If you're using it as a sway tactic I would try to make it 5 days a week if possible!! If you're jsut wanting to use it for fun, I would not worry about occasionally having a leisurely ride with the kiddos as long s you are ok on diet.
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If you're using it as a sway tactic I would try to make it 5 days a week if possible!! If you're jsut wanting to use it for fun, I would not worry about occasionally having a leisurely ride with the kiddos as long s you are ok on diet.
I'm really confused about what would actually work for me with DS1 I wasn't exercising barely at all but with DS2 I actually was at the lowest weight I had been since high school due to running 5-6 days a week pretty long distances (at least I think so)... I was running about 8-10km and sometimes up to 15-16kms. I didn't do any weights at all. Right now, I run between 7-10 km 5 days/week and this usually takes 45mins (give or take depending on the distance). I am soaked with sweat (I know gross! )afterwards as it's usually inside on the treadmill. I really don't want to give my running up as I find it a huge stress reliever for me. I just don't know what I should do as I've done the couch potato route and then the other extreme. It would be hard for me to be more intense on a daily basis.... ugggh I'm so confused on what I should do and wondering if I can get suggestions on exercising and swaying pink.
exercise does not exist in a vaccuum; it is the whole package with diet, exercise, and other lifestyle things that sway (and even then not anywhere near 100%). I think the stats show clearly that exercise is the way to go and so I recommend it to anyone who is able to do it, even if you got a boy before. You got a boy in SPITE of the exercise, not because of it, whether it was down to luck or the other things in your life that were swaying blue or both. It would be a step in the wrong direction to leave it out because of some need to "do the opposite" when that wasn't even why you got a boy to begin with.
I agree and I'm at the opposite end. Even with a BMI of 16 (my all time 'high' is 18), I have more body fat by % than many of my 'heavier' friends who are very fit & muscular. I'm hoping that will help me sway pink...Quote:
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I'm so naturally un-muscular that I think not exercising will be better for me, as I'm inevitably more muscular whenever I'm exercising, even with long distance running. But I have seen very muscular women lose major muscle with the same type of running, so I do believe it would probably help them sway.
It is literally impossible for women to add muscle without gaining (significant) amounts of weight. When people start exercise, they often worry that they are becoming more muscular when in reality they are simply losing body fat that was covering muscle. So the msucles may appear more defined but if you've lost weight, you've lost muscle.
All that having been said, anyone with BMI of 16-18 shoudl not be doing exercise anyway and I totally agree that you should not include it in your plan.
True, but if you are burning more fat than muscle, you lower your overall body fat % so really you are becoming more muscular, even without gaining actual new muscle (which really IS difficult for women and would require much more protein intake than the LE diet allows).
You may be increasing the % of your body that is muscle in proportion to fat, but you aren't gaining muscle, at lower weights you will have LESS muscle. Since muscle (in a very roundabout way) helps to raise testosterone levels, when you lose muscle, you will have lower testosterone levels, even if a higher proportion of your body is muscle.
There are a lot of very skinny men who have a high % muscle to fat ratio, but as a general rule they are going to be lower in testosterone than a guy who weighs 250 lbs even if he does have a higher % body fat.
Hi Atomic,
I started dieting for TTC a girl jan 6, so 9 days now. I allready lost nearly 3 kg.
I can't exercise for 6 days for 60min. Is it ok to do now just my usual exercise like walking the dogs, and start with the exercise from AF-O when we are trying to conceive?
I just honestly can't say what is ok and what isn't. I don't have the level of data I would need to pin it down any closer than I already have.
We have seen people on here who have done much less exercise and gotten girls.
If the weight is coming off very quickly, I would probably not even do exercise. You are going to end up stopping ovulation.
Hi all, I will be trying to sway pink this year. Have about 40 lbs to loose and have never exercised on a regular basis. Should I try to do the 60 minutes a day 6 days a week exercising or just continue not exercising? I work 12 hr shifts so I am a bit worried about working out on the days I work. I can work out 4 days in a row for sure because I always have at least 4 days off after I work my set of shifts. Also, I am worried I won't be able to keep up high intensity cardio for a full 60 minutes. Would walking/jogging on the treadmill for 60 minutes be good enough for a couch potato type like me or is it better to not work out at all?
Any opinions appreciated
Atomic.... question.. I know that cardio will build and tone my muscles it has before so for my sway plan what are your thoughts on 4 weeks on an hour a day cardio and then the two weeks leading up to ovulation off then after ovulation back on again?? and so forth. Maybe even having to skip the month in between off and on??
