January 2014- Let's record what we are eating!

[weeziewoozles]

Must tell you of my yummy lunch. I chopped up mushrooms, spring onions, leeks and iceberg lettuce (all Grade A foods for LE) and added one clove of garlic for flavour. Sautéed them all using oil spray and then threw in sushi rice (or arborrio rice etc). Then added a dash of soy sauce and a dash of mirin (a sweet sake used for cooking) and some low fat vegetable stock. Such a delicious veg risotto! Using 75g of rice as a portion, it came to 335 cals, 2g fat and 6g protein. I cheekily had a large chunk of a rustic French baguette with it but no butter! :)

[eleena2014]

mmm,sounds good,where did u get the mirin from? x

[weeziewoozles]

mmm,sounds good,where did u get the mirin from? x

Not sure where you're from Eleena but I can get it in all of my local supermarkets, plus a more authentic version in lots of speciality supermarkets in London. When I am not on the LE, one of my fav brekkies is sushi rice with Japanese style eggs on top (I add ginger, soy sauce, mirin and finely chopped spring onions if I have them) - delish!

[eleena2014]

in from the uk in derbyshire,ive just looked and i think i may have to get it from ebay.thought tesco would have done them but they dont

[eleena2014]

oh i just double checked,tesco does sell it.i will be getting some next time we go shopping.what other stuff do u put it on? x

[Junie]

I was a bit naughty on the weekend and ate a bit of meat,etc. However I tried to eat less overall. But I would guess that I definitely went over for fat on both days. I'm too lazy to try and figure it out. I had salmon today for lunch but now I am getting back to the diet...and the exercise. Both kids got a stomach bug on the weekend and I didn't work out at all.

[weeziewoozles]

oh i just double checked,tesco does sell it.i will be getting some next time we go shopping.what other stuff do u put it on? x

Cool! I like stir frying all the LE friendly veg in oil spray and then adding a dash of mirin and soy sauce before serving on rice. I prefer doing this to adding a packet of stir fry sauce for example, as I can still taste the vegetables themselves :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

That sounds so yummy!!

[eleena2014]

yesterday i did rubbish
11.00am-choc pop tart and coffee

2.00pm-healthy living egg mayo sandwich filler with 2 slices of bread,cheese and onion roll and diet pepsi

5.00pm-coffee and croissant

7.00pm- four cheese and red onion chutney pannini, 2 quality street sweets

1484-calories 65g-fat 38g -protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

That's not rubbish at all eleena. Maybe a little high in fat but we all have those days, it can be hard to keep it low sometimes.

Your other totals are fine though, in fact you could even have had a little more cals and protein, and remember there are no magic foods and everything is allowed on LE if it's fits into your totals. 😀

[SamS_TTCPink]

I've had a crappy couple of days and today I hardly ate much at all...

10am full cream milk coffee

12pm pumpkin soup

7pm one crumpet with margarine


I'll probably have a pop tart and hot choc before bed to get some more calories in.
With that included it's...

800 cals 22g fat 27g protein.

[eleena2014]

Thankyou,im still worried im not doing enough regarding the diet as it seems to be pretty much the same as it was before starting the diet,apart from the face i will have to cut back on meat.

[stephk]

eleena - doesnt look rubbish at all to me. In fact if i am being completely honest, that looks better than your other days but everyone does this differently of course :)

mum - sorry you had a bad day :( maybe eat some extra pop tarts if that will make you feel better?

[eleena2014]

i know there is meant to be no snacking in between meals but would it be ok to have a few cucumber or carrot sticks in between meals if desperate?

[stephk]

yes cucumber/carrot sticks will do little to nothing to your blood sugar :)

[stephk]

Ive decided that this week for the rest of the week until next monday I am going to relax a bit on the diet because Im feeling a bit fed up. I have a hen weekend coming up this weekend, I have lovely meat and fish in my freezer that I keep putting off eating until I am PG and I am getting a bit fed up of it all. Its not like I havent been eating meat and fish but I just keep putting off removing things from the freezer and DH is getting fed up of it too.

today:
5.15am - coffee with whole milk
12pm - lentil and vegetable curry with white basmati rice. Was still hungry so had 3 hotel chocolat treacle tart chocolates. Wanted the other 3 but resisted.
3.30pm - a banana, blackberries, raspberries and total greek yoghurt
8.00pm - roast tomato and brie tartlet (I am going to put some extra brie on this!!), parmentier potatoes, and loads of veggies. I will likely snack whilst cooking on some pretzels and finish the findlater blackbean dip which was absolutely amazing!!! I have only just discovered this delicious dip and its not suitable for pregnant women as it has unpasturised cheese in it.....so until I get that BFP, if I ever get that BFP I will be indulging in this dip (as well as brie and camembert!!)

so i will be over on fat and dont care. if i manage not to eat the pretzels and dip I will not be over but I am not going to make that promise:
approx 2000 cals, 85g fat and 53g protein.

at the moment i feel like what is the point in burning all these calories in the gym if I cant eat some chocolate or dips or whatever. I am just in a bad mood I think. I will go back to observing the targets properly on monday.

[MyByC]

Hmm, how do you calculate the exactly fat and the sodium in everyhthing you eat daily?

[bluebonnet22]

Hmm, how do you calculate the exactly fat and the sodium in everyhthing you eat daily?

My fitness pal (app or website)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

[stephk]

I use MFP but beware that the sodium will likely be incorrect. You dont need to worry about tracking sodium.

[eleena2014]

yesterday
11.00am- coffee and fried egg sandwich,bad i know

2.00pm-cheese and onion roll and a twix bar

5.00pm-coffee with a caramel rice cake

7.00pm-beef grill salad,mackerel fillets and sweetcorn mixed in with salad and pasta

cals-1302 fat-45g protein- 54g

i just cant seem to eat healthy,not pleased that i had the twix bar or the fried egg,but i do love fried egg sandwiches,lol

[stephk]

eggs are good to help you ovulate! dont have more than 4 eggs a week and you will be fine :) and twix bars (and all other chocolate) is great girl sway food IMO :) - the beef not so much, but you came within totals so its all good :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Eggs are allowed occasionally! It's all good. And we're not supposed to be eating real nutritiously so the twice bar is fine too. 😊

[SamS_TTCPink]

Had a 'day off' from LE today! Have no idea what amount of anything I consumed but stuff it!

I had:

10am large flat white

12pm had a family lunch at DS5s preschool so picked at pigs in blankets, mini quiches, a honey joy, some oat slice, savoury pulleys and pumpkin soup.

6pm chicken stroganoff and rice. The chicken was actually hard to stomach!

[eleena2014]

it wasnt pure beef,just a frozen beef grill kinda thing.
can i just ask,am i right in thinking that it doesnt matter about skipping breakfast,as long as you get the 14-16 hours with out food?
i had my last meal at around 7.00-7.30 ;ast night so does that mean the earliest i can have my late breakfast is around 10-10.30am?
i really cant skip brekkie,not gonna have another fried egg though,just having teo crumpets with jam today

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yep that's right eleena. It's the fasting time that matters I believe.

[PrimalMamma]

I am sooooo annoyed at myself, today I took fruit to work to avoid snacking on chocolate in the arvo & keep cals lower. So what did I do? I FORGOT I had fruit & ended up downing a fruit scone & a chocolate bar!!! 😡


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[weeziewoozles]

I keep discovering more and more tasty low fat bits from Morrisons NuMe range for any UK ladies. Had a mini crustless quiche for lunch today with 249 cals, 11g fat and 14g protein, so pretty good for that kind of cheeky lunch. And it was yummy! I'm having veggie fajitas tonight using Weight Watchers wraps so will still be under my totals

[Junie]

First the boys were sick and then DH and I got sick. I haven't eaten anything besides sips of sprite, a few nibbles of crackers and the like and a few ginger cookies since Monday. Although I am finally starting to feel better thankfully.

My mom arrived for her visit so I am sure my overall calories will increase. Especially when we go on vacation next week. It sounds bad but I wouldn't mind getting a stomach bug again in about a month before we TTC LOL. Good way to eat nothing! Although I don't need to feel that miserable again for a good long while.

[stephk]

wow nice and active here! Im not going to post todays eating and times - as I said yesterday Im going to relax and start back up again on monday. So I was naughty and had a croissant and coffee at 11am, big (but LE friendly) lunch, will likely have yoghurt and fruit mid afternoon and have a massive mushroom open ravioli and garlic bread tonight!

[MyByC]

Thank you. I just downloaded myfitnesspal. I hope soon will get the personalised plan from Atomic as well.
I read what you all write and it seems you are cheating like every day...
How often is good to "cheat" on meals?
I'm able to skip breakfast as I dont really like eating in the morning, I usually go to gym..when I return I'm starving and I'd eat the whole fridge :)))
Instead, I looooove chocolate!

[Junie]

I think you should just do what you can, some days I am really craving something, or there is a birthday, etc. Plus many of the women here have been on the diet for months and months and I can't imagine anyone can do hardcore LE without ever cheating longterm.

sent using tapatalk

[MyByC]

Yup. I understand.
I gained around 40 kg at my first pregnancy...and I felt like a wale after giving birth..I lost almost all..now when I'll start this, I really want to do it a la carte and dont cheat(I hope I can) because I'm sure I'll take another 40 kg with my second pregnancy...little afrid of that...

[weeziewoozles]

I don't consider it cheating. I think the point is to keep your nutritional intake down as much as possible. The actual numbers mentioned by everyone will vary so much depending upon how much weight people have to lose, how long they've been on the diet, if they're BF, how accurately they or MFP are recording it all etc.. Does that make sense? So some people are aiming for 1200-1500 cals while others like me who are BF are aiming for 1800.

[MyByC]

Ok. But the question is...
I can do 1500 calories per day..but can I eat a bigmac(for example)? Which is 500 kalories...then veggies for the rest of the day...I mean it must be some restrictions, right?

[stephk]

Yes you could do that if that's what you want, calorie wise I imagine that's no problem but I don't know the fat and protein content of a Big Mac.

[eleena2014]

There's an app that tells you all the info of the food.x

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[Junie]

The problem with most meat products is that they contain a ton of protein and often lots of fat. So if you only want to eat a Big Mac for the whole day and then just veggies or something you could but I can't imagine doing that every day. Plus going vegetarian seems to sway pink although atomic isn't sure why. I think most people do try to cut meat out though.

[MyByC]

I was just asking so I can see the thinking of the LE diet.
I dont like big mac :))
If vegie is helping pinky then we turn vegie and abstain from chocolate(my biggest love) and everything Atomic says.
The program I have downloaded tells you everything about each product.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Chocolate is allowed sometimes.. So are "cheat meals", in fact they're encouraged! 😊

[stephk]

Gosh I eat chocolate nearly every day! Its better to eat chocolate than meat, but then everyone does this differently you have to do it in a way that works for you.

Seems I suck at being more relaxed lol, I dont know how else to be clearly, so after deciding to be more relaxed on the totals for a few days, yesterday I was only over on fat! I had 2000 cals, 80g fat and 58g protein lol so may as well post it:
515am - coffee with whole milk
11.00am - butter croissant and nescafe cafe menu latte
1.30pm - Kirstys moroccan vegetables with quinoa, mash direct red cabbage and beetroot and salad bar items (mainly aubergine, broccoli and cauliflower)
4.00pm - a colleague was handing out chocolate biscuits, it would have been rude not to have one!
8.00pm - waitrose mushroom open ravioli, half a parmesan & garlic bread, some roast mushrooms

[eleena2014]

your meals look really good stephk. im really struggling to stay away from meat,although i know its allowed if its within limits but i wanted to try and stay away from it.ive been looking up vegetarian meal ideas on the internet which should help.
yesterday food was
10.45- coffee,2 crumpets with butter and low fat jam

1.30-ham and cucumber sandwich with redcurrant jelly,velvets low fat crisps and diet coke

5.00-coffee and weight watchers eclair

7.30- pasta and mackerel that was left over from yesterday and salad.diet coke

cals= 1145 36g protein 23g fat

[PrimalMamma]

I couldn't stay off meat eleena I went mental. Like seriously loopy. I'm now eating low cal paleo with lots of intense exercise.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[SamS_TTCPink]

My totals for today are about the same as yours stephk, but nowhere near as yummy and full of meat!! 😕

10am large flat white

12pm 4mini leftover pigs in blankets

1pm pack of mi goreng noodles

7pm Chinese - spring rolls, laksa, shredded beef, chilli chicken, rice. 😞

[stephk]

Im not really bothered about meat to be honest. I just fell into eating it every day when I first moved in with DH because he is south african and has to have meat. So we had meat or fish every night and I very rarely ate vegetarian. It was all very healthy though - meat or fish with veggies and rice/cous cous, would sometimes have pasta/garlic bread as a treat (having it loads now!!), would have the fattiest, creamiest sauces for everything, but good fats - olive oils, avocados etc. We also fell into sharing a tub of ben and jerrys every friday and again on sat/sunday! Half a tub is about 500 cals!

