ttc thread - swaying again in 2017 :)

[dancingdiva88]

Hi ladies, the HE diet sucks! I feel like all I ever do is eat or get food out of the fridge/cupboard to eat!! I've put on 3 kilos and definitely don't want to put on anymore - just want to maintain that now. Since being on the HE diet I've been introduced to things I never would've had before and I'm loving coconut water and avocado and orange juice now. I've been having a V8 juice daily - still not a fan of that even though I love tomatoes and veggies....
I always ate red meat constantly throughout the week so that's nothing new and I love eggs but I would usually only have eggs once a week...two a day is starting to make me dislike them!
And all the supps are so expensive!!! But if DH and I get our darling boy in the end we will be forever grateful! I'm a real boy mum personality and DH and I love our football and car racing etc. so I feel we were meant to have a boy or two.
Fingers crossed. How's everyone else going?

[4blue2pink]

Hi Girls great thread can I join?
First of all I'm so very very sorry for the mums with losses on here. Your stories make my heart ache for you x I'm sending you all healthy rainbow baby dust x

I won't be attempting until November/ December as I just had my second son via c section in December 2016 however after my girl sway technically failed last year ( I say technically because I'm holding my 4 week old son and there is no way he could be called a failure I wouldn't trade him for the world!) I will be starting the diet and exercise much earlier this time.
I'm breastfeeding so will ease in month by month starting with going veg by end of January, 3 meals and no snacking by end of feb and skipping breakfast by March etc etc until I go full sway by June when I introduce solids to my little one. I will still be breastfeeding as I fed my first until he was two. My milk supply is so strong luckily I can fast for long periods and drop nutrients and it does not affect it at all.
I will buy a custom plan around May as well- I went It alone last time and this time want the stress taken out of it. Also didn't do exercise last time or Vitex so those will be new sway tactics for me. I did le diet for 3 months, weight loss (10kg) coffee alcohol and one attempt as well as aci jel and rephresh and DH frequent releasing, bike riding and taking supps etc you name it we did it lol! but our new little guy was so meant to be in our family and we wouldn't change a thing��
Anyway it's nice to be able to watch all your journeys and I truly hope we can all conceive our desired bubs whether pink or blue this year x

hey kitten course you can join!! thankyou for your kind words for all who've had losses and huge congratulations on your new little boy he was obviously meant to be!! as a mum with 4 boys i can tell you your 2 will be best mates and brothers all rolled into one, its amazing to see i hope you are recovering well from your c-section too!!

good luck with your sway and keep us updated!! fingers crossed you get your xx

[4blue2pink]

Hi ladies, the HE diet sucks! I feel like all I ever do is eat or get food out of the fridge/cupboard to eat!! I've put on 3 kilos and definitely don't want to put on anymore - just want to maintain that now. Since being on the HE diet I've been introduced to things I never would've had before and I'm loving coconut water and avocado and orange juice now. I've been having a V8 juice daily - still not a fan of that even though I love tomatoes and veggies....
I always ate red meat constantly throughout the week so that's nothing new and I love eggs but I would usually only have eggs once a week...two a day is starting to make me dislike them!
And all the supps are so expensive!!! But if DH and I get our darling boy in the end we will be forever grateful! I'm a real boy mum personality and DH and I love our football and car racing etc. so I feel we were meant to have a boy or two.
Fingers crossed. How's everyone else going?

that sounds tough dd i dont know much about HE diet but from the few posts ive seen i think i would really struggle with it.. and ive got 4 boys!! it seems more complicated than LE too with sooo many supps!! thankyou for posting here im so glad we have blue swayers on this thread as well as pink, i find it really interesting to see what the blue team are doing im sorry i cant help i dont know much about HE im afraid!!

thats great that your finding new foods that you really enjoy though i admire you for sticking with the V8 juice! the thought of that stuff makes me feel sick.. and 2 eggs a day!! wow.. id struggle with 2 a week never mind 2 a day!! its funny how many of the pink swayers think HE must be easy because you never go hungry but id rather deal with hunger than have to force myself to eat/drink large amounts of food/juices i dont like, i take my hat off to all you blue swayers!! and my fingers are crossed you get your boy!! im going ok still plodding along with my diet im feeling better adjusted now and my energy feels back to normal, it really crashed the first few days!! xx

[4blue2pink]

kitten i did reply to you properly but its got to get approved before it will show.. course you can join and Congratulations on your new baby boy!! keep us updated with how you get on xx

[amelia10]

hi amelia

intermittent fasting is a way of eating that is supposed to be more natural and healthy for you, it isnt really a "diet" as such because you are able to live on it once you have changed to eating this way.. (though i personally wouldnt and dont do it during pregnancy, im not knowledgeable enough to want to chance it)

the method i follow is called the warrior diet, my partner introduced me to it a few years ago, he is very interested and knowledgeable on training and different ways of eating to benefit the most from your training etc.. he has tried many different ways of eating and found this to be the best. though funnily enough my body seems to respond better to it than his does!! i was so surprised at how much of a difference it made to me even though i dont train in any way

i will briefly outline it here but please please please research it fully before doing it yourself, if you have any medical conditions etc it may not be safe for you and if you dont eat enough on it you will become ill, its a way of eating that is supposed to be permanent, not a starvation or crash diet..

