Swaying after a early miscarriage

[Prayingforagirl67]

Hello everyone, after my miscarriage a little over a week ago, I took a little time off just to get my thoughts together and figure out which route my husband and I wanted to take. Although I would like to start trying to conceive right away, we decided to wait three months before trying again, only because we do not want a Due date in November/December. If we start trying in April that should give us an EDD of mid January which we prefer. I was off my diet once we found out I was pregnant and had quite a few cheat days even before then, I’m back on my diet after a few days of just emotional eating over the weekend, but a little more laxed. Prior to this I was eating about 1200-1300 calories a day, now I’m getting 1500-1700 calories a day (I’m not sure if it’s because of my hormones or what not but I still feel very hungry a lot of the time) will this make my body think my condition is improving? Should I continue to eat the 1200-1300 calories a day? Also, I have had ALOT of cheat days, most of them are still within LE limits,(I’m on the PCOS diet) and some are full on “boy” cheat days, will those few weeks of being off the diet hurt my “new and improved” sway? I’m not sure what my cycle is going to be like after the miscarriage but if it is how it was prior, we will be trying at the end of April.
(My excersizing will most likely be staying the same-60 mins, 4-5 times a week of just walking)

I also just wanted to thank everyone from my other thread for all the kind words and well wishes, coming back and seeing how kind everyone was, was so very helpful! Thank you all so much :)

[Prayingforagirl67]

I’m also curious being on the PCOS diet , I know cheats are cheats, but would having a cheat that contains of white bread or rice, which is allowed on the regular LE diet be better then having a “boy” HE diet cheat?

[gafan]

I’m also curious being on the PCOS diet , I know cheats are cheats, but would having a cheat that contains of white bread or rice, which is allowed on the regular LE diet be better then having a “boy” HE diet cheat?Following, although I am on a different diet. And I wonder if your white carb cheats might be softened in impact by making sure you have some healthy fat/protein with the cheat. That might have nothing to do with it though.

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[atomic sagebrush]

If you're not trying for 3+ months nothing you have eaten now will matter. Plenty of time to get things sorted out! Don't even worry about that.

As you may recall I very much prefer everyone eat 1500-1800 cals anyway. Start the exercise and see how it goes. You can always eat fewer cals over time but right now I want to be sure you give your body time to recover.

[atomic sagebrush]

I’m also curious being on the PCOS diet , I know cheats are cheats, but would having a cheat that contains of white bread or rice, which is allowed on the regular LE diet be better then having a “boy” HE diet cheat?

I just don't have the information to be able to know things like that. There is just too much variation between all the possible food choices in the world and it's probably individual anyway (people have all different levels of sensitivity to carbs)

[Prayingforagirl67]

Thank you atomic, I’m so happy to hear that, I’ve been so ravenous lately it feels like I never stopped being pregnant. Is that “normal” at 2 weeks past MC?
We are so bummed, we were so happy that we conceived right away, we wanted a September or October baby.

I’m going to keep on the 1500-1800 calories, I still have about 30 lbs to lose to be at a “normal” weight for my height. Would you still recommend me being on the PCOS diet? I haven’t been super strict on it, I’m kind of in between the regular LE diet and the PCOS version as of now, but I’m definitely willing to change it up if you feel need be!

Thank you again for taking the time to answer my questions atomic!

[Prayingforagirl67]

I wondered the same thing gafan, I wondered if not going over in calls or being under in calls and within limits of protein and fat would kind of outweigh if you will the white flour. I always wonder if eating so few calories and having white bread or rice would still make your blood sugar go high.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes it's normal. It's the hormone levels, they take time to figure themselves out.

Yes, I still want you on PCOS Diet but if you slip up now and then that's fine too. I just don't want you to fill up on empty carbs, I don't think that will help your sway.

[atomic sagebrush]

I wondered the same thing gafan, I wondered if not going over in calls or being under in calls and within limits of protein and fat would kind of outweigh if you will the white flour. I always wonder if eating so few calories and having white bread or rice would still make your blood sugar go high.

There are other things to consider aside from blood sugar levels themselves and I just feel it's best to aim at the whole grains. The white rice, however, has been shown to be somewhat more forgiving than wheat products so if you really can't stand brown rice (I don't really like it either) if you prefer to do white rice as a compromise that's fine and something I recommend playing around with.

[lucylane]

normal may be?

[atomic sagebrush]

normal may be?

to feel hungry for a few weeks after a loss

[Prayingforagirl67]

I’ve been eating the brown rice and hate it! I’m going to switch over to white rice now! Should I be cutting out wheat all in all, I do eat wheat bread/wraps along with whole grain bread. Should I strictly go whole grain? I’m getting back in to my sway tomorrow, I had a little bit of a break, I got all of my red meat cravings and junk food cravings out the door and am going to start fresh tomorrow, with tracking and everything again, I feel like that’ll be plenty of time since we’re not going to be trying until May.

[atomic sagebrush]

I think I may have already explained this before but the jury is out on white vs. brown rice so use whichever one makes it easier on you.

Some people do better cutting out wheat totaly but you were on this more as a preventative, right?? I would probably not take that step yet as it makes it much harder to stick to the diet.

Yes that's more than enough time - please go easy on yourself since you are very far out from TTC anyway and if you slip up, it's no big deal.

[Prayingforagirl67]

Thank you for all the info atomic, yes I’m just on it for preventative. I’ll keep having wheat in small portions I don’t want to go crazy with my sway this time around, it drive me crazy last time (no ones fault but my own)

I’m going easy, I’ve had quite a bit of red meat last week, and I’ve been wondering something. Years ago when I was vegetarian I was very anemic, recently I’ve been having some of the same symptoms of those that I had while I was anemic. I’ve been bruising more often out of no where and very very tired quite often etc. I was craving red meat for a while and gave in even though I know it’s not pink friendly. I plan on going to the dr soon to get blood work done, if I am anemic again (my body wasn’t absorbing any iron when I was vegetarian even on supplements) would it hinder my sway? I know I’m a ways out which is why I wasn’t going crazy on restrictions with what I could and couldn’t eat, but I really don’t want to go back to eating red meat in a daily basis.

[atomic sagebrush]

Being anemic does not hinder your sway but it may lower odds of conception if it gets bad enough.

I want you on supplements NOW today. Red meat is really not the best way to get your iron levels up (I am also prone to anemia and just got it even though I eat red meat and cook in cast iron pans) I don't know what was happening in the past but I'd suggest trying a supplement where the iron is measured at 30-60 mg and NOT the ones that come in the hundreds of milligrams. Those ones are very badly used by the body and it's not at all unusual for people to take them and not have their iron improve at all. Also be sure you're taking it with a meal, with something containing Vit. C, and not with coffee, tea, dairy foods/calcium, or whole grains as they may inhibit your body's ability to absorb iron.

[Prayingforagirl67]

Thank you! I’ll definitely be picking up some supplements today. Hopefully, they will help this time around, I may have been taking the wrong ones, it was back in 2009 so I don’t remember what I was taking for it. I’m definitely off the red meat as of today, I don’t want it to hinder my sway, especially if it’s not going to do anything to help anemia.

I was off my sway for about a month, getting back on it this week. Will it be enough time if I’m not trying until May? Will swaying prior to the loss still count as time towards my sway even if I was off diet and excersize for a month?

[atomic sagebrush]

yes it's more than enough time.

Yes, your swaying prior to the loss does count.