Losing weight while BF--am I endangering my supply?

[Peek-a-boo]

I have lost about 23 pounds in the last 2 months.  I still have at least 25 pounds that I need to lose to be at a healthy weight. 

My DD is 3 months old and I just have this niggling worry that I'm losing weight too quickly and may be jeopardizing my supply--even though there's no indication of that. 

I'm not doing any sort of crazy diet.  I'm not counting calories or grams of anything.  I'm just eating (mostly ) nutrient-dense food (fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean protein) only when I'm hungry and stopping at satisfication (lots of focus on honoring hunger/satisfaction signals).  I am also off dairy and soy because DD is intolerant.  I'm sure that my not eating cheese and ice cream as helped with the weight loss.  I was exercising regularly (2 mile brisk walk, pilates and hand weights), but then I got a stress fracture, so no more walking--just pilates and hand weights.

Does this all sound okay?  I'm a worrier.  I love that I'm losing weight.  I don't want to start eating when I'm not hungry, which I'd have to do to slow the weightloss.  Yet, I don't want to do anything to mess up breastfeeding. 

[lisi's mum]

Bethany, your diet sounds sensible. If you start noticing your supply dipping I'd stick in a couple healthy snacks. A hand full of nuts for example will keep you going for a very long time and give your body that extra fat it needs.

Enjoy the bf-ing advantage. I wish I did it as healthily as you, but am still losing weight whilst pigging out on cake and chocolate. The time I noticed I needed to watch out was as dd1 got to 11 mo or so and the amount of milk she drank started to reduce.

Well done, and good luck!

[Peek-a-boo]

Thank you 

[Mum of 3 + 2 stepkids]

Hi,

I always found that if my supply dipped a little then i just ate a bit more dairy (piece of cheese), always worked for me

Kate x

[Peek-a-boo]

Unfortunately, DD is intolerant of dairy.  I've been trying to add avacado to my diet for some healthy fat. 

[Mum of 3 + 2 stepkids]

Didn't read you post properly, sorry

Best stick to those nuts then

Kate x