Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Losing Weight While Breastfeeding

Everyone promised that breastfeeding would just melt the baby weight away.

LYING LIARS.

8 months into exclusively breastfeeding, I am probably at my highest weight, ever. A combination of illnesses and injuries has derailed my efforts to work out. Loki refuses solid foods, so I'm starving all the time. My body feels like it is starving, yet I eat constantly.

I have friends who use Weight Watchers, but I don't have the time or money for meetings. So I'm going to do what has worked for me in the past. I'm going to jog/walk and count calories. I'm fat enough that I can have 2,200 calories a day (if I'm still nursing and work out 30 minutes 6 days a week) and still get skinnier. So that's the goal.

I am so picky about calorie counting, though. It kills me to estimate. I hate when a restaurant does not provide calorie counts. Ugh! If I could just get over that. And if I could just remove my butt from the sofa...

Etcetera.

6 comments:

  1. AggiedooneMay 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    The WW online is really easy to use as a calorie counter. you can try it free for a week, and after that it's only $5 a week. I love it and have lost 14 pounds since April 1. Just a thought!

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  2. Stac ColeMay 20, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    Um...most people don't survive off of nachos, chili, jelly beans and cheese fries. That MIGHT have something to do with it :) Although, I believe your sisters survive off those very same things and they have no problems. Darn genes!

    Seriously though, good luck!

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  3. Giftie EtceteraMay 20, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    Obviously, I don't eat jelly beans. Yuck! If I did, you think there would be some left in the cabinet? Ha ha ha!

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  4. Sammy JankisMay 20, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    Replace jelly beans with tator tots, chocolate and lucky charms cereal and you've pretty much outlined her entire diet.

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  5. learn-2-walkMay 20, 2009 at 9:11 PM

    I lost weight while breastfeeding during the first 6 months, but was gaining it back by the end of the 1st year. Maybe that will make you feel better. :-) I was always hungry, I hated that feeling! Whatever you do, you have my empathy and support.

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  6. MathochistJanuary 15, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    I am looking for a different old post and came across this one, which I missed originally.

    "LYING LIARS."

    AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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