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

[nuthinbutpink]

New thread for a new year!

[Rosie85]

Okay I am going to ask my question here again since the other thread closed!

I really know I can't stick to a bland diet like so many others were doing. Rice cakes and such are a no go for me.

I really like rice but I enjoy it with a sauce and veggies--like a stir fry. Is this okay as long as it is low sodium and I stay within my ranges? Also it has been difficult finding food for lunch other than a bagel or salad.

For me I almost feel as if I change my diet enough from what it was it may just be enough to get my girl. Not snacking...no heavy meals, low calories, vegetarian. This is the opposite of how I always ate.

[odd]

Rosie ..I am Indian and our food is super rich and flavorful with heavy spices ..

I have a lot of girlfriends who conceived girls on our indian diet..the only difference was that they ate a lot less and stayed within limits ..and surprisingly all skipped brrakfast and had meals around noon ...

So I guess you would be ok as long as you avoid big no nos and stay within limits while continue to lose weight if you need to

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[Rosie85]

oh well that makes me feel a ton better!

I was just kind of figuring smaller portions, low fat and low sodium everything. Lots of fruits and veggies which I normally don't eat.


Is anyone eating a substantial amount of breads and still losing weight on them??

[Mrsandmama]

I have been incorporating some of my favorite foods into my everyday meals- which is only 2 (lunch and dinner.) As long as I stay within the limits, I'm happy! Here is an example of a normal day for me:

Lunch

Sweet potato

Thin Sliced 2% Milk Swiss Cheese, 1 slice

Sour Cream, Light, 1 Tbsp

Mild Salsa, 2 tbsp

Weight Watchers - Double Chocolate Muffin 4 Points, 1 muffin

Coca-cola - Diet Coke - 12oz Can (355 Ml), 1 Can

Yoplait Light - Strawberry Shortcake Fat Free, 6 oz (170 g)

Blackcurrant Jam

Homemade - Salt Free Bread, 1 slice

Raw Peanut Butter Unsalted, 1 tbs

Lunch Totals: 638 (cals) 15 (fat) 24 (protein) 542 (Sodium)

Dinner

Jasmine Rice, 0.75 cup dry

Whole Kernel Sweet Corn (Frozen), 0.75 cup (89g)

Bbq Sauce 2 tablespoons (I put BBQ sauce on EVERYTHING!)

Fluff - Marshmellow, 1 tbsp

Graham Cracker Low Fat - Graham Cracker, 1 full crackers

Milk Chocolate, 1 piece

Dinner Totals: 802 (cals) 5(Fat) 14(Protein) 308(Sodium)



Day Totals: 1,440 (cals) 20(Fat) 38(Protein) 850 (Sodium)

I'm a bit under for fat and protein today but normally I'm right on target!

I have been on the LE Diet since Oct last year. I have been a veggie this whole time EXCEPT on the rare times during the month that I will have shellfish, usually shrimp/prawns. I only eat shellfish on the days when I need protein fast.

[odd]

My details for today

'snack' at 11 coz I was dying: thin cinnamon raisin bagel with homemade cranberry jam and a smear of butter plus a handul of trader joes cheese puffs

Lunch: veg quesadillas and a mini chocolate cupcake plus an apple cinnamon rice cake at 2:30

Dinner: lentil Veg. Stew at 6:30

Total:1161
Fat:36
Protein:36
Sodium: 948


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[Rosie85]

Okay my stats

Lunch 12pm:
Mini bagel with strawberry jelly
small cup of peach/apple sauce

Dinner
1 cup bowtie pasta with 1/2 cup veggie sauce
1/2 cup organic sweet corn
1 chocolate chip cookie for dessert

Snack
clementine orange

Calories-1110 after I burned 200 exercising for 30 minutes of cardio
Fat-25
Protein-34
Sodium- 1300...this is high. I am not planning on caring too much about sodium, just so long as it is way less than I was eating before. I would say this about 1/3 of my normal intake! I would like to keep it around 1000 mg though.

[dollych]

Hi,

Yes I'm eating bread and still losing weight :)
I switched to low fat Danish white bread - I used to eat a ton of Brown wholemeal bread before I started the LE diet. I usually have a slice of white toast at about 10.30- 11am and sometimes a sandwich for lunch, again low fat White bread with a veggie filling. I've lost just over a stone in 10 weeks.
Good luck xx

[myurkanin817]

Anyone know about fresh jalapeños? I eat them currently like there's no tomorrow haha. I know they're low calorie & all but I did see something about them having 10% of vitamin c & 2% in vitamin a.. I would like to include these probably everyday but want to make sure it would be okay...?

[Trishy74]

Here's what I ate yesterday:

10:45 (breakfast/lunch; hadn't eaten since 7pm night before):

Decaf coffee 3 tblspns Coffeemate French Vanilla Creamer(Non-Dairy)
105 calories, 4.5 fat, 0 protein, 90 sodium
2 Thomas Mini Plain Bagels 240 calories, 2 fat, 8 protein, 420 sodium)
Philadelphia Red Fat Strawberry Cream Cheese (1 tblspn) 35 calories, 2 fat, 1 protein, 60 sodium
1 peep (candy): 28 calories, 0 fat, 0 protein, 0 sodium

Breakfast/lunch total: 408 calories, 8.5 fat, 9 protein, 570 sodium

6:30pm (Dinner):
2 slices Pepperidge Farm Reduced calorie oatmeal bread (need to change types of bread, I know; my husband eats this bread and that's all that was in the house) 90 calories, .5 fat, 3.5 protein, 170 sodium
2 slices Kraft American Cheese (full fat) 120 calories, 8g fat, 6g protein, 400 sodium
Chobani Choco Fix yogurt - 150 calories, 3.5 g fat, 10g protein, 60 sodium (took fibers supplements after this meal)
1/4 tblspn Skippy PB, 1/2 slice bread 70 calories, 4 g fat, 1.75g protein, 37.5 sodium

Dinner total: 430 calories, 16g fat, 21.25 protein, 667.5 sodium

9:40pm (snack):
2 Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux Cookies 65 calories, 2.5 fat, 1 protein, 47.50 sodium
Skinny Cow Cookies & Cream Ice Cream sandwich 150 calories, 2 fat, 4 protein, 150 sodium

Total for the day:
Calories - 1053
Fat - 29 grams
Protein - 35.25 grams
Sodium - 1435

I know my calories were under for this day. Usually I hit closer to 1200 calories. I think prior to this diet, I was only eating about 1200 calories b/c I find if I go closer to 1500, I am putting on weight. However, I never go this low in calories as for this day but I got caught up chatting on the phone with my friend and hadn't had my night planned for dinner. I don't usually eat yogurt or peanut butter. I was just starving so that's why my dinner consisted of so many different things and I wanted to try to increase my caloric intake for the day. As for my late night snack, I usually don't eat that so late but was dying for ice cream all day.

As for sodium I just can't keep within the LE limits of 700 to 1000. I usually get closer to 1500 or so. Hope that is okay.

[atomic sagebrush]

just wanted to mention that it's impossible for me to keep up with the support threads so if you guys have specific q's please start a new thread and ask!

I did want to clarify one thing - I don't WANT you guys to stick to super bland diets. A large part of the reason I even made a new diet to start with was because people are torturing themselves for NO reason - you do not have to eat nothing but rice cakes and dry cranberries to get a girl.

You guys can ahve stir fries with sauce and jalepenos while swaying pink. The overall limits are what matter and you are going to be able to stick with diet a heck of a lot better if you are satisfied (at least as much as is possible!)

[Rosie85]

Atomic, yes! I gave up on the bland. I have been keeping my protein and fats on the low side and my calories are always around 1500 or less and I have been exercising. Stopped watching my sodium as much. I have also chosen to nix all red meats and only do chicken a couple times a week at half a normal serving.

I am debating whether to include soda in my diet plans. I am so against diet soda, not sure if regular coke would even help my sway. I normally only drink water. Planning on including alcohol in the sway in the last couple weeks.

I have already lost 4 lbs! woohoo

[atomic sagebrush]

I don't think the sodium even sways. I kept it in the diet because it's possible to include it, that's the only reason. I think it's way easier to do LE wihout the sodium restriction and I got my daughter eating tons of it after getting a 4th boy when I was limiting it.

I have seen people get boys while drinking truly insane amounts of Crystal Light and other diet beverages. I'm not exaggerating, i think they should have been in an asylum. So I would not ever do anything beyond what you feel comfy with on that. I don't advise any more than the FDA claims is safe during pregnancy, which is 2-3 12-16 oz. servings per day. I got my girl without CL after my boy where I was drinking it (not a lot, but still)

[bethwade]

For diet- I started tracking my calories and I think I was getting 2000-2500/day before. I have been aiming for 1500/day and doing well since AF ended. Typical day is:


7am 1cup almond milk

Eta-Calm magnesium drink either in AM after milk or PM before bed.

Lunch 11am-noonish I've been making a sandwich on oatmeal bread with only strawberry jelly, big cup of fresh strawberries & raspberries with a little Splenda, 1cup almond milk, rice Krispy treat.

About 4ish my energy drops low (I have an autoimmune disease) so I have been eating a snack of hard boiled egg whites only (throw away the nasty yokes!) or a yoplait fat free yogurt. I read a post where AS mentioned trying to eat either all carbs or all protein in each meal (instead of a mix of both) and have been trying to do that.

Dinner is usually about 7pm and I have been eating a huge plate of steamed broccoli (with can't believe it's not butter spray) and white rice. "Dessert" is eaten then too and I have more strawberries and a few milk chocolate Hershey's kisses, 1 cup of almond milk.

So far with this routine I'm falling bt 1500-1800cals and I still feel pretty good. Drinking Dasani water but miss my green tea SO BAD.

[Pearl327]

Hi all. I am doing a trial run of the LE diet for the next few weeks. So I know what combinations of foods work and I won't be so stressed out about it when I am doing it for real and also to try and lose a few pounds before I go on hols in April.

I am easing my way in but also eating the same kind of foods as when I conceived my DD.

So yesterday:
I wake at 7 and had a cup of tea with a tsp of skim milk at 9am
Nothing then till 12 when I had 2 slimbo breads with 1tomato and 2slices of low low cheese. Velvet crunch cassava snacks and an aero chocolate mouse.

At 4 I had another cup of tea and a pop tart

Dinner at 6:30 was gnocchi sorrentina and a cookies and cream 2finger kit Kat

A lot of sweet things I know but I came in at

1353 calories
38g protein
35g fat

[Pearl327]

So today

Nothing until my 9am cup of tea and I had a cup of coffee at 11 with a tsp of sugar

Lunch at 12:45. 2 slimbos with 60g low fat mozzarella, 1ring of pineapple, 1/4 red pepper finely diced and 1 tomato diced. All cooked under the grill. Velvet crunch cassava snacks. Dr pepper zero

Snack meal 4:45 pop tart.

Dinner spicy bean burger baked with a pineapple ring. Oven chips ( I was cooking them anyway for DH and DD)

Today's total

1313 calories, 35g protein and 30g fat

[Rosie85]

So I use the MFP...I had a friend request to follow me on it. I am ignoring her! I am totally too embarrassed to share with someone what I am eating that doesn't understand the sway process.

Today I had two weight watchers red berried waffles and an apple sauce cup for lunch.

Dinner will be chicken tacos.

Calories are like 1345
Fat is around 27
Protein 42

[dreamingofpink14]

So glad I found this thread! I've been loosely on the LE diet for about a month now and have been pretty good on it...I think. I usually have a mini bagel with veggie cream cheese and cucumbers, Yoplait light and strawberries for lunch. I forgot my lunch today and bought a salad from the lunch lady. I think it was ok, but did have a tiny bit of chicken (which I haven't had in at least the last 3 weeks), carrot sticks, cucumber and half an egg white with balsamic; and 3 newton thins cranberry citrus oat.

Calories - 519/Carbs - 33/Fat - 15/Protein - 49/Sodium - 536/Sugar - 16

Was thinking of making some sort of pasta or rice dish with broccoli for dinner; rice krispy treat for dessert.

[Pearl327]

Ok yesterday was a bit of a wipe out but I didn't do too bad considering

10:30 tea and a pop tart. I had to head out so I figured eating something small would be better then muffins tempting me.

2:30 tomato soup with a ciabatta roll and a baby bel light

This is where it gets messy. I met with a friend for dinner and I had a thin crust, light on the cheese and loaded with veg pizza and 3 Lindt chocolate balls and diet coke

Totals for the day
Calories. 1850
Protein 52g
Fat 77g

😳

[Rosie85]

Pearl...I bet that 77 grams of fat tasted so good!

I ate some dove chocolates last night and didn't even care, no clue what the fat count was for them! it was right before I worked out for an hour so it didn't even count right?? :wink:

[Pearl327]

It was fab Rosie. I love Lindt chocolate. I am sure a little bit of chocolate every now and then isn't going to ruin your sway, esp with the exercise.

So today I was good again

10:00 a cup of tea
12:00 2slices of white bread with 100g mashed avocado and chopped tomato with some Parmesan cheese
4:00: tea
7:00 pasta with Arrabbiata sauce and a small bun that I made earlier with DD.

Today's totals
Calories 1250
Protein 35g
Fat 34g

[FitBlonde]

Today I made a huge pot of pasta with mushroom, tomato, eggplant and broccoli and homemade cheese sauce. Will give me lunches for the rest of the week!

[carmella_marie]

Can I ask why you're drinking tea? I've heard tea has a lot of nutrients that sway blue and coffee is better for boy sways. I love tea and had 2 boys while drinking it. Just switched to coffee as I ease into the diet.

[dreamingofpink14]

I think I was good today. Lunch at 12- bagel thin with whipped cream cheese and cucumbers, strawberries, green grapes, hint of salt triscuits and a caramel rice cake. I also made lots of pasta tonight with mushrooms and broccoli. Added a little garlic salt and pepper and a little bit of cream sauce.

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[dreamingofpink14]

Is vitamin water ok to drink? I had a lemonade one this afternoon and love them!

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[Peebell85]

Coffee for breaky
Toasted cheese and tomato sandwich on white bread for lunch
Pasta with zucchini, tomato, basil and lemon with grated Parmesan for dinner
I drink lots of tea, My mum is addicted to earl gray and has all girls.

[Pearl327]

Can I ask why you're drinking tea? I've heard tea has a lot of nutrients that sway blue and coffee is better for boy sways. I love tea and had 2 boys while drinking it. Just switched to coffee as I ease into the diet.

I got my DD drinking 4-5 cups of tea a day. My mum always drank loads of tea and had 6 girls. I don't really like coffee and I plan to acquire my taste for it before I start my sway cos I do think its better but I don't think I would be able to drink more than 1 cup a day. Plus I only take a tsp of milk in a big mug of tea whereas for coffee it would need to be half milk half coffee plus sugar so tea is the lower calorie option for me.

[Pearl327]

Is vitamin water ok to drink? I had a lemonade one this afternoon and love them!

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Dreamingofpink I think with a name like vitamin water it would not be very pink friendly but I am sure as an occasional treat it would be fine.

