TTC Girl daily exercise movivation group!

Tonight's dinner for me was wholewheat pasta with a tablespoon of green pesto sauce and some sliced pepper and a small amount of feta cheese on top. Finished it off with some Greek yogurt, a kiwi and an apple. Quite enjoyed it actually, getting used to the lack of refined sugars - I certainly seemed to have broken my addiction to them!

I originally started the diet and exercise back in September but then dh wasn't having any of the ttc talk and Christmas came along so it went a little by the way side, although I have been skipping breakfast since then. Restarted it again properly at the start of February with the hope of perspiring dh to ttc from April!!

Onwards and upwards to tomorrow ladies...!x

Exercise was good this morning but food and wine wise it has been a write off oops:prof:

Hi all, and we done all!
I couldn't get on here yesterday, this site wouldn't work for me :hair: but I did do just over 60mins on my bike, thanks to coming on here with you peeps I think it's getting a bit easier now I could go on for longer than 60mins now!
As I couldn't get in here I was search the web and it's funny I found a few forums where men were discussing what they did to get a girl! thought it was just us women who worried lol

2lovelyboys: I was the same with food yesterday, went out for a Mother's Day meal with the old lady I take shopping, and have not been drinking alcohol either, I'm not usally a drinker in the evenings, I'm a drinker when I go out, so struggling to keep that up. I started on the ig diet April last year, then I found this site and found they were getting better results with their LE diet so tweeked it to LE then I found out I have pcos in September and started to change my diet to the pcos diet, now following it loosely taking a more laid back approach,
When I started in April last year I was 76kg/12st/ 168lbs and now I'm around the 60kg/9st6lbs/132lbs mark

3sac'harm: how are you feeling now?((((hugs)))).
I wouldn't have exercised either if I was feeling as Ill as that! Hope you feel better soon, and fx crossed spring summer comes soon!

Frilly lady: your dinner sounds lovely I might try some of that!

My hubby and children want to take me out to a new dessert parlour just opened up in out town for Mother's Day on Sunday, I can't say no can I! I will Just have to work extra hard this weekend and next week after I have been.

Well done beautiful rainbow! I was feeling awful last night, running temps etc, not great this morning, I'm sooo achey, going up and down the stairs hurts and bending too - my knees are so painful!! Exercise is out again today I think :(

Puddings are my biggest weakness, no way I could resist a trip to a dessert parlour, enjoy!!x

3'sacharm, i think you just need to rest and not push it, from what i can remember being poorly sways pink so its not all a loss :(

I have a few things planned over the next few months and know i will flop it already. have mothers day, think i should be alright, then Easter, afternoon tea and dinner at my favourite restaurant (does amazing steak oh dear) with friends............

Yum,I couldn't say no to a desert parlour either!

I think being ill sways too so I'd take it easy so you recover better.

I went to bed early and woke with energy so have done my 60 mins on the bike.

I'm going to have to follow the Pcos diet loosely too as I just can't do the eating rice and pasta thing, makes me miserable and cranky and feel ill looking at the plate of it :-( Having wholegrain toast and butter for lunch and a sneaky apple pie but figured that it's just apple, sugar and pastry so nothing healthy and I need a slight sugar pick me up as I feel the effects of low sugar before lunch and get the shakes. I think the metformin may be doing a bit too much of a good job bringing the levels down.

It's nice and sunny here which helps, hope you all get some sun too :-)

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Yeah I'm really not up to much so just chilling now but hoping to feel better for tomorrow, really don't want to miss 3 days of cardio:/ I'm not looking to start ttc until April at the earliest so not sure being ill now will especially help me but maybe with the whole health and egg being matured etc...

Chocolate - I have to say, once you break the habit of having sugar, the symptoms subside as I always used to suffer with the shakes and extreme hunger but whenever I've pushed through and cut sugar out, I feel so much better for it.

So what's everyone's sway tactics? I've been skipping breakfast since September, I did le pcos around that time although not strictly and that went by the wayside with Christmas etc but restarted it beginning of Feb. Cardio again I started in September but been much stricter with it since Feb and dropped most of my weight sessions in the gym. I'm taking fibre when I remember it, 1200mcg folic acid daily, aiming to go more vegetarian but I'm not making it an absolute. With my boys, I was typical boy mum, competitive, eating loads of red meat/high protein, working out regularly but not especially cardio and certainly not more than 4 times per week! I charted, did opks, lots of attempts in fertile window and hips up on a pillow with prenatals for at least 3 months before hand!! Everything to optimise conception!!

This lifestyle is very different for me and I'm noticing I'm more chilled generally too so hopefully it's all having a positive impact.x

3'sacharm, i hope you feel better tomorrow. I was also a typical boy mum, i swayed with DS3, altho vegetarian (which is a big change) i think i went over on protein and i think my blood sugar was higher than it should have been. With DS1 & DS2 i was also on the prenatal, being mega healthy lol, i lead a very boy lifestyle.

