Gave birth to my daughter 7 weeks ago. I started eating well again on January 1st - I'm vegan so eat a lot of veg anyway, could probably eat more protein but I'm trying. Still been having sweet stuff but tracking absolutely everything on my fitness pal. I wear a Fitbit and do 10,000-14,000 steps per day. I'm 4 stone overweight and tall so burn a lot of calories.
My BMR is 2000 calories a day, and because I'm quite active I'm burning 3000-3500 a day, plus apparently breastfeeding burns approx 500 calories a day on top of that. Eating between 2000 and 2800 calories. So every day I'm in around a 1000-1200 calorie deficit not even including breastfeeding calories on top.
So why am I not losing any weight?! Since January 1st I've lost 2 pounds. That's it! 1lb the first week, 0.6lb the second, 0.4lb the following week. Why is it slowing down?! I've been in even more of a deficit and upped my steps this week too!
It's really getting me down. It's not like I've not got weight to lose. I weigh and track my food meticulously. Does weight just stick to you when you're breastfeeding? I thought it would be easier to lose weight while BFing but it's proving very difficult.
I'm panicking as I have 3 weddings to go to this year - and quite wanted this to be the year I get married myself! But I'm not doing it at this size. 