LE Diet Thread

[weeziewoozles]

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - low fat crustless quiche, new potatoes with low fat mayonnaise, spring onions, tomatoes and beetroot.
Dinner - veg fajitas again with weight watchers wraps, a little guacamole and Kettle Chips with some red wine

[honeybee37]

Yesterday

Breakfast: bagel with low fat butter, black coffee

Lunch: pitta, low fat houmous, cucumber, nectarine, 2 custard cream biscuits

Dinner: spicy veg stew (nicer than it sounds!) with a baked potato and a bit of mozzarella on top


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[weeziewoozles]

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - pub lunch for friend's birthday, baguette with roasted veg and mozzarella, with chips/fries
Snack - G&T and pistachio nuts
Dinner - vegetable stir fry with noodles and black bean sauce with red wine

[XXforhubby]

Breakfast- decaf coffee and a pastry

Lunch- veggie burger with slice of cheese and tomato on a slider bun with a banana and a piece of chocolate.

Dinner- Homemade chicken noodle soup (my serving without the chicken) and a roll with an apple and a small piece of chocolate.



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[GirlieCat]

Hi Ladies- anyone have issues from the LE diet in terms of skin issues or itchy or rash. I am itchy all over and little red spots where I itch. I want to think it is a vitamin deficiency because I am also bruising like crazy. My legs look like I went through a war, bruises everywhere.

[weeziewoozles]

Hi Ladies- anyone have issues from the LE diet in terms of skin issues or itchy or rash. I am itchy all over and little red spots where I itch. I want to think it is a vitamin deficiency because I am also bruising like crazy. My legs look like I went through a war, bruises everywhere.

I've not no. Vitamin deficiency sounds plausible x

[MrsSparkles]

First Meal @1pm : Cassava, Chickpeas, Ketchup
Dinner : Veggie Colling Caterpillars & crisps
Literally the worst day for eating, just couldn't be bothered

[Kelbear]

Hi Ladies- anyone have issues from the LE diet in terms of skin issues or itchy or rash. I am itchy all over and little red spots where I itch. I want to think it is a vitamin deficiency because I am also bruising like crazy. My legs look like I went through a war, bruises everywhere.

I'm not sure about the itchiness/rash but the bruising could be to do with losing weight. If you have lost a lot of weight and are at a lower weight you have less fat/padding to protect you when you bump things etc so more likely to bruise. My legs are starting to look similar. I am sure there is a more complex answer probably related to nutritional intake but I am not sure exactly what that is.

[honeybee37]

Today:
Breakfast: coffee, plain bagel, blackcurrant jam
Lunch: Pitta with leftover vegan curry inside (cauliflower, carrot, courgette, coriander and chilli), one cookie and some grapes
Dinner: pasta, mushrooms, corn, chilli, mozzarella and red wine


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[weeziewoozles]

Yesterday
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two weight watchers wraps filled with chopped tomatoes and spring onions and low fat mayo, and Baked crisps
Snack - at BFFs daughter's Bday party and they were making pizzas. So I had half a pizza that I topped with tomatoes, mushrooms, red peppers and a little cheese, and had salad
Dinner - at a friend's Bday party. She'd organised a buffet so it was hard to resist but I had bread, cheddar, pickle, doritos and quiche.

Definitely went over approximately 2000cals, 63g fat, 60g protein

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - mother-in-law invited us over for Sunday Roast. For anyone not British this involves meat, gravy (full of meat juices), roast potatoes and parsnips (both cooked in lots of oil/fat), Yorkshire puddings (batter baked in oil) and lots of green vegetables. I did well considering I ADORE her roast potatoes. I had a ton of green veg (kale, leeks, broccoli), six pieces of potato, three of parsnip and two Yorkshire puds, plus some Gravy
Dinner - half a bagel (that DS3 decided he didn't want) egg mayo sandwich from Tesco with Baked crisps and white wine

Totals approximately 1688cals, 52g fat, 48g protein

[MrsSparkles]

Hi Ladies- anyone have issues from the LE diet in terms of skin issues or itchy or rash. I am itchy all over and little red spots where I itch. I want to think it is a vitamin deficiency because I am also bruising like crazy. My legs look like I went through a war, bruises everywhere.

Ive had dry skin, and even am getting facial acne, and some on my shoulders, never had this before.
Also bruising like a banana.

[MrsSparkles]

Breakfast : Toast, baked beans, and mushrooms
Lunch : Wrap with white rice, coconut milk, and no salt salsa
Dinner : Veggie sausage, corn on the cob with margarine

[weeziewoozles]

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two small jacket potatoes with a little butter, spring onions, tomatoes, green beans and kale
Dinner - I ate early with the boys - two weight watchers wraps filled with fajita vegetables and a little cheddar, and red wine

Realised that I was under my totals so I've just had:
Snack - mini pizza sub and red wine

Totals 1600cals, 44g fat, 47g protein

[weeziewoozles]

Interestingly my scalp and neck are quite itchy at the moment too!

[honeybee37]

Breakfast: black coffee
Lunch: two small pittas with a little mozzarella and rocket; one cookie
Dinner: two quorn sausages, jacket potato, salad followed by a peach and two custard cream biscuits
42g fat, 48g protein


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[norskie2005]

Hi ladies thought I would jump in here. I have been trying to cut back on my calories, fat and protein since Saturday. I am using myfitnesspal to track these. Each day is just getting more worse for me, I am just plain starving, weak and can't think straight. I am so used to eating a meat at just about every meal so trying to cut that out has been so amazingly hard. I have been trying to stick around 1600 calories, but each day I get less and less, Saturday was 1600, Sunday was 1,500 and Monday was 1,100. I just don't know what to eat!! I am picky which does not help at all. My nutrition for yesterday as 1,100 calories, 41g protein, 98g carbs and 35g fat. Anyone else picky and help me out here with some tips!?

[norskie2005]

I forgot to add that I can't figure out how to put all of my nutrition into just meals, I find that the small meals that I do eat just leave me starving so I need to have a couple snacks during the day. I just need to figure out a new routine, but having a very hard time doing that.

[GirlieCat]

Norskie, other than meat, what would you normally eat? Just eat those things. No food is off limits. I am a very picky eater. I eat like a child would but I haven't given up anything except meat (some Items I eat much less than before). It is hard to push myself to get enough calories some days but those days I throw in something rare like ice cream or a soda. Your body will adjust and you won't be as hungry then just start throwing that snack item into your meal time. Mind over matter, if you keep snacking, your body can't get used to not snacking. I hope you are doing three meals and not jumping straight to two meals only. You got this, just be patient with yourself and your body. Week 1 is the hardest.

[weeziewoozles]

Have a read through this thread and you'll probably spot patterns. I think most people try to have rice, pasta, potatoes or some kind of bread to fill them up.

I like having bread/bagel/crackers/wraps or jacket potatoes with either hummus, cheddar or mozzarella, and salad or vegetables for my lunches. They're normally about 600 cals and I eat about 11:45.

When the boys eat their tea I get hungry watching them so I have a G&T or glass of wine with some crisps or nuts as a snack at about 5pm - about 300 cals.

For dinner I have vegetables with either rice, pasta, potatoes and sometimes pizza. So vegetable curry, veg chilli, veg fajitas, veg pasta, potato gratin, veg enchiladas, veg stir fry, veg burger, veg tagine, veg risotto etc. I also have wine so my dinner is about 700 cals at about 8pm.

