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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Appreciate that excess production of 2000L of breast milk would require the amount of excess caloric intake of 2 years worth of normal adult consumption. With grocery prices being what they are, that's something.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So, could you lose weight by pumping breasts if you did not change your diet?

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Any time you're in caloric deficit your body will start burning fat (and muscle) stores, so yeah.

I don't know enough about lactation, but I suspect if you stay in a deficit too long you'll just stop lactating.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In form of a lack of additional fresh nutrients, or old fat to burn?

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Windex007 is right; breastfeeding is how many new moms lose the excess pregnancy weight. But it is a delicate dance trying to keep your milk production up. Also, personally I was starving all the time while I was nursing, plus sleep deprivation, so for some of us the whole “losing the baby weight” doesn’t really work as well as we’d like.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Men have the glands as well, I believe just need a hormone treatment. That and maybe a tit shave to not deliver hairy milk.

[–] Drz@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

I have nipples, Greg, could you milk me?

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Okay but I'm gonna name my band "The Hairy Milk Experience."