[sisterplease]

Oh, this is great! Can I join? Would love to get feedback on daily diet and also to just keep a record....
Yesterday...
Early morning: cup of English Breakfast tea, drop of skim and 2 sweeteners
9am: cappachino (hadn't eaten since 5pm so thought this would be ok)
12noon: bagel (half white, half wheat), light cream cheese, tomato, activia light raspberry yogurt and meringue nest, diet caffeine free diet coke
5pm: 3 pitta halves with houmous and iceberg lettuce, mushrooms sautéed in unsalted butter, 2 cracker breads with sugar free strawberry jam, cup of rice milk
Later: diet sprite

Throughout day I drank a 2 litre Evian water bottle with added sugar free pink grapefruit squash (uk's crystal light equivalent)

Calories: 1580
Fat: 53 (very high but I'm breast feeding so not too worried)
Protein: 47
Sodium: 910

[FitBlonde]

9.30am: smoothie with low fat milk, banana, ice, nesquik and cinnamon
1pm: homemade pasta with tomato, broccoli, mushroom and cheese sauce
5pm: vegetable stir fry with white rice
8pm: poptart with Malibu and diet coke

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.30am - some raspberries, strawberries, a pear and some 2% total yoghurt (I make a 500g tub last for 5 days so its c100g). Plus a carton of coconut water
1.30pm - Waitrose essential side salad, waitrose essential beetroot salad and a sandwich from Birleys: rosemary foccacia, mozzarella, tomato and basil with red pesto. Think i will also have a jaffa cake flapjack when Im done eating this with either camomile tea or dandilion tea
8.00pm - stuffed peppers (red pepper stuffed with garlic and coriander cous cous and heaps of lovely veggies)

approx 1730 cals, 58g fat, 55g protein

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.40am - a banana, some strawberries and raspberries with c100g 2%total yoghurt, cup of dandelion tea
1.20pm - chargrilled vegetable soup from waitrose (Ocado: Chargrilled Vegetable Soup Waitrose Love Life 600g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Chargrilled-Vegetable-Soup-Waitrose-Love-Life/77839011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=chargrilled+vegetable&parentContainer=SEARCHchargrilled+veg_SHELFVIEW)), a pretzel, a huge amount of salad, including the rainbow salad from waitrose, the essential side salad, a pot of chargrilled vegetables from their deli counter and soome extra salad bits from the salad counter (red cabbage slaw, oriental green beans and aduki/edamame salad)
8.00pm - Spinach and ricotta canelloni, garlic flatbread and lots of lovely veggies
thats approx 2000 cals, 65g fat (31%), 63g protein

[Abifasc]

Bumping so I can find this later.

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.40am - manuka honey with hot water
12.10pm - banana, some strawberries, c100g total 2% yoghurt
2.00pm - pretzel baton, c50g light philadelphia with chilli, waitrose rainbow salad, pack of sweetfire beetroot, roast veggies from last night (one red pepper, one courgette, some mushrooms, couple spears asparagus, babycorn, green beans, bit of butternut sqash)
8.00pm - Higgidy mediterranean vegetable and feta tart (Ocado: Higgidy 2 Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Tarts 310g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Higgidy-2-Roasted-Mediterranean-Vegetable-Tarts/55522011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=higgidy&parentContainer=SEARCHhiggidy_SHELFVIEW)), hassleback potatoes (Ocado: Hasselback Potatoes Waitrose 265g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Hasselback-Potatoes-Waitrose/208035011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=hassleback&parentContainer=SEARCHhassleback_SHELFVIEW)), some roast butternut squash and other lovely roast veggies - babycorn, asparagus, green beans
My totals are low today so after dinner I will have a caramel crispie and a small glass of whole milk

so thats approx 1800 cals, 64g fat (31%) and 52g protein

[stephk]

No gym today as I do the nursery drop off on thursday so thursday is my day off gym :(

7.00am - coffee with whole milk
10.30am - cup of dandelion tea
11.30am - a banana, some strawberries and c100g 2% total yoghurt
1.45pm - waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose essential salad, an avocado, a pretzel and items from the waitrose salad counter: oriental green beans, red cabbage slaw, bulgar wheat, lentil and edamame salad, adzuki salad
8.00pm - steamed white basmati rice, chickpea curry (recipie below), 2 garlic and coriander mini naan bread

approx 2000 cals, 62g fat (26%), 56g protein

Chickpea Curry
I havent made this before but found it online and thought I would try it:
1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil (i plan to use chilli infused olive oil)
1 onion finely chopped
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
1 tsp mustard seed (i dont have this so wont be using, I might put in a little garam masala instead)
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
1tsp cumin
1tsp turmeric
1tsp coriander seed
1 tbsp salt (I will not be adding this!!! maybe a pinch but not a whole tablespoon!! Thats just because I do not naturally add salt to food, not because I am tracking sodium)
1 can chickpeas
1 can tomatoes
Coriander/Cilantro for garnish (optional)
(I will be adding some veggies to this: mushrooms, butternut squash, courgette)

Method:
1. heat oil in a large pot, add onions and garlic and cook until transclusent, about 5 mins
2. add the spices to the pot and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute
3. add the chickpeas and tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally for about 20 mins

[stephk]

I am eating the curry now and it is so YUMMY!! Forgot to buy naan breads which is annoying but I guess that's over 200 cals saved and I won't replace them as I didn't gym today.

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.20am - manuka honey with hot water
12.20pm - big pot tomato and basil soup from co-op (this is a saviour to eat for lunch on a cheat dinner day!), a pretzel, a rainbow salad from waitrose, sweetfire beetroot and some items from waitrose salad bar (oriental green beans, red cabbage slaw, bulgar wheat, lentil and edamame salad, adzuki salad
3.00/3.30pm - a banana, some strawberries and c100g 2% total yoghurt. A pack of graze sticky chocolate pudding (which is basically a small portion of raisins and a few chocolate drops)
6/7pm - 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
8.00pm - swordfish steak, polenta mash with marscapone and parmesan, LOTS of yummy veggies (asparagus, baby corn and mushroom for me tonight), will share a bottle of cava with DH, dessert will be a Gu-zillionaire pudding (which has 23g of fat by itself!!)

So - that is 2500 cals, 80g fat (32%) and 65g protein

I wont be posting at the weekend as I dont know if I will be on the computer and I cheat anyway :)

[stephk]

Very naughty with food and close to 3000 calories on both sat and sun, but thats what weekends are for :)

Today the timings arent great because I had to attend a workshop from 9.30-1.30 and there was no way i could go that long without eating anything, especially after burning 835 cals in the gym....

520am coffee with whole milk
915am - 2 pears, some raspberries, strawberries and c100g total 2% yoghurt, coconut water.
11.30 - a banana and 2 Choco Leibniz (Bahlsen) chocolate biscuits (one of my colleagues bought some coffees and 2 packs of these so even though I ate a banana, I had to have 2 chocolate biscuits as well....
2pm - Waitrose essential side salad, waitrose essential beetroot salad and a sandwich from Birleys: rosemary foccacia, mozzarella, tomato and basil with red pesto
8pm - Garlic and coriander cous cous, roast butternut squash wedges, half can of ratatouille provencale (this is a can from waitrose and its really good!), half a classic vegetable layer from waitrose. Will have c150g raspberry & amaretto yoghurt from Dairy Collective for dessert

So thats approx 2000 cals, 63g fat (28%) and 55g protein.

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
10.00am - a banana, some strawberries, raspberries and c100g total 2% yoghurt
1.30pm - chargrilled vegetable soup, a pretzel, waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose chargrilled vegetables, sweetfire beetroot
3.30pm - a pink lady apple (for no other reason than it was sitting on my desk and i was bored!)
8.00pm - spinach and ricotta canelloni, garlic bread, some yummy roast vegetables

So thats approx 1950 cals, 62g fat (28%) and 58g protein

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.30 - a banana, an apple, a pear and c120g total 2% yoghurt
1.40pm - kirstys medditerranean veg (Ocado: Moroccan Vegetables with Quinoa & Brown Rice 400g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Moroccan-Vegetables-with-Quinoa--Brown-Rice/76901011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=kirstys&parentContainer=SEARCHkirstys_SHELFVIEW)), red cabbage & beetroot (Ocado: Mash Direct Red Cabbage & Beetroot 350g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Mash-Direct-Red-Cabbage--Beetroot/58008011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=red+cabbabe&parentContainer=SEARCHred+cabbabe_SHELFVIEW)), an essential waitrose side salad and some balsamic dressing
2.15pm - when i had finished my lunch (i am a slow eater) I saw that someone had brought in a delicious apricot pastry cake so I had to have a slice with some dandilion tea
8pm - brie and tomato tartlet (Ocado: Slow Roasted Tomato & Brie Tartlets Waitrose 2 x 130g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Slow-Roasted-Tomato--Brie-Tartlets-Waitrose/62029011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=brie&parentContainer=SEARCHbrie_SHELFVIEW)), potato gratin, butternut squash and lots of yummy veggies! I will finish off my tub of raspberry and amaretto yoghut, I guess theres 100g left.

So that is approx 2100 cals (oops with the pastry! thankfully I burned 838 cals at the gym this morning......), 50g protein, 72g fat (30%)

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
11.00am - a pear, a banana, some strawberries, c100g total 2% yoghurt
1.30pm - a pretzel, a waitrose rainbow salad with some roast veggies from last night (a courgette, an onion, a red pepper, some asparagus, babycorn, mushrooms with basil, rosemary and chilli), half a tub of creme de brie (amazing stuff), sweetfire beetroot
8.00pm - some wholewheat spaghetti, 1/2 small tin of drained anchovies, massive portion of tenderstem broccoli, a little vegetarian parmesan, chilli. I will use half a tablespoon of garlic infused oil to cook. And I am being naughty and having a fillet of salmon because I have really fancied one all week. For so long I have been fully veggie monday to thursday and I would normally not have the salmon with this meal but I really want it so I am having it.

So thats approx 1700 cals, 58g fat (31%) and 76g protein. I realise this is low on the cal side for me, and i burned 835 at the gym this morning. I have thought about a can of sugary pop but cant do it to myself. Besides yesterday I ended up eating a lot and tomorrow I wont be going to the gym so I think for one day I am ok with it. I dont make a habit of this many net calories.

*UPDATE* - I ended up eating 2 crackers with cheese just before I ate dinner so ended up with an extra 126 cals, 6g fat and 6g protein. So today wasnt a great day for protein and fat totals however I did enjoy every mouthful :)

[stephk]

No gym today :(

7.00am - coffee with whole milk
11.30am - manuka honey and hot water, a pear
12.30 - some strawberries, a banana and c50g 2% total yoghurt (I know this should have been eaten with the pear but it was unavoidable)
2.20pm - a carton of waitorse chargrilled vegetable soup, waitrose rainbow salad, a pretzel and some items from the waitrose salad counter.
8.00pm - I am going for curry tonight so will definitely have a garlic naan, will definitely have saag paneer but not sure on the curry. Will either be something like a garlic chilli chicken or king prawn balti or something like that. Will also have a bottle of sauvingon blanc.
I have an apple on my desk that I will eat at some point this afternoon too.

So thats approx 2350 cals, 76g fat (32%) and 75g protein if I have the chicken.

I dont feel like I have been very good with the totals this week but I am feeling down about having no AF. I have enjoyed the food and will try to start off better again from monday.

[FitBlonde]

My days are usually the same so I will post it

Breakfast (8-9am)
Banana smoothie (low fat milk, banana, nesquik, fibre powder and cinnamon) with two pieces of white toast with cinnamon sugar, jam or peanut butter (if I am low on fat)

Lunch (1-2pm)
Panini quesadilla type thing on 2 white tortillas with cheese, mushroom and zucchini or white pasta with cheese sauce and veggies (broccoli, eggplant, tomato and mushroom) + an apple

Dinner (6-7pm)
Usually vegetables (cauliflower, zucchini, peas, corn, sweet potato and potato) with a pop tart and some popcorn if I'm low on calories.

My totals are usually around 1800 cals with 40-50g protein, 40-50g fat and the rest carbs. I also have 1-2 cups of diet coke per day with an alcoholic drink here and there and will sometimes have peppermint tea.

I am power walking on the treadmill for 60-70 minutes 6 days per week burning around 400-500 calories.

[stephk]

Oooh the smoothie sounds great (personally not a fan of peanut butter but if you are I bet it's fab)

I had the garlic chilli chicken tonight - need to start being good again soon....

[lfc_sarah]

I've been making fruit smoothies recently! Absolutely love them! Healthy too! 😊


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[stephk]

7.00am - coffee with whole milk
8.00am - coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - pot of co-op tomato and basil soup, slim pasta with an onion, courgette, asparagus, mushroom and broccoli with low fat sweet chilli Philadelphia. I was going to have a banana but forgot so I'll have it at some point
5.30pm - I might have a couple of pizza express dough balls when I give DS his dinner
630pm - a cosmopolitan cocktail
8.00pm - half a bottle of champagne, a seabass fillet, half a pack of Waitrose chunky chips, asparagus, Heinz garlic sauce. A Gu New York cheesecake.

So that's approx 1840 cals, 56g fat (34%) and 45g protein. And on a weekend! Go me!

[jennibel]

Not many posters here, thought I would add my contribution today!

8:10 - 9:45am - Went for a 10 mile/16km outdoor run.. (got lost!!)

12ish - had lunch at a playcentre. I had 1 and 1/3rd of a mini naan (1/3rd because the boys ate the other 2/3rds of the second naan that was served), a dollop of homemade hummus, 3 falafel balls, a green salad no dressing, a few roasted veggies, a few chunky chips (rarely have such a treat lunch but needed it after a 16km run!). A glass of milk, a decaff tea with sweetener, a diet coke & a slurp of the boys jammy dodgy milkshake!!

*inbetween a caffeine free diet coke*

5:30pm - 4 low fat rice cakes, 35g philly light, a pink lady apple, 1/2 a pear, a caffeine free diet coke, perhaps another decaff tea in a moment. I may get thrown a crust of the boys pizza in a moment if I am lucky...

I don't normally eat again until the next day but I may have a glass or two of prosecco tonight since its a saturday!

I find it hard to total up when Ive eaten out but without the prosecco that is 1,164cals, 40g fat, 33g protein so I could do with eating something else.

Oh, I forgot, I did have a bite of DHs/the boys chocolate brownie!

[stephk]

This was yesterday:
7.00am 2 coffees with whole milk
12.30 - 2 poached eggsand mushrooms on 2 slices of toast and butter (proper butter, I cant stand margarine and I have butter so rarely anyway I dont think it matters), 1 banana.
3.00pm - I was visiting a friend in hospital and she had some chocolates so I had 2
5.30/6pm - 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
7.30/8pm - I had 3 poppy&sesame seed thin crackers with Brie as I was making dinner, dinner was a pizza express pollo pesto pizza, I put some asparagus and brie on mine, yum. I had this with some chilli oil, half a bottle of red wine and then I had a magnum chocolate & caramel infinity ice cream for dessert.

So that was approx 2450 cals, 95g fat (42% oops) and 70g protein

[stephk]

This is today. And I have been thrown off my plan for the day because I have had to work from home to look after a boy full of chickenpox, so the lunch I planned to eat isnt happening but at least I managed 55 mins of exercise before DH had to go to work.
6.30 - black coffee
8.00am - coffee with whole milk
10.30am - strawberries, blueberries and 2% total yoghurt c100g, piece of toast with butter and jan, cup of weak tea with whole milk (I could have skipped breakfast but I knew i would be way too low on cals and fruit for the day so had it anyway)
2.00pm - slim pasta with veggies (onion, courgette, red pepper, mushroom, babycorn), low fat sweet chilli philadelphia, pot of tomato and basil soup, 3 poppy and sesame seed crackers with brie
8.00pm - I am making a white bean and vegetable stew with a recipie I found online, I will have this with a garlic flatbread. I will also add in some chocolate for more calories and fat :)

So thats approx 1750 cals, 52g protein, 62g (33%) fat

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
11.00am - a banana, some raspberries, blueberries and c100g total 2% yoghurt
1.00pm (met a friend for lunch so no choice in the timing) - carluccios Penne Giardiniera and a side order of courgettes
8.00pm - red pepper stuffed with garlic and coriander cous cous, classic vegetable layer from waitrose, a corn on the cob and some mushrooms. I have a graze snack pot of chocolate and raisins that I will have for dessert.

