Trying for pink, but need advice!

[atomic sagebrush]

Whew....ok, this is going to be a challenge! I am still adjusting to the post-breastfeeding diet (when I was breastfeeding I could eat anything and everything...and would eat anything and everything in sight! LOL). I did notice that eating 2500 calories a day made it so so difficult to keep sodium levels low, simply due to quantity of food. So, less food should make this all easier!

One other question though, is this net calories? I run 4 times a week, for about 90 minutes each time (14km or so), so I'm burning at least 1000 calories right there. I think this has a lot to do with my appetite. Would you cut out the running, or would you eat a bit more to make up for it (or would that defeat the purpose??)? Thanks!

The prob with the cals is not the "net" or "gross" cals, it's that there is X amount of nutrients in X amount of calories of food and you are trying to reduce nutrients overall (jsut like your point about the sodium). So even if you DO burn a lot off, your body still digests and has access to ample amounts of nutrients present in the greater amount of food, KWIM??

People conceive baby girls every day of the year doing things that are NOT the LE Diet - it's just that I believe for optimizing results, the LE Diet guidelines are best. Gotta do what is right for you tho.

You might want to read the exercise thread here - http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...h-genders.html

[jazzers]

The prob with the cals is not the "net" or "gross" cals, it's that there is X amount of nutrients in X amount of calories of food and you are trying to reduce nutrients overall (jsut like your point about the sodium). So even if you DO burn a lot off, your body still digests and has access to ample amounts of nutrients present in the greater amount of food, KWIM??

People conceive baby girls every day of the year doing things that are NOT the LE Diet - it's just that I believe for optimizing results, the LE Diet guidelines are best. Gotta do what is right for you tho.

You might want to read the exercise thread here - http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...h-genders.html

Thank you! That is very interesting. At this point, I think I am just trying to do the exact opposite of what I did to conceive my boys. I have always had a quite varied, and nutrient rich, high cal diet...so I think the LE, lose a few pounds, lower blood sugar diet should help. A question about the LE diet though - can I eat anything? I know I must keep sodium under 1000, potassium 2500-3500 and protein 40-50g. But outside of that...? I guess that in itself does nix a number of foods anyways Can't keep sodium under 1000 eating pizza!

[jazzers]

Oh, and one more question! This has been weighing on my mind a bit today I mentioned I got my first positive OPK this morning. Well, (I'll save the story about why we haven't been using any contraceptives, but the point is we haven't...) and we did DTD Wednesday night. We then spent Thursday afternoon at an amazing hot springs here in town (we're still on vacation!). That would put it about 5ish days prior to OV. Now I'm worried that we might have messed up and gotten pregnant anyways! Do you think the heat from the pools at the hot springs (we're talking like 104-105F!) would have killed any sperm that made it into the cervix? Probably unlikely that I'm pregnant?? Hmmm....

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you! That is very interesting. At this point, I think I am just trying to do the exact opposite of what I did to conceive my boys. I have always had a quite varied, and nutrient rich, high cal diet...so I think the LE, lose a few pounds, lower blood sugar diet should help. A question about the LE diet though - can I eat anything? I know I must keep sodium under 1000, potassium 2500-3500 and protein 40-50g. But outside of that...? I guess that in itself does nix a number of foods anyways Can't keep sodium under 1000 eating pizza!

Yes, you can eat anything you want on the LE Diet http://genderdreaming.com/forum/scie...gic-foods.html BUT there are some choices that are better than others. Like, there probably isn't anything magic about meat, but skipping it can't hurt and may help, and we can live without it, so why not. Same with nuts, avocado, olive oil, etc. Limiting healthy fats On the other hand, I think potatoes/tomatoes/bananas are such a dietary staple for people PLUS low fat and low protein PLUS great sources of potassium, which people are struggling to get, that it makes sense to include them because the benefits are SO huge and I don't think there is any risk to eating them whatsoever.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh, and one more question! This has been weighing on my mind a bit today I mentioned I got my first positive OPK this morning. Well, (I'll save the story about why we haven't been using any contraceptives, but the point is we haven't...) and we did DTD Wednesday night. We then spent Thursday afternoon at an amazing hot springs here in town (we're still on vacation!). That would put it about 5ish days prior to OV. Now I'm worried that we might have messed up and gotten pregnant anyways! Do you think the heat from the pools at the hot springs (we're talking like 104-105F!) would have killed any sperm that made it into the cervix? Probably unlikely that I'm pregnant?? Hmmm....

Oh, you def. could be pg and I would hold off doing anything too extreme with swaying until you are sure you're not. The good news is, the heat from the hotsprings would have swayed pink for you (sounds like a nice time!!!)

[jazzers]

Oh, you def. could be pg and I would hold off doing anything too extreme with swaying until you are sure you're not. The good news is, the heat from the hotsprings would have swayed pink for you (sounds like a nice time!!!)

Well, that would sure make things interesting! Thanks Atomic