[weeziewoozles]

Oh and yes black coffee and diet sodas are great to help you between meals

[norskie2005]

Norskie, other than meat, what would you normally eat? Just eat those things. No food is off limits. I am a very picky eater. I eat like a child would but I haven't given up anything except meat (some Items I eat much less than before). It is hard to push myself to get enough calories some days but those days I throw in something rare like ice cream or a soda. Your body will adjust and you won't be as hungry then just start throwing that snack item into your meal time. Mind over matter, if you keep snacking, your body can't get used to not snacking. I hope you are doing three meals and not jumping straight to two meals only. You got this, just be patient with yourself and your body. Week 1 is the hardest.

Thank you for the reply Girlie! Yes I am still doing three meals a day. My usual breakfast meals consisted of eggs (sometimes a meat and potato, toast too), or cereal or oatmeal. And as far as the plan goes I don't think any of that is good to eat, so for breakfast I'm at a loss. I did just buy some full fat yogurt and had some of that for breakfast today, but again that holds me over for a half hour and them I'm hungry again. Lunch would be a sandwich and chips, leftover supper from the night before, a hamburger and fries (basically nothing good for me lol) and supper is a meal that I would make and it always has a meat and usually a potato or pasta. Snacks would be a granola bar, fruit, popcorn, chips, etc. So basically everything that I'm not supposed to eat on the LE PCOS diet is what I eat on a daily basis all day long. I know I can still have a little lean meat a couple times a week and an egg here or there, but overall this is very hard. On top of it all I have hypoglycemia and just started metformin a couple weeks ago so my shaking/jitters are out of control.

[weeziewoozles]

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two medium jacket potatoes and cheddar with spring onions, tomatoes, green beans and kale
Snack - I'll try not to as I want to save my cals for dinner
Dinner - homemade pizzas topped with mozzarella, basil, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers and onions. And red wine!

Should end up 1550cals, 31g fat, 51g protein

PS
Actually ended up 1650 cals 33g fat 56g protein because my friend didn't finish her pizza so I did!

[norskie2005]

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two medium jacket potatoes and cheddar with spring onions, tomatoes, green beans and kale
Snack - I'll try not to as I want to save my cals for dinner
Dinner - homemade pizzas topped with mozzarella, basil, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers and onions. And red wine!

Should end up 1550cals, 31g fat, 51g protein

PS
Actually ended up 1650 cals 33g fat 56g protein because my friend didn't finish her pizza so I did!

This homemade pizza you talk of, what is your crust and sauce...are they homemade also?

[norskie2005]

Norskie, other than meat, what would you normally eat? Just eat those things. No food is off limits. I am a very picky eater. I eat like a child would but I haven't given up anything except meat (some Items I eat much less than before). It is hard to push myself to get enough calories some days but those days I throw in something rare like ice cream or a soda. Your body will adjust and you won't be as hungry then just start throwing that snack item into your meal time. Mind over matter, if you keep snacking, your body can't get used to not snacking. I hope you are doing three meals and not jumping straight to two meals only. You got this, just be patient with yourself and your body. Week 1 is the hardest.

So if you just took out meat, do you still eat breads and pastas? Cheeses and beans...like kidney or black beans? Eggs and rice?

[GirlieCat]

Yes. I personally eat everything, I ate before, except meat, just in moderation on some things. I am not on the PCOS version although I should be but I don't understand it well. I eat all those except beans because they are gross. Hehe- only beans I eat are green beans. I do whole grain bread and pasta but both brown and white for rice.

Maybe you should check out ladies diets who did indeed get their girl. I am not pregnant yet. [emoji4]


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[honeybee37]

I am not on the pcos version but I stick to white carbs to keep blood sugar down. Lots of pasta and white bread. I would eat wholemeal only before the LE!



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[weeziewoozles]

This homemade pizza you talk of, what is your crust and sauce...are they homemade also?

Yup

Basic Pizza Dough Bread Recipes | Jamie Oliver Recipes (http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/bread-recipes/basic-pizza/#)

I used this recipe but whenever he used oil I used oil spray

[MrsSparkles]

Yesterday was a bad day

Today : Lunch 1 piece of toast with Vegan cheese melted onto
Dinner Lentil Bolognase Pasta & Salad (Lettuce, red pepper, cucumber, low fat dressing)
Snacks - 4 Biscuits

[ThinkingofPink]

Do you guys mind if I jump in? I've only been doing the diet for 5 days now and I'm still figuring it out and adjusting. I am typically a big time snacker so that's my toughest adjustment. I also didn't realize how much fat I was getting in my diet and now I'm really having a hard time staying in my goal for fat. The protein and calorie part I'm doing a little better with but that's also a bit of an adjustment especially since I love eggs and meat. Any tips on keeping fat lower would be great.

Today I didn't do so bad
Breakfast: toaster strudel (I know it probably wasn't the best choice) and coffee
Lunch: Amy's frozen pad Thai, half a poptart (I was still hungry), and more coffee
Dinner: broccoli stuffed chicken, green beans, and potatoes

Calories: 1,602 Fat: 58g Protein: 45g

The chicken was my second small portion of meat in the past 5 days and I've cut out all red meat.

[weeziewoozles]

Well done on cutting down. You'll find you'll get used to it and be able to cut even more!

[weeziewoozles]

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two medium jacket potatoes and butter with spring onions, tomatoes, cucumber, rocket and mushrooms
Dinner - I've eight friends coming for Indian food but I've made lots of low cal veg dishes so I should be ok

[Georgia_Peach]

Completely off topic...
I always had low blood pressure. 110/70
Since changing to this diet it's now
140/94!
Dr is worried. I don't know if it's diet? I think my salt intake has been higher than 700mg day though since this

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[weeziewoozles]

Hmmmm sorry but I don't know much about blood pressure. Are you watching your sodium?

[weeziewoozles]

My Indian dinner party was a huge success. I'm off to bed now at 1am having only put the leftovers in the fridge/freezer. I've not even started tackling the washing up and tidying!

I definitely over ate, so let's call today a cheat day! I had my homemade roast cauliflower, spiced green beans, bhindi bhaji, mushroom bhaji and two puff-pastry veg samosa hybrid things (that I made up). Also ate a chapati, half a small naan, a small popadom, onion bhaji, pakora, some chick pea curry, some potato curry, and a bite of the butter chicken I'd made and of the lamb curry my friend had made. PLUS a piece of the lemon cheesecake my other friend had made and a few Celebrations (small chocolates). So stuffed!

On the plus side, all of my homemade veggie stuff was cooked with NO oil. The puff pastry samosa things I made were baked so only had the fat (and protein) in the pastry. No defence on the cheesecake or chocolates though.

Oh yes and I had two Cava and two Red wine :-)

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[ThinkingofPink]

Everyone needs a cheat day now and then to stay sane! I've been craving samosas so bad lately. I may have to work a couple in my totals one day.

Today I did pretty well again

Breakfast: cinnamon raisin bagel with cinnamon cream cheese and a coffee
Lunch: tomato soup, a slice of toast with a little butter, half a gingerbread cookie and more coffee
Dinner: mushroom and goat cheese ravioli with spinach, a small piece of garlic bread, and a beer

Calories: 1,649 Protein: 39 Fat: 56

My fat could be better but I'm still within goal range and I'm not going to stress over it because I'm still breastfeeding my toddler during the day so I figure the extra fat won't hurt me too much.

