Anyone planning a Sept/Oct/Nov 2015 sway? Chat here!

I'm doing pretty good- without making too many changes to my diet I'm coming in at 1600 calories, 50g protein and 45g fat on average and I'm already down 3 lbs. I've done cardio every day this week- the first two days I did aerobics and then my dh brought me a pulse ox from work and our exercise bike came in, so I've been doing that the rest of the week. I've been trying to adjust my sleep schedule too to help raise my cortisol a bit but I think that's the hardest part so far. I just love my sleep so much!


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Welcome cc, has2 and Quinn!

hopper, hopefully your DH agrees ttc in August or September. Do you know are you having your first attempt next month or are you going to wait til September? I understand it's really frustrating as we put so much effort on the diet and everything! I know it's so draining when kids are sick. Our DS1 gets high fever quite often and it's such a hard time then. Our boys are almost the same age by the way. Our DS1 was born 12/11 and DS2 4/14.

Nann, it's good to hear you are doing great with the HE diet! And what a cute profile pic you have! :)

I'm doing great also with my LE diet. We have our summer holiday now and were on a 3 day cruise. I was little stressed what to eat to stay in limits but I managed it. I didn't track anything but ate salads, sandwiches and sweets. I think I was little on the lower side of calories, protein and fat but I thought better that way than to be over the limits. But omg I was looking at the foods my DH and boys ate , I wanted to have the same! And the breakfast buffet is always the best part of the cruise and now couldn't have anything! Oh well, I just kept reminding myself why I'm doing this. I saw many families with two girls or two boys. Some PPs and also to my surprise some families with two boys and a baby girl. I thought what an amazing feeling that must be to those moms and dads...

LE is going well. I'm little bored cos I eat almost the same everyday. I will start my intense cardio in two weeks. Now I have been doing moderate exercise. Looking forward to it! I bought an elliptical trainer so will use that and also going to run outside. Running is what I love but I'm sure it will be hard to do it 6 times a weeks 60mins so that's why I bought the elliptical. I can go running 3 times a week and then use the elliptical 3 times a week or something like that.

2xblue way to stick to the LE on your cruise! I work run a frozen yogurt shop so I see family all the time and I'm constantly analyzing their kids! Sometimes it makes me worry.. Seeing all girl families.. By most times I see mixed! Gives me hope in that aspect!
Good luck with your workout routine!! Best part about the LE diet and exercise for swaying pink is you lose weight! So even if you get a boy, at least you're now a hot momma;) not that you aren't already but you know what I mean :)

I've finally decided that having all my babies close is gonna have to be my route! I just get so down thinking about getting skinny again after DD only to fall preggo again.. So if I can just maintain and pop out all my babies, then I'll be done sooner so I can focus on my body indefinitely:) haha which may backfire if I have 3 kids under the age of three running and rolling around it may now matter! Me and DH have both agreed though that it'll be nicer in the long run to get out of the phases quick one after another so I'm not raising a newborn for 15 years! Some women love it! I just couldn't do it! :)


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Oh and forgot to mention that I had few french fries from DS1's plate when on cruise :D I thought I had to eat something more as I was eating so little...

I analyze other people's family make up all the time! I actually don't like to analyze but I just can't stop! :D but yes, when I see mixed familys it really does give hope.

Losing weight is absolutely the best part when swaying pink! I have lost 3kg. Now my BMI is 22,8 so I have some weight to lose still. I already feel really great about the weight loss and have already bought smaller clothes :)

Nann, you are planning to have 3 kids? I think you have a very good change having a boy if you try swaying twice! I like having children in small age gap aswell. Well we don't have that close as you are planning (our DS1 and DS2 are 2y3months apart and DC3 is going to have probably the same) but I also like the idea not having a newborn for many years! Although I love newborns but it's hard work. Specially when there's toddlers around.

Hello, I'm another on board for ttc in October :) I have two beautiful boys-1 and 4 and we would love a little girl. I just started on the LE diet 2 days ago and I am just trying to get used to what I should eat to fulfill all the LE diet criteria. The first day I was too low on calories and fat and was pretty darn hungry and thinking "how the hell will I keep this up??" but then today I was okay on calories but a bit over on fat and protein: 52/56grams but felt much more satisfied. Because I am very tall and I am doing the intense cardio I am having to eat at least 1800 calories to start and I am having to eat quite alot of empty carbs to get the calories up without adding fat/protein....well I don't know if I have to but that's what I've been doing-haha! It doesn't feel like too much of a diet when you are eating lollies and drinking wine :):) But I will just have to see how the weight loss goes and may need to cut back a bit on the sweets, and eat more fruit/veg/grains etc.

