LE diet..enough hours between meals?

[haymon2and1]

Hello! I was wondering if I could get examples of the times that you all ate during your LE diets. I know there's no magic times but I want to have enough time so that my blood sugar drops (I think that's right?) I'm a very healthy eater and with my boys I ate small meals every 4 hours so def want to do the opposite haha. Is 5 hours enough time?Thank you for your input!! :-)

[Trishy74]

Hmm. This is a good question. I'm curious to hear answers also. I know a work day for me I eat a half bagel with schmesr if cream cheese and coffee at 1030 and then lunch hour is at 130 so I eat lunch at that time and dinner I eat at like 7ish. I try really hard not to snack in between any of the meals. When I'm home I skip breakfast and eat a bagel with reduced fat strawberry cream cheese at 12 or 1230pm with a coffee and will probably try my hardest not to eat again until 6 or 7 but I end up caving in for a small snack in between or a snack after dinner before bed. However at night my last meal or snack is at like 9 so I'm pretty much going without eating from 9 pm until 1030am on workdays or noon until days off. I'm hoping that's enough time between overnight to go without food or anything else other than water.

I am curious to see what other ladies are doing though.

[lovemy2blessings]

I'm probably the wrong person to post this as I still haven't gotten pregnant, but I eat my first meal anywhere between 11:30-12:30 p.m. and then again at 6.p.m...I don't snack and I'm definitely starving every morning after my cardio workout (which I do at 5 a.m.)

[odd]

I am just getting started after struggling to be on the diet for a few months but heres my eating schedule

I usually sip on peppermint tea while my family is enjoying my fav meal of the day...lol

Then around 11 I will have my lunch ...then nothing until 3 or so when I will havery pep tea again or if I am starving, then nibble on something ..

Dinner is usually the last meal around 6:30 or 7.

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[odd]

Wowww ...whats ur calories intake??

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[Trishy74]

I haven't counted my calories in a while but depending on what I have for lunch I'm between 1200 and 1500 per day. The holidays really set me back with diet so I'm trying to get back on track. I'm up to 625 calories today and I've only had my 2 mini bagels with reduced fat cream cheese, 2 tablespoons of vanilla frosting to get some omega 6 fat in my diet and a cup of decaf coffee at 1230 this afternoon and i just had 5 ritz crackers as a snack and its 545pm. so i skipped brekkie and ate at 1230pm and had my first snack at 545pm. I'm trying to keep my calories lower right now bc I know I'm going to eat pot roast tonight bc I have that in my crockpot for the family. I'm going to have little bit of meat and concentrate more on the carrots and potatoes but I know the meal will probably either bring me up to my total calories or put me over them.



Wowww ...whats ur calories intake??

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[greeneyes]

I strive to only eat two meals a day cause I know I only ate about that when I conceived my girls but it's hard on my non working days to not snack from boredom!! Anyway I try to wait until after 11:00 to eat in the morning. If I can I go to noon. Then eat again around 5-7 depending. Sometimes I eat breakfast, skip lunch, eat dinner, other times I eat breakfast and lunch - skip dinner. I try not to buy snack foods cause if they're around I have NO willpower! I do drink coffee in the morning with a few ounces of almond milk in it. My eating schedules change because of my work schedules. I work night shift then swing back to dayshift life.


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[haymon2and1]

thank you ladies! i really want to only do 2 meals a day.. im just afraid i wont be able to handle it haha. but i feel like that is what it will take.. my body is so used to eating all day, snacking, and having regular meals. need to change it up as much as possible! =)

[hotdogz&boyz]

When I was swaying for my daughter, I aimed to have 15-16 hours between my last meal one night and my next meal the following day (ie: last food intake at 8pm, I'd try to wait til 11 or 12 to eat the next day, same routine just backed up if my meal was at 6pm, I'd aim for 10am before eating). I had three meals in between my other hours. I couldn't maintain caloric intake at a healthy level if I wasn't eating 3 times. But others might be able to do it (I needed more because of nursing). I don't know that there is an ideal number, just giving your body lower blood sugar for any amount of time beyond what you used to should help your sway.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm probably the wrong person to post this as I still haven't gotten pregnant, but I eat my first meal anywhere between 11:30-12:30 p.m. and then again at 6.p.m...I don't snack and I'm definitely starving every morning after my cardio workout (which I do at 5 a.m.)

This is not something I would recommend for the average gal, that's for sure!

