Am I eating too much?

[Aiionwatha]

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:
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?

No wonder the OP isn't coming back with the BS people are writing.

My thoughts exactly! Regardless of the bullshit spouted on here, the only way to lose fat is to eat less calories than your body burns.

Type what you typically eat a day into a free online calorie tracker like my fitness pal. Then decide from there if it's too many or not.

Are you eating the same amount of calories as you were before you got pregnant? If so you were maintaining your weight on those calories. To lose weight you will need to eat a bit less than before until you get back to your goal weight. However at 2 months pp I wouldn't do anything drastic - little changes will yield more sustainable results. Maybe just cut some snacks out? And make sure you are drinking enough - breastfeeding used to make me thirsty and sometimes it can be difficult to interpret if you are genuinely hungry or just thirsty.

OMG you have an 8 week old baby and you're breastfeeding. You need all the cake you can get. Most of the extra weight is probably boobs. Give yourself a break, lots of walking with the pram and for gods sake don't listen to people telling you to cut out sugar and carbs!! Honestly.

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. Interesting to see how different people's opinions are on this.

It doesn't really sound like you're eating too much, in fact I definitely ate more than you did at 2 months post partum. It's still very early days for you... try not to worry about it and check back again in 6 months.

You will get lots of different advice on quick ways to reduce calories and what you should and shouldn’t be eating…
My advice is to remember that you are only two months post partum, women are not supposed to “bounce back”. In theory it may take 9 months or 3 years to return to your pre pregnancy weight, you may find that your body has actually changed shape and you won’t return to your pre pregnancy weight. That’s okay, your body grew an actual human being!!!
When breastfeeding you need an extra 500 calories per day, otherwise your milk supply
could drop. Dieting is definitely not advised while breastfeeding, for this reason.
Go easy on yourself and enjoy eating what you want to for a while 😊

@Pinkpeony2 the article you link actively encourages eating white rice and says that it's nutritious so I'm not sure which part of your argument you think it's helping with.

Soaking of brown rice helps reduce the arsenic/phytic acid...pretty sure that rinsing the rice is on the cooking instructions on most packets.

As the article you've linked also points out, a lot of people eat rice to remain healthy. For what it's worth, I'm not sure demonising carbs, or any one food is helpful at all. I also really don't think a carrot is a carb....