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To be honest, I was also worried about my own do to my history of "over-exercising"...but got a sperm test and all the motility/morphology/sperm-count results were excellent (IE 150 million sperm count, 57% sperm motility).
It has been three months (not that long, but short either). We are both on a diet of no wheat, no sugar, and no caffeine...plus tons of fruits and vegetables...plus she's on pre-natal pills. I try to get her to exercise 250 calories 2 times a day at a very slow pace on a recumbent exercise bike (slow enough she can easily talk while exercising). She also has regular periods and has for the 5 years I've known her.
One catch...she is borderline obese...though, of course, we both exercise and she's slowly losing weight (1.5-2 pounds.per week or so).
And, without going into details, we have sex every morning.
It really gets to me though...so many people our age (30-31) are both obese and eat tons of fast food (and may very well not be exercising at all) and seem to be very easily popping out kids. My doctor suggested and prescribed Clomid, but a friend with fertility issues said Progesterone injections are a much better idea (both for overall health and fertility effectiveness). I am not quite sure where to turn or what to look for...it's to the point my g/f seems angry at me for the whole thing (and, yes, I want the baby as much as she does). Again, any ideas?
BTW, in case anyone wonders, I call her borderline obese because that's what all the BMI charts I've read say IE BMI 30+ = obese. I'm just a tad over borderline underweight by the same BMI standards.
And yes, I'm also torturing myself with the "crazy fertility diet", it's not just her. :-D
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3 months isn't long by any means. It can take a healthy couple with no fertility issues whatsoever up to a year and in some cases a little longer to get pregnant. If nothing is wrong its just a matter of timing which can take time. Exercising and eating right are great moves but be careful and remember that any drastic changes can throw her cycle off. Having sex everyday (literally everyday) can deplete your sperm count as well. Try every other day. She also needs to start charting her cycles or taking ovulation predictor tests if you guys are wanting to dive into TTC head first. That will give you a better idea as to when she is fertile.
Good luck!
3 months isn't long by any means. It can take a healthy couple with no fertility issues whatsoever up to a year and in some cases a little longer to get pregnant. If nothing is wrong its just a matter of timing which can take time. Exercising and eating right are great moves but be careful and remember that any drastic changes can throw her cycle off. Having sex everyday (literally everyday) can deplete your sperm count as well. Try every other day. She also needs to start charting her cycles or taking ovulation predictor tests if you guys are wanting to dive into TTC head first. That will give you a better idea as to when she is fertile.
Good luck!
Has anyone ever used this MAchine?
Ansam
I started using the recumbent bike machine at the gym for an hour, i sweat a little and it says i lost 420 calories, will this exercise be an effective way to lose weight?
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Biking is the most effective way to do low intensity fat burning aerobics. A recumbent bike is great for people with weight issues or back problems as youâre sitting comfortably and your body is in a position that lighten your upper bodyâs weight on your ischium (the bony end of your pelvis on which youâre sitting).
The downside is that it could be boring, unless youâre reading or watching TV but that can become an upside as you can completely zone out and almost forget youâre biking, until your speed starts to decrease (when youâre running out of blood sugar) so you cool down and stop.
Be flexible and donât âbike for an hourâ. You warm up for 5 minutes (getting up in your THR zone), then you do 20 minutes, then you go from there. Some days, youâll stop and cool down for 5 minutes (for a total workout of 30 minutes). Other days, you can keep going for 1 or 2 hours (you slept very well and ate a good high carbs meal 2 hours prior).
You need to train your upper body (like swimming/aerobics and weight training/anaerobics) as a bike does not do that, unless youâre using an upright stationary bike with moving handles.
Fit people who use recumbent bikes outside (or runners) have to train their upper body with some other forms of exercising.
Walk too. Walking wonât burn as many calories as biking but you do it for 3 main reasons: itâs the most basic form for the human body to move forward (even on a treadmill), it challenges your body in different ways (youâre still using the lower body but differently) and last but not least, it allows you to avoid boredom as youâre not doing the same thing every day.
For weight loss, synchronize your meals with your exercising so you get a high carbs meal 2 hours prior (for energy, for an easy and efficient workout), like breakfast (morning workout) or lunch (afternoon workout) and then you get the next meal post exercise, once you cool down, stretch, stop sweating, take a shower/bath, allow enough time for your body to stop releasing chemicals (to prevent pain so you can keep going). Those natural chemicals (endorphins, epinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine that are released after 30 minutes) make you feel goodâ¦happy, energetic. Then hunger strikes as you need to replenish your blood sugar level. If you time it right, youâll dive into your next meal and not have to snack.
Use a slow cooker. You can cook healthy as you donât need extra fats. You donât need how to cook. Just add the right ingredients (if you use online recipes, use fresh veggies and avoid processed food...those recipes are from companies pushing their products). You donât need to supervise. If you open the lid, then you have to add 20 minutes. I was annoyed at my husband and kids opening the lid out of hunger and curiosity because it smells so good. I told them not to do that, but if they do, they have to tell me so I will add 20 minutes to the cooking time...if youâre hungry, you donât want to do something that will make dinner time 20 minutes farther away.
You can time a slow cooker to coincide with the end of your workout. Your food will not burn as it is very low temperature cooking all day long. Even if itâs ready, you can use the warm setting to keep it warm while you exercise. Youâll get great home cooked meals.
