Did you know that close to 500 calories are burned each day while breastfeeding? If you aren’t tracking your food, try eating how you did pre-pregnancy, and add in an extra snack or two throughout the day. The snacks will need to be between 300-500 calories, balanced, and protein packed. Even if you aren’t nursing, you shouldn’t be in a calorie deficit for MANY months after having a baby. Your body NEEDS food to recover.
Here are some healthy snack ideas: - Kodiak Cakes Flapjack or Waffle (toaster ready) topped with maple syrup or use peanut butter if you need to eat with one hand.
- 2 eggs with a piece of wheat toast or an English muffin (top with butter or peanut butter and banana for more calories)
- Yogurt (full fat) topped with berries (fiber), and a serving of granola.
(try adding chia or flaxseed to yogurt/ granola, topping toast, or the waffles) - it’s an easy way to get in healthy fats without making you feel overly full. Also is known to boost milk supply.
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Overnight oats are the easiest thing to keep in refrigerator. If they aren’t your favorite thing, keep trying. There are so many ways that they can be made and there are slight tweaks that can be made to get the texture just right. |
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Easy items to grab from the fridge is literally the only way to ensure that you are consuming ENOUGH food. Click the photos below for some ideas! All of the recipes listed in this guide are simple! Ask your husband, mother, MIL, or friend to help you prep some things EACH WEEK. They want to help! |
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