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Hello ladies! Unfortunately, this is only relevant for British mummies. My new favourite lunch has to be 4 Ryvita Crackerbread slices topped with Morrisons NUME Moroccan Spiced Squash dip. The crackerbread altogether has 76cal, 0.8g fat, 0.08g sodium and 2g protein. 1/4 pot of dip has 62cal, 2.2g fat, 0.1g sodium and 2.2g protein. I topped the slices with the dip and plenty of cucumber - scrumptious!!! I just hope the cannelini beans and garlic puree in the dip are too minimal to worry about!
Also, a quick question for anyone who may know the answer - is it okay for me to drink Peppermint and Liquorice tea (Teapigs brand) whilst on the LE diet? I only have one cup a day but it's great at breakfast time! Many thanks x x
Only if you are not taking Saw Palmetto I think.
One c a day is fine as long as you're not having and saw palmettoQuote:
Originally Posted by Dreamofpink
I didn't read the whole thread so I don't know if this is on here, but I wanted to share about this Healthy Choice Greek Frozen Yogurt I found. It has 100 cals, 35mg sodium, and 4g protein, and it is super yummy! Like, really, really yummy!
I found another product that I really like! They are called Gnu Foods Flavor & Fiber bars. I really like the Larabars, but I don't like how they all have nuts and how darn healthy nuts are, lol. These bars do not all have nuts (some do, though). I got the Orange Cranberry bar and it was very tasty. It has 130 cal, 3g fat, 35 mg sodium, 3g protein, and 12g fiber. It does have whole wheat flour and wheat bran, so that might make it a bit less perfect for swaying, but I'm not sure.
Those bars sound great but they may have less potassium than the Larabars (due to the lack of nuts.) Thanks for sharing ladies, keep the ideas coming!!!
I don't have anything useful to add to this thread, YET! ;) Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who shared something on it. I'm new here & trying to learn about all of the different ideas on swaying for a girl (my head is spinning slightly :hide: lol) - I ended up opening microsoft word so that I could bullet point all of the awesome ideas you guys are sharing :agree:
hi can you take licorice root instead of saw palmetto? this would be good for me as i am having trouble getting some without other stuff in it and it being standardised
Liquorice Root is for DH only. You can drink peppermint tea instead of taking SP if you like but you shouldn't do the two together. HTH!
ok found another supplement that could be good for ttc a girl,not sure if its suitable but thought i would get ideas
its called clinicians mens hormone support. Ingredients are
Active Ingredients in 1 capsule:
Ingredients Strength Unit
Chrysin 150 mg
DIM (di-indolylmethane) 150 mg
Serenoa repens (saw palmetto) berry ext
(standardised to 75mg total fatty acids)
160 mg
Urtica dioica (nettle root powder 10:1 ext.) 150 mg
Atomic, what do you think?
i question the nettle root powder though?
I'm sorry, for some reason I didn't read this thread!! Licorice root can raise estrogen, which sways pink for DH but may sway blue for DW. For that reason licorice is best avoided by ladies and used by gents.Quote:
Originally Posted by babygirl
Chyrsin lowers estrogen but raises testosterone, so those would be a no unfortunately.
ok another one for you, what about myo inositol? it lowers estrogen, lowers testosterone, and good for insulin etc also can help with egg quality which is why i am looking at it having had 2 asd kids
anyone?
myoinosotol looks good but I haven't seen anyone use it yet. I generally like to see at least a couple people have successful sways while using it before I recommend it.
myoinsitol is used a lot by women with PCOS....its in Pregnitude I was thinking of using it to see if it helps me get pg. Pregnitude only has myoinsotol and folic acid.
well i can be your guinea pig then but we cannot get pregnitude here as i have searched so am using straight inositol (which is the same) but half the dose, so 2000mg not 4000mg as in pregnitude. I may up the dose over the next 2 months. If i get a girl using inositol then its gotta work lol
The inositol seems to me works for PCOS women because it improves their insulin response, which makes their ovaries churn out the right hormones and allows them to lose weight...this lowering their testosterone (which can be done simply by losing weight and improving insulin resistance through diet, kwim). So if you did not HAVE wonky ovaries or insulin resistance to begin with, I don't know if this supplement would DO anythnig that couldn't be accomplished just by diet alone. (thinking out loud here, not discouraging you in any way). I do think lowering estrogen and testosterone is important but sometimes I think just balancing them rather than reducing is enough, ie by raising progesterone/lowering T through tried and true things like Vitex/sawpalemetto. The pcos women lowered their T, just because their insulin respsonse was improved and they lost weight, the inosotol didnt' lower T...thats how it seems to ME. But I don't know much about it AT ALL
DIM is also interesting but its hard not to notice how many BODYBUILDERS use this supp, as a way of lowering estrogen so they can INCREASE their testosterone...the same balance I was saying above.
