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Hiya :)
Great post!!
Can a mod please sticky for us??? Ta :)
When are you attempting hopingforsaskia?
Ive had to cycles with no luck, skipping April, and trying again in May.
NICE! I'll sticky this!
Thanks AS!
Lassie, I still haven't got my cycles back properly, as I just finished bfing my 6.5mth old! But, I've got AS working on a plan for me as we speak so that I'm nicely prepped and ready to rock in Dec/Jan! I'm really excited, and I feel oddly calm and confident (almost like its meant to be you know?)
What's your sway plan?? :happy:
You wont go wrong there, the swaying plan was my best TTC purchase ever :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hopingforsaskia
My sway plan is:
- Strict LE diet
- Super Super strict on no breakfast and no snacking
- frequent release for 10 days, then DTD on o-4, o-3, o-2, o-1 and o.
- Im taking Vitex, Cranberry, Folate, Peppermint Tea, Zrytec
- Ions (for the fun of it) Rose Crystal bracelet, Ion bracelet, Lavender everything. Little pink babysuit (the one that mum and dad brought me home from hospital in) under pillow
That and lots of hoping :)
Wow, that sounds like a great sway! Ive just been perusing the diet reccommendations and have come up with something I *think* I can do for a few months if necessary! I'm going to do whatever AS tells me to... But I thought I'd have a bit of a looksee at what I may have to actually do..... See what you think?
Breakfast/mid-morning food:
Shake - Sunrider (too lazy to elaborate.. ;) ) with soy milk
Lunch:
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup green beans
.5 cup zucchini
1 cup white rice
Apple (peeled)
Dinner:
1 cup cauliflower
.5 cup white mushrooms
1 cup white rice
Apple peeled
Total cals: 1107
Fat: 14g
Sodium: 447mg
Protein: 41g
Potassium: 821mg
Calcium: 92% RDI
It's a REALLY tough (bland) diet, but the way I see it, it ticks all the boxes, will :fx: get me a girl, and it's not forever!!
I will obviously have to run it by atomic anyways.. ;)
Sadly yes the diet IS bland...and i have only been on it 3 months, I am in awe of the ladies who do it for 6+ months. I'm really starting to struggle, its taking its toll now in more ways then just being bored of the food so I really really hope I get my BFP in May.
But as you said, its not forever, and if it means we get a little bundle of pink at the end of it then its well worth it!
Sounds like you have put that together well, there are a lot of meal suggestions in the TTC girl section, and AS will give you some good suggestions as well.
Oh forgot to mention I am also using rephresh and sylk and DH is taking Liquorice Root .
Ohhh I know im not an aussie but im a neighbour from over the ditch (nz) can i join in here?! Alot of the the foods we have here will be similar to you guys and the names for them compared to the rest of the world...... :)
Yes! Join us! Nz or au, all good!! :bigsmile:
I work well with a regime that is *exact* so that I can prepare as well as knowing what I'm eating so I don't have any last minute panic attack freak outs!! Haha. I'd rather eat the same thing all the time (if I'm having to monitor my foods - not normally!) rather than planning out my food daily or per meal! ;) The only thing I'll do extra is iodine and half a tsp of Himalayan pink salt (haha pink...) to up my sodium to the safe range.
So, Kiesse - what's your story?? :hugs:
Thanks for the welcome!
Well my story is...
I have 2 gorgeous wee boys, 6 and nearly 4, i am not with their father anymore. I have a wonderful partner who also has a son. We are wanting a baby to join our two familys to one and it would be nice to have a little girl! He has always wanted a daddys girl and is so good with all our friends who has wee girls. he loves the boys but think it would be3 nice for him. so I am on the LE diet, i got a personalised plan from AS which is great. I have 2 meals a day, and drink diet coke, coffee with equal and couldnt really do the sparkling water, the taste is horrible! thats about me.
Hi guys can I join to?? I just received my plan from Atomic so will be starting the LE diet next week then start trying in July.
