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mommymachine
January 16th, 2022, 08:52 PM
Thinking of trying one last boy sway for the end of the year (TTC in November?) My sweet little girl will be 1 year old on Tuesday. Still deciding!

polaris.kai
January 16th, 2022, 10:47 PM
Thinking of trying one last boy sway for the end of the year (TTC in November???). My sweet little girl will be 1 year old on Tuesday. Still deciding!!!I think I followed your journey when I was pregnant last time! I creeper on the group before mine. I am also planning one last boy sway end of the year/early next year!

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mommymachine
January 16th, 2022, 11:22 PM
I think I followed your journey when I was pregnant last time! I creeper on the group before mine. I am also planning one last boy sway end of the year/early next year!

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I remember you! What do you have at home?


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polaris.kai
January 16th, 2022, 11:23 PM
I remember you! What do you have at home?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk3 girls! Lol I have two failed blue sways you?

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mommymachine
January 17th, 2022, 02:16 PM
3 girls! Lol I have two failed blue sways you?

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I have 3 blues and 4 girls. My boys are 16,14,11. Would love to have a baby boy one more time :)


3 Blue 4 pink

Thinking about 1 more

Jazmin
January 18th, 2022, 11:39 AM
hi mommymachine, i remember your posts. [emoji4]

when are you planning to start ?


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mommymachine
January 18th, 2022, 04:03 PM
hi mommymachine, i remember your posts. [emoji4]

when are you planning to start ?


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I remember you too! I’m going to start swaying beginning of October and TTC end of November :)


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polaris.kai
January 21st, 2022, 09:26 PM
I have 3 blues and 4 girls. My boys are 16,14,11. Would love to have a baby boy one more time :)


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Thinking about 1 moreAwh that would be so cute if you had a younger boy [emoji3059] and he would truly be the baby then!

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mommymachine
August 23rd, 2022, 10:44 PM
Hey Atomic. I’m on my phone and having difficulty finding your “HE in a nutshell” article. I just need a reminder what protein/fat/carbs proportions are good for HE. Thanks!

Thefinalcountdown
August 25th, 2022, 02:02 PM
Hey blue swayer!! It’s looking like I won’t be conceiving anytime soon so may end up all ttc oct/ November! My youngest turned 1 on July 29. HE protein/ carbs/ fat at every meal/ snack/ meal/ snack/ meal/ snack —-meat/ whole dairy/ beans/ nuts/ eggs/ 9-11 fruits and veg each day, prenatal/ probiotic/ omega and do some weights!


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atomic sagebrush
August 30th, 2022, 02:22 PM
Hey Atomic. I’m on my phone and having difficulty finding your “HE in a nutshell” article. I just need a reminder what protein/fat/carbs proportions are good for HE. Thanks!

Hey! I managed to get this "repaired" so I could answer this (not sure if you remember but I couldn't open this thread because there were 2 punctuation marks in the title, irritating glitch). Thanks for your patience.

The HE Diet doesn't work like the LE Diet - it doesn't really have the firm limits. While I have "90-120" g protein as a sort of a goal, and 2200-2500 as a sort of goal, the truth is that many women with all girls are very light eaters and simply cannot eat that much. A large minority (even as many as 40% or so) end up somewhere between 70-90g protein, and an even larger minority (about half) of all blue swayers actually eat between 1800-2200 calories.

You may have noticed that I didn't list "fat" in those macros, and that's because fat is just an "eat as much as you can" kind of thing. People need to eat somewhere in the range of 70-120 g protein and 1800-2500 calories, depending on their individual metabolisms, their starting weights, the amount of exercise they're doing, if they're breastfeeding, and so forth - since some people don't gain any weight on HE, others gain like 1-3 lbs, others gain 5-8, and the thinnest people gain up to 15 lbs. AND we also aim at getting that 9-11 servings of fruit and veg if possible, cereal at least once a day usually, plus things like whatever side dishes like hamburger buns, potatoes, rice, etc that you need to get the protein foods down. So fat should just be "whatever amount of healthy and/or saturated animal fat is left available to get up to the cals needed after I've eaten my protein, fruit, veg, cereal. You'll get some fat thru the milk on cereal and the fat in the meat and stuff, but you fill in the gaps between what you must eat and the cals you need by then using things like butter, cheese, mayo, salad dressings, olive oil, nuts to get up to your cal intake.

