Are you losing weight breastfeeding?

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I’ve maintained since my discharge hospital date and I’m exclusively breastfeeding. I’ve also been counting calories and exercising the last few weeks and still haven’t lost any weight. I’m forever going to have this pooch that makes me look like I’m still pregnant. It’s been two months.

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I lost about 5 additional pounds after discharge but I’ve been pretty much at a standstill since then.

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I’m training for a half marathon and EBF and I’m GAINING weight. I am 20lbs heavier than pre-pregnancy. It’s the most frustrating thing 🙄

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I am but verrrry slowly. I was 216 pre pregnancy, got up to 244, and now I'm 204.. even though I weigh less than I did pp, I look way worse. things are soft and squishy everywhere:(

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at my 6 week pp appt, i found out i’m back to pre-preggo weight. i EP but i also lost my appetite/don’t make it a priority since it’s just me and my LO at home

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I was 154 when I gave birth. Dropped down to 132 and have been stuck at that weight for a few weeks. I was 106 when I found out I was pregnant. 😑

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Everyone is different! Also, hormones, etc are still kicking around.

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I'm 11 weeks pp and I have only lost 11lbs. I started at 174, delivered at 200, and I now weigh 189. I was expecting it to melt off because everyone is like "oh you'll lose it so quick because you're breastfeeding". NOPEEE ☹️☹️

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I was smaller when i left the hospital then I am now. I’m gaining like crazy! I was very tiny before I had baby tho

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I stopped breastfeeding at 9 weeks and seem to have had weight fall off in the past 2 weeks since. But it may be correlation with causation, who knows?

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I was 199 prepregnancy. I got up to 214. So a total of 15 pounds gained. A week after delivery i was back to 199 and 3 weeks postpardum i was down to 183, i havent lost anything since. Im just kind of stuck at 183. Thinking i need to excercise more, and reduce carb intake. (Breastmilk is mostly protein and fat) I would like to lose 10 more because i am 5'11 so being 175 would make my BMI normal, which is my goal.

Are you losing weight breastfeeding?

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