I've just started trying to track ovulation with an OPK-4 days in a row when I thought I would be ovulating-nothing?? And when I started just recording my period length on FFriend app, suddenly my very regular 28 day cycle became 21 and then 19 days?!!! What is going on?? Hopefully everything settles down soon.

It's great to have some people doing their sways at the same time :)

2xblue I'm jealous you get to lose weight with your sway! I finally just gave away all my old clothes cuz with swaying almost immediately after birth I will probably never fit.. And it I do it'll be a few years! So to hell with it I'll just buy new clothes later:) I don't even wanna know my bmi right now...! Used to have a solid body getting pregnant the first time around- could be a huge part of why I got a girl first! I've never been intensely overweight by any means. I've just never weighed this much! So hopefully it's conducive to my blue sway :p

We want AT least 3 :) well okay correction... I want at least 3-4.. DH wants 2... Haha but he knows I want a son so bad.. So he is willing to try for more if need be.. But 3 is my minimum and he knows that:) and keeping them close in age will be chaos... But I'm more of a get it over all at once kind of person. Haha like ripping off a bandaid. :) then I can enjoy all my kids without any other stresses cuz I'm done getting prg!

Shellburke hello!!! Sounds like your diet is going pretty well for the most part! And I supposed it's better to be accidentally under your calories as opposed to over :p weird though about your cycle.. Yeah maybe give it another cycle or two to readjust maybe??? I just started tracking as well and I'm on my 2nd cycle of tracking. Last month, I O'd on CD 15... This month I O'd on CD 19!!! What the heck!!! So I guess we'll see where next cycle leaves me!

Here's a question for you all.. I felt ovulation occurring this cycle.. Never happened before lol. But I felt it probably 24 hours after first +opk.. So should I dtd at first +opk or should we wait till I have my ovulation pains??? Or both? Maybe I'm over complicating this... Haha:) love having all of you to chat with and to motivate me!


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Whoa that was long sorry.. Got carried away! :)


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I'd probably leave it for 12 hours or so after you get your Pos OPK...that way you are sure to be pretty close to your most fertile time?

2xblue I am so impressed with your resolve to stick to the LE diet when on your cruise-that is some serious willpower, good on you!! I have just started the intense cardio but am only going to do 4-5 times per week, as that is all I feel I can fit in with my family and work life! How long have you been on the diet? Are you finding it tough at times or is it okay? What does a typical day's food look like for you?

Welcome Shellburke! Nice to have more people in this thread!

Shellburke, at first it is very hard to try figuring out what and how much to eat on LE. I started LE in June. June was a practicing month for me so I was figuring everything out. I also had cheats here and there. Now I've been 2 weeks on a strict LE. Yes I know it feels funny that you can eat sweets and drink wine on a diet haha! Hopefully your period lenght settles down soon! I don't know how I managed to be on LE on cruise lol. But usually when I decide something and want something I can be pretty determined!

My usual day is:
-no breakfast
-lunch 11/12am 3 slices of toast, low fat cheese, margarine or low fat cream cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, sometimes white grapes or a pear
-dinner 16/17pm pasta or rice, cooked vegetables (zucchini, mushrooms, pepper, cauliflower), margarine or cream cheese. Sometimes I have potatoes to get more potassium.
-about 9pm I drink white wine and eat sweets to add calories. Sometimes I have white chocolate as well.

It's been pretty easy to be on a LE but I constantly think about food lol! It's so annoying. I see all delicious recepices everywhere and I'm planning what to eat when I'm done with this :) But with all my pregnancies I've been pretty sick until 14-20weeks so that's not going to help with eating whatever I like.

Nann, don't worry about your weight. I know it's easier said than done. But you have all the time after you had your kids. Probably it will help your boy sway :) Your DH sounds amazing that he's willing to have more than 2 because of you!

Hello ladies,

Looks like I am now going to be swaying to try to conceive October/November eek!!!

Been on LE diet for a week now, and finding it ok so far!