The more the merrier!!! :bighug: What's your plan??Quote:
Originally Posted by *ruby*
That's awesome!! It'd be so perfect for you to have a little girl! So, tell me, how do you feel about the aspartame thing? I'm pretty much not going to include it in my sway (even if Atomic tells me to) cos of the health issues, plus if I have more than one Pepsi Max a day I get headaches... And what do you eat in a day -- I'm struggling to figure out if my general meal plan (above) is going to be too much food all at once, but I'm not keen on putting bad calories into my system just to make the meals smaller, IYKWIM?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiesse
Does anyone else have their girls name picked out?? Obviously, mine is Saskia... :happy:
For me the aspartame thing is a necessary evil. I'm an absolute sugar holic. Pre swaying I used to put 4 sugars in my hot chocolate and coffee! I was also a constant snacker, I literally mean constant! So the way I get through it is to be drink lots of decaf tea and peppermint tea, which of course I need the aspartame for because I'd rather chew my arm off then drink something unsweetened. Im being super strict in the keeping glucose low, so sugar is not an option. I did get headaches at first, but they passed.Quote:
Originally Posted by hopingforsaskia
I tell myself it's not forever, with any luck it's only for another 6-8 weeks hopefully I don't do too much damage in that time.
That said I don't think aspartame is needed for the "sway" IYKWIM I thinkit is intended as a sugar replacement and also because it has a slight appetite suppressant for some people.
I think your meal plan sounds good, it doesn't seem like too much too me. There is a handy app called 'iMapMyFitness' which is handy for calculating intake, you can scan barcodes, easily enter quantities, and track at a glance all your minerals and vitamins as well as calories and carbs, protien, everything.
I have the opposite problem to you I think, I need to try and bulk up my meals because I have such a tiny frame that the additional weight loss has left me looking very sickly, so im trying to add some extra empty carbs to avoid losing any more weight.
We have our name picked as well, it's Elise. I so hope we get our little Elise........
I am exactly the same! I would have 3-4 sugars in my coffee which i would have 4x daily min! would add sugar to everything, i use the equal tabs now in my coffee usually 3 of these and i have got use to the tast, also went from normal coke to coke zero as i couldnt stand the diet coke but after a couple of weeks on coke zero i have moved to diet coke and now cant stand normal coke! the first week or so of me cutting sugar out was hard as i would get really bad headaches and feel light headed all the time but its just because it was such a huge change, now i am fine and have adapted really well to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lassie1982
The food side of things was really hard too, i had a classic boy diet, so now i do not eat until after 12 usually around 12.30 and i have a green salad, (lettuce, cucumber some mushrooms, a tablespoon of low sodium low fat cheese and some lite salad dressing just a little bit) followed by either a lowfat yogurt or skinless apple. then for dinner i do the salad again but add about a cup (no more) of low sodium pasta, maybe a little bit of potato on the side or garlic bread. then sometimes treat myself to a little bit of ice cream. I know this food for a day is within all my ranges so i usually just stick to the same thing each day which doesnt really bother me too much except when the rest of the family have take aways!
I am also taking vitex, saw plametto, baby asprin and folic acid. my partner refuses to sway in any way except for the FR which he is actually quite excited about, any one would think he doesnt get it! I plan on using a lime tampon and also taking zyrtec
Lassie, the name Elise is so pretty! Your diet sounds great! I only need to lose about 9 kilos to get to my lowest adult weight, but I figure that the diet is going to take a lot out of me, so I'll try and get as much nutrition as I can! :happy: I'm currently trying to lose the last of the baby weight from ds2, so by the time I'm ready to start swaying hardcore, I should be back to 65kgs and will be able to lose 3 more (or more if it happens that way)... At least that's a good head start in the weight gain department since my body thinks its gotta store EVERYTHING when I'm pregnant!
That's totally fair enough about the aspartame thing. I think there will be days I do drink a Pepsi or something with fake sugar in it just to feel like I'm not missing out. In fact, have you girls heard of skinny cow ice cream cups? They're portioned out at about 120 cals (I think...) and they are SOOO good!!!
I reckon you've both got great sounding diets - not too many unhealthy cals (not at all like some of the diets I've read!!)
Skinny cow ice-cream cups are YUM! Will definitely be getting some for an after dinner snack.
As far as swaying goes we'll be doing:
- LE diet for me
- Hopefully vego for DH if not at least cut back on meat
- Vitex, Saw Palmetto, Low Dose Asprin, Cetirizine for me
- Cranberry, Calcium, Mag, Licorice root & sudafed for DH
- Prob frequent release but maybe abstain - depends on what DH agrees to
The main change re diet for me will be going vego as I currently don't eat breakfast and usually don't snack so just more being aware of calories and upping carb intake. I'm about to go shopping to stock up on what I need to start the diet!
Any good snack suggestions? Most of the ones in the other threads are things not available here. I'll def get some low fat yoghurt to take to work..also what about sandwiches, not sure what I can have on them that would be easy to take for lunch?
