Putting together a plan

[motherofboys]

Hey there. I'm a mum to 4 boys, my youngest being 5 months, and am in the process of reading all the girl library on here and putting together a sway plan.You should see me, its like college days all over again, with my glasses on the end of my nose and my note pad and pen in hand LOL
This thread is just kind of a place to put all my plan ideas together in one place, while also leaving it open for people to say "you don't want to do it like that" before I actually start putting it all into practise.
My aim is to mainly change diet, I don't have a great diet atm anyway so although I know my diet is low nutrient, its actually probably quite high in calories and I am grazing all day rather than having meals which I know is bad for swaying and just in general really.
I'm still carrying a little baby weight, and I'm kind of hoping that doesn't come off yet just because I usually can not afford to lose any weight (I boarder the healthy/under weight line for my height and weight)
DH is much older than I am (me being 27, him 45) so I plan on frequent release although I've yet to read much about that, just that its best not to abstain because of his age and the options are abstain or FR.
I want to add in cardio, I know its a 6/7 days a week or none deal. This worries me as I don't have a great deal of time on my hands, but I wasn't doing any exercise when I fell pregnant all 4 times and got boys, so I feel I should do some.
Would a long, 'power walk' that got the heart pumping, with the pram, each day be enough?
I don't want to stress too much and half of me thinks I shouldn't sway and just take what I'm given, but I know I'll always think "what if" if I don't at least give it a shot.
Food wise, I'm planning (so far) to go as far into the morning with out breakfast as I can. I don't usually eat until 9:30/10 anyway so if I can make it to 11 I figure I can have 1 meal that will count as lunch too. I'm going to try to go for 2 meals a day. I don't have a clue how to calorie count, how do you know how many you are getting?
I also don't know how to work out how much fat etc I'm getting.
If I simply cut portion sizes and cut out most meat, plus switch to lower fat alternatives will that be enough?
We usually eat as a family and I don't want my change in diet to be too noticeable to my boys.
I read something about peppermint tea so I want to swap out my usual coffee for that.
I eat quite a bit of pasta, is this ok? I got confused with all the white grains stuff LOL
I need to go over the supplements side of things but I'm thinking folic acid which is a good idea anyway when TTC and then soy (did I read both DH and I can take that?) Is there anything else that is a good idea to take?
Thats about it for now. I will update once I've done a bit more 'studying' LOL

[SamS_TTCPink]

Hi! :)

The best person to answer all your questions is Atomic, and I'm sure she'll have some helpful advice when she sees this, but if you're interested, she also does personalised plans which takes the guess work out of it. I highly recommend it.

With counting calories, fats etc...I use an app called My Fitness Pal, but I know there's a few others out there that do the same.

With soy, I'm pretty sure only DH should have it, not you.

Some of us take vitex, saw palmetto (although I think the peppermint tea is instead of this) and a fibre supplement (chistosan is popular) but again, this is all based on your personal circumstances. :)

Exercise, the LE diet and the one attempt seems to be the most important tactics to use. :)

[motherofboys]

Hey thank you, I hope Atomic sees and can offer some advice, but your comments are exactly what I hoped to gain from starting this thread so early. It can all get a bit confusing.
I will look for something like the fitness app to help with my calculations on fat and calories. You've been a big help already.

[lfc_sarah]

I was going to suggest My Fitness Pal too!
I'm on the LE Diet but I'm not an expert yet so i'd hate to advise wrong. Good luck xxx


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[motherofboys]

I'm just downloading the app now. Might start using it right away, be interesting to see what I do actually take in and how much I need to adjust by.

[keepthefaith]

Myfitnesspal app has a scanner that is fab as can scan food labels and it tells you what calories etc the food you are eating has.

[atomic sagebrush]

there are other options besides abstain and FR, can someone post a link? sleeping sick baby on arm

people have gotten good results with fewer days of exercise, just keep to the 60 min a day tho. I would not drop below 4-5 but tat may be more doable for you. walking is fine

you have to look at labels and look things up online whichseems like a lot of work but once you get the hang of it you can just mentally track it.

I had no trouble doing LE with my family, I just made normal meals and skipped the meat for me and ate more LE-friendly stuff.

Pasta is ok but it is not unlimited food, you need to monitor the nutrients

soy in foods is fine, i don't recommend soy supps for most people