Thanks, I'll give it a go and see what it turns out like :)
Thanks, I'll give it a go and see what it turns out like :)
Girls, this is a great thread for a newbie! Lots of ideas and inspiration. Today I skipped breakfast, had a coffee around 11. Lunch was strawberries and low fat yogurt. Dinner was chicken and broccoli and cabbage, with salad with strawberries and ice cream for dessert. I'm a lazy swayer, not following anything 100% but I've totally given up red meat, potatoes, bananas and adding salt to anything. Good luck to you all! I'm starting on crystal light today too, just got some.
great i love being obessive!
today i had no breaky, lunch veggi sushi, raspberries, snack 1 apple and a mini (100cal) bag of jelly tots, dinner aubergine curry and rice, two fondant fancies - just found these low fat and protien great for spare cals.
i use myfitness pal to track, out for dinner tomorrow nite :nails:
I'd no brekkie, coffee, lunch was slice of toast and a yogurt, dinner was pasta with broccoli and green beans, tiny bit of Parmesan. Snacks were rye cracker with cream cheese and then for my failure!!- a bottle of corona, packet of hula hoops and a pack of starburst! Not good. Today will be better! I just have a fear I won't ovulate if I lose too much weight as I'm naturally very slim and now I look bony. I've only lost a few lbs but its noticeable already so trying to up calories but stay within ranges.. Hard do
I had a coffee in the am with splenda and some cream, lunch at noon was a veggie wrap with eggplant, zucchini and squash and a little bit of goat cheese (usually swiss, but it was on the go and didn't have the opportunity to melt it). A handful of swedish fish and jelly beans! Dinner was the same wrap, but with swiss and a fat-free yogurt. Some diet root beer to drink and that's it! My body has really become used to this, but tonight I'm really starving!! I took my son to a theme park and walked around a lot, I'm sure I burned off everything :rolleyes:
Today I had 3 coffees with unsweetened soy milk in the morning, then I had some lettuce with 1 1/2 white pita bread with cheese spread in it, 3 apricots (oops!) and a bunch of grapes... and a WHOLE PACK OF JELLY BEANS! (365 cal worth of 'em, good grief...)
Dinner was iceberg lettuce, 160g baby chestnut mushrooms, 150g worth of zucchini/courgette, probably 2 tablespoons worth of rice (was taking from hubby's dinner as I wasn't going to have any rice with my dinner due to all the jelly beans earlier!), low fat sour cream, some salsa.
Totals...
Cal: 1,257
Potassium: 2,097
Fat: 17
Protein: 32
Sodium: 849
Fiber: 14
Lunch: I actually forgot to eat at all till about 3pm. It is funny, some days I am STARVING and can barely make it till 11.30am, other days I forget to eat till really late and have no problems waiting. I had some caramel popcorn, a very small amount of rice (half a cup at most) with mushrooms and capsicum in it with some white sauce / parmesan on it, and a nonfat yoghurt.
Dinner: Vegetarian burger patty, white bun, leeks and some swiss cheese melted on it. Yummy. About 8 - 10 potato wedges on the side (my naughty cheat).
Supper: Caramel popcorn, Le Rice apple flavoured rice snack and Peppermint Tea.
Not tracking at the moment as I have done it for a while and got a reasonable handle on what I can eat to stay in the values plus I am not attempting until September or October.
Just founf this thread and already getting some great food ideas - ThANKS LADIES
Lunch was a cup of pasta with a heaped teaspoon of creme frache on it, a cup of pureed apple and a non fat yoghurt.
Then went out to a friend's birthday party at a restaurant... was difficult as I was sat on the table with the tasting platters in front of me for about 3 hours. I did have a lot of dip but mainly with celery and a little bit of bread. Got given (and ate... couldn't resist) a massive slice of black forest cake. So as penance for the cake for dinner I just had a cup of rice with another heaped teaspoon of creme frache for dinner with 2 fibre supps to soak up some of the fat. After dinner snack was a Le Rice pudding and some lychees, plus peppermint tea. Hopefully it all came out in the wash despite the cream filled cake.
I have just found out I have to go out for dinner tomorrow to a tavern that has nothing but steaks, burgers, creamy pastas and pizzas on the menu! The best I could do would be a margarita pizza! I am thinking of either getting that, or saying "stuff it" - if I am going out I might as well have my favorite (a pasta carbonara) but making it an entree sized one, taking fiber and eating nothing much other than plain rice throughout the rest of the day! I am at least 5 weeks out from my attempt but hate having an enforced big cheat. Love hearing what other people are eating. For the record I am only tracking my foods on FitnessPal occasionally - I have been on the diet for 6 weeks before and got the idea of what I can and cant eat.
