What are you eating- LE 2019

[HopingForHairbows]

Hi friends! I know there is a stickied post where meal ideas were posted, but it is from a couple of years ago, and I was thinking that maybe we could use a new support thread. I like posting on this type of thread because it keeps me accountable for my meals. Feel free to write what you eat each day, or just share some of your go-to LE meals!

[HopingForHairbows]

Today was no a great one for me. I waited way too long to eat my first meal, and ended up eating a lot of food over a longer period of time

Breakfast: coffee with cinnamon, splenda, and a splash of almond milk
Lunch: 1.5 plain bagels with nothing on them, popcorn, vanilla wafer cookies
Dinner: Veggie spring roll, veggie lo mein
Snack: vegan white cheddar hippeas

Supplements: 1600 mcg Folic Acid

Okay... tomorrow needs to be a better day. I am still 11-15 weeks out from our attempt (depending on which month we decide to go with), but I need to really start to rein it in! going to pick up fiber supps tomorrow!

[laurelw]

Today hasn’t been a fantastic diet day!

I had a slice of sponge cake with strawberries and cream and a coffee with milk for “breakfast”. (At 11:30am)

Lunch was 3 pieces of French toast (wholemeal bread, 2 eggs and milk) and a few pieces of chocolate.

Another coffee with milk in the afternoon.

Dinner is a mini vege fajita and then a glass of wine.

A bit of a fatty day, pushing the limit!


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[Thirdtimelucky01]

I do shakshuka (oven baked eggs with chopped onion, peppers, tomato and spices) or a toast for breakfast, vegetable soups for lunch and chicken or vegetables burritos or vegetables stir fry for dinner.


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[atomic sagebrush]

Great! If you guys have specific questions be sure to start a new thread and ask me because I often cannot keep up with the support threads. :)

[Princess Mom]

Yay for this thread! I am officially on the LE diet for a week now!
Been doing good, just need some lunch ideas for keep me not wanting to snack haha! I have zero times for exercise right now! I’m busy with my kids, hoping to start walking but won’t be able to do a full 6 days of it. I will come off the pill in October and try to catch the first egg :)

[Princess Mom]

Today was no a great one for me. I waited way too long to eat my first meal, and ended up eating a lot of food over a longer period of time (I typically try to have 2 food meals, and restrict myself to eating all of my calories for each meal within an hours time.)

Breakfast: coffee with cinnamon, splenda, and a splash of almond milk
Lunch: 1.5 plain bagels with nothing on them, a couple of handfuls of popcorn, 3 vanilla wafer cookies
Dinner: Veggie spring roll, veggie lo mein
Snack: vegan white cheddar hippeas

Supplements: 800 mcg Folic Acid

Okay... tomorrow needs to be a better day. I am still 11-15 weeks out from our attempt (depending on which month we decide to go with), but I need to really start to rein it in! going to pick up fiber supps tomorrow!

Same I am going to try in October, we are booked for Disney World for my DD’s birthday the week of Thanksgiving and hoping to be pregnant by then because I will want to eat all the yummy food during our trip! Hope our DD’s get their baby sisters

[Princess Mom]

Hopingforhairbows: was going from 4 to 5 difficult? I don’t think it even matters at this point lol, I’m super busy

[laurelw]

Yesterday
Breakfast (1030am)- coffee with milk, banana bread x2 slices
Lunch - Cheese white bread roll and apple
Coffee and milk in the afternoon
Dinner - ricotta and garlic pasta with chickpeas and peas, apple crumble and banana bread


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[Thirdtimelucky01]

Yesterday
Breakfast (1030am)- coffee with milk, banana bread x2 slices
Lunch - Cheese white bread roll and apple
Coffee and milk in the afternoon
Dinner - ricotta and garlic pasta with chickpeas and peas, apple crumble and banana bread


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Would that be 1800 calories? That sounds like hardly any food at all, I’d die of starvation! Do you feel super hungry after eating this or ok?


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[atomic sagebrush]

I just want to mention that both 2 and 3 meals are equally acceptable on LE Diet. There doesn't seem to be any advantage of one over the other as long as you've had a 12-16 hour fast at some point during the day and are not munching all day long.

[laurelw]

It was actually 1900 [emoji31]


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[laurelw]

Would that be 1800 calories? That sounds like hardly any food at all, I’d die of starvation! Do you feel super hungry after eating this or ok?


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Opps forgot to quote!


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[laurelw]

And a bit over in both fat and protein. Need to be more careful as I’ve just stopped BF..


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[Thirdtimelucky01]

And a bit over in both fat and protein. Need to be more careful as I’ve just stopped BF..


