Clementinamarie Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Hello all!! Today, 06/05/2018, I am committing to my second whole30. I completely fell in love with this program when I started it in February of this year. At the time, I was 8 months pregnant with my second son, but knew I needed to reign in my eating habits and food addictions. I was amazed at the changes that took place in those 30 days. My energy levels were amazing, I lost inches from my thighs and arms, and most importantly, my relationship with food had changed; it no longer controlled me!!! However, since that time I have had my baby and started nursing him full time. I also have a 19 month old son and a husband who is in the military and currently deployed. My life is exhausting and demanding. Food has again become my outlet for relieving stress and attempting to “feel good “. I want to restart this challenge because I want to change the way I think and feel about food, forever. I know from experience that when I am able to gain control of this area in my life all other areas are positively affected. My biggest concern about completing this while breastfeeding is eating enough calories and including enough fat. I would love to lose weight during this next month but I know this desire will tempt me to eat less in an effort to accelerate weight loss. Any advice or support, especially from other nursing mommas, would be greatly appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted June 5, 2018 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Clementinamarie said: My biggest concern about completing this while breastfeeding is eating enough calories and including enough fat. I would love to lose weight during this next month but I know this desire will tempt me to eat less in an effort to accelerate weight loss. Any advice or support, especially from other nursing mommas, would be greatly appreciated!! It's good that you know this about yourself so you'll be able to notice these behaviors and stop them... you're keeping another human alive with your own body and that trumps wanting to lose weight so if you DO decide to restrict your intake, you're really doing a disservice and potential harm to both yourself and your baby. Have a look through the Pregnant and Breastfeeding subforum here to get some ideas of the questions people ask and our answers to them about how much to eat, what to prioritize when eating etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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