Now of course it is all about veggies which I love, dont get me wrong. Also am loving the fact that a pasta and garlic bread dinner is allowed (not so good for DH's waistline though!) I do tend to have meat/fish at the weekend and go over on things because its important not to be too OTT with this, for me anyway...but lately I am getting sick and tired of the restriction and hence I have allowed myself to go over during the week for this week. I imagine it will spill over to next week too who knows. I think whilst I am feeling like this I am not going to beat myself up over it because it seems even when I am not caring about the totals its so ingrained that I manage to meet (most of) them anyway!

Sorry about the long post, this is just my current state of mind on the diet and I have been doing it in a way that fits in with me.

eleena - I found some great veggie recipies online, definitely look online and as time goes on, they will just become part of your routine. I know that a lot of the things/meals I eat now I will continue to eat as strange as that may sound!

[Junie]

While I will never want to go vegetarian once I am done with the diet. I have also found some great recipes which I will keep on making like vegetable lasagne or vegetable spaghetti. :)

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - you're likely pregnant so none of this matters for you anymore anyways!

I've been too lazy the past couple days to post or even track, but now that I have a pretty good idea of what 1500 calories/30% fat/40grams of protein looks like it's much easier to follow! I have a lot of social functions this week (a playdate yesterday with chicken salad sandwiches and mimosas, a cocktail party tonight at a museum opening, a friend's end of school mexican bash on saturday) so I will do my best just to have a couple of bites at each event without going overboard like I would have in the past!

[PrimalMamma]

Oh I agree Junie a lot of the vego & even vegan food was yummy! I enjoyed the the food but the lack of protein (& specifically animal protein) protein just wreaked havoc on my mood.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Junie]

Yeah i made a veggie spaghetti yesterday with ground beef on the side and a few bites got onto my plate and were so yummy. Personally I know meat goes a long way in helping me feel healthy but so do a lot of my typical boy habits, like eating small meals often, weight training, lots of protein, whole grains, etc. I'm so glad this isn't forever just for now :)

sent using tapatalk

[weeziewoozles]

Although I'm not recording what I have every day, if it's useful to people, I'll jot down a few of my meals in case they help.

For lunch I have one of these:
Vegetable soup and white toast
Bagel with low fat cheese and mushrooms
Weight Watchers wrap with low fat mayo, lettuce and veggies (so many that I can't normally close the wrap!)
Instant pasta and sauce
Potato salad made with low fat mayo and spring onions
French bread and low fat cream cheese
Low fat crustless quiche (occasionally as I know eggs are a bit healthy!)
Jacket potato with low cal baked beans
Mini pizza baguette
Quorn mini savoury eggs and salad

I nearly always have a bag of either baked crisps or popchips with my lunch too and a can of fizzy drink (great empty calories to keep my totals up without increasing my fat or protein)

At my boys' tea time I usually have a tonic (often with gin in too) and a bag of cassava crackers/popchips or a very small handful of peanuts. Sometimes if my totals are low enough, I have some low fat super noodles. If I'm in a sweet mood rather than a savoury one, I choose Weight Watchers cakes and Go Ahead biscuits, sweets and fizzy drinks. Sometimes I work some chocolate into my totals but as rich dark chocolate is my choice, it's hard to fit it into the fat totals.

For dinner I have one of these:
Roasted veggies (peppers, leeks, mushrooms, courgettes with oil spray) and couscous
Spinach falafel and couscous
Pasta with low fat pasta sauce and reduced fat garlic bread
Spaghetti bolognaise (using quorn mince)
Spaghetti carbonara (made just with an egg, a tiny bit of parmesan and mushrooms, no bacon)
Quorn sausages, mashed potatoes and veg
Vegetable quarter pounder in a white bread bun, with low fat chips
Vegetable fajitas (girl friendly veggies again, served on Weight Watchers wraps) with a small amount of home made guacamole
Stir fry veggies on white rice with a sauce (teriyaki, sweet and sour etc) and if I've been careful with fat that day I will have some mini vegetable spring rolls too
Three bean chili with white rice and a small amount of home made guacamole
Mushroom and leek risotto
Vegetable tagine (made with swede, carrots, peppers etc) and couscous
Vegetable curry with white rice and mango chutney! Probably a small homemade chapati too as I make them with very little fat
Small vegetarian pizza or I make my own using low fat mozzarella and very little oil in the base
Vegetarian cottage pie (which is usually mince and veg in gravy topped with mash) using chunks of swede and carrot instead of mince
We normally have good old British Fish and Chips once a week, so if DH really wants it, I have a smaller portion than usual of the chips and then cook myself a few vegetable fingers/vegetable burger to go with them.

I've found the supermarket vegetarian options really useful as it's clear to see what fat and protein etc you're eating. Also, as I cook everything from scratch for my family, having something pre-prepared for me to just chuck in the oven is really useful. So my boys and DH can have lovely homemade meals and I can sort of tag along with my veggie burger or something.

I hope that's helpful. It's made me hungry! :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yum! Thanks for posting. Some awesome ideas in there. 😀

[MyByC]

Stphk for how long are you into diet? You already DTD?
Momofsix_ttcpink, what about you?

[stephk]

Been on the diet since end of october. I would never go vegetarian but then I havent now, I have just increased the amount of veggie meals. I got a bit stuck in a food rut before. This has helped me come out of that - and into a new one haha!

[SamS_TTCPink]

I've been on LE since Jan. We got pregnant in March so I was off the diet for 4-5 weeks then I had a miscarriage and went straight back on LE. 😊

[eleena2014]

yesterday
11.00- coffee and pop tart

1.30- ham and cucumber sandwich with redcurrant jelly,diet coke and cheese and onion roll


5.00- coffee and weight watchers ecliar


7.30- mashed potato,sauce for meatballs with one chopped vegetarian sausage,co op good life naan bread (my dh sprinkled a sweetener over the top,and oh my god it was so nice!) diet coke and vodka

cals- 1437 36g fat 34g protein

[weeziewoozles]

Today: low fat cheese and pickle sandwich with baked crisps for lunch, gin and tonic with peanuts for a snack and spinach falafel, roasted peppers and couscous with red wine for dinner. Yum and only 1700 cals 38g fat 40g protein approximately :)

[bluebonnet22]

I've decided to postpone my attempt until July for various personal reasons. Getting a positive OPK this morning and not having an attempt tonight is going to be hard, but I feel good about my decision! I've decided to be naughty on the diet this weekend but still stay within limits. I'm posting today as an example of a day full of "non LE" foods that are still within the limits for the diet. I do run 6-8 miles/day (60-90 minutes of hard cardio) so I've been eating in the 1500-1800 calorie range.

Lunch: Honey smoked salmon bagel sandwich from Einstein Brothers
Snack: frozen caramel blended drink from Einstein Brothers
Dinner: 2 slices of Hawaiian BBQ pizza from pizza hut, 2 Michelob Ultra beers

1680 calories, 45 grams of fat (24%), 51 grams of protein

Not much food quantity wise, but all incredibly tasty and naughty !

[MyByC]

Stephk, so why keeping the diet for such a long time?...
Have you tried to conceive and did not get prego?
Mom of Six, how this month went? You TTC?

[SamS_TTCPink]

MyByC, I am currently in the 2ww but not real optimistic that I'll get a BFP this month. Thanks for asking! 😊

[SamS_TTCPink]

Been totally off the diet for about 3 days now so won't post what I've had! 😕

[weeziewoozles]

I'm serving up an Indian feast tonight as we've got friends over for dinner but I've made the veggie curry using oil spray and girl friendly veggies (plus a few peas, which I know are quite high in protein) so I'm planning on enjoying a large plate of it with white rice, wine and half a plain naan bread, and all within the totals! The smell in the house is making me hungry!

[eleena2014]

Yesterday
11.00- coffee,fried egg sandwich ,bad I know but I've only had 2 eggs in total this week.

2.00- wasn't that hungry so just had bag of hoola hoops and a twix single bar.diet coke

5.00- coffee 3 milk tray sweets

8.00- salad,sweet corn and cheese and caramelised onion quiche. Diet coke

Must have had a sweet tooth 😓way over my limit for fat
Cals- 1215. Fat-60g protein 30g

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[weeziewoozles]

Just demolished a couple of Pisco sours that DH made for the first time. Yummy! Unfortunately he now tells me they have egg whites in them so I'm over on protein now.

[MyByC]

Stephk, let's hope you are :-) Think positive! Always!
Mom of 6, you just need to relax..dont worry,plenty of time to do it :-)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yum weeziewoozles, I love Indian!

[stephk]

Stephk, so why keeping the diet for such a long time?...
Have you tried to conceive and did not get prego?
Mom of Six, how this month went? You TTC?

I started the diet 2 months before coming off BCP. I was also drinking pep tea at that point too. I stopped pep tea and took my last BCP on 10th jan thinking (rather naively) that I would be pg by march!! I didn't get my first AF until Easter. So it's been a pretty painful time, I've had short LPs the past 2 cycles and scared this month will be the same, and I have allowed it to really get me down. I'm currently 8 dpo and praying that this is my month but I'm not holding my breath.

I haven't posted here for a few days as since Friday I haven't been doing the diet apart from skipping breakfast - it's a hen weekend and I can't do the diet properly. Actually I will be having breakfast today but going to hold off as long as I can. One of my friends is staying over and I promised Nutella on toast!

[stephk]

What is a pisco sour?

[PrimalMamma]

Visiting my parents. Eating waaaaaay too much, waaaaay too often. 😢 and our attempt is some time next week. Poop.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - pisco sour is a yummy drink from South America with frothy egg whites in it.. YUM. weezie- sounds like your DH is quite the bartender!

I've decided to start eating breakfast foods on the weekends (as long as I've fasted at least 14 hours or so). Breakfast food is my absolute favorite and I'm tired of making myself miserable when it's probably fine to eat breakfast after a 14 hour fast anyways.

Today:

Late Breakfast: waffle with syrup at a local diner
Lunch: dinner salad with 2 tbsp of low fat dressing, a dinner roll with no butter
Dinner: 2 slices of vegetarian pizza with mushrooms + green peppers, 2 glasses of box sangria

1654 calories, 56 grams of fat (30%), 37 grams of protein

[stephk]

Thank you - wow that is elaborate, I never knew you could have egg whites in cocktails lol

Waffle with syrup is perfect LE late breakfast food :)

[weeziewoozles]

Pisco is apparently a Peruvian grape whiskey. A Pisco sour is 4oz Pisco, 2oz lime juice, 1oz sugar syrup and two egg whites, and all shaken together with ice and served with a few drops of bitters on top :)

[weeziewoozles]

Today I think I did well as were at my inlaws for a proper English roast dinner. So that's roast beef, gravy, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, Yorkshire Puddings, leeks, carrots, broccoli and green beans! I had tonnes of the veggies, two Yorkshires and four small roast potatoes. My MIL had made me a personal creme caramel using light soy milk so I even got to have pudding! I cheekily also had a large spoonful of chocolate mousse (recipe is just dark chocolate and eggs) but had zero fat really at lunchtime so my totals ended up pretty good! :)

[eleena2014]

11.00-Coffee and pop tart

3.30- home made spinach and ricotta cannelloni with veg.was so nice 😄diet coke

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[eleena2014]

Oops pressed send without finishing.lol
Oh well after that I was too full to eat a proper meal for tea so just had a coffee and finished off a small price of cake from yesterday.