I have started introducing the diet this week along with cardio, i have always skipped breakfast so thats not a problem, i have started drinking black coffee and diet coke. I haven't decided on supplements yet, still reading up on them. Will probably get a personal plan closer to the time. At the moment my main focus is diet and exercise (weight loss), think getting to grips with the diet can be tricky

1hr done on TM. I don't know why but I find Friday a hard day not to cheat but so far so good.

Chocolate I don't think I'm totally following pcos diet, to tell you the truth I don't fully understand it. I know I have to do wholegrain, full fat dairy and low sugar but apart from that I'm not sure. The thing that I'm really struggling with is not eating chocolate, didn't realise what a chocoholic I am!

My sway - pcos diet, I don't eat meat, haven't eaten it since early teenage years, I've cut out fish but I eat prawns on a Saturday. Excercise for 1hr 6 days a week. No snaking or breakfast, fibre and folate. I drink coffee to keep me feeling full but I'm allergic to caffeine so its only decafe which I don't think counts. I can easily hit my fat target but never reach calories or protein so might do alcohol to add more calories.

I know I will have a cheat on Mothering Sunday surely it's allowed right? It's going to be the first Mother's Day I won't have both boys with me as my oldest is at uni, although I'm looking forward to a lovley long and lively chat with him.
Hope all you mums have a lovely day on Sunday X

Difficult day today!

Was at my sisters house and she had just made a big pot of chicken soup and made me a roll and ham! Had a small bowl and one roll but so felt guilty for it!!

Then, was at my nephews party at Pizza Hut and ended up eating 2 slices of pizza!!!

Mega cheat day today!!! Will get exercising as soon as the kids are in bed!
Fed up dieting grrr!!


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Ahhh it was hard today , I had no motivation what so ever but I pushed myself to get on TM... Did it and glad its over, I just feel so tired and run down . Am thinking of bringing our attempt forward a cycle, but will be short 3 weeks of diet . Just concerned bcos I have to stop exercising end of march have too much going on and cant commit to 5-6days a week .
So I'm thinking maybe better to go for attempt in 2weeks hope for the best and at that point I can still hit it hard in the 2ww with exercise...
Ahhh what do u ladies think ??

Who knows may not even fall pregnant straight away.
Gggrrr just want to eat eat and eat ... And sleep and eat and lay on the couch and do nothing.. Sorry havin a crap day

It's so tough feeling run down and knowing what to do for the best, I'd ask Atomic for her advice on that. Hope you feel better today X

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First attempt tonight eeeek!!! Doing every 4 day method and this is cd10 for me, so plan on ttc cd10, 14, 18, 22 and hope we catch a day in the fertile window.

Went for a long walk in a beach today with the kids (was lovely and sunny here shock!!) just completed 1hr cardio on trampoline and bike at home.

Will have v low cal and nutrient dinner tonight.

Am seeing this as a practise though as I usually don't ovulate until later in the month I think (but you never know!!)

Can't believe I feel so nervous about this!!! Will get this first attempt over and done with (I'm so romantic lol!!)

Then I can settle down to watch house of cards on Netflix!!

Wish me luck, aghhhh!!


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Wishin u lots of luck for your first attempt !! Xx


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Yay, good luck!! Hope it's the month and then no more diet :-)

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Lots of luck Jenny!
Hope you feel better soon faith.

Good luck Jennny . FX for you xx

Thanks frilly lady and chocolate.
Yeah ill wait and see what atomic says ...
BTW CHOCOLATE love your name lol

Eek jennypenny!!! First attempt, how very exciting!! Hope all went well!

I'm feeling better today, still not fantastic, but certainly better than I was. I cheated a bit yesterday, I was way under on all my limits but went over with sugar as I couldn't help myself but finish the boys cakes from Costa :o oops! It's been three days without exercise now.... Im wondering whether I can squeeze it in, otherwise I'll be straight back into in the morning as my chest isn't brilliant, still tight and coughing lots :/

Need to go and get some food shopping today or tomorrow too as running out of fresh stuff like broccoli!

Have a good day girls x

First attempt was pretty hilarious actually! We both got a bit tipsy on cava first! It felt a bit like a sexual science experiment haha!!

Hopefully next attempt on Wednesday will be a bit more chilled!!

Does anybody know the rules of exercising after making attempts? Should it be a bit more gentle e.g exercise bike? Do you think trampoline would be a bit crazy? All that jumping??