[Georgia_Peach]

Hmmmm sorry but I don't know much about blood pressure. Are you watching your sodium?
Yes. Today I'm at 1100. Not to bad . I'm usually over but not by much

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[Ladylulu]

Hi all!

Today i had ...

- Breakfast at 1030am was a soy flat white & a jam crumpet

Lunch was pesto pasta & a slice of fruit toast

Dinner will be mixed vegetables & some grilled tofu

I keep going over on my protein- despite not having meat, or yogurt & limiting nuts. Also finding it very hard to cut out a post dinner chocolate! Been on the diet for almost three weeks - three months (probably more) feels like an eternity (& I've been a vegetarian for 6 years)... so jealous of people who just have a girl without even thinking about it!



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[weeziewoozles]

Everyone needs a cheat day now and then to stay sane! I've been craving samosas so bad lately. I may have to work a couple in my totals one day.

Today I did pretty well again

Breakfast: cinnamon raisin bagel with cinnamon cream cheese and a coffee
Lunch: tomato soup, a slice of toast with a little butter, half a gingerbread cookie and more coffee
Dinner: mushroom and goat cheese ravioli with spinach, a small piece of garlic bread, and a beer

Calories: 1,649 Protein: 39 Fat: 56

My fat could be better but I'm still within goal range and I'm not going to stress over it because I'm still breastfeeding my toddler during the day so I figure the extra fat won't hurt me too much.

Sorry! Fat fingers pressing dislike instead of like!

[MrsSparkles]

Weezie that looks incredible, what a feast !

[weeziewoozles]

Weezie that looks incredible, what a feast !

It was and I've had leftovers for lunch! I made about half of it and my friends bought or made the rest

Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - Veg curry leftovers and a few Celebrations chocolates
Dinner - veg curry leftovers and wine!

EDIT actually ended up having a complete cheat! I've had less than five hours sleep for the last two nights AND my friend and her hubby plied me with Champagne for having their kids over for tea because it was his 40th. So...tipsy me ordered a Domino's!

Dinner - Domino's medium veg pizza with low fat mozzarella and Domino's garlic pizza bread AND obviously red wine

[MrsE]

Move over Nigella, Weezie is in town! Get you, you domestic goddess!


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[weeziewoozles]

Move over Nigella, Weezie is in town! Get you, you domestic goddess!


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:kiss:

[1282]

Weezie, I want to come to your next curry night, that food sounded awesome!!! Hope you enjoyed the Domino's [emoji2] x


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[Kittybear]

Amazing curry Weezie! Xx

[MrsSparkles]

I took inspiration from Weezie.
Had an oil free veggie curry & Rice for dinner :D

[weeziewoozles]

Glad you took inspiration from last night and not tonight's terrible example of LE! Or should I say antii-LE

[weeziewoozles]

Today

Breakfast - black coffee and a mozzarella and tomato panini - necessary with a hangover!
Lunch - French bread and scrambled eggs
Dinner - last bits of leftover curry from Thursday night

[ThinkingofPink]

Yesterday was my cousin's wedding and I did not do well! Today has. Even better but my first meal was way too high in fat. I'm still within limits though.

Breakfast: Almond croissant and coffee
Lunch: Tomato soup and coffee
Dinner: chicken curry and rice with a beer

[weeziewoozles]

If you're within your limits then it wasn't too high in fat hon.

I'm not sure what to do about LE and exercise when we go away. We're heading from the UK to California for a "holiday" while we investigate the possibility of relocation. Given that I think we missed this month due to DH being away, my cycles seem to elongate to 44 days on the LE diet AND given that we both agree we're not conceiving in November (DS2 and DS3 are August birthdays two days apart!) then our next attempt will likely be near the end of December!!!! Grrrrrr. So if I relax my diet for the last week of October, will I regret it?

[3BoyMominMa]

Anyone have a good homemade salad dressing for LE diet? I apologize if this is posted somewhere already! I used the search engine and didn't see one pop up.. This is my first post and I'm a complete newbie!

[ThinkingofPink]

Yeah I know it's okay if it's still within limits but it makes it so hard to not go over with other meals! Plus it feels so indulgent that I feel like it can't be good for a girl diet lol.

[weeziewoozles]

Well AF arrived as a surprise because I'd had no temp rise to suggest ovulation. Plus I came down with a horrendous cold/cough with a very high temperature and the boys have been fighting the bug so far more argumentative and grumpy than they are usually. So for the last few days I've done no exercise (literally none as I've mainly been in bed) and have over eaten on stodgy foods. I've not been completely awful in that I've hardly snacked, chose low fat oven fries instead of deep fried ones, and a Domino's topped with low fat mozzarella, mushrooms and jalapeños rather than my fav meat feast ones. So my totals have been 1800-2200 every day instead of the 1550 I usually eat.

Right now my temperature has gone down a bit so I'm feeling more myself and therefore regretting three days of over indulgence AND no exercise. Really hoping I'm well enough for the 60mins tomorrow!!! I'm sure the diet will be easy to stick to again then. Fingers crossed!

[ThinkingofPink]

It doesn't sound like you really were that indulgent. Plus remember it's about the overall sway! A few days isn't going to make or break anything. Plus being sick can only help in the decline of maternal condition right?!

[weeziewoozles]

Thank you. I hope so! X

[weeziewoozles]

Today's plan is

Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two medium jacket potatoes and butter with spring onions and tomatoes
Dinner - vegetable curry leftovers from last week (there was so much I froze some!) so vegetables, potatoes, chick peas, chapati and naan.

[ThinkingofPink]

Yesterday I tried to skip breakfast completely and it was so hard! I have been just pushing it back and sticking to three meals. I think my body is going to take a while to get used to two meals. I won't be able to be on the diet but so long because I don't have a lot of weight to spare so I want to give it my all for this sway. Hopefully I adjust quickly! I'm so used to snacking every hour lol.

[weeziewoozles]

Yesterday I tried to skip breakfast completely and it was so hard! I have been just pushing it back and sticking to three meals. I think my body is going to take a while to get used to two meals. I won't be able to be on the diet but so long because I don't have a lot of weight to spare so I want to give it my all for this sway. Hopefully I adjust quickly! I'm so used to snacking every hour lol.

I'm a breakfast fan. The first time I did LE I found it hard to skip so used to make sure I did a few things to get me through. I drank a large glass of water when I got up. Then during the morning I'd have a black coffee or two and a diet soda (which I hate!). This combination always kept me going until 11:45 when I'd have an early lunch.

[weeziewoozles]

I'm still full of catarrh with a nasty cold so this is the sixth day I've not done my cardio but sat indoors on the sofa nearly all day! I'm craving stodge so just keeping an eye on my cals.

Today's plan is :
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two jacket potatoes and butter with spring onions and tomatoes, possibly some cheddar
Dinner - vegetable stir fry and Singapore noodles (to get a bit of fresh food in me, not that I fancy it)

[ThinkingofPink]

I think I need to just try to fill up in the morning more on coffee and water. I just don't love black coffee (but I'll drink it) and water on an empty stomach is always unappealing for some reason. I hate diet drinks too! I'm sure I'll adjust though.

