Diet: You need about 1200 to 1400 calories per day and you will burn an extra 300 calories a day by breast feeding. If you take in less calories than you burn, you will lose weight.
Answered 12/15/2014
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Calories are used to: produce breast milk, and if you are solely breast feeding, an infant will drink about 32 oz a day, which requires at least 750 calories to produce. A pound of body weight is lost for every 3500 calories. By eating a healthy normal diet as you did pre-pregnancy, you should lose over a pound a week. Continue with vitamins and drink plenty of fluids to keep your urine is a light yellow.
Answered 12/29/2014
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