Brand sparkly (pink) new diet thread for GIRL sways!

[Mulberry Smurf]

Aw no chocolate so sorry to hear that :( you can do steps easily for your cardio when away and maybe just stick to no breakfast, no meat and no snacks for then? Xx

[chocolate]

I'll see what happens, guess I can always see if there is a local gym close by and sneak off for an hour :-)

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[amelia10]

I had a lovely green Salad with feta cheese (hope it's allowed), mixed seeds and fish cakes (again!!!) ... And an ice Lolly after, now having a small bowl of frozen yoghurt because my belly is rumbling :-)

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[Girlieplease]

Today I had salad, cous cous and a slice of white bread for first meal, gallon of diet coke. Second meal was some oven chips, veggie burger and onion rings, more gallons of coke. Probably the dinner is all wrong but least no meat or snacking! Well done everyone! Annoying about the late O chocolate but if your out this cycle am happy that we are attempting together next month! I think am ovulating early since started on diet and exercise, is that possible? Usually day 14/15 but last month day 12 and it is day 11 of my cycle this month and I think am gearing up for o? This happen anyone else?

[chocolate]

That will be good we can be ttc buddies :-) I thought I was ovulating about day 12 before this cycle, maybe me stressing and worrying delayed mine till day 18 this month. I'd just say keep an eye out and try to stick at the diet and exercise even after you think you have ovulated just in case X

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[Frilly Lady]

Glad to hear you're sounding a bit more positive chocolate x

[chocolate]

I think going to the gym actually helped me feel positive again, maybe this plan is sort of good for us ;-)

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[Nessa84]

is diet coke better to have than sprite zero? Or do they both have a good amount of caffeine and aspartame?

[XXforhubby]

Sprite is caffeine free. Both have aspartame.



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[Nessa84]

dammit. okay lol thanks haha

[davesig4]

So I had my first attempt last night!!! I only had 2 rice cakes at lunchtime, no snacks or breakfast, then didn't have dinner until about 8.30pm which was grilled veggies and some halloumi, followed by a little frosting free cupcake that DS1 and I made yesterday afternoon and 3 sugar free sweets. Drowned myself in diet coke as well all day with a couple of pep teas and coffees thrown in for good measure!

[chocolate]

Sounds like a great attempt :-) Keep it up today, when do you think ovulation is?

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[davesig4]

Well I don't temp, just use OPKs and my first peak was yesterday am. I did an OPK this morning just out of curiosity, random!, and it was back down to low. I don't know if this is normal or not?! But judging by EWCM (sorry TMI) going on previous months, it should due in a couple of days. But I don't really know if that's the way to tell or not! I sound completely clueless!

[chocolate]

I use opks but cheapies and they go positive with fmu and then half colour the next day. Although my false ovulation I o ly had 1 day of positives but my proper one I had 2 days and much darker than control line. My ewcm didn't go away between my false ovulation and proper one, but it has dried up after my proper ovulation

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[Mulberry Smurf]

Good luck davesig!! Hope that you get your BFP this month :) xx

[squigglepink]

Just had a nice cheesy bowl of pasta! Followed by chocolate!!
Am i seriously the only one here who has chocolate after a meal!! I just cannot give up on my cheese and chocolate!!

NEW Cadbury's dairy milk MEDLEY chocolate bar i hate you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad::mad:

[3'sacharm]

Haha squiggle! I had some 70% chocolate last night after my evening meal as I was still not satiated and it was the only thing in my work bag! Did the trick!

I've had a (gluten free!!!) crumpet with a little cheese on, humous with carrots, cucumber, pepper, and cherry toms followed by some banana custard flavoured yogurt and two small gluten free cookies with a milky coffee, mmmmm! Thoroughly enjoyed!x

[chocolate]

I find not having something sweet torture!! I had a wholemeal roll with a little low fat grated cheese, pickle and tomato, a bag of hula hoops and an apple. Also a bag of light pop crisps at the gym, and a McDonald's honeycomb frape which was so good but not exactly in my plan! Will just have 2 baked rolls with a little Parmasan cheese for tea and then do my exercise. And a glass if wine after so actually I'm OK for my target numbers but don't want to make a habit of a frape and crisps! However 1dpo and Im thinking it's best to have a little of something like or I'll binge later!

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[chocolate]

Banana custard flavoured yoghurt sounds nice! I've ordered some low fat weight watchers toffee yoghurts for next week and going to start having some part baked roll with a little light marg. As I quite like those

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[Dreamsister]

On LE diet I have started a habit of cheewing sugarfree gum. Is this bad and is this considered snacking? Stimerol sugarfree gum has around 3 kcals in it/piece.

It can chew a lot of pieces during the day. I hope I am not ruining my sway.

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[XXforhubby]

Nope! It's a great strategy to stave off hunger! I do it all of the time!



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[chocolate]

I use it too, and lots of coke zero in between meals, few days before O I will probably try and have it less between meals just in case but I don't think that would turn the sway into a blue sway just by chewing gum in between.
Has anyone found a good brand of antihistamine to dry up class I used piritize and it didn't do anything

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[Mulberry Smurf]

I was going to try cetirizine from Amazon. I find if I have energy drinks I get absolutely tonnes of CM, could be the b vitamins in will avoid close to attempt time! Xx

[Mulberry Smurf]

Squiggle I had chocolate today too, after lunch which was noodles and potato bread with hummus. Had a galaxy salted caramel bar which was divine lol xx

[amelia10]

I had rice cakes with hummous and rocket and low fat yoghurt with a diet coke for lunch and then I gave into my cravings and had a homemade burger with salad for dinner, still loising weight slowly tho because I've stopped eating junk every nite!!!!

