A couple reasons why I LIKE the girl diet

so instead of being negative about this diet (b/c yes it's hard). I wanted to share a couple of things I enjoy about it. Maybe you have some too?

I actually like white rice, and I normally eat so healthy that nothing with the word (white) would go through these lips.
It's kinda nice to eat regular pasta instead of "whole grain!"
It's an excuse to have some chocolate milk in the middle of the day (I use a very small squeeze).
Sometimes corn flakes cereal with strawberries and some equal hits the spot!
An egg beater omelette with a little cheese fills me up in the am. (I am eating breakfast till week of O).
I would never drink a diet soda before and even though I think it does make me a feel a little bloated and yucky...it does taste good!
Ice cream, in moderation of course...but it is full of calcium!

Anyone else finding things on this diet they like? Oh and I have lost 3 lbs this week!!! woo hoo.

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I'm an optimistic lady and I hope you can share some positive feelings as well.

Thank you so much! This made my day!!!

I like the girl diet because I actually think it's kinda good for you - I always lose weight when I go on it and the low sodium is good for your blood pressure.

Plus, Yoplait Light cinnamon roll yogurt is really yummy!!!

Well, I am still on week one and have lost 6 lbs. I like that my stomach is flatter than it has been for a very long time!

And I tried skim milk for the first time and I love it! I never would have tried it without the diet.

I like that my tummy is now flat as a pancake! I was still holding on to a bit of a pregnancy belly before starting the diet. I am becoming very addicted to low fat yogurt lol.

This is a treat to read! It's been two years since I did the diet last. I'm gearing up to do it again, but I've been dreading it, honestly. This gives me a whole new perspective!!

Lovey Dovey~the last time you did the diet did you get your girl? if so, may I ask what else you did besides diet? timing, replens..etc?? Thanks!

Thanks for this, it's just what I needed! I'm just about to start the diet in preparation for TTC this summer, and I was making my grocery list and feeling kind of sulky about it.

I naturally eat the girl diet (hence, two girls!) and I like it much better. I think it is better for you, also. You girls enjoy looking slim and pretty...while us boy swayers wallow in our fat pants! LOL

To answer your question, I did supplements (cranberry, calcium, magnesium + prenatal and folic acid) plus diet for six weeks. I stuck to the diet (which was VERY different from the way I usually eat) really quite well. I would hold off on breakfast until about 10:30 - 11:00 and then would have a strawberry smoothie (1 cup skim milk, 1/2 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt, 1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries, 10-12 ice ****s, and 6+ packets equal in blender - it makes enough for two big glasses, so I'd always freeze one to thaw and eat the next day) every morning. These are really yummy and I never got tired of them - they motivated me to stick with it! The rest of my meals would revolve around calcium-enriched pasta (in purple box), egg beaters, white rice, crystal light, green beans, cucumbers, chicken, corn flakes, strawberries, raspberries, low-sodium bread, unsalted butter and a little parmesan here and there. There were probably a few other foods in there that I can't recall off of the top of my head, but those were the biggies. I drank some milk, but didn't over-do it, either. I wanted to be sure it didn't add to much of the boy-friendly minerals to my sway. I don't care for the taste of yogurt, so the only time I ate it was mixed in a smoothie. For timing, we abstained for a week or more before we began our sway and then did frequent bd (am and pm) for a couple of days until I had a smiley face on my OPK. I didn't use replens or anything like that, but I did use sudafed before bd and I did get up and use the bathroom right away - no hip propping. I was down about 10 lbs from when I had conceived my boys (from chasing them, I suppose) when I started the diet. I lost about 5 more lbs on the diet. I'm not a very big person to begin with, so that was a significant amount of weight for me. My husband didn't really do much to sway - I think he cut back on caffeine around O and took a couple of hot baths, but that was it. I tried to put my effort into diet and supplements and didn't worry about the rest. I get stressed easily and so that's what worked best for me. We left the rest in God's hands and prayed!

Thanks for this, really nice to hear someone with a positive perspective on the diet! I'm not dreading starting it quite as much now!