So thats approx 1800 cals, 63g fat (31%), 54g protein


OOPS ended up eating an extra 200 cals, 4g protein and 10g fat nibbling and snacking when I shouldn't :(

[stephk]

Working from home again today so not great on the timings but having to fit around DS. At least I was able to do 55 mins on the cross trainer before DH went to work.
8.00 - 2 coffees with whole milk
10.30 - DS had one bite of a banana and decided he didn't want the rest so I ate it
12.30 - Slim pasta cooked with creme de Brie, broccoli, onion, garlic, asparagus, baby corn, chilli flakes, basil and rosemary. One 'full of leeks and cheddar' stuffed mushroom. One pot of tomato and basil soup
2.30 - a graze honeycomb flapjack and cup of vanilla and camomile tea (i would have had this with lunch but was stuffed at the time and then the only time I could have it was before a long conference call)
5.30 - felt hungry when I fed DS his dinner so I had 3 poppy and sesame crackers with a little brie
8.00pm - chickpea curry and white basmati rice

Thats approx 1650 cals, 57g (31%) fat, 52g protein.

[odd]

Here's my day

Morning: a sip of my kiddos green smoothie (avocado, kale, kiwi, and a bit of agave..sooo yum)
A bite of his toast
Peppermint tea

Snack: 2 quaker rice cakes

Dinner: 2 naan, curry, rice
Late dessert will be bowl of ice cream


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[stephk]

No gym today :(
7.00am - coffee with whole milk
11.15am - coconut water
12.30pm - birleys sandwich of rosemary foccacia with mozzarella, tomato, basil and red pesto. Waitrose Essential side salad, red cabbage slaw, sweetfire beetroot and small amount of adzuki/edamame salad.
2.30pm - c100g 2% total yoghurt, some blueberries, cherry infused raisins punnet of triple berry smoothie from graze (this is mini strawberries, blueberries, cranberries and banana)
8.00pm - higgidy roasted mediterranean vegetable tart, ocado new potatoes with herbs and butter, babycorn and asparagus

So thats 1750 cals, 46g protein, 67g fat (34%)

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.30 - waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, olive bread pretzel (this was not as nice as it looked or sounds), waitrose rainbow salad, some red cabbage slaw, adzuki bean and edamame salad, sweetfire beetroot.
3.00pm - a banana, blueberries, c100g 2% total yoghurt, maybe a dandilion tea
6.00pm - one or two cosmopolitan cocktails - probably 2 the way I am feeling today.
8.00pm - waitrose peri peri chicken, mushroom rice (brown basmati rice fried with frylight spray, mushroom and onion), garlic bread, will share a bottle of white wine with DH, and will likely have a magnum ice cream for dessert.

So that is 2380 cals, 64g fat (27%), 74g protein

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
11.45am - cup of dandilion tea
12.30 - birleys sandwich: rosemary foccacia with mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, red pesto. Essential waitrose side salad and essential waitrose beetroot salad.
3.30pm - a pear, some raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and c100g total 2% yoghurt
6.00pm - had a couple of bites of roast pork leftover from the weekend....
8.00pm - roast butternut squash, courgette and mushroom, half pack of garlic and corriander cous cous, a corn on the cob, half a can of waitrose ratatouille, half a waitrose vegetable layer.

So thats approx 1625 cals, 54g (30%) fat, 51g protein.

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
12.45 - waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, a pretzel, waitrose rainbow salad, items from the salad counter (red cabbage slaw, adzuki and edamame salad), sweetfire beetroot
3.00pm - c50g 2% total yoghurt, some blueberries, strawberry, raspberries, a banana and a punnet of graze banoffee dippers
8.00pm - white spaghetti cooked with garlic oil, garlic, anchovies, vegetarian parmesan....and a salmon fillet

So - approx 2000 cals, 63g (28%) fat, 75g protein. Bit naughty on the protein and I know I probably shouldnt have the salmon but I wont be having meat or fish this friday so I am allowing myself to have it today :)

[stephk]

5.20am coffee with whole milk
1145am cup of dandelion tea
12.15- had half my lunch of pretzel, half tub creme de Brie, Waitrose rainbow salad, Waitrose chargrilled vegetables, sweetfire beetroot, some veggies I roasted last night (an onion, a courgette, babycorn, asparagus, mushrooms
1.30pm - had the other half (unavoidable as my boss summoned me to a meeting when I was halfway through it)
3.30 - c100g total 2% yoghurt, a pear, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries
8.00pm - Gallo saffron risotto pronto, garlic flatbread, babycorn, asparagus, mushrooms

Now trying to stay away from chocolate.....
If I'm good, that's approx 1890 cals, 49g (23%) fat, 47g protein

[stephk]

no gym today :(
9.00 - 2 lattes and an american style waffle with berries and maple syrup (we had a team breakfast for someone going on maternity leave and I wasnt going to sit there drinking water!)
2.30pm - c200g total 2% yoghurt, a banana, blueberries, strawberries and 3 graze punnets: rock the casbah, garden of england and toffee apple (basically all dried fruit, couple of dates, few walnuts, small amount pumpkin seeds, small amount toffee sauce). A colleague opened a box of chocolates so I had one, really want another and am trying to resist....know i will fail....
8.00pm - Nut roast wellington from waitrose, half a pack of waitrose red cabbage, babycorn, mushroom, asparagus and c50g polenta mash.

So with only one chocolate and resisting the other one, thats 1925 calories, 67g (32%) fat, 64g protein

[stephk]

I was so, so bad all weekend. Basically Friday, Saturday AND Sunday I had 3000 calories on each day pretty much and 50% cals from fat. I was feeling pretty down, fed up of restricting myself, and needed a weekend off. At least I managed to exercise and skip breakfast!

Today:
5.20am – coffee with whole milk
9.00am – cup of dandelion tea (I was having a coughing fit at my desk and needed a hot drink)
12.30pm – birleys sandwich: rosemary foccacia with mozzarella, tomato, basil and red pesto, an essential waitrose side salad and essential waitrose beetroot salad. Someone left some delicious looking millionaire shortbread bites lying around so I had 2….then I wanted more so had a can of san Pellegrino lemonade instead
3.30pm – a banana, a pear, small amount raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and c50g total 2% yoghurt
8.00pm – white bean and vegetable stew (this is basically a can of white beans, a can of tomatoes, a courgette and spinach plus chilli and smoked paprika. I will also be adding babycorn, butternut squash and probably some garlic – you can add any veggies you like to this really). I will share this with DH. Will also have a garlic flatbread.

So that’s 2100 cals (pretty annoyed with myself for eating those millionaire bites after the weekend I have had but hey ho), 65g fat (31%), 51g protein

[kitkat18]

Don't beat yourself up Steph!! Any results from doc? X

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[stephk]

No, the blood test is next week, 8th April, then I have to call back a week later for the result. DH is loving accusing me of losing too much weight, going too far, spending too much time in the gym and radically changing my diet which is "clearly at fault". I am really fed up of his comments. I actually weighed 5kg less when we met and I wasnt eating properly then (I didnt have a lot of money, what money I had went on partying and not food haha). Now I look so much better and am so much healthier, i looked like skin and bone then but he didnt complain! I would have definitely had a girl if I got PG then lol

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.00am - needed a hot drink so had manuka honey and hot water
12.30pm - a pretzel, half tub of creme de brie, waitrose rainbow salad, sweetfire beetroot, waitrose chargrilled vegetables and some veggies I roasted last night - an onion, asparagus, babycorn, courgette, mushrooms. With chilli flakes and rosemary, plus a some of the oil from the chargrilled vegetables
3.30pm - raspberries, a banana, strawberries, blueberries and c50g 2% total yoghurt
8.00pm - roast butternut squash and courgette, half can of ratatouille from waitrose, garlic and coriander cous cous, half pack of waitrose vegetable layer. Had 3 poppyseed and sesame seed crackers with camembert as I was cooking. 2 mint crisp chocolates after dinner.

That is approx 1860 cals, 60g fat (29%) and 44g protein

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - I hope you don't mind if I join your private food diary thread ! I'd like to post daily as well to keep myself accountable.

Morning - coffee with coffeemate

Lunch - panera pick 2 with 1/2 tomato and mozzerella sandwich + black bean soup

Dinner - trader joe's frusta (like a cheese pizza) + 1/2 bottle of wine

Total 1320 calories, 35g fat, 49g protein . I'm aiming for 1500 calories a day and to cut back on dairy, but this diet is a HUGE change for me so I'm going to start off just doing my best. My attempt isn't until July so I have a couple of weeks to ease into it! I'm not going to track/limit sodium because that is way way too hard for me. Not eating meat is hard enough :)

[marriedmomof2]

Yesterday
Lunch
small bag of cheez its
ramen noodles (with hot sauce)
peanut butter sandwich
1 can of soda
dinner (I actually forgot to eat again so I didn't eat until around 10pm... this is very common for me)
1 chicken breast and 1 piece of bread

Totals:
calories: 1465
fat: 59g
Protien: 57g
I ate the chicken and piece of bread very last minute... So that put me over on protein.... I am aiming for 1800 calories because of my height. I am working on getting there.
I don't care about sodium....

[stephk]

bluebonnet - welcome :) I only post in case it helps someone with meal ideas as I have got ideas over time so its good to share :)

married - i wish i could forget to eat lol. By the way, my aim for protein is up to 60g per day because I find it too restrictive to do 40-50g. sometimes I do get around 50g which is great, but most of the time I am in the 50-60g bracket. When you think we probably had over 100g a day before, less is still less :)

[bluebonnet22]

Here's my unhealthy day plan !

Lunch: Sonic Grilled cheese + medium diet strawberry limeade
Dinner: 1.5 cups of zucchini rice + 1/2 bottle of wine

Totals: 1315 calories, 44 grams of fat, 38 grams of protein

[stephk]

bluebonnet, dont want to be rude but you might want to consider adding more food, especially veggies?

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.00am - dandelion tea
12.30pm - roast butternut squash and courgette, half can of ratatouille from waitrose, garlic and coriander cous cous, half pack of waitrose vegetable layer. Punnet of wasapeas from graze.
3.00pm - c150g total 2% yoghurt, 2 pears, raspberries, blueberries
8.00pm - a higgidy roasted medinterranean vegetable tart, parmentier potatoes from ocado, babycorn, asparagus, mushroom and a corn on the cob.

Thats approx 1870 cals, 65g (32%) fat, 48g protein

[dreamingofwin]

OOh think ill start posting too to help keep me on track!

Mon
Breakfast - Coffee with skim milk and sweetner
Lunch - Weight watchers veggie soup, weight watchers yogurt, go ahead bar, kingsmill danish loaf slice x2
Tea - stir fry with rice and veggies and quorn pieces, go ahead bar, walkers baked crisps
Drinks - hot choc (low cal) coffee, tea

Calories - 1114 Fat - 20g Protein - 42g

Tuesday

Breakfast - Coffee and sweetner
Lunch - slim a soup sachet, danish slice x2, weight watchers yogurt, go ahead bar
Tea - Poached egg x2, slice of white bread, 2 crumpets with flora light, tomato ketchup, walkers baked crisps, go ahead bar,
Drinks/snacks - hot choc, mini haribo packets x2, cup of tea

Calories - 1256 Fat - 32g Protein - 43g

[stephk]

i feel really rude for commenting on another posters food again but dreaming your calories seem really low - appreciate this is just 2 days and you might just not have been particularly hungry on these days.

also - i used to eat a lot of go ahead bars at uni - are these cereal bars?

[dreamingofwin]

Im eating until full its just much lower calorie/fat choices. I try to keep round 1200 a day to loose weight. Any more and it doesn't shift. I am only 5'2.

They're new yogurt/chocolate thins not cereal bars as such. I've checked ingreduents and they're not fortified only got added calcium as far as I can tell. Im a bit addicted to them!! X

[stephk]

I used to eat them pretty much every day at uni, I cant remember what they were made out of but that would be my dessert, a go ahead bar or a rice krispie square! Havent had either for years....

[marriedmomof2]

Yesterdays meal
Coffee-7:30am
Lunch 12:30
Ramen noodles
popcorn
mini can of soda
Snack- reeses easter egg
Dinner (again this was around 9pm, another late try to save the day)
Medium Mcdonalds fries
Small M & M Mcflurry
totals:
1900 calories
35g of protein (low but oh well)
90g of fat (over but oh well, I will be keeping a better eye on this though)
I am coming up on that time of the month so sweets are killing me , the mcflurry and reese's my typical time of month cravings.
For those who may see this, I am 6ft tall so per atomics advice I am aiming for a higher calorie intake

[stephk]

McFlurry - yum i havent had that for ages either!!

[dreamingofwin]

Today

Breakfast - coffee with sweetner
Lunch - mushroom cup soup, plain bagel, 2x danish bread with marmite and flora light, walkers baked crisps and a go ahead bar
Tea - 2 vegetable fingers, 2 waffles and mushy peas
Drinks/snacks - cup of tea, hot choc, 2x haribo mini packets

Calories - 1280 Fat - 30g Protein - 31g

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.30am - cup of dandelion tea
12.15pm - Kirsty's Moroccan Vegetables with Quinoa, Waitrose red cabbage, waitrose essential side salad, salad bar items (oriental green beans, adzuki and edamame salad), roast mushrooms from last night
3.30pm - a banana, a pear, some blueberries and c50g total 2% yoghurt
8.00pm - chickpea curry and white basmati rice. A graze chocolate brownie and glass of whole milk for dessert.

That is approx 2050 cals, 60g protein, 48g (21%) fat

[bluebonnet22]

So yesterday my mom surprised us by cooking us a dinner with meat. I'm a huge meat eater and always eat tons of meat so I had to eat a few bites so she wouldn't start questioning me about my diet. UGH. My first attempt isn't until July so I'm just going to write off yesterday and do better today!

Breakfast: coffee with creamer

Lunch: Pita chips (2 servings) + greek yogurt spinach and kale dip (2 servings) + 1 small bag of 94% fat free popcorn

Dinner: Trader Joe's Mushroom tarte + 1/2 bottle of wine

Totals: 1485 calories, 45 grams of fat, 41 grams of protein

[stephk]

bluebonnet please dont worry about eating a few mouthfuls of meat. I eat meat at the weekend so at least once a week. In fact as you can see from my posts, my diet isnt perfect :)

I remember someone on this board, sorry I cannot remember who, she used to have a turkey sandwich every week because her mum came round and she still got a girl.

[bluebonnet22]

bluebonnet please dont worry about eating a few mouthfuls of meat. I eat meat at the weekend so at least once a week. In fact as you can see from my posts, my diet isnt perfect :)

I remember someone on this board, sorry I cannot remember who, she used to have a turkey sandwich every week because her mum came round and she still got a girl.

Thanks, trying not to stress out because I know it sways blue but I'm such a perfectionist so this is hard. Hoping sticking to LE and not stressing gets easier over time.

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[Rosie85]

I eat meat every weekend too and when I have my period, I have to or I will pass out. Remember there are ladies who eat a ton of meat who have girls and ladies who eat a ton of fat who have girls. The scale of how atomic believes things to sway places the calories and the blood sugar at the highest points. I think working on lowering your fat and proteins to lower than what they were is good enough. If you ate 120 grams of protein before and now only do 60...that has got to make for a good sway don't you think? The whole thing of swaying is altering our body for a bit. If you were functioning on a high fat and high protein diet and then you cut the numbers in half your body is working differently than before.

[bluebonnet22]

Thanks for the reminder Rosie. I did eat a LOT of protein and fat before (I ate low carb/paleo) so overall just eating less protein and fat probably matters more than the odd piece of meat here and there.

[stephk]

exactly - less is still less. Personally I was easily eating over 100g protein and fat every day before so getting to 60g now is amazing!