Having a day off for Mother's Day today anyway xx


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Lol jenny , attempt ... Science experiment your hilarious, luv it u always make me laugh xx
Happy Mothers Day to all UK ladies, enjoy xx

Done 65mins TM .. Ahh now I can relax Alittle, feeling better today.
Weight is coming off nicely just what I wanted, have lost 5kilos since starting LE and exercise. My Goal is another 5kilos and ill be happy.
How are you ladies going ?? Xx

Mind if I ask if you paid for a coach/plan for your sway and how much it is? Also--how tough is it so far? Hoping to try and conceive a girl within a year.

Hi there cjjagger, You can go into the plans and memberships and check out the prices.
Iam a dream member which means I paid for that to be able to access info that I needed for my sway.
A custom plan is recommended if you don't want all the stress of looking up and researching things, atomic is wonderful and very helpful to all of us.
Swaying is hard I wont lie , but at the end of the day I've gotta try .
Good luck on your journey!!! And welcome xx

Currently doing 60mins cardio, feeling down some old feeling starting to creep back up!
My hubby might already have a daughter with someone else, long story she refuses to do a dna test or let him see the girl as long as he stays with me, he refuse to see the girl because he doesn't know if it is his (she was sleeping around)
So I felt a grudge against my husband when I found out 6 years ago, I let it go! but now with all ttc again and it not happening, it's all coming back....
How can he sleep with someone just a handful of times, drinking bad lifestyle on both parts etc (her not long given birth to another girl when it happened) when I have only had boys why can't I have a girl, give my sons a much wanted sister!
A girl to play with makeup with, fashion ideas, playing with hair, to go shopping with a life long friend, I would cherish her!
I get he feeling sometimes that my hubby doesn't care because he may already have a daughter!
Sorry for ranting!

Ahh beautiful rainbow my heart is aching for u right now.
Don't really know what to say, let it out. Please please hang in there you have been doing so good, have faith you will get ur girl
Sending you HUGE HUGS XXOOOOOO

I'm so sorry beautiful rainbow, that must feel so so difficult for you. You obviously have a very strong relationship with your husband and lovely little family with your boys.

Hopefully someday, the girls mother will allow a dna test to be done. It seems very cruel to leave you and your family in limbo!

I truly hope you get your girl this time. I can totally relate to the dreams of having a daughter, it would be so lovely to raise a child into womanhood and have another female in the house.

Some days it can be difficult putting faith into swaying as I sometimes feel I am setting myself up for a fall! More so than if I just conceived without any swaying at all!!

Fx for us all!! Hope we all get some pink squishy babies soon!!! X


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Sorry to hear about that beautiful rainbow, it sucks. My hubby was only ever bothered about having a boy, we have two (lost one along the way) so he's happy. I actually said to him recently that if we'd have had two girls, we would not be arguing over having another one - his response was no actually, it would be the other way round!!!! So he knows damn well how he'd feel if he were me. He's still yet to be persuaded entirely round to the idea, but I'm coming off my pill in April and that will be down to him if he doesn't want a pg lol!

Had another awful day diet wise yesterday so that was a complete write off unfortunately, bit too frequent in the last week so need to start afresh!!! I just hope I haven't done too much damage in that respect to any potential sway... I'm still far from 100% but i am going to head down to the gym in a bit and do some gentle cycling and walking, no running yet while my chest is still bad.

What do you ladies do for sweet treats on the pcos le diet?? I keep having little cheats in the last week (mainly since being ill)? I usually have a nakd bar as they make me feel less guilty, iust looking for more ideas though x

Sorry you're feeling down beautifulrainbow and you rant away. I'm sure we all feel down at some point I know I certainly do.

Hour done on TM but had a really bad weekend food wise and today also but I know I'll get back on track.
Fingers crossed for a bfp jennypenny.
3sacharm I have the nakd bars too as I have a real sweet tooth. I also have low sugar gluten free rich tea biscuits, they are not pcos friendly but they stop me from cheating big time. Would also like some ideas on sweet treats too.

Thank you frilly lady!! Not rude at all, it's so lovely to read! My boys are 4 and 6. Without wanting to sound rude, can I ask if your eldest is straight?? Not that it makes any difference, but I certainly know neither of my brothers were like that with my mum, but then she had me, although I'm the youngest! Just interested to know if that kind of relationship is associated more with a son who's more afite or gay, or whether straight lads can have those kind of relationships with their mums too. I am so close to my youngest at present and it breaks my heart to think of him slipping away as he gets older, no longer having any interest in me :(

Hours exercise done for today on the bike, took it easy though!x

Ask away 3sacharm. No he's not gay he's got the most beautiful girlfriend who I treat as part of our family.

Frilly Lady, i hope i have the same relationship with my boys as you do with yours. It breaks my heart to think they will grow up and away from me :( mine are still very young tho 5, 3.5 and 2years.