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I’m about to stop BF too. I just googled banana bread, it has 200 calories, 6 grams of fat and 2.6 grams of protein. Where is all the protein? Ricotta? Would that be your normal diet (lots of sugar) or is this your sway tactic? How come no vegetables? I’m just trying to figure out my LE diet


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[laurelw]

I’m about to stop BF too. I just googled banana bread, it has 200 calories, 6 grams of fat and 2.6 grams of protein. Where is all the protein? Ricotta? Would that be your normal diet (lots of sugar) or is this your sway tactic? How come no vegetables? I’m just trying to figure out my LE diet


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Little bits of protein in various meals (the recipe I use for banana bread is 4g protein per slice), but main protein is from the peas and chickpeas with dinner that night.

Honestly I usually do have a bit more veges scattered through the day, but that day it was all at dinner.

Today

Breakfast
Banana bread x 2
Coffee and milk
Apple

Lunch
Cauliflower soup
Toast
Banana

Coffee and milk

Dinner
2 jacket potatoes, peas, tomato, tomato relish, hummus, sour cream
2 slice choc chip brioche toast



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[Thirdtimelucky01]

Little bits of protein in various meals (the recipe I use for banana bread is 4g protein per slice), but main protein is from the peas and chickpeas with dinner that night.

Honestly I usually do have a bit more veges scattered through the day, but that day it was all at dinner.

Today

Breakfast
Banana bread x 2
Coffee and milk
Apple

Lunch
Cauliflower soup
Toast
Banana

Coffee and milk

Dinner
2 jacket potatoes, peas, tomato, tomato relish, hummus, sour cream
2 slice choc chip brioche toast



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Love your dinner meal idea!


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[HopingForHairbows]

Hopingforhairbows: was going from 4 to 5 difficult? I don’t think it even matters at this point lol, I’m super busyHonestly, my fifth has only enhanced our family. I think our biggest changes were 1-2 and 2-3. I'm a little worried how 5-6 will go though! Haha

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[HopingForHairbows]

Today's plan (haven't had dinner or snack yet.. also I will probably eat my snack at the same time as I eat dinner so I can have a longer fasting time)

Breakfast: coffee, 2 splenda, cinnamon, splash of almond milk

Lunch: leafy salad with broccoli, daiya cheez shreds, Morningstar chik'n patty, italian dressing. Small Kaiser roll with vegan margarine

Dinner: white rice, red beans cooked in vegetable broth

Snack: hippeas

[HopingForHairbows]

Yay for this thread! I am officially on the LE diet for a week now!
Been doing good, just need some lunch ideas for keep me not wanting to snack haha! I have zero times for exercise right now! I’m busy with my kids, hoping to start walking but won’t be able to do a full 6 days of it. I will come off the pill in October and try to catch the first egg :)I have found that planning my lunch helps. If I know exactly what I will be preparing, it stops me from snacking. Also I include something in there that I can eat while I wait for my food to be ready (today was a roll!)

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[atomic sagebrush]

It was actually 1900 [emoji31]


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NBD at all. I have tons of people on 1800-2000 cals

[laurelw]

Breakfast
Coffee with milk
2 x choc chip brioche toast
Banana

Lunch
2 x French toast
Capsicum and watermelon
Raspberry and peanut butter gummie slice

Coffee and milk

Dinner
Minestrone soup
Half an Apple cider


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[HopingForHairbows]

Really enjoyed my lunch today! I was trying to keep my fat and protein macros low because I know my friend wants to get takeout tonight and since nobody knows we are swaying, I am trying to maintain "normal" eating habits around everyone. Also I realized yesterday that my folic acid pills are 800 mcg not 400, so I have been taking 1600 mcg all along.



Breakfast: coffee, splenda, cinnamon, splash of almond milk

Lunch: diced potato, diced broccoli florets, vegan margarine, daiya cheez shreds. (This was filling and super yummy!)

Snack: fig bar, hard pretzels

Dinner: roasted vegetable sandwich with fries on the side.

Supplements: 1600 mcg folic acid

[ThinkingofPink]

I’ll jump in a share some of my meals! Honestly I’m pretty boring and eat the same things quite often lol. Almost every day for breakfast (delayed) I eat a Dave’s Killer Bread bagel with a little vegan butter and a cup of coffee with almond milk creamer. Then lunch is often leftovers and dinner is different every night. Keep in mind I am underweight and breastfeeding so my totals are a little higher than most and I can’t eat dairy or soy so my meals don’t consist of either even baked in.

I haven’t completely figured out today so I’ll share yesterday’s full day of eating.

Breakfast: bagel and vegan butter with coffee and almond milk creamer (429 cal, 17g fat, 11g protein)

Lunch: Coconut milk yogurt, coffee with almond milk creamer, bowl of fresh strawberries and cherries, and a vegan english muffin with a little vegan butter and grape jam (513 cal, 12g fat, 6g protein)

Dinner: large baked russet potato (no skin) with A1 sauce, broccoli with a little vegan butter, baked beans, small chocolate brownie (649 cal, 21g fat, 11g protein)

Totals for the day: 1,591 cal (a little less than where I wanted to be)
50g fat (I have a really hard time with not getting too much)
28g protein

It’s not the best and I would have been better off without the brownie at dinner but I wanted it lol

[ThinkingofPink]

Here’s my full day of eating yesterday!