[Rosie85]

I was the same. I wasn't paleo but I did eat a ton of meat and fat. Also a ton of calories. We ate out a lot so it wasn't rare for me to eat more than 2500 calories a day. I also snacked like CRAZY. If there is food...it's in my mouth. lol

[dreamingofwin]

Today

Breakfast - Coffee and sweetner
Lunch (after a 19 hour fast) minestrone slim o soup, 2x danish bread, weight watchers yogurt, apple cake bar
Tea (after 5 hour fast) 100g white pasta, Spag bol sachet, 50g Quorn mince, tinned tomatoes, onion, mushrooms, weight watchers garlic bread, Jelly pot
Drinks/snack - haribo minis x2, hot choc, cup of tea, cup of coffee

Calories - 1199 Fat - 13g Protien - 50g

[stephk]

We ate out a lot so it wasn't rare for me to eat more than 2500 calories a day. I also snacked like CRAZY. If there is food...it's in my mouth. lol

Couldnt have said it better myself!!

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.30am - latte from coffee machine at work (needed something to get through meeting with my b1tch of a boss)
12.30pm - a pear
1.15pm - went out for lunch with a friend, had eggs florentine with mushrooms and a ginger beer
3.30pm - a banana, a pear, some blueberries and c100g 2% total yoghurt
6.00pm - 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
8.00pm - a fillet of seabass, some chunky chips, asparagus and garlic sauce. Will share either a bottle of sparkling rose/white wine or normal bottle of wine with DH. Tartufo Al Cioccolato from Dolceria Alba for dessert (was on offer last time I did the shopping so thought why not, its only 9g fat)

Thats approx 2190 cals, 66g (30%) fat, 69g protein. Not bad for a cheat day :) 2 more days of cheating coming up............

[bluebonnet22]

Breakfast (10:30 AM) : Einsteins Bagelfuls (frozen bagel stuffed with strawberries + cream cheese)

Lunch (1:30 PM) : Trader Joe's reduced guilt mac and cheese, asian slaw (cabbage, peppers, etc with rice wine vinegar), an apple

Dinner: Spinach lasagna roll ups + 1/2 bottle of wine + SF Jello Dulce de Leche cup

1482 calories, 27 grams of fat, 51 grams of protein

[weeziewoozles]

Well I've only been on the diet six days but it was my father in law's birthday today so we went out for lunch. Trying to follow the LE diet at an all-you-can-eat Indian buffet wasn't very easy! I stuck to the veggie options having sag aloo and nan but an onion bhajee or two somehow snuck their way onto my plate! Hard to know how many calories I had but I'm certain I went over my fat for the day. :( Annoyed to miss the targets so early on. Last time I did the LE diet I didn't give in to gluttony until the end of the cycle when AF appeared. Oh well. I'll tell myself it's because I was worried about losing weight too fast as I'd lost four pounds already!

[bluebonnet22]

weezie - As the other ladies have had to remind me - a cheat day here and there won't hurt your sway! I know how you feel though, I've only been doing this less than a week and already have had an off day where I had some meat as well.

My unhealthy (but delicious!) day was:

breakfast: coffee + creamer
lunch/late breakfast (at noon): strawberry and banana pancakes from a local diner + a mocha
dinner (8 PM) : 1 cup of Fusilli pasta + 1/2 cup of cabernet marinara sauce + 1/2 bottle of red wine

[stephk]

Shall I make you feel better - saturday we had a BBQ and although I did hold back, or tried to, my estimates into myfitnesspal put me at 3770 calories, 110g (38%) fat and 85g protein. About 1000 cals were from booze alone! I didnt have any meat, I had a lovely piece of salmon on the BBQ and I had pretzels instead of crisps, I also gave all of my guests a magnum ice cream and did not have one myself....however some of them brought some mini bite things and I pretty much gave in because I was genuinely hungry, ate loads of them and then later in the evening, DH and I were finishing off some rose wine, I felt hungry and had 2 rolls with half a tub of creme de brie! At least it was white bread.................. I had done aerobics and managed not to eat anything until about 1230 but still! And this was holding back, I wonder how many calories I used to get through at BBQs, with eating breakfast on the day, eating crisps with fatty dips, olives, other snacks then loads of fish and meat, dessert and then more in the evening! I dread to think.

Would have liked to do some damage limitation yesterday but I couldnt go to the gym as DH was working on the garden all day, plus my muscles did need a rest day. I managed not to eat anything until 1230 and had some of the leftover pasta and salad plus a low fat tomato soup. I didnt touch any of the leftover meat and left that for DH to eat. But as a treat for DH for dinner I had bought fajita stuff. So I gave most of the chicken to him and I added lots of veggies for me. But I still had 4 tortillas worth and then had a magnum ice cream - so yesterday was 2460 cals, 70g (31%) fat and 80g protein.

And this is right before I have holiday coming up, you would think I would be a bit stricter but I just couldnt manage it. However I remind myself that fasting for 16 hours a day and sticking to the diet as much as poss monday to thursday and still eating less than before is hopefully OK. Plus I do 6 hours of cardio a week.

I will post todays eating when I am eating my lunch, I will be back on track today!!

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
11.30am - cup of dandelion tea
12.45pm - waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose adzuki and edamame bean salad, red cabbage slaw, sweetfire beetroot, a pretzel
4.00pm- a papaya and some strawberries
8.00pm - higgidy roast mediterranean vegetable tart, ocado parmentier potatoes, babycorn, mushrooms, roast courgette

thats approx 1850 cals, 60g fat, 45g protein

[dreamingofwin]

Breakfast - coffee skimmed milk and sweetener
Lunch - (after 17hr fast) slim a soup, 2x Danish bread, shapers yogurt, apple cake bar
Tea (after 6hr fast) quorn chili, rice and garlic bread, baked crisps, go ahead thins
Drinks/snacks - tea, glass red wine, 2x haribo minis

Calories 1257 Fat 18g Protein 37g

[weeziewoozles]

Not sure if I'll remember to post daily but today was: Caffe Nero black coffee and pain au chocolate, cheese muffin with some vegetables, Go Ahead biscuits, pop crisps, Quorn meatballs and spaghetti, and half a bottle of red wine. Cals 2000 fat 60 protein 44 (I'm aiming for 1900-2000 as im BF)

[stephk]

Hmmmmm not much point in posting for today as I had a planned dinner out with friends at a sushi place and I had a half price card. Somehow managed to get through 17 plates and 4 glasses of wine!!!! So pretty sure that even though I had no breakfast and a smallish lunch ill be on 3000 cals, well over 100g protein and around 30% fat.

We have a team lunch on Thursday and then I'm with my family for a week from Saturday! Then an ultra all inclusive week in Egypt at the beginning of May - so although I would not look a gift horse (aka ovulation) in the mouth all the swaying I have done will probably be for nothing because of all the eating coming up and I can't be too restrictive as I still might not get PG or O anyway arghhhhhhhh

[bluebonnet22]

Stephk, I understand where you are coming from! I have several vacations planned for the summer and while I will do my best to stay on plan it would be too difficult to completely follow LE on vacation because it would raise too many questions. I'm adding running to my sway soon because I'm hoping that will help make up for the fact that I will be cheating on the diet more than I would like.

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[weeziewoozles]

Big cheat day for me. Had the very rare chance to have lunch with DH in London and he was gonna take me to a great burger joint but instead we went to a fab pizzeria. I stuck to being veggie! I had a thin crust pizza with mushrooms, peppers and aubergine on it. Had a very small brekkie so was probably doing ok. But after a couple of glasses of wine and some popchips tonight, I was starving hungry so I gave in to greed and cooked a large dinner of Quorn crispy filet and chips followed by soy custard! Yum but now I completely blew my day's totals! I did walk over four miles though so that might help!

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
11.30am - cup of dandelion tea
12.45pm - a white baguette, half tub of creme de brie, waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose chargrilled vegetables, sweetfire beetroot
3.30pm - c100g total greek yoghurt, a banana, some strawberries and a graze shangri-la (small punnet of dried lingonberries, dried pineapple, almond slices and pumpkin seeds)
8.00pm - gallo Milanese (Saffron) risotto pronto cooked with butternut squash, babycorn, tendersteam purple broccoli. Will have this with garlic flatbread.

Thats approx 1950 cals, 52g (24%) fat, 54g protein

[SeaMaiden86]

Thanks SetphK! All your daily posts have been very helpful :) I don't think I have the dedication to update each day but here's a few examples of stuff I eat:

Veggies and Steamed Rice... Usually with a smidge of butter and iodized salt for flavor. Occasionally a tad amount of cheese. Hummus wraps. The garlic hummus is my favorite, or even red pepper. But I sautee onions, mushrooms, peppers, etc plus a little smear of hummus in a spinach wrap. Occasionally I will throw in some low fat, low sodium feta cheese for flavor. Really gives it a boost, but overall it's great. Sort of reminds me of a fajita with beans (hummus) instead of meat. :) Varieties of vegetarian pasta dishes... usually I use the No Yolk Egg noodles. I figured if it's just egg white pasta it is better than full yolked pasta. I will mix it with a little butter and salt for flavor and usually some veggie. I change it up. Sometimes it's broccoli, or asparagus, mushrooms, etc. Sometimes a little Parmesan cheese. Veggie stirfry. Any and all kinds of veggies... zucchini, squash, onions, greens, etc sauteed and flavored with a little bit of the Braggs soy imitation. It's low sodium but also contains soy so use sparingly. Although, it really livens up an asian flavor to your dish. Sometimes I pair with steamed rice. The usuals that others have as well, bagels with a smear of cream cheese or sugar free jam. The occasional pop tart. Even once in a while if I'm desperate I will have a small bowl of organic puffed rice cereal with lowfat milk. It must be organic though as it only contains the puffed rice and a little sodium. I only have it at night as a dinner or treat once in a while. Never in the morning. It can't be worse than a rice krispy treat or steamed rice. Lots of salads too. Strawberries. Lowfat string cheese on occasion. Lowfat rice pudding on occasion. Lowfat yogurt on occasion. Hint of salt triscuits. Homemade pimento cheese sometimes. Quinoa crisps - a low sodium, low fat, gluten free cracker crisp. They don't have much flavor by themselves but are great with hummus or something. They are light and airy and super crispy. Once in a blue moon I will eat a couple hint of salt chips to satisfy the urge. I keep my cheats are a minimal, but a few bites here and there can't hurt. :) Makes me feel more satisfied and back on the wagon. I've even found some white chocolate ice creams I have a bite of here and there. I do use butter to flavor things because I prefer it to margarine, but I will use margarine &/or corn/palm oils to sautee things as it's said to get in more Omega 6 and avoid Omega 3s. Cinnamon swirl toast with butter or cream cheese. I buy the sprouted grain ones because it is low glycemic and overall your body processes it more as "veggie" than carb because of the grains being sprouted... BUT warning, the sprouting of the grains also breaks down the enzymes of the gluten and such and makes it easier to digest, so you will get more nutrients out of it than regular bread. But like I said, it's low glycemic so it keeps your blood sugar down and is more like eating a veggie or fiber than carbs or starch. So, it's a toss up of what's more important to you. I don't eat it often. Only once in a while when I'm craving something sweet, and I figured the cinnamon was a nice thing to throw in there too ;)

Yep, that's a good start. I'll post more as I think of them. LOL :D

[stephk]

wow seamaiden that all sounds very yummy, garlic hummous mmmmmmmmmmmmm our team lunch has now been moved from today to tomorrow so the most LE friendly thing I can see on the menu of the place we are going to is a gluten free flatbread with marinated vegetables and hummous. As tomorrow nights dinner is a cheat I cant really go astray at lunchtime.........

glad the posts are helping by the way, I love reading about what everyone is eating, in fact I spend a lot of time on the ocado website planning meals, I love food so it is like food porn lol

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.00pm - waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose chargrilled vegetables and some roast veggies I made last night (an onion, a courgette, some mushrooms - i added a couple of artichokes in a little of thier oil plus some rosemary and chilli flakes)
3.45 - 2 bananas, some strawberries and c100g total greek yoghurt
8.00pm - some sweet potatoes, half a pack of mash direct cauliflower cheese, heaps of broccoli and lots of roast mushrooms. I know I am low on fat and cals so I will have a glass of whole milk

So thats approx 1820 cals, 47 fat (23%), 51g protein

[bluebonnet22]

Lunch: Spinach enchilada + 20 restaurant chips + 6 tbsp of restaurant salsa

Dinner: English muffin pizza with 2% mozzerella cheese + mushrooms, baked kettle chips, and 3 small salted caramel cookies + 1/2 bottle of wine

1215 calories, 34 grams of fat (25%), 28 grams of protein

Trying to keep my calories on the lower side to see if that helps with the weight loss. When I conceived my DS I was eating very healthy - TONS of veggies so I'm really trying to cut back and decline my health by eating crap. Looking forward to a BFP this summer so I can have my green smoothies and meat back!!!

[stephk]

Can't wait to pig out!!!!

[bluebonnet22]

Can't wait to pig out!!!!

You have been doing this diet so long - I hope your cycle returns for you soon! Your dedication is quite impressive! You've probably already answered this, but how much weight have you lost since January?

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[stephk]

I started the diet at the beginning of November and the 6/7 days a week exercise at the beginning of October (was doing 4 days a week before that). In August I went for a medical and weighed 67kg I'm now 59kg.

I do love the fact that I've found lots of new yummy meals and recipes to try but sometimes I really do not feel like the restriction. However I do cheat every weekend - would go mad if not!

[weeziewoozles]

DH wanted fish and chips tonight so I had a very low cal/fat/protein breakfast and lunch so I could join him! Yum! My bottle of Becks was delicious too! My first weeks aren't being very strict are they?!

[bluebonnet22]

Stephk - congrats to you, that's amazing!

Weezie- I haven't been doing great for my first week either!

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[stephk]

Weezie - i gave myself a 'transition period' at the beginning so I started easing into it mid-October, was probably still easing in November too, allowing myself to make errors here and there, tweaking things as I went along. Now it is much easier. So I really dont think you should worry about it. I did panic in the beginning because of course I thought I would get PG in Jan or Feb lol! Anyway, the thing to remember is that its the overall pattern of eating that counts not a day here or there eating fish and chips.

things that save me when I know I am going to have a cheat dinner are low fat soups such as tomato and basil or veggie soups (it is possible to find very low fat low protein soups that are not 'diet' soups and taste great - filling too). Also slim noodles and slim pasta with sweet potatoes and a load of veggies, salads etc. If you eat something like this at lunchtime you pretty much have your full quota of fat and protein for your cheat dinner.

[stephk]

Ocado: Eat Water Slim Pasta Fettuccine 200g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Eat-Water-Slim-Pasta-Fettuccine/88613011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=slim+pasta&parentContainer=SEARCHslim+pasta_SHELFVIEW)

here is the slim pasta if you havent seen it before. It used to be 0 protein per pack, its now 4g but thats so tiny anyway. This is great to have with veggies, a low fat/low protein sauce and a big pot of low fat low protein soup for lunch on a day that you will be having a high cal, high fat, high protein dinner. Yiou could even use some of the soup instead of a pasta sauce.

[stephk]

Today has been a really hungry day, it was harder than usual to go without breakfast. We went out for a team lunch as well and the table was booked for 1230 so knowing I couldnt eat lunch when I felt like it might have had an effect on my hunger.

