My plan.. would love opinions/advice :)

[disneybabe]

I already intermittent fast between 11a-7p, so I will continue doing that. After I wake up, I just drink lemon water until 11a.

I'm thinking my 2 meals will pretty much be the same thing. A HUGE bowls of assorted greens (maybe I should do iceberg lettuce instead?) brown rice, some pinto beans, peas, broccoli (I'm sure the veg will vary). I just put lemon juice, black pepper and a littttle amount of pink himalayan sea salt on top. With the "salad" bowl I'll have some fruit. Mango is my fav, but I could also have apples, grapes, etc. If I need more fat I could add some sunflower seeds or avocado. This may not sound like a lot of food, but trust me the bowl I use is huge! The hardest thing for me will be having no snacks or tea! Peppermint tea is my fav but I have read that it's a no-no.

For exercise I jump on a rebounding trampoline for 20-25 min each morning then do ab workouts (no weights). At night, I jog outside for another 20-30 minutes.

I'm not sure if this makes any difference, but my husband and I are both vegan. However, he won't be changing his diet at all.

When it comes time to actually BD we will probably just do it on Mondays and Fridays so that I don't have the added stress of using ovulation tests, but I will figure that out when it gets closer to November.

I would love any opinions/advice. I want to figure this all out so I can stop worrying about it!

~~TIA!~~

[atomic sagebrush]

Some people think lemon water is a blue swayer (and I actually have blue swayers drink it) so that may be something you wish to change. I doubt it does much, just letting you know about the thinking with that.

If you have the choice between a less and more nutrient dense vegetable, if all things are equal, then choose the less nutritious one BUT this doesn't mean you can't still have nutritious veg (and it doesn't mean you have to switch to iceberg lettuce if you'd prefer not to.) We have not found the nutrients in fruit and veg to be at all strong swayers and most people are eating tons of all sorts of fruit and veg now and our results are highter than eer.

Yes please do be extra careful with your fat intake - I recommend getting 45 g fat or more per day as we've had a lot of vegans have trouble with spotty ovulation on LE Diet.

If at all possible I would have you either do ALL your cardio in one burst or up at least one of those workouts to 45-60 minutes. 20-30 min. is considered moderate exercise and we have found that breaking the 60 min. up into 2 30 min. bursts separated by several hours of recovery time has not worked. Doing 45-60 min at least once a day has worked even when you add on another round of exercise to that, but the 2 smaller workouts has not been as effective.

I'd drop the abs for now.

Vegan hubbies = more girls conceived :agree:

Fine to do the e4d if you prefer. You ~may~ want to start off stretching that a day or so more so you're doing one attempt per week to start with at least the first month or two, but that's at your discretion. Some people do want to feel like they've tried a "true" one attempt first before going to e4d but it is entirely up to you!

[MrsEnglish]

Hi! Just wanted to say welcome and wish you luck!