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Most of my calories are from protein though (I eat a lot of meat and eggs). I tracked for about a month last year out of curiosity and never made it past 1500- it’s just trading out the high protein/low carb for the opposite- right? Also I haven’t done well with sugar recently so I will go back to no sugar. Is aspartame a thing for girl sways anymore?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
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No I wouldn't say you're just trading out for high carb, low protein. More that you're reducing intake of various things (protein, fat chief among them, calories if you need to reduce calories to lose weight)
Many people, believe it or not, actually end up eating LOWER carbs on LE than what they were eating on their normal diets. For example a person who normally eats 2000 cals a day (and many of us with all boys eat more in the range of 2500-even 3000 depending on height and metabolism) might be eating as much as 225-350 grams of carbs a day (according to the Mayo Clinic). Reducing calories to 1500 while being sure you're eating 45 g protein and 45 g fat means about 225 g of carbs total. So people who were eating 350 g carbs daily before they started dieting can end up eating FEWER carbs on LE even if the percentage of protein to carbs decreases if that makes any sense.
And on the alternate diet, people are going to be eating even fewer carbs, because there's more emphasis on whole grains, fruit, and veg (the high fiber means less usable grams of carbs) and the macros are different. 1500 cals, 55 g protein and fat means they're getting 197 g carbs, which is lower than the average person eats on a 2000 cal diet (plus many of those carbs are less usable due to the fiber)
So, that was a lot of explanation but I just want you to understand the solution is not necessarily to up carbs through the roof here, particularly if you were doing well on a keto diet. Not everyone is eating more carbs!
Aspartame hasn't worked and I've noticed a pretty strong trend on Ingender where the people doing the totally insane level of aspartame intake have seemed to get more boys (admittedly I have not crunched the numbers on this, but it has sure seemed that way to me - at the very least it's not much of a sway tactic that's for sure) I have even speculated about it possibly swaying blue https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum...me-thread.html I got my girl without aspartame after my boy with aspartame.
Thank you for taking the time to explain- that makes more sense and I was definitely thinking it would be more like a carb overload. So I need to set my goal of 45g of protein and 45g of fat in one day with calories max 1500? And low carb veggies are fine and don’t count? How does that not sway boy?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
My GD sway boy was conceived on loads of aspartame so if it’s not important I’m glad to avoid it- I got so many headaches!!
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No I suggest you set your limits at 50-60 g protein and fat and 1500-1800 cals. I was using a very generic set of numbers to illustrate the principle (since it gets awfully confusing if I give a range and then I'm throwing a bunch of math at you guys) On the alternate diet which I want you on, it's 50-60 g protein and fat (or like I mentioned before, possibly even more for you if you need it since you were just on keto)
Low carb veggies are free and unlimited, you can have as much as you want, no need to count them. High carb veg (including potatoes and sweet potatoes) cound calories only, no protein or fat.
The reason this doesn't sway blue is because while we originally started off thinking that nutrients of all sorts swayed blue, over time we've found that it's mostly protein, fat, calories, and then supplemental amounts like in vitamins and highly fortified foods. The micronutrients in broccoli, for example, do not seem to affect a sway negatively, and you'd have to eat a literal MOUNTAIN of broccoli before you'd get the amount of nutrients in a burger and fries and a chocolate shake. And eating the veg helps you avoid things like high amounts of rice/bread which can raise your blood sugar and also have a lot of nutrients. People were avoiding broccoli and eating 10 pieces of bread a day - but you get way more cals, protein and fat from the bread, if you see what I'm saying.
We have great results on this alternate diet with people eating fruits and veg.
Yes with my 4th boy I was having terrible headaches and my mouth actually tasted like aspartame, it was disgusting! But he was still a bouncing boy! Hey, if you have a chance please feel free to add that experience to that thread I linked to above! I tell people "I saw people getting boys on aspartame" but it carries more weight coming from you guys!