The Exercise Enigma - both genders

[Juultje]

Hi Atomic, is it also a good idea to cycle 4 or 5 times a week for 60 min (at a speed of 25-30 km per hour)? Or should I try to increase the speed and do it at least 6 or 7 times a week? Thank you for answering my question!

[atomic sagebrush]

I think that the exercise needs to be a level that you can sustain without injury or misery for 60 minutes, 6-7 days if you can, 4-5 days is still ok but may not be as much of a sure thing. It doesn't need to be very strenuous, just has to last 60 minutes as many days a week as you can.

[Inforthree]

Hi Atomic - I am a ways out from my girl sway, pretty much a year. But i have a friend who just got a GD with your plan. So I'm very inspired! I'll get a custom plan once I'm closer but I'm wondering about exercise. I am a low to moderate exerciser now, I have two DS. It seems to me that ideally I should start working out moderately and then increasing exercise at the time of my sway. But I am concerned about being able to keep up with the exercise. Either way though, whether I do intense exercise or nothing for my girl sway, is it a good idea to go into the sway with a moderate exercise routine that I change for the sway? Also, how early do you recommend signing up for the plan? Thanks!

[Laurenk1424]

What if you are losing weight regularly anyway? Ive been going to the gym and doing an hour of cardio with 15 mins weights for 6 months now. I still want to lose 20-25 more pounds. Can I continue to go and do my hour of cardio like crazy and drop the weights? Being overweight hasn't been mentioned much and Im curious to how it plays a role. Im 5'9 and wear a size 12/14.

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi Atomic - I am a ways out from my girl sway, pretty much a year. But i have a friend who just got a GD with your plan. So I'm very inspired! I'll get a custom plan once I'm closer but I'm wondering about exercise. I am a low to moderate exerciser now, I have two DS. It seems to me that ideally I should start working out moderately and then increasing exercise at the time of my sway. But I am concerned about being able to keep up with the exercise. Either way though, whether I do intense exercise or nothing for my girl sway, is it a good idea to go into the sway with a moderate exercise routine that I change for the sway? Also, how early do you recommend signing up for the plan? Thanks!

Hi and welcome!

Yes we are having best results easing into exercise so my advice would be to start off whenever you feel it is appropriate and do moderate exercise for now and see how it goes. YOu may hate it at which point you'd just drop it. OR, you may find you enjoy it and increase from there. 6 weeks before you'd need to be prepared to make your decision.

[atomic sagebrush]

What if you are losing weight regularly anyway? Ive been going to the gym and doing an hour of cardio with 15 mins weights for 6 months now. I still want to lose 20-25 more pounds. Can I continue to go and do my hour of cardio like crazy and drop the weights? Being overweight hasn't been mentioned much and Im curious to how it plays a role. Im 5'9 and wear a size 12/14.

IT's mentioned elsewhere like in this thread - big girls, little girls, and baby girls (and boys!!)

I think it is less about your weight and more about the weight you lose, your diet, exercise, etc.

YOu are really in the ideal position, Lauren, with a bit of weight to spare but not more than 30 lbs. would keep doing what you're doing but drop the weights (either now or 6 weks before your first planned attempt). I do want you to eat more food than the average becasue you're tall and with the exercise, you may end up stopping ovulation even at a higher weight. WE see this sometimes with taller gals.

[Laurenk1424]

Ahhh that makes me smile just to read it may be in my favor! I plan on purchasing my sway pack tonight. We want to ttc in June, is it okay to only do the diet the 21 days prior? I want to lose weight the right way until then. I know the personalized pack will answer lots of these questions. I want to stay healthy to also get the VBAC I want.


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[atomic sagebrush]

NO, you need to be on diet 6 weeks minimum and we re getting best results with 12+ weeks. We have other, more healthful options than the high carb "crash and burn" style LE Diet and many of us have found it's quite easy (almost too easy) to lose weight on them. YOu can find a couple options in this thread, even though it's for PCOS the diets work for anyone and have had quite good results for us too.

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...rt-3-pcos.html

[Laurenk1424]

Perfect! Thanks so much. When I purchase my plan later today, will it be customized to me? The meals etc will reflect the info I'm giving you?


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[atomic sagebrush]

If you buy the custom plans then it's customized. We also have the general plans for the same price, but those are for people who just want to get something and be done with it.

We don't do personalized meal plans though. The custom plans are everything BUT meals and then they come with the 6 months of coaching where I work with you every day, as much as need be to get your diet ironed out. Personalized diet plans, we quickly realized, would have to be very expensive and would really limit the number of people I am able to help.

YOu can get the 21 day diet plan and the OPK book as addons for an additional $20 if you want to.