. I also think lack of sleep has a lot to do with it. I am back to my pre preg weight with no real effort and if I watch what I eat for a couple of days (still lots to eat just not sugary crap) I drop a few lbs easily.

That said, having read this thread I know want to dive head first into a massive bar of chocolate at it's not even 8am yet!

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