Weight Watchers For Breastfeeding Moms

Weight Watchers For Breastfeeding Moms

Breastfeeding and exercise guidelines

Exercising and staying active while breastfeeding is important for your overall health and wellbeing. It can improve your mood and mental health as well as keep you fit and strong, and help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

However, it is important you check in with your doctor or health care professional before reintroducing any old or new exercise to avoid any potential injuries. It took you 9 months to form your pregnancy body, it will take time to return to your pre-pregnancy self! Recovery may also take longer after a cesarean.

When you get the A-OK from your doctor or health care professional, introduce exercise slowly - don't rush back to your pre-pregnancy routine. Take time to rest and have some self-compassion.

When you're ready, it's a good idea to find exercises that help strengthen your core muscles and in particular, your pelvic floor. Exercises that can help strengthen your core floor are included in our mum and baby workout .

Lacking motivation or energy?

It can help to find exercise that you ENJOY, which is why the myWW+ includes a range of activities from dance workouts to yoga. You can find these workouts in FitOn under the Activity dashboard in the WW app.

Lacking time?

Try and divide your exercise into smaller, more manageable blocks per day, for example ~30 minutes per day or 2 x 15 minute blocks while your baby sleeps. Alternatively, you can incorporate your baby into the workout (see our mum and baby workout above).

This can be helpful when aiming for 2 ½ hours of moderate intensity activity (such as a fast walk or dance class) per week.

Additional frequently asked questions

What does 'partially breastfeeding' mean?

Partially breastfeeding means you have started to wean your baby to consume formula and/or eat food. Once weaning is complete, the daily SmartPoints budget should be reset to that of a non-breastfeeding woman. If you have any concerns whether you are getting the right amount of energy for your stage of breastfeeding, speak to your doctor.

Can I use SmartPoints leftover at the end of the day?

Yes! With each plan you can rollover up to 4 unused daily SmartPoints into your Weekly SmartPoints budget. Rollover SmartPoints will be reset on weigh-in day each week.

How do I get the correct SmartPoints budget whilst breastfeeding on my app?

iPhone and Android: From the My Day screen > Profile icon (top right) > Gear icon (top right) > Food Settings > Are you breastfeeding? > Select either "I am breastfeeding" or "I am partially breastfeeding".

Computer: Click on Account at top right > Settings > In the 'Breastfeeding' section check the most appropriate option > scroll down and click Update.

NOTE: Once you have finished breastfeeding, you will need to update your settings to ensure your daily SmartPoints are reset to that of a woman who isn't breastfeeding.

Weight Watchers For Breastfeeding Moms

Source: https://www.weightwatchers.com/au/blog/weight-loss/breastfeeding-weight-loss-guide