Today: An apple and half a pear at 11am, 2 pieces of mountain bread at 1pm with some leeks on them, one with some mayo on them the other with a sprinkle of low fat cheese. A no fat yoghurt. Peppermint tea.
Dinner: Half a pizza with tomato paste, eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms, leek, and a sprinkle of parmesan on it. Le snack rice pudding for dinner, about to have some lychees and peppermint tea. Do other people find they have huge swings in their appetites? Some days I just want to eat the house down (but dont) and am completely and utterly miserable / weak with hunger. Other days (like today) I eat the same amount and am barely hungry at all. Weird!
Starting the LE diet tomorrow so this thread is really useful. I'm only worried about making sure I have enough calories as I tend to have quite nutrient dense food normally. Happy to eat lots of veggie pasta and curry etc but when I add it up I only get to 1000 or so calories. Have to add in the sweeties I guess to keep me going and get the calories up a little!
Today no breakfast i did drink cyrstal light
Lunch pasta with butter and Parmesan
Dinner rice, green beans(not sure if these are ok)
I've been drinking Sprite zero and crystal light throughout the day.
I did eat 1 small oatmeal cookie, i feel so bad, but i was craving something sweet. :nails:
How many calories did you have 6bluewant1pink? That sounds a little low to me?Quote:
Originally Posted by 6bluewant1pink
I am not sure how many calories. I am so scared to eat, i ate with all my boys. I never made myself go hungry i think i should now maybe idk.
I am soooo glad I found this thread! This has tons of LE meal ideas! <3
Never thought to look back for ideas! Are you on the up to date thread for ideas and motivation too? I've just started diet this week and just posted on thread this week Xx
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Mrs. Incredible - no, please post the link for me if you don't mind. Thanks much! <3
Lunch: 2 matzo pizza (2 tsp of fat reduced sour cream one tomato sliced and 40g light chedder) pear, 3 chocolate snack a jacks
Dinner: 2 wraps (tesco healthy ones) 2tsp of fat reduced hommus, one tomato, 30g of fat reduced hallumi, mergenge nest and 0% fat fromage frais plus a few strawberries - yum!
Snack? might have some diet cake or sweets havn't put this in fitness pal yest but i think it will be a bit low ate a choccie brownie yesterday thou ;-S
sorry i can't spell x
Hi ladies, can I join back in?
here's what i've had so far:
Breakfast: nothing
Lunch: 1 cup sauteed zuchinni in 1 tsp canola oil w/ 1 tsp turmeric and 1 tsp tomato paste (unsalted), 1/2 cup cooked white rice, 2 tbsp plain yogurt low fat, 1 cup iceberg lettuce.
Dinner: 1 cup sauteed mushrooms in pat of butter, w/ 1.5 cup cooked white rice with another tiny pat of butter, 2 tbsp plain yogurt, low fat.
Snack: trader joes cat's cookies, low fat (15 cookies) w/ perrier water.
I increased cals and nutrients a bit as i wasn't getting enough potassium and fat. how do you think this looks??
hey all looks good! i don't think you're having enough protien thou you should be aiming for at least 40g, you could have pasta at one meal and some low fat dairy would help with protien and fat. do you track your food? xQuote:
Originally Posted by Wishing4Princess
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...l-picture.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by BabyGirl4Me
I plan on getting a couple of these recipes in today - I am on day 4 and not had much to eat so need to start eating from the diet and getting a hang of it now that I've had a few detox type days (e.g too unorganised to get stuff in to eat)!!
Ladies - there appears to be an active Oct/Nov thread up and running (that possibly took over from this one) for chat and keeping a track on what's being eaten - do you fancy coming onto that one so we can all keep each other motivated (although this thread will still be great for ideas too!)??
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...ed-please.html
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Sorry that was the picture thread that I directed you too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs_Incredible
The up to date motivation and chat thread for daily eating is this one - http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...ed-please.html
Just too hungry at the mo!!!! Wasn't concentrating xx
No breakfast
Lunch - 2 pieces of toast
Dinner - Weight Watchers creamy chicken and mushroom meal, afters 2 snack size Whirly bars from Asda.
Supps - Vitex 1600mg, folic acid 400mg and 75mg of dispersible aspirin.
Drinks - I'm going to enjoy 2 glasses of 50ml Lime Smirnoff and Diet Cherry Coke. Plus I sneaked in a bit of apple juice before I realise it wasn't allowed.
Do weight watchers meals count as Low Everything?
What about pot noodles? Low in nutritional value? High in carbs though... Does that matter?
