breasfeeding, massive appetite, losing weight...

[phlossie]

I'd really like to be less of a blob, but I have the most incredible appetite at the moment - after a fairly big lunch, I'm munching my third bowl of cereal!
Did you lose weight while breastfeeding or after you'd stopped? Did you do anything to lose weight while bf?
I've been preg or breastfeeding for 3 years now, and I'm two dress sizes bigger than before .

Just the 2? i've gone from 8/10 to 14/16
same circs, same appetite - maybe we need a special section for those who DON'T lose weight while bf!

Same here -- insatiable and putting on weight.

Hello, fiofio - I was drawn here by the title too - I read it as eatting loads and still losing weight wanted to know what I was doing wrong!!!

I too am doing WW - I think I was using the bfing as a bit of an excuse for eating as much as I liked. Have tried to change my eating habits so rather than eating piles of cheese sandwiches, crisps and biscuits trying to snack on fruit and veg. Do still have soe chocolate and cakes but keep an eye on what and when. We've also really cut back on take aways - try and meal plan a bit more so that when had bad night/day I've got an easy to make meal in. Something must be working as I'm down 20lb since Jan - the thread fiofio and I have been using has helped loads too, particularly as I don't go to a ww meeting.

Hear, hear. I've joined Slimming World coz I wasn't losing any weight, and am now 18/20 where as before I was a 14/16.
Like WW, SW has a plan for bfers. There is some info on Kellymom on dieting while bfing, really useful here

That's really good to know that WW takes into account the fact that you're bf. I did it when I got fat when I was a student, and it worked a treat. I just had it my head that dieting was a big no-no while bf. I'll look into it now! Means getting on the scales, though. In public. With my clothes on. Eek!

With ds, I ate like a horse and lost tons of weight bf-ing. He was a demanding baby and I never sat down except to bf. Just could not keep it on. Was great and got back to pre-preg within 3-6 months and even more. Trousers falling off me.

After I went back to work after 11 months (still bf-ing but obviously less) the weight has come back on. But I think I got too thin anyway, so it is a good thing.

After eight months of breastfeeding and eating everything I felt like, I weighed 5kgs less than when I got pregnant (and I put on 18kg during pregnancy). I was very, very, very thin .

I am now back around the weight I was when I got pregnant.

I didn't eat three bowls of cereal after lunch, though . Could you not just limit yourself to meals?

No, I've never lost weight while breastfeeding. And yes, I ate a lot. I lost the weight once I stopped, without dieting.