Have been tracking my cycles all year and am getting to know my ovulation timings quite well. They appear to have settled since the birth of ds 2 as when I was trying to conceive both my boys my cycles were all over the place. So much so that docs were talking about using Clomid.

The question is, should I use this to my advantage and try to get Clomid to use for my girl sway? (Even though I don't need it?) Or just try for a natural sway without Clomid.

Hmmmm, will need to think about it!

Welcome Jenny! I'm glad the LE is working for you so far! :) if your cycles are regular, I would avoid clomid cuz it could give you twin by cussing hyperovulation! However if your not worried about it then I say try it!!!

2xblue thank you that's seriously so encouraging! That was kind of my mindset was to get them out quick and young so I'm still in my 20s when I'm done having kids! Then I can just work on my body again and get in shape to enjoy my 30s:) but in with you I can't wait till I'm pregnant and can eat whatever and do whatever! I've been avoiding running cuz I don't want to hinder my blue sway! I miss running!

Shellburk As far as ovulation though I agree I think I should wait around 12 hours to DTD after +opk. That would prob work better for me and DH's work schedule since so far I've gotten the first pos in the AM!


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Thanks for sharing your diet with me 2xblue. It sounds fairly similar to the sorts of things I am eating. How many calories are you aiming for? I find I have to make sure I eat enough at the one sitting so I can last till the next!! Totally know what you mean about thinking about food all the time!!! I chew gum and drink herbal tea in between to keep me going 😉 I don't mind the food I'm eating, it's just hard cutting out breakky and having to eat all your food in 2-3 sittings rather than grazing like I usually do. I'm looking forward to seeing if my weight starts to decrease soon ☺️. I'm hoping to lose around 8-10kilos. I am tracking on my fitness pal but it's not easy to track things properly all the time and it seems to leave out potassium a lot so I'm not really sure how much I'm getting. I've still got no pos OPK.. Weird. Hopefully things will settle, not sure what to do otherwise?!

Welcome Jenny and shell :) Love seeing more swayers, we will be a great support network for each other!!

Nann3r I love the idea of having them close together! We started out wanting them like that but ended up having 23 months between DS1 and DS2. The gap between DS2 and DC3 will be 28 months at the very minimum. Funnily enough I'm ok with that. We spent the first 10 years of our relationship being carefree and spend free, taking 2-3 holidays a year travelling all over the world and basically being WAY too selfish to contemplate kids! We got married when I was almost 29 and DS1 arrived 9.5 months later lol. I was 31 having DS2 and turn 33 in 2 weeks time. Would love 4 kids, DH wanted 4 until we had DS2 and he is KERAZZZZY so now its been a struggle to get DH on board for #3. I would ideally like to be done by 35 if we go for a 4th child but that might be a bit of a stretch at this stage haha!!! My friend has 3 little girls aged 3,2 and 1 and is due her 4th daughter in September. She has THE most girl friendly life ever, I need to start taking a leaf out of her book ;)

I have noticed that with MFP shellburke! It rarely has all the stats but I'm mostly tracking fat and protein so try not to worry about the rest! What CD are you on? The LE diet can shorten and lengthen your cycle and its made mine fairly irregular but supposedly thats all part of the sway! I'm on CD24 and only getting pains and EWCM today and yesterday. My LP is consistent though so thats the main thing.

Ladies on LE. Are you eating a proper main meal - like a dinner? I am finding that the hardest part of the day!! Any ideas? I am currently 125lbs, lost 1lb in the fortnight-ish since starting cardio. Would like to get down to 120lbs or so having been 140lbs since I was about 21.

Isn't it funny for us swayers now that you look around at people and guess their lifestyle and then u see their kids and your like omg I totally called that.. I see very apparent runner moms come into my shop all the time and more often then not they have all girls or at least mostly girls... And then when slightly overweight women come in they have at least one boy or all boys! It's like when you buy a new car, then you see that car everywhere now haha now that I'm swaying, I see accurate results every day without people even knowing that they're swaying!!! :)


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Welcome Jenny! I don't know about the clomid. It does sway girl but I don't know is it bad to use if you have regular cycles.

