Pink sway newbie with questions about vegan diet on LE

[atomic sagebrush]

What I like you guys to do is that when you have the option between two foods, all things being equal, pick the less nutritious one. This doesn't mean you can NEVER have the more nutritious foods (even avocado) it just means that when you have the option, pick the less nutritious one.

You can have 3 meals on LE Diet. Just push back the first meal an hour or two or three beyond when you normally eat. @ or 3 meals, both are fine, whatever works better for you.

I personally think staying flexible is the key to being happy on the diet in the long term. I also prefer you vary your foods for the same reason you were thinking of - to ensure that you get a wide range of nutrients that you will need to get and stay pregnant. This is NOT a starvation diet. Some people prefer eating same thing daily but I think that sets you up for failure. Use your own judgement.

Please be careful getting too into weighing and tracking because the obsessive, control-freaky temperaments tend to have more boys (even with otherwise great pink sways). Figure out about what you need to eat and then lose your scale and your MFP password LOL

We honestly do not know how it works. It may have to do with hormone levels and it may have to do with blood sugar levels, or both, making it easier for one gender sperm to fertilize the egg. Or, it may have to do with a signal that fluids in the reproductive tract send to the X and Y sperm that cause some of them to go to sleep and others to wake up. It is not because we are trying to miscarry boys. In fact we have far fewer miscarriages on this site as some of the other sites do. It is apparent that both boys and girls can be conceived eating a normal amount of food, and not starving oneself into poor health (if girls couldn't be conceived except under extreme conditions, the entire human race would have died out a long time ago). The reason why we discuss keeping blood sugar low in the 2ww is because data has shown XX ~may~ develop better in lower glucose circumstances and it makes sense, that after we've gone to all the trouble to conceive girls, that we try to optimize their environment to help them develop and implant successfully. But we don't even know that our blood sugar directly affects the fluid in our reproductive tract - it's all just theoretical - and it is clear that both boys and girls can develop in a wide variety of environments (which is why we see boys still conceived during famines, etc)

The LE Diet is based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization and reproductive endocrinologists as a safe and healthy prepregnancy diet for women of childbearing age. It's just the lower end of normal. It's still a healthy and safe food intake for babies of either gender.

[LA_Girl]

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my questions Atomic. I can see how many essays you've written - and for me - the science behind it is exactly what I need as I always need confidence in any approach I take.

I've only been on the LE PCOS diet for a week so I'm still finding my way. Once I can gauge amounts and the protein/fat content I won't be weighing anymore. I've never been on a calorie/fat/protein controlled diet in my life before so this is all new to me! I am someone who likes to be in control though, rather than leave things to chance, so I'm not sure that all the swaying in the world is going to help me get my longed-for little girl ��. I did start my exercise today so I'm hoping that will relax my mind a bit!!!!

Are there any threads/people anyone can point me to where vegans have had successful girl sways so I can ask what they ate please?

[atomic sagebrush]

Why not start one!! Great idea for a thread!! Vegan meal ideas!