Today was coffee for breakfast
Lunch was a bagel and pumpkin cream cheese and another coffee
Dinner was a veggie taco, rice and beans, and a beer

I don't know how you do so well on the diet being sick. When I'm sick I just eat candy and carbs all day long lol.

[weeziewoozles]

I don't think I've done well this week at all!!! No exercise at all and lots of stodge and going over my cals. Hey ho.

Today
Breakfast - Nothing
Lunch - two medium jacket potatoes and butter, spring onions and tomatoes
Dinner - going to the theatre with girlfriends and having pizza beforehand so wine/cocktails and then an Italian style vegetarian pizza

[weeziewoozles]

Today
Breakfast - mozzarella and tomato panini and black coffee
Lunch - two weight watchers wraps filled with chopped tomatoes and spring onions and low fat mayo, baked crisps
Snack - kids birthday party - tried so hard to resist eating anything at all but started to feel really ill again, even tried a glass of diet coke!! But failed. Had a few very small cheese sandwiches, some doritos and a piece of brownie. Then a large G&T when I got home!
Dinner - veg stir fry and Singapore noodles

[ThinkingofPink]

I had a birthday party today too!

Breakfast: black coffee
Lunch: some bites of fried chicken ��, greens beans, corn, potatoes, biscuit, and a few bites of cake
Dinner: not sure but probably pasta and a little red sauce

Today was not good for fat but somehow I'll be able to stay under on calories.

[weeziewoozles]

My post yesterday seems to have failed

Yesterday
Breakfast - black coffee and mushroom and cheese panini
Lunch - low fat tomato soup and pizza half-sub
Dinner - veg stir fry and noodles with red wine, plus two pistachio and almond biscuits

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - out with a Bestie - vegetable and mozzarella panini, black coffee, half a rhubarb and walnut muffin, and half an almond macaroon.
Dinner - homemade pizza topped with mushrooms, red pepper and red onions, garlic bread and red wine

Can I moan now that I'm STILL ill! Tenth day now :-(

[ThinkingofPink]

Being sick is the worst. You're doing a great job on the diet though!

Today's meals
Breakfast: coffee and toaster strudel
Lunch: tomato soup and toast
Dinner: cheese ravioli with red sauce and a beer

[weeziewoozles]

Thanks hon xxx

[weeziewoozles]

Today

Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - tomato and mozzarella panini
Dinner - even though I'm still feeling crap DH and I have tickets to see a comedian we like. Booked ages ago so I'm not willing to waste them. So we'll be eating Japanese in Soho, London - probably a vegetable curry and rice and some veg sushi or tempura

[MrsE]

Today

Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - tomato and mozzarella panini
Dinner - even though I'm still feeling crap DH and I have tickets to see a comedian we like. Booked ages ago so I'm not willing to waste them. So we'll be eating Japanese in Soho, London - probably a vegetable curry and rice and some veg sushi or tempura

Oooh have a lovely night out - dinner and a show, I'm jealous! x


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[weeziewoozles]

Oooh have a lovely night out - dinner and a show, I'm jealous! x


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Thanks honey xxx

[weeziewoozles]

Had a chocolate eclair from Patisserie Valerie too!!!

[ThinkingofPink]

Today

Breakfast: Coffee and poptart
Lunch: Amy's frozen meal and 1/4 cup of Mexican bean salad
Dinner: fries and baked chicken

I hope you had a fun date night weezie!

[weeziewoozles]

I only had two coughing fits during the gig so not too bad. My headache isn't enjoying the constant coughing.

Today should be
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - jacket potatoes, butter and salad
Dinner - veg stir fry and noodles

[ThinkingofPink]

What do you do for your veggie stir fry and noodles?

[Georgia_Peach]

Just fell off the band wagon big time!

Lunch- 0.5 cup rice

Dinner =4 chicken wings
2 potato skins
2 deep fried oreos


After last cycles BFN I needed that! Back on track tomorrow

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[weeziewoozles]

What do you do for your veggie stir fry and noodles?

Literally chop up loads of veg and stir fry with oil spray, some low sodium soy sauce and maybe a dash of honey or Mirin. Then serve with steamed rice

[weeziewoozles]

Don't worry Robin. One meal won't make or break a sway

[Georgia_Peach]

Don't worry Robin. One meal won't make or break a sway
Funny enough.. I literally felt sick all night. Thought I was going to throw up! Never again!!

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[weeziewoozles]

Well I've been on vacation in California since last Friday and have tried very hard but feel I've failed really. I have stuck to being Veggie 99% of the time and hardly snacked. But I've definitely eaten closer to 2000 cals every day and most days got nearer 80g protein and 100g fat. Plus I'm guessing all my food, whereas at home I'm more aware of what's going on, so I could be wildly underestimating!! *sigh

And I've not done my daily cardio now for two weeks because of having flu and now here. All I'm managing is lots of walking but not probably fast enough. I definitely don't think that a cheat day here or there blows a sway but I feel that cheating every day is basically just not doing a sway!!!

[Georgia_Peach]

Well I've been on vacation in California since last Friday and have tried very hard but feel I've failed really. I have stuck to being Veggie 99% of the time and hardly snacked. But I've definitely eaten closer to 2000 cals every day and most days got nearer 80g protein and 100g fat. Plus I'm guessing all my food, whereas at home I'm more aware of what's going on, so I could be wildly underestimating!! *sigh

And I've not done my daily cardio now for two weeks because of having flu and now here. All I'm managing is lots of walking but not probably fast enough. I definitely don't think that a cheat day here or there blows a sway but I feel that cheating every day is basically just not doing a sway!!!
Awe no I think you will be fine! When is your attempt?!

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[weeziewoozles]

Thanks. I'm not feeling good about it at all. No idea when our attempt is as last month I think I had an anovulatory cycle. So we're just doing E4D, although to be honest it's been more frequent as we're on holiday! Ooops!

[Kittybear]

Thanks. I'm not feeling good about it at all. No idea when our attempt is as last month I think I had an anovulatory cycle. So we're just doing E4D, although to be honest it's been more frequent as we're on holiday! Ooops!

Enjoy yourself honey, it is a holiday after all! Relaxing is also very good for a pink sway, no? Xxx

[weeziewoozles]

Hope so! Did ok today. No breakfast, one pretzel roll for lunch and veggie tacos and some of the boys' fries for dinner

[ThinkingofPink]

I have been doing terrible on the diet for the past week. I'm trying to get back on track today. I started feeling sorry for myself because I still haven't had a postpartum period and I figured what's the point?! I hate not knowing how long I'll be on this diet.

[weeziewoozles]

I have been doing terrible on the diet for the past week. I'm trying to get back on track today. I started feeling sorry for myself because I still haven't had a postpartum period and I figured what's the point?! I hate not knowing how long I'll be on this diet.

I'm with you hon

[Debahlgrim]

Popcorn- yay or nay for pink sway?


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[HERBS]

I asked Atomic about salted popcorn & she said fine but ideally with a meal rather than snack. I totally love snacking on popcorn haha very difficult to stop!

[HERBS]

I asked Atomic about salted popcorn & she said fine but preferably with a meal rather than a snack, I love snacking on popcorn too so hard to stop!

[weeziewoozles]

You can eat anything on LE remember, sticking to the totals and avoiding snacking and meat if possible

[weeziewoozles]

I've not put my food on here every day but I've tried hard! A few bites of DH's burger but otherwise vegetarian and very little snacking at all. I've just gone over my totals most days but hey ho. Flying home today so back on my cardio and LE proper tomorrow

[weeziewoozles]

Where is everyone?

Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - sweet potato and black bean curry with couscous, green banana balls and mango salsa
Dinner - red wine and Domino's pizza (reduced fat mozzarella and vegetables topping)

[Georgia_Peach]

I am still here!
I feel like my LE diet has been brutal lately!
Today
McDonald's pancake abd 1/2 hashbrown
Coffee w milk
Lunch iceberg lettuce salad
with ranch dressing
Pitta chips
Tzakeki dressing

Dinner is Motzza sticks
Cucumber salad

Oh and I've probably eaten like 50 mini Halloween chocolates in the last few days! 😑



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[amelia10]

My saving grace is sipping on coffee or diet coke throughout the day when I feel hungry! Attempting this wk 3rd time lucky I hope ... Under the weather at the moment so appetite gone, kinda glad leading up to my sway, having soups and bread for lunch allot with pasta and pesto for dinner

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[ThinkingofPink]

I'm still here. I'm only sort of doing the diet ��. I really can't afford to lose much weight and I still have no signs of a pp period or ovulation (breastfeeding a two year old still). I'm worried if I'm on the diet too hard I'll suppress ovulation even longer. This is hard swaying and having no idea when we'll be able to make an attempt.

[Georgia_Peach]

I'm still here. I'm only sort of doing the diet 😳. I really can't afford to lose much weight and I still have no signs of a pp period or ovulation (breastfeeding a two year old still). I'm worried if I'm on the diet too hard I'll suppress ovulation even longer. This is hard swaying and having no idea when we'll be able to make an attempt.
Yup this is what happened to me.
I had a crazy short luteal phase.
Had to cut out fibre pills and saw palmetto and add in one serving of full fat dairy. I am on 2 cycle now. It's tough to get pregnant doing all of this especially when you add in alcohol daily!


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[weeziewoozles]

That's what happened to me when weaning DS3. I just didn't ovulate after stopping BF because of the LE diet. After five months I dropped the diet and ate my usual greedy nutrient filled diet and ovulated that month!

I'm slightly concerned that the same thing is happening again. I've been on LE since June and the last two cycle charts look anovulatory to me. I had to drop my exercise a month ago due to flu and travel, and was going to start again today but I am now worried that that might be too much? I'm unsure.

[weeziewoozles]

Yesterday
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - homemade roasted garlic, shallot, and potato soup.
Dinner - vegetable burger with low fat oven chips (fries) and a beer, and a few dark chocolate buttons

[ThinkingofPink]

I'm adding in full fat dairy to see if that helps. I also started vitex yesterday. I night weaned almost 6weeks ago so I was hoping that would kickstart ovulation but it hasn't seemed to help.

[weeziewoozles]

Fingers crossed!

[weeziewoozles]

Jus realised I'd not noted down my food! Well we had birthday parties so that's always a snacky one for me

Saturday
Breakfast - black coffee, piece of French bread and a scrambled egg
Lunch - homemade roasted garlic and potato soup, some french bread and salad
Snacks - a few cheddar sandwiches at the party then G&T and pistachios
Dinner - Indian takeaway - popodom, veg curry, saag aloo, rice and chapati with red wine (I imagine very high in fat so lunch was very low)

Sunday
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - egg mayo and tomato sandwich
Snacks - a few little pieces of pizza, G&T and pistachios
Dinner - leftover Indian takeaway and red wine

Not doing too well at the moment. I'm finding it incredibly hard to get back on track after my month of illness and vacation.

[weeziewoozles]

Today

Breakfast - black coffee plus one slice or sourdough toast and scrambled eggs
Lunch - cheddar and chutney baguette and black coffee
Snacks - diet coke and pistachios
Dinner - vegetable pasta with low fat garlic bread and red wine

[Georgia_Peach]

I got a bfp yesterday at 10dpo. I have dropped LE and am now easing back into normal eating habits. Looking forward to a steak and avacado! Not together bc that would weird! Lol
Good luck ladies!! Enjoy that wine!

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[atomic sagebrush]

Yay Robin huge congrats!!!

[Georgia_Peach]

Yay Robin huge congrats!!!
Thank you! Granted I've been getting such faint lines... only time will tell. Af isn't due until Friday so I know I am still super early! 😁

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[weeziewoozles]

Whoop whoop!! Congrats Robin!

[weeziewoozles]

I don't think I should record yesterday's food. Pure gluttony. I'm struggling to get back on the diet properly and STILL haven't re-started my exercise :-(

[ScienceGirl]

Hey is anyone interested in starting this thread up again?
:fx:

[Eighme]

Hey is anyone interested in starting this thread up again?
:fx:

Yes!


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[ScienceGirl]

Yay! Hi Eighme!
How long have you been on a ttc-girl diet?

I was on a more general diet for a few months (losing weight for a too small bridesmaid dress... sigh) but am just now getting into the LE diet.

[Eighme]

Yay! Hi Eighme!
How long have you been on a ttc-girl diet?

I was on a more general diet for a few months (losing weight for a too small bridesmaid dress... sigh) but am just now getting into the LE diet.

Hi! I’ve been on the LE diet since the beginning of September! I’ve been eating A LOT of potatoes with hot sauce (recommended by Atomic) and vegetables. No breakfast. Lots of coffee. I’ve had the occasional meat and due to recent illness have backslid some on my diet. But! I’m always looking for new foods to try. I also like soup and a sandwich now that it’s getting colder.


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[Yoshi]

Yes!!! I started the LE diet since September. I just eat rice, mushrooms, zuchinnies, peppers, pasta, white bread, white choclate, apples, strawberries with aspartame, and I drink coffee and Cola Zero. I skip breakfast and I have lost 3-4 kg since I started the diet and Atomic said that I should eat more carbs...But it feels like am still losing weight...I don't exercise cause I don't have the energy and I think it's because of the diet.

[Yoshi]

Hi, is hot sauce ok in the LE diet? I love chili sauce but stopped eating it since I started the diet. Chili sauce contains garlic and garlic is a NO in the diet. :(

[Eighme]

Hi, is hot sauce ok in the LE diet? I love chili sauce but stopped eating it since I started the diet. Chili sauce contains garlic and garlic is a NO in the diet. :(

I think so! I made a thread about potatoes and Atomic replied saying potatoes are okay to eat and that she ate hers with hot sauce. I use an organic one that’s one 10 calories per TBS just to help with calorie maintenance. I’ve been eating plenty of potatoes with hot sauce!


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[atomic sagebrush]

Hi, is hot sauce ok in the LE diet? I love chili sauce but stopped eating it since I started the diet. Chili sauce contains garlic and garlic is a NO in the diet. :(

It is fine. Some of the things in the diet are probably overly strict and most of us over time have given up on that kind of thing and our results have stayed good anyway.

[Elena86]

Next year I want to buy a girl sway plan.
I want to do some preparations in advance.
Right now I dont eat breakfast and every afternoon soup with spelt crackers and hummus.
Soup is allowed at the LE dieet?

[atomic sagebrush]

All foods are allowed on LE Diet as long as you stay in limits for the day.

[onebigwish]

Is parmasan cheese allowed on the LE diet? Or is it to salty

[ksmom]

Yes parmesan is fine. ALL foods are allowed. No need to limit salt as restricting sodium intake would just make LE diet too hard to do anyway.

