Yu Fang lost 18 kg by breastfeeding, consuming 500 calories a day

Yu Fang, an actress with an angelic face and a devilish figure, turned her attention to the hosting industry after getting married. She hosted a food program on TVB and was given the title of the Queen of the Northeast Corner. She already has two sons and gave birth to her third baby daughter in April this year. It is understood that she was warned by doctors every time she was pregnant that she was overweight. This time, she said that she successfully lost 18 kilograms from 78 kilograms to 60 kilograms in two months by breastfeeding frequently.

Even though the beautiful mother Yu Fang gained weight during the delivery period, she successfully lost 18 kilograms by breastfeeding. (Photo taken from Yu Fang’s Facebook)

Yu Fang, who is 163 cm tall, gained weight to 78 kg when she was pregnant with her third child. She even joked on Facebook that she was pregnant at the same time when she took on the role in an idol drama, and she was getting fatter and fatter, which made her feel very embarrassed. She gained so much weight every time she was pregnant that her doctor warned her not to. Now she shares her successful method of losing weight.

For example, after giving birth, she would add ginger to her bath every day to make herself sweat profusely, promote metabolism, and eliminate water from the body. In addition, one of the best ways to lose weight is to breastfeed a lot. She revealed to the media that because of the large amount of breast milk she feeds, she has to borrow a large refrigerator from a friend who runs a restaurant to completely freeze the breast milk she squeezes out every day.

Yu Fang, who successfully lost 18 kilograms in two months, recently uploaded a photo on Facebook of her attending her son's graduation ceremony with almost no makeup on, which attracted more than 30,000 likes from netizens, who envied her for not only her rapid recovery of figure but also her smooth skin, and praised her for being so beautiful.

Study: Breastfeeding helps with weight loss

According to a study published in the International Breastfeeding Journal, women who exclusively breastfeed after childbirth lose weight faster than mothers who mix breast milk and formula, even if they need normal nutritional and calorie supplements and exercise relatively less.

The researchers compared weight changes in mothers who exclusively breastfed and those who mixed breastfeeding within 12 weeks after delivery. Breastfeeding mothers who consumed 1980 calories per day lost an average of 4.41 kg in weight, while mixed milk mothers who only consumed about 1541 calories per day only lost an average of 2.79 kg in weight.

Chen Jinghui, chief physician of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Taipei Medical University Hospital, said that women who exclusively breastfeed can consume an additional 300 to 500 calories a day, of which about one-third come from stored body fat. But the most important thing is that breastfeeding still requires nutritional balance. Don't deliberately not eat just because you want to lose weight. It is recommended that daily calorie intake should not be less than 1,800 calories.

Dr. Chen Jinghui added that if women start breastfeeding as soon as possible after giving birth, it can promote the early secretion of breast milk, which is not only beneficial to the child, but the mother is also the beneficiary of breastfeeding.