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.00 - cup of dandelion tea
12.00pm - latte from coffee machine at work - had to have this, was really hungry at this point and having this really helped.
1.00pm - chose the most LE friendly thing on the menu - gluten free flatbread with roasted vegetables (courgette and aubergine), small amount hummous and baba ganoush. Had some ginger beer with lunch.
3.00pm - 2 bananas, some strawberries and Glenilen Farm raspberry yoghurt. Was still hungry so had a punnet of graze bounty hunter (this is a small amount of chocolate drops, coconut and cranberries). Must now not eat until dinner time!
6.30pm - will either share a bottle of rose cava with DH or have a gin and tonic
8.00pm - white spaghetti cooked with tendersteam broccoli, anchovies, garlic, basil and chilli. Served with a piece of salmon and some vegetarian parmesan. Will share a bottle of white wine. Forgot to mention the magnum I've cream for dessert!

So thats 2470 cals, 88g fat (38%) and 68g protein
(really dont think I could do this diet if I had to do it 7 days a week!! And believe it or not this is STILL less than before, I must have been eating close to 4000 cals sometimes)

Happy friday everyone

OMG DH got the lindor chocs out and what can I say naughty day I had 4 and it's 5g fat for each one!!!! So I'm now on 2960 cal, 114g fat and 70g protein argh

[weeziewoozles]

Decided to have another cheat day! We had a family day out and ended up having lunch in an American style diner. So I had a burger and fries and onion rings! Plus lemon tart for afternoon tea! Now enjoying a G&T and peanuts. Not sure what we're doing about dinner :)

[weeziewoozles]

Decided on a meaty Domino's and red wine in the end. Thought I may as well go all out on the cheat! :)

[Arthur's sis]

Breakfast: green tea with soy milk at 9:30. A can of coconut juice at 11am. Coffee with milk at 12:00pm. Lunch:150grams broccoli, a piece of whole wheat bread. Dinner: cooked veggies with lamb, but I don't eat the meat, a glass of sake.


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[weeziewoozles]

[QUOTE=Arthur's sis;559402]Breakfast: green tea with soy milk at 9:30. A can of coconut juice at 11am. Coffee with milk at 12:00pm. Lunch:150grams broccoli, a piece of whole wheat bread. Dinner: cooked veggies with lamb, but I don't eat the meat, a glass of sake.

Not that I'm leading by example as I'm having an unsteady start on the diet this time around, but that sounds very very low in calories! What were your levels today?

[Arthur's sis]

I am Oing on the 13th this month, this is the most critical time. And I haven't lose any weight since last month, I have cheated on the diet for 10days in a roll. And this time I am trying to use up all the proteins stored in my body.


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[stephk]

So today I have travelled fr London to Halifax (Yorkshire) to stay with my family for a week. So things are going to be VERY funky. Went to aerobics beforehand as I'm not sure what exercise is achievable this week...

8.00am 2 coffees with whole milk
11.00 2 slices hovis seed sensations bread with creme de Brie, can of red bull (I slept so badly last night and have a 4 hour drive ahead....)
2.30 egg sarnie (2slices hovis seed sensations, 2 large free range eggs and low fat mayo), large cup of tea
6pm - glass of rose cava
7.30 - my mum made penne pasta with beef bolognase and some cheese- I had less than normal but still a lot and I wish there was chocolate here!!! Getting through a bottle of st emillion red wine yum
8.45pm - Er, had another small bowl of the pasta bolognase.....


Tough start to the family week diet wise - not a veggie in sight :( my mum is making a roast tomorrow too, and my brother is taking us for an all you can eat Chinese on weds

So I'm guessing 2450 cals, 69g fat (38%) and 81g protein

[dreamingofwin]

I've fallen off the wagon again :( I even rigged out on o day. I was sure id have ov'd the say before but my temp disagrees :(
I've pigged out thurs/Fri/today and will tomoz. Ill get back on it on Mon. I didn't loose weight last cycle. In fact I did loose 3lbs but gained 5lbs in my last 2www so still at a gain of 2lbs overall. Would like to get that off x

[stephk]

So...no exercise today I felt that my muscles needed a rest and DS was sick and clingy anyway.
8.45am - coffee with whole milk
11.45 -a banana
1.15pm - tesco bright side salad with some tesco sweet and smoky beetroot, half a pot of new covent garden skinny tomato and vegetables with laird lentils soup, tesco shredded leek and cabbage stir-fried with half a pack of merchant gourmet spelt and a pack of butternut squash layered vegetables from tesco. Used fry-light olive oil
5.30pm - opened a bottle of Viognier White wine which I will drink over the evening.
6.00. - had a couple of slices of Red Leicester cheese when I made a sandwich for DS.
6.45 - mum made a roast. Roast chicken, a homemade giant Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, roast potatoes, roast carrots, broccoli and cauliflower. And onion gravy.
7.30 - a couple of Marc de champagne chocolates

So that's approx 2350 cals, 56g (26%) fat, 81g protein

I'm cooking tomorrow so at least it will be veggie!!!

[stephk]

Managed to go for an hours run today, well 45 min run and 15 min walk interspersed. Better than nothing, but not sure if I can do it every day, probably not.

7.30am - 2 cups of tea with whole milk
12.00pm - same lunch as yesterday but saved some spelt.
6.00pm - my usual chickpea curry, BUT I used more chickpeas, tinned tomatoes and rice as 3 of us eating. AND there was some roast chicken left over from yesterday that needed to be used up. So I out it in the curry, tried to give most to my mum and bro where I could see it but I still ended up with some.
8.00pm - a Cadbury creme egg and 3 Marc de champagne truffles.

I am so sick and tired of it all right now, I just want to gorge myself on chocolate!!!!!!!

1850 cals, 48g fat (23%), 61g protein if I've guesstimated right

[stephk]

Just did an hours walk today, my muscles are too sore to run. Might take a day off exercise tomorrow.

745am - coffee with whole milk
845am - coffee with whole milk
1145 - 1/3 large pot new covent garden veg soup, some spelt, some white basmati rice, tesco shredded leek and cabbage, tesco classic layered vegetables. Half a banana (DS pinched the other half), half a slice of bread (DS decided he didn't want!)
3.00pm - we visited my dad and he made fresh bread, it would have been rude not to have a slice of bread and butter
6.00pm - got back to my mums she made a delicious dinner with a salmon fillet, linguine in tomato and marscapone sauce, some cauliflower, broccoli and carrot. I also had an aspalls cider and a home made flapjack, yum!!
Really wanted a second cider but decided against it due to calories....

2100 cals, 69g (33%) fat, 60g protein

[dreamingofwin]

Right back on it AGAIN!!

Breakfast - coffee, skimmed milk and sweetner
Lunch - 2 crumpets with flora light and marmite, go ahead bar, baked crisps, mini haribo, cup of tea skimmed milk
Tea - various veggies, basmati rice, quorn chicken pieces, mini haribo, go ahead bar, stella cidre
Snacks - coffee, skim milk and sweetener

Calories - 1270 Fat - 18g Protein - 39g

[bluebonnet22]

My plan is a bit low on calories for today so I might try to add in some empty calories like soda or italian ice if I'm hungry.

"breakfast" : coffee with a little creamer
lunch: custom sushi roll with cream cheese, avocado, jalapeno and eel sauce, seaweed salad
afternoon "snack" : 8 ounces of illy skim mocachino
dinner: homemade fried rice with pineapples and red peppers, 3 small salted caramel cookies, 1/2 a bottle of wine

1193 calories, 28 grams of fat, 22 grams of protein

[GT77]

can u have peanut butter and a bagel when swaying for a girl?

[odd]

As long as it's under ur daily limit, you can pretty much eat anything i believe

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[bluebonnet22]

As long as it's under ur daily limit, you can pretty much eat anything i believe

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As long as it's under ur daily limit, you can pretty much eat anything i believe

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Yup, this. It would be hard to fit in much pb on LE, have you looked into things like pb2? It's peanut butter powder without the fat and you can mix it with things to make it spreadable.


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[GT77]

this is for my friend and I did not remember what it said on my sway plan! You def can't eat anything, LE is hard but once you get into it and your meals are set then it is easier!!

[stephk]

So yesterday was the day of the all you can eat Chinese, AND I didn't exercise...

I had 2 coffees with whole milk in the morning, I had a veggie stew with a piece of toast for lunch and then the buffet. I pretty much decided that I would eat as much and whatever I wanted and I would then log it later. I had about 4 pancakes with crispy duck, quite a lot of prawns and butterfly prawns, some deep fried calamari, a very small amount of chicken and some roast duck. The rest was rice, stir fried veggies etc etc. I had a lot to eat. And I also had some yummy ice cream with chocolate sauce and 2 other desserts. Yum. We ate around 530-630 and then I met up with a friend at 8 and had a bottle of white wine (that was my LE decision of the day, I had white wine rather than red lol)

So I guess around 3000 cals, 90-100g protein perhaps and 90g fat?

[marriedmomof2]

I haven't been posting but I have been watching, frankly because it is too hard for me to reach these limits, as I am always under and on days that I don't care I am over. For instance Tuesday I only had a cup of coffee at work and water (wasn't hungry and I don't like to eat when I am not hungry, not a full on meal anyway) got home around 6pm and I figured I should eat before I started my workout, so I made two fried eggs, on white bread with two pieces of bacon and some jam. By 10pm I realized that I needed something more so I ate french fries and icecream (and not a lot). There is no way I made it to 1800 calories.

[stephk]

Hi married the thing is, these are targets and we can only do our best. I actually feel bad that I am constantly over. Easier said than done sometimes but we just need to do our best, keeping the targets in mind. In a way if am glad I've been over as I have maintained weight rather than losing. Now I'm at my family's this week and petrified of gaining! Oh well lol. Are you managing to maintain weight?

[bluebonnet22]

Today's plan:

Breakfast : coffee with creamer
Lunch: going to a picnic with my DS so a sandwich with cookie butter, 1/3 a banana, cinnamon and honey and kettle pop chips on the side

Dinner : 1/2 bottle of wine, 2 slices cheese pizza, 1/2 cup of caramel low fat ice cream

1514 calories, 41 grams (30% fat), 40 grams protein.

Not so healthy of a day, but at least it's in limits I guess?

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[marriedmomof2]

Honestly I have no clue, I don't have a scale, the last time I was weighed ws back in Jan at my doctors office. LOL I will buy one eventually. I tend to lose weight very easily, which is why I didn't work out before this. So it's not hard to drop a few pounds, I am going to try to make sure to drop pounds a few in May.
As far as it being guidelines, I understand that, but when I am so under, I feel bad, I ave no idea why but I also don't need to write it down just to have people tell me that I should eat more, kwim?

[stephk]

I'm doing so badly today too....as I'm with my family I'm managing to skip breakfast and have the most LE friendly thing I can for lunch so that when I am fed dinner it shouldn't be too bad. However my mum has also been baking and there's loads of booze and chocolate around. I am powerless!

Today:
730am coffee with whole milk
830am coffee with whole milk
12.00pm - half pot of new covent garden veg soup with some extra sweet potato and butternut squash chucked in. An olive roll. A stir fry with a small amount white basmati rice, shredded cabbage and leek, tesco butternut squash layered vegetables
3.00pm - half a banana (DS pinched the other half!) and a flapjack
6.00pm - some roast ham, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, a sweet potato, a couple of boiled potatoes and a couple of roast potatoes (yes really!!!) a pint if aspalls cider
8.00 - some red wine and an Easter egg. A big one. And the cupcakes my mum made are calling me......

Eeeeek 2700 cals, 60g protein, 80g fat (32%)

Maybe I shouldn't post on these days as it's not really giving anyone ideas on the diet as this is not LE eating!

[weeziewoozles]

I'm doing so badly today too....as I'm with my family I'm managing to skip breakfast and have the most LE friendly thing I can for lunch so that when I am fed dinner it shouldn't be too bad. However my mum has also been baking and there's loads of booze and chocolate around. I am powerless!

Today:
730am coffee with whole milk
830am coffee with whole milk
12.00pm - half pot of new covent garden veg soup with some extra sweet potato and butternut squash chucked in. An olive roll. A stir fry with a small amount white basmati rice, shredded cabbage and leek, tesco butternut squash layered vegetables
3.00pm - half a banana (DS pinched the other half!) and a flapjack
6.00pm - some roast ham, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, a sweet potato, a couple of boiled potatoes and a couple of roast potatoes (yes really!!!) a pint if aspalls cider
8.00 - some red wine and an Easter egg. A big one. And the cupcakes my mum made are calling me......

Eeeeek 2700 cals, 60g protein, 80g fat (32%)

Maybe I shouldn't post on these days as it's not really giving anyone ideas on the diet as this is not LE eating!

You're right that it's not true LE but I think it's nice to share with people how it really is living within the guidelines. That life gets in the way sometimes! :)

[stephk]

Married I am so sorry you feel that way. I think we are all just trying to help everyone else as it's so supportive here and everyone wants everyone else to get their DG. I am really sorry if I ever suggested that you eat more. I only asked if you were maintaining weight because if so, you don't need to worry too much about the days you are under. Honestly hon, if you are comfortable with your diet sod what anyone else thinks - you have to be comfortable with it above all else.

It sounds to me like you balance out overall anyway - some days under and some days over which is normal, we are not robots.

Hon it is healthier not to have weighing scales, you don't need them, the only reason I weigh myself is because there are scales in the gym. Before this I did not weigh myself, I preferred to go by how my clothes felt.

[stephk]

Weezie - happy to post but I'm in a streak of not doing great and this will continue until I'm back at work on Tuesday. All I can do is my best at the mo. Typical I finally get AF and now I can't stop eating!!!!

[bluebonnet22]

Stephk - I appreciate your posts, even when they aren't 100% LE. I don't have the guts to calculate my totals on the days I'm over but I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has life get in the way!

I'm leaving tomorrow for an Easter vacation with my extended family at my grandmother's house. I won't be posting but I will do my best to be as LE as possible. It will be hard because I don't want to tell 25 relatives about my weird diet and I'm normally a huge meat eater and don't want to look weird.

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[stephk]

Soooooo full from all the food....

730am- coffee with whole milk
11.45- piece of warburtons seeded bread with humous, some white basmati rice shredded cabbage and leek, and butternut squash layered veg from tesco. Had a bite of DS's flapjack.
4.45- some strawberries
7.00 - we had curry takeaway. I had king prawn balti (instead of chicken), mushroom rice and chappatis ( instead of garlic naan). Bottle of Chardonnay
8.00 - it's my brothers birthday and my mum brought out some homemade birthday cake and we had some delicious chocolate cake (the good thing is, my mum only ever buys low fat margarine products.....)I'm sitting here so full!!!

Approx 2160 cals, 58g fat, 43g protein - if I hadn't gone over on cals I would have done quite well.............the wine is 450 by itself........

[stephk]

So yesterday...
730 - 2 coffees with whole milk
I was going to have breakfast as I was driving back to London but I wasn't hungry so took advantage and didn't eat!
1045- stopped for a break, had a humous sandwich, a Banana and a can of red bull.
2.30pm - carton of new covent garden roast tomato and balsamic soup. Successfully avoided bread but then ate 2 little Marc de champagne truffles
5.00pm 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
8.00pm - DH wanted chicken fajitas so I made extra veg. I had about a quarter of the pack of chicken and mainly veg. I had 4 tortillas and tried not to have too much cheese and sour cream. We shared a bottle of champagne. I successfully avoided dessert!

So - 2200 cals, 55g (26%) fat and 65g protein

We have friends round today so another naughty day :(

[SamS_TTCPink]

Ok...so back on the LE wagon today following my loss. 😢

Here is what I had:

11:30am
2 crumpets (wholemeal) with honey.
At home flat white made on rice milk.
Mini Easter egg. 😕

3:30
Peppermint tea

4:30pm
Nescafé caramel latte sachet

7:00pm
Cawliflower and green veg soup made on low sodium stock with a tablespoon of thickened cream and iodised salt. Served with tiger loaf Vienna bread.

And before bed I'll have a peppermint tea and another small Easter egg.

