I am doing something right with the boy diet....I have gained more inches/weight than wanted

[WashingtonPromise]

I am 5'6" and normally weigh about 115 pounds. I come from a very thin/ high metabolism family. I have NEVER had trouble with weight and even postpartum the weigh does not stick around for long.
I started the boy diet several months ago and now weigh 125 pounds and my measurements (hips, waist, thighs) are the same as 3 months postpartum with DD4. I do some weight training....35 sit-ups and 65 squats daily, and leg exercises and jump-n-jacks every other day.

So, my question is....what can I do differently to lose or stop gaining weight, without jeopardizing my boy sway? Small amounts of Cardio? Limit bread? I have no idea, but I have to do something.

I do think I weighed closer to the 15pds mark when conceiving my boys and a little less with girls (DD4 I was 112).

HELP!!!!

[WashingtonPromise]

Okay, I know you ladies have feedback. I know, I know... At 125 a am still "thin", but my clothes don't fit (my bigger ones) and DH says the only new clothes I can buy is maternity. Please, please....any ideas?

[begonia]

WP I think your thoughts on cutting back on the breads would help! I think the best carbs for TTC boy are going to come from fruits and vegetables. What is a typical day for you right now? What are you eating for B/L/D and snacks?

I do think small amounts of cardio would be good; can you find time for a walk? Or if you can do intervals (run as fast as you can for 2 mins, walk 1, repeat) that will help build muscle as well as burn some cals.

[Flava]

Okay, I know you ladies have feedback. I know, I know... At 125 a am still "thin", but my clothes don't fit (my bigger ones) and DH says the only new clothes I can buy is maternity. Please, please....any ideas?

Not me because at 125 I look fat!!!( and Im not kidding) Normally Im around 105 lbs and that's when I look ok. Now Im the same like you and have a fat butt big tummy , really just a bunch of fat on me .I look like this only when Im pregnantat least 4-5 months!
Don't know what to do! I usually eat bread or bagel for breakfast , lunch and if not then I have no clue what to eat?? Can't just have cereal all the time.
Fruit and veggie I already eat every day and getting tired of salad plus is so expensive! I don't know what to do! Now I really hope I get a bfp first try but of course how can I be so lucky?
My DH says to buy new clothes because even my big cloths are small now! I have 1 jeans right now and like 3 shirts that's it!

[LolaInLove]

I would love to hear Atomic's answer to this one.....my only thought are to do as Begonia suggested and eat protein and fruit with minimal bread carbs. I am just going to have to eat less overall, but I hate the thought of doing that right now, even though I really need to.

[zanacal]

When I was on the Slimming World plan the 'free' foods you could eat in unlimited quantities were fruit/veg/beans/meat/fish/potatoes/pasta (plus others but those were the main ones). The 'Healthy Extras' were limited so you had one portion of either milk or cheese each day (a portion of most cheeses being approx 40g) and one portion of either wholemeal bread (2 small slices) or fibre rich cereal (around 30g) (again - there were others), as well as limited 'treats'. I think it's those 'Healthy Extras' you could use to limit/stop weight gain (once at their target weight these are the foods people would increase, so kind of the opposite).

Are you eating alot of bread and cereal?

[Flava]

zanacal- how can beans, meat, potatoes, pasta be unlimited?? If I eat this Im just getting bigger and bigger! really.
I guess things are working different for different ppl?

[zanacal]

Unlimited means 'as much as you need to satisfy your appetite' and I would always try to have fruit as a snack before I'd reach for any of those things between meals, but I guess if you crammed in as much as you possibly could all day long it wouldn't help to lose weight!!

[Flava]

Unlimited means 'as much as you need to satisfy your appetite' and I would always try to have fruit as a snack before I'd reach for any of those things between meals, but I guess if you crammed in as much as you possibly could all day long it wouldn't help to lose weight!!

LOl sure it would not hehe
but really I don't eat much of it and still put on weight and the worst thing is I even suppose to eat more potato because right now it's just once or twice / week and I have to up that for next month for my try!

[zanacal]

You're right when you say we're all different! Eating alot probably doesn't come naturally to you (sorry if I'm wrong, just guessing!) whereas I can eat until the cows come home