[atomic sagebrush]

Hello! I was wondering if I could get examples of the times that you all ate during your LE diets. I know there's no magic times but I want to have enough time so that my blood sugar drops (I think that's right?) I'm a very healthy eater and with my boys I ate small meals every 4 hours so def want to do the opposite haha. Is 5 hours enough time?Thank you for your input!! :-)

This is largely down to what works for each individual person and cannot be a blanket prescription across the boards. I have a fast metabolism and am always hungry and I ate 3 meals a day every day. I just pushed back my breakfast as long as I could. So i would eat at 10:30-noon depending on when I had gotten up and when I was hungry, then again midafternoon, and then again sometime before bedtime. I coulnt'd go to sleep on an empty stomach. So sometimes that ended up being only 4 hours between meals, sometimes more like 6. If you're eating mostly carbs and do not have PCOS or IR, your blood sugar will have time to drop in that time period. The important thing is that nice long run at night, between bedtime and when you ahve your first meal in the morning. 12 hours- ok, 16 hours - fantastic.

Your needs can even change from day to day, so please don't beat yourself up if one day you can;t make it as long as you could another day. the foods you eat, the amount of running around you do, your metabolism and where you are in your menstrual cycle can make you have different levels of appetite from one day to the next and it's fine to stay flexible from day to day and not feel like you ahve to stick to a strict schedule. It is GOOD for boy moms who are sometimes more tightly wound, to play things by ear a little bit!!

[atomic sagebrush]

When I was swaying for my daughter, I aimed to have 15-16 hours between my last meal one night and my next meal the following day (ie: last food intake at 8pm, I'd try to wait til 11 or 12 to eat the next day, same routine just backed up if my meal was at 6pm, I'd aim for 10am before eating). I had three meals in between my other hours. I couldn't maintain caloric intake at a healthy level if I wasn't eating 3 times. But others might be able to do it (I needed more because of nursing). I don't know that there is an ideal number, just giving your body lower blood sugar for any amount of time beyond what you used to should help your sway.

:bowdown: great point - it can also make it much easier to maintain a healthy level of caloric intake eating 3 meals a day vs. two. Less is not better - remember, you guys need to be in with 1500-1800 calories and for some people eating 900 cal at one/two sittings is not going to be possible. Eating 3 600 cal meals may be more doable.

[atomic sagebrush]

thank you ladies! i really want to only do 2 meals a day.. im just afraid i wont be able to handle it haha. but i feel like that is what it will take.. my body is so used to eating all day, snacking, and having regular meals. need to change it up as much as possible! =)

i normally eat like a Hobbit - first breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, teatime, dinner, supper, and bedtime snack so for me, switching to 3 meals a day squinched in between noon and 8 pm was HUGE!! Don't try to OVERDO - being superstrict looks good on paper but in reality it can undermine your sway to try to reach goals that are overly difficult. Either you fall short and fail (makes you more likely to give up all togehter) or else you overdo it and end up stopping ovulation (also making it more likely to give up all together.) Remember, "She who reaches for the stars, often ends up flat on her face!"

[lovemy2blessings]

My calorie intake It's between 1800-2000, but will be switching to 3 meals a day and each meal from 600 calories or so.

[haymon2and1]

Thank you! I will remind myself to BE flexible! hahaha I think just me not snacking will be a miracle so will aim for that =)

[haymon2and1]

I am so laughing at your eat like a Hobbit comment hahaha that is me exactly!!!!!

[greeneyes]

i normally eat like a Hobbit - first breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, teatime, dinner, supper, and bedtime snack so for me, switching to 3 meals a day squinched in between noon and 8 pm was HUGE!! Don't try to OVERDO - being superstrict looks good on paper but in reality it can undermine your sway to try to reach goals that are overly difficult. Either you fall short and fail (makes you more likely to give up all togehter) or else you overdo it and end up stopping ovulation (also making it more likely to give up all together.) Remember, "She who reaches for the stars, often ends up flat on her face!"

Lmao!! That was SO me when I had my boys and when pg! LOL. 1st bfast 2nd bfast lunch 1st snack 2nd snack dinner... LOL



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[Arimethia]

This is such and informative thread! Awesome!

I usually have a cup of peppermint tea in the morning, a crystal light packet around 10 and then lunch around 12-2pm depending, I eat around half my calorie intake then and then have dinner again around 5pm, when I have the other half of my calories. In between I drink tea with no calorie sweetner or a crystal light.

Tonight I had a hardcore blood sugar crash (like fell asleep on the couch after sitting down for five minutes) so I ate a bunch of nerds and ice cream around 8:30pm but most nights I'm able to keep at least 15 hours between my dinner and my first meal of the day the next day. Hoping all that really adds to my sway. Most days I don't get my hour of cardio in until after the kids go to bed around 9 or 10 pm.

(Also, are those two-bite cupcakes a good source of omega 6 fat? Because I always need an excuse to buy and eat those.)