Total: 1400cals
22g Protein 30g fat
(I know, way too low on protein! 😕)

[stephk]

Mumofsix I am so sorry to hear of your loss :(

[stephk]

Well no point in posting about yesterday, I ate and drank continuously from 1130 to 830, easily 2800 cals, probably 100g fat and 70g protein. We had a BBQ but I stayed veggie at least...

Anyway, today back on it:
730am - coffee with whole milk
830am - coffee with whole milk
12.45- whole wheat fusilli pasta with sun dried tomato pesto (leftover from yesterday), a little Camembert, a little leftover spinach and avocado salad, one and a half white bakery rolls with butter.
4.00pm - gin and tonic
5.00pm punnet of graze yaki soba, gin and tonic
8.00pm - chickpea curry with white basmati rice

Approx: 1920 cals, 55g (27%) fat, 60g protein

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.45 - hot water with manuka honey
12.30 - a pretzel, waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, essential waitrose side salad, essential waitrose beetroot salad. Was still hungry so I had a jaffa cake flapjack and cup of dandelion tea.
3.30 - a banana, a pear, some blackberries and c50g total greek yoghurt
8.00pm - stuffed pepper - one red pepper, half a pack of garlic and corriander cous cous, half a pack of waitrose vegetable layer, a corn on the cob. I am planning on a small glass of whole milk.

That will be approx 1900 cals, 58g (28% fat), 47g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Day 2 done and dusted! Was really hungry today, although I don't think it was "real hunger" just felt deprived cause I knew I had to be back on the diet and couldn't eat what i really wanted to! :sad: Its even harder with the kids and DH home on holidays.

Just focussing on why I'm doing this and how badly I want my DD!

So heres what I had today (very low nutrient! :worry: )

12:00pm
Large Flat white from Coffee Shop
2 wholemeal crumpets with honey

5:00pm
2 single serve pkts of Kraft macaroni cheese
with half a slice of swiss cheese mixed in

10:00pm
Peppermint tea
Ferrero Rocher Easter Bunny!! :sad: (sooo have to stop eating chocolate!)

And 2nd day of exercise done too!

[MamaLuv]

Forgive me for hijacking the post but can anyone offer a list of allowable foods for ttc pink? I'm new to the GD diet. I was on a high dairy diet off a site that I just learned is incorrect. :-( So far I see that there are a lof of people who are eating the following foods. Any more?

Bananas
Pears
Strawberries
Yogurt
Bagel thins with cream cheese
cauliflower (?)
carrots(?)
broccoli
sweet potatoes
butternut squash
rice
mushrooms
tomatoes
mozarella
corn

Anything else? What foods should I add or take away? What are no no's and what foods are great? Please help!

[stephk]

hi MamaLuv - that list is totally fine, there are no forbidden foods. Generally people try to keep to the following:
1500-1800 calories a day
40-50g protein
20-30% calories from fat

if you exercise a lot, are breastfeeding or are very tall then atomic recommends 1800-2000 calories a day

I am just about to shutdown my computer to go and pick up DS but atomic wrote a brilliant essay which broke down different foods into have every day, limit etc, for the life in me i cannot remember the name of it but its in the dream member section. i will look for it later unless someone beats me to it in teh meantime.

also - atomic has created meal plans which will take the stress out of it for you, if you want to look into that.

[stephk]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/le-diet-info/466-myth-magic-foods-best-worst-food-guide.html

[SamS_TTCPink]

So today was a bit shocking!

1:00pm
2 crumpets with honey
Rice milk coffee made at home

4:30pm
Dare Raw iced coffee

8:00pm Indian for dinner:
Dahl soup
Chicken korma
Rice
Roti

And 2 mini Easter eggs.
(Please tell me chocolate sways pink!!?!! 😉)

About 1800-2000calories I think but hard to say with the takeaway Indian meals. 😕

[stephk]

of course chocolate sways pink ;)

remember you can have anything and nothing is banned :)

i would put your indian meal at around 1000 cals so with the rest you are probably on 16-1800

[stephk]

5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.40am - cup of dandelion tea
11.45am - some blackberries, a banana, a punnet of graze eleanor's apple crumble and c50g total greek yoghurt
2.00pm - Kirstys vegetables and quinoa, mash direct red cabbage and beetroot. Punnet of graze chocolate orange
8.00pm - some penne pasta, sun dried tomato pesto, mozzarella, tomatoes, mushrooms, and half a garlic flatbread

approx 1900 cals, 65g (30%) fat, 54g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

12:00pm
Wholemeal English muffin with cheese, rice milk coffee.

3:00pm
Dare raw iced coffee

7:00pm
Vegetarian burger from takeaway "fish & chip" shop

10:00pm
Peppermint tea, mini Easter eggs. 😞

1400cals
probably too much fat & too much snacking with the iced coffee and Easter eggs. 😕

[stephk]

mumofsix if you want my honest opinion, I dont think that is too much fat and you probably need it to nourish your body after your recent loss.

Also - up to 4 meals are allowed so as you have had 3 that is completely fine! If you can call mini easter eggs a meal lol (sounds like a great meal to me...)

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
10.45am - latte from coffee machine at work (had a meeting with new boss and felt like a coffee)
12.30pm - a pretzel, waitrose rainbow salad, half tub of creme de brie, roasted veggies I made last night (an onion, a courgette, a red pepper and some mushrooms)
3.45pm - some blackberries, a banana, c50g total greek yoghurt, a dandelion tea and a graze honeycomb flapjack
8.00pm - white bean and veggie stew, half a garlic flatbread and a cadburys creme egg

Thats approx 1900 cals, 63g (29%) fat, 53g protein

[DreamingPink2015]

On the LE diet if you are sticking to 2 meals a day and the first meal is around midday, can you have coffee with a dash of milk in the morning??

[stephk]

Dreamingpink - yes you can, technically it is a cheat but it contains so little its not considered a meal and will burn off very quickly. I have a coffee when I get up as I then go to the gym so need something to get going.

Obviously you need to count the cals, but hot drinks can be your saviour to get through the morning sometimes.

[bluebonnet22]

Today is a bit of an "off" day, but I figured I'd post anyways because it's still relatively close to the totals for the diet despite being a cheat day.

Breakfast: Coffee with creamer
Lunch: veggie sushi (avocado, cream cheese, jalapenos) with a small side of spicy mayo, seaweed salad
Dinner: Chick Fil a Cool wrap (has chicken in it, but relatively small amount), small side of avocado ranch, full calorie lemonade with vodka added

1298 calories, 43 grams of fat (33%, oops!), 48 grams of protein

[DreamingPink2015]

Thanks stephk :)
That's what worries me, If I can I would rather stretch and have my coffee closer to lunch if it means it is kind of counted as breakfast
When I start my diet I want to try and be as clean as possible as this is my one and only last chance for a girl (seeing we were only having 2 kids :) and I have now convinced my husband to have 3)

[stephk]

dreamingpink - I do not think that having a coffee will ruin anything at all. If I did, I certainly would not have it! If you are worried ask atomic but I am sure she will say the same thing that you are fine to have it. If you are really truly worried, have it without milk but I really dont think it will do anything at all to ruin your sway personally.

bluebonnet - that does not sound like an off day to me, especially not compared to how I have eaten the past month lol, I have certainly not led by LE example with my diet all month :(

[marriedmomof2]

sorry I have been MIA, I don't want you to think it was anything that you said at all. That is not it at all. :) it was just in general
Married I am so sorry you feel that way. I think we are all just trying to help everyone else as it's so supportive here and everyone wants everyone else to get their DG. I am really sorry if I ever suggested that you eat more. I only asked if you were maintaining weight because if so, you don't need to worry too much about the days you are under. Honestly hon, if you are comfortable with your diet sod what anyone else thinks - you have to be comfortable with it above all else.

It sounds to me like you balance out overall anyway - some days under and some days over which is normal, we are not robots.

Hon it is healthier not to have weighing scales, you don't need them, the only reason I weigh myself is because there are scales in the gym. Before this I did not weigh myself, I preferred to go by how my clothes felt.

[stephk]

I totally understand married :) glad I didn't offend as I certainly didn't mean to. Nice to see you back x

[Rosie85]

Married- I don't like sharing either. I have had several friends try to friend my on my fitness pal...yup no thanks. lol I don't want anyone to know why i eat the way I do. I don't even like sharing on here, I know I would get yelled at for such low limits. I honestly am lucky to get 900 calories some days. The thing is, I am just not hungry...I will eat a cup of rice and a freezer waffle for lunch and maybe a chocolate treat and then for dinner I will have something like pasta with veggies and a sauce or a stir fry. Calorie count is often 700-900. So I tried to drink calories but soda bloats me and honestly I am terrified of the belly fat sugar brings. I just want to go back to eating cheese burgers and fries and chicken salads.

[stephk]

I think we can see just by this thread that everyone does it differently, and I dont think there is one way to do it, you just have to do it the best way you can that works for you and dont overthink what other people are doing. Steal any ideas/tips/help you want and make it work for you.

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - a carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, a white baguette, a pack of spinach, a small avocado, an essential waitrose side salad and an essential waitrose beetroot salad
4.00pm - a banana, some blackberries and c50g total greek yoghurt
6.00pm - 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
8.00pm - a small tuna steak, some polenta, a courgette and some babycorn. Magnum icecream for dessert. Will share a bottle of sauvingon blanc with DH. Unfortunately his brother and GF have decided they wish to stay with us this weekend and will arrive around 8/9 so I might have to open another bottle.....

Not very LE with the tuna and avocado but everything else makes up for it, apart from the calories. I would add in more chocolate (all i want to do is eat a mountain of chocolate!!!) but I know this weekend will be bad on the eating front now that we have (uninvited) houseguests and they want to BBQ....

approx 2100 cals, 49g (23%) fat, 62g protein

Edit Saturday morning: Ok so in the end this did not happen as planned because the uninvited guests decided not to come last night!!! DH suggested sushi takeaway and I was not going to turn that down!! So we shared the tuna steak and ordered some delicious takeaway. So my cals were around 2500, 60g fat and 85g protein. I didn't have the dessert so that's something.....

[bluebonnet22]

I'm a bit low on calories for today, but I might have a piece of chocolate or somethin later to up them a bit if I'm still hungry. Also I'm eating out for lunch and I feel like the real calorie counts are always much higher than they say they are!

Breakfast: Coffee + creamer
Lunch: Einsten Bagels Veg out sandwich (bagel with cream cheese, sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce)
Dinner: 1 cup pasta + 1/2 cup of marinara sauce + 1/2 cup of mushrooms + 1/4 cup of low fat shredded mozzarella cheese + 1/2 bottle of wine

1130 calories, 21 grams of fat, 36 grams of protein

[Rosie85]

I am on the day after my attempt.. I am so tempted to eat nothing! Dumb idea obviously and I won't but I am nervous to raise my blood sugar at all.

[stephk]

if youre nervous and not hungry maybe have something that is pure protein and no carb? that will not raise blood sugar. However your problem then might be too much protein for too few cals. Also the sugar v protein thing that atomic pointed out, you need to have more carb (sugar) in relation to protein. Depends what you feel comfortable with.

Been so hard not eating everything in sight today..... had such a hungry week, no idea why!

[eleena2014]

does anyone have any breakfast ideas? also does anyone know the calories/protein/fat in 1 egg please?

[bluebonnet22]

eleena - we typically don't eat breakfast or eggs on LE

[eleena2014]

breakfast being mid-morning obviously.x

[eleena2014]

im sure i can remember reading you can eat them every so often

[FutureMiniMe]

Yesterday was my first day officially on LE. I would love some suggestions on how to get a little more fat and protein in my day without adding too many calories!
morning: coffee black with splenda
(lots of water throughout the day, mostly in the morning - not sure if that is okay)
12:15pm two cans of green beans with 1/2c tomato sauce (both low sodium)and two laughing cow cheese sun dried tomato & basil flavor mixed in
1/2 oz. Pirates Booty Snack & Diet coke
3:00 - apples and yoplait light yogurt
6pm 1c pasta with more low sodium sauce, medium baked potato with 2T of light sour cream and some zucchini
2 IPAs! Love that part!

I don't think I got enough fat but now that I have written it out, maybe I can go for full fat sour cream, yogurt, etc. I was really nervous about sticking to the calories.

I am confused about free veggies....do I still count the calories or don't bother? I counted the green beans yesterday but not the zucchini...

Today I am going to try to save calories to have some Fro-Yo with my bestie!

[bluebonnet22]

Eleena - for a mid morning "breakfast" maybe something like white toast with margarine/jam or bagel with light cream cheese. Some fruit, etc. I sometimes have pancakes around 10:00 AM with margarine.

In general just try to avoid things like eggs, cereal, or highly nutritious/fortified foods like energy bars and vitamin drinks, juices, etc.

[FutureMiniMe]

oh yeah...I had about 1,523 calories, 10 grams of fat, and 41 protein.

[eleena2014]

im i not right in thinking then that plain cereal like rice krispies is not ok?

[stephk]

eleena - one medium egg is about 70 cals, 5g fat and 6g protein. You can have anything, including eggs if it fits into your totals. For anyone with PCOS or lost ovulation, atomic recommends 4 eggs a week I think. Otherwise they are not necessarily recommended.

The only banned foods for me are breakfast cereal and fruit juice (apart from the small amount in cosmopolitans!!)

When I was in the stage of pushing back breakfast, it would be yoghurt and fruit. Now I still have the yoghurt and fruit but I have it mid afternoon instead of mid morning.

[stephk]

futureminime - as you have said, you can have full fat sour cream and full fat yoghurt. You could also cook in some oil or use a fatty salad dressing or something like that to add fat? On days where I am low in fat and high in protein i have avocado. Its not necessarily LE but its great on a day where you need to get some more fat. There is a thread somewhere called 'quick fixes for diet disasters' and thats where I picked up the avocado tip. It will help you to get more ideas on adding fat where protein is low and vice versa.

[stephk]

eleena - its probably best to avoid things like rice crispies but if you love them an occasional treat wont do any harm.

[stephk]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/le-diet-info/6976-quick-fixes-diet-disasters.html

[Rosie85]

I would avoid all cereals, granolas, juices, vitamin packed foods.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yesterday:

9:30am
cup of tea with milk

1:30pm
vegetable soup with wholemeal English muffin.

7:00pm
Long white roll with mushrooms, asparagus, eggplant cooked in oil and small amount of gravy. Slice of low sodium cheese.

9:30pm
Ben & jerrys ice cream 😕

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

11:30am
Wholemeal English muffin with low sodium cheese, coffee with rice milk.

3:30
Coffee with rice milk, 2 white tim tams.

7:30pm
1 and a half cups cooked wholemeal pasta with a cream sundries tomato sauce and veggies.
Vodka & Diet Coke.
2 small strawberry Easter eggs

About 1600cals. 54g Fat.

No exercise.
Feeling fat today! 😢

[stephk]

Must be great having Tim tams on tap!!!

Mumofsix when you're PG again I am going to send you a recipie for chocolate Tim tam hedgehog. It's amazing but so full of fat and cals :)

[stephk]

I bet you are not fat. But I know what you mean on the day I don't exercise I feel fat too

[SamS_TTCPink]

Now I really want that BFP! 😉

[txmomof3beautifulboys]

Let's see....sure I didn't hit my totals yesterday, but here goes:

Lunch: grilled cheese-2 low fat strawberry poptarts

Dinner: 2 c white rice grilled veggies and a donut stick

Snack: raspberry yogurt

sprite zero and crystal light to drink

[FutureMiniMe]

Today was an off day for me bc we had a volunteer word day at work so I had to eat the lunch provided...but I think I did okay since I finally hit my totals for fat and protein! I drank a carb free zero cal rock star this am, then I had some pasta salad (about a cup), Chinese chicken salad which was mostly cabbage, and a hamburger bun with tomatoes and mixed genes on it for lunch! We painted my office today so I came home and drank a high alcohol IPA to celebrate (I usually sit at a desk, so painting was hard work!)