I was thinking those Mission corn tortillas.. they've only got 10mg sodium in them per tortilla!!!!! And I imagine you could put hummus and cucumber in them or something like that to make a really really light snack if you're about to fall over from hunger!
Your sway sounds similar to mine.. I'm not going to make DH take anything that isn't a herb - so sudafed is out! (he wouldn't take a panadol, so getting him to take pseudo is basically impossible... ;) ) We'll be abstaining too, with a 2 day cut off. :)
Mine is happy to take anything I ask him too but the no meat thing will def be hard for him so we will just have to see!
The corn tortilla idea sounds yum might have to try that one, thanks.
i've not heard of the skinny cow ice cream! Must check that out - i do love ice cream!
I find sugar free chewing gum helps control my snacking cravings. As does drinking, so i have tons of peppermint tea (but switch to decaf tea during the 2ww)
My lunches are pretty bland and boring, bread with hummus and cucumber, or alfalfa, or some celery and carrot sticks, or leftovers from my equally bland dinner (rice, vermicelli, maybe pasta)
Sounds like we are all aiming for pretty similar sways :)
I keep having times where i think am i really doing enough or have i gone over my limits or just general thinking im missing something! I went a restocked my pantry the other day so i could not be tempted to have something that is a no no! Yesterday i made homemade pizza, i bought the base which im sure would have been in the danger side of limits but i only had not even 1/4 of it so i am thinking thats ok, on the pizza i put, apricot sauce as a base followed by a little mozzeralla, then a little bit of grilled chicken broken up into little bits, a little bit of bacon, a little diced onion, red capsicum, mushroom topped with a little cream cheese (tblsp over whole pizza) and mozzeralla. It turned out sooooo good! i only had a little bit this was mainly for the partner and kids lunch! For dinner i had a salad, Leetuce, mushroom, cucumber hummus, green capsicum and a little low fat dressing. also had 2 diet cokes and 3 coffees with equal and probably about 4 glasses of water, so that was my food diary for yesterday.
Today i had a wrap, well thought it was going to be a wrap until i realised i had no tortilla so what i done was got a lettuce leave and put a little mozeralla chese, cucumer, mushroom topped with hummus (quite liking this hummus) and wrapped it up it was really good so it was a wrap miunus the tortilla! also had a low fat yogurt with 2 strawberries!
Another thing i done for dinner lastnight was home made fancy bread! I am a bread and cheese lover, I used 2 slices of normal white bread, cut the crusts off, then put it under the grill to brown one side, then took it out and put pesto, hummus and a tiny bit of mozeralla cheese on top not even a tea spoon, then put it back under the grill for a few mins, it turned out like a flat bread and was sooo good, not sure what my totals were for any of this but hopefully they were in the ranges!
I am due to ovulate around the 12th of May so its coming up fast, really would like to loose one more KG in this time, any ideas on how to loose it fast???
Any tips at all!
I do need easy meal ideas, the only reason i have had time to do these ones as its the weekend! Normally i leave home at 7.30 to go to work then not get home til 5pm so then its rush rush to get dinner, do kids homework with them, bath etc and they are in bed at 7! so weekday ones are really much needed!
How are you all going with the no meat thing? I have tried to cut it out but need a little each week, so on average i have 2 slices of bacon in total for the week (diced up and put as a topping on things) and one chicken breast a week, made into 4 portions to go on top of a salad or a wrap etc, so its not much and its over a week that i have it. i love my red meat and have a weekness for the local bakerys sausage rolls and mince pies so its been about a month since i have had one! its been sooo hard!
well best be going and do some more housework, my kids stayed with my mum last night, my partner has gone out of town for the day and i am at home all by myself and need to keep busy so i dont sit down and watch movies with popcorn and eat too much food, so my house is looking very clean at the moment, so the outside windows are next on my list and its only 2.30!
sorry for the long borin entry but like i said, gotta try and keep busy!
just sticking my head in to say hi :waves:
has anyone seen the new brown rice crackers (woolworths brand) the sea salt ones are actually pretty good for sodium levels, better than other rice crackers etc.
I also got some salt lamps from Salt Lamps Australia | Himayalan Salt Lamps & Selenite Lamps they were super cheap and quick postage. (based in melbs i think?)
Im in tas, where is everyone else based?
Hope everyone is doing well after the dreaded easter weekend lol
Hi all Im from Tassie too, hoping to start trying for a girl in August.
ohhh are you north or south? <3
North :-) how about you?