[atomic sagebrush]

if they have partially hydrogenated veg oil then yes they are Omega 6 fat

[Trishy74]

Just wondering as I've noticed palm oil in my sons teddy Graham's. do you know if palm or soybean oil is considered omega 6 or omega 3?


if they have partially hydrogenated veg oil then yes they are Omega 6 fat

[Trishy74]

bump per question below.


Just wondering as I've noticed palm oil in my sons teddy Graham's. do you know if palm or soybean oil is considered omega 6 or omega 3?

[greeneyes]

I think palm oil is generally boy friendly were soy oil is bad for you and there for girl friendly. Coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil...I think are all boy friendly. Vegetable oil is girl friendly. If in question google if it's an omega 3 or an omega 6. My soy free vegan butter spread and coconut butters are boy friendly. :(


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[Trishy74]

Thanks for the reply. It's weird b/c in the teddy grahams ingredient section it lists both (soybean and palm oil) as ingredients. I searched google and if I'm reading it correctly, palm oil is a healthier oil as you said (so good for boy sway) and soybean oil seems to be unhealthy, says it's found in processed foods, etc so I assume that is an Omega 6 which is good for a girl sway? If someone comes across this and I misread it, please let me know. Otherwise, I will go on thinking soybean oil is good for a girl and palm oil is good for a boy. Thanks for your help!

Sorry so many of your favorite foods are boy friendly. :(


I think palm oil is generally boy friendly were soy oil is bad for you and there for girl friendly. Coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil...I think are all boy friendly. Vegetable oil is girl friendly. If in question google if it's an omega 3 or an omega 6. My soy free vegan butter spread and coconut butters are boy friendly. :(


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[greeneyes]

If say then they cancel each other out! ;). Hahaha


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[atomic sagebrush]

Just wondering as I've noticed palm oil in my sons teddy Graham's. do you know if palm or soybean oil is considered omega 6 or omega 3?

I desperately need an essay on this.

Soybean oil is Omega 6 and would sway pink.

There are TWO kinds of palm oil, aside from Omega 6/Omega 3 profile, one is highly processed and may sway pink, the other isn't and may sway blue, and it's kinda hard to pin it down much beyond that.

Like coconut oil, the good palm oil is a "good" saturated vegetable fat that probably sways blue (there is a little bit of both Omega 6 and Omega 3 in there but it's primarily saturated fatty acids which seem to sway blue). But the palm kernel oil and particularly, the PKO that has been hydrogenated or "fractionated" (and this is the type that generally appears in baked goods like Teddy Grahams) is not good for you and may sway pink.

All that having been said, it's very unlikely that even if the form of fat in Teddy Grahams is the "bluest" form of palm oil that you could ever consume enough TGs to wreck an otherwise good sway. :)

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes the Omega 6's were shown in studies to sway gender in a couple types of animal, even when fat content was the same if the % of Omega 6 was higher than Omega 3, healthy, and sat. fat they had more girls

[Mrsandmama]

Ha this makes me feel so much better! I sauteed some veggies in unsalted margarine last night which is full of soybean oil and I was sitting there thinking "Oh crap, I just ate soy!" which I have been avoiding like the plague! But after hearing that soybean oil sways pink, I feel better :)

For me, my first meal of the day is between 11:00am-12:30pm and I will have a lunch of about 400-700 cals and will have dinner around 6:00-6:30pm and that meal will usually be around 700 cals. I plan to start the intense cardio coming up here so I will have to increase my cals! Eek!

[greeneyes]

Ha this makes me feel so much better! I sauteed some veggies in unsalted margarine last night which is full of soybean oil and I was sitting there thinking "Oh crap, I just ate soy!" which I have been avoiding like the plague! But after hearing that soybean oil sways pink, I feel better :)

When I was researching soy allergies and such (we avoid soy due to allergies and intolerances) I read that allergist have found that the soy in soy oils/soy bean oils is so refined that there is very little of the allergen (eh-hem soy) in it to trigger a reaction in even the most severally allergic. So soy been oil in food is generally NOT going to count as true soy content. KWIM? And as AS said, in most it is used sparingly as like a lubericant to a machine that may come in contact with the food (like a mixer) or as an oil blend.

[greeneyes]

All that having been said, it's very unlikely that even if the form of fat in Teddy Grahams is the "bluest" form of palm oil that you could ever consume enough TGs to wreck an otherwise good sway. :)

Ooooh. Watch out! I might take THAT as a personal challenge! ;)

[atomic sagebrush]

Soybean oil has NO soy protein in it and I feel a much better level of data on how it sways than soy protein does TBH.