LAST shot at PINK after 5 boys!!!

[Mags]

Hi All!

I have one last shot at pink. DH will absolutely cut me off at 6 kids (which I won't complain about, I still think he's a saint haha) I purchased a plan after boy #3 that I didn't get the chance to follow.

I am hoping to conceive April/May....does that sound like a good amount of sway time? I can wait longer as there is no real deadline.

I have an incredibly friendly boy friendly diet with a TON of healthy fats, big meals and lots of snacking.

I have about 10-15 pounds to lose (weight 135 at 5'6") I am also nursing my 1 year old.

My plan is to-

Skip breakfast...although this has been VERY difficult so far (like, shaky hungry)

When I cave, I've had two slices of bread with butter and jelly and a glass of skim milk. I always have coffee with creamer. What is a good breakfast for when I can't manage skipping? Typically I have two eggs, toast, cheese, avocado or cereal.

Lunch I typically have chicken salad. Is this still ok? Should I switch to all vegetarian considering my incredibly boy leaning body??

Dinner I'm moving away from typical heavy foods like casseroles to soups and bread. We cut out red meat about 6 months ago.

Glass of wine 2-3 times a week.

In terms of supplements, I just ordered folic acid....what else should I be doing??

THANK YOU!!!

[Mags]

Forgot to add I plan to exercise at least 4/5 times a week/run/walk on treadmill for an hour or so. Does that sound ok?

[YesIcan2020]

All the best, I hope you get a girl for your last :)

[Thirdtimelucky01]

Good luck Mags! I just wanted to say that you don’t really have to skip breakfast, I’m 5 months pregnant with my girl and I had breakfast every day :) I just delayed it and fasted for 14-16 hours overnight.


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[Mags]

oh, really?? That's good to know. I think i've figured out that my issue was working out in the morning....made me ridiculously hungry all day. If I work out later than I can make it with no breakfast. How many boys do you have? I think i'm just thinking I should do everything I can as I'm clearly VERY built for boys!!

[Thirdtimelucky01]

I have two boys but after reading all the info here I realised I always lived a very boy friendly life: lots of healthy snacking, lots of meat and vegetables and limited carbs, zero cardio and I lot of weight lifting. I even had one attempt with both boys but still got pregnant first month trying with both. I must add that I had more than one attempt this time around (2 or 3) as I was fed up with not getting pregnant (it took me 6 cycles after a miscarriage) and still ended up with a girl. I truly believe diet and cardio is the key!!!


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[Mags]

I have two boys but after reading all the info here I realised I always lived a very boy friendly life: lots of healthy snacking, lots of meat and vegetables and limited carbs, zero cardio and I lot of weight lifting. I even had one attempt with both boys but still got pregnant first month trying with both. I must add that I had more than one attempt this time around (2 or 3) as I was fed up with not getting pregnant (it took me 6 cycles after a miscarriage) and still ended up with a girl. I truly believe diet and cardio is the key!!!


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So good to know!! Can you share what sorts of foods you ate when you got preggo with your daughter? I'm struggling to change my diet or know what to eat.

[Thirdtimelucky01]

I had a pretty repetitive boring menu really. Cup of coffee with a vegemite or jam toast in the morning, soup for lunch (if I cooked it with meat I’d just leave it out of my plate or eat a tiny piece) and then vegetable curry or vegetable and chicken wraps, salads with boiled egg or grilled salmon, carrot sticks with dips and fruit for dinner. No snacking, no juices. Just lots of water during the day to fill me up. Got used to it eventually but struggled without red meat in the beginning.


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[atomic sagebrush]

can you bump this for me?

[Mags]

can you bump this for me?

Hi! Yes! Thanks, Atomic. Looking forward to hearing from you.

A few questions--

1. Exercise has been going well, is is imperative that I hit 60 minutes? I can easily manage 4 plus days but I've been doing around 45 minutes.

2. I've also been able to stretch my first meal until 11/12....but my hunger is pretty intense from there on. I've had meals at 12, 3 and 5. Then trying to go until noon.

3. I've been eating chicken....should I cut this out? And how about dairy? Should I be eating low fat dairy? Upping that? I am not typically drinking much milk.

[Mags]

Atomic, I messaged you on the private sway forum..does that work? Thank you!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

I answered this in your custom coaching forum but reposting here in case anyone else has similar questions.
April/May is a good lead time! We need to be careful you don't lose too much weight though. I don't think you have much weight to spare. At BMI 21, which you're nearly at, you need to hold steady from there. Losing as much weight as you say would put you in the 19 range and that is too low.

I need you to take a sample of your day's meal in terms of fat, protein, and calories. You likely aren't eating enough. Breastfeeding macros are higher - 1800-2000 cals, 50-60 g protein and fat, and if that isn't enough we can add more.

I think you should add in breakfast for now. We have time to play with this. We can take it away later on once we get the diet more dialed in. Re what to eat for breakfast, whatever you want, though cereal in particular has been boy friendly. Most people give up avocado too but you don't technically ahve to.

Chicken is ok within limits. The downside of focusing too much on chicken though is that you end up with a lot of protein for very few calories. So if you are ending up going over on protein and not having enough food, you may find you're happier without it.

I don't recommend Vitex any more. I've phased a lot of those old school things out the past four years and our results stayed high, so they apparently aren't doing anything.

I think it's likely best for you to just do folic acid. While a lot of people do fiber, I think with your slim build and that you're nursing (and are getting really hungry) it's best to leave it out for you.

[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic, I messaged you on the private sway forum..does that work? Thank you!!!

yep I just replied there!

[atomic sagebrush]

Good luck Mags! I just wanted to say that you don’t really have to skip breakfast, I’m 5 months pregnant with my girl and I had breakfast every day :) I just delayed it and fasted for 14-16 hours overnight.


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:agree: yep only need to go 12-16 hours overnight. do that on the timing that works best for you. both 2 and 3 meals are equally allowed, do whichever works better for you.