Working out vs couch potato

[Trike3]

Which seems to be the better option? I can't decide. Moderate exercise actually sways blue, correct? Ht is the effectiveness of just losing weight with LE diet and no exercise?

[Marika]

As I have understood, it is the intense excercise (like 6 days a week) that sways pink.

Therefore I've decided to stick with the couch potato option for now.

Usually i do moderate cardio about 3 times a week (like spinning/rpm) and dance classes but due to some back problems I haven't done it for a few weeks. I figure that since I wont be able to do it as much as i think is needed for swaying, I wont do it at all.

[Rosie85]

The exercise has been seeing really good results but it has to be a certain amount so if you can't commit it is better to do the couch potato. I remember atomic saying she wish she never said the word intense. What it is...is exercising 5-6 days a week at 60+ minutes in the form of cardio. So power walking or cycling, jogging, elliptical machine, treadmill... a lot of women do the leslie sansone dvds. I personally have the 5 mile fat burning walk dvd of hers. It is just power walking, nothing overly intense. It isn't about wanting to basically die for an hour straight, lol. The point is to exercise for 60 minutes because it takes over the 45 minute mark to really get into the fat burning zone. I suspect that the whole exercising almost everyday has something to do with it too as your body doesn't have time to recuperate.

If you choose exercise just be sure to steer clear of anything strength building like weights, push-ups, pull-ups etc. Look up aerobic or cardio exercise online and you will find many examples of what to do!

[LilithWiser1979]

I'm choosing exercise because it seems to be the single most effective pink sway tactic in conjunction with the LE diet. You DO have to commit to 60 minutes of it at a time, breaking it up wouldn't be effective.

It's my last shot, and I know I'd regret not trying the one thing that's getting the best results :)

[LilithWiser1979]

You might find this thread interesting:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-girl/31323-there-better-results-intense-exercise-couch-potato.html

BTW, Funkyfry and Bigwish are both having girls after following this advice, as you can see from their siggies!

[Rosie85]

For what is it worth...I think the exercise with diet is MY best shot at a girl. If I wasn't doing the exercise I wouldn't feel as confident in my ability at getting a girl. I just have a really really good feeling about it. So follow your gut feelings!

[marriedmomof2]

Atomic said this in the "at home workout" post....
I think the 60 min. is more important than the 7 days a week, if you could manage 4 or 5 days instead that would still probably be ok. If it's only going to be 2-3 times a week I feel less confident in that amount.

I like Walk away the pounds for TTC pink, it's very easy to do!!
I plan to do 5 days at 60 minutes. Since the exercising with diet and one attempt seem to be doing so great I think that's the best choice for me.

[Trike3]

You might find this thread interesting:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-girl/31323-there-better-results-intense-exercise-couch-potato.html

BTW, Funkyfry and Bigwish are both having girls after following this advice, as you can see from their siggies!

:( I can't access the link.

[Rosie85]

OH the link may be for gender dreaming members only.

[dreamingofwin]

I started doing the exercise then pulled my back. I am 10dpo so it may be too late but I am ? wondering about next month? Would it be worth me starting again at cd1??? X

[Prayingpink]

Dreamingofwin I have a similar problem. I'm 8 dpo and started excersise at 3 dpo. I actually might have already conserved this month but am hoping I don't only so I have more time on diet and so I have a little bit of excersise under my belt. Any way if I conceive next month, that only gives me like 3 weeks of excersise. I asked if this would be an issue. Atomic's response was this, the only harm would be a rise in testosterone. A testosterone rises when you begin working out then over time it drops. She also said that we are sure if testosterone sways. So I just made and executive decision and decided that based on the info, I wanted to give it a try. I'm also taking saw palmetto so maybe that will help a bit. But in my eyes I think excersise will help. And I wanna try everything. I think if I got an opposite while not excersising, I'd wonder if excersising would have done it. That being said it's really something that you have to gather all info you can and then make the desolation on your own because there's just not enough data to tell

[LilithWiser1979]

Ah, you're right. It'll cost you $12 to look at that thread, LOL. It IS worth it, IMHO. Seriously though, suffice it to say that exercise has had a handful of opposites, but it has better stats than any other sway tactic.

[carmella_marie]

My failed sway I did couch potato route so I'm all for exercise this next time. Thing is, with 2 kiddos and stairs in my house and playing with them outside, I'm hardly a couch potato, KWIM? If you've got a desk job you work for 60 hours a week you're much more a couch potato than the average mom with kids.

[Abifasc]

Sorry to jump in, but how long do you have to exercise this way to be effective? I have a gym membership (taking a week break bc I had non-invasive surgery last week), but my attempt is going to be mid April. I can't get to the gym 6 days a week for 6 weeks.

[carmella_marie]

I think 6-8 weeks minimum is getting the best results

[LilithWiser1979]

I know a lot of ladies are doing Walk Away The Pounds at home, so maybe you could fill in the days you can't make it to the gym with that YouTube video at home?

[atomic sagebrush]

We honestly do not know and can't totally say which is the "better option" across the boards (and it's probably different for everyone anyway).

Exercise does not exist in a vacuum, it works in concert with diet and if you're losing weight on a lower protein diet, it can sway pink even at a moderate level, and if you are eating a ton you can end up swaying blue even with more intense exercise. And anyone who has trouble regulating blood sugar such as PCOS/IR should do exercise even if it's moderate, because the benefits for lowering blood sugar outweigh any risks of the mod. exercise. But overall there is the trend that mod. exercise + blue friendly diet sways pretty strongly blue.

So, that leaves us with issues of practicality. Both ways can work if you follow a lower protein, lower cal diet and lose some weight. If you have no weight to spare, don't do the intense exercise, you will stop ovulation. If you ahve a lot of weight to lose, try really really hard to get the exercise in there.

[atomic sagebrush]

I started doing the exercise then pulled my back. I am 10dpo so it may be too late but I am ? wondering about next month? Would it be worth me starting again at cd1??? X

exercise has been getting such good results that I think it's worth it to try to include if at all possible.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ah, you're right. It'll cost you $12 to look at that thread, LOL. It IS worth it, IMHO. Seriously though, suffice it to say that exercise has had a handful of opposites, but it has better stats than any other sway tactic.

thank you. Just wanted to mention that this IS my job, this site represents thousands of hours of work for me. Dream Membership $$ from swayers, goes to me to continue to enable me to do this full time, so Dream Memberships are always appreciated.

[atomic sagebrush]

just to recap -

Exercise has gotten great results albeit with small sample size

6-8 weeks in advance is best because T levels may rise at first but then decline over time

60 min in one block is better than shorter time periods because your body runs out of carbs to burn and starts burning stores of fat/muscle at that point, and something about that process seems to sway pink.

"intense" only means intense for YOU and not for an Olympic athlete (and yes I would like to have never used that word intense LOL) So if you're breathing hard and your heart is beating faster, it doens't matter if it's just brisk walking if that is all you can do.