Cals -1060. Fat -37g. Protein- 29g

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[MyByC]

StephK, :pray::pray::pray: for you !

I'm starting my LE diet tomorrow...uof, here comes my healthy life!

[PrimalMamma]

Oh Lordy I've been sooooooo bad this weekend. Estimate 50 kazillion calories today. A bit better yesterday, only about 30 billion. GAH. 😭😭😭😭😭


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bluebonnet22]

weezie - good for you for resisting a roast dinner! What did you tell your in laws? Social situations are the hardest for me because I've always been a very vocal paleo eater who was anti carbs/vegetarian and pro meat. LOL. My mom eats with me often and thinks I've gone insane. I have to eat a tiny bit of meat in front of her every once in awhile so she doesn't get too suspicious.

[weeziewoozles]

All my family and close friends know what I'm doing and why. I think most of them think it's crazy as they probably did last time! :)

[bluebonnet22]

All my family and close friends know what I'm doing and why. I think most of them think it's crazy as they probably did last time! :)

That's awesome. It would be so much easier if friends and family knew about my sway! As it is I'm always having to eat bits of meat here and there so no one thinks I'm crazy.

[stephk]

My DH knows and some of my close friends know. They all want to do it too as they have seen me lose weight!!

[TishTashTosh]

Hi ladies - can I join in? Have just read all 29 pages and love this thread!

Purchased the plan last week so hope to get it this week some time.... In the meantime plan to start the LE diet tomorrow.

I'm planning to go veggie and stick to Atomics guidelines to protein/fat etc. I don't eat wheat so pasta and bread not for me. Could do with losing a couple of stone and plan to stick around 1200 calories as any more and I know from past experience I won't lose weight. Will log using MFP.

I am English but live in France where wheat free and veggie products very hard to find so I am super jealous of all the stuff you Uk ladies can get so easily!




Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[MyByC]

It's harder then I thought...not because of "dont eat" but "what to eat and to combine"...
TishtashTosh, we are in the same boat. Started my le diet today and will sway in August.

[weeziewoozles]

Hi ladies - can I join in? Have just read all 29 pages and love this thread!

Purchased the plan last week so hope to get it this week some time.... In the meantime plan to start the LE diet tomorrow.

I'm planning to go veggie and stick to Atomics guidelines to protein/fat etc. I don't eat wheat so pasta and bread not for me. Could do with losing a couple of stone and plan to stick around 1200 calories as any more and I know from past experience I won't lose weight. Will log using MFP.

I am English but live in France where wheat free and veggie products very hard to find so I am super jealous of all the stuff you Uk ladies can get so easily!


Good luck! The French are definitely not low fat vegetarian eaters! When I've been there I've often found rye and buckwheat flours easy to get hold of which you could make flatbreads from etc. Also I found gluten free products in large Leclerc stores x

[stephk]

welcome tish tash tosh!

[stephk]

yesterday - did my best but was feeling horrendous with cold and hayfever
520am - coffee with whole milk
9.00am - sachet of nescafe cafe menu latte
12.00pm - birleys sarnie of mozzarella, tomato, basil and pesto on rosemary foccacia. Waitrose essential side salad, red cabbage slaw, small amount azduki salad.
1.00pm - a banana, some raspberries, blackberries and some waitrose wholemilk natural live bio yoghurt
7.30pm - whilst cooking, I had a little brie and pretzels
8.00pm - white fresh spaghetti cooked with garlic, anchovies, chilli, basil and tendersteam broccoli. Was full but couldnt resist a few pretzels dipped in nutella. Didnt have many, was quite restrained actually.

approx 1660 cals, 64g fat, 58g protein

[TishTashTosh]

Good luck! The French are definitely not low fat vegetarian eaters! When I've been there I've often found rye and buckwheat flours easy to get hold of which you could make flatbreads from etc. Also I found gluten free products in large Leclerc stores x

LOL - yes generally they dont undersatnd being vegetarian and I have vegan friends who have been served chicken!

Most of the large supermarkets do gluten free products but only on a tenny tiny shelf.... and they taste like cardboard - you have to live in a big city to get anything nice :-( Thankfully there are little bio shops springing up which do different flours.

I think I am going to just have to be a terrible expat and pay one of those companies who will bring a British shop to Europe!

Gosh I would kill for a local waitrose like StephK right now!

Today is not going to be a good day anyway as have been up all night on the loo.... so far havent even managed to face a cuppa :-(

[stephk]

yesterday, still rather ill with cold and hayfever and also the witch appeared :(
520am - coffee with whole milk
10.00am - sachet of nescafe cafe menu latte
12.15pm - kirstys morrocan vegetables with quinoa, mash direct beetroot and red cabbage and a salad I prepared earlier (babyleaf herb salad with some basil, artichokes, babycorn, roast mushrooms, tendersteam broccoli)
4.00pm - a banana, raspberries, blackberries, waitrose organic wholemilk natural live bio yoghurt and a carton of coconut water
8.00pm - roasted tomato and brie tartlet, parmentier potatoes, babycorn, roast mushroom, leeks and courgette

approx 1790 cals, 65g fat, 40g protein

[stephk]

So I have thought about this and I cant go on feeling restricted. I have no problem whatsoever sticking to the daily 14-16 hour fast (I do technically cheat wtih coffee but dont see that as cheating), I have no problem eating mainly vegetarian and I am enjoying what I am eating. I just feel (and this is self imposed of course!) that this military precision target sometimes holds me back mentally, just like the BD every 4 days it was getting too much and as soon as I gave myself permission to BD whenever I felt like it, it was all OK again. Last week when I decided to have time off the diet, well I wasnt far off at all really was I, so if all it takes is to give myself permission to relax and not meet the guidelines I might feel a bit better.

So - I might post my eating here, I might not, I dont want to confuse other people. My targets are still going to loosely be 50-60g protein a day and 30% fat, around 2000 cals but if one or more of these is over then I am not going to worry about it. The meals I now eat are second nature, I input stuff into MFP as I am doing my shopping and its more about being organised than anything else.

I will still be stalking this thread regardless of whether I post or not though!!

[weeziewoozles]

Sounds sensible to me. I'm still managing on the LE diet but pretty stressed today about it. I'm currently trying to convince DS3 that taking a sippy cup of formula at bedtime rather than my booby milk isn't me being evil but actually not very different! He's nearly ten months now and I've had to put him to bed every night since he was born!!!! I love BF but I would like to be able to go out occasionally and let someone else do it. He's such a smiley sunny boy but is not happy at all with this change. I hate putting him to bed so upset. It's not something I'm used to at all. Makes me feel a bit sick listening to it! Which I guess is the point! Oh well. He'll have to put up with it I guess :(

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - I'm so sorry about AF this month! You definitely need to do whatever it takes on the diet so you don't drive yourself insane. I'm hoping (selfishly) that exercise sways more than diet anyways. I have cheated plenty on the diet but I haven't cheated on my exercise, sounds like you go above and beyond in that department!

weezie - I started formula at night with my LO when he was 9 months old, too. The constant BF 24/7 was getting too much for me. We did have to try 3 formulas before we found one he actually liked, maybe that's part of it? Also, can you have DH put him to bed with the formula ? My DS always hated taking bottles from me but didn't mind taking them from DH at all. GL, I know it's a really hard transition!

[weeziewoozles]

Thanks BlueBonnet. I bought a lactose free formula as we've a few food intolerances in our family so I don't know if there's another brand I can try. I think it's more the latter though and the problem is just me doing it. He can't really be hungry as he always eats a great tea so I think he just wants me. DH never gets home in time to feed him but I've asked my mum to come over tomorrow and try and put him to bed. Pretend I've gone out. I imagine he'll cry loads but we shall see. A large glass of wine with a huge vegetable stir fry has helped my mood :)

[stephk]

I am also secretly hoping that the exercise will save the day for me as I do not slack in that department!

weezie - good luck with the transition. It will be a big change for your DS, not just the formula but someone else putting him to bed but he will get there. It will be harder on you than it is on him. Wine is the answer :)

[stephk]

as I am here, yesterdays food was:
520am - coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, a pretzel baton, 2 eggs with a little full fat mayo and a salad (leaves, artichokes, roast mushroom, courgette and babycorn).
3.30pm - a banana, some strawberries, waitrose organic wholemilk natural live bio yoghurt. A punnet of graze chocolate orange.
8.00pm - waitrose fresh white spaghetti cooked with leeks, courgette, tendersteam broccoli, babycorn and yorkshire provender provencale vegetable sauce. Tossed it with some chilli and vegetarian parmesan. Shared a garlic and parmesan rustic wheel with DH.

Approx 2000 cals, 65g fat, 65g protein

[weeziewoozles]

Yesterday I had:
Lunch - two Weight Watchers wraps filled with salad, Quorn chicken slices and a little low fat mayonnaise, Baked crisps and a Weight Watchers carrot cake slice.
Snack - Gin and tonic with cassava crisps
Dinner - vegetable stir fry on white rice with three mini vegetable spring rolls, with wine.

Today I'll have:
Lunch - Tesco cheese a tomato baguette (like a mini pizza) and a Fanta lemon
Snack - either G&T again or ginger beer with cassava crisps
Dinner - same as yesterday! :)

[stephk]

sounds yum. Of course I will be stalking this thread, I love reading about food, I love looking at food, I love doing the online food shopping and planning meals, I love eating food!!

We are going for lunch in cafe rouge in half an hour for a colleague who is going on maternity leave. Her DS was born a couple of months after my DS. Needless to say I am so jealous that she got PG by accident just before she came back from mat leave!!! She is having a surprise but I know its going to be a girl to make me double jealous (of course I am happy for her too)

So - I had my usual coffee at 520am, I had a nescafe cafe latte sachet just now to get me through until we actually eat and for lunch I will be having a croque monsieur with fries! I have some of that natural yoghurt a banana and some strawberries to eat at some point this avvo too.

Dinner tonight is a linda mccartney sweet potato, spinach & quinoa kiev with some broccoli & cauliflower cheese gratin and roast mushrooms.

if i can stop at that its 1800 cals, 88g fat and 50g protein......

BUT - world cup starts tonight and we are going away tomorrow to visit friends so its practically friday, therefore I might drink and/or snack after dinner

wont be posting for friday-sunday as we are visiting friends. They are south african so it will be meat and breakfast central!

[TishTashTosh]

Supposed to be my first day yesterday but was super poorly so today it was all go!

Lunch - 4 x wheat free crackers with butter and jam. Disney cars icecream stick.

Dinner - plain white rice with portion of 'spicy african sweet potato and lentil stew'
(I made 6 servings in a slow cooker today and plan to freeze the rest as easy defrost dinners - doing the same for next couple of days with different vegan recipes and then ach week will have a new one to add)

Now - 2 x glasses of wine

Calories 1185 (aiming for 1200 so maybe another wine!)
Fat 21g
Protein 29g

Exercise 1 hour brisk walk with dogs

Ok so clearly my end totals are not great but I need to work on this!

[eleena2014]

think i made a boo boo last week.ive put 1lb on :mad: oh well,there are 10 more weeks till we ttc so still got plenty of time left.

yesterday we went out for brunch and 11.00am i had a traditional breakfast that alone was 870 cals.
didnt have dinner,tea i had honey mustard stir fry with a small amount of chicken

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - enjoy your weekend!

To the other ladies - you guys are all so healthy and put my menus to shame. I'm almost embarassed to post this here! I have decided to live as vegetarian as I can (while avoiding red meat nearly all the time and healthy foods like eggs, etc). That being said, I will not be avoiding small amounts of seafood and chicken IF they fit in my daily totals and IF it's only one serving per day. I started panicking thinking I might be on this diet for 6 months so I need to make it liveable for me!

