![]() I hope I will be able to answer some of these important questions that I also had when I was trying to lose weight while breastfeeding. Most importantly how could I stick to this and how could I successfully lose all this baby weight? What would be my breastfeeding keto macros?’ ![]() How would Keto affect my breast milk supply? Is it safe to go into ketosis while breastfeeding? The questions going around in my mind were I must add that I had previously had some success with Atkins while nursing my second child so I knew something along the low carb route would work for me. Secondly, I was taking care of my other 4 kids, so I needed to find a way of losing weight that didn’t mean spending hours in the gym and that wouldn’t affect my milk supply. I was genuinely having difficulty losing weight while breastfeeding. There were two major issues, Firstly I was exclusively breastfeeding my 3-month-old baby. I had actually gained approximately 22 pounds after the baby had been born which bought my total weight gain up to 55 pounds since I got pregnant. I was always tired even if I had a full night’s sleep.Īt this point, I needed to face my fears and decided it was high time I stepped on that scale. My knees were aching as I walked up and down the stairs and I was out of breath vacuuming the house. When I looked at photographs of myself, I genuinely didn’t recognize who I had become. When the baby was born in April, I hadn’t realized how much weight I had put on until I saw that I was overtaking my husband in portion sizes at dinner time. I was eating nonstop and the weight was piling on considering I had a hyperemesis gravidarumpregnancy where I was vomiting literally every day. I kept asking myself ‘why am I not losing weight while breastfeeding?’. It’s a common misconception that the weight will just melt off the more you breastfeed.įor me, it seemed that the more I breastfed the more weight I was gaining. ‘Don’t worry breastfeeding will get you back in your pre-pregnancy jeans in no time’ they said. Please read my disclosure policy for more information. ![]() As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The links below may be affiliate links.
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