Not sure what I will have for dinner as the IPA clocked in at nearly 300 cal!!!


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[odd]

This week has been horrible for me as I've been eating out a bit too much. Calories are still around 1500 to 1600 but fat & protein limits are way over ..ugh hope to have better luck next week

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[stephk]

Er...yesterday I had about 3250 cals.

I had 2 coffees with whole milk before aerobics. We were visiting DHs aunt fir 1230 so I thought I would wait and eat there. I took 2 cartons of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup over knowing how low in fat, cals and protein it is, because we were having a BBQ in the evening and I wanted to do my best. Well our aunt was doing a few other bits so we didn't get to eat until about 145 and I had awful stomach pain I was so starving by that point (having not eaten since Friday night sushi at around 830pm!!) I had probably half a cartons worth. She wanted to add cream to it and thank god the cream was off so she couldn't....anyway she made some delicious homemade garlic baguettes I had about half a baguette, there was some other bread too and I had a slice with butter... Then she wanted to feed us chocolate dessert, I declined as I said I was full (I was) and also said we would be eating a lot that evening. She had the cheek to say I had put on weight since she last saw me (I was gutted!!!) I said that actually I weighed the same and she said I looked too thin last time grrrr

Anyway we came home for the BBQ and I had an aspalls cider. Had a few crisps, not many. Whilst we were cooking I made some poppy and sesame seed crackers with Camembert. I probably had about 6 or 7 of those. Opened a bottle of Pinot noir. I had a buffalo and chilli burger, 2 and a half buns, more Camembert, a giant mushroom and some halloumi. Then we had crunchie ice creams! When our guests left we put a film on I was desperate for chocolate and I ate a whole Easter egg! OMG....

So the fat was about 130g and protein about 80g

I am going to the gym soon aiming to burn 1000 cals on the cross trainer (I normally do about 800) - it was all lovely but I can't believe I did this so close to the holiday and also I have been over in cals for most if April. To be honest I'm getting fed up of it all and I know in my heart I will have another boy anyway so why am I bothering. And how awful is that to even think, I will be so thrilled to get PG, that's all I really want now.

[SamS_TTCPink]

11:30am
Rice milk coffee, cheese toasted sandwich.

2:30pm
Vegetarian chikito from Zambero with beans, rice, avocado, sour cream, cheese, corn and chipotle sauce.
+ large flat white.

6:30pm
Bowl of wholemeal penne pasta with creamy sundried tomato pesto sauce.

9:30pm
Peppermint tea & 5 mini Easter eggs and 2 mini crunchies.

2400cals 74g Fat. 😞

[stephk]

Well I am very glad I managed to burn 1000 cals yesterday. I had my usual 2 coffees with whole milk beforehand.

At 12 I gave DS his lunch and I ate a piece of toast with some hummous, some beetroot salad and some pretzels. Also had a bit of nutella with these.

Friends came round at 2 for a BBQ. So from 2 I was snacking on pretzels and drinking white wine. I cant remember what time it was when we ate, I am guessing around 5pm. I had one and a half white bakery rolls (had a small amount of lurpak on half a roll), some spinach and avocado salad, a mushroom and garlic burger (Ocado: Dragonfly Gluten Free Organic Mushroom & Garlic Burger 200g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Dragonfly-Gluten-Free-Organic-Mushroom--Garlic-Burger/228192011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=mushroom+burger&parentContainer=SEARCHmushroom+burger_SHELFVIEW)) with some heinz garlic sauce, a giant mushroom and some halloumi. Our friends had brought round some cheesecake and some bakewell tart. I had a massive piece of bakewell tart.

Once DS was in bed and I was watching TV with DH I fancied an ice cream so we had crunchie ice creams at around 8pm. Totally unnecessary but I wanted to eat it.

So I guesstimate this at 2500 cals, 100g fat and 60g protein

Not too happy with myself but at least I managed to stay vegetarian. My friends did wonder why I was eating veggie burgers but I said that we had a BBQ the day before and I had eaten a lot of meat so I didnt feel like eating more meat.

[eleena2014]

i put my details into my fitness pal yesterday just to test how i would do when i start the le diet and my calories only came to 800,what am i doing wrong??
this is an example of what i would eat if on the diet
morning-coffee
mid morning-toast -butter-weight watchers jam
snack- a few crabsticks
dinner-
cheese and onion wrap and sunbites crisps and diet pepsi
mid afternoon-coffee
tea- quorn peice with brocolli and honey roasted parsnips and diet coke
strawberry jelly
ok i didnt log the coffee and coke in but it still wouldnt bump it up to enough calories as i will be aiming for 1300

[stephk]

what was the protein and fat content? You could have non-diet coke to bump up cals, also I dont know how many slices of toast you were eating but I have hovis seeded bread, if i have 2 slices of that plus butter and jam thats around 350-400 cals.

was the wrap homemade or shop bought?

if you want to give more detail we can try to help.

[eleena2014]

i thought diet coke helped when ttc girl because of the Aspartame.
the protein and fat of everything in total for that day was 29g fat 11g protein
the wrap was shop brought but i usually have cobs or bread

[stephk]

some people believe that aspartame sways pink and by all means have it if you agree and want to include it. Its an easy thing to include if you like diet drinks and some people find it helpful to drink when they are hungry between meals. The suggestion for full sugar pop is to add calories when you need some extra calories but may be over on protein and/or fat for example. However looking at your fat and protein content you need to add some actual food. You should not be below 40g protein a day. To be honest though I dont think MFP is counting your food right and I reckon you are close to the 40g. There is around 5g protein in just one slice of bread, its impossible that you have eaten what you have eaten and only got to 11g protein. Quorn is a high protein food too. The fat content is probably too low but the number appears accurate based on what you have eaten.

did the nutritional info appear on the wrap you bought? wraps themselves will have plenty of protein and the cheese has protein and fat (which you need, its not a criticism). I am guessing the wrap comes in at around 500 cals, possibly around 20g protein and 15-20g fat.

none of this is anything to worry about as it is difficult when you first start the diet, I took a while to transition and tweaked as I went along.

When you search for a food in MFP you need to make sure that it has the correct cals, fat and protein listed by comparing to the nutritional info on what you are eating. If incorrect you can create a new food with the correct info (takes less than a minute). Over time MFP will then save the things you eat so you dont need to worry too much about it.

[eleena2014]

ok i think i may have to enter my own foods.its just all so overwhelming and confusing and i want to do it right,looking at what i eat now though the only thing it seems i will be changing is cutting down on meat.does this seem right?
also are cakes e.t.c. ok to eat after meals but not inbetween?

[stephk]

cakes are definitely OK at the end of a meal if you are within your totals for the day, not in between meals.

Yes, most of us have gone vegetarian apart from cheat days. Reason being meat has lots of protein in it for not many calories.

it really does take a little time to transition. It can be really overwhelming at first and I never thought I would get it at all but now I find it really easy. I know how many calories, protein and fat I am going for (not that I successfully hit them every day!) and I log my foods into MFP when doing my weekly shop as its just easier for me to do it that way. Then on the day i just look at MFP for what I am eating, i might make some amendments if I fancy something extra/different and thats it.

[eleena2014]

ok and how about frozen fish,salmon and tuna? are they all ok once in a while?

[stephk]

yes i eat these once a week or less, and can usually make them fit, or almost fit the totals.

just remember that there are no banned foods and no magic foods, it is the overall pattern of your eating that counts. if you are sticking to the totals you will be fine to have whatever you like.

[eleena2014]

but there are certain foods you should try and avoid like milk and chicken,beef e.t.c.?

[stephk]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/le-diet-info/466-myth-magic-foods-best-worst-food-guide.html?highlight=Myth+magic+food

Hopefully this will help

[eleena2014]

:agree: thanks

[eleena2014]

oh im not a member so i cant view it.x

[SamS_TTCPink]

What a shocking day! Today was DS5 birthday and we were out all day then went out for dinner at a club. Way over everything and no exercise! So disappointed. 😞

10am Mug size flat white

11am Small Flat White and half a chicken, cheese & avocado roll.

7pm Seafood mornay crepe with chips and salad. And it was covered in melted cheese! Piece of chocolate birthday cake & 2 vodka, cranberry & tonic.

Probably a weeks worth of calories! 😬

[stephk]

mumofsix sounds amazing! And normally you eat at the lower end so I am sure this one day will not ruin anything at all. I bet it was not a weeks worth of calories :) I hope your DS had a lovely birthday.

eleena - the essay just says that there are no magic foods and no banned foods. if you remember the totals, just try to keep within that, and you cant go far wrong. There will be cheat days which atomic says are mandatory on the LE diet so that you can stick to it most of the time.

[stephk]

Yesterday:
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
1pm - a pear, Kirsty's moroccan vegetables with quinoa, mash direct red cabbage and beetroot, some leftover spinach and avocado salad from the weekend
4pm - a banana, some raspberries, some blackberries, a punnet of graze pina colada (dried coconut, mango, pineapple) and c50g total greek yoghurt
8pm - this was DELICIOUS - 100g fresh crab (the brand is called seafood & eat it), slim pasta fettucine, tendersteam broccoli, helda stringless beans, babycorn, c25g sun-dried tomato pesto - this was all cooked in the juice of a lemon with some garlic, oregano, chilli and coriander. Afterwards I had some dark chocolate with marzipan and a peppermint tea

approx 1600 cals, 58g (32%) fat, 49g protein

[stephk]

today:
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
12.45pm - waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, a white baguette, waitrose essential side salad, waitrose adzuki & edamame bean salad, sweetfire beetroot
3.45pm - some raspberries, some blackberries, c50g total greek yoghurt, a dandelion tea and a graze jaffa cake flapjack
8.00pm - roast butternut squash, roast courgette, roast mushrooms, half a pack of garlic and coriander cous cous, half a can of essential waitrose ratatouillie, half a pack of waitrose vegetable layer. A glass of whole milk after dinner.

approx 1900 cals, 56g fat (28%), 62g protein

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - I love reading your posts because all the food is so exotic sounding to me (either because I'm an American or horrible at being vegetarian)? For example I have no idea what adzuki, beetroot, or courgette is :)

I'm so horrible at this diet - I love meat and fat and protein soo much, hate sugar, hate carbs, UGH. Today isn't a very good example for the diet but I figured I'd post it anyways since it follows LE principals (sort of), just not many LE friendly foods on my menu!

I've recently added in daily cardio (only doing 45 minutes for now and slowly working up to 60 minutes by 6 weeks out from my attempt) and I'm having so much trouble skipping breakfast! I like to do my cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. My son is still sleeping (and my husband hasn't left for work yet) and the temperatures are so nice outside that it's great for a run. When I get home, however, I'm SO HUNGRY. I'm miserable waiting to eat until 11 or noon. Today I was so freaking sick I had to eat something at 9 AM.

Breakfast (9:00 AM): coffee + creamer, a low sodium rice cake with light cinammon laughing cow cream cheese

Lunch: a taco with cheese and avocado, watermelon agua fresca to drink

Dinner: Chick fil a cool wrap (contains veggies and small amount of chicken) dipped into 4 tbsp of fat free caesar dressing, diet lemonade with 3 oz of vodka mixed in.

1200 calories , 39 grams of fat, 50 grams of protein

Sorry for the long post!

[laVieEnRose]

Hi! I thought if I write here what I eat I would keep motivated! Finding it hard especially in the evening in front of the tv!

Breakfast :8.30 am soya cappuccino
Lunch: 1.30pm : 750ml of homemade green smoothie (2 bananas, pineapple, oranges, spinach)
Snack: peppermint tea and a rice cake
Dinner: 5.30pm: spaghetti vegetarian bolognese (homemade with Quorn) with some grated cheese

Total calories: 1167
22g fat, 46g proteins

I cook a lot from scratch so sometimes its hard to know exact amounts of fat/proteins etc... But I tend to choose highest content on MFP to be on the safe side.

Now craving some sweets or chocolate! What do u do against those cravings?

[daisymoo]

I eat at 1pm and then again at 6/7pm. Then I eat my third meal around 10pm and it is always sweets and chocolate! Every night! I keep it just below 1500 daily so it is still allowed! You're completely allowed chocolate and sweets as long as it's within the limits. Go and enjoy some Life's too short! ;)

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[SamS_TTCPink]

Yesterday:

10am large flat white & wholemeal English muffin with cheese

10pm vodka with cranberry a
& tonic. Slice of chocolate cake

😕

[stephk]

bluebonnet - thank you :) I think that you probably would know what they are, maybe they have different names in America? For example, I know that courgette is also called zuccini.

This is the sweetfire beetroot - I am sure you will recognise it when you look at the picture: Ocado: Sweetfire Beetroot Wedges Waitrose 180g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Sweetfire-Beetroot-Wedges-Waitrose/30862011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=sweetfire+beetroot&parentContainer=SEARCHsweetfire+beetr_SHELFVIEW)

Beetroot is free fat and protein, you only count cals hence I eat a lot of it!!

This is the adzuki & edamame bean salad: Ocado: Adzuki & Edamame Bean Salad Waitrose 200g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Adzuki--Edamame-Bean-Salad-Waitrose/40974011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=edamame&parentContainer=SEARCHedamame_SHELFVIEW)
the adzuki beans are the little brown ones, they are a great source of fibre (I am not taking fibre supps as its just too expensive buying all this stuff, I would rather just up my fibre intake)

You can also buy dry adzuki beans but you have to soak them overnight before boiling them which is a bit of an effort so I just buy ready prepared ones like this.

I know what you mean on feeling starving, especially after exercise and it does take time. Before any of this TTC business (and when I last TTC) I would have my coffee when I woke up and then went to the gym. If at the weekend, I would always shower before eating so it would be a quick shower because I was starving, if at work I would again shower and dress quick to get to my desk to immediately eat breakfast. Very slowly I pushed it back. At first, my aim was to eat an hour after finishing my workout. Then 90 mins and so on. For a while I ate breakfast no earlier than 1030 if I could help it. Then when I was able to get to 11, I thought well if I can make it to 11 I may as well just bring my lunch forward to 12/1230 and have my 'breakfast' mid afternoon, which then takes away the snack I always craved mid afternoon.

Also - I am not sure what time you are eating dinner, but if you are eating at 6pm and then again at 9am, that is 15 hours fasting which is completely fine! We are aiming for 14-16 hours daily fasting to keep blood sugar on the low side. It is not about a magic time to eat, its just whatever works for you. I must say though and I am sorry to point this out, if you are only eating 1200 calories and running for an hour, you are burning around 500 through exercise which isnt leaving a lot for your body to function and may be one contributing factor to feeling that way after exercise. I get up at 515, have my coffee, am in the gym from 6-730, I burn 800-850 cals and do not feel ill even though I have no food for many hours afterwards. Its not always easy dont get me wrong but this is why I aim for around 2000 cals because I am more comfortable with this. Even if you just add a load of free food like salad, beetroot(!), veggies, low fat veggie soups etc, you are then giving your body the calories it needs but its free or very LE friendly.

One piece of advice that atomic gave me in the beginning when I wasnt able to skip breakfast - she said try to have either pure protein or pure carbs if possible. The reason for this is their effect on blood sugar (pure protein has no effect, pure carbs will elevate it then crash). Eating a rice cake with a bit of cream cheese (or eating whatever) if you are feeling that ill is completely fine and you should just do it becuase you need to function and the point is not to be miserable waiting for a magic time of day to come around. Dont feel guilty about it.