[gafan]

Is buckwheat OK once a week on the LE/Alternate diet (for people with possible insulin resistance)? I'd like to make some buckwheat galettes, although they also have some wheat flour in them.

[atomic sagebrush]

Is buckwheat OK once a week on the LE/Alternate diet (for people with possible insulin resistance)? I'd like to make some buckwheat galettes, although they also have some wheat flour in them.

Yes that's fine provided that you don't have sensitivities to wheat (which some of the people who follow the alternate diet do)

[onebigwish]

Is it ok to drink instant mushroom & asparagus soup at the le diet?

[HGmama]

What technically is red meat? I've always thought of pork as white meat? Can you ladies tell me what meats you are doing besides chicken?

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[Mom25boys]

I am just doing chicken. I'm not weighing it but doing an estimate google search. I'm also not doing it as rare as others. Many skip completely, but I need it 3-4 times a week in my protein limits. Red meat as far as I thought was beef and that possibly raises testosterone. Not sure of pork. I only stick to chicken and cheese and very rarely a white fish that I poach first.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Is it ok to drink instant mushroom & asparagus soup at the le diet?

Yes, it's fine.

You guys, I have a very hard time keeping up with these very long support threads. If you have a question PLEASE just post a new thread and ask me there. I rarely read these support threads, since most of the posts are people sharing meal ideas/cheering each other on.

[atomic sagebrush]

What technically is red meat? I've always thought of pork as white meat? Can you ladies tell me what meats you are doing besides chicken?

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Red meat is mainly beef/venison but I consider dark meat chicken/turkey to count for red meat.

My favorite meats for you guys to eat are fish and shellfish. Chicken and turkey (white meat) are ok. Things like bologna, hot dogs, even bacon are also acceptible.

Pork is a gray area. No, I do not consider it "white meat", I consider it red meat, but the thing is that the fat profile of pork has a lot of Omega 6 fat and that may sway somewhat pink. So I have pork as being ~probably~ more pink-friendly than beef but we do not have the data to say for sure.

The problem with ALL meats is this - because meat has a lot of protein and very few calories all things considered, it is SUPER easy to go over on protein from a small piece of meat and then have only eaten 3-400 calories. Then what do you eat the rest of the day??? Grains, legumes, nuts, dairy, eggs, soy - all have protein in them. YOu have no more protein to "spend" and still have to "buy" 1200 more calories of food and quite a bit of fat as well. This devolves into an awful diet where people are eating chicken and gummy worms (and will often just drop fat requirement totally which will delay or stop O for the majority of people) and cucumber or whatever. The LE Diet is meant to be a safe, healhty prepregnancy diet and eating chicken, margarine, and Craisins is NOT going to be safe and healthy.

So while you can have meat, just avoid that pitfall and all will be fine.

[Mom25boys]

OMG!!!!! I had no idea about the dark chicken. *$#%

Because there is so much more protein in the breast due to weight, it was easier calorie wise to choose a drumstick or thigh to help with protein in my day.

Ugh. I have been working so hard in my sway and now I have been doing red meat all along [emoji24][emoji24][emoji24][emoji24][emoji24]

Doesnt help when my OB says to me just now, "you can try for another, but dont expect to ever have a girl"

And I'm eating red meat. F@#$

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[atomic sagebrush]

Please don't worry about it, I don't think it makes any difference really as long as you're in limits. Red meat is allowed within limits! As long as you're in limits all is well. The thing is that some people DON"T stick in the limits and are doing more of a mineral balancing diet and they may be better off doing just white meat, but it's no biggie either way. Limits are what count.

Get a new doctor. They have no right to speak to you that way first of all, secondly you absolutely CAN have a girl, everyone can have a girl, there has never been any mechanism proven to prevent someone from having both genders!

[Mom25boys]

Please don't worry about it, I don't think it makes any difference really as long as you're in limits. Red meat is allowed within limits! As long as you're in limits all is well. The thing is that some people DON"T stick in the limits and are doing more of a mineral balancing diet and they may be better off doing just white meat, but it's no biggie either way. Limits are what count.

Get a new doctor. They have no right to speak to you that way first of all, secondly you absolutely CAN have a girl, everyone can have a girl, there has never been any mechanism proven to prevent someone from having both genders!Thank you. No need to respond to my other post... was venting. Literally just left the doctor. Can you help me delete posts? I cant figure out how. Sometimes I post things and then find answers on the site and dont want extra things for you to respond to... especially because ppl have way more pressing matters.

I left this practice because this same doctor sent me in to get induced with a full term 4 lb baby and never showed up. But he is one of the smartest local doctors and I am on some depression meds that arent exactly studied in pregnancy. I needed his opinion safety wise.

He claims there are no studies that prove chlomid makes any more girls than boys. So now I'm wondering about his knowledge. And I'm so glad I didnt say a word about swaying.

I will find another doctor if I manage to succeed. With Male or female baby.

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[Mom25boys]

And I am in the limits. I stay at 50 protein and fat every day. Carbs and sugars sometimes I go over on the fitness app. But those and calories (1500) i stay in daily.

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[HGmama]

Thanks atomic! I'm not going to lie, I'm even more concerned that I am not doing the LE diet correctly. There's so much protein in everything! I tried tracking and failed miserably at the protein limit. It makes sense why I have not been losing weight at all....actually gaining. Let's just say I need more time to attempt the LE diet. That's the only consolidation to not getting pregnant as quickly as I'd like. I made some fish and squash for lunch for the next couple of days.

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[Mom25boys]

I know! Protein in everything!!! Make food and post on the thread with meal ideas. It really helped me to see what ppl eat. Although I eat significantly more. They eat one matza and I'll eat two for sure. I've been pigging out more, I think. I need to chill. Sometimes I just get so hungry, I overeat. I lost a little weight. Nothing spectacular.

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[atomic sagebrush]

And I am in the limits. I stay at 50 protein and fat every day. Carbs and sugars sometimes I go over on the fitness app. But those and calories (1500) i stay in daily.

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At 1500 calories, it's vanishingly unlikely that you could have done any harm at all over the dark meat chicken. I would not even worry about it.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks atomic! I'm not going to lie, I'm even more concerned that I am not doing the LE diet correctly. There's so much protein in everything! I tried tracking and failed miserably at the protein limit. It makes sense why I have not been losing weight at all....actually gaining. Let's just say I need more time to attempt the LE diet. That's the only consolidation to not getting pregnant as quickly as I'd like. I made some fish and squash for lunch for the next couple of days.

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I think we mentioned this already but are you counting the small amounts of protein and fat in fruits and veg (including potatoes?) If you are, DON"T. They are free for protein and fat (and of course low carb veg are free and unlimited) Also, if you're tracking on one of hte apps be aware that they are riddled with errors, I've just had a person being told that egg whites had like 5x as much protein as they really do, and that tahini had way more protein and fat than it really does.

My experience with LE Diet was always getting ENOUGH protein, not geting too much. Can you tell me the things you're eating where you really seem to be getting the bulk of your protein from them?

[HGmama]

I think we mentioned this already but are you counting the small amounts of protein and fat in fruits and veg (including potatoes?) If you are, DON"T. They are free for protein and fat (and of course low carb veg are free and unlimited) Also, if you're tracking on one of hte apps be aware that they are riddled with errors, I've just had a person being told that egg whites had like 5x as much protein as they really do, and that tahini had way more protein and fat than it really does.

