How the hell am I supposed to stay motivated? I hate breastfeeding :(

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I've been logging every morsel that passes my lips and running and in 4 weeks have lost 2lb. I have put ON 6oz this week apparently. My baby is a hungry one and I don't think I could cope on less calories.

It was the same with my 1st DC, i did SW and lost sod all. it's not fair! And loads of people will probably come and tell me that they lost a stone a day bfing despite eating a whole cheesecake every hour.

I know it's not that important but I am so sick of looking horrid and having nothing to wear and I see all these other mums with younger babies than mine and they are slim and nicely dressed and I feel like crap.

Just wanted to moan really, if you're in the same boat please tell me!

Cheers all, nice to have a bit of sympathy and to know I'm not alone! I consoled myself with a bit too much cake this afternoon but I still went running and will try and step up the fitness stuff as I am enjoying it. I'm just retreading my Jillian books in bed - shred and a lot of kale for me I think!

My baby is only three months too and I feel the same. I recently bought a few bits to help me feel more like me while I lose the weight but I still hate it, and my friends seem to have lost baby weight faster than me.

his is dc2 and with dc1 I did so much exercise and stressed over diet etc and only lost half a stone then when I stopped bf it then just came off with no extra effort so I promised myself that with my next baby I would just accept I would be a bit bigger for a while then not worry about it. But I am finding I can't not worry and am also hoping to bf longer this time. Argh. Anyway no advice as such sorry but am another in same boat and totally understanmd the feeling. I love hot weather but just can't wait for winter this year as am sick of sweating in frumpy clothes.

Hello, I felt bf kept weight on me with my dd. I started calorie counting between about 6-9 months, but I was bloody starving and barely losing an ounce, yet if i looked at a cake i'd put weight on! This time (ds is 2 months) i didnt wait to start losing the weight as i got so massive i was crying about it all the time. I am doing 5:2 (except its more like 4:3 at the mo) and have lost loads this time already. At 9 mo pregnant I was 12.5 stone. Now just over 9 stone, with another stone or so to lose.

People do love to tell you you have to eat more if you're bfing. You don't (except you are hungrier!). The bf should be fuelled by the weight put on in pregnancy, that's what you put it on for, not by eating extra so you keep that extra fat on. Supply is based on demand, not related to what you eat and diet doesn't affect the nutrition of the milk either - I researched thoroughly before starting a diet so early. Not saying this as a criticism of you op, at all, btw, this is just my response to being 'told off' for dieting when ds is so young. I'm just being defensive in anticipation of anyone coming back on this thread and trying to tell me I shouldn't be dieting!

Honestly, the people who say they have better things to worry about, good for you The world doesn't suddenly stop just because you have a baby, you still care about the things you did before and tbh it is not nice to be overweight.
Fwiw, I'm one of the 'hangs onto every ounmce til they wean' people and I found it hard going this time. I just thought that because I'd managed to put on far less weight with dc3 that maybe, just maybe, it might just 'melt away' afterwards. Nuh huh. he is now 5 months old, I walk at least 4 or 5 miles a day and I'm still 11 pounds away from my start weight. Which may not sound much but it grates a bit when people assure you that if you just breastfeed they'll basically feed til you're skinny. My ds is a boob monster, as were the other 2, I think breastfeeding just does something to my metabolism. But this time I've not shrugged my shoulders and taken it as an invitation to eat what I want/. I'm still watching it, as last time I put weight on when breastfeeding, and have lost a stone since about 3 months ago when I really started trying. I know if I wasn't feeding and ate what I am and doing exercise, it would have been a far greater loss but there you go.
I'm also cuttign out cows milk puddle jumper (did you know bourbon biscuits are milk free? ) but it's no reason to eat shite. Ditto being on a budget. You sound like you're putting yourself last and using it as a reason to eat badly.