I'm back after failed sway.

[mandyp85]

I've been thinking about you! How is your sweet boy?

Your plan looks good! My gut instinct is telling me to have you drop the raspberry ketones when you TTC. Atomic will chime in I'm sure! Sugar on your coffee is fine with meals. In between meals it's considered a cheat but people have gotten girls while doing it- it's your call. I wouldn't switch to wholegrains unless you have PCOS or you stop or start gaining weight on the traditional LE diet.

I'll be seeing you around [emoji6]! FX and GL to you!!



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My gorgeous boy is fab thank you for asking :-) how is your little one doing? I see you are swaying again also, good luck to you, I hope you get your girl this time around :-) thank you for the info, just trying to get everything straight in my head again so I know what I've got to do :-)

[mandyp85]

I think with history of sway opposite, it's always a wise idea to try wholegrains and fruit and veg instead of refined white grains, and more of a PCO-type profile (so you up intake of pro and fat to 50-60 g at the same cal. level which effortlessly makes you have fewer carbs without having to even think about it)

If you are breastfeeding I want you at 3 meals a day minimum and more like 1800-2000 cals.

Check carb level on the Snapeas and biscuits because they may be too sugary for an alt. PCOS type LE Diet.

I do not know how the rasp. ketones sway and hesitate to use them. If you feel like you want to use something for blood sugar then I'd do cinnamon (only if not breastfeeding) 1/4 teaspoon from AF-O, 1/8 teaspoon during LP, then back to dietary amounts only at BFP.

Thank you atomic. I have looked at the pcos diet thread and I was wondering if I should just follow what I have been doing but substitute the white carbs for wholegrain instead, eat less bread and focus more on the veg instead? Is that right? What are good foods for increasing protein? I know you have listed a few things but those foods were the kind of things I was eating with my boys. I worry about getting too bogged down with things so want something as simple as possible. I would be sticking to the 2 meals as I am not BF, was thinking along the lines of brown rice and veg/baked potato for one meal and for the other 2 slices of wholegrain bread with a banana and some salad. I'm thinking that would not be in the principles of the pcos diet? Sorry for all the questions :-) I am on birth control so I'm hoping that will help my sway when the time comes :-)

[mandyp85]

I wasn't sure how to tell if they are too sugary so thought I would put it here, the snapea crackers have 12.2g carbs of which 0.4g are sugars, that is per packet. And the biscuits are 5.4g carbs of which 1.5g are sugars, per biscuit, I feel thats probably in the range of too high? What sort of numbers should I be looking for when deciding if something is too high in carbs? Sorry if I'm trying to be too specific, it may just be easier for me to stick with what I know is OK and just leave it at that lol.

[carmella_marie]

I got a boy on standard LE diet but a girl with the PCOS diet+daily exercise. I bought a treadmill off craigslist and put it in my garage, then I could work out early in the morning or late at night when all the kids were asleep. I think daily cardio was key to my little girl.

[mandyp85]

I got a boy on standard LE diet but a girl with the PCOS diet+daily exercise. I bought a treadmill off craigslist and put it in my garage, then I could work out early in the morning or late at night when all the kids were asleep. I think daily cardio was key to my little girl.

Thank you. What foods were you eating? As I have read the pcos diet thread but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by it, it kind of scares me to eat things that I didn't eat last time on LE diet, even though I ended up with a boy anyway. I am definitely going to commit to exercise this time :-)

[mandyp85]

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Sorry to ask another question but would this bread be OK for girl sway? I know there are no forbidden foods but I eat bread every day and thats how I get through the day so don't want to stop having it but does this bread fit in boy territory?

[atomic sagebrush]

Very interesting on the gluten free! I wonder if, in some weird way, it has to do with gluten technically being a protein...

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I have reason to suspect that autoimmune disorders flaring up may sway blue. Thus someone gluten sensitive who finds this out between, for example, DS 2 and their planned DC 3 and goes onto a gluten free diet, may end up quieting down this autoimmune response triggered by gluten and since it's also often a more restrictive diet, end up being more likely to conceive a girl.

One of the many things I'd love to have money to study.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you atomic. I have looked at the pcos diet thread and I was wondering if I should just follow what I have been doing but substitute the white carbs for wholegrain instead, eat less bread and focus more on the veg instead? Is that right? What are good foods for increasing protein? I know you have listed a few things but those foods were the kind of things I was eating with my boys. I worry about getting too bogged down with things so want something as simple as possible. I would be sticking to the 2 meals as I am not BF, was thinking along the lines of brown rice and veg/baked potato for one meal and for the other 2 slices of wholegrain bread with a banana and some salad. I'm thinking that would not be in the principles of the pcos diet? Sorry for all the questions :-) I am on birth control so I'm hoping that will help my sway when the time comes :-)

I also want you to up protein and fat intake though. Even whole grains may be too carby if you're eating too many of them and by upping pro and fat intake that's a way to ensure you're getting the cals to get and stay pregnant while not aggravating any PCOtendencies.

But yes overall that is a good start, just going to wholegrains and eating less sugar and bread, more fruit and veg.

You are going to eat some of the same foods you ate with your boys. That is fine. All the people out there in the world walking around who have had both boys and girls effortlessly without even thinking about it, did not ever have two totally separate diets that they followed when they ahd a boy or a girl.

Even if not BF you can still have 3 meals. Do what works better for you.

Without seeing cals, protein, and fat added up I can't sign off on that type of diet. I need to be sure you're getting enough. it would be a PCO-type diet, for sure, but we need to be sure you're eating enough.

[atomic sagebrush]

I wasn't sure how to tell if they are too sugary so thought I would put it here, the snapea crackers have 12.2g carbs of which 0.4g are sugars, that is per packet. And the biscuits are 5.4g carbs of which 1.5g are sugars, per biscuit, I feel thats probably in the range of too high? What sort of numbers should I be looking for when deciding if something is too high in carbs? Sorry if I'm trying to be too specific, it may just be easier for me to stick with what I know is OK and just leave it at that lol.

You have to look at it in the context of what else you are eating. In isolation those things actually could be a part of a PCO-type diet, but if you were eating ONLY those things you'd end up with a lot of carbs pretty quick. Does that make sense?? If you were eating like, an egg and some full fat dairy and a couple prawns and then having those to help increase calories, then that would be ok. But if you were eating pop tarts, white bread sandwiches, and then adding those onto that, it would be too carby. I know it's a bit hard to envision but you're just trying to be sure you are getting enough pro and fat and then keeping the carbs as a duller roar than on the standard LE.

[atomic sagebrush]

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Sorry to ask another question but would this bread be OK for girl sway? I know there are no forbidden foods but I eat bread every day and thats how I get through the day so don't want to stop having it but does this bread fit in boy territory?

It depends on how much you eat and what else you're eating.

If you ate a loaf of bread a day that's too carby. But using 1 piece of that bread to make a small sandwich with lots of veggies and some nice cheese would be ok. See the difference???