Breastfeeding Reading: Eat Well, Lose Weight, While Breastfeeding

While nursing, my activities are limited to watching TV, reading, playing on my phone, and of course playing with my little boy. Twenty minutes to an hour of nursing every 90 minutes to 4 hours all day and night adds up to a lot of reading time. The first book I decided to read was Eat Well, Lose Weight, While Breastfeeding: The Complete Nutrition Book for Nursing Mothers by Eileen Behan.

This book is not the diet book I was expecting. Fortunetly, it was what I needed to know to prevent me from risking my own health at an attempt to lose weight. Behan breaks down all the vitamins and minerals needed while breastfeeding and shows the importance of consuming enough calories. Since reading this book, I have experienced my weight drastically reducing back to my pre-pregnancy figure (but with an extra two cup sizes) while consuming 1800 to 2000 calories a day. She also answers a lot of questions and concerns for the new breastfeeding mother. I recommend this book for any mom new to breastfeeding who may be running out of energy to care for their baby (we all are) or are a little concerned about their figures after having a baby.