Had a lovely weekend but it involved no diet and no exercise oops altho i did remain vegetarian. Back on it 2day

Hi everyone, glad to hear others have been 'off the wagon' this weekend! I cheated majorly on Mother's Day, breakfast, chicken, chips, ate sweets all afternoon... and no exercise. Back on it this morning, did 76 mins on TM. Its still really helping imagining you all exercising too!

Can I ask, how are you feeling in yourselves whilst doing the LE/PCOS diets and exercise. Have to say, I am soooo fatigued, lacking in energy and my mood is quite down. I have always been a sociable person but I can feel my self- confidence slipping away. My kids are young, I don't get much sleep, my job is stressful. I'm not sure whether I feel down due to the stresses of life, the LE diet or a combination of the two?

Does anyone out there feel like me? Can anyone offer any words of encouragement? xx

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Sorry you're feeling down beautifulrainbow and you rant away. I'm sure we all feel down at some point I know I certainly do. I don't know how old your children are all you lovely ladies but I just feel I need to say something I hope you won't take it as being rude or anything,band let me tell you I've spent many many years wanting a daughter too. My oldest is 19 now and is at uni, we are very very close and spent nearly an hour talking on the phone yesterday and sent me lovely pictures and messages throughout Mother's Day. We've had pedicures together, he's sat at the hairdressers with me while I get my hair done and vice versa, spent many an hour clothes shopping for both of us, (it's amazing how many mums you meet in the men's changing room all having a great laugh!) He's sprawled on my bed many an evening while I try on clothes for a special day, telling me what I should wear and then going through my jewellery choosing what matches. Been to concerts and out to brunches, laughed and cried over girlfriends and drunken nights out! Just because he's a boy hasn't stopped me doing the things we often think of as "girly" (oh how I hate that word), not sure what I would have done different if he was a girl and I now have my youngest to do all this with too, although he's more of a geek so it's going to be techi days out! This is what eases my pain when I have bad days I hope it may ease yours too. Xxx

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Thank you for sharing this Frilly. Your post was so uplifting to read. I live in hope that I will have this kind of relationship, or any kind of close relationships with my sons as they grow older. I lived my life being regularly told 'a daughter's a daughter all your life, a son is a son until he finds a wife'. I have a sister and no brothers. All my cousins are girls. I'm not sure the influential women in the family realised how damaging this would be to those of us girls that grew up to have sons and no daughters. It is a legacy I wish I had not been left. As I get older, I realise that a mother-daughter relationship isn't always a given, although of course I still want to give it a try! I feel the world has changed since my upbringing in the 80's. These days girls are just as likely to get a top job and move away. Also, not all of my female friends have great relationships with their Mums... I think you hit the nail on the head when you described how you have always had an open relationship with your boys. I think the freedom to say anything and be anything in the safety of your own home will keep your kids coming back.

Hi! By any chance do you have any links of those "men's forums"!? DH inquired if there are any threads for him [I laughed] but if there is support for him too that'd be great!

Hi ladies,60mins done TM .. Ahh such an effort sometimes.
Nice to see u glitter mouse, don't worry too much about ur bad day , sometimes it well needed and hay it was mothers day for all lovely ladies in the UK. I would have gone off the rails too and ate and enjoyed.
That was a nice post frilly , I wish I could share that with my 2big ones but its all about friends and cars and work for them . My younger ones are more sensitive, my 6yr old is always telling me he loves me (very cute) ..�� my 3yr old well he's just always looking for things to destroy lol and has toooo many toy cars.. Ahhh how I long for a girl.

I hope your feeling ok beautiful rainbow, thinking of you xx

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Currently doing 60mins cardio, feeling down some old feeling starting to creep back up!
My hubby might already have a daughter with someone else, long story she refuses to do a dna test or let him see the girl as long as he stays with me, he refuse to see the girl because he doesn't know if it is his (she was sleeping around)
So I felt a grudge against my husband when I found out 6 years ago, I let it go! but now with all ttc again and it not happening, it's all coming back....
How can he sleep with someone just a handful of times, drinking bad lifestyle on both parts etc (her not long given birth to another girl when it happened) when I have only had boys why can't I have a girl, give my sons a much wanted sister!
A girl to play with makeup with, fashion ideas, playing with hair, to go shopping with a life long friend, I would cherish her!
I get he feeling sometimes that my hubby doesn't care because he may already have a daughter!
Sorry for ranting!

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Sending hugs beautifulrainbow xx Hope you're feeling a bit brighter today? Your situation sounds difficult and upsetting and his ex could really help you with this. Surely her daughter should be able to live knowing who her father is and him her? Very sad for everyone. I hope she sees sense and allows the dna test so you can all move forward. In the meantime, take good care of yourself and do small things that make you happy. I think the LE lifestyle takes its toll to a degree. I find it comforting to know its having an impact but at the same time we are under a certain amount of pressure to succeed-the stakes are high! Thinking of you hun x