I just hate to see a supplement possibly make things WORSE and inadvertently sway blue...when things like diet, vitex, etc actually really and truly for sure reduce testosterone, balance the estrogen in relation to progesterone etc
The other thing that just occured to me, is if Vitex works by balancing your hormones, if you are taking something that is lowering your estrogen (DIM etc), would it cause the Vitex to work in a way that we don't want.
I know its super hard to have a bunch of boys and feel the need to change drastically, because I for one, read the "how we got our boys" and I DON'T relate at ALL so to me skipping breakfast or eating low calorie isn't going to cut the mustard because I have done that 5 times naturally and it gave me baby boys so it seems something else is going on, so I too look to the hormones such as estrogen and testosterone and think I need to lower their ratios in my body...but on the other hand, I don't want to take a supplement that will inadvertently deliver a baby boy on a silver platter either. Just be careful. xx
yeah, DIM is a no-go for me for that very reason. the myoinositol seemed like a good thing though.Quote:
Originally Posted by harleyquinn
I'm not sure that vitex does work by balancing hormones though. I'm not sure I believe in "balance", it sounds like something made up to sell vitamins, if you see what I mean. Our bodies are always in a state of flux that is normal and natural...kinda like saying, if your stomach is half-empty it's in "balance" and there's something wrong when it's full or empty...no, that's just part and parcel of having a stomach. Part and parcel of being a woman is that our estrogen and progesterone are always rising and falling - I'm just not buying the "balance" jazz. (sorry I don't mean that to sound in any way discouraging.)Quote:
Originally Posted by harleyquinn
Dominant females will have more boys regardless of what they eat. A tribe of women who all eat the same/similar foods, some of em will have boys and others girls, but it's non-food cues from the environment doing it.
I had tons of the Activia Strawberry and Cereal yogurt during my sway :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dramabird
I noticed a good product is PIRATE BOOTY. My kids love this stuff. It does have sodium but not much else! Its like a miracle snack. ;)
Yeah I read more stuff on the insitol...I will try and find it.
Here: https://sites.google.com/site/miscar...chiro-inositol
And Vitex, I think what I meant by balancing, is doesn't it work by lowering estrogen and raising progesterone and will put things in a better balance..like shortening or lengthening your cylce accordingly.
And don't worry about sounding discouraging ;) I get on these theories that last about two days before I realize I am so wrong :) I am sure I have ruined many perfectly good threads based on my 2 day theories ;)
And a little Vitex information in case any one is interested of how it works~I thought it was interesting
https://sites.google.com/site/miscar...ex-chasteberry
Love the success stories :)
Trader Joe's Better Than Peanut Butter! It only has 100 cals per 2 TBS and lower in sodium, fat and protein. Also their hummus salad dressing is amazing!
Which crystal light do you like the best? I really like the wild strawberry but it has caffeine in it (which is prob why I like it) I got a canister of single servings from Costco and it has lemonade raspberry lemonade and a cherry pomegranate kind.
Also, DANG IM STARVING!!
I'm usually a huge eater with a fast metabolism but I'm a tad over weight. I just ate a half can no sugar no salt corn. I hope that's ok.
Can someone link a site to vitex please?
can we have something similar to this for the ttc blue please
there is one. It was stickied, I'm not sure where it went and I couldn't find it in a quick search but you may have better luck, I have 3.5 seconds to answer this thread LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by a&jmummy
Just so you know, you ALWAYS can start threads on whatever topics you want! I'm fine with that!! If you want a new one, start it and I'll sticky it for you.
?? i'm sorry I'm not following this question, do you mean the vitex essay? or somewhere to buy vitex? It's available at any herb shop or on AmazonQuote:
Originally Posted by Sarajoy
caffeine is totally allowed on LE Diet. so any flavor is ok, tea may sway slightly blue, but dehydrated instant tea prob. doesn't have much of the tea goodness that can help fertility. IG frowns on caff. tho so if you're doing an IG approach you'll want to avoid it.
I ate quite a bit of corn when I TTC DD! fine by me, and in fact with corn, it's free for protein and fat, all you need to count is calories.
I googled vitex to buy.. Silly me ill check amazon. I've never heard of vitex before this site and I'm loving all the new info! Ps. Buying the membership today what sold me is all the great ppl on here, it's so nice to come here not be judged and the site navigates well even though there is grips of info!
Can anyone tell me were I can buy a digital ph tester/ reader in the uk? Do I check ph of cm or my urine?
Laura, you may want to start a separate thread in the forums to get more of a response - once people have read a thread, they don't always reread it so if a q gets posted at the end of a thread, fewer people see it. Esp. if your question is on a different topic, it's best to start a new thread.
How to check pH is here http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...-ph-dh-dw.html
Great info!!! I will be stating the LE diet and since I am in Africa, all I have is Amazon Prime and that's where I will be doing my food shopping lol
you may have access to things that the rest of us can only dream of!!!