My experience with LE Diet was always getting ENOUGH protein, not geting too much. Can you tell me the things you're eating where you really seem to be getting the bulk of your protein from them?Here is my legit attempt today. The tilapia had 28 g of protein and the turkey burger 22. Thats 50g right there. Then i had a cheese slice, guacamole, etc. My old self (aka my yesterday self) would have easily had another burger. Also, last week I figured out that my 5 oz chicken boneless breast had all my protein for the day. I was shocked.
I'm going to keep trying for balanced low protein meals. I'm doing fine on the fat grams I believe. Do you see any red flags that I should try instead?
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[emshe]

Ladies something I have done a lot is eat veggies & I mean ALOT. I admittedly love my veg so I really enjoy them.

I always have low baked (for a couple of hours) eggplant, zucchini, capsicum, leek on hand which I mix through rice for lunch and add tahini or mayonnaise, nuts, lettuce, or chicken. I add it to stir fries too. I also have it alongside mash with chicken or salmon. My mash I always extend by adding cauliflower.

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I also love making vege soup adding quinoa to make it even more filling.

Veges have been my friend even more throughout the last 7-8 months [emoji2]



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[atomic sagebrush]

Yeah it may have to be that you only have ONE of those options daily. But that having been said, 66 g protein is not terrible, if it's less than you were eating when you got your boy(s) and less than you've been eating recently.

you would not count anything in the squash and zucchini, would not count anything but cals in the peach. The guacamole as well likely has no protein and is not worth bothering with.

Unless u like fat free cheese, I'd get some regular fat cheese instead and you'd have a bit more fat (you're still on the lower end of that) and also some more cals.

[Lexzeppelin89]

Anyone on this diet currently? ;) DH & I have been attempting it for a few weeks. I've read some of the pages in here, seems curries are a good idea (I did one last night in fact!), Paninis, flatbreads, pastas... I feel like there's gotta be some other great ideas I'm missing!

We're doing homemade pizza tonight. Lots of veggies for toppings, possibly some chicken sausage as well. Is lots of cheese good for LE? I've read some of you down 2-3 full glasses of milk a day but I don't drink cow's milk ever XD

[strawberrybella89]

Anyone on this diet currently? ;) DH & I have been attempting it for a few weeks. I've read some of the pages in here, seems curries are a good idea (I did one last night in fact!), Paninis, flatbreads, pastas... I feel like there's gotta be some other great ideas I'm missing!

We're doing homemade pizza tonight. Lots of veggies for toppings, possibly some chicken sausage as well. Is lots of cheese good for LE? I've read some of you down 2-3 full glasses of milk a day but I don't drink cow's milk ever XDI am! Well not as strict because its been about a year on it now but still stay lower calorie and no breakfast and little protein but higher fats and carb now

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[atomic sagebrush]

Just to clarify, if you read anyone having 2-3 glasses of milk a day that is not LE Diet at all. NO ONE should drink 2-3 glasses of cow's milk a day. That is not LE Diet and will in fact severely undermine the LE Diet.

3 cups of milk (not the larger glasses which many have) would be about 450 calories, 24 g protein (that is half your protein for the entire day) and for full fat milk, 24 g fat (all of which is the saturated animal fat which may sway blue). Since some people are aiming at 30 g fat for the lower levels of standard LE Diet,this means you'd have NO fat to "spend" the rest of the day. Even at the upper intake of 50-60 g fat, 24 g is a large percentage of that. Not to mention milk contains tons of Vitamin D and other nutrients that sway blue. That amount of dairy intake would really make it very difficult to stick to LE Diet as a whole because you'd have to come up with all your calories with very little protein and fat to spend (since you already used much of it up on milk!)

I personally do not believe dairy or calcium sway pink and got boys with a high dairy, high calcium diet but if you do believe in mineral balancing that is up to you totally, just be sure you are getting calcium from supplements ONLY, without Vitamin D, and not eating tons of dairy. DAiry is not a free food for pink, even on the mineral balancing diets - you can only have milk even on the mineral balancing diets, up to the potassium and sodium limits.

Since the mineral diets limit your sodium to 700-1000 mg, and potassium to 2500-3500 max, and 3 cups of milk (again, this is just cups and not those huge glasses many people drink on mineral balancing sway diets) has 320 mg. sodium and 1100 mg potassium, again, that level of milk intake even ON the mineral balancing diets has to be strictly limited and by "spending" the intake on milk, you end up having very little to eat the rest of the day.

The milk free for all ends up devolving into a very poor diet where people drink huge amounts of milk and then basically nothing else. Either they're starving all day drinking milk and eating cucumbers, or the limits go out the window and they're adding on a huge ton of nutrients onto an LE Diet and end up swaying blue. Many of the swayers from when I was back on IG, who were drinking a gallon of milk a day plus all the other IG Diet stuff ended up with boys. So please proceed with great caution no matter what kind of sway diet you believe in, because drinking tons of milk is NOT a good way to get a girl.

[atomic sagebrush]

Anyone on this diet currently? ;) DH & I have been attempting it for a few weeks. I've read some of the pages in here, seems curries are a good idea (I did one last night in fact!), Paninis, flatbreads, pastas... I feel like there's gotta be some other great ideas I'm missing!

We're doing homemade pizza tonight. Lots of veggies for toppings, possibly some chicken sausage as well. Is lots of cheese good for LE? I've read some of you down 2-3 full glasses of milk a day but I don't drink cow's milk ever XD

Cheese in limits only. I ate tons of pizza when I got my girl but with her I had the lowest dairy intake of my entire life. :)

[Lexzeppelin89]

Just to clarify, if you read anyone having 2-3 glasses of milk a day that is not LE Diet at all. NO ONE should drink 2-3 glasses of cow's milk a day. That is not LE Diet and will in fact severely undermine the LE Diet.

3 cups of milk (not the larger glasses which many have) would be about 450 calories, 24 g protein (that is half your protein for the entire day) and for full fat milk, 24 g fat (all of which is the saturated animal fat which may sway blue). Since some people are aiming at 30 g fat for the lower levels of standard LE Diet,this means you'd have NO fat to "spend" the rest of the day. Even at the upper intake of 50-60 g fat, 24 g is a large percentage of that. Not to mention milk contains tons of Vitamin D and other nutrients that sway blue. That amount of dairy intake would really make it very difficult to stick to LE Diet as a whole because you'd have to come up with all your calories with very little protein and fat to spend (since you already used much of it up on milk!)

I personally do not believe dairy or calcium sway pink and got boys with a high dairy, high calcium diet but if you do believe in mineral balancing that is up to you totally, just be sure you are getting calcium from supplements ONLY, without Vitamin D, and not eating tons of dairy. DAiry is not a free food for pink, even on the mineral balancing diets - you can only have milk even on the mineral balancing diets, up to the potassium and sodium limits.

Since the mineral diets limit your sodium to 700-1000 mg, and potassium to 2500-3500 max, and 3 cups of milk (again, this is just cups and not those huge glasses many people drink on mineral balancing sway diets) has 320 mg. sodium and 1100 mg potassium, again, that level of milk intake even ON the mineral balancing diets has to be strictly limited and by "spending" the intake on milk, you end up having very little to eat the rest of the day.