Hi all,
Another Aussie here, not looking to TTC til the end of the year, but need to figure out what I'm planning on doing in regards to diet etc :) Glad to see more Aussies on here :)
im north too!! haha fancy that! tassie is such a small place lol
welcome aussie mumma too! glad to see lots of aussies in here :)
I know I'm not TTC a girl...but....cut the carbs and you will drop the weight easy! Most girl mum's I know don't eat many carbs or cheese for that matter. Try Chicken and salads and diet drinks....or veggies that are carb free like zucchini, Cauliflower, cabbage, mushies, green capsicum, squash, etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiesse
What diet are you ladies following? That is the main thing that seems to be confusing me. So many options! And none of them that seem particularly easy, or even that 'healthy'.. hmmm..
arrrggghhh My Partner is going away on the evening of the 9th of may or early 10th and wont be back until the 12th! I OVULATE ON THE 12th! As he refuses to actually sway and does not beileve in activly trying to have a baby, he does not know that this will be the month that we are actually TTC, he likes to just go along with whatever and doesnt want to know unitl i get a BFP, thats when he wants to be involved with it all as if he knows we are ttc he will have to put up with me talking about it all the time! So he has said, just do it when ya ready, so i am ready and ready, looking forward to suprising him with the test! got a few ideas of how to tell him but BACK ON TRACK, He wont be here when i need hime the most!!!! what to do??? i really dont want to wait another month! eekk
I would do the 3 day cut off and leave it at that. My ds2 was conceived with a 4 day cut off (attempting settles) so you still have a chance of getting pregnant and if you're happy with diet etc.
We are meant to be doing FR and was going to BD as soon as i got a pos OPK, do i still have a chance? also what if my O date is a day or two late that means those couple of days are going to completley mess things up. Fingers crossed that AF shows on time or a day early!
Kiesse that sucks!
I'd say either just have tons of bd before DH leaves and hope for the best. OR put it off a month.
It depends on how you feel about swaying and wether you want to try and have a 'perfect as possible' sway. Or wether you want to get pregnant ASAP.
I am having to miss April as DH will be away. We could try and get some attempts in before he goes, but it wouldn't be the perfectly planned and executed sway that I want my sway to be. So as much as I hate pushing things out a month, I'd rather push it out a month and have a sway I am 100% comfortable with then rush it for the sake of a month.
Good luck :luck:
Oh and I'm in NSW.....
Where is everyone else?
I'm in QLD (Brissy). @aussiemum - we're not starting til the end of the year either! It feels like such a long wait! ;)
Oh, and TTC boy-ers are welcome to come and give us TTCgirl advice any time!! :)
As for diet, it confused me heaps too, so that's why I chose a handful of foods that I'd be happy enough to eat and mixed them up for a little variety. For instance, I'm not keen on too much pasta or rice, but I am happy to eat mushies, eggplant, zucchini, cauliflower, and salads. So, I thought, one or two serves of rice at lunch (or 1 cup) with some saute'd veggies, and then a mission corn tortilla wrap with hummus and cucumber or the same sort of saute'd veg in a stack with hummus. I will be keeping things very boring so that I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm already on a very low intake diet to get myself used to less food as well as lose some weight prior to my attempt. I have about 7 kgs to lose all up BEFORE I start my sway diet/supps etc. Then hopefully I'll shed a few more and get pregnant! :bigsmile:
I was thinking I might eat a lot of couscous, it tastes great with vegetables of fruit and yogurt. Im hoping it says pink?
hopingforsaskia- I'm in Brissie also! :)
Well, I bought this very old school Gender Diet book on Amazon (its from like 1982, lol), and it has a diet plan in it (but like I said, very old school stuff) but it also has the ranges you are meant to stick to for a girl sway:
Sodium- 700-1000mg
Potassium- 2,500- 3,500
Calcium- 1200-1800mg
Magnesium- 200-300mg
What are your thoughts?
I was just excited that there was a legit, published Gender Diet book out there!
That book sounds great! I will be relying on you to supply some food ideas for us!! bland or not, i need more variety!
Just a question, is hummus ok? is it one to use in moderation or can have as much as ya like??
Ooh cous cous -- I wonder?!
Aussiemum! Where about in Bris? I'm in north lakes! :) Those amounts from the book sound similar to Atomic's recommendations. Does it have many meal ideas in it?
Oh and Kiesse, I'm pretty sure hummus has to be limited but it's a pretty good amount... As in maybe a tablespoon with each meal - and it should be low sodium. I'm hoping to make my own in my (brand new) thermomix! :bigsmile:
I found in an old thread cous cous is fine :happy: