I'm hoping it will be ok to sneak in some sweets every now and then as well. I love my chocolate too!
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Atomic, you are the awesomest....a list of good low cal foods would be amazing. I admit that I am not doing Atkins yet, just a super low cal diet, what I used to eat back in the day. I did just eat an egg salad on wheat though. Anyway, I plan to get back to the diet in July for our August attempt, but I cannot eat so much because I just can't gain this much again!
[QUOTE=ELP;35243]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...fertility.html
heres a recent newspaper article on the affects on male testosterone, I think I may have to skip this month and have a chat with DH, hmmm.
Marijuana and Fertility
Marijuana use has long been thought to play a role in both female and male infertility. However, it is only in the past few years that any research supporting this theory has become available. According to a study performed in 2003, regular cannabis smoking can have serious effects on male infertility including:
lowered sperm count
decreased volume of seminal fluid
poor sperm motility
Additionally, those sperm that do enter the vaginal canal tend to be over stimulated as a result of the active ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). This causes sperm to slow down when they approach the egg, and, as a result, they are unable to break through the egg's outer casing.h
again...makes sense why we have a girl...my Dh like the "special" cigs and the reg cigs. But I am fairly sure he would stop as he has cut way back anyway because he doesn't want to smoke anyway really anymore! So I can just tell him this. See how it goes over. Men always Fu*&ing it all up.
It's funny to me, I find that way more men out there would rather smoke the special stuff then drink these days. My DH isn't a big drinker at all. He will have a beer every so often, but his choice to Chill and relax is the special stuff, like all the men back in the days. Come home and drink whiskey in the cups, that his how all guys seem to do it these days. At least around where I live...All the men smoke its insane! I am glad he doesn't do it all the time that would bother me. But it is definitely his go to for a chill out type of thing. Me I take a bubble bath. I need a vice...well I think it's M&M's...WHAT AM I GOING TO DO on the boy diet...ahhhh!!!
some ppl on here say dark chocolate with a touch of sea salt is allowed (by lindt). and actually a lot of boy moms had lots of choc while swaying...its just up to what you want to do..how strict you wan t to be, etc. i had no idea so many guys smoked special cigs...all the guys in my group of friends stopped that in their 20s maybe thats why tho. im in my mid 30s now! actually i have no proof that theyve stopped!
I just need to talk to my mom...I have 3 older brothers. what did she do? jeebus? Actually I talked to her about this and she said she did eat a lot of meat and potatoes and salty food whens she was getting pregnant with my brothers. When she got pregnant with me. her and my dad were going through a divorce, they were actually separated before she got pregnant with me so she was barely eating..losing weight in fact. Then they tried to work it out. She got prengnat she said she had been eating really light she she conceived me. Lots of salads and almost bird food as she put it because she was so stressed! But with my 3 older brothers she said she was happily married at the time and ate verty hearty...wonder if that had anything to do with it! hmmmmmm!!
PERFECT example of how diet works! I just asked a girlfriend with BG this question....she said she was into green tea and ate very well during ttc the 1st time (took a few months, so she was all up on "good fertility" stuff, she's a perfectionist) and then when she conceived #2 (DD) she was eating less as she didn't want to be bulky for the second pregnancy (she also has crazy body image issues and HATES being fat at all, she hated the post partum time with the losing weight). Now her DS is like 4 and DD is 2 and she is a RAIL.
I agree, there does need to be a video or series of videos.
You don't need to give up ANYTHING to TTC a boy (except shellfish and organ meats) but it does help to combine things so you are eating protein and carbs together. So instead of M and Ms, eat PEANUT M and M's!!
I think it's not a big deal if you get pg in the first, say 3 or 4 tries, but after that, the pounds really start adding up! I've lost a good 8 or 10 now, just eating less food overall. I admit, I am sure I am back on my girl diet, but right now I am more focused on eating foods that will increase my egg quality than anything else!
Add me to the trying to lose before ttc blue club lol, so far I'm doing rubbish, I need to get a good muscle building workout dvd, then I've no excuse! I'm 11st 6lb atm!
Yes, unfortunately some people have sticky fingers about swaying info and I don't want to put all this stuff out there for someone else to take and then start charging people vast sums of money for...there are people out there who sell swaying diets for hundreds of dollars, they stole a lot of stuff off IG and I don't want to help those people out any.
PS - you guys are doing GREAT on the diets! Keep it up!
Lola, I think it's even better that you're losing weight and eating egg-boosting foods at the same time. BRILLIANT!!!!