Do I need to track calories?Updated a year ago
Counting calories works for some people, but it’s a lot of work and monitoring everything you eat can become stressful, exhausting and unrealistic for busy mums. Instead, we encourage mums to focus on consuming healthy, nutrient-dense foods that will fuel your body and give you the energy required to look after your beautiful, albeit tiring, bundle of joy.
If you eat healthy food and avoid junk food, you will naturally lose weight.
Although we don’t recommend strictly counting every calorie, we understand that some people benefit from a guideline.
A one size fits all calorie recommendation isn’t realistic as a 100kg mum has different energy requirements to a 60kg mum. The total number of calories each individual needs depends on your current weight, age, activity level and if you’re breastfeeding.
Click here to access our calorie counting tool that will help you establish a baseline calorie recommendation to follow.
It's super important to listen to your hunger cues while you're breastfeeding. As your little one grows and develops, they'll require more milk some days. However, there may be no indication of this except for your increased hunger.
So rather than thinking, "I shouldn't be hungry; I've just had breakfast", it's crucial to fuel your body's needs. If you opt for a healthy snack, you'll remain on track to losing weight and ensure your milk supply isn't impacted.