Right few questions pls!!
I do an hour a day on the exercise bike (id like to go running but with the uk weather of darkness and rain I cant at the moment as its not safe after I finish work) So bike it is for now.
So far in 9 days I have lost 2kg. My Bmi is now 23.8. I am sticking to LE strictly.
I weighed myself this morning and I had gained!! Only a tiny amount but its the first gain since I started LE/exercise 9 days ago. I paniced!! My hubby said muscle weighs more than fat (which I know is true) But I thought I was supposed to be loosing muscle so know I am on a panic on if I should stop the exercise???? HELP!!!
Hello,
I've been a member for several months and while I've stalked I've never posted but as my girl sway approaches (this month) I will start clarifying some things that I'm not sure of. I joined a gym 4 months ago and have been doing four classes of body pump, spinning and aerobics (these always include light weights) weekly. I'm naturally thin but have very little muscle so I've really grown my muscles in these months though I'm still very slight. Should I just switch to spinning classes (not sure what they're known as in the US but perhaps group cycle classes?) or just run on the treadmill and elliptical? Plus I also do clinical Pilates with a physiotherapist weekly. There was a run on babies in my classes and all the girls had baby girls except me!
I have two boys conceived when I did 3 half hour runs a week.
In addition my husband has just begun running for twenty minutes, four times a week.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated on what I could do to improve my chances of a girl. I'm happy to exercise 6-7 times a week.
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From what I am hearing from others is runners--marathoners get girls! I think a 30 minute run isn't good enough to really get your heart rate high and keep it there. Part of cardio is to have that elevated heart rate for a decent amount of time. I am going to start doing the treadmill. walking at a brisk pace is considered cardio as long as your heart rate elevates and stays that ways for at least 20 minutes. Treadmills don't build up muscle either.
On my bike i was using I saw zones for fat burning and cardio. For a 30 year old it said a heart rate of 159 or higher was considered the target rate for cardio.
I am so out of shape right now I have to stay around 30 minutes...I need to progress to that 1 hour time! It is such hard work to get back into shape. For me I want to make sure I am doing the 1 hr cardio for the 2 weeks before ovulation and the week after for sure too. Hoping that is good enough!
I have the exercise bug now! I think even if I don't get my girl at least Im getting fit in the process!!x
We have gotten such great results with exercise that I feel like I have to recommend it for anyone who is able to include it. So far it's our best sway tactic by a good 15% percentage points and even though I know it's really tough, best sway means including it for anyone who won't waste away to nothing while doing it.Quote:
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All it has to be is intense for YOU (walking is fine, meandering prob. isn't LOL) and if you can't make it the full 60 6-7 recommendation, we have bene having success even doing less than that. I would just have you stick with the 4 days a week 60 min. a day and let it go on the 12 hour days because I can't even imagine doing exercise after that!!
Cardio really doesn't build muscle for ladies, without your eating a pretty nutrient-dense diet (and taking some pretty heavy hitting supps.) YOu may think you're getting more muscle but really all that's happening is that the fat melts away and reveals what was already there.Quote:
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I think we see best results with consistent exercise. Taking 2 weeks off will only give your muscle time to rest and repair themselves and that is not what we're going for here.
I answered this in your other thread but it's totaly normal to have fluctuations in weight evne as much as 5 lbs with water and food in your stomach. It has nothing to do with adding muscle, it is impossible for women to add muscle unless they are eating very very nutrient dense diets.Quote:
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You ahve not added muscle unless you've gained weight and particularly on a higher protein diet. What happens is that you lose body fat (losing body fat sways pink as well BTW) and it makes it look as if your muscles have really grown but it's just that they['ve been revealed under the padding LOL.Quote:
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That having been said I do think that straight cardio is better for pink than cardio + weights is, because using your muscle may raise T to some extent as well (regardless of whether you've gained). But I do see many gals who use light weights in exercising, getting girls so I know it's not a dealbreaker
agree that 3 half-hour runs is mod exercise that woudl swya blue.
Running for hubby is one thing shown in studies to sway pink so good for him.
agree totally about runners and like I mentioned where men are concerned, it is one thing that's been even proven in studies - male long distance runners and bikers have way more daughters than the population as a whole.Quote:
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I don't wnat you guys to get too into tracking the heart rate. Fro swaying pink we're finding that a lot of attention to detail and monitoring tangible things involving numbers etc. can harm the sway. For pink you want to go with the flow as much as is possible, and trying to get your heart rate into some particular zone is precisely the type of thing that may sway blue.
