Any tips?
I do great all day but come 4pm and I get so hungry. I eat a little snack like an apple and string cheese to get me to dinner. Dinner comes and goes and I am still starving. I know I have to add 500 calories because of the breastfeeding but I easily do that by the time its bedtime *sigh* And thats when I get lazy and say “well, hes still nursing and needs my milk supply to stay up” But hes a year now and if my milk supply hurts then its okay with me. I am trying to wean but hes really attached so going very slow.
AND!! I bought the billy’s boot camp, got 10 minutes into the basic one and it kicked my butt. I used T as an excuse to quit. I am going to do it tomorrw again and hope to get further. 5 years ago I got through his workouts without a problem. So sad.
10:33 pm
You’ll get back into it in no time, you know.
As far as breastfeeding - do you eat every couple of hours? Try incorporating some natural carbs (brown rice? grapefruit juice maybe?) combined with a bit of protein every couple of hours, you’ll curb the starving feeling eating more frequently. Also try adding some negative calorie foods - like celery - there’s a whole list of them out there that take more cals to digest them than they offer - and they fill you up.
Ooh - and fish! Salmon is high in omega3 fatty acids (you knew that) but it’s got a LOT of absorbable good stuff AND is relatively high in cals for a 4-6 ounce portion.
10:36 pm
I think it’s amazing that you did 10 mins of that workout! Kudos to you! You’ll gradually work your way into it. :good:
11:10 pm
You are doing fine. I don’t know about dieting while breastfeeding, but I do know that on SparkPeople, they ask you if you are breastfeeding before they determine your calories needed. You could maybe try that. I do both SparkPeople and WW. It really helps me.
3:04 pm
I waited until after BFing to diet, but I do know WW points accounts for that.