Not to mention, I love that clean up is quick and easy! So after that lengthy intro, let’s take a look at what a sample day looks like.Ī breakfast smoothie makes for a fresh and filling start to my day. We’ll still have weekly pizza and I’ll eat something if I really want it (restriction is not my thang), but for my everyday meals, I’m eating more that style. In that light, my diet (I use that term loosely to describe what I eat through a day because I am most definitely not on a diet) is tailored lately towards lower processed carbs and higher protein, fat and vegetables. High carb foods (especially processed carbs) and dairy can promote a higher insulin response and hinder weight loss efforts. However, staying active and choosing the right foods can really help. Well, breastfeeding works really well for us so quitting early for the sake of having Gisele’s body (because that’s exactly what my body would look like if I stopped nursing), isn’t going to happen. Breastfeeding Hormones and Postpartum Weight Loss
Additionally, stress can raise prolactin levels and raising a newborn and the glorious lack of sleep that accompanies it can be stress-inducing, amIright? Therefore even while eating an appropriate level of calories, it may take longer than you’d think for fat to start burning off due to the hormonal situation in a nursing mom’s body. Progesterone and testosterone are fat-burning hormones while prolactin tends to be fat-storing. A breastfeeding mom also has low levels of testosterone. Since ovulation is what produces progesterone in a non-pregnant woman, a woman who isn’t ovulating typically has low levels of progesterone. See, while breastfeeding a woman’s body produces prolactin to promote milk production and keep ovulation away. Though some women may have the weight melt off, others hold on to it for a while. It’s pretty common knowledge that a woman can burn 500 extra calories a day while breastfeeding.
I decided to dust off of my health coach hat to touch on a topic that seems to have a bit of confusion around it: breastfeeding and weight loss.
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