Breakfast (delayed):
Dave’s Killer Bagel with vegan butter and coffee with almond milk creamer (429 cal, 17g fat, 11g protein)

Lunch:
Coffee with almond milk creamer, nutter butter cookie, homemade creamy vegan tomato soup, and Dave’s Killer English muffin (391 cal, 16g fat, 9g protein)

Dinner:
Canned chickpeas and canned diced tomatoes simmered with spices over white rice and a small brownie and a cherry coke (807 cal, 10g fat, 15g protein)

Totals:
Cal 1,627
Fat 43g
Protein 35g

[HopingForHairbows]

Today was a difficult day for me. I was eating my feelings, but tried to keep it within 3 "meals" without any grazing.

Lunch: diced potatoes, daiya cheez shreds, vegan butter, Morningstar chickn patty

"Snack": sesame bagel, tortilla chips, hard pretzels, a veggie spring roll

Dinner: white rice, broccoli sauteed with soy sauce

I'm have to work third shift tonight, which I dont typically do. So I am planning on getting a giant coffee with splenda and hopefully not eating at all during the night so I'll have a long fasting time still.

[HopingForHairbows]

Here’s my full day of eating yesterday!

Breakfast (delayed):
Dave’s Killer Bagel with vegan butter and coffee with almond milk creamer (429 cal, 17g fat, 11g protein)

Lunch:
Coffee with almond milk creamer, nutter butter cookie, homemade creamy vegan tomato soup, and Dave’s Killer English muffin (391 cal, 16g fat, 9g protein)

Dinner:
Canned chickpeas and canned diced tomatoes simmered with spices over white rice and a small brownie and a cherry coke (807 cal, 10g fat, 15g protein)

Totals:
Cal 1,627
Fat 43g
Protein 35gThat dinner idea sounds yummy. I am going to try it one night this week.

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[ThinkingofPink]

That’s off the rails?! You’re still BELOW all of the recommended totals! This would be a great day for me.

[ThinkingofPink]

Are you following the same exact sway from last time or are you trying anything new? My last sway got us an opposite but I feel like I had a pretty great sway so it was just “bad luck” I think. The only real things I’m changing this time are that I’ll be adding exercise 6 weeks before attempt and I’ve stopped eating cereal completely. With my last sway I ate too much cereal for sure lol.

[HopingForHairbows]

Are you following the same exact sway from last time or are you trying anything new? My last sway got us an opposite but I feel like I had a pretty great sway so it was just “bad luck” I think. The only real things I’m changing this time are that I’ll be adding exercise 6 weeks before attempt and I’ve stopped eating cereal completely. With my last sway I ate too much cereal for sure lol.My sway this time is a little bit different. Vegan, instead of vegetarian. Femara, instead of clomid. I feel a little bit calmer about my sway, and life in general this time around. I feel that this can help because being calm and less type A sways pink, but also maybe hurt because I'm scared I will get to lax with my sway if I am not careful.

I think you are probably right about your opposite just being a "luck" thing. When is your first attempt?

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[ThinkingofPink]

We’re having our first attempt in September. I really wish I could get Femara or Clomid but I’m breastfeeding and I know they won’t give it to me. I know that’s a big swayer though!

[Princess Mom]

Doctors won’t give me clomid, I really want it for my sway, but I have two girls and didn’t ever take clomid so I’m sure I can have one last girl without it.
My diet is awful I don’t know what to eat haha

[Princess Mom]

Anyone recommend an online pharmacy for clomid can inbox me

[HopingForHairbows]

Feeling super blah today. It might be because I got my period, but I don't know. So here's my food...

Breakfast: coffee, splenda, cinnamon, splash of almond milk

Lunch: roll, lettuce, vegan mayo, chik'n patty

Snack: fig bars, and pretzels

Dinner: Vegan fried rice

[laurelw]

This is a good post to keep me accountable.

Breakfast
Coffee with milk
2 slices bun loaf
Tim tam (oops!)

Lunch
2 x peanut butter and jam sandwiches made on wholemeal bread
Banana
Tim tam
Coffee with milk

Dinner
Creamy salmon pasta with peas (but I’ll skip the salmon portion when I serve mine)
Baked sweet potato, tomato relish, hommus, peas
Red wine

1657 cal
246g carb
42g fat
49g protein


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[ThinkingofPink]

Hopingforhairbows, I am starving looking at your diet lol. Makes me feel like I’m failing at mine. Are you not losing too much weight? I think I’m just surprised because I’m having a hard time not losing weight and I’m at much higher totals than you. I am breastfeeding though.