You don't have to do super difficult exercise if that doesn't work for you, even walking for an hour can help.Quote:
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hahahahaha! Here I was just looking at heart rate monitor watches. whoa. Totally NOT buying one now! Gah!!!
See makes me nervous as I am naturally a stress head always have been :(
Hubby has started cycling to work add back 4 days a week so that's positive! X
We ALL are tho. That's the thing about all this. Almost to a one, the boy moms are control-freaks and perfectionists, it's not that we like stress, but it's that we inadvertently create stress for ourselves by trying to get everything to this unattainable level that we feel will make everythign "ok" - like, getting our heart rate to a perfect zone for a pink sway, KWIM??? - and it is very difficult to acknowledge that there are things out of our control.
But despite this, we are still getting girls. So it isn't hopeless!!!
OK I have a question about this. I am 29 years old, ran cross country and track (long distance) through middle school, junior high, high school, college, and then I did 2 marathons in a year recently. My last marathon was in October 2013. Obviously I was training hard, running a lot of miles (20 mile runs on Sundays). Since my body has been a runner for all of my life, is it best for my pink sway to not exercise at all? I am also very petite (about 5 foot 1, 100 lbs). When I am running a lot, I am skinny but muscly "runner" legs if that makes sense. I have not run since the marathon, maybe just a few times, and my weight is the same, but my legs are not as toned, just thin. Does that make sense? So for me, running 60 minutes per day is something I have always done so I feel like that would not sway for me because it's what I do! Anyway, do you think it is best for me to just not exercise? Thanks!!
This is a crystal ball question that I just don't have enough info to say, and when that is the case it is a decision I must leave to you, I'm sorry!
I just wanted to add some info for the new pink swayers. When I first started off my TTC journey I started off with strict LE & cardio little did I know I would stop Ov. I was already small to begin with (5'3 & 116lbs). My extremity and strictness on both got my down to 105lbs & a size 0 in clothes. I looked so anorexic and I was ok with it because that was what I though would be a great sway. As time passed I got frustrated with no Ov and my doctor told me I was underweight and that if I wanted to Ov needed to gain weight and be at a minimum of 115lbs. I slowly loosened up on LE but not exercise till recently that I was put on Clomid I was walking on the treadmill, but just now dropped all my exercise due to feeling fatigued. I'm now at 114lbs and probably swaying blue since dropping my intense cardio. With all this said PLEASE I advise you to not include intense cardio if you have nothing to spare, unless you want to waste to nothing. You will stop Ov I'm a great example of this . Just my 2 cents of advice;)
thank you lovemy2 - I still think you have lots of hope for pink!!
This is what I'm concerned about. I have always been about 120 lbs at 5'4" I don't have much to lose. I think I can lose 15 lb max, since 105 lbs would put me at a BMI of18.5. I really want to incorporate 8 weeks cardio before my attempt but I think that coupled with LE diet would lose too much too fast, what can I do?
eat upper level of cals and aim to hold steady on weight instead of lose.
I have a q. Does the dat n protein limit change when you add an hour of intense workout??
I am finding it nearly impossible to stay under. I'm usually under 1200 calories if I choose not to go over fat n protein limits. I hope that made sense
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Ooo... I like the look of the link about male runners. My OH started running about 3 years ago just after we concieve d our son he is now running 30-50 miles a week with this upping soon as he is going to train for his ultra trial run. I'm happy to see it helps sway pink.
you need to tell me more about the types of things you are eating because something isn't right. It's not difficult to hit 1200 cals and if you can't, you are misunderstanding some fundamental premise of LE Diet.Quote:
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Atomic, I am a physical therapist and I do pilates lessons 3-4 hours a week. I also walk with baby/stroller 45 minutes every day. I would like to TTC pink in september, but I am not sure what to do. BMI is 18.4. I have to continue pilates for sure (my job)... :think: Should I up my daily walk, to power walking and add some extra cardio to get the full 60 mins? Any help would be appreciated, thanks
One more thing, can somebody guide me to the study made on biking and pink sway for DH? Thanks
Yes that is exactly what I would do. I would continue your work of course, and then add exercise so you are doing 60 min a day.
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Hi Atomic..are we supposed to keep the exercise during the 2ww? I'm still keeping the diet and folic acid and I'm 3dpo. I was doing walk away the pounds 5 mile on YouTube for an hour for the past 7 weeks 6 days a week..thanks.
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Thanks Atomic!
Yes, I still think you guys should continue int he 2ww and I believe this is perfectly safe to do.Quote:
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