Let's record what we're eating to help each other

DTD once at a positive OPK.

Coconut water is high in potassium and while on the LE diet you have to be careful not to get low in this essential mineral

Yesterday
Monday-coffee with coffemate
Lunch-pop tart, two rice cakes, grapes, and a low fat yogurt
Dinner-homemade cheese pizza and salad with balsamic vingerette dressing


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Hey ladies. Last night we had guests over for tapas so I made tonnes of food! I had a tiny bit of chorizo, bacon and a meatball, so filled up on Spanish omelette, roasted veggies, potatoes and bread. Definitely had too much food but as I cooked it all with oil spray etc and didn't have much meat, I think I did ok. We had chocolate mousse too but I only had one spoonful.

Today I have a temperature and have felt dizzy, so ate the leftovers from last night. So this week hasn't been very good LE

Still feeling rough. So hard to know whether to eat more to get rid of the bug or not

Hi all! Thought I was feeling confident in my levels lol am trying to increase calorie intake to 1500 - 1800 but stay within other ttc girl le diet guidelines but after reading some posts on here I feel like I'm eating really well. Can I have some advice on whether I've got this right? Will attach a few screen shots from myfitnespal hope they're not huge. I don't input every day as I double up alot. Lunch is a salad sandwich hence all the entries. I do have a treat here and there and go over some days but others I'm well under. TIAhttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...21b4d9a12b.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...9ad14ca23a.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...b29024ae41.jpg

Looks like you're doing well Pbn3. If you are just starting out then definitely aim for the 1500-1800 end for calories. Then after a few weeks you can see if you are losing or maintaining weight, and reduce calories if needed. I'm finding that about 1650 is enough to gradually lose a pound say across a week. If I go over with a cheat, then my weight stays still. If I underestimate calories in something then I could drop an pound or two in a day and I can't afford to lose weight that fast! To help keep your fat within range I'd try to have either cheese or pastry in a day but not both? That would take you over. Hope that's helpful! (and remember some ladies on here are on different levels due to PCOS)

Thanks weeziewoozles! I actually increased calorie intake as lost 12kg over last 6 months before starting le diet a week ago and want to slow down weight loss as still 3 months till I ttc and have about 6kg I would comfortably loose. Have a personised plan but it's so much help talking with others in the same situation! Will take your advice on cheese/pastry thing as they are pretty much a part of my everyday life lol. Do you take metamucil with a higher fat meal? I've been trying to but its just so gross I think I conveniently forget sometimes!

I take a couple of Chitosan tablets with lots of water before my main meal. My lunch tends to be loads of salad, a tiny bit of low fat mayo for flavour, some kind of low fat crisps, and then either baguette, wrap or potato to fill me up. I thought I'd miss having fish or chicken with my lunch as that's what I used to do, but I don't at all. Very occasionally I've had a mini pizza baguette and salad or a pack of instant pasta for lunch, but they take me much higher into my fat quotient so I have to adjust dinner.

For dinner (after my Chitosan) I have a whole variety of things but they revolve around white rice, pasta, reduced fat chips, swede/rutabaga to make chips or wedges, tonnes of vegetables, using cauliflower to make pizza bases or rice (super low in calories) and meat-free products like veggie burgers and sausages (but not the ones with soy protein in as they end up too high).

I find this keeps my protein and fat in the zones and leaves me under for my calories so then I add in wine, gone, beer, soda, sweets etc to get that up.

Hope that's helpful x

I'm in. Ttc June. Going hard with this sway diet and exercise wise so I'd love the input and support.
I drink 2 small coffees every morning. I don't have sugar and I have either half and half or low fat coffee mate (creamer). I can't give up my coffee I hope that's not a deal breaker!!
Yesterday:
Lunch was:
3/4 if a toasted pB sandwich (toddler stole the other 1/4....)
1.5 c raisin bran with 2% milk - MFP recorded 732 cals... Is that too much for one meal?

Dinner was
3 falafel patties, steamed broccoli, and baked spaghetti a squash with mush,onions, peppers sautéed in Olive oil. All tossed together and topped with just a sprinkle of parm 585 cals
Totals were 1500 cals and the breakdown attached. I think too much fat? I have such a hard time cutting the fat!!
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Yep too much fat (TWICE as much as you should be eating!) AND nearly all of it is healthy blue fats (saturated + to a lesser extent monounsaturated fats). I also found reducing fat and switching to pink friendly fats to be the most difficult aspect. Pre-swaying I ate an extremely high fat diet almost completely consisting of blue friendly fats.

Pink adjustments: for breakfast drink coffee black if possible, otherwise with the smallest amount of lowest