I follow this up with leslie samsone's work out called walk away pounds available on YouTube. I do 4 to 5 miles depending on time and energy level.
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I follow this up with leslie samsone's work out called walk away pounds available on YouTube. I do 4 to 5 miles depending on time and energy level.
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Odd- Oops I guess I should have clarified! I was referring to the Walk Away the Pounds 5 mile workout video that you mentioned.Quote:
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Jumping in here. Hoping one last time!!!!!
JP. ..gotcha :-) it certainly is challanging for me. It doesn't keep your heart ratr up the entire time but you do get your butt kicked and burn good 100 to 125 calories per mile
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yay peb! This is your time! I just know it :-)
pebmcp6 I see we both have babies about the same age. My boy will be 4 months in a week. I am hoping we both get our girls this time!
Dermot will be 4 months on the 8th february, so hope your right. Best wishes to you too!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by JP2007
Hi ladies! I hope you don't mind me joining in this thread - my DH and I have our first DS who is almost 21 months. We are planning on TTC in May or June and are hoping for a girl! I was planning on following the LE diet. I've already cut out breakfast. When do you think I should start the rest of the diet? I'm not sure what supplements to take - could you recommend some for me and DH? I'm new to this, so please be patient with me =) Looking forward to sharing our journeys together!
I would start by beginning of march at latest for a may attempt so you can get a solid amount of time in. I am doing april for my first month ttc and I started January so i can have over 12 weeks but have been slightly more relaxed in certain aspects of it until mid february where I will buckle down so I have a solid 6 weeks of text book LE.
Thanks Rosie85! I also wanted to start trying in April because we are going to Greece in May and I know I won't be able to stick to my diet there! Still trying to convince DH of that though =) What supplements are you taking or using?
I would plead for April!! Otherwise vacationing can sway because it is relaxing but the diet thing would put a damper on your trip!
I am taking fiber and folic acid. I will also do an antihistamine before ttc. My biggest sway tactic however will be my exercise!
Dh is taking olive leaf and will take licorice root as well the 14 days before ttc.
Thanks for the information! We are going to start TTC in April!
Hello ladies,
My husband and I are planning for May. I am sure getting antsy though. :) So maybe it will be April. I am excited I found this thread with all of you ladies in the same time frame as me. I did have a question about the Olive Leaf. How much does your husband take per day?
Welcome O!
I am getting antsy too but I know for sure I don't want a baby in the month of november or december so waiting it shall be!
My Dh takes the recommended amount on the bottle for the OLE, each one is different due to the fact that they can use different concentrations.
Good luck with your sway and nice to have you join us!
Hello ladies,
Hope everyone is doing well as we prep for our sways.
I have had a bit of an emotional week with just feeling low. Probably related to Pms. Anyway I'm feeling better now and I decided I need help with my sway so I splurged and ordered a sway plan. Can't wait for Atomic to finish it. I am just the kind of person that gets to stressed about the details so I figured I would do better with a plan. I can't wait like you ladies but I need at least 4 months on the LE diet so my DH and I decided we'd try in May :)
Hi there, hoping to ttc in June. Have 2 little boys already and would love a little girl as I have no sisters and am very close to my mum. Hubby on board so that great. Have kinda of started LE diet. Wont exercise as I did when I had my boys. Think I will try for a cut-off attempt. So much info on this site it can get very confusing!!
Hi Momo, :) your right all of the info can get confusing. They say diet seems to be the most important sway factor so it's great you have already started doing that. I am going to try to exercise this time because I wasn't exercising at all with both my boys.
I'm also a bit confused on the frequency aspect. When we conceived our son, we weren't trying, so I don't know what worked for us that time! I was on the pill though. So this time is a lot more stressful trying to plan it. I'm 31 and DH and 34. Would you recommend abstain or fr? Without ttc, we average about two times a week.
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Dreaming, I saw written that abstaining isn't recommended for men over 35 so your Dh is close to that cut-off. Atomic would better be able to say.