Lavie - when I want chocoate and it is within my totals for the day, I eat it! Sometimes I will eat it even if I go over totals.

I think we all need to remember that this can all be taken a little too far. Another great thing that atomic told me was that girl mums are not sitting around miserable and analysing every scrap of food that goes into their mouths. They just eat carefully most of the time and if they fancy cake or whatever they will just have it without worrying about it.

daisymoo - that is the perfect time to have something like that because when your blood sugar crashes really low you will be sleeping so wont feel the effects :)

[Marika]

Stephk - such a great post! I think we all need to read those things sometimes when we try to count hours and minutes of fast, calories in everything and stressing over getting the percentages of protein and fat right.

I haven't been able to skip breakfast, but pushing it until 10 and then not eating after 6 pm. When seeing everybody else having first meal at noon I feel bad about myself not doing it, but then I read posts like yours and they are such a relief. So thanks for this kind of unstressing posts! They are needed for us marthas ;)

[stephk]

Thank you - I am so glad it is helpful, I did hesitate because I was worried about offending or speaking out of turn - all of this stuff I have learned here and from atomic. I have just had the same struggles and its great to be here where we can all help each other :)

how mushy lol

Yes, if you eat at 6pm and then again at 10am thats the same as others eating at 8pm and then again at 12pm :) you dont need to fast for longer than 16 hours you will be pleased to know, and 14 hour fasts are also ample - its all about keeping blood sugar on the low side for parts of the day.

[daisymoo]

Wow that is a great post!! Thanks so much Stephk. I just learned so much from that one post and I've been on the le diet since Jan! Well quite loosely this attempt have to add. Thanks!! :)

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[stephk]

Right well here comes the boring food post hehe
520am - coffee with whole milk
12.30- a pretzel and a salad I made with c100g white crab meat, some spinach, a small avocado and some steamed veggies made last night: helda stringless beans, courgette and babycorn (they were steamed in the juice of a lemon). I added oregano, chilli and coriander to the salad. And also got a waitrose essential side salad as I needed to bulk it out more.
3.45pm - some strawberries, a banana, c50g total greek yoghurt, punnet of graze chocolate orange
8.00pm - spinach and ricotta ravioli, half a garlic flatbread and a big portion of veggies - mushroms, courgette, babycorn. Not yet sure what sauce (if any) I will put on the pasta, I might just leave mine plain and put some on for DH.

approx 1800 cals, 61g (30%) fat, 61g protein

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.15pm - a pretzel, half tub creme de Brie, Waitrose rainbow salad, Waitrose chargrilled vegetables, some roast veggies I made last night (courgette, mushroom, babycorn)
1.30pm - a banana, some strawberries and c50g total Greek yoghurt
8.00pm - sweet potato, cauliflower cheese gratin, broccoli. Also an aspalls cider. After eating, not hungry but had 3 poppy seed and sesame crackers with Brie

Approx 1980 cals, 59g (29%) fat, 55g protein

Argh after posting I went to hang out the washing and ended up eating a chocolate bunny!!!! I don't know how many fat and cals that is but I've gone over now :(

[weeziewoozles]

Well it's Day 1 of full LE for me today! Wish me luck! Had a delicious French meal with a friend last night - a blowout before the diet. Yummy steak frites and blackcurrant almond cake :) Today though I've had a Redbush tea so far and planning a jacket potato with baked beans for lunch, and veggie burgers with vegetables for dinner. Plus wine or beer! :)

[PrimalMamma]

Hi I'm new to posting here. I am a mum of 2 boys, & normally I eat a paleo diet (which explains the 2 boys I guess lol). For anyone who doesn't know that is low carb with an emphasis on meat & eggs! So this diet is very new to me. I am good at being disciplined about what I eat & I don't eat a lot of junk. The artificial sweetener makes me particularly nervous... Anyway....
I had a cup of tea with milk first thing (can't survive without it I'm afraid) & then had black coffee & peppermint tea til 1pm.
1pm - pita with lettuce, tomato, onion, mushrooms & hummus.
Diet strawberry yoghurt.

3pm - diet hot chocolate.

6pm - quinoa with veggies, nutritional yeast, dulse flakes & tahini.

2 glasses wine

812 calories ❤


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[PrimalMamma]

And yeah I know that's too low. Still finding my feet with such a big change ^^^


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[weeziewoozles]

Hi I'm new to posting here. I am a mum of 2 boys, & normally I eat a paleo diet (which explains the 2 boys I guess lol). For anyone who doesn't know that is low carb with an emphasis on meat & eggs! So this diet is very new to me. I am good at being disciplined about what I eat & I don't eat a lot of junk. The artificial sweetener makes me particularly nervous... Anyway....
I had a cup of tea with milk first thing (can't survive without it I'm afraid) & then had black coffee & peppermint tea til 1pm.
1pm - pita with lettuce, tomato, onion, mushrooms & hummus.
Diet strawberry yoghurt.

3pm - diet hot chocolate.

6pm - quinoa with veggies, nutritional yeast, dulse flakes & tahini.

2 glasses wine

812 calories ❤

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It's really hard to change from such a healthy lifestyle but you'll get used to it. Remember you don't have to do the artificial sweeteners if they make you uncomfortable. Only do be careful with your calories - 812 is too little! Try adding in sugary drinks to get thr calories up, or juices if that's more acceptable to you.

[stephk]

Welcome! It does take time to transition to the diet. There is lots of cool information here and you will soon know what you are doing.

As weezie says, you dont need to do fake sugar if you dont want to (I dont)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Well today is a write off!!! I had plans to stay on track despite it being my birthday but it didn't end up that way!!

Had no breakfast but then a club sandwich with chips for lunch, a coffee, Thai for dinner (way too much and with meat in it) and cheesecake!

Devastated!!

Do you think this will detrimental to my attempt tomorrow?? 😕

[stephk]

mumofsix - no i do not think it will be at all. It is your birthday and you should enjoy yourself. Also, if we only had to be worried about the diet for one day, we would only do it one day (I have seen atomic say this and it makes sense!)

Please enjoy your birthday without guilt and get attempting :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Thanks stephk! Hope you're right. 😊

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.30 - a couple of sweet potatoes, some broccoli, some mushrooms, some hummous
2.30pm - essential waitrose side salad and essential waitrose beetroot salad
6.00pm - 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
8.00pm - will share a bottle of chardonnay with DH and I bought a pad thai meal kit from waitrose ealier. Just need something easy to cook tonight and was getting a bit stupid with logging various stuff into MFP! Will very likely have a magnum ice cream for dessert.

Really hope I manage not to eat anything else now...
2250 cals, 60g fat, 52g protein

[stephk]

oh yes and thats my last log now until after the holiday, the wifi will be dodgy there anyway and theres no point in posting how many pancakes I eat for breakfast every day. In fact I am considering not even logging onto MFP whilst I am there I will only make myself feel bad as I will be way over every day.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Enjoy your holiday stephk!!

[weeziewoozles]

oh yes and thats my last log now until after the holiday, the wifi will be dodgy there anyway and theres no point in posting how many pancakes I eat for breakfast every day. In fact I am considering not even logging onto MFP whilst I am there I will only make myself feel bad as I will be way over every day.

Sounds sensible. Have a lovely time X

[weeziewoozles]

So after my 800cals lunch of a small jacket potato and baked beans, with Pop crisps, a bit of avocado (for fat and potassium), a 7Up and some Go Ahead biscuits I felt pretty full. Even so, I have felt pretty lightheaded this afternoon so am having a G&T and some salted peanuts while my boys eat their dinners to keep me going until mine! Dinner is going to be Tesco Vegetable Quarter Pounder and Reduced Fat Chips with some veg and a beer. :) Love that the LE can include booze! Helps with sticking to it all!

Totals for the day should end up: 1893 calories (I'm BF so keeping it high), 48g Fat, 43g Protein

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - thank you so much for your amazing informative posts! Also, thanks for the education on british food names (I feel so worldy now that I know what a courgette is!!). Enjoy your holiday and DO NOT log into MFP!

momof6 - belated happy birthday! Glad you enjoyed it! Don't feel guilty at all!

weezie - good job getting day 1 under your belt!

I will post again next week. I'm taking the weekend off and will NOT be following LE. My sister is in town (who I rarely get to see) and we will be having several meals out. I'll keep up with the running every day and hopefully a weekend off the diet won't ruin my sway!

[weeziewoozles]

Enjoy BlueBonnet! :)

[PrimalMamma]

I did a lot better today. I think I'm getting the hang of this slowly!

6am - tea with milk. Drank black coffee until lunch time

12:30 - salad sandwich on sunflower & chia gluten free bread with a little almond butter

6pm - home made vegan pizza. (Which was surprisingly delicious)
3 glasses white wine.

Probably had too much sodium, I didn't add any salt to anything but the pizza tasted really salty, perhaps the sauce I used.

Total for the day - 1650 calories.


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[PrimalMamma]

Oh dear... I hope I haven't scared everyone away. Looks like this was a chatty little group til I showed up & spoilt the party!! Oh well..... Today I drank black coffee all morning til lunch.
12:30 - lentil & seed vegan burger with 2 corn thins, salad & soy cream "cheese".
6:30pm - vegan gluten free lasagne (home made as I went along - lucky I'm a chef so I can cook on the fly!)
2 beers & a white wine
8:30pm - a "Skinny Cow" icecream

Total calories - 1163

We also went for an hour long hike today which burnt 445 calories


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[SamS_TTCPink]

You haven't scares anyone away at all! 😊

Steph is away on hols so we won't see her posting and I have been so far off the diet this weekend that I am so not posting!! It's been a weekend of dinners out, birthday cakes and cheesecake and nachos for dinner tonight! 😕

Back on track tomorrow!! 👍

[bluebonnet22]

Primal - So happy to have you here, you definitely didn't scare anyone away. As mumof6 said steph is on holiday. The weekends are slower around here because many of us go off the diet or get lazy about posting on the weekends. My sister is in town and I'm taking a weekend off :)

As an off topic post, I was VERY naughty yesterday. I purchased tickets to a BBQ festival 6 months ago and I hated to miss it so I went and tried maybe 8-10 ounces of red meat. I think my body had gotten used to be vegetarian because I was EXTREMELY sick last night. I normally could have eaten that much meat no problem, but I guess something has changed after a month of vegetarianism. So crazy how that works!

[PrimalMamma]

Thank you bluebonnet & MumofSix... I was worried I had stepped on some toes! Today I'm off to work I have pre-cooked a meal for my work lunches this week, quinoa & veggies with a bit of almond butter & low sodium soy sauce. Sounds weird but I threw it together as an impromptu dinner on Friday & it was really yummy so I cooked a big batch for the week. I've got tofu marinating for dinner, making a stir fry & will be separating the meat for the others out so I can have my tofu. Blerg.... Actually it's not too bad once it's marinaded.


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[SamS_TTCPink]

Back on track today (mostly):

11:00am large flat white

2:00pm can of low sodium spaghetti, pop tart.

6:30pm stir-fry veggies wrapped in a lettuce leaf with a sprinkle of low sodium cheese and a teaspoon of low fat sour cream.

And I'll be honest and say I'll probably have a slice of leftover cheesecake. 😕

1368cals 45g fat 27g protein.
(Incl. cheesecake)

[SamS_TTCPink]

A pic of my dinner 😊 http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/05/uqujugar.jpg

[PrimalMamma]

Oh yum! Back to work today, work days I find it hard to eat enough calories.

I drank black coffee & water until 10am when I had a diet hot chocolate as I couldn't take it anymore!!! That got me to lunch.
12:30 - aforementioned quinoa & veggie hash thingy & a diet yoghurt.
4pm - another diet hot chocolate.
Dinner - tofu & veggie stir fry with basmati rice & a mix of sauces that were probably far too high in sodium.
2 beers & will have a few wines later.
I'm going to have to snack a bit once my kids go to bed as I've only had 837 calories, including the beers.


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[bluebonnet22]

Beautiful picture mumofsix! I'm not tech savvy enough to post pictures (or even figure out how to put in a signature)..

Breakfast: coffee + creamer
Lunch: Sushi with brown rice, avocado, cream cheese, and fresh jalapeno, seaweed salad, and a mango boba tea
Dinner: a rice dish with broccoli, rotel (tomatoes + green chilis) and cheese sauce, one ounce of chicken (having issues getting enough protein), a homeade strawberry mojito with fresh strawberries and mint

1553 calories, 31 grams of fat, 34 grams of protein

[PrimalMamma]

Lol me too bluebonnet I've saved a signature but it never comes up in my posts!! Lol. Oh well.


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[nuthinbutpink]

Lol me too bluebonnet I've saved a signature but it never comes up in my posts!! Lol. Oh well.


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You do have a signature. I can see it right now.

[nuthinbutpink]

To make a signature, click on Settings at the top right of the screen. Then, scroll down and look left- http://genderdreaming.com/forum/profile.php?do=editsignature

[PrimalMamma]

Oh really nuthinbutpink?! It doesn't display for me! So I didn't realise.


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[PrimalMamma]

Hey ladies, a question.... I was starving hungry to the point I just couldn't wait until lunch to have something in my belly more substantial than water/black coffee. So I grabbed a soy coffee & put Equal tablets in it. Is that a better option than eating something?


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[bluebonnet22]

Primal- if you are hungry, move your lunch up! The goal is fasting 14-16 hours, once you've hit that just eat! I eat my lunch at 11:30 most days.

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[SamS_TTCPink]

Bugger, just added up my totals today and way too much fat due to the soup (which says it's 98% fat free!) 😕

10am large flat white

12:30pm half a can of cream of asparagus soup & one crumpet. Plus 2 squares of white chocolate.

Dinner will be same veggies in lettuce wrap as last night. Plus pop tart & hot choc before bed.

Only 1000cals but 66g (48% fat!)

[PrimalMamma]

Today has been the biggest fail, OMG 😢
9am - double shot soy flat white with Equal
12pm - 2 ANZAC biscuits
12:30pm - salad sandwich with soy cream "cheese" & avocado
2pm - 2 more ANZAC biscuits
7pm - roast turkey & roast pumpkin (I planned to have a vegan lentil patty but it all turned to shit)
And 2 beers & 4 billion glasses of wine.... My DH got a new job today, so kind of celebrating but I feel like a total failure & so guilty & a huge hopeless mess.... Sigh...

1858 calories, with more to come I can feel it. 😭😭😭


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[SamS_TTCPink]

I had a blow out too today PrimalMamma! Dinner didn't turn out to be vege lettuce wraps cause DS1 cooked a delicious pasta dish with chorizo sausage, cream, garlic and lemon and sauce!! It was so yummy but so not on plan! 😞

[weeziewoozles]

Primal Mamma, sounds like most of your calories were from alcohol though and that's pink!

Yesterday was tricky as we went to my inlaws for a roast but I did well. Had loads of steamed veg plus a couple of roast parsnips, five roast potatoes and two Yorkshire puddings. Plus a piece of lemon meringue pie and some wine - yum!

[weeziewoozles]

Today should read:

AM Decaf black coffee
12pm spelt bread with cheese and avocado, Walkers Baked crisps and one square of dark chocolate, plus a 7Up
5pm gin & tonic or a cidre with some peanuts
7:30pm vegetable stir fry with teriyaki sauce and rice with a few mini vegetable spring rolls

Should total about 1700 cals, 45g fat, 40g protein

[bluebonnet22]

Breakfast: Coffee with creamer
Lunch: It's 11:30 AM here and I'm about to eat - I'm starving! I'll be having some foccacia bread I bought at the farmer's market this morning with avocado and strawberries
Dinner: Making spinach and ricotta stuffed shells with 1/2 bottle of wine, more foccacia on the side with a little light butter spread on it.

1509 calories, 32 grams of fat, 46 grams of protein