Weight loss when you finish breast feeding

[mama2moo]

I am currently breast feeding my 10 week old dd and love it.

My only concern is that I am not loosing any weight and have actually put some on.

I want to feed until she is 6mo and just wondered how much weight you lost when you finished feeding. Did it just fall off? Did you put on weight?

I am eating no more food then usual and exercising regularly. I dont eat 500 extra a day for feeding. Thanks.

I lost some of my baby weight while feeding, but held onto at least half a stone each time till after I finished feeding, Then it came off slowly, without me dieting or anything. I did eat like a pig when bfeeding, and the desire/need to do that went away when I stopped.

Someone told me it's an evolutionary thing - your body holds onto some fat to make sure you have sufficient resources to feed your baby even if you hit a period of famine.

Enjoy your feeding time, and worry about the weight later

i never lost any while bf ds1, or afterwards

i lost lots with ds2, but that's only because i had to cut dairy and egg out of my diet

so far with ds3 i am staying pretty static

it isn't a given that you will lose weight

I am going to now monitor this thread like a hawk - i have yet to meet a real human i.e not a sleb who can honestly say bf made her fat melt away - i too am a lose a bit and stays on to them hips till i stop.

then i go and bloody ruin that by going back on the wine - this time when i stop I WILL NOT DRINK.

I know quite a few people like me who cling on to a good ten punds while breastfeeding,they all lost it when they stopped,just gradually came off over time,I am still bf so I am still fatter! was fatter than this when the babies where v small though as I was so constantly hungry.

I have lost weight breastfeeding for sure, i am a stone lighter than I was pre pregnancy, and i was up until a week ago eating a lot more than i normally would!! before being pregnant i was a size 16 im no into a 14!!

amummy30 cool are you really real? I have hope.

you're not actually Holly Willohby are you?

I'd be gutted if you were, i want to meet the real people who have lost as an incentive to curb my cake habit

hahaha, holly willoughby i am not!! I dunno whats happeneing cus it didnt happen with ds1, ds2 is 12 weeks now btw, I do have a road map of stretch marks on my stomach to make up for it though!! haha

I also express quite a lot of milk on a regular basis so I dunno if that makes any difference

ooooh back out comes the pump

pump out those pounds!!!

I gained 55 pounds with both dcs. It came all off while bf, but definitely mostly after 6-8 months. DD is now 14 m and still bf and I have 4 pounds to lose, but it'll come off soon.
I didn't diet, btw and also didn't lose much (except water retention etc after birth) in the first 3-4 months.
HTH

I put on stones during and after breast feeding and 3 years later haven't lost a pound. Might be because I eat too much and do no exercise though

Really really must do something about it. Starting Monday.

I lost 10 kg immediately (well within the first 2 weeks of giving birth) and now with a 6 month old baby I am a whopping 20 kg over weight - I am BF but eat loads of cakes, I do also try exercise.

I would like someone to tell me how long it would take to realistically lose 20 kgs, if I give up cakes - I am quite tall but being 95 kgs is no fun

does anyone want to start a yummy mummies healthy eating thread?

if we did can we still have cake?

yes - although I would try not to have too much...
how about we write down what we eat, or what exercise we do - if we are able to - I mean obviously if you have a young baby you may not have the time or be able to exercise so there would be no pressure.

im up for it, st had weetabix and banana for breakfast and now i'm going to play football in the park with ds1

well done amummy30 well I had a cup cake although it was a dairy free one and it was spectacular, and a glass of milk.

I am going to play in the park now with my DS.

I will try be good for the rest of today.

i am going to center parks for the week on monday though, so im likely to be very very naughty :O

I put on about a stone when b/feeding.

I stopped at 6 months and lost a stone (to end up the same weight I was just giving birth!)

Was still a stone overweight when I got pregnant with this one.

Am determined to lose weight while b/feeding this time, or at the very least not to put weight on.

I found it pretty easy to lose the stone after I gave up but it didn't melt away - I worked at it.

I have DEFINITELY lost weight breastfeeding this time. With DD I lost it initially but then kept on about 1/2 a stone more than usual - still there when I stopped feeding at 18 mnths. I then got pg immediately so don't know how quickly it would have gone. This time I can't eat enough to keep my weight up. DS is 18 weeks and I'm 8 kilos less than I was at my booking in appointment and a BMI around 18.5. I'm definitely not eating too little - in fact I've taken to baking cakes because my cafe habit was getting too expensive. I bought a couple of different pairs of size 8 jeans a few weeks ago and they fitted then but are now so loose that at the park yesterday they slipped over my hips when I was walking fast and would have left my exposed to the world if Id not managed to shift DS and pull them up in time. Am actually getting a bit worried about it.

[hides hoping no-one wants to kill me but thought it may offer hope...]

I slipped up tonight - pizza, sweets and then more pizza...

but I did do exercise today.

Good on you Catz - I have taken to baking cakes but my BMi just keeps going up.

I have no idea how much I weigh as I don't have any scales,I'm a 14/16 I am BF my 24 weeks old DD and I have a DS who is 3.4 years. I lost a bit of weight after having DD but we moved back to the uk where there's nice doughnuts and I put some back on. My DH wants to lose weight and he's on about doing the cabbage soup diet which I refuse to do (as I'm BF and because I'm not 90 I don't need to drink my food.) I am going to aim to eat more fruit and veg, less cake and chocolate and do more excerise, I some time (weather permitting) walk down to school to collect DS and I have a wii fit that I will now use because DD is in more of a routine. I will start the healthy eating at lunch time, just had toast and chocolate spread for breakfast.

My weight dropped off once my DCs got to 5-6 months. I don't put on a massive amount though. DS2(2.10) and DD(13mo) are still nursing and I'm back in size 8-10 clothes.

But I would point out that while I eat like a horse it's all healthy stuff and I carry DD everywhere in a sling and walk lots.

Came out of hospital day3 with DS1 in my levi's
I was only 18 tho and could still get them on the day before i gave birth just couldn't button them up. I am very envious now of my 18 yo self.

I was at my thinist(sp) towards the end of feeding DS2 i fed him for 11 months, scary size 6 skinny not a good look for normal size 10 me. i lost pregnancy weight really quickly with him, by 2 months.

At the mo DS3 is 11weeks and i have 1/2 a stone still clinging on but eat like crap. I am endeavouring to get into some kind of routine so i am eating better and walking more. I refuse to buy a new wardrobe for the summer so need to be back to normal pronto.

Don't forget your large breast can weigh alot so discount that from post pregnancy weight.