I am about 2 months out now from our first attempt. 1 more month until I become more strict on everything I am doing. I am seriously hating this diet, I am sick of tracking what I eat and I have come to find out that the only way I was meeting normal calories and protein before the diet was if I ate out so now that I don't do that I have been hard pressed to even come up with 1200 calories a day. I feel like I eat sooo much during each meal and I hate it.
My ovulation kit comes today so I can start doing those to get an idea of my cycles and also my walk it off dvd will come! I can't wait to get started on it.
How many of you are starting the diet already? If we don't want to TTC til June at the earliest... just curious. My purchased plan says 6 weeks out but seems like lots of you are starting earlier? I'm DREADING this diet because it's not a lot of what I normally eat and I know i'm going to feel starving all the time!
I did a little more research last night - I think we will go with the CFR frequency.. that is the one that seems the most feasible for us. I'm having a difficult time with the diet too - today was the first day I didn't feel starving by skipping breakfast. I have started drinking a cup of coffee most mornings though. I went on a big shopping trip over the weekend and stocked up! For lunch I am going to make myself a bagel thin with cream cheese and cucumbers. It's actually pretty good. I also enjoy carrot sticks with hummus. For dinner was thinking of making some pasta or rice with veggies. I can't wait until we are TTCing...this diet is tough.
Linzshine, I started the diet about 3 weeks ago and am gradually becoming more strict the closer we get to TTC (April).
Another yummy treat I found over the weekend are the Newtons Fruit Thins - the cranberry citrus oat flavor was even on clearance at the store! Trying to stay optimistic that I'm doing the right thing:think:
Linz- yes I started 3 weeks ago too but will only be real strict about it for the 6 weeks. I have a lot of weight to lose and needed more than 6 weeks. I am losing the weight for myself as well, not just for my sway! I am doing 1400 calories because that is what my exercise thing told me to do. I have kept my fat and protein low as well but not my sodium as much. I have been eating too much junky food in my opinion but it seems hard not to in order to get the calories and fat. My protein is always my hardest and is usually too low.
I think the most important thing for me besides exercise is going to be the low blood sugar, I always used to snack...always. So not snacking and not eating meat is huge for me.
I'm worried bc I'm not including exercise in my sway...I don't have the time to commit to the amount needed every day. Do you think my sway will be enough with diet, supplements and CFR frequency? Also been thinking of taking antihistamines - Benadryl or zyrtec.
Welcome new ladies! I like that folks can talk about their sways here and can get help from one another :)
^^I think sways without exercise are fine. It's still better than no sway at all :) I got a girl swaying without exercise and I don't plan to include it in my future sway either. I think it's great for women who can fit it in and can include it. It gets good results. But don't beat yourself up if you can't do it.
I've been thinking far too much about my sway lately. I am not even sure I want to sway anymore. It is lots of obsessing for me, since I'm not on my meds, so I just dont know that it will help. One blue tactic for another, ya know. But I have some time to think about. Ill prolly still hang on this thread, but I'm quite sure we decided to not try until July. I want a little more time with my baby as my baby and I know I am not ready to start a diet or anything right now. I am actually starting to lean toward just adding some pink aspects here and there (no breakfast, sudafed on attempt, one attempt with abstain (not hard for us. Lol), and some LE...just eating more compressed without snacking, but not necessarily cutting out meats or foods). And letting things fall where they may. I know we aren't ready for a baby before July, but they we have a three day family think in July and I can't maintain LE there. Willpower won't allow me, plus, my family wouldn't assume good things if I started not eating stuff I have been. But, blah. Too much thinking about it. Sometimes I wish an oops/NTNP was a possibility for us!
Yes please stick around hotdogz! I think it's best to do what you feel right so waiting til July will be the right thing for you guys if you say so!
I don't think a sway needs exercise to work so it is no big deal at all to not include it, more people don't include than do. I am including it because I NEED it, haha.
