Nope. Not the case for me. But I wasn't expecting it to. My body holds onto weight like there is a famine coming any second. I'm pretty sure that I lost most of my pregnancy weight (I don't own a scale though, so I'm not sure). But I was already way overweight to begin with and breastfeeding has not done anything to dip down below my BFP weight...again this is all a guess, but my pant size hasn't changed so I'm assuming my weight is mostly stable.
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Nope, I gained weight back while breastfeeding. I'm working on getting the weight off right now. I ate way too much breastfeeding in hopes of keeping my milk production up.
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@cascademom: Oh oh oh can that be my excuse for eating all the time?
Just trying to keep my milk supply up, gotta drink this milkshake.
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Nope. Not at all. I lost a LOT of weight in the beginning (like first two weeks) but that was about it. I actually found I couldn't lose the last ten pounds while nursing.
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@highwire: When I had bad production days, I would drink a milkshake to feel better. Damn, comfort eating.
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I've lost 45 pounds since having LO. Im about 10 pounds below my ppw. I have done nothing but ebf.
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Not at all!! If anything, I'm even fatter than I was prepregnancy...it's depressing
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Nope. Immediately after birth (like...*immediately*) I was down below pp weight because I lost so much in the beginning and was sick all the way through, so by the time I had him I was only 4 lbs above pp weight. Now, I'm at least 10 lbs more than that, if not more. I haven't gotten on a scale in a while because it's too depressing.
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Yes, but it didn't happen until LO was around 5-6 months. I thought it would happen straightaway but it wasn't until I think she started eating more (their tummies are so tiny as newborns!) that the weight just melted off. By the time I got pregnant with LO #2, I was below my pre-preg weight, despite eating my face off every single day.
I'm now 10 weeks pregnant and still BF'ing my 12.5 month old twice per day. The amount of food I eat is ludicrous but there is no satisfying my appetite right now. Fortunately, the scale is continuing to hold steady, although a little baby bump is starting to show already!
To be fair though, I've always been thin and have never really had to monitor my diet.
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I pretty much eat what I want and don't *gain* but I haven't lost much since the first 2 weeks. I'm back at pp weight though.
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@Ree723: I heard this about the weight really coming off after 5 months. Woohoo!
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Not at all.
Had to re-establish some willpower and diet and exercise to lose weight. It wasn't any harder than when I lost weight after getting engaged, but it wasn't any easier either.
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I did lose weight and I'm back in my normal sized pants, but there is still a pesky 10 lbs hanging out somewhere according to my scale. I eat whatever I want though....like @cascademom I do it in hopes of keeping my milk production up. Ha!
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@Ree723: I'm in the same boat about being pregnant and breastfeeding! At almost 12 weeks I've gained 4 pounds (which I'm happy with, my doctor thinks I should gain 30-35 pounds during this pregnancy based off of my pre-pregnancy weight) and all I do is eat. All day. I ate an entire box of zebra cakes the other day (I know...that's bad...but they were so good!)
ETA and I'm still breastfeeding my 15 month old, in case that wasn't clear...
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Yep. I ate so much while I was BFing (still do) and I was completely back to my old body by 9 months pp. It took a while but it came off naturally and I literally ate SO much.
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YES- I only BF for 12w but lost all my baby weight (I lost it before 12w, actually). I ate terribly. I was MSPI so, I very little choices. Basically did fries and burgers like 4x a week.
When I stopped BFing, I had to teach myself how to *not* eat like a whale anymore.
I managed to lsoe 5 more pounds but it took me 5 months because I wasn't bfing and I had willpower issues -
Yes and no. I lost all but 10 lbs by 3 months then I had to diet. I lost the weight and around 5 months I was starving all the time so I went back to eating a ton and have lost another 10 lbs. I'm at the point where all my clothes are too big. So I'm thinking about trying to gain weight. I'm not sure what is going on. I'm happy with how I look now and still at a healty weight but I don't want to lose anymore.
I'm scared that when I stop breastfeeding I'm going to gain like 100 lbs from getting used to eating a ton!
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No. I have barely lost any weight since he was born.
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Yep, I am 10 lbs below pre-pregnancy weight at 8 months pp. I've always been thin with fast metabolism though
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HEY-ELLS TO THE NAW! *grumpyface*
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Nope, not even remotely! I'm still WAY above my pre-preg weight.
