Always snacking....

[Crazy Monkey]

Just wondering whether other breastfeeding mums are always snacking??
I find myself eating even when I am not hungry... :eek:

I am not putting on weight (actually I weigh less than I did before I got pregnant), just can't stop eating...

I try eating healthy stuff but then follow it with chocolate or biscuits....

Hope this stops once I stop feeding...

[Foxymoron]

:D I eat like a horse when I have a baby to feed! I never gained any weight, it just went into milk production.
Enjoy it, you can afford a choccy biccie now and then!

[Rockett]

Unfortunatley I seem to snack alot too,hungry or not.I try not to have junk in the house though,that helps....a bit... :D

[kimmy]

Yes me too i am always snaking even when i'm not hungry & it seems like i rarely get full as well.
thank god its not just me...

[Imogensmum]

I never get full- am always hungry hungry hungry- and thirsty!!!!

[JnA]

yes, me too.. very thirsty.. I think I drink about four litres of water a day! And the constant snacking.. I have resoted to cutting up carrot and celery sticks and popping them in the fridge so it's easy and convenient... I also don't buy any snacky type food that may pack on the kilos (I don't need anymore thanks! :o )

[Fraggle]

I was majorly hungry as well when breast feeding, constantly snacking. I lost a heap of weight at the time, but I stopped breast feeding slowly about 3 months ago, and you just have to watch that you don't carry on snacking out of habit - I did and let me tell you, it's not pretty.

Still trying to kick the habit, but I do it without thinking half the time.

[tickle]

Hi there,
I had the same problem when bf my DS. You are constantly hungry (or not so hungry but still eating!)
It does definately go away!! My appetite dropped off after he started to eat a fair bit of solids.
I never put on weight while bf but I didn't lose as much as I would have hoped to either.
:)

[Refresh]

Yup, another snacker here! Snacking's a good thing though, if its healthy...keeps your metabolism up! I need to snack all the time feeding a 18 month old...I am also lighter than I was pre pregnancy and I was getting waaaay too skinny for awhile there.

Your body obviously needs it - otherwise you would put on weight, so as long as its healthy..go for it!! :D

[Crazy Monkey]

Glad I'm not the only one... I'm normal!! :)

I like the idea of cut up carrot and celery in the fridge, I might have to do that..
At the moment its the sweet biscuits or chocolate that I grab and I can't just have one.

[carls]

I eat healthy all day until I get home, and then I go straight for the tim tams and ice cream when I get in the door, but then will have something healthy for dinner, followed by tim tams and ice cream... :)