the boy diet and gaining weight

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Originally Posted by TTC5

And all this salt is no good for my fluid retention lol

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You can say that again, I gained 30lbs from the diet and salt, and if you ask me I really think it was all that sodium I was consuming:sad:.I looked pregnant way b4 I got a bfp:(

I also do exercise and using the dumbells for like 30 min. 5 days /week for now. I love salt so that's ok. Oh I just really hope it will work this time!:sad:

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Originally Posted by gizmo77

if im going to start 2-3 mos in advance before i sway boy...ami going to get FAT!?!?!? i know it says 3-5 pounds, but this is something that scares me. me and carbs dont work well together. i really dont care if i gain that weight, but if i dont get pg 1st attempt and i have to keep going..how much potatoes and carbs can i EAT!?!??!
im gunna become a hippo.

currently, im trying to lose weight so that ill have some room to gain..hope THAT doesnt effect the sway.

man i feel fat already thinking of all the yummy foods i get to eat to sway boy!

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You have to eat smarter and pick foods that are going to work for you on a lot of different levels. Like instead of eating a doughnut and bacon for breakfast you should have something like nuts and a couple of dates - still protein and carbs but not the empty calories. And like when I say you should have protein and carbs for a snack, use juice AS a carb and you kill two birds with one stone. There is nothing wrong with small portions either.

If you are lifting weights, you will add muscle rather than fat and that is what you want (although a little fat won't hurt).

I also strongly urge people to forgo too much of the timing and pH stuff that keeps you from getting pg because then you end up having to stay on the diet FOREVER. Even if it means you have to do more than one attempt to up your odds of pg, yes that's not what Shettles said to do but Shettles was wrong.

I know it is hard for people to believe but some of us who have boys really DO eat like this all the time. If you read the thread where TTC5 is listing all the things she eats every day, that is how I eat!!!

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Originally Posted by Flava

I don't want to put on much weight it did not worked for me before so why get fat again right? But I don't know how can we put on only 3-5 lbs if we suppose to eat like an elephant?? It's just dose not add up...Anyway I plan to eat often but not much like half banana, 1 tomato, some nuts, some dates so on .I think it's good this way atomic said we have to keep blood sugar even and this way I can do that and don't eat way to much.

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That would be perfect Flava - just aim for protein + carbs at each meal and snack, it doesn't have to be gargantuan portions, and if you're lifting weights it will help more than you might think.

Okay, I just came on here to make a post just like this!! I am already heavy, but I will be HUMONGOUS if I keep eating like this until October! I have been exercising, but apparently it isn't doing enough. I wanted to try to lose weight and then gain some back, but I am afraid I will screw up the sway with my weight loss... which is worse, t be fat as a house, or to have lost a little a few months before swaying??

I think you need to stop and wait until closer to your actual attempt unfortunately.

Prob. better to lose a few now (even though this is not what I told you before) and then gain them back. I don't think I realized you weren't trying until October?!?

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

I think you need to stop and wait until closer to your actual attempt unfortunately.

Prob. better to lose a few now (even though this is not what I told you before) and then gain them back. I don't think I realized you weren't trying until October?!?

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We decided to TTC in Oct because it is the magic BOY month. I have a few things going on this summer, for which I would like to not be a giant fat ass (my highschool reunion for one), so I am glad to get the go ahead to lose a little. If I am exercising and eating healthy, I hopefully will lose a few lbs. When should I stop losing and start gaining? July? August?

And what are your feelings on the Atkins diet? I never thought I would try it, but it gets quick results, and then gaining back will definitely happen once I get carbs back into the picture....

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Originally Posted by iyamaryam

You can say that again, I gained 30lbs from the diet and salt, and if you ask me I really think it was all that sodium I was consuming:sad:.I looked pregnant way b4 I got a bfp:(

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That's me now :( ..I look like a pregnant woman , but I'm not. Ugh.

I have lil pot belly too lol look about 12 weeks already haha god forbid when I get a bfp and IF I do have twins again, lol.

This is a great link from Atomic's Sticky

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...s-for-TTC-Blue!