breastfeeding but weight no coming off..........

[springmum]

Is it a myth that breastfeeding helps you to lose weight? I've been b/f solidly for 8 weeks now and have stayed the same weight since the initial post birth 'sweat' when I was lost quite a bit in the first week.

Tell me about it springmum ...
DD is 12 weeks old ... and apart from losing 'baby' weight in the first couple of weeks I lost nothing.
4 weeks ago I decided diet very gently ... and I have lost 8lbs ...
But it hasn't been easy.

I reckon it is a myth

I lost weight breastfeeding my first, but I was so knackered I could not eat...

Myth, definitely, in fact I have formulted the theory that you can only lose so much when BF before the body digs in its heels and clings on to the back love handles and the jelly cushion tummy, Oh cruel Mother Nature

I didn't lose an ounce. And I breastfed/mixed fed over a year

Springmum

Your not alone, I know loads of people, including myself who lost weight initially, but then a massive amount just hung on. As soon as I stopped breast feeding, at 5 months I lost half a stone. I think your body stores food in case of emergencies(!!!) so that you could continue to feed if you were starving.

Mine didn't come off when I stopped either...but I don't suppose you want to hear that, either.

same here! i lost loads in first few weeks - but have stayed 2kg over my pre preg weight since - bf for 6.5 months now. I tried to go on a low fat diet but convinced it affected my milk supply after a few days so abandoned it

sorry to say but after initial half a stone in the first few weeks i have put on an extra 1 and a half stone despite ds breastfeeding for 20 months now.

shall we change the subject?

I men we couls start a celebration of the well-upholstered, milky-fragranced woman

very individual methinks

is anyone else massively hungry all the time? all I do is eat eat eat since ds2 was born 8 weeks ago - loads more than i did when pregnant. maybe I have worms.
so no, I haven't lost weight - I'll be putting it on again at this rate
depression

b/f really makes me hungry too

Everyone kept telling me I would lose weight - I didn't until DS2 went onto solids and I was feeding him less - then I suddenly lost about 1/2 stone. My appetite just dropped. Am still feeding 4 times a day and am looking forward to another 1/2 stone at least dropping off when I finally stop completely! (But I may have to stop eating so much cake as well )

Can anyone please tell me how many points I can have while breastfeeding ( 6 feeds a day ) on weight watchers i am 13 stone thanks

Is there anyone who can help me this morning

I think you're allowed 10 extra points when on WW if exclusively bf but could be wrong on that! Somewhere around that many, anyway. I lost all my pregnancy weight (a not inconsiderable amount - over 3 stone both times!) in the first year of having my two and fed them both well into their second year...shall I go away and shut up now?

Definate myth sorry I was so hungry when bf but luckily my first didnt like me eating chocolate and so didnt put too much on. My ds didnt seem to mind what I ate so that was total disastor! Hey ho wait until later and then exercise. I reckon that because I was so tired it wasnt what I ate but the fact I gave up doing things like walking much or taking real exercise. In pregnancy I had gone swimming and stuff but too tired when they were little.

Morningmayhem ... I am doing 28 points ... and am losing about 1lb a week at the moment ...
I had a week of not counting points and didn't lose anything.

Thank you ghosty and skara I think I will start on 28 points then and see how I go!

I didn't lose much when I was bf either, I thought the weight would just drop off me

morningmayhem, you can have 6 extra points

(cant remember who told me but was in ww thread)