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Calorie-counting

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Am I eating too much?

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Aiionwatha · 06/09/2022 16:51

Since having my baby 2 months ago, I'm about a stone heavier than I was before I got pregnant. Back then I was 9 st 6 lb, now I'm 10 st 7 lb (I'm tall - 5 ft 8").

I'm breastfeeding but not exclusively.
I can't seem to shift this extra weight.

This is what I typically eat in a day, but according to my calorie counter app it's several hundred cal over what I should be eating.
Breakfast: bowl of homemade yoghurt with sugar free mueali, a tsp of honey and berries.
1 slice thick homemade brown toast - half with peanut butter and marmite, half with marmalade
Coffee
A tiny glass of orange juice.

Lunch: it changes, but usually something like a quarter of a potato and egg tortilla, some salad and a packet of crisps.

Dinner: something like a homemade chicken casserole with brown rice and steamed spinach.

Snacks: a few chocolate biscuits / piece of cake. A few cheese on crackers. I probably have about 3 snacks a day.

Is this a lot?

OP posts:
Atissue123 · 29/04/2023 16:17

OP I couldn’t lose weight when BF, I know most do but my body wouldn’t! I did eventually but it was about 6-8 months PP
it came off which coincided with when I could exercise more again. I wasn’t big but I was 1/2 stone more than I wanted.

i think you need food and calories BF and with a newborn to look after but truthfully if I were you I’d eat more carbs / protein and healthy snacks and cut out the sugary ones. Hard I know but just try to eat it healthier snacks and less chocolate and crisps. I don’t just mean fruit but perhaps low sugar flap Jack, peanut butter and apple, boiled egg, crackers, rye bread etc. i reckon your body needs the food but maybe empty calories eg crisps are why you’re not losing?

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