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I was back to pp weight at my 6 week checkup, but my body didn't look like it. I still couldn't fit into my old clothes, and I wasn't comfortable with my body until I started to change my diet.
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Yes! Up until LO started solids I was eating more BFing than I did while pregnant and lost all the weight by 7 months pp.
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Yes, I lost the weight fast but my lower belly area is flabby and gross.
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Nope. My body is hanging on to this extra weight like crazy!
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Yes- I eat like a 15 year old boy and am 5 lbs below pre preg weight. I eat terribly though, just finished off my 3rd freaking bowl of cocoa pebbles because DH bought the family size one and its my fav. I am SCARED for when I stop breastfeeding!!!!
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I still haven't figured out how to find time to eat while breastfeeding! I'm lucky if I squeeze in one meal a day.
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Shockingly my pregnancy weight came off faster then I ever thought it would. My weight all shifted and now I need to lose more to get into my old pants. So I am doing WW cause I haven't been able to lose any more with it.
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Yes...as then around 10 months LO was only nursing 2x a day but I kept eating a ton out of habit and also eating her leftovers...and I gained about 10 pounds...she self weaned at 14 months and now she's almost 20 months.
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Yep. I am 20lbs below my pre preg weight and 5 lbs below 'wedding weight' LO is MSPI so I am sure my diet has impacted that. I seriously eat all day though. My dad even commented last night how much I can eat ::blushes::
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I got back to my PP weight easily, but I can't seem to loose the last 5kg that I want to while EBF. If I don't eat enough my supply suffers majorly, so I think I will have to wait until I stop breastfeeding to actually monitor my diet/ calories without worrying about it affecting my supply.
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Yep. I can normally eat whatever and not gain weight. While breastfeeding, I ate ravenously. It's tapered off now that she's on solids but I'm still able to eat whatever and not gain anything. I'm 5lbs below pp weight and will not lose more.
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Yup, at just over a year pp I am 10 lbs below my ppw and pretty much did nothing to lose weight except for BF. I did do WW for a month after I got back to work but even then I didn't have to restrict my food really. I'm worried I'll gain as I wean though!
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Yep, I was petite to begin with and have dipped below prepreg weight while eating like a horse. We do eat pretty 'clean' but I am sure I'll have to adjust my portions of whole fat homemade ice cream, etc. when we wean.
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Yes. I was so so skinny when I was exclusively pumping but ate more than I ever had. I could pull my pre-preg jeans on and off without unbuttoning them! I gained some weight back when I weaned.
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Yes, sort of. I was back to prepreg weight three weeks post-partum. BUT my family kept feeding me soup (cultural old wives tale), so technically I wasn't eating whatever I wanted.
If I had been, I don't think I would have chosen soup. It was September and HOT.
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Nope!! I lost initial weight due to giving birth and the associated loss of fluids. But then I GAINED 10 pounds!! Gained 10 freakin pounds while ebf.
It MAY have been related to all the jars of Nutella I ate to survive the newborn extreme sleep deprivation.
At almost 8 months pp,, I am still 25 pounds above my prepreg weight. I've lost about 12 - but like @navy_mommy it comes from willpower diet and exercise. And I don't have the willpower she seems too!
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Hell to the no. I had to actively eat less to try to lose the 10 pounds I put on breastfeeding (after being at my prepreg weight immediately, girrr). My 22 month old still nurses several times a day, but she's slowing down. My weight drops a pound or two each time she starts nursing less. I think I'll lose more once she's done, and then I'll actually be able to diet. Dieting now results in fainting low blood sugar spells.
My body is the kind that holds on to fat while breastfeeding. I could breastfeeding twins over here, still. I was designed for breastfeeding, not being a size two. I'm dying to lose 20 more pounds, but it won't happen until she weans.
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Not at all!! I worked my butt off to lose all the baby weight. Then when I weaned I gained 10 lbs!!! gah!
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@grizz: Hey, you can't say that yet! You just had your baby!! It took me a full nine months to feel great in my body again.... it came off slowly for sure.
Just trying to keep my milk supply up, gotta drink this milkshake.
If I had been, I don't think I would have chosen soup. It was September and HOT.
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