The milk free for all ends up devolving into a very poor diet where people drink huge amounts of milk and then basically nothing else. Either they're starving all day drinking milk and eating cucumbers, or the limits go out the window and they're adding on a huge ton of nutrients onto an LE Diet and end up swaying blue. Many of the swayers from when I was back on IG, who were drinking a gallon of milk a day plus all the other IG Diet stuff ended up with boys. So please proceed with great caution no matter what kind of sway diet you believe in, because drinking tons of milk is NOT a good way to get a girl.



Okay that makes me feel a lot better now :) I was starting to worry I had misunderstood the diet o_0 Definitely won't be drinking any milk, lol. Your comment does remind me though that I should probably be double checking my fat intake!

[Lexzeppelin89]

I am! Well not as strict because its been about a year on it now but still stay lower calorie and no breakfast and little protein but higher fats and carb now

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Oh wow a year, you must be an expert then by now! Nice. Are you actively TTC?

[strawberrybella89]

Oh wow a year, you must be an expert then by now! Nice. Are you actively TTC?Lol something like that huh. Its been a year because we have tried one month and the rest of the time was full of donor no shows and looking for new donors!

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[Lexzeppelin89]

Lol something like that huh. Its been a year because we have tried one month and the rest of the time was full of donor no shows and looking for new donors!

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Ohh I see. Well jeez, that sucks :/ I hope you are able to find one soon!

[Mom25boys]

Anyone on this diet currently? ;) DH & I have been attempting it for a few weeks. I've read some of the pages in here, seems curries are a good idea (I did one last night in fact!), Paninis, flatbreads, pastas... I feel like there's gotta be some other great ideas I'm missing!

We're doing homemade pizza tonight. Lots of veggies for toppings, possibly some chicken sausage as well. Is lots of cheese good for LE? I've read some of you down 2-3 full glasses of milk a day but I don't drink cow's milk ever XDAtomic clarified the milk stuff. I am dieting since may. I was using an app to monitor calorie intake and now I stopped. It was too much. I'm skipping breakfast and I'm doing sort of LE sort of pcos. Im not a sugar eater, but some times I have white flour or white rice, I try to keep it whole grain. I eat dairy so one meal a day i have at least with cheese or sour cream. I have milk with my coffee. I have posted lots of things that i eat before. I had a lot of baked goods over the weekend that I don't normally have but i am fairly certain i was still in the calorie range. I eat chicken about 1- 2 times a week, fish a tiny bit here and there. Red Meat i had on vacation and once over the weekend. I have a lot more grains than most people on here, I need it. I started eating sushi too. I eat vegetable sushi and it helps me feel better about my dieting. Cuz I buy it ready made. I also eat lots of veggie burgers and matzah, and I found some sodium free frozen soups as well. I don't really watch the sodium but in soup that gets out of hand. Check back and see things I posted. Good luck :) time passes fast and before you know it, the diet becomes a way of life. I'm no longer dropping pounds, but I'm also not crazy calorie counting. Oh and I love the peanut butter chocolate chip larabar. I know we are supposed to avoid chocolate but I love it and it saves me from being low on everything most days.

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[Lexzeppelin89]

Atomic clarified the milk stuff. I am dieting since may. I was using an app to monitor calorie intake and now I stopped. It was too much. I'm skipping breakfast and I'm doing sort of LE sort of pcos. Im not a sugar eater, but some times I have white flour or white rice, I try to keep it whole grain. I eat dairy so one meal a day i have at least with cheese or sour cream. I have milk with my coffee. I have posted lots of things that i eat before. I had a lot of baked goods over the weekend that I don't normally have but i am fairly certain i was still in the calorie range. I eat chicken about 1- 2 times a week, fish a tiny bit here and there. Red Meat i had on vacation and once over the weekend. I have a lot more grains than most people on here, I need it. I started eating sushi too. I eat vegetable sushi and it helps me feel better about my dieting. Cuz I buy it ready made. I also eat lots of veggie burgers and matzah, and I found some sodium free frozen soups as well. I don't really watch the sodium but in soup that gets out of hand. Check back and see things I posted. Good luck :) time passes fast and before you know it, the diet becomes a way of life. I'm no longer dropping pounds, but I'm also not crazy calorie counting. Oh and I love the peanut butter chocolate chip larabar. I know we are supposed to avoid chocolate but I love it and it saves me from being low on everything most days.

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Ohh I'll have to check out that larabar, sounds yummy!

I was thinking about using an app, if only for a small amount of time, to track calories & whatnot. Which did you use?

Yeah I read some of the replies in here but I think I'll go back & read even more for ideas & whatnot :)

[strawberrybella89]

I use my fitbit app to count what I'm eating but I hear my fitness pal is good too!

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[Mom25boys]

I love my fitness pal

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[Maureenhdez]

I thought milk chocolate was ok to eat, as long as it’s within the limits? I love my chocolate[emoji30]

Also, speaking of candy. At the end of the day, most days I have met my fat and protein limits, but am way under for calorie intake. I read somewhere that candy is a great way to increase calories, but to choose candy that doesn’t have fat or protein in it. Any suggestions on which candies have calories but not fat?

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[atomic sagebrush]

Milk chocolate within limits is fine for most people but people on the alternate diets (for PCOS, egg quality, insulin resistance, those with more than 30 lbs to lose) have to limit sugar or even cut it out totally so sometimes you'll read about someone not eating a certain food but it's becasue they're on a different version of LE Diet. Some others are trying to blend old school sway diets with the LE Diet and they'll refer to certain foods as "forbidden".

but here it is, right from the horses mouth: "All foods are allowed on the standard LE Diet as long as you stay in limits." LE Diet is MY diet, I invented it, and that is how it works! :)

With candy, you can have candy with protein and fat in it if you can have it in the overall limits for the day.

If you NEED a way to add a bunch of calories without fat or protein, and want to have some candy, then you can have a pure sugar candy (provided you're not on the alternate type of diet where you can't have any sugar) such as gummy worms, hard candy, marshmallows, even things like cotton candy or Pixy Sticks.

[Maureenhdez]

Thank you!! I tend to eat 3 musketeers or junior mints every night just to increase my calories, since I always seem to be within the range for fat and protein but low on calories.

I will try to switch it to gummy worms or marshmallows. Are there other food items besides candy that I could eat that are lower in sugar (and protein and fat), but have lots of calories?


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[atomic sagebrush]

Bump! It looks like it's time for a third LE Diet support thread! The link to the previous one is here: https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-girl/54174-brand-sparkly-pink-new-diet-thread-girl-sways.html

And the new one is here: https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-girl/67718-time-new-le-diet-support-thread.html#post1000046

If you're looking for PCOS Diet ideas and support, check this out: https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-girl/47264-le-diet-pcos-21.html

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you!! I tend to eat 3 musketeers or junior mints every night just to increase my calories, since I always seem to be within the range for fat and protein but low on calories.

I will try to switch it to gummy worms or marshmallows. Are there other food items besides candy that I could eat that are lower in sugar (and protein and fat), but have lots of calories?


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Fruit, potatoes/sweet potatoes, and also adding fat (such as butter or margarine, mayonnaise, salad dressing). Even an avocado, despite having a boy-friendly reputation, is a great way to get a boost of fat and calories without any protein. And it's fine to have it as needed!