Is there such a thing as abstaining and doing CFR?? I can't remember. My Dh just asked about it though!
I'm interested in finding out about the abstain/CFR too. For us, I think DH will basically be abstaining from AF - pos OPK. Once we get pos OPK begin CFR and use second or third release for BD. Is that right?
Yes that is what my Dh had said too. I think that is how it works. I am really unsure if I could get my Dh to release 3 times though! I wonder what the time window is...
I could just see being interrupted as soon as the third batch was ready to go, haha.
Rosie85, I totally hear you! I'd like to know what the time window is too. We both work and usually don't have time to ourselves until 7:30-8pm. Not sure if DH would have the energy to release in the morning before work - he has to leave the house pretty early. Maybe we will just do one release and BD with the second one.
Hi do any of you ladies have any advice on what opks to buy? I have never used them before and I don't think monitoring my temps will work for me because I do shift work and have an erratic sleep schedule.
I just bought the cheap ones off of amazon. You get 50 ovulation and 20 pregnancy test strips for $22. They had good ratings.
I use the ones off of amazon too - I used them TTC DS and they were awesome and I just started them again just to get a monthly history of when I ovulate.
I think we are doing abstain when we TTC #2... maybe we'll BD in the morning with protection (condom) and then again that night without so the attempt will be the 2nd release that day. I also am going to use that lube.
Mostly i'm just really nervous about the diet. I think I have high testosterone levels and I know this diet will really help me with that and bringing it down. I just don't know if it will be enough and I know i'm going to be miserable on it.
Linzshine I'm curious to know how far out others are starting the LE diet too. We won't be ttc until May and I was thinking about getting strict about it around 8 weeks out, so beginning March, as I'm not sure how long I could stick to it and I don't have a huge amt of weight to lose. But now I'm wondering if maybe I should get start it this month. I'm doing LE practice days here and there but I'm definitely not following the diet as I should be yet.
Hi ladies, advice please! I just started tracking my cycles this month, and I'm currently on day 9. I also use the opk sticks off amazon. I tested tonight and got a pos opk... isn't it a bit early to get that? Just today I also started today with watery, clear CM and it is turning to a slightly creamy but still watery consistency (sorry if this is TMI!). I'm truly a newbie to this swaying stuff, so please let me know if this is somewhat normal?!
Also on the diet side, I've been trying to be pretty strict, but had a small slice of vegetable lasagna tonight (carrots, spinach and squash) for dinner. Do you think that's ok?
dreaming-- is the positive line the same darkness as the control line?? If it is lighter it just means you are getting close, it has to be of equal or darker color to be positive for ovulation. Some ladies do ovulate earlier than others but generally you will get sticky egg white mucus with it not watery, so look for that too.
As far as the lasagna goes, I think it is perfectly fine, like atomic says no food is off limits as long as you stay within the guidelines for calories, fat and protein. I wouldn't over do anything that is full of tons of nutrients but here and there is fine!
Speaking of food..I feel awful but have to confss.. I was doing so well on the diet and then bam! Ate 12 cookies in 2 days :-( ..kiddo and I made eggless cookies but they wer e too crispy for his taste - I decided to taste it and before I realized, I finshed 6 yesterday amd the rest today.
And the whole time I kept telling myslef that I am going through awful pms pains so this is allowed :-(
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odd- don't beat yourself up! It happens...I had red meat this last weekend. I figure it is okay because it was one time, it isn't something I am going to do every week. Just don't repeat the cookie situation every week and I think you are okay! :wink:
Hi Rosie, it was a faint line - thanks for the clarification! So when we are actually TTC in April, we shouldn't do our one attempt until I get the dark line, right? I still have a lot of watery CM so I will be on the lookout for my EWCM. Been feeling crampy all day, so I think it will be soon!
Dreaming- right! wait for the dark line that matches the control line! You do sound like you are close, probably 1 or 2 days out. I always get super nauseous the day before I ovulate. oddly enough I also get nauseous the day before I start my period.