skipping breakfast - a quick rant

[atomic sagebrush]

Why is it that of all the stuff I've looked into and different suggestions regarding swaying that totally seem to be working very well for us, that the ONLY thing that seems to have caught on in the main****** is skipping breakfast for pink??? Seriously, that is such a very minor thing and not particularly effective compared to lots of other things. It has consistently been either the same success rate as the overall success rate of the site, or even lower, indicating that it is really not helping add anything extra to the sway.

So why has that been seized on of all the things??? I have these people coming to me for sway plans and they are literally doing everything against every recommendation that I feel we've all but completely proved (like coffee, alcohol, fiber, one attempt, cardio exercise, etc) or DISproved (like timing, pH, acidophilus, sodium, tons of the supps IG, etc) But they're all skipping breakfast!!! Why is it just this one relatively unimportant thing that has become part of the "Official Old-School Sway advice?" Is it just because it's easy to make it a part of the whole without going against any other recommendations previously made, or something???

Seriously girls - skipping breakfast is great if you can do it. But if you can't, or don't want to, let it go. It is NOWHERE near as effective as an overall LE Diet longer than 12 weeks plus fiber, coffee, and alcohol, cardio exercise, and one attempt. And please at least consider letting go of the things that are clearly NOT working (since we are getting great results without using them) rather than thinking that skipping breakfast is some kind of magic bullet. It isn't, and a lot of the old school sway advice either sways BLUE or cuts odds of conception so far that you may as well take a birth control pill as use them.

[familymatters]

Lol it must be because it's a relatively easy thing to do. I conceived my girl when I was eating breakfast and when I was eating meat. But I wasn't having any snacks in between meals (i felt hungry lots!) and I was drinking alcohol regularly and she was a one attempt conception. Plus she was unplanned so no stressing over getting pregnant etc. So lots of other pink friendly things going on there. I'm skipping breakfast currently for this sway but I'm also drinking coffee, alcohol, not snacking, exercising, taking fibre and eating a vegetarian diet. But yes it's obvious from every failed pink sway that we see on this site that skipping breakfast isn't the be-all and end-all because almost 100% of pink sway opposites skipped breakfast.

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[atomic sagebrush]

I skipped breakfast when I got my 4th son!! Just because I also did it when I got my DD, clearly it did not come down to that one little thing.

[BunnyGirl19]

The thing that seemed to work the best for me to get my girls was cutting down the protein and fat. I'd easily eat the daily limit or more in one meal every single day, sometimes more than one meal a day. I was also skipping breakfast, but that ties into cutting protein and fat. Breakfast for me is normally bacon or sausage with eggs and a big glass of milk. LOL

[Throwaway_panther]

Damn, and here I thought finally eating breakfast after going without for over a decade would make a difference :/ Trying to work on incorporating more snacks at least for blue...

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[Throwaway_panther]

Lol it must be because it's a relatively easy thing to do. I conceived my girl when I was eating breakfast and when I was eating meat. But I wasn't having any snacks in between meals (i felt hungry lots!) and I was drinking alcohol regularly and she was a one attempt conception. Plus she was unplanned so no stressing over getting pregnant etc. So lots of other pink friendly things going on there. I'm skipping breakfast currently for this sway but I'm also drinking coffee, alcohol, not snacking, exercising, taking fibre and eating a vegetarian diet. But yes it's obvious from every failed pink sway that we see on this site that skipping breakfast isn't the be-all and end-all because almost 100% of pink sway opposites skipped breakfast.

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What would you say changed for you when you got your boys?

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[XXforhubby]

Think of it this way TP, eating at regular intervals helps for blue. You don't want to go too long between meals- so it's all about snacking. You don't have to eat a lot of food at once, you just have to eat frequently. For my first 2 boys, I ate 1500-1800 calories but I had smallish meals because I had 2-3 small snacks throughout the day. I always included a protein of sorts for snacks. Think of keeping your blood sugar stable without spiking. I never had empty carbs. Fruit, nuts, veggies paired with cheeses, granola, meats with whole grains, etc. I never had coffee- I loved my green tea with either honey or lemon in the mornings, and I had sun tea (sun brewed black tea) with lemon in the afternoon. If I had a sweet tooth, I would have a full sugar soda with a meal, and I loved my beer! My beer at night was always paired with a small snack of a handful of nuts or jerky (I love venison jerky!!)

I hope this helps you! Feel free to PM me anytime! I could always use pink strategies, although it's gotten to be second nature for me now!!




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[skillet04]

Yeah i have read about people swaying that involved 2 iced coffees for their morning and only toast at lunch and dinner....and i'm over here thinking i would literally starve on that sway "diet" ....

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[familymatters]

What would you say changed for you when you got your boys?

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My boys were different because with both I was snacking frequently - more like constant grazing really because by that point I was a SAHM so I had the pantry within easy reach. I always ate healthy but it was high protein. Breakfast would be oats, snacks would be a banana or almonds, lunch was salad and tuna, dinner was almost always red meat. Because I was ttc I never drank alcohol during the week and I also never drank coffee - always tea. I also went for a 45min brisk wall 4 days a week with the boys, no exercise at all when I got my DD. Also, I think the most detrimental thing that swayed blue for me was our multiple attempts. From CD 7 til I would get a positive OPK we dtd every second day. Then when I would get a positive OPK we would dtd that night and the next. I also never j&d, whereas I did j&d with my girl. Plus my boys were planned so I was highly focused on "getting pregnant" as I like to be efficient and not leave anything to chance, I like to get that egg first shot haha! Also I was taking prenatal vitamins with my boys but I wasn't when we conceived our daughter. So as you can see although I still ate meat and breakfast with my girl there was big differences everywhere else.

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[Pink Pony]

I found that I snacked without even being aware I was snacking. Being at home with the kids, it would be cereal for breakfast, then a sweet biscuit here and there, then tea all day long with milk, no sugar. Lunch, toasted sandwich or peanut better sandwich, easy food. Then a chocolate in the afternoon, then a good dinner with meat every night with veg or salad, sometimes custard or pudding after dinner. I honestly did not realise how much food I actually ate because my kids love to snack. Cereal bars are my favourite. I have always snacked rather than eating big meals because I am lazy. The only reason I had a good dinner is because my hubby loves to cook and he loves his meat.