I'm exclusively breastfeeding my son and feeding on demand. I was wondering when you lost the largest amount of weight while breastfeeding? I'm at 9 weeks now and the weight loss has really slowed down. Did anyone have a surge or weight loss later, or is this as good as it's gonna get?
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I feel like I lost the most weight when he was close to a year and after. I've read that women who BF for 6 mos or more lose more weight and those who BF for a year or more lose even more, statistically. I found it way easier to lose weight once he was eating quite a bit of solids, but still BFing a few times a day. I didn't feel like I needed so many extra calories to keep him well fed since he was eating a lot by the time he was a year old.
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I'm EBF and I was within 5 lbs of pre pregnancy weight by about 2 months pp, but those last few lbs didn't wanna budge. I finally lost them in the past month (I'm 6 months pp now). I am working out 3-4 times a week, but eating pretty much what I want (within reason...sometimes. Ha!).
I've heard that it takes more work for your body to feed an older baby rather than a newborn, so maybe that's why?
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I still haven't lost weight *just* from BFing. I'm 6 months PP now and I lost nothing between 1 week and 6 weeks PP. I only lose when I'm exercising very regularly and eating clean.
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The first 4 weeks was when the pounds melted off. My weight stayed very constant from then until i weaned. And then after I weaned, I dropped another few lbs.
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It was pretty steady for the most part. I was at my pre preg weight by 1 month PP. I ended up losing an additional 10 pounds by 7 months PP. Now at 9 months PP I've gained back about 2-3 pounds.. but that may be from a surge of sweets that I've been craving
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I actually kept track for the first few months. I gained 35 pounds total. I lost 10 right off the bat, 20 by 2 weeks pp, 25 by 6 weeks, 30 by 12 weeks. I'm not exactly sure when I lost the rest of it but I think by around 4-5 months. So it definitely slowed, but I lost it all eventually. I was/am breastfeeding. Good luck!
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I feel like I had a series of weight losses followed by plateaus. I'm 11 months PP now and still on a downward weight trajectory.
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I gained 40 pounds. Had lost 30 by my six-week appointment. Every few weeks after that I would lose another pound or two. I got to my pre-pregnancy weight by five months postpartum.
It was only after that point that I started working out again. Now at eight months postpartum I'm about five pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight.
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it took me 5 months to lose everything with both kids. i was still losing after the 9 week mark. i think it was all the sweat at night!
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I lost 30lbs within the first 6 weeks with both.
Ate a ton and just nursed.The 20+ extra's been a pain to lose. Took me about 15 months!
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I agree with @Mrs. TicTacToe. By the time DD was 14-16 mos, and we were still nursing, I was down 9 lb from my pre-preg weight. It was kind of crazy actually.
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I quickly lost all of my weight, within a month or so. But then I kept losing... I was definitely below wedding weight for the majority of our 14 months of nursing. My BFF told me it was too much, but there was nothing I could do. I was eating like a hog. And it quickly came back when I weaned.
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My weight stabilized at 3-4 weeks pp with LO1 (still 20 lb up
) and didn't budge until I started changing my diet and exercising. I am 7 weeks pp with LO2 and I started clean eating earlier on this time since I knew BF'ing alone wouldn't do the job. My weight was stable this time from weeks 2-6 pp, but I've started to lose now. I account it to my diet though, not BF'ing.
) and didn't budge until I started changing my diet and exercising. I am 7 weeks pp with LO2 and I started clean eating earlier on this time since I knew BF'ing alone wouldn't do the job. My weight was stable this time from weeks 2-6 pp, but I've started to lose now. I account it to my diet though, not BF'ing.
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