[laurelw]

Hopingforhairbows, I am starving looking at your diet lol. Makes me feel like I’m failing at mine. Are you not losing too much weight? I think I’m just surprised because I’m having a hard time not losing weight and I’m at much higher totals than you. I am breastfeeding though.

I would talk to atomic, but I had to up my intake in my first sway as lost too much weight and again while I was BF in this sway


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[ThinkingofPink]

I bought a coaching plan so I’ve been keeping touch with atomic as I go. I do think I’ll need to up my intake a bit but I’m having a hard time because I already get so full!

[HopingForHairbows]

Hopingforhairbows, I am starving looking at your diet lol. Makes me feel like I’m failing at mine. Are you not losing too much weight? I think I’m just surprised because I’m having a hard time not losing weight and I’m at much higher totals than you. I am breastfeeding though.Do not judge your diet against mine!! You have a personalized plan and I am 100% sure you are doing exactly what is right for you. There are many things that factor into my caloric/macro intake and I even put a disclaimer on one of my posts because of that. Dont second guess yourself. I'm sure you're doing great!

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[Princess Mom]

How is everyone tracking protein and such? MyFitnessPal? I didn’t really track my last sway just cut out meat

[atomic sagebrush]

Feeling super blah today. It might be because I got my period, but I don't know. So here's my food...

Breakfast: coffee, splenda, cinnamon, splash of almond milk

Lunch: roll, lettuce, smear of vegan mayo, chik'n patty

Snack: two fig bars, handful of pretzels

Dinner: Vegan fried rice (rice, corn, peas, vegan butter)



Calories: 1208

Carbs: 208g
Fat: 26g
Protein: 32g

THIS IS NOT ENOUGH FOOD AND IS NOT ALLOWED.

Please, no one look at this diet and now think you're not eating correctly.

The minimums for diet are 30 g fat and 40 g protein minimum. That is starvation level of food intake and is the type of diet that wakes me up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night worrying about you guys.

While I do have minimum cal intake set at 1200 only a very few people go that low. By far more people are on 1500-1800 or even 1800-2000 calories. Maybe 3% of people drop to 1200 Way way way more people are on 2000 tahn 1200 and still get girls doing that!

[atomic sagebrush]

Do not judge your diet against mine!! You have a personalized plan and I am 100% sure you are doing exactly what is right for you. There are many things that factor into my caloric/macro intake and I even put a disclaimer on one of my posts because of that. Dont second guess yourself. I'm sure you're doing great!

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If you have some reason for doing that (and regardless of reasoning I strongly urge you to eat 40 g protein and 30 g fat no matter what) I would really appreciate you putting that disclaimer on all your posts. Sorry, I know it's a nuisance but the alternative is then me having a nuisance when lots of people read this and come to me in a panic convinced they're eating too much. Thank you I really appreciate it.

[atomic sagebrush]

I bought a coaching plan so I’ve been keeping touch with atomic as I go. I do think I’ll need to up my intake a bit but I’m having a hard time because I already get so full!

If you can't fit it all in 2/3 meals, go to 3/4 meals.

Ladies, I know it's counterintutive but please believe me when I say, it's far better to start off eating too much and then reducing over time rather than to cut back too far and have to basically sway blue just to get your ovulation going again. PLEASE DO NOT STARVE YOURSELVES, you're hurting your health in the long term, your ability to get and stay pregnant, and even your sway by doing so.

[atomic sagebrush]

How is everyone tracking protein and such? MyFitnessPal? I didn’t really track my last sway just cut out meat

I think it's best to just use paper and pen. The apps are really just as time consuming if not more so and are not always accurate.

[HopingForHairbows]

THIS IS NOT ENOUGH FOOD AND IS NOT ALLOWED.

Please, no one look at this diet and now think you're not eating correctly.

The minimums for diet are 30 g fat and 40 g protein minimum. That is starvation level of food intake and is the type of diet that wakes me up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night worrying about you guys.

While I do have minimum cal intake set at 1200 only a very few people go that low. By far more people are on 1500-1800 or even 1800-2000 calories. Maybe 3% of people drop to 1200 Way way way more people are on 2000 tahn 1200 and still get girls doing that!Sorry Atomic. I will delete my posts with my totals. I don't want to make life crazy for you.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Just be sure you're eating enough!!! Don't worry about me, I'm worried about you!

[Princess Mom]

I agree u can eat more as long as you’re within limits

[laurelw]

I am STRUGGLING with the LE diet in this TWW. Definitely not going well friends!


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[atomic sagebrush]

I am STRUGGLING with the LE diet in this TWW. Definitely not going well friends!


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It's very common to be hungrier and have less willpower in the 2ww. Just do your best and don't worry about a few slip ups here and there.