Ask Dr. Mike: How To Lose Weight While Breastfeeding

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Today’s question comes from a Facebook Fan. She asks:

What can do for nutritionally as a nursing mom? Sometimes I feel like it’s not possible to lose weight as a nursing mom because I’m so afraid of losing my milk supply. Any suggestions?

I think that in these situations it is important to focus on metabolism enhancing activities and not metabolism decreasing activities (such as caloric restriction).

In this video I discuss 2 calorie burning keys for losing weight while breast-feeding and then how to estimate your calorie needs to elicit weight loss while breast-feeding.

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