Yesterday:

Breakfast - coffee with creamer
Lunch - takeaway sushi from the grocery store - blue crab roll with blue crab meat, avocado and a small amount of spicy mayo
Dinner - 2 slices of brooklyn style pizza from Domino's with mushrooms and green peppers, 1/2 bottle of white wine

Totals: 1392 calories, 35 grams of fat, 43 grams of protein

I'm going on a bachelorette weekend today (I think it's the same as a hen weekend?) until Sunday so I won't be posting, tracking, or thinking about LE! Quite excited for a little break ! Keep up the good work ladies - you guys are all rock stars on this diet and give me such inspiration to keep going.

[SamS_TTCPink]

After a week of shocking eating I'm back on LE today...

11am rice milk coffee

12pm cheese toasted sandwich & iced coffee

7pm vegetables cooked in white wine, stock, sour cream, mustard & paprika.
Vodka & diet coke

& tonight I'll have a poptart and hot choc.


1400 cals 49g fat 47g protein

Probably a bit high in fat.

[eleena2014]

11am- coffee and toast with reduced sugar jam

2.00pm- banana sandwich and packet of velvets low fat crisps,diet coke

5.00pm- coffee and mr kipling cake

8.00pm- tagliatelle pasta with roasted veg,mirin sauce and half a packet of sharwoods plum sauce,diet coke a few ritz crackers

cals- 1200 approx fat-23g protein-26g

[MyByC]

Your diets sounds good. I think I dont know how to eat yet..
Today :
12.30 - 1 cucumber peeled, 1 tomato, 2 slice of low fat cheese, eggplant salad with onion, 2 spice of white bread(for my eggplant salad) and of course a cream fruit cake (as I'm in my hometown at my mom's home and she's cooking soooooo gooood)

18.30 - sote mushrooms, 1 tomato, 1 plain yogurt 0.2% fat, 1 slice of white bread with eggplant salad on top

Late dinner :)) - 2 strawberries and 2 apricot from compote.

Total 1285 - with 41% fat and 14% protein....how do I transform these in gr?

[weeziewoozles]

At a family christening today and the buffet lunch was sandwiches, cold meats, pork pies, sausage rolls, cheese and crackers, deep fried chicken nuggets, samosas and veggie spring rolls, with mini eclairs, macarons and cupcakes to finish! Fortunately the platters all had salad on them for garnish so I gathered up as much of that as I could and ate some egg mayo sandwiches and a veg spring roll. So proud of my resolve today! :) For dinner I had some veggies on white rice and red wine. We'll see what the scales say tomorrow but I'm pleased.

[PrimalMamma]

As I was posting here regularly I just thought I would pop back to tell you I'm in the 2ww. Trying not to agonize over everything. 12 days to go.......


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bluebonnet22]

Primal - good luck!!!
weezie - your resolve is crazy good, especially for someone that doesn't even have AF yet!

I was very naughty over the bachelorette party weekend. I'm hoping getting 90% of your calories from alcohol lowers maternal condition and sways pink, because I certainly wasn't in the limits otherwise! Back on the diet today but haven't done my meal plan yet. Less than one month until my attempt, I'm getting nervous!

[stephk]

bluebonnett - last weekend my calories on one of the days just purely for booze was about 1500....

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

9am large flat white

12pm creamy mushroom soup and 2 crumpets

7pm pasta with veggies in a mustard sauce

11pm pop tart and hot choc

1400 cals 51g fat 43g protein

[MyByC]

Today :
12:00 - 1 cucumber peeled, eggplant salad with onion + 2 slice of white bread, 1 homemade cake with vegetable top cream and fruits.
15:00 - eggplant with 2 slice of white bread and 1 Activia with fiber yogurt 0.1% fat
19.30 - vegetarien pizza (3 slice) + pepsi light....


A little too much :(

[MyByC]

1307 calories , 41% fat , 18% protein

[stephk]

Well after that weekend off with the south africans and all the meat (in excess of 100g fat and protein on friday, saturday and sunday!!) i thought I had better make an effort this week.....
yesterday:
520am coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - a jacket potato, mash direct cauliflower cheese gratin and a salad (leaves, roast vegetables, couple of artichokes, basil and a sprinkle of chilli)
4.00pm - waitrose organic wholemilk natural live bio yoghurt, a banana, some raspberries
8.00pm - roast butternut squash wedges, roast courgette, half a can of waitrose ratatouille, half a pack of garlic and corriander cous cous, half a pack of waitrose vegetable layer. An aspalls cider. A large handful of pretzels and some nutella.

approx 1900 cals, 54g fat, 45g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am rice milk coffee and choc chip cookie

7pm we were at my Nan's and had take away so I had a chicken and bacon wrap and a handful (ok 2) of hot chips and gravy and then a Mars bar ice cream.

11:30 peppermint tea

About 1200 cals but 43g fat (39%) and 42g protein.

[weeziewoozles]

Yesterday
10am - egg mayonnaise sandwich and black coffee as I was feeling dizzy and lost nearly a pound overnight
Lunch - couscous and roasted Mediterranean veggies, Fanta lemon and baked crisps
Dinner - sweet potato and green pepper curry with rice, half a plain naan and beer.

Today
Lunch - two Quorn savoury eggs, couscous and roasted mediterranean veggies with a slice of white bread and can of ginger beer.
Snack - sweets
Dinner - Tesco pizza with added veggies and pineapple and red wine.

[eleena2014]

Yesterday
11.00- coffee and fried egg sandwich
2.00-choc chip brioche weight watchers cheese puffs and diet coke

7,30- pasta with Sherwood's sweet and sour sauce with a tiny bit of pork belly. Diet coke.small haribo bag and 2 cadburys heroes.

Cals- 1254. Fat - 39g protein- 32g

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[eleena2014]

Today.
10.00- coffee and 2 crumpets with butter And low fat jam

1.30- cheese And onion sandwich 3 Ritz biscuits and diet coke

8.00- tuna and pasta bake topped with cheese, velvets low fat crisps and can of carlsberg

Cals- 1449 fat-36g protein- 55g

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[MyByC]

12:00 - cow cheese low 3% fat + brouschette moretti vegetables(yummy) + milka oreo 41 gr bar (half)
17:00 - danon cremosso strawberries small yogurt + 1 medium gold apple
19: 30 gr cow cheese hochland + 2 egs boiled

920 calories . 40% fat OMG....
I eat so little sweets...where do I get all this fat???

[Junie]

I ate totally normally on vacation (it was great!) And with my mom still visiting all I'm doing is skipping breakfast and eating small portions. I'm not watching fat or protein at all. She leaves next week and then I'll start again.

sent using tapatalk

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am large flat white

4pm 30g cheese & onion chips and a peppermint tea (probably stupid to eat chips! 😠)

Dinner will be 8 mini spring rolls and 2 mini spinach & cheese filos (kids want "party food" to watch the footy)

And peppermint tea before bed.

1000cals but 50g fat (46%) and 24g protein. Too much fat!! 😞

[stephk]

myByC - your fat per g is probably ver low but because your calories are very low your % will be higher if that makes sense. If you had eaten the same amount of fat and 1500 cals, your % would have been lower. You should try to eat more calories because that isnt enough and you might lose ovulation. If its just one day then its probably OK but I wouldnt advise so few calories daily, especially if you are also exercising.

mum i would be more concerned about lack of protein - 50g fat is fine :) wow I never get below 50g lol

junie - sounds like a nice break and it sounds like you have done the right thing in terms of diet and what you can do when on holiday and have family visitors.

[stephk]

So yesterday I messed up slightly because when I was inputting this weeks dinners into MFP someone had incorrectly entered the garlic bread i had last night and I only realised when I looked at the packet before cooking it!! Still ate it all though :)
520am - coffee with whole milk
10.00am - dandelion tea
12.45pm - half a pack of garlic and corriander cous cous, roast butternut squash, courgette, half a can of ratatouille, half a classic vegetable layer, bit of sweet potato, bit of broccoli
3.30pm - few raspberries, some salted caramel popcorn and a cupcake my colleague made
8.00pm - waitrose fresh fusilli pasta, waitrose mini roasted garlic ciabatta, half a tub of buffalo mozzarella, veggies and provencale veg sauce

approx 1950 cals, 68g (32%) fat, 55g protein

[Junie]

Salted carmel popcorn and a cupcake? YUM!!
I think my diet in general is halfway girl friendly as I love sweets and food with no nutritional value and often don't eat much, so I am not too worried about going off LE for a few weeks. I'm also one of those people who wants a baby more than I want a girl. I'm trying to really enjoy not thinking about it until next week :)

[weeziewoozles]

I am soooooo hungry this morning!!!! I'm trying so hard not to lose weight too fast but still stick to the LE principles. But I've now lost 11lbs since the beginning of April when I went veggie (started LE proper beg May). So I'm nervous about what to eat now.

Plan for today is:
Lunch - French bread with a mixed bean stew and baked crisps
Snack - G&T and cassava crisps
Dinner - Tesco bean, sweetcorn and red pepper burger with potato wedges and veg, and wine!

Should add up to:
1650 cals 26g fat 36g protein

[MyByC]

Stephk, yup, I understand..
I'm usually a gourmet...and for me this is a big change ...no meet and not too many sweets....

Today I did stepper - 50 min - 700 kac lost
Late breakfast 14:00 : salad with capsicum, beets, tomatoes, goat cheese, sweet corn + half cola (200 ml) + 1 slice of bread with vegetarien pate

Later will eat a filled eggplant with rice, mushrooms and capsicum + 1 cola (330ml) + 1 slice of watermelon

I love watermelon. Is it okay to eat 400-500 gr each 2 days?

[stephk]

junie - i wouldnt have had the popcorn if I knew I would have a cupcake shoved in my face!! It was all fab though :)

weezie - when I first started the diet and went veggie (mon-thur) at the end of October, I lost loads of weight and I was worried I would lose too much hence I have tried to stick at the upper cals. My weight has been stable since January so I think you will be fine as you havent cut back too far, you will likely plateau at some point.

[stephk]

today:
520am - coffee with whole milk
10.00am - nescafe cafe menu latte
12.30pm - waitrose fusili pasta, provencale vegetable sauce, leeks, mushroom, babycorn, bit of sweet potato, pack of tendersteam veggies, waitrose side salad and beetroot salad (so stuffed after eating all of this!)
4.00pm - a banana, some raspberries, waitrose organic wholemilk natural live bio yoghurt
8.00pm - higgidy roast mediterranean vegetable tart, parmentier potatoes, roast mushrooms, babycorn and leek

approx 1850 cals, 62g fat, 42g protein

[eleena2014]

Today
10.30- coffee and choc weetabix,I know its not recommended but I hardly ever have cereal.
2.00- white cob with pre packed pork slice.salad,redcurrant jelly,handful of Bombay mix,sponge cookie,diet Coke

5.00- had a snack fab ice lolly as it was so hot and needed to cool down.lol

8.00- home made spag bol with linguini.mine was made with quorn mince.diet coke

Cals approx - 1285. 48g- protein 27g- fat

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[MyByC]

Girls, so you use MyFitnessPlan?
Your meals sound yummy...but only if I add a portion of pastas in my daily menu...500 cal flies...
You must eat really small small portions..like 20 gr?

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yep I use MFP. When I have pasta I have one cup of cooked pasta.

[weeziewoozles]

When I have rice or pasta I have 75g uncooked. I fill up on those two or potatoes, bread, wraps and tonnes of veg and sometimes small portions of beans, Quorn, eggs etc if I've enough protein leff.

[weeziewoozles]

junie - i wouldnt have had the popcorn if I knew I would have a cupcake shoved in my face!! It was all fab though :)

weezie - when I first started the diet and went veggie (mon-thur) at the end of October, I lost loads of weight and I was worried I would lose too much hence I have tried to stick at the upper cals. My weight has been stable since January so I think you will be fine as you havent cut back too far, you will likely plateau at some point.

Purely for reasussarance of my weight and not due to glutonny (she says) I also had a row of DH's chocolate after dinner :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am large flat white

12pm peppermint tea

4:30pm one and a half cups of cooked pasta with veggies and 20g low sodium cheese. Rice milk coffee.

Before bed: peppermint tea

850cals 25g fat 30g protein
Not enough but trying to limit to eating twice a day and as the coffee in so high in everything it probably is a meal?? And I couldn't eat anymore at 4:30! I was full.

