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How to figure out how many calories per day to lose weight while breastfeeding?
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It depends...: It depends on how much exercise you are getting. If your baby is only drinking breast milk, you're burning about 500 calories a day making milk. In a study, nursing moms taking in about 1700 calories a day lost weight without affecting their babies' health.
Answered 9/6/2013
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