Nann, I also love running. It's such an effective exercise. I can imagine how you must miss it. I missed it so much when pregnant with DS2. But I miss weight lifting now! I wish I could do it. Yes it's funny to guess people's lifestyle and see what gender they have. Sometimes you can really see why someone has that gender but also I know many thin boy moms and overweight girl moms. One lady I know has 3 girls and she is overweight. I've been wondering why she has only girls, is it because of something (like low fertility?) or is just down to luck. I know many boy moms who are very thin but I have no idea what their diet is like. Maybe they eat little but very healthy stuff? One of my neighbours has girl, boy, girl. She is overweight and she's vegetarian. Sometimes she eats chicken. It's intresting to think about these things!

Shellburke, right now I'm eating 1600cals a day. I started with 1800. I don't know should I increase it when I start my intense cardio. I guess the calorie amount depends how much weight you have to lose. By the way, I'm not sure but was tea not recommended when swaying pink? Not sure though. About potassium, I was wondering exactly the same thing when I started LE. But like hopper said MFP doesn't track all the potassium so you probably are getting more than MFP says.

hopper, I'm having pasta or rice and cooked vegetables for dinner. What have you been eating?

Today I had my usual toast for lunch and then went to a restaurant to eat dinner with my friends. I had a ceasar salad without the chicken and a glass of white wine. I have no idea how much calories, fat and protein it had but omg it was good. There was amazing dressing on it and lovely piece of foccazia bread. I should've probably not eat the dressing and bread cos I think there was too much of fat in them but oh well. I went running in the evening for 45 minutes, maybe that helped a bit. In the evening I had some sweets.

I aim for about 1500 cals 2x but honestly if I am having a bit of a cheat day and I stay under the upper limit of 1800 I am happy with myself. I rarely go over the 1800, maybe I have once since starting LE. I aim for 40-50g of fat if it's lower then that's great lol. The odd day I have went above that but those days have been very few. I aim for about 45g of protein but find it hard generally to get that much without increasing fat. I did today though! Lots of carb loaded, nutrient-less white bread lol.

Your dinner sounds delish 2x!! I had pasta with a tomato based sauce and a sprinkle of light cheese. Some garlic toasties to bulk it up and an Apple to finish. Would have had extra cals to play around with but had a small slice of birthday cake this morning ing and that ate up massive calories so was kinda depriving myself for the day afterwards!

I started the cardio about a fortnight ago. I haven't increased food yet but I will if I feel my weight is dropping too fast. I have lost 1lb since starting so nice and slow,hopefully I can keep it up.

Are any of you ladies taking Fibre? And how much Folic are you taking? I am using Benefiber but am switching to Chitosan tomorrow and am taking about 800mcg of Folic daily. I am also on a daily iron supplement,had hoped to be able to give it up for a while but my doctor rang today with blood results and asked that I stay on it for another 6-8 weeks! Kinda worried now about it having a negative effect on all my hard work!!

Also are any of your OHs helping you sway? My DH has said in the past he would take supplements but is having second thoughts now. I would like him to take cran and LR in an ideal world! He's cut out tea drinking, he was a tea fiend! He claims to be getting withdrawal headaches and all!!

Hi Ladies,

I am swaying for a little girl. I started the LE Diet on the 1st of May and doing my first attempt at the end of Sept onwards.
Just wanted to wish you all the best of luck with your sways and will be following your journeys in this thread. I am pretty boring and eat basically the same foods that I know are "safe" on the LE diet.

I start my day with 2 coffees with skim milk between 6:30 and 8:30
I have my first meal round 9:30 - 2 x white toast with jam
Lunch is around 1:30 - some cracker bread (Cruskits) with humus and some cucumber with a thin slice of cheese
Dinner is around 6pm and I have veg( mushrooms/ zucchini / cauliflower and broccoli) with a dash of soy sauce, either with white rice or plain pasta.
2 glasses of white wine every night
If I am still hungry, I might have 3 blocks of white chocolate.
I might also have a cup of hebal tea or some more coffee during the course of the day.
No snacking

That's pretty much what I have been eating for 10 weeks now - boring I know! I gave up all meat and am so looking forward to a nice steak.
I take folic acid and fibre. I have hubby taking OLE extract, every time I give it to him to take - he jokes as says he thinks I am poisoning him - lol

I opted for the couch potato option, as I didn't feel like I could follow through with the exercise ( this is the only part of my sway that scares me)

Anyway, Best of luck to you all with your desired genders :)

Welcome pink pony! Hope your sway goes as planned and you get ur little pink bundle!

