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| Yep, I did the same thing. I've been aiming for 1750-2150 daily. However, now that my daughter is 14 months old and eating food regularly, I think I'm going to scale back to 1500-2000.
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What I did to compensate for breastfeeding was to go to the Start page and at the very bottom it says what your calorie intake is suppose to be. Next to it it says Change. Click on that and you can change it. I just added 300 to both amounts. That way I can see what its suppose to be and don't have to figure it in my head.
I have read between 300 and 500 extra calories a day but I think the 500 is more for skinny mamas. lol
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| I think 300 extra calories is fine to add on to your daily allowance. I haven't seen anywhere you can change your weight loss goals if you are breastfeeding or pregnant (me). Mine still says trying to lose. Does anyone know how to do that?
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| Perfect! That is what I am already doing. Thank you.
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I found this on line. Hope it helps.
"Begin your weight loss program slowly when you are breastfeeding. Increase your activity level and eat less fat and sugar and more fruits and vegetables. Try to take in at least 1,800 calories each day, and definitely no less than 1,500 calories"
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Hello! I'm am currently nursing my 5mth old son full time and am having a heck of a time losing the weight. I was doing WW which gives you 10 extra points (approx 500 extra calories) per day and I just wasn't losing, I think it was too much food. So now I've signed up here and it told me how many calories, fat, etc that I should be eating per day, but I didn't see anywhere that it compensated my caloric intake for the fact that I am nursing.
I know that I have read before that you really only need 200-300 extra calories per day in order to keep up with the demands of nursing, so do you think that I would be safe to just add that amount to what SparkPeople gives me as a daily allowance? Any other thoughts? And is there somewhere for me to enter that I'm nursing for the site to actually compensate for that?
Thanks for any and all help that you can offer.
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