[stephk]

mybc - yes I use myfitnesspal. The pastas I eat are generally fresh ones coming in packs that feed 2-4 people (so I am eating approx 300 cals, 10g protein per pasta portion). That way I am eating 1 or 2 portions according to the packet. You can also buy slim pasta that has about 10 calories and 4g protein per portion - if you are having a cheat dinner this can be a saviour for lunch with sweet potatoes and a load of veggies!

[MyByC]

I'm counting my veggies as well..I generally eat salads every day...
I made boat eggplant yesterday..cut 1 eggplant in half and filled it with mushrooms, tomatoes, pumpkin and the rest left from the eggplant I sccoped...when I searched on MFP was showing 400 kcal....OMG!

How much is a cup having?

Are there any DONT at all that I should avoid?
And a DO all the way that helps our sways?

Stephk, I know those pastas for 2 portions..I'm generally eating half or even less but still have plenty of kcal when you put some tomato souce homemade or some veggies...

Today : 50 min stepper - 700 kcal burned
12:00 late breakfast salad with goat cheese low fat, cucumber, baby salad, capsicum, radish.

Dinner : Pasta filled with spinach(homemade) + some homemade tomato souce + 2 slice of watermelon (I looooveeee watermelon)

Most probably will have 2 milka crispello (yummy).

[bluebonnet22]

MyByC - 1 cup is ~250 milliliters . Not sure if that helps you or what sort of measurement system your country uses. There are NO forbidden foods! I try to avoid red meat and eggs (I eat them in things, just not eggs by themselves), but if there are tiny portions of bacon in a dish or whatever I just count it and eat it and move on.

So I decided to get hardcore on the diet this week (since our attempt is 3 weeks away) and I dropped 3.5 lbs in a few days. I backed off yesterday because I'm nearly at my lowest adult weight ever. I'm no where close to losing ovulation (I'm still a healthy weight) but I do think losing weight too quickly can cause screwed up cycles and is just bad for general health. I'm bumping up to 1500-1800 calories per day for awhile until my weight loss slows down some.

I'm also very naughty and used my rapid weight loss as justification for eating a sushi roll with real crab meat in it yesterday. I ADORE crab and in my head is sort of vegetarian. Yup, this is why I suck at dieting.. In my world crab isn't meat. LOL

Thanks for letting me use this forum as a confession booth. You ladies rock!

[weeziewoozles]

Just discovered I can pretend I'm having a good old English cream tea (scones, clotted cream and jam) by having a piece of French baguette with a smear of low fat cream cheese and some strawberry jam! Came to about 150cals 1g fat 3g protein - Yummy!

[weeziewoozles]

Bluebonnet - I was on 1900 due to BF but as he's taking less milk now I'm aiming for 1700-1800 cals, 25% fat and 45g protein because I lost weight too fast last time. I've lost 10lb in about six weeks though so I'm being careful not to go under my calories.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today: coffee, coffee and more coffee and cheat meal!!

10am large flat white

12-2pm at hairdressers: 2xsmall coffee with low fat milk

8:30pm Thai red curry & pad Thai, 4 mini spring rolls

And pop tart before bed!

2000cals 82g fat 74g protein 😕

[weeziewoozles]

I'm finding it helpful to post my food on here before I eat it as it helps me stick to it!

10am - black coffee
Lunch - baguette with low fat cheddar and pickle with baked crisps and a Fanta
Snack - G&T or Pisco sour with some cassava crackers
Dinner - mushroom toad in the hole with onion gravy, mash and green veggies. And wine!

(I'll let you know how the dinner goes as I'm making it up! For those who don't know, Toad in the Hole is a British dish of sausages in a pan with batter, like Yorkshire pudding. So I'm making that for DH and the boys. For me though I'm going to marinate some mushrooms and then bake them till crunchy, then make a batter of low fat milk, flour and egg whites to pour over the mushrooms and bake again. Plus my onion gravy and mashed potatoes don't have fat added)

[eleena2014]

yesterday- 10.30- coffee,2 crumpets with butter and reduced sugar jam

2.00pm- white cob with dairylea spread & cucumber and chopped spring onion,few ritz biscuits,diet coke

5.00pm-coffee and a biscuit

8.00pm- 2 potato waffles,fried egg and spinach and ricotto filled pasta,tiny bit of sweetcorn.can of carlsberg

cals- 1457 protein- 41g fat 51g

[stephk]

mum - I love thai!! Pad thai and morning glory veggies are my favourite but I also love the red and green curries mmmmmmmmmm

weezie - I prefer the sound of your LE version of toad in the hole, I am not a sausage fan. Being from yorkshire I do love yorkie puds though :)

[stephk]

OK so yesterday something happened to me which was really scary and made me question the fasting and diet etc. I woke up at 430, not on purpose but between my bladder and the daylight I couldnt sleep until my 518 alarm. So I ended up getting up at 5 and having my usual coffee. I went to the gym, did 20 mins weights, an hour of cross trainer and 30 min of pilates/yoga - all normal for a thursday (I do weights once a week due to RSI). Afterwards I did feel hungry, again not unusual, I did burn 830 cals on the cross trainer. I told myself I would treat myself to a coffee mid morning. I needed to go to the shop at 10 and thought I would have my coffee when I got back, closer to lunchtime. Felt OK whilst shopping, bit tired, not unusual. When I got back to my desk, before I sat down I had a major dizzy spell and almost fell over. I sat down and still felt dizzy. This was 11am - I immediately had a coconut water, banana, big spoon of manuka honey and some popcorn. I sat and tried not to panic (I wondered if it was a panic attack but it wasnt, as my heart wasnt pounding and I could breathe fine). After 20 mins I tried to get up to go to the loo but couldnt get very far so sat down again and ate some pistacio nuts, drank some water. I called the work doctor and made an emergency appointment for 2.15. At 11.50 I thought I may as well go to the microwave and make my lunch (I had kirstys moroccan vegetables & quinoa, a pack of red cabbage & beetroot plus a big salad - I felt so stuffed after all this). Had to walk slowly there and back as I felt so weak. Eventually I started feeling better and was OK to walk to the doctor.

The doctor said it was a vasovagal episode - described it as a 'funny turn' where your body cant regulate everything thats going on such as blood pressure for a moment hence the dizzy spell. He said I did the right thing in eating and drinking straight away (thankfully there is a desk full of snacks here waiting to be eaten when I am PG......) I told him I dont usually eat breakfast and he didnt seem overly concerned by this. Anyway it scared me sufficiently to skip gym this morning.

At 3.30 I had strawberries and yoghurt

At 8.00pm I had a lentil and vegetable curry with white basmati rice and a glass of sauvingon blanc (was obv feeling better!). Also had a mint magnum ice cream

Felt like I ate loads. However this only came in on 2100 cals, 60g fat and 50g protein. The curry I make is extremely low fat and has lots of free veggies in it so doesnt count for much on the LE diet.

Just wanted to share my experience because I am eating plenty and this still happened to me. I am very much in tune with my body and did not feel out of the ordinary before almost fainting. I am glad that I have safe food to hand just in case. I might consider eating a banana post gym in future, not sure, just need to get PG so I dont have to continue with this 16 hour fast! Or I might go back to 14 hours which is a lot more manageable.

[Mars]

Hi ladies. Sorry to crash this post but wanted to ask a quick question. I'm trying to do LE and I've found a meal I really like big wondering if it's ok, when I put the ingredients into MFP it comes to 288calories but I just wonder about the nutrients. So it's basically a tortilla wrap with cooked rice and cheese in it. It's soo yummy but as I said no nutrients. For a lunch or dinner meal should I add some veggies?
I'm a really fussy eater so it's hard to find low calories/protein foods which I like!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Wow steph, that sounds scary! Glad you got to the drs and had everything checked out. Maybe it was the gym session after less sleep than normal and low blood sugars was just too much. Maybe going back to 12-14hrs would be a better idea especially with your exercise. Hope you're feeling better today. xx

I had a few mild dizzy spells last week but then came down with a cold so I'm assuming that's why. 😕

Mars - yes, defiantly add some veggies. I've had a meal the same a few times whilst on LE and I add cooked mushrooms, capsicum & peeled zucchini. You could also add some low sodium canned/refried beans. 😊

[SamS_TTCPink]

And I do love Thai too....it was a cheat meal as DH is actually home tonight and DS1 & 2 are out for the night at friends and guess what....I picked DH up tonight and he had a present for me. He said it was something to say sorry for him being such a jerk lately and it was an iPad mini!!! I was so shocked! He has NEVER done anything like this, he doesn't even get me birthday or Xmas presents. He bought it with his overtime money and because a while ago when we were struggling financially I sold my previous iPad to pay bills and buy food. So we had a nice dinner together too and it was so nice to have my DH back!❤️

[stephk]

Mars - sounds good, yes I would personally add veggies but I love them :)

Mum - I am SO glad your DH has seen the error of his ways :)

[MyByC]

Steph, I hope it was the first and last episode...You need to be in great shape for your little girl!
Mom, I'm so glad to hear positive about your family!

Well, girls, you made me sooo wanting some pastas that yesrterday had pasta in the evening and today has another portion :-))

Today : cardio - only 30 min :(( had no time. Needed to finish my pre orders for shipping the packages out. Only 320 kcal burned..

12:00 salad as always with cucumber, radish, baby salad and goat cheese
+ Ate some icecream cake - 200 kcal..but no probl, atomic said I could eat as much sweets as I want in my daily limit kcal.
+ half cherry coke (yummy) - 150 ml.

18:30 - zucchini spufle AND pastas with boletus and smoked cheese.
+ cola (200 ml).

21:00 - had an ecler at Chocolate (couldnt resist).

Total : I feel guilty!!! :((

Total : 1590 kcal - 21%fat- 11%protein

[Mars]

Thanks Ladies :) I guess while I'm poking my nose in here I'll ask a couple more questions.
Chocolate - I LOVE it and need it in my life daily. For LE diet it should be ok right as long as I keep under my daily calorie limit?
Cardio - It's winter here and very hard to get out and do my daily walks like I did in summer so I bought a cross trainer and I'm doing 25mins a day on it. It doesn't seem a lot but its all I can do before I have to break up a fight between the boys lol! It works out to be roughly 5km a day(3 miles).

[weeziewoozles]

Mars - there are no forbidden foods. You can eat anything you like as long as you count it in your totals for the day. The negative about eating sugary/fatty foods like chocolate, cakes and biscuits is that they take up a lot of your daily allowances, leaving you less for the rest of your food. So it's up to you. Last night I ate less of my dinner than usual as I knew DH had some delicious shortbread biscuits so adjusted so that I could have a couple. If you will only feel happy if you have a bit of chocolate every day then have it with a meal rather than in between meals and adjust your totals to fit it in

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - you poor thing! In my first month of LE I got a severe ocular migraine (I couldn't see anything) which was crazy scary because I was caring for my son by myself. I ate a huge pack of gummy bears and felt better about 15 minutes later but it's so so scary what can happen with low blood sugar! Let's both hope for BFP's in July so this is all over soon!!!

Mum - so sweet of DH! Glad he is coming around!

Mars - chocolate is fine. I'd post a new thread so atomic can answer re: the exercise, but as far as I know exercising 25 minutes sways blue so it's best to do the couch potato route if you can't squeeze in an hour. I've been getting up at 5 AM to squeeze in my hour before my son wakes up because otherwise I'd get interrupted constantly as well!

[MyByC]

I'm doing about 50-60 min stepper while my trainer(who keeps me 100-120 min)is in his holiday trip..
So how about 50-60 min daily? Should I raise?

[bluebonnet22]

MyByC - 50-60 minutes per day is great. 1-2 days a week I only do 45 min-60 min (4-5 days a week I do 60-75 minutes) and atomic had said that was fine. I do try to work out on an empty stomatch because it helps burn fat/muscle sooner rather than working out after eating.

[MyByC]

Yup, I do the same thing. In the morning after I take my boy to nursery, I eat the gym :))) keeps me busy from breakfast and burn the calories.
I only do it 5 times/week. During weekend I'm a full day mommy :-))

Mom, I was about to ask...how do you handle with 6 kids?

