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Originally Posted by julie99s
I'm still nursing my 15 month old and I plan on letting him go until he decides to quit and I am doing WW now (was calorie counting for a short bit) and working out 6 days a week. WW gives me some additional pts for nursing, and I think you're right, I think most programs figure you're nursing a young baby who is nursing round the clock.
DS hasn't shown any signs of changed milk supply. He still nurses as often as he usually does, and I've lost 5 lbs so far.
I had a hard time wanting to jump back on the calorie count wagon too. I don't know why, but it was much easier to jump back into WW than it was to cal count again.
I'm more at ease reading your post... Mine nurses frequently too, and doesn't sleep through the night. He used to 6 months ago, I guess he outgrew it :P
I've thought about weight watchers before but then it completely slipped my mind. How hard is it if you have to travel a lot? Do you know if they adjust for older toddlers (like do you have less points or something?)
Yeah, sleeping through the night is a pipe dream at this point! We'Ve tried night weaning her a handful of times but she's just not ready yet. Hopefully soon!!! She also outgrew it but she's much better on days where we can get her to eat more.
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Originally Posted by Kriket84
I nurse my 17m old, I count calories, and while I'm sure someone out there would think "NOOOOO you can't restrict calories and nurse!" They haven't met me. I still have oodles of milk. On days when DS finds a new toy or game and doesn't want to nurse, I have to practically beg him to nurse before I explode. It's more about being hydrated.
I will admit, that I was nervous and unsure about how to count calories when he was little and 100% dependent on me for nutrition.
Oh, so how do you do it?? Do you count the full 500 or less? Ha, and I know what you mean about begging them to nurse! On the rare days that DD actually does sleep through the night it hurts!!
Hydration is definitely NOT a problem here. I drink a tons of water... plus, I've alway had an oversupply so maybe I might be ok.
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Originally Posted by sacha
Can't say from experience as mine is only 4 months, but if you are nursing a toddler, I'm sure your body and supply is well adapted and will handle it just fine! The general rule is about 500 extra calories dedicated solely to milk production. Weight loss is around 10-12x per lb bodyweight (so 2,120 calories + 500 calories for nursing, 2,620 total) at 212lbs and you can re-evaluate/go lower as your weight drops. Make sure to keep your calories higher, too many women drop their calories far too low - and you esp don't want that when nursing!
Good luck with the baby! It's fun then because they are starting to get so much more aware.
Yeah, I just can't seem to figure out if I do the full 500 or not? Also, do I need to take my daily exercise into account (as in eat 1000 less than 2620+daily exercise if I want to try for 2lbs/week)? I really need to get my butt over to a nutritionist and talk to them about this. I looked at My Plate at livestrong and also on sparkpeople and they don't have anything for nursing moms to calculate the calories.