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[Girlieplease]

I like to chew chewing gum throughout the day, especially when the wee ones are eating as I don't want to pick at their food. I have had a salad with some chicken for lunch, followed by some fresh pineapple, gallons of diet coke, dinner was salad with sweetcorn and three veggie sausages, more pineapple, that is me until tomorrow lunch time! Well done everyone

[squigglepink]

Had a rubbish lunch of bagel with peanut butter. kitkat. diet coke. pickled onion crisps.
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Im sure i read somewhere that chewing gum makes you more hungry.. i did this too btw back in Feb when i started the LE just to help me get used to not eating when i want etc.. i just googled it:
Chewing gum stimulates the gastric juices, producing saliva. According to Faddiets.com the saliva that is produced while chewing goes down to the stomach and fools the stomach into thinking there is food to be digested, making you hungrier.

Is peanut butter more boy friendly? I have no idea but needed a change in spread x

Happy weekend ladies!

[Nessa84]

Ladies how do we keep our blood sugar low? Are we doing it by not snacking and skipping breakfast? Is that why we only have 2-3 meals? I am just trying to understand WHY we are doing the things we are doing. Because if this is the case I am thinking I should probably not have Large meals too or too many carbs.

Am I on the right track to think this?

[Nessa84]

And just to confirm.... aspartame and caffeine and alcohol all sway pink right?

[chocolate]

I find my levels go low if I diet (loosing weight) exercise and try to hold off eating till lunch time. If I eat early, I don't feel the low blood sugar effect as much. When I feel like they are low, I feel quite snappy and foggy minded like I can't really concentrate. I wouldn't eat a massive meal for both lunch and dinner. I tend to get cals up with a large glass of wine at night. I tend to have just lunch at 1130am or 12, and an early tea at about 445pm as I am usually ready by then especially if I exercise in the am. No snacks helps too.

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[Nessa84]

Tea at 4:45? I thought that swayed boys
When do you eat dinner?

[3'sacharm]

Nessa - time of day isn't relevant, it's the number of hours between meals.

[Nessa84]

Right. i was just curious if she meant to say tea or dinner.

Right now I am having..... soup, salad and sandwich. I LOVE this meal!!

This is: 19g protein, 13g of fat and 500 calories.

[chocolate]

It's probably better to eat it as late as you can but I eat light and by 430pm I am getting quite grumpy and in need of food. It also then means I have a good 18 hours of no food till the next meal the next day

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[amelia10]

I always have to have something small when kids in bed, so use to always eating craps but instead I have an ice Lolly and an Apple, but won't eat then until 12:30/1 the nxt day, would that be considered a meal? I still have 15 hr fast

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[LinzNicuRN]

What is the recommended amount of time to be fasting? Coming from a very boy friendly diet I am used to eating small meals literally every 2 hours. I am starving just a few hours in to my fast. My body is rejecting the empty carbs I think! My normal diet consisted of loads of healthy fats, fruits, dairy and grains. Each day is different really, but I would say on average I find the LE diet extremely difficult..just based on the foods I prefer to eat. With a history of hypoglycemia, I might be a candidate for a modified LE. I need to get my questionnaires filled out so I can benefit from the personalized part of this! [emoji4]


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[LinzNicuRN]

*forgot to mention protein above, loads of protein!


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[Nessa84]

Ladies whats the deal with eating chocolate? it is considered boy friendly? Is it a neutral food? I am eating a chocolate pop tart every night and not sure if I should change it up because it will affect my sway.

[atomic sagebrush]

What is the recommended amount of time to be fasting? Coming from a very boy friendly diet I am used to eating small meals literally every 2 hours. I am starving just a few hours in to my fast. My body is rejecting the empty carbs I think! My normal diet consisted of loads of healthy fats, fruits, dairy and grains. Each day is different really, but I would say on average I find the LE diet extremely difficult..just based on the foods I prefer to eat. With a history of hypoglycemia, I might be a candidate for a modified LE. I need to get my questionnaires filled out so I can benefit from the personalized part of this! [emoji4]


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There is no set amount of time. WE all have different metabolisms and needs and rather than having everyone stick to some external schedule (that I don't even know would help at all and I basically just pulled out of my butt LOL) for you guys to listen to your body and eat at the time that is right for YOU. As long as it's different than you had when you TTC your boys, it still sways pink. :)

I think you should up protein to 50-60 g, up fat to 50-60 g, (both from primarily vegetarian sources) and see where you're at then.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ladies whats the deal with eating chocolate? it is considered boy friendly? Is it a neutral food? I am eating a chocolate pop tart every night and not sure if I should change it up because it will affect my sway.

We started out thinking that we should limit all nutrients even things like antioxidants in choc and stuff. (additionally the old school sway diets have chocolate as a no-no) Over time it has become apparent that those kind of things really make no difference and it's really the biggies that matter - protein, cals, fat, and massive amounts of nutrients like that in fortified foods. Thus, chocolate is still ok. Most of us prefer to avoid dark chocolate just in case and have only white or milk choc instead.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ladies, can you please start a new thread and then let me know and I'll post a link to it and lock this one? The threads that get over 50 pages long often mess up the database and make the site glitchy so it really helps to keep them short and sweet. :)

[XXforhubby]

Done. Started a new LE diet thread.


LE Diet Thread (http://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54926)



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[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you so much!!! Very much appreciated XX.