Today : 12:00 - usual salad with cucumber, radish, cumpsicum, baby salad, goat cheese (homemade) + 4 pancakes with homemade cherry jam.
Peppermint teat - 1 cup

20:30 - vegetable stew with white bread and eggplant with pepper/garlic salad.
1 flan with 1 small cup of ice cream.
+ zero coke - 200 ml.


1522 kcal with 43% fat and 18% protein. (Weekend) .

[MyByC]

oh, and another peppermint cup of tea in the evening :D

[stephk]

I won't bother listing the foods but I had 2500 cals on Friday and 3200 cals yesterday!! Friday I was being as careful as poss, yesterday I was being careful to a point, stayed veggie at least (except for 2 beautiful mouthfuls of fillet steak that got literally shoved in my mouth) but I really pigged out!!!

Today I will be doing my best but will definitely be over... No exercise on Friday or today. To keep DH happy I don't go on Sundays. He has asked me to cut down to 5 days a week and after much arguing about it we have compromised and he agreed I can continue with 6 days a week until my friends wedding (19th July) but from then it has to be 5 days. Hopefully I will be PG by then so it won't matter! I know 5 days a week is fine for the sway but I love exercise :(

[SamS_TTCPink]

I'm not posting my weekend either....way over in everything! 😕

DS1 made dinner tonight and dessert so I couldn't say no. 😉

Back on the band wagon tomorrow.

DH said tonight he doesn't think we should try this month due to our diet??!!!? Arrggghh! He keeps changing his mind. 😜

[stephk]

Mum if your DH knew how bad my diet was all the time he would be like WTF why is she trying!! It's just been going on too long for me.

Anyway - I can't remember who recommended the greyhound cocktail but I've just made one for me and DH. He asked how I heard of it and I said my internet friends lol! So thank you - it may have been bluebonnet? Sorry I can't remember. I made it with gin and vodka in a big wine glass so probably not 100% how it should be but it's still nice. And the first time I have had grapefruit juice in such a looooooooong time!

[weeziewoozles]

Lunch - mini bread roll and salad to leave room for a chocolate croissant.
Snacks - couple of glasses of Cava and a handful of crisps
Dinner - healthy veggie spaghetti carbonara (i.e. mushrooms cooked in oil spray, added to one egg white whisked with a tablespoon of parmesan cheese, mixed with spaghetti) and some more Cava
Totals 1730 cals 44g fat 30g protein

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - that's hilarious. I love greyhounds (and also love grapefruit + tequila as well, called paloma!)
weezie - the carbonara with egg white is genius - did it taste anything like the original ?

Today is probably my last day posting for a little bit. Today is CD1 for me, so my attempt is coming up and I'm trying to avoid this site until the 2WW (in which I'll be going crazy and looking for any distraction I can find!).

Today's menu:

Breakfast (I usually eat a late breakfast on the weekend after a 12 hour fast): husband was making french toast so had one small piece to try, coffee with creamer

Lunch : Smashburger black bean patty with goat cheese, spinach, and mushrooms on an egg bun, a blueberry lemonade with vodka

Dinner: Spinach artichoke bites (low fat spinach artichoke dip from Trader Joe's stuffed inside low fat crescent roll dough), 2 glasses of sangria

1535 calories, 43 grams of fat (25%), 36 grams of protein

[weeziewoozles]

Yes! It was yummy! Next time I make it though I'll save calories for some garlic bread to go with it as I like the contrasting crunch!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

9am large flat white

1pm cup of soup (laksa) and a few rice crackers

4pm a few hot chips that the kids were eating, a cup or rice with a tbsp of Parmesan. Pop tart and hot choc.

1200 cals 29g fat 26g protein

[weeziewoozles]

Wow MumofSix! Aren't you fading away on 1200? I've been aiming for 1800 and have lost 11lb in 7wks I think so Atomic wants me to slow it down

[SamS_TTCPink]

Nope, not really lost anything. 😞

My weekend was really bad though!

[weeziewoozles]

Gosh! Our bodies are all so different I guess :) I think I'd faint on 1200! But I am 5ft10! How do you manage six boys?

[SamS_TTCPink]

Organised chaos! Lol!!! 😜

[weeziewoozles]

Ha ha! Sounds fab. People think I'm mad wanting more than three kids! Having said that, when they look at my beautiful and well behaved boys they tend to understand :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Our eldest 2 were actually out all weekend (one away for a footy referring weekend and one at a friends) and we were like "wow, what to do now?" after the others went to bed. We actually had a nice dinner and watched a movie together! 😊

[stephk]

Absolutely no point in listing yesterdays pig out but there was one thing I made that I thought I would share as it was yummy. I grated some carrots on the side of the grater that makes them long and flat. I then mixed them with some chopped fresh coriander, some sesame seeds and a splash of toasted sesame oil. I put this mixture, plus some humous in a white pitta bread and YUM!

Appreciate the sesame seeds/oil isnt really LE friendly but it was a white pitta bread so still less nutritous than before when I would avoid white bread like the plague.

[weeziewoozles]

Plan for today is
Lunch - Tesco pizza baguette and Fanta
Snacks - cassava crisps and tonic
Dinner - veggies and pineapple fried rice with veg spring rolls

Actually dinner turned into bean stew on rice and red wine, as my mother in law dropped some leftovers over! But not a problem as my totals are 1785 cals 36g fat 44g protein

[stephk]

Its happened to me again. Not quite as bad as last week but I was sitting at my desk and I could feel something brewing and I am quite shaky. I didn’t sleep well last night though so I am very tired. I had a coconut water, a banana and some chocolate. Thank god for the snacks in my desk drawer! Its only been a 13 hour fast and I pigged out massively at the weekend but I did burn 850 cals this morning. I am really gutted as I have gotten so good with the 16 hour fasts and no breakfast but its scaring me that I might be making myself ill. And as you all know I haven’t taken the diet thing too far at all, I eat so well it seems so unfair. Ive just drank a can of sprite and eaten some pistacio nuts too. I think I need to eat breakfast from now on, even if this isnt the cause it is scaring the hell out of me. I am angry with myself for doing this to myself just to try for a DD. I think I need to give up on this hope, add breakfast and do my best on a loose LE diet from here.

[SamS_TTCPink]

That's not good steph! Maybe the exercise and fasting is taking it out of you. Adding breakfast is probably a good idea right now. 💜

[stephk]

yes, it is totally not worth feeling like this. The funny thing is, i felt weird when I got up but when I was on the cross trainer I was loving the whole hour!! And so annoying I had to eat all that stuff this morning, as it wasnt eating/drinking for pleasure, it was 'oh crap i might faint better eat'

Thank god I can tell you guys about this because if I told DH he would go absolutely mad and definitely ban me from the gym lol

[eleena2014]

Yesterday
11.00- coffee,toast,butter and reduced sugar jam

2.00pm Went for a picnic.had liver pate spread with cucumber.breadsticks with cheese and onion dip.milky way bar and can of carlsberg

10.00pm- cheese and ricotta pasta with a egg.diet coke

Could have had healthier options but I have decided not to do a really strict sway as I will stress over it. I've been keeping to my totals though.apart from a few days where I went over
Cals- 1304 56g fat. 37g protein. Went over in fat today 😓

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

[weeziewoozles]

Its happened to me again. Not quite as bad as last week but I was sitting at my desk and I could feel something brewing and I am quite shaky. I didn’t sleep well last night though so I am very tired. I had a coconut water, a banana and some chocolate. Thank god for the snacks in my desk drawer! Its only been a 13 hour fast and I pigged out massively at the weekend but I did burn 850 cals this morning. I am really gutted as I have gotten so good with the 16 hour fasts and no breakfast but its scaring me that I might be making myself ill. And as you all know I haven’t taken the diet thing too far at all, I eat so well it seems so unfair. Ive just drank a can of sprite and eaten some pistacio nuts too. I think I need to eat breakfast from now on, even if this isnt the cause it is scaring the hell out of me. I am angry with myself for doing this to myself just to try for a DD. I think I need to give up on this hope, add breakfast and do my best on a loose LE diet from here.

Sorry you're not feeling great but don't lose hope! Remember that even if you were predetermined to a probability of 1% girl 99% boy, you could still get your girl! As it is we are swaying much more favourable odds than that!

Can you try eating only carbs or only protein for brekkie? I remember Atomic talking about that

[stephk]

I'm going to have a small portion of fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Yes, atomic recommends pure protein or pure carbs. Fruit and yoghurt is both I know but it's easy to eat. I might also have an occasional croissant :)

I don't think it's necessarily the diet that's the problem, it's maybe the combo of a 16 hour fast and burning so much at the gym 5 hours before I eat anything. So the sensible thing is to stop that long fast.

[MyByC]

Steph, better take care of your health. It's you are the most important right now. Put everything bck on their feet and maybe allow a few more weeks for the sway.

I ate a little more extra sweets then I had to this weekend.
Almost half of my daily kcal were on sweets..I think I'm just too tired and my body asks for extra sugar.

[weeziewoozles]

Steph - could it be potassium deficiency? Up the coconut water?

Woken up with a headache again. I found this last time I did the LE diet. My body doesn't like the 15hr fast. So I'm having breakfast today after 13hrs:

Brekkie - a strong caffeinated coffee with a dash of hazelnut syrup. Yummy! Two slices of crappy white bread with scrambled egg whites
Lunch - roasted veg (no fat used) with couscous, Baked crisps and a Fanta
Dinner - veggie curry, rice and a chapati with mango chutney and a ginger beer or beer

Totals should end up 1755 cals 20g fat 48g protein

[stephk]

Thanks Weezie - that thought crossed my mind too and coconut water was the first thing I reached for both times. I would be surprised though given that I eat a banana every day, I often have coconut water and lots of potatoes - I would be surprised if I was deficient. My bloods were normal for this in April too so its difficult to tell. I had fruit, yoghurt and a nescafe cafe latte sachet at 9am this morning, it felt weird to eat so early but I felt good for it. And its nice to have an extra coffee too, I have often wanted one but didnt want to 'cheat' too much. I will still be having 3 meals but they will be more spaced out. I will skip/delay breakfast when I feel able and/or when I dont exercise. Its not adding extra food, I usually have fruit and yoghurt in the afternoon.

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

What a great thread! I'm about to so a trial run since I'm nowhere near Ttc but want to see if I can do it. There are great ideas here :)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[weeziewoozles]

Welcome! Of course you can do it! All you need to do is get your head around the best way to eat for you within the guidelines. Once you do it for a while, you get to know what to put together that fills you up and allows you to still eat any favourites!

[weeziewoozles]

Well done Steph. I'm pleased I had brekkie today as it was after 13hrs so not too early and it cleared my headache! I've spent ages cooking today. Cooking two different dinners for me and DH (a veggie curry vs a chicken and coconut curry) and trying to make exciting new dinners for the boys (tonight they're trying salmon with black beans and quinoa with Cajun spices) as well as making sure I've enough food for DS3 as he's ravenous at the moment!

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

Welcome! Of course you can do it! All you need to do is get your head around the best way to eat for you within the guidelines. Once you do it for a while, you get to know what to put together that fills you up and allows you to still eat any favourites!

Thank you! It's nice to have the support :)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yesterday:

10am large flat white

4pm rice with Parmesan cheese and mushrooms cooked in butter. Mini caramel/choc tart DS1 had made & rice milk coffee.

Midnight: pop tart & peppermint tea.

1000 cals 37g fat 26g protein

[stephk]

Welcome hitmebaby!

Weezie - you sound like such a good cook!! Yes you did the right thing if the fasting can give you headaches sometimes.

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

For my trial run - I was under my cal goal but way over in fat. That's really tough! Protein was bang on. Guess I need to eat more veggies to up my carbs without getting too much fat. Good times!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

After our attempt last night, I went way off LE today.. Way too much fat and protein!! 😕

10am large flat white

1pm Oporto chipolte steak roll, medium flat white, half a Mars bar slice.

1400 cals 66g fat 68g protein!!

