Anyone else here nursing and doing maintance?

[michelle23464]

Just looking for someone to talk to going through this as well. I have an 8 month old.

[Momma2threegirls]

Hi Michelle,

Congrats on nursing your 8month old - that's a fabulous gift your are giving her. I began a maintance style program while nursing my then 12 month old and found out I was pregnant with twins. I nursed through the pregnancy till about 26weeks. I kept a LC lifestyle with a focus on very high protein and unrestricted good fats throughout the pregnancy. (following the research of Luke and Noble). My twins were born healthy at 7.4 and 7.6 and I continued the LC maintance style eating through nursing them until they were about 16months. Then I bumped down and did OWL's and really started going after lossing weight. They were (and are) still nursing. I lost ALL my pregnancy weight (53lbs) with the maintance diet and nursing in the first year and then doing a true atkins lost my "other fluff" back down to a healthy range. Today I am 7lbs from goal. I am a stay at home moms to my girls now - but my training and work in my spare time is in lactation. I'd be happy to help and support you in any way. Sorry i didn't see your post sooner,

Erika

[michelle23464]

Hello Erika,

My little one is now almost 9 months old and is still nursing with the occasional bottle of formula or pumped milk. I lost 8.5 lbs in the first two weeks and only 2.5 lbs since then. I am on day 20 something in OWL and rung 4 and while I am not gaining I am not losing weight and not trying to do that really now.. I know I have a very low CCL maybe 35-40. How many carbs did you have while in maintenance?

Thanks for responding.

Michelle

[Momma2threegirls]

About 50 while nursing - but I was nursing two and my milk demands were higher. Does you LO eat a lot of solids? If you are decreasing nursing/pumping more you caloric needs will drop. You will find that you loose very slowly while nursing. You had a huge woosh there with 8.5lbs lost and 11lbs gone in 34(ish) days is fabulous! I have been steadily loosing about 8-9lbs per month with a few "stalls" since June. Once you get past 13-15 months things will open up and you'll have more options. I also find that while nursing my body holds water and if I "dehydrate" my milk supply takes a dive. This is definately a slow and steady wins the race - but your doing great!