I fear my LE diet is going to become a NA (not anything!) diet...help me, please!!!

I've read the recipes/let's stay strict/here's what we're eating threads (great job, ladies!!) and I am really growing anxious about what in the world I'm actually going to eat as I intensify my current "lose weight" diet to actually be the girl-friendly/LE diet (plus sodium). I'm due to start AF next week, after which time I'll switch from current diet to the LE --- goal is to take my BMI from 23.9 to 22.1 within that one attempt cycle (about a 10 lb loss).

I already do intermittent fasting (so don't eat before noon) and have done so for about the last 12 weeks. And I keep my calories below 1400 daily. So I will keep those parts up and I've got aspartame that I can have just for myself...also been doing that about 12 weeks, along with the total switch of supplements from boy sway (I had no idea!) to girl sway.

However, the food I do eat (and serve my family) are not LE...they are about as nutritious as possible; that's always been the filter I've used (no wonder we have 2 boys already)...mainly paleo and also "superfoods" like avocado, blueberries, spinach, broccoli, olive oil, lots of meat, full fat cheese, all grains are whole grain, no artificial sweeteners, all natural peanut butter, all natural protein shakes and bars, etc. I've concluded that I could eat cucumbers, green beans.....and now I'm stuck. What else am I going to eat?! We've never had things like white rice/bread/pasta in the house (if we have those, they're whole grain and even the protein-enhanced kind) and it would not be well-received. Maybe I could sneak in some Yoplait light yogurts that are just for me....or even cook some white rice that I just eat during the day (can I add lime juice and cilantro and pretend I'm doing faux-chipotle rice as a treat?). Rice cakes? Those I could hide in the cabinet. But no pb on them, right? I could switch spinach salads to romaine, but I think ice berg would get a big "wtf" from DH.

Help me!!! Because right now I'm thinking I will just have to err on the side of fasting and then eat the paleo dinner with the family (I control all food/cooking/serving, so at least I can magically not be serving red meat for 2 weeks), but eat smaller portions of the meat and perhaps forgo the oil....and then meet my calorie goals through vodka (I know red wine has antioxidants and beer, especially hoppy ones, would have nutrients...would champagne be sufficiently void of nutrients?).

Nuts, olives, hummus....everything I think of is BOY!

I can eat fruit. Berries in particular (don't eat bananas anyway, nor potatoes). Any other ideas? Omg, I'm going to die of starvation!

Ditto! We don't eat preservatives, GMO's, white starch etc.

So my diet has consist of pizza and chocolate because I don't like that stuff!

Becca, I love pizza and chocolate on cheat days...but definitely doesn't fit on my LE diet (particularly not loaded with pepperoni and bacon toppings!). What kind of diet are you doing (if any) for your sway? The restrictions you listed above are exactly my issue.

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Originally Posted by 2bnaday

Becca, I love pizza and chocolate on cheat days...but definitely doesn't fit on my LE diet (particularly not loaded with pepperoni and bacon toppings!). What kind of diet are you doing (if any) for your sway? The restrictions you listed above are exactly my issue.

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I have been eating no nutrients but not worrying about the the rest. I don't count cals.

I eat a bun or gross white bagel for breakfast. And a piece of pizza or chocolate for supper. Ha ha I suck. But I only like the whole grain stuff and stuff on the HE diet so I basically just eat pizza Lol.

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Originally Posted by Becca.lms

I have been eating no nutrients but not worrying about the the rest. I don't count cals.

I eat a bun or gross white bagel for breakfast. And a piece of pizza or chocolate for supper. Ha ha I suck. But I only like the whole grain stuff and stuff on the HE diet so I basically just eat pizza Lol.

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My hair is dry and falling out, my eyelashes have fallen out. My nails are bad. My skin sucks. I'm using that as a sign my crappy diet is working for me.

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Originally Posted by Becca.lms

My hair is dry and falling out, my eyelashes have fallen out. My nails are bad. My skin sucks. I'm using that as a sign my crappy diet is working for me.

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Oh yikes, girl! Hopefully we both get a bfp right away so we can go back to eating real food! So with you eating crap food and not tracking cals, are you losing weight or just in (horribly!) declining condition? I think I would gain if I did that approach (and DH would NOT be a happy camper) and then that would sway blue for me. Apparently I'm just going to have to simulate a sudden famine for 2 weeks. Awesome.

I'm right there with you. I don't start my sway for many many months, but I'm already a tad anxious about the diet. My normal diet is very similar to yours.

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Originally Posted by 2bnaday

Oh yikes, girl! Hopefully we both get a bfp right away so we can go back to eating real food! So with you eating crap food and not tracking cals, are you losing weight or just in (horribly!) declining condition? I think I would gain if I did that approach (and DH would NOT be a happy camper) and then that would sway blue for me. Apparently I'm just going to have to simulate a sudden famine for 2 weeks. Awesome.

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Declining condition but since I got a bfn at the attempt last month I'm trying to lose weight this month.
I weigh maybe 122 or less looking to get to 115 by ovulation.

Agreed - we're very health concious and organic food junkies and it's getting so hard already and I'm only on my second day.

Starving for breakfast has been a real challange so kudos to you for having done that already!