DH is totally on board with helping me sway! Luckily he doesn't have to do much other than be healthy! (I type this as he eats a bag of Doritos...) haha but he promised me 2 months out he will do whatever I need:) so that's super refreshing! So he's gonna take zinc and vit E and wear boxer shorts:) and coffee 30mins prior to bding!

anything else I should have DH do!?


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Hi Everyone,

I went on a holiday to Fiji recently and it was FULL of families...I couldn't help analysing whether the 'girl' mums were thinner/more athletic and the 'boy' mum's a bit heavier etc. Of course I found lots of examples to fit the theory but then hubby would point out a really overweight mum with 3 girls. Ah well...it still makes sense to me and I'm putting all my energy into giving it a shot! I just ordered a lovely rose quartz and moonstone necklace to wear :)

Pinkpony it sounds like you are doing great and are commiting to a fair while on the diet before you ttc. I notice you are in Aus too, I am in Sydney, how bout you? My hubby is taking OLE too...he was actually already on it as we use it to fight off colds in winter. I'm hoping he is on the right dose-we have the liquid type and the taste is fine and he just takes the max dose listed on the side. It's expensive though?!

Hopper-hello :) I'm on CD 16 and have only just been on LE diet properly for 5 days so it can't be that. Not sure what is going on but I've written to Atomic to ask for some advice.

It's great to have a little group going for support-we can do it girls!!!!

Hi Nann3r,

Not to sure what's involved for a boy sway, but I do have 2 boys and my diet consisted of cereal every morning with full cream milk. Lunch was sandwiches, or I had them toasted, like ham and cheese. Dinner was always meat, salad or veg and sometimes a starch, like hot chips, potatoes.

Good luck with the sway :)

Hi Shellburke77,

I am in Brisbane. The sway hasn't been too bad, you get used to it. I am just so determined to do everything possible, so it motivates me to continue with it. I figured the longer I was on the LE diet, hopefully the better chance I have of getting pink. I don't want any regrets.

Good luck with your sway

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

I am finding the LE diet okay the moment, as I did weight watchers last year to help shift some weight from having ds 2. Obviously doing a vegetarian version this time, but using lots of the low fat recipes and weight watchers products, bread and soups are great! For me it's portion control that I struggle with, but feel that my stomach has shrunk down and is getting used to eating so much less!

For any boy swayers, it's seems so obvious why I had two boys! I lead the boy making lifestyle completely! Big breakfast, lots of snacking, lots of attempts in my fertile window.

As others were saying, I totally study families now too and think of my friends children's genders in relation to their lifestyle and they are usually very accurate to the HE and LE lifestyles as well.

It's difficult to not get carried away though, feels awful when you read of people with perfect sways and it has not worked of them. I feel that I still need to only imagine conceiving another boy, so I don't set myself up for disappointment.

Welcome Pink Pony! Your sway sounds amazing so far! You are going to be on LE a long time before your first attempt. You have great will power. Have you lost a lot of weight? Is herbal tea ok to have while swaying? Is it better than normal tea?

hopper, if you need to add protein but not fat try fat free cottage cheese. Your dinner sounds great too! Especially the tomato sauce because I never have any sauce, just plain pasta/rice and vegetables and some cream cheese/margarine to add fat/flavor. What kind of tomato sauce are you using?

I'm taking fiber twice a day. I use powder and it doesn't taste that good. I take 1200mcg of folic acid daily. I think I read somewhere in here that iron supp isn't bad for ttc girl but not sure if I remember right!

My DH is taking cranberry and drinking soy milk. And will drink peppermint tea closer to attempt. I'm actually quite surprised how he remembers to take those daily, usually I don't even have to remind him. Are any of your DHs willing to go vegetarian? Mine is not but I told him it's better for him to eat chicken or fish if he has a choise. But trying not to worry about it.

Jenny, I often find myself getting really excited about swaying and thinking we may have a really good change having a girl but then I read about failed sways that has been perfect. I feel like that's going to be us. It's hard trying to be positive and relaxed about our sway but then again trying to prepare having a third boy.

My favourite dinner by far is pasta with leeks asparagus and a squeeze of lemon and a spoon of Parmesan cheese with a glass of white wine-could eat it every night.

