That's right! GL and FX for you! I'll most likely see you in the Feb 2ww too! I won't test until the 8th or the 9th at the earliest.Quote:
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That's right! GL and FX for you! I'll most likely see you in the Feb 2ww too! I won't test until the 8th or the 9th at the earliest.Quote:
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I'm very sorry to hear that AF arrived. Many people don't temp while having AF or at least not for the first few days- but if you are excited to start- go for it! :) I would count today as CD1. Big hugs- do something nice for yourself tonight!Quote:
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I've found it really interesting to read all of your ideas and experiences with things like IF ladies!
I have to say that my personal opinion is that for *most* people diets (all diets) are terrible. All the energy that people end up spending on thinking about food (foods which they can't eat, foods which they can, when they can eat, when they can't,etc) are such a waste. Diets normally fail and I found my time will doing LE to be really unhealthy for me personally. Before I literally never thought about food- besides hmm what am I hungry for/what should I make for dinner/what should I order and it was great. I ate when I was hungry, and depending on what was available what I was hungry for. On LE I constantly thought about food. Can I eat that? Ooh I would love to eat something but that would be a snack... how much fat/sugar/protein does that have? Of course over time it became easier but it was never natural for me to eat that way and I can't imagine trying to live with restrictions as a permanent or semi-permanent lifestyle.
My husband and I recently watched the documentary "Fed Up" which is about all the sugar in American food (80% of the food in the grocery store in the U.S. has added sugar), the terrible fast food which is offered in many school cafeterias, the huge increase in diabetes in children,etc. It was very eye opening and sad and just recommitted to me that the best thing people can do is just try to cook from scratch. I don't think it needs to be organic/vegetable based/without fat/etc but just the simple act of not buying processed foods or trying to avoid them would probably make a huge difference for many people who struggle with diet and exercise. Obviously I've veered a bit off track now but I guess overall I could never consider something like IF as a healthy choice that anyone should make without very clear reasons for wanting to do so :) However I would say the same for most diets.
But since we all have the very clear goal of trying to have a boy or girl I think the diets definitely make sense! :)
I hope you can hold out until Monday! It is hard not to test earlier but the BFNs which are inevitable (due to it being too early) are never fun.Quote:
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Junie- the LE diet is so much of a habit now for me. When I started back last March, (very loose then very strict since last May) I never thought I could get used to it! I was like you, always thinking about food and counting everything. Now the only time I need to count things is when I need to drop calories. Once I get the hang of it, usually about a week, then I can eat things without thinking about it. It has become easy for me to avoid snacking. Before marrying DH, I naturally ate the LE way. My habits slowly changed and that is why I have two lovely boys! The LE diet does not or should not be unhealthy! I still eat very healthy, just LE foods. I am doing the fertility version with limiting protein still, so a fertility hybrid. I do stick to upper limits of fat as I don't want my fertility to get even worse than it already is!
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I know you do it in a healthy way XX! And things like no snacking definitely aren't extreme. I just think for normal life diets aren't necessary. Clearly you can eat in many different ways and still be healthy and I think people shouldn't fight their nature. Unfortunately some have never been allowed to develop a healthy relationship with food and I think that is really sad as it can lead to a lifetime struggle.
But yeah I think you and Maiden are very aware of your health and eat in a way which works well for you :)
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I feel like my life since I was 12 years old been a diet, no I can't eat this or I need to run 10 miles because I ate a cookie! Constantly obsessing over what I put in my mouth.... even water, because heaven forbid I add water weight! I have lived this way for 24 years now... I know I will never be free of it. Atomic doesn't even have me counting my intake for fear of relapse.
All of this makes me wonder if God didn't give me boys because of my struggles being a girl with an ED? His way of maybe stopping the spread of that mental gene? I may not be making any since..... Just rambling on my thoughts and feelings:). I'll stop now!
Tarasue- Reading this just makes me want to give you a very big hug. I'm sure if you have a girl you will go to great lengths to make sure that she grows up with a happy and healthy attitude to food :)
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Thanks junie for the cyber hug and kind words. I want a girl so bad, but at the same time it scares me to death! Girls struggle so much with body image as it is. But if I do get a girl I know I will need to watch my words and actions as not to set a bad example. Time will tell, I can't worry about having a girl yet, as I'm not even pregnant;)
Tarasue I feel the same way about why I didn't (and won't) get a girl. I don't struggle with an ED but self image and self esteem have always been an issue with me. I feel like I am not pretty enough to have a girl or have the right body to pass onto a daughter- and what kind of mother wants to pass poor self esteem into their child? For those reasons I feel like I am not allowed a girl- for I will surely screw her up.Quote:
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