It can be hard enough to get back into a workout routine post baby, between time constraints, nursing/pumping/bottle feeding and just juggling mom life it can be hard. In addition to the every day time blocks/stressors, a lot of nursing mama's have questions about their milk supply and fear that it will drop, I am here to tell you that is NOT true, but there are some things you can do to keep up your supply and fuel your body.
Breastfeeding typically causes you to burn between 400-500 calories a day. Add in working out and you are burning even more. Make sure you are keeping up your calories once you get back to your workouts, this will help ensure your milk supply stays strong. One of my favorite go to breakfasts for keeping up supply is oatmeal!
It is easy to get busy and get to 4pm realizing you only drank a few sips of water that morning with breakfast. Set a reminder in your phone to keep the water intake up, between nursing and working out it is easy to get dehydrated!
Nursing on demand can be hard, first of all you never know when you might get a break to fit a workout in and second life will ALWAYS get in the way- try to schedule your workout for right after you nurse or feed your new babe so that you have a larger window of opportunity and your breasts will be less full making it more comfortable during a workout.
You will NOT be able to run your 7 minute mile day one out of the gate. Your core will not be as strong and your body just went through some serious work. Start easy and don't over do it. You will reach those goals, just not on day 1!
You may get frustrated stopping in the middle of your workout to nurse, trust me I still do, but stopping does not make it a bad workout. Give yourself credit for making time for your workout and cut yourself some slack if you have to take a break, it happens.
