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I have no advice, just commiseration. I was not able to lose much weight while breastfeeding. Every time I would try to diet even a little bit, it hurt my supply.

Good luck to you - I hope you find a solution that works!

@Rainbow Sprinkles: how did you do it the first time? Is it different this time? Less sleep maybe? (I know the little sleep I get really effects me in every way).

I did Weight Watchers and it worked great. No supply issues and it makes you realize how much food we really need (which unfortunately is not a lot!)

I think it sounds like you're doing everything you should be! You need quite a lot of calories while nursing, so I wouldn't try to cut out too many. It feels unfair that for some people the weight falls off and it's really hard for others to get rid of it all, but nursing is such a unique time for your body that you might need some extra pounds. Also curious how far PP you are- you might have more weight loss coming just from BF.

so you're basically doing intermittent fasting, and there is a solid chance you aren't getting enough calories in one big meal/day and your body is hoarding what you do eat. IF works for some people, but I would not think that it works while BFing! If your blood sugar isn't regulated, it throws off the rest of your body's metabolism.

i did dailey method and drank tons of water. that's all i got!

I use the my fitness pal app. It's slow at first because you have to populate it with your own recipes (if that's how you eat, i know I do!) but it gets easier the more you use it. The database is pretty large!

I've just been eating well and drinking LOTS of water. I haven't had a ton of time for working out between caring for LO and work, but I've managed to lose all the baby weight plus a few pounds (I'm 5 months pp). At this point, I need to tone like crazy.