[stephk]

mum that is nothing, i eat around 60g protein every day during the week! Now that you have hopefully conceived, your baby will need the protein ;)

hitmebaby - I was the same when I first started, it will take time to transition and work it out. Fill up on veggies, low fat veggie soups, salads etc

[stephk]

yesterday:
520am - coffee with whole milk
9.00am (boooooo) - a banana, blueberries, raspberries and waitrose organic wholemilk yoghurt. A nescafe cafe menu latte.
1.00pm - a jacket potato, mash direct cauliflower cheese gratin, a carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, a massive salad I prepared earlier (leaves, basil, roasted red pepper, roast mushrooms, roast babycorn, roast leek, artichokes with a little of their oil and some chilli flakes) - was so stuffed after all this!
8.00pm - waitrose fresh tagliatelli (approx 125g), tomato and garlic pesto, chilli flakes, fresh chopped coriander, courgette, babycorn, mushroom and a very small portion of monkfish medallions

approx 1800 cals, 50g fat, 65g protein. i was going to have chocolate last night to up the cals and fat but I was genuinely stuffed!

[stephk]

by the way, for anyone new reading this, I aim for 1800-2000 cals, 30% fat (so around 60g) and 50-60g protein. I dont always hit it and thats OK by me. Monday to thursday I try to meet the targets and then I relax at the weekend. I was doing daily 16 hour fasts for ages but had a couple of 'funny turns' recently which scared me so with atomic's advice I am now having breakfast again. Really all i am doing is moving my 4pm yoghurt and fruit to morning.

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

I have my cals set in MFP to 1700 but then I eat more bc of the excerise.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/25/duvamuru.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/25/abaqepy8.jpg

I have my fat higher than my protein bc I read somewhere on here thus I should have higher cals and more from fat.

If anyone advises differently let me know.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

And ya - gotta up the veg action


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[stephk]

hit me baby - i have my settings in MFP as 30% fat, 10% protein and 60% carb but its more the totals i look at i pretty much ignore the pie chart. You need to be eating more calories from carbs than fat/protein.

[weeziewoozles]

Fill up on sugar! It's the only time in your life that you're allowed to drink cans of fizzy drinks and eat sweeties!! Every day I use about 600 of my calories for sodas, alcohol or sweets as they're all very low in nutrients so keep my calories in the range without adding protein or fat. I'm also eating lots of processed foods as it's easier to add up the totals plus it's less nutritious than fresh!

Today:
Lunch - French bread with two sweet potato falafel and a spoonful of hummus, with salad and a Fanta. Plus three Go Ahead biscuits with a cup of Redbush tea.
Snacks - handful of Kettle Chips with a Gin & Tonic
Dinner - Tesco Mexican style bean burger with a huge pile of swede/rutabaga mash (as it's soooo low in cals) and some veggies, with a beer or two.

Totals should end up 1730 cals, 44g fat, 35g protein.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Ended up having Chinese for dinner to celebrate DS1 getting his learners licence today...so way over in everything!!! 😞

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

hit me baby - i have my settings in MFP as 30% fat, 10% protein and 60% carb but its more the totals i look at i pretty much ignore the pie chart. You need to be eating more calories from carbs than fat/protein.

Are you bfing too?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

Ended up having Chinese for dinner to celebrate DS1 getting his learners licence today...so way over in everything!!! 😞

But how cool that he for his learners!!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

Fill up on sugar! It's the only time in your life that you're allowed to drink cans of fizzy drinks and eat sweeties!! Every day I use about 600 of my calories for sodas, alcohol or sweets as they're all very low in nutrients so keep my calories in the range without adding protein or fat. I'm also eating lots of processed foods as it's easier to add up the totals plus it's less nutritious than fresh!

Today:
Lunch - French bread with two sweet potato falafel and a spoonful of hummus, with salad and a Fanta. Plus three Go Ahead biscuits with a cup of Redbush tea.
Snacks - handful of Kettle Chips with a Gin & Tonic
Dinner - Tesco Mexican style bean burger with a huge pile of swede/rutabaga mash (as it's soooo low in cals) and some veggies, with a beer or two.

Totals should end up 1730 cals, 44g fat, 35g protein.

Got it!! :)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[stephk]

Wish I liked sweets and pop!!!! But I love having guilt free pasta and garlic bread :)

No I'm not BF but I've stuck to the upper limits of the diet through personal choice. I burn 800-850 cal daily Monday to Friday and 350 on Saturday so don't want to waste away :)

[MyByC]

I'm sad...just found out that I ill not sway my baby in August. We have to move to October-November. Have some family problems and my hubby dosent even want to hear about this now.. He has his head somewhere else and he is waaayy to upset to help me with my sway these months...
What should I do? Any suggestions??
Should I drop folic, aspirin and LE diet until then and just start them in September again?

I can keep it and also continue with "no meet" but I'm afraid it wont have the same impact when I will most need it...Atomic wrote somewhere that 8-12 weeks is the best we can do for a sway with high succes....


uoooofffff, I'm soooo sad...

[myurkanin817]

I would start everything back up 8 weeks before attempt at minimum. I'd hate to see you develop a tolerance to aspirin & other supps over the next few months and then when you need it to work it doesn't. Just my two cents though. :twocents: Hope everything's okay with your hubby. Good luck!! :bighug:

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

That sucks MyBy. I'm sorry your hubby is having a hard go 💔


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Junie]

I'm so sorry MyByC! I would drop everything (the aspirin slowly) and start up again about 6-8 weeks before attempt.

I'm having lots of trouble convincing myself to go back on the diet after my time off. I'm thinking maybe just exercise, reduced calories and fasting until AF comes and then jumping back into LE all the time. I so don't miss it at all.

[SamS_TTCPink]

That's tough MyByC.

Like the others said wean off the aspirin slowly, maybe stay vegetarian as much as possible and pick up your sway again closer to TTC time.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Junie I had trouble going back on LE after our loss. It's hard once you've had a break.

[stephk]

MyBC - sorry to hear about that. I would keep taking the folic acid, it wont do you any harm. I cant comment on the asprin I would take atomic's advice on that and any other supps you are doing.

Re: diet - you can choose to either take a break from it or start again at a point you feel comfortable with before your sway. But it doesnt work the way you are worried about it. 8-12 weeks isnt a magic time to be on the diet (as in, 8-12 weeks on the diet is better than 16 weeks for example). Its just that in the stats 8-12 weeks looks best. This is because the longer you are on the diet, it is more difficult to stick to that and other sway factors. So I wouldnt look at the stats in terms of diet and say that 8-12 weeks is necessarily better than longer because there are so many other factors at play for those people. If I was you, I would either take a complete break from the diet and start up again, or I would try to be vegetarian as much as possible, I would try to go for 30% of cals from fat as much as possible, but I wouldnt be particularly strict and I woudl have lots of cheats so that you are still sending your body a message without going overboard or potentially being on the diet for a lot longer than you woudl like. if you are not using contraception and have an oops you will at least have something working in your favour.

Hope that makes sense and hope your DH feels better.

[stephk]

I find myself worried now quite a lot that I will have a repeat episode which is really annoying. I have a history of panic attacks (really long time ago) and there was a time when just the thought of having a panic attack would make me have one!! And now in the mornings I am worried that something is going to happen argh...

yesterday
520am - coffee with whole milk
830am - usual yoghurt with banana and strawberries, nescafe cafe menu latte (I had meetings between 9-12 and didnt want to risk having any issues so thought I had better eat even though I didnt really want to)
12.15pm - white baguette, 2 eggs with mayo, carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, salad i made (leaves, carrot and coriander mixed with half a teapoon sesame oil, plus roast leek, mushroom and babycorn)
4.30pm - my colleague made shortbread and cherry cookies, it would have been rude not to have one.
8.00pm - higgidy roast meditteranean veg tart, parmentier potatoes, roast leek, mushroom and babycorn

approx 2000 cals, 82g fat (oops) and 52g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am Large flat white

12pm cup of soup - laksa

6pm pasta with cream, lemon, garlic sauce and veggies.

Will have a poptart before bed.

1234cals 46g fat 41g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

I know how you feel steph about being worried about another shaky episode. I used to have panic attacks many years ago and the fear of it happening is horrible. Hopefully now that you've changed your meals around a bit, your body will cope a bit better and it won't happen again. xx

[weeziewoozles]

We're all doing really well!

Today was as follows:
Lunch - French bread sandwich (with a couple of thin slices of low fat cheddar, pickle and lettuce), baked crisps, salad and a Fanta.
Dinner - veggie curry (made with no fat and lots of frozen veggies) with rice, a chapati, mango chutney and a beer.

This left me under for everything so I concocted myself a dessert! Mini chocolate cheesecake - crushed two Nice biscuits with a couple of pieces of dark chocolate melted, mixed low fat cream cheese and yogurt with cocoa powder and a few chili flakes and put on top of the biscuit base. Yummy!!!

So totals are: 1850cals, 36g fat, 44g protein

[MyByC]

Thank you girls(thank you to each one of you). You really help me a lot...
I feel terrible. I can definetly keep veggie but I was just thinking at the "no breakfast". I guess will be back at it and then just drop it again in September.
I dont want to start meet.. I feel much better. I'm afraid that if I start wont be able to drop it again.
Instead, will jump a little with my calories and only do 3x/week with my trainer at the gym(maybe some weights as well so I can drop them in September and go to cardio 5x/week).
The changes need to be present.
It's just that it was so easy for me to keep all healthy and sport every day during summer....when autumn comes it's horrible...

My hubby is fine...just that "the baby can wait" ...arghhhh...

Buuuut, I do hope, all of you will be pregnant with a pinky bump when I'll restart all this.

[stephk]

Remember it's better for your body to interpret it as your normal lifestyle rather than "the great sway of 2014". Good luck - I hope to god I am pg then but I will be sticking around anyway. Things have got crazy busy at work and I have moved desks so I can't be on here so much now as my computer screen is visible to a lot of people!!

[eleena2014]

I did rubbish yesterday 😓
11.00- coffee slice of toast,egg, and chopped tomatoes

2.15- turkey sandwich with salad,cheese and onion roll and a angel cake

8.00- butter chicken curry with quorn pieces, rice and pershwari naan bread.

Cals- 1858!!! Fat- 64g. Protein- 49g

[SamS_TTCPink]

Bad Bad Bad Day... 😞

10am large flat white

12pm leftover pasta from dinner last night. Hot milo (I was freezing!)

6pm crust pizza and garlic bread - way too much!!

Ice cream and topping! 😕

2800cals 114g fat 105g protein
OMG!!!

[stephk]

Er mum, aren't you in your last 2ww for a while? You can relax now lol and are hopefully PG anyway :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

I sure am steph! That's what I told myself too when I was feeling guilty. 😉

Isn't there some reason we are supposed to stay on LE in the 2ww though?? Something to do with girls more likely to implant and thrive in a low blood sugar environment or something??!!?

I really hope I'm PG but I'm just not "feeling it". With our last PG (the miscarriage) I practically "knew" at conception. 😜

[weeziewoozles]

Well I think I'm actually going to go over properly for the first time in nearly two months! I felt very dizzy this morning after a trip to a local farm shop so had
Brekkie after a 15hr fast - white toast and eggs and a couple of Go Ahead biscuits
Lunch- French bread and salad with baked crisps and a Fanta

Then just as I was leaving home with DS2 and 3 to walk to school and get DS1, I fell over while walking out of the front door! !! I slipped on some sand I'd stupidly shaken out of DS2's shoes! Twisted my knee and bruised my foot - ouch!!! After painkillers hadn't helped I resorted to snackage:
Snacks - large bottle French cidre, baked crisps and peanuts
Dinner - will be a few veggies stir fried on rice but it'll still take me up to:

Totals 2054 cals 35g fat 53g protein - oops and ouch!

[stephk]

Mum - xx embies are more efficient at sucking up glucose from their environment, that's why it is recommended to maintain low blood sugar in 2ww. However embies of both sexes can develop in a variety of environments. I personally believe what's meant to be will be. If you are past ovulation now and this is your last attempt until December you can cease LE now (if you want to of course!!)

Weezie - sorry to hear about your day, hope the painkillers kick in soon. Doesn't look to me like you are over in any way at all!! You are a great role model on this diet!