I've also taken to peeking into other people's trollies as I wait in line at the supermarket and analysing whether their diet is more girl or boy friendly. Weirdo. I know ��

We have been doing lots of burgers :) which I am totally okay with! And normally I'm not a greens person, but I've been trying to eat more vegetables like spinach and avocados. I also eat potatoes when I can! I've never been a breakfast person so that has been challenging.. But I usually have an egg and spinach sandwich. I'm taking a prenatal as well as potassium, fish oil, grapeseed extract, folic acid and b12. I'm also taking cassava but that's unrelated. And then for drinks I've been trying to drink the v8 splash to get more veggies in.

I get excited all the time reading about successful sways and it makes me so hopeful! But then I read fails and I'm like "yep that's probably going to be me..." I keep telling myself I'm going to have an all girl family. So I'm trying to get excited about it.. But I tried to do this too with DD and when I found out it was a girl everything shattered. I tried SO hard to get excited just in case she was a girl. Totally thought I was prepared but nope! /:


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Shellburke, your dinner sounds delicious. I think I have to try it as I I'm getting bored to my usual dinner. Today I ate my normal veggies for dinner and added a new thing, rice noodles lol. Was good to have something different than regular pasta or rice. Today I bought strawberries and ate 100g of them. They were so good. Luckily they are fine when swaying pink. I made smoothie for my boys in the evening (strawberries, bananas and youghurt) and it smelled so good but didn't drink it. And I would love to eat ice cream, not a small portion but lots of it. I have always loved ice cream. Maybe I have to make a list what to eat when I'm done with swaying lol.

Nann, your diet sounds great! Can we ever be fully prepared having the opposite? I know I can't even if I'm really trying. Especially now when swaying I feel like we have a good change because if I wouldn't sway I'm 99,9% sure we would have a boy. And still I feel like we are not that lucky to get a dd. Such mixed emotions. How can I prepare myself for a third boy? I know I will love him but it's going to be so hard letting go of that dream of a daughter.

2x I am fairly sure that herbal tea is better than normal tea. Regular tea sways blue according to Atomic. I had a Dolmio pouch called "Creamy Tomato". Had very little fat considering how tasty it was. Like 2.6g of fat, 86 cals and 1.5g or something similarly low of protein. Great way of adding flavour to a plain bland dish! The cheese I used was a Lidl brand and it was really low in fat too so was delighted with that! I looooove cheese lol, it's been a hard one to cut down on so finding a low fat one that tastes good has been great!!

Would you believe I have NEVER eaten cottage cheese!! What does it taste like? I see people pairing it with fruit all the time so it must be nice enough...I feel like an uncultured bumpkin lol!!

I don't think we are ever prepared for getting an opposite! I did a super mild IG sway on DS2, obviously it was so so so wrong and someone over there mentioned this site so here I am since waiting to sway! I think the principles of a GD sway make way more sense and are so less convoluted than an IG sway. Though saying that I didn't do diet last time so praying this works this time. I knew though I would hear boy last time. I have had Hyperemesis lasting 20 weeks on both of them so the sickness was a dead giveaway even if nothing else in my majorly boy friendly life was lol. Am trying to remain positive and pink right now! Sometimes I look at other families with BBG and think I couldn't be as lucky as them!! And I irrationally think that there's not enough pink dust to go around so I can get my BBG too!

Under a bit of pressure with other household stuff at the moment and DH is thinking it should take precedence over another baby. I have tried explaining I am doing everything I can to LOWER my fertility and it most likely won't happen first time like our boys did. He is sceptical to say the least! I have however gotten him to start taking Cranberry supplements starting tomorrow. I got them today and switched myself over to Chitosan fibre too. Can't believe how full I am this evening after taking it! Have taken a night off cardio, instead I have had a lovely long soak in a delicious lavender essences bath!!! I am so Zen right now lol!!!

Hmm cottage cheese literally tastes like cheese to me... Like milky cheese:) but subtle.. Almost like mozzarella! Like raw mozzarella if I had to pinpoint it:) I LOVE it! Some people add fruit like peaches or pears.. My husband likes to add pepper.. Ew..


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Cottage cheese doesn't taste like much to me. I add salt and pepper. My kids eat it with honey or strawberries. We eat tons of it around here.