LMSM
August 30th, 2022, 04:32 PM
That’s a interesting question :) sorry for highjacking Mommymachine..hopefully this helps others.
I was actually wondering about ratios yesterday..like, would the whole protein+carb still work if say a snack had 5g protein but 20g carbs etc? (Just making up random #s)
Is there a minimum ratio for it to be considered ok? Every once in a while I get caught out (I do Prep in advance where possible to avoid this) and grab something that is mainly carbs or fat but low in protein compared to the rest. I (try ) don’t sweat it too much but want to be prepared so can phase out things that won’t hit the ratio #...

atomic sagebrush
September 3rd, 2022, 05:08 PM
Yes it does!! It really doesn't take many carbs to keep your blood sugar up without having to resort to burning stores of fat as fuel (which is really our endgame here - you're not trying to keep your blood sugar at some super level, it's just trying to avoid burning the stores of fat off as fuel)

LMSM
September 11th, 2022, 05:29 PM
Yes it does!! It really doesn't take many carbs to keep your blood sugar up without having to resort to burning stores of fat as fuel (which is really our endgame here - you're not trying to keep your blood sugar at some super level, it's just trying to avoid burning the stores of fat off as fuel)

Awesome, thanks :)
Trying to keep BS level and not do the spike and crashes you get with eating lots of carbs alone but was worried for stuff that might have both but more carbs iykwim?

LMSM
September 11th, 2022, 05:31 PM
Mommymachine - where are you at with your sway and ttc?
How your sweet littlest girl?

atomic sagebrush
September 13th, 2022, 02:40 PM
Awesome, thanks :)
Trying to keep BS level and not do the spike and crashes you get with eating lots of carbs alone but was worried for stuff that might have both but more carbs iykwim?

Don't overthink it though, this is easy!

DON'T eat: a soda and a bag of Cheetos
DO eat: A snack of real food even if it has 5 g protein and 20 g carbs

LMSM
September 13th, 2022, 05:46 PM
Don't overthink it though, this is easy!

DON'T eat: a soda and a bag of Cheetos
DO eat: A snack of real food even if it has 5 g protein and 20 g carbs

Haha In the past, I totally could have been eating a (full) bag of Cheetos :P
You'd be proud of my breakfast spread in front of me right now though - tea with milk/ handful of almonds with blueberries/strawberries and a piece of homemade protein almond and banana bread
It's so weird that I a totally don't feel like coffee and actually am hungry enough to eat something ^^

atomic sagebrush
September 14th, 2022, 11:23 AM
PERFECT!! I love it!

mommymachine
December 14th, 2022, 03:32 PM
Well, we did it! We attempted this month! I’m 7DPO today. I’ll keep everyone posted.

LMSM
December 14th, 2022, 05:47 PM
Yeahhhh Mommymachine! Wishing you a sticky healthy bean on the way this cycle :D

atomic sagebrush
December 14th, 2022, 06:09 PM
Fantastic! Wishing you the best of luck! Keep us posted!

treens
December 15th, 2022, 11:01 AM
Best of luck for your healthy little boy!

mommymachine
December 17th, 2022, 09:55 PM
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10 DPO [emoji177]

LMSM
December 18th, 2022, 07:01 AM
Yay!!!! That didn’t take long haha
Huge congrats :D

treens
December 18th, 2022, 11:56 AM
Congratulations!!! How exciting :)))))

Jazmin
December 18th, 2022, 06:16 PM
omg congratulations [emoji4][emoji4]


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atomic sagebrush
December 18th, 2022, 08:13 PM
OMG!!! Woohooo!!!

mommymachine
December 22nd, 2022, 04:16 PM
Thank you!!

LMSM
February 26th, 2023, 09:25 PM
How are you doing Mommymachine?

LMSM
March 14th, 2023, 05:14 PM
Has anyone heard from Mommymachine? Hope all is ok!

mommymachine
January 5th, 2024, 10:16 PM
Hello, this is Mommymachine, I’ve had difficulty getting into my account. I just wanted to update everyone that my 5th baby girl was born August 14th, and we named her Brooke. She is almost 5 months old now and we love her to pieces. I don’t think we will be trying again, and if we ever do, we will not be swaying anymore. Brooke seems to have cured me of any gender desire. I hope you are all well! Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

treens
January 8th, 2024, 12:12 PM
Congratulations! What wonderful news :)))

LMSM
January 8th, 2024, 07:57 PM
Hello, this is Mommymachine, I’ve had difficulty getting into my account. I just wanted to update everyone that my 5th baby girl was born August 14th, and we named her Brooke. She is almost 5 months old now and we love her to pieces. I don’t think we will be trying again, and if we ever do, we will not be swaying anymore. Brooke seems to have cured me of any gender desire. I hope you are all well! Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

Oh my goodness, had been thinking about you! Congratulations on your littlest girl - what lovely news :) enjoy your sweet bundle - so doubt are the kids doting on her <3

atomic sagebrush
January 16th, 2024, 05:49 PM
Thank you SO much for updating us and congrats on your new baby girl!

I know this is probably little consolation to your failed sways, but I really do appreciate you sharing your sways with us. We learn so much from everyone's sway and I appreciate your time coming to let us know.