I stay away from pot noodles but for slightly different reasons. They are very high in salt which I don't really track anymore but also very high in fat I believe. This diet is high in carbs so that isn't a problem. I think a pot noodle once in a while would be absolutely fine but they aren't particularly filling. I find it helps to treat your calories as money. You have to find the best value - i.e as much food as you can - and I often find foods that are lower in cals and fat and are more substantial too. Nothing's off limits except perhaps oats. Weight watchers ready meals are also fine once in a while but I always wait until the 2ww. However the only one I've found that fits into the daily limits okay if the roasted veg arriabiata. Also Morrisons do a low fat frozen pizza which has 375 cals per half but is high in protein at 16.1g. Another once in a while meal!!
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Few more food (and drink) questions if that's ok...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamofpink
Nesquik milk?
Nuts?
Probiotic drinks?
Semolina, tapioca and rice pudding?
Wine gums? (People have said sweets are good but gelatine bad!?)
Liquorice - I know good for DH but for me too?
And what part of the diet does DH need to do?
Any other food suggestions?
Thank you!
Hi everybody. I'm new here but I have been lurking awhile. I started my le diet today and I don't think I did very good.
9:00 CL and a yoplait lite.
12:00 activia with fiber.CL
1:30 fiber one brownie and a bottle of aquafina
3:30 another fiber one brownie and a cup of plain corn flakes
Total so far today
480 calories
500 mg sodium
13 g protein
10 g fat
I feel that I never should have had the second brownie. Lol. But I work 8-5 so my options felt limited at work. I just couldn't think of anything to eat that I could pack easily. I have gotten some really good ideas from this thread so hopefully I can do better tomorrow. Do you guys think my spacing of foods was bad? I feel like I ate stuff to close together. Any advice would be great!
What a great thread to get ideas from!
Today I had...
no breakfast
bowl of frosted shredded mini wheats with skim milk at noon
One bite of my son's hot dog, crust from 2 slices of pizza and a cinnamon raisin bagel with light cream cheese. (Also had diet coke, water and CL to drink)
I am so bad at this!
Heres todays menu: Lunch started at noon, dinner should be around 5 and snack will be at 8. Should leave me good and hungry between. I know I was so hungry before I ate lunch I almost ate the toaster while I was waiting. :giggle:
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Drinking dasani and crystal light today, so i dont go much higher on sodium. (sorry diet coke!) Its going to likely be much easier on the nights the hubby works OT, so I can just focus on eating what I want and not make a family dinner. Ill just feed my LO a healthy meal in smaller version. Im too lazy to cook separate for myself, so I work around it best I can.
Today's menu looks great for you! I just had lunch and had 2 tortilla's rolled up with a little hummus spread on each, some peeled and sliced cucumber and a small apple only partially peeled so I could get some extra fiber from the peel. For dinner I think I will have some zucchini and yellow squash sauteed with a little dijon mustard and a little brown rice. I am trying not to snack at all but may occasionally steal a bite of something my boys are having. I am pretty sure that isnot enough protein but am scared to add anything else as I want to lose weight quickly. Stinkin PCOS!!
I should have added the snacks were basically just me trying to figure out how to raise my potassium haha! I added the fruit and yogurt to lunch, and the veggies for dinner. The popcorn was tonights snack. I try to have 2 bigger sized meals, then a light snack so i can sleep, but my blood sugar drops pretty quickly. Sodium is my biggest downfall. I live for flavor so this is hard for me. I literally gagged down the veggies tonight. Whats a good condiment for them, that wont break the bank?
Have you tried Mrs Dash??
Basalmic vinegar is good also low or no salt stock mixed with low fat philli and a bit of chilli paste. My brother in law swears by a bit of melted butter mixed with lemon juice on almost any veggies:)
The melted butter/lemon might work... as well as the Mrs Dash. I got some sample packets in the mail I can try. Thank you!
Todays Menu:
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The biscuit sliders kill me with sodium. Its definately hard with the husband home, and I dont want to cook a separate meal, so I think what I'll do is lower the amount of ham/turkey/cheese on 2 of them and call those mine. That would lower the sodium, protein and fat but keep me in the normal range. Id be hovering on the calories, so maybe Ill add a cucumber or something.
I love cranberry sauce on top of my veggies!! I don't count it either :rolleyes:
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Loving todays numbers! Probably will add some lettuce or something of that nature since I kinda forgot the veggies today :oops:
Just wondering about pottasium levels- a lot of the food I'm recording on fitness pal is coming up 0%- the only thing I'm getting readings on is fruit or veg. Does that mean they just aren't including the pottasium on a lot of items?
Chances are they arent recording them, I usually click on a couple different link from the same search and look at what seems to be closest. For example, one said there was no potassium in my potato with skin. Since I know it not to be true, I looked until i found one. Sometimes its just better to enter your own info on MFP, since most people there arent tracking potassium.