14 weeks enough for girl sway?

[atomic sagebrush]

14 weeks is plenty. Please don't overdo it. What I hate to see is people thinking "well, if 12 weeks is good, 17 is better" and then dieting strictly for 17 weeks (to use your example there LOL) and then starting off having wasted away to nothing already, then starting off with a very strict sway that has no chance of conceiving. Then after 2 BFN, they either have stopped ovulation and/or are in such a panic to conceive that they immediately stop all sway tactics and start swaying blue just in order to get pregnant. This one mistake causes more sways to fail than anything else.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you for the info! Are these ok for PCOS diet as well, I don't think I have PCOS but I do have about 40lbs to lose to be where I'd like to be weight wise. I wasn't sure if white carbs were ok or wheat carbs, I saw atomics list and thought only whole grains were ok, I'm a bit confused on things I should totally avoid, other then meat as I am vegetarian as it is!

Thank you all For your responses I really appreciate all of the help!

Yes you should be on the PCOS-type diet with that much weight to take off. Whole grains and/or white rice and potato (for reasons we don't totally understand many people tolerate potato and white rice just fine even with PCO-type tendencies)

[atomic sagebrush]

That's right, until a certain extent. You should avoid red meat and fish (specially fatty ones like salmon). There are foods that you can have more often, that aren't as nutritive, like lots of veggies, low fat dairy, white carbs (not too many) and others that you should keep for special occasions or a cheat.

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Remember though, that a pretty large minority of people are on the alternate PCOS-type diets where they use only full fat dairy, no white carbs, and very limited sugar. That's great advice for anyone on the standard LE Diet however.

[atomic sagebrush]

No foods are banned on the girl diet really
As long as they are in the limits?
Well that's what I thought I read anyway haha
Good luck


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all foods are allowed on LE Diet. As long as you're in the limits.

However people who have PCO tendencies need to avoid or limit sugar and white refined carbs because they may cause your blood sugar to rise and in turn, testosterone. Others with good insulin response do not need to do this

[Prayingforagirl67]

Thank you atomic!
The main reason I've been worrie is because of my weight, I didn't want to sway to early to end up either getting extremely tired and cheating all too often or just completely stop all together.

As of now I have about 13 weeks to sway, unless my cycle changes in that time period.

Other then occasional cheat days I feel like I'm on a pretty good sway path!

For cheat days, would eating 5 small meals (staying within limits) do more damage to a sway then going over on limits?

Also, as far as hormone imbalances go (getting blood work done to confirm). I read up a little on it and it seems like it causes women to be estrogen dominant and not have enough progesterone. Has anyone ever dealt with something like this? Or does anyone have any knowledge about hormone imbalances?

[Prayingforagirl67]

Never been a big white rice person but love baked potatoes so I'm happy to know I can continue to have them, especially to up my calories intake!

[atomic sagebrush]

and cheating is not only allowed but encouraged on LE Diet to prevent those feelings of burnout.

We honestly do not know if 5 meals would be better or worse than going over on limits. I have a gut instinct it's better by far to eat 5 days a week than to blow the limits but I don't know. Please do whatever option will make it easiest for you to stick with the diet overall.

Yes you may make less progesterone with PCOS - but the nice thing is that the whole diet/weight loss thing is meant to correct that over time so you really don't need to worry about "fixing" it.

I love potatoes when I'm losing weight - they are so satisfying and keep you full longer too!

[Prayingforagirl67]

Thank you atomic. I often find myself picking on the food I make for my husband and son for dinner ie: pizza and white bread and often feel like I'm ruining my whole diet (even though I'm within limits)

I'm definitely happy to say that I've been sticking with the limits and upping my calories at the same time thanks to potato and brown rice.

[atomic sagebrush]

And on the days that happens, then just skip dinner. You always have the option of realizing that as it happens and then wrapping up dinner for the next day and having just something small like a yogurt or fruit. You can withstand the occasional white flour now and then, especially if you aren't eating a bunch of it and then having a full meal on top of it!

[Prayingforagirl67]

I'll definitely keep that in mind, usually when this happens it's like a bite of pizza. Not a full slice and I keep my dinner very minimal!