TTC pink food thread for November

[Out of the Blue]

they didn't say a thing when she threw a hard plastic ball at my sons head (he was 2 1/2). And my SIL better not dare try to insult us again for given our kids meat. When her daughter wanted some ham she told her "you don't want to eat baby piggy"... my son is old enough to understand this now and we tell him about eating meat but we don't use the words baby.

I really want to hide in the closet this Thanksgiving... with my kids and the ham!

Sorry...she sounds just awful! I say take your kids, the ham and then run!!!

[purplepoet20]

I could just not unload the kids... the ham will be in the garage frig anyways!

[Out of the Blue]

I could just not unload the kids... the ham will be in the garage frig anyways!

Nice! Sounds like a clean get-away...I like it!!!

[Kell]

Hey!

I'm not on the diet as yet but i am making small changes to my current diet so the change isn't such a shock to the system when i do start it properly.
I'm usually a high ish protein eater, i'm really struggling to lower my protein to 40-50 grams. Its not unusual for me to have over 150 grams.
I've noticed even a single chicken breast is 35+ grams which scares me lol!
So my question is, if there is a significant reduction in protein in your diet will that have a positive effect on a sway or do your levels have to be as low as 40-50 to make the difference?

[hopingforagal]

Can someone help me (new here). Am I right in thinking that Splenda adds to girl sway? And Truvia would work for a boy sway? I am currently using a LOT of truvia and ttc a girl. Thank you so much!

[hopingforagal]

Sorry to ask again (new here), but how many calories a day should I be aiming for to sway for agirl? 1100?

[rainbowflower]

Kell - having less is certainly better than nothing. You're right that even chicken is very high in protein which is why the LE diet says to avoid all meat. If you have to have it some days try and limit the days you eat it on and only eat a small portion when you do? When doing the LE diet I allowed myself chicken twice a week, and the rest of the days were vegetarian.

Hoping - the LE diet says this:

1)Lower calories - aim for 1500-1800 cals a day, but lower is lower, going from 2500 to 2000 is still an improvement. The Oxford study found that moms who conceived girls ate hundreds fewer calories than moms who conceived boys did. PLEASE try and resist the temptation to cut back further than this.

The Low-Everything diet is meant to be a healthy alternative to some of the more restrictive swaying diets out there, that you can stay on in the long-term and give yourself the freedom to pursue other swaying tactics without worrying about destroying your health if it takes you several months to conceive. Eating too few calories will reduce your fertility (which is what we WANT for TTC pink) but if you restrict yourself too far, you'll stop ovulating. 1500-1800 calories is recommended as safe by reproductive endocrinologists as a good caloric intake for losing weight while maintaining fertility.

[Out of the Blue]

Hi, Kell and hopingforagal!

Kell, rainbow is right...any reduction in your high protein diet is a step in the right direction!!! Just try to gradually reduce it and see where that'll take you!

hoping, I've heard that Splenda is okay for a girl sway. I'm still using Stevia/Truvia sometimes although it is said to sway blue. For me, I'm just going to leave it in my diet for now and then slowly cut it out but I won't be including Splenda or Aspertame. As far as cals go, I agree w/rainbow. Right now, I'm going a bit lower since I'm just starting out on my sway and want to jump-start things and lose 6-7lbs. In a few wks, I'll go back to 1500+.

[purplepoet20]

I have been very bad today and dinner is going to be killer.... 2cp coffee, 1/2 roasted chicken for lunch, CL with fiber, and a Lamb Roast for dinner. Tomorrow until Thanksgiving I am going to not cheat and see how much I can loose.

I did 1hr on the exercise equip, 2hrs of workout videos (a friend came over), and 2 hrs of carpet cleaning... I hope I burned off the chicken!

[Mochagirl]

Hey ladies - I'm back after a m/c a couple of days ago. I'm hoping to make my attempt after my first period, so I'm starting to ease into the diet again now to get ready for that. I'd like to lose 5-10 of the pounds I gained while pregnant (almost 3 months of eating anything and everything made me pile on the weight after being so skinny when I got my BFP). I'm not going to be as strict with the diet this time around - partly because I know that TTC after a miscarriage already sways pink, and partly because I just don't want to put my family and friends through that kind of worry again - I just got too skinny too fast.

I'm going to go vegetarian really soon - I might eat meat for a couple of days since I'm sure I'm very low in iron after all that bleeding I did, but then I'll stop all meat. I'll go back to a lot of my old staples: rice with yogurt and lemon juice (what I'm eating right now for lunch), pasta with creme fraiche and parm, pasta with pureed butternut squash and parm, etc., but I'm going to eat more normally when I'm out with family and friends so they won't think I'm starving myself again. I'm also going to allow myself small quantities of both chocolate and garlic - two of the things I missed the most last time around.

I've already started skipping breakfast - that's something I never found hard to do anyway. I'll be watching sodium, protein and calories, but this time I'll make sure to get a minimum of 1500 calories a day so I don't lose the weight too quickly. I also may allow myself 40-50g of protein instead of sticking just to 40g all the time.

Christmas is going to be tough - we'll be flying across the country and staying with my in-laws for a full week. I can probably skip breakfast without anyone noticing, and I might be able to manage most lunches since they usually have very informal make-your-own lunches, but I'll have to eat whatever my MIL serves for supper. That sucks because that might be right around the time I'll be O-ing. It all depends on when my first post-m/c period arrives.

It's weird to be back on the diet. This diet consumed my life for nearly half a year and I thought I was done with it forever. It was a little depressing grocery shopping today and seeing all the things I can no longer eat, but at least I know I *can* to this diet - I've done it before and I survived. The first time I did the diet I didn't know what to expect, but I know now that eventually the hunger pangs go away and your body gets used to less food. I also know all the tricks for finding allowable treats - ice cream, gelato, candy - I'll be indulging in them all as a reward for eating tiny bland meals and not snacking in between.