How to maintain LE if you need to skip a month?

[weeziewoozles]

No, I want you to relax on diet, either up cals to 1800-2000 or stop counting all together. STay vegetarian, eat breakfast if you want. I would continue with the fiber.

YOu will NOT undo the prev. months by doing this. Remember, your body wants to conceive a particular gender because it thinks it will have the best shot of survival, and one month (unless you go absolutely hog wild) can't undo that.

Atomic. Thanks for the above post. I've still no signs of ovulation so I'm starting to worry that I've stopped my periods by losing too much weight. I now weigh 126lbs and I'm 5ft10 tall, so my BMI is about 18.1, the lowest it's ever been since I was a kid.

DH and I have had a lovely date today and have talked about our sway loads. So, we REALLY don't want another August baby so decided to def skip November. Plus as I'm not ovulating yet, we're wondering whether skipping December would be a good idea too, so having a two month break, as then I could relax my Martha tendencies and enjoy Christmas, then start TTC again in Jan. So during the two month "break" I would:
- be vegetarian while still limiting highly nutritious foods like eggs, nuts and avocadoes, keep drinking diet drinks
- not use MFP to count everything but just my experience from six months of LE to aim for 1800 cals (I'm currently eating 1600-1700 and on that I have maintained my weight on that for about two months)
- still take fibre with meals, vitex and folate, DH still take OLE and drink peppermint tea
- temp every morning to watch for signs of my cycles returning
- enjoy a cheat day on Christmas Day with turkey, roast potatoes and champagne!

I think this is achievable for me and I will be able to stick to it. Do you think this sounds like a strong pink sway? I really don't want to regret anything like I did last time.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, that looks great. Sorry I know I should know this but are you doing the vitex right now?? We may want to try stopping it and seeing if cycles come back (but would not necessarily have you do that if you are going to take NOv. and Dec. off)

[weeziewoozles]

You can't be expected to know what everyone is taking! I took voted for a month or two, once DS3 was 10 mths and then stopped when we started DTD in case I got PG

[weeziewoozles]

Quick update from me. I couldn't stick to the less strict version of the diet at all. I just cheated and cheated, having never really done that while on LE proper. So I gave in and decided to have two months off. After one month of being my usual gluttonous self I'd put back all of the weight I'd lost over six months - about 16lbs. But I also had my first AF in over two years, nearly four months after stopping BF. So I'm feeling pleased that I've restarted my cycles and only a little disappointed that the six months of LE were wasted. Plan now is to wait until after Christmas when I should have another cycle, then start LE again gradually. Hopefully we can start to TTC in March then. Hope everyone is well x

[bluebonnet22]

weezie - I was just wondering how you were doing, thanks for checking in with us . I'm horrible at moderation, too. I've gained 8-9 lbs in my first 2 months of pregnancy, so I understand how it is! I think the body puts on weight quickly after being on a "starvation" type diet for so long (at least that's my excuse, lol). I'm so glad your cycles returned! It sounds like 16 lbs is too much weight loss (since you weren't ovulating before), so I bet if you try to stick to a smaller weight loss from Jan-March you can still ovulate and still be very pink friendly. A fresh start is very smart! Enjoy your holidays and I look forward to seeing your BFP in March

[atomic sagebrush]

also terrible with moderation!!

Those months on LE were not wasted. Your body notices stuff like that!!!! The effects last longer even if you relax a while on diet.

[weeziewoozles]

Thanks BlueBonnet and Atomic. Much appreciated I've just ordered some more OLE and Chitosan for January! Do you think I should use Agnus Castus again?

[atomic sagebrush]

I wouldn't because I"m afraid your O will stop again!