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Thanks 2X - I have lost weight on the diet, I am petit anyway, so I have got to watch myself, but that's what chocolates are for :) :)
Atomic suggested herbal tea over normal tea, but not to have it more than 3 x a week, which is challenging. Its cold here is Australia and I just want to drink warm drinks all day long and I get tired of coffee.

My husband loves meat, so I have no chance getting him to be a vegetarian. I must say, since I have stopped eating meat, its has made my cooking for the family feel really difficult. Hoping I am successful on my first attempt and that it is a girl, so that I don't have to stay on the diet and longer than I have too.

A girl I know announced on FB last night that she is having a "princess" - she lay on the couch and got her hubby to take a picture of her tummy with a pink tiara on it. I felt so sad after seeing that. I, too am so scared of failure, I have never ever wanted something so bad, if I get my baby girl, it would be as good as winning the Lotto for me.

So hopeful for you pink pony! I'm just like you I would be over the moon if got my little boy.. I literally would feel unstoppable :) I don't know if I could ever get a smile off my face if I heard "it's a boy!" Lol


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Must give cottage cheese a shot then. Sounds like I would like it!

Pink pony I totally agree with you! Making food for the rest of the family seems so undesirable and a massive undertaking at the moment. I have tried not eating at the same time as them though and that helps some days! Still makes the preparation hard!

I avoid FB for similar reasons hun! I accidentally clicked the FB link on our bookmarked pages on the household laptop yesterday and DH was logged in. First thing that came up on his feed before I could even X out was a mutual acquaintances status thanking everyone on the arrival of their little girl. Sure I could only laugh - and then stew all day thinking about how easy it is for others to get their girl and I might never get mine! Ugh, hate feeling this way!!!

On a more upbeat note, after DH saying he didn't want to do supps (after originally saying he would do whatever it took!) I came downstairs this morning to find him taking 1800mg of Cranberry with his breakfast!! He didn't say anything and neither did I but I am delighted he is being slightly more supportive by helping me sway :)

Is anyone else excited for their sway? Or is it more nerves? I waver between the two!

I just wanted to say hello and good luck to you all. Im thinking about swaying, have had one failed HT attempt and in two minds about trying again. So this autumn we are either swaying, trying one last HT attempt, or just walking away from this accepting I will never had have a daughter. Really interested to hear of your sway plans x

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I just wanted to say hello and good luck to you all. Im thinking about swaying, have had one failed HT attempt and in two minds about trying again. So this autumn we are either swaying, trying one last HT attempt, or just walking away from this accepting I will never had have a daughter. Really interested to hear of your sway plans x

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Welcome hun!! And best of luck with whatever you and your DH decide! We seem to have a lovely group of supportive mamas here so welcome on board x

Hiya,

Wondering if anyone can give me some advice:

What exactly does fibre do for the LE diet? Was gonna buy capsules as drinking it would make me puke lol!

My husband is taking licorice root and olive leaf, should he take cranberry also? Suddenly, I see lots of people talking about husbands taking it.

I have been avoiding peppers in my cooking, I'm sure I read that somewhere but now can't find what it said. Do you think peppers should be avoided even if they are ok in my overall daily calories and fat intake etc?

Thanks xxxxxx

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Originally Posted by jennypenny

Hiya,

Wondering if anyone can give me some advice:

What exactly does fibre do for the LE diet? Was gonna buy capsules as drinking it would make me puke lol!

My husband is taking licorice root and olive leaf, should he take cranberry also? Suddenly, I see lots of people talking about husbands taking it.

I have been avoiding peppers in my cooking, I'm sure I read that somewhere but now can't find what it said. Do you think peppers should be avoided even if they are ok in my overall daily calories and fat intake etc?

Thanks xxxxxx

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Fibre supps help to absorb some of the fat in high fat meals but they can also help make you feel more full, therefore not needing to eat as many cals as you might usually consume. At least that's the way I feel, and the woman in the health store did mention that again to me yesterday.

There's no need for your DH to take Cranberry if he is already taking OLE. They do the same thing so shouldn't be taken together. He can either of them. The only reason I have DH taking Cranberry and not OLE is cause there's not a huge amount of stats at the moment for OLE. Atomic recommended cran recently over OLE but purely because OLE is relatively new for swaying and she can't advise based on minimal results.