you start out with a 2 week detox period where you fast all day except for water (and black coffee if you wish), you then have a "feast window" of a few hours at tea time to eat your food, it doesnt need to be a massive meal in one go you can space out your foods over the time period but you must always start with a salad or some broccoli to aid digestion, then you are free to eat whatever you please (though healthy choices are encouraged) and make sure you eat enough to sustain yourself!! during the first 2 weeks you are eating your entire daily food intake during this one evening window. the first few days are rough but you do adjust quickly

once the 14 day detox is over you add in a small and easy to digest meal at lunch time, for example an apple and a boiled egg, carrot sticks or some natural yogurt etc. it is only supposed to be a small meal and must be easy on your stomach. you continue to only drink water and black coffee through the day and stick to your evening "feast window" where you eat the rest of your daily food intake within a few hours, always starting with a salad or some broccoli/fibrous vegetable first.

the main purpose is to fast for long periods of time because that is how we are naturally supposed to eat. there is loads of info out there on intermittent fasting if it interests you, the health benefits are huge!!

i use it in my sway because it keeps my blood sugar low for long periods of time which i believe is a strong pink factor and i then incorporate Atomic's LE food advice into what i choose to eat so for eg.. no red meat, white rice instead of brown, mainly veggie choices with a small amount of chicken every now and then etc.. this worked for me last time and is a style of eating/diet that i am comfortable on and makes me feel better than if i were trying to eat 3 square meals per day, it also stops me snacking which is a big thing for me!!

however Atomic created the LE diet and all its variations for a reason, it is safe to do and the alternate versions are safe for various medical requirements so please dont do anything without running it past her!! my partner basically took control of my diet for me when i first did intermittent fasting because i was clueless!! but now i know what im doing its easy to follow before i get shouted at i must add i dont recommend people dropping LE in favour of intermittent fasting!!

dairy isnt a huge part of my diet but i didnt deny myself it, i did have cheddar cheese so like cheese on toast or some grated onto my pasta or in a sandwich, i never have much milk or yogurt anyway as not a big fan of either.

3 small meals is fine on LE long as you arent snacking your blood sugar will be low between meals which is the point and yes sickness is good for pink!! im convinced i got my 2nd daughter (with no sway) thanks mainly to a stomach bug!! good luck for if you decide to go for it this month xx

Sounds interesting, thank u so much for your detailled response. Don't know if I would have the willpower to stick to it tho ... You must be very disciplined 😃

Yes I've decided to attempt this month as we had 3 attempts the end of last year and nothing so we might as well give it a shot. So few more days until our attempt and what's meant to be is meant to be, plus I'm starving all the time on the Le Diet so it will be nice to revert back to SOME (not all) of my eating habits 😜

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[Butterflies buttercups]

Amelia we must be trying at the same time ! Our first attempt is probably going to be next Wednesday cd14 if all goes to plan but it'll be there abouts anyway x


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[amelia10]

Butterflies I'll be attempting this weekend ... So ya we are pretty close, an Oct baby 😃 nice to have a Buddy along the way!!!

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[Butterflies buttercups]

Oh wow how exciting ! Wishing u lots of luck for this cycle ! Xx


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[Throwaway_panther]

how is everyone getting on with their diets? both LE and HE as we've got mama's swaying both directions on this thread even though im a pink swayer id love to know more about what the blue sway mama's are doing diet wise, ive only seen a handful of posts about it but it seems more complex than LE to me!!

im getting on ok im doing the intermittent fasting again which i did last time, and to be honest i would be doing it anyway sway or no sway because i feel so much better and more energised when im doing it!! even my skin is better!! i'll admit at first my energy crashed through the floor and those first few days were tough!! but i stuck at it and now im adjusting and feeling so much better.

hope everyone else is getting on ok xx

I really miss IF. It was sort of my middle ground of "not succumbing to my eating disorder," (though I did slip shortly before conceiving my DD out of anxiety of the future weight gain with a pregnancy.)

For anyone curious, I was fully following IF when I conceived my DD (granted I was also undereating, but I followed an IF lifestyle even on the days when I ate more).

Definitely not a good idea to follow during pregnancy in response to I think someone else -- I just had eaten like that so long, I did with my DD until I tripped a positive on the gestational diabetes test. My midwife and I both agreed that I really didn't have it (it was literally a few points over on ONE part of the test, too) and that my chronic eating pattern (in addition to virtually no carbs before and during pregnancy) made me an uncommon minority with the test. Had no fluid issues, no other issues, low BP, any random blood sugar test was always fine, and my DD was born a healthy 6 lb 10 oz with no blood sugar issues... so no IF during pregnancy, haha.

For anyone curious, no detox is necessary to start it, and people vary in how they do IF. Some people do full 24 hour fasts, others keep it to a 14 hour range. I used to follow a 16-20 hour range, sometimes doing a full 24+.

Leangains.com is a good resource. I think my only thought with IF + LE is that supposedly IF can raise testosterone, and the jury still seems semi-out on how that plays with swaying. Regardless, I was a longtime IF-er + LE-er and got a girl.

[kittendreams]

Thanks 4 blue x can't wait to watch your journey this year really hoping you get another girl. I'm one of three girls with 2 older brothers I love big families!