And eat enough calories to cover your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) or your body will adapt to a low caloric intake and lower your metabolism, making it very hard for you to use your body fat. And then, as soon as you would eventually start eating normally again, you would make body fat very easily, because you would have a lower metabolism and therefore regain all the weight you lost and keep going up, unless you exercise A LOT.
Womenâs BMR:
655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - minus (4.7 x age in years)
Menâs BMR:
66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) - minus (6.8 x age in years)
Do not rely on machine readouts (even high quality gym machines can still have a crappy piece made in China for the readout). Know your own personal average calorie expenditure per minute so then you just have to time yourself and not worry about your speed or what aerobic activity you do.
As a point of reference, I would burn 8 calories/minute average. For biking, I can also calculate 32 calories per mile and burn 400 calories in an hour at a slow 12.5mph speed. So your recumbent bike readout is somewhat accurate...not like some people thinking that they burn 700 calories in an hour on a stationary bike because the readout says so!
Still, one pound of body fat is 3,500 calories of exercising (if you eat enough to cover your BMR) so I would have to bike 109 miles to burn one pound of body fat...maybe not even on the scale, as I would hopefully gain some muscle mass, biking 109 miles, especially during the first 3 months of getting in shape.
Biking is the most effective way to do low intensity fat burning aerobics. A recumbent bike is great for people with weight issues or back problems as youâre sitting comfortably and your body is in a position that lighten your upper bodyâs weight on your ischium (the bony end of your pelvis on which youâre sitting).
The downside is that it could be boring, unless youâre reading or watching TV but that can become an upside as you can completely zone out and almost forget youâre biking, until your speed starts to decrease (when youâre running out of blood sugar) so you cool down and stop.
Be flexible and donât âbike for an hourâ. You warm up for 5 minutes (getting up in your THR zone), then you do 20 minutes, then you go from there. Some days, youâll stop and cool down for 5 minutes (for a total workout of 30 minutes). Other days, you can keep going for 1 or 2 hours (you slept very well and ate a good high carbs meal 2 hours prior).
You need to train your upper body (like swimming/aerobics and weight training/anaerobics) as a bike does not do that, unless youâre using an upright stationary bike with moving handles.
Fit people who use recumbent bikes outside (or runners) have to train their upper body with some other forms of exercising.
Walk too. Walking wonât burn as many calories as biking but you do it for 3 main reasons: itâs the most basic form for the human body to move forward (even on a treadmill), it challenges your body in different ways (youâre still using the lower body but differently) and last but not least, it allows you to avoid boredom as youâre not doing the same thing every day.
For weight loss, synchronize your meals with your exercising so you get a high carbs meal 2 hours prior (for energy, for an easy and efficient workout), like breakfast (morning workout) or lunch (afternoon workout) and then you get the next meal post exercise, once you cool down, stretch, stop sweating, take a shower/bath, allow enough time for your body to stop releasing chemicals (to prevent pain so you can keep going). Those natural chemicals (endorphins, epinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine that are released after 30 minutes) make you feel goodâ¦happy, energetic. Then hunger strikes as you need to replenish your blood sugar level. If you time it right, youâll dive into your next meal and not have to snack.
Use a slow cooker. You can cook healthy as you donât need extra fats. You donât need how to cook. Just add the right ingredients (if you use online recipes, use fresh veggies and avoid processed food...those recipes are from companies pushing their products). You donât need to supervise. If you open the lid, then you have to add 20 minutes. I was annoyed at my husband and kids opening the lid out of hunger and curiosity because it smells so good. I told them not to do that, but if they do, they have to tell me so I will add 20 minutes to the cooking time...if youâre hungry, you donât want to do something that will make dinner time 20 minutes farther away.
You can time a slow cooker to coincide with the end of your workout. Your food will not burn as it is very low temperature cooking all day long. Even if itâs ready, you can use the warm setting to keep it warm while you exercise. Youâll get great home cooked meals.
And eat enough calories to cover your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) or your body will adapt to a low caloric intake and lower your metabolism, making it very hard for you to use your body fat. And then, as soon as you would eventually start eating normally again, you would make body fat very easily, because you would have a lower metabolism and therefore regain all the weight you lost and keep going up, unless you exercise A LOT.
Womenâs BMR:
655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - minus (4.7 x age in years)
Menâs BMR:
66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) - minus (6.8 x age in years)
Do not rely on machine readouts (even high quality gym machines can still have a crappy piece made in China for the readout). Know your own personal average calorie expenditure per minute so then you just have to time yourself and not worry about your speed or what aerobic activity you do.
As a point of reference, I would burn 8 calories/minute average. For biking, I can also calculate 32 calories per mile and burn 400 calories in an hour at a slow 12.5mph speed. So your recumbent bike readout is somewhat accurate...not like some people thinking that they burn 700 calories in an hour on a stationary bike because the readout says so!
Still, one pound of body fat is 3,500 calories of exercising (if you eat enough to cover your BMR) so I would have to bike 109 miles to burn one pound of body fat...maybe not even on the scale, as I would hopefully gain some muscle mass, biking 109 miles, especially during the first 3 months of getting in shape.
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