I don't avoid peppers. They are a staple here. I don't use a whole lot but for the minimal calories and nutrients they are worth it. I did read that somewhere here too when I first joined but I have since read lots more threads with pink swayers eating them and it hasn't mattered to their sway. The main thing to remember is to avoid foods that raise your blood sugar and keep it high for a long period - like garlic. That's not to say I don't use it in my cooking but I would use the barest amount whereas before I would be using bucket loads!!

hopper, I have to try the Dolmio sauce you mentioned! I like cottage cheese. We also eat it quite a lot around here. Many fitness people or people trying to lose weight also uses it a lot. I used to eat it in my porridge in the morning, it sounds awful combination but it's good! Your lavender bath sounds so relaxing! Wow, great that your DH took cranberry!

Pink Pony, didn't know that about herbal tea. I just thought every kind of tea should be avoided. I know, FB is bad... It makes me also really sad to see people getting girls. I feel the same way, I've never wanted anything so bad and it would feel like winning the Lotto. Hugs, hopefully our sways will work!

Hello ttc! Good luck to you! If you decide to sway we have great support here!

Jenny, like hopper said fiber absorbs fat from the food your eating. I have the powder fiber and it starts to taste bad. I just haven't found the capsules. I've been eating peppers alot, haven't heard that they could be bad for swaying pink. They are supposed to be "free food" on LE! But now I'm intrested where you guys read that. Could it maybe be old shool info?

I think I have a lot of reading up to do on diet! I had looked at IG diet before, but this site seems to recommend either LE or French diet? Sorry, I know there is a ton of info on here it just takes time to read up on everything. I have been so focused on HT since the end of last year, have been obsessed with researching that so this is something totally new. It's really time consuming! If someone could pm me with basics of what it avoid and what to eat I'd be so grateful. From the gist of it I can see that you need to burn fat, skip breakfast, no bananas, low meat (and no charcuterie meat, minimal red meat), high calcium, low sodium and sugar? I have recently changed my diet to cut out lots of processed food so think I will be ok to restrict father, just need to know what is ok to eat. And alcohol is ok?!

Regarding supplements, I have calcium and magnesium, is there anything else I should take? Such as cranberry?

What are your thoughts on timing? I plan to follow shettles as its the opposit of what we did to conceive sons. I was thinking of dtd once per cycle, missionary and jump and dump.

I also have a weird theory that my boys were all conceived in even years and born in odd, so was thinking the opposit would he'll get a girl?!!!!

Hi 2xblue, thanks for being so welcoming here! I recently did a detox and the nutritionist told us that to burn fat our body needs to take on fat - she advocated 'healthy fats' from things like olive oil, coconut milk, olives, avocados, fish, nuts, full fat milk/yoghurt/cream etc etc, the natural fatty acids. I take it these are not approved on girl diets?

I am skipping breakfast and having a large smoothie as a mid morning snack or lunch (depending how hungry I am!) I'm putting in spinach, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, natural yoghurt, milk and also chia seeds and flax seeds. Do you think this is girl friendly?!

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hopper, I have to try the Dolmio sauce you mentioned! I like cottage cheese. We also eat it quite a lot around here. Many fitness people or people trying to lose weight also uses it a lot. I used to eat it in my porridge in the morning, it sounds awful combination but it's good! Your lavender bath sounds so relaxing! Wow, great that your DH took cranberry!

Pink Pony, didn't know that about herbal tea. I just thought every kind of tea should be avoided. I know, FB is bad... It makes me also really sad to see people getting girls. I feel the same way, I've never wanted anything so bad and it would feel like winning the Lotto. Hugs, hopefully our sways will work!

Hello ttc! Good luck to you! If you decide to sway we have great support here!

Jenny, like hopper said fiber absorbs fat from the food your eating. I have the powder fiber and it starts to taste bad. I just haven't found the capsules. I've been eating peppers alot, haven't heard that they could be bad for swaying pink. They are supposed to be "free food" on LE! But now I'm intrested where you guys read that. Could it maybe be old shool info?

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I was delighted with DH taking the Cran, thanks 2x. Makes me feel hes more on board with things!

As for peppers, its a "moderation" food on LE. Its a higher nutrient veg than say cauliflower or corn which are "free" foods. We just count cals of all these veggies but to be aware that peppers have more nutrients in them and the point of LE is to keep on a low nutrient diet. I don't differentiate between veggies though, stress sways more than the nutritional values of a couple of peppers ;) I wouldn't put much thought into it 2x :)