Snacking on cucumber or tomato?

[Dreamsplanner]

Hi Atomic,

I end up eating 4 times a day and when I have to work late, I end up feeling so hungry I end up snacking on cucumber and tomatoes as well. Is that OK for TTC pink or will that be considered another meal? I just eat them on their own, no oil or dressing...

Hoping these are OK to have and not considered a meal but wanted to confirm x

Also is the 4th meal bad for a pink sway?

Praying for pink dust my way...

Thank you

[atomic sagebrush]

I consider it another meal, but the thing is that as long as you're within the limits it's not the end of the world. Better than snacking on a steak, that's for sure.

I prefer 3 meals to 4 but I prefer 4 to going off diet all together! Going to 4 meals or even 5 is better than that all day eating many of us boy moms do and i'ts WAY WAY better than trying to stick to diet and then ending up unable to keep after it and giving up completely.

can you tell me more about what you're eating? We may be able to change some things up to help your meals stick to your ribs a little bit longer.

[Dreamsplanner]

Hi Atomic,

Thank you for all valuable feedback.
For the last 2 days I will not mention it as on holidays and had 2 really bad cheat days and need to get back on track ��

But in general I ended up going off the PCOS style and doing more LE diet with up to 60 grams Protein and 60 grams fat though for the fat I end up going to 65gr often too and don’t really have a meal plan I always follow which I know it’s not good as hard to plan this way...

A. For breakfast which is at least 2 hours after I wake up and usually 14 hours since last main meal (not 4th meal, when I have that I aim to have breakfast at least 3 hours after I wake up which comes usually to 13 hours since that 4th meal):
. a full fat yogurt with 20grams almonds or macadamia nuts or walnuts or 20grs of other nuts.
. a slice of 25grams of mozzarella/Edam/Gouda cheese often accompanied with slice of bread either white or whole meal
. 15-30gr of Lindt hazelnut chocolate
. An apple

B. For lunch I have leftovers of what DP May have prepared and this could be:

1. For main meal Either 150gr of lentil chorizo soup (though no pieces of chorizo, take those out) OR Chicken or fish (40-80gr) with 5gr mayo either in a sandwich or with rice/potatoes or in a salad
2. Dried fruit like raisins / apricots but not always
3. A coke on days I work from home
4. A biscuit or two from my daughter’s Farleys (thought not always) or another sweet treat such as half a slice of bread with jam
5. A couple of Salt & vinegar rice cakes if I’m still peckish
6. Fruit

C. Dinner: I often end up going very close to the limit for lunch so for dinner I may have either something of the above (if I did not go over limit for lunch) or fruits or a salad for dinner with coke, a Farleys biscuit or two, a rice cake or two and 10gr or dried fruit

D. For my fourth meal if I need it, it’s 1-2 fruits and maybe sometimes I would choose peppermint tea with honey


Know my meals are not ideal so any tips to make me continue the diet in a good style will be great. But I want to kind of stay steady on weight and seem to be kind of managing it like this... Deep down I know I should change something about it

Praying I will get to a good routine for my pink dust... praying for another girl to join our family x

[atomic sagebrush]

I don't ever want u guys to worry about going off diet for 2 days.

Being at 50-60 g fat and protein is good because it will still be fewer carbs than standard LE Diet.

You don't have to do a meal plan. I didn't. I actually think you guys are TOO into meal plans, I think it's easier to stay flexible on a day by day basis.

Here is the thing though. It is a LOT of sugar (which you already know.) I can't remember why exactly we had you on the PCOS-type diet but sugar is not going to be your friend if you need that diet. If you were doing the diet just as a preemptive measure, just in case, it is ok to have a LITTLE sugar (esp. if weight is still coming off too fast) but you're eating a LOT of sugar. I would try to possibly find some way to switch some of those foods which are sugary with other things that have calories in them without the sugar.

All that having been said, there is something to be said for doing a diet you can stick with and it's really not THAT bad, would certainly be fine if you were doing standard diet and so if you prefer to keep going with that, unless you have moderate to severe PCOS that is fine with me.