I haven't been able to post yesterday's eating but it was 2450 cals, 62g fat and 60g protein. Basically I still haven't got a positive OPK yet and I have the feeling I need to encourage the egg out with more food. This weekend I'm going to eat badly in terms of I'm having meat, I'll be bingeing on cheese, I'm going to be a piggy. The recent episodes and lack of O is scaring me. I'm on track for 2200 cals, 60g fat and 65g protein today and I'm giving myself a small bit of lamb in tonight's curry.

[eleena2014]

How many cheat days would you say were allowed?? 😩

[weeziewoozles]

Thanks Steph. I think I tried so hard last sway but with hindsight, feel I could have done more. So my will power is pretty good as I have to do more this time to feel I tried enough. I'm annoyed that I've gone over today but I'm not willing to skip dinner to stay at 1800 cals. I'd faint in the morning!

[MyByC]

Oh dear mums, I really dont know how you handle with 2,3 or 6 boys(you are my hero mumof6). I have 1 and he took all my energy today :)) Do you have any nanys???

I ate nothing until 20:00...I had NO TIME and felt soooo tired(as I am now at midnight)....
My husband keeps asking all the people we know with 2 kids and all just answer "IT'S SOOOO HARD, YOU WANT TO RUN" :))))


My diet today :
20:00
Mushrooms with wine sauce and polenta
Pasta with beens, mushrooms and rose sauce
+ 1/4 from a cheesecake :)))

Total : 507 kcal ( 58% fat and 17% protein).


Tomorrow BREAKFAST :-))

[Junie]

Yay for breakfast! I can't speak for others but we find it easier with 2. Ours play well together and have really different but complementary personalities. So while our first never slept longer then 2 hr stretches for the first 4 months and only slept on me our second never used the wrap/sling and fell asleep without nursing from the start. Now as toddlers it has been reversed with the older having had a much easier time of being 1.5 than the younger. But what we love is the companionship they stop relying so much on the parents because they have each other. I imagine these bonds are even more interesting and complex with many children, especially the different age gaps. I'm so impressed by families with many though!!!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Nope MyByC, no nanny, no babysitter, no cleaner, no friends or family support! Just us.

We have our days when I'm like "ok, I need to be in 3 places at once, how am I going to do that?" (Like today 3 of the kids are going to different birthday parties on opposite sides of Canberra) but we so it! We also have days where a glass of wine is well deserved when the kids are all in bed, but we just do it! Lol!!

I agree with Junie, often they're playing together so that's when I get stuff done then, but I wouldn't change it for the world!

I'd love a night out with DH occasionally, but maybe in 20yrs time. 😜

[SamS_TTCPink]

Thanks steph, I'll relax a little about yesterday's blow out now. 😊

[stephk]

Mumofsix is also my hero for being a mum of six :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Awww....thanks steph. 😊💜

[eleena2014]

How many cheat days do u think is suitable in a week? 😫

[weeziewoozles]

How many cheat days do u think is suitable in a week? ��

IMHO only you can answer that. As I had a failed sway last time I feel strongly that I must stick to the LE guidelines ALL the time. Having said that though I don't seem to need to cheat at all as I am really careful to manage my foods. For example, DH and I are out in London tonight with friends who've booked a pizza place. So I'll either have a marguerita or one with a few veggies on and some wine, but no starter or dessert. Granted I'll have to guess on the pizza's nutrition but there are enough on MFP to make an educated guess. So in anticipation of my dinner taking up say 800cals 30g fat and 25g protein let's say, I'll just have a large salad with some French bread for lunch. So I'm able to "cheat" tonight if that's what you want to call it - I don't. I see it as good management!

[eleena2014]

I have had a good few days that are over, but only on the totals I set out for myself if u get what I mean.because I haven't purchased a plan I have guessed on my calories and opted for the lowest,I have never gone over 1800

[MyByC]

Mumof6, you are awesome!!!
You are 100000% a hero.
My husband thought a lot when I told him I wish for a baby girl(a second child).
He loves our son more then anything but he had a spoiled life before and he really enjoying now that our DS of 3y is big enough to talk and play "in peace" :)))))
He told me he will never wake up during night if I want another baby :)))
So, I just need to accept that. Less sleep and more "fun" :)))
I really hope I'll have a girl....

Your baby girl will be sooo spoiled :-)
You decided to attempt this month and thats it until December?


Weezie, hy do you feel your sway failed last time? What were your mistakes?

[weeziewoozles]

We'll never know why we got blue really. I may have swayed my odds all the way to 99% and still got a boy! But yes, I think it's likely down to a few factors. I increased my calories in month three of LE as my weight loss was too fast and I was worried I'd not ovulate. Also, we wanted to conceive asap due to the weight loss so we DTD every day through the fertile window. The stats now show that that was probably not ideal. I also feel I ate too many wholesome cooked dinners full of nutrient. So I'm eating more processed food this time, making sure my weight loss is slow, DTD every four days so as to only get one in the window!

[MyByC]

So you kept the LE for 3 months?
Atomic told me to do 1 attempt at the opk positive.
When will you DPD this time? Next month?

[weeziewoozles]

I started LE in the August and conceived end Nov. I did have a Domino's blowout at October's AF if I remember rightly. BMI got down to 18.5 so I upped the calories from 1500 to 1700 that month which stabilised my weight. I'm still BF so will TTC when my cycles return. Hopefully August. Thee reason we're going down the every four days route is that with no idea of when I'll next ovulate, I don't fancy beingg all "Martha" with temps and OPKs

[SamS_TTCPink]

Thanks MyByC. 💜

Yep, we attempted again this month but are then putting it off til December to avoid another birthday around our already busy months.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Wow, how my taste buds have hanged since doing LE.

Today I went to a kids bday party with DS5 and couldn't even stomach the thought of eating things I'd easily have before so I had a few vege spring rolls.

Then I went to a ladies house (a mum of a friend of DS1 who swayed to get her daughter after 3 boys and the only one who knows I'm swaying) and I went to have a mini quiche and the taste of the egg was horrible! So I didn't eat there either.

I then come home though and had curry with chicken and beef!! OMG!! 😉 I ate the beef ok, but didn't really enjoy the chicken, which I used to eat a heap of but didn't like beef before???!!??

[stephk]

Mum - could it be that you are PREGNANT!!!!!

On the topic of cheating I do it all weekend every weekend, if it makes me have a boy so be it

[eleena2014]

Is the fat/rind from pork belly slices ok? Just a teeny bit??? Love it so much.lol.

[stephk]

I had some in April - it's fine for a treat, to be honest it's fine to have anything on occasion

[eleena2014]

It just seems strange that I haven't had to make that many adjustments,and the fact that we can still eat cake and sweets seems strange.lol.

[eleena2014]

I'm still eating a bit too much meat so I need to cut down on that more.still got 8 weeks till we TTC.

[eleena2014]

Haven't had beef at all hardly but have processed meat on sandwiches every other day And chicken about twice a week and pork maybe once a week

[MyByC]

Weezie, dont scare me! I'll be swaying in November :((

Mum, I hope you are pregnant! :cheer:

Steph, pllllsss, try a little harder for that little pink dream :superhero:

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

No diet for me today. I are breakfast today bc I woke up with a migraine. Ate a mango fresh, hand picked and hand delivered from a relatives tree in Jamaica, coffee with real cream lol and a yogurt. 20 mins later I was gettin ready to go to the hospital bc I had a reactions to the mango!!! Shortly while getting ready my tongue swelled up and things got scary! Needless to say I am so full of meds - steroids too.... That today was not a day for worrying about food. Ate 3 eggs and toast and butter at dinner. I feel I need to eat more too now that I'm coming around.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[SamS_TTCPink]

Na, really don't think my food aversions are pregnancy related, just from being on LE and not eating them for so long. Hopefully I'm wrong and you're right steph and MyByC, but not getting my hopes up.

[stephk]

Hitmebaby hope you are feeling better today

Mum I really hope you are PG, I have everything crossed for you hon

MyBC - I can't do the diet properly at the weekend so it's cheat central but it's still less than before. I couldn't do it 7 days a week plus my DH wouldn't tolerate it.

Had a BBQ yesterday for a friend visiting from Brazil so I snacked the whole day from 12-7! And drank alcohol from 2-10pm! So I'm guessing 3300 cals, 125g fat and 90g protein....

[eleena2014]

Yesterday
11.00- coffee and pop tart
2.00- one slice of leftover veggie pizza,diet coke, few Ritz biscuits and cadbury time out.
3.30- went to my DS football presentation so had half a lager and some popcorn
8.00- mushroom stir fry with a few peices of pork belly,sticky plum sauce and rice noodles
Half a bottle of red wine
Cals - 1472. Fat -35g. Protein 16g ???

[eleena2014]

sunday
11.00- 2 slices of toast and low fat jam,coffee

3.00- banana sandwich,breadsticks with caramalised onion dip,few pieces if fudge,diet coke

8.00- smash,3 weight watchers sausages with caramelised onion gravy,tablespoon of sweetcorn,brussel sprouts,diet coke

cals- 1422 fat-44g protein- 55g

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

Thank you steph - I feel much better except the steroids are messing with my sleep.
I am going off the diet for awhile too.
Before trying this diet I was eating the same amount of cals and losing 1 lb a week or more. In te week that I've trailed this (just consuming more carbs, but less fat and way less protein, but same calories), I've gained 2 pounds.
The primary goal is to lower our weight to start right? So I think I was on the fast track to that without the diet, and once get down to a lower weight and am ready to Ttc I'll give the diet 90 days and be more strict about it, and even lower my cals more. I'll likely still be nursing, but by then I'll probably be introducing solids so I can reduce my cals a bit more.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[weeziewoozles]

Yesterday was tricky as we were at my mum's for a Sunday roast which they didn't serve till after 1pm. So I had:

Midday - large handful of Doritos and salsa
1:30 - loads of veggies and four small roast potatoes, with a lemonade
5pm - was hungry while the boys were having tea so had some Baked crisps and a spoonful of their fish pie.
7pm - frozen veggies heated up with Indian spices, wrapped in a chapati with mango chutney and a beer
Totals were hard to guess due to the roast potatoes etc but about 1700cals 56g fat 60g protein

Today:
Lunch - potato salad made from tinned potatoes and low fat mayonnaise, with salad and baked crisps. Plus half a macaroon and three coffee biscuits
Snacks - likely to be a G&T and a few peanuts
Dinner - I've made a roasted vegetable lasagne (used no fat to roast the veggies, Dolmio light sauces in the layers, which I've never used before! and half-fat mozzarella and parmesan on top) and will serve it with reduced fat garlic bread and wine.

Totals should end up 1750cals 46g fat 35g protein

[weeziewoozles]

Ended up lower than planned as I didn't have my fizzy drink at lunch, so I snuck in dessert. Tesco healthy living crumble - 188cals 2.6g fat 2.2g protein. Yum!

[weeziewoozles]

Where is everybody? :)

[stephk]

Sorry I haven't been posting because I haven't really been following the diet ultra properly since last Thursday and I have moved desks so I now sit next to my boss. It means I can only come on here on my phone now and it's not easy swopping between this and MFP to get everything. My lunches and dinners Monday, Tuesday and today have been pretty much the same as last week except I had chocolate for breakfast today - so am over on fat.

[weeziewoozles]

It's tough fitting it all in!

Today has been:
Lunch - mozzarella and tomato crustless quiche with homemade potato salad, baked crisps and a Fanta. Then a Weight Watchers chocolate roll and some wine gum sweets.
Snacks - red wine and cassava crisps
Dinner - three bean chili in Weight Watchers wraps with a little guacamole and red wine.

Should end up 1850 cals 48g fat 43g protein

[PrimalMamma]

Hi girls... Just saying hi.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[eleena2014]

yesterday,we went out so had a small milkyway bar at 11.00 am,then we went to yo sushi,loved it there,lol. i had cucumber sushi roll,seaweed roll with crab,chicken teryakki,and a few other things and some fruit and diet coke
came home and had late tea which was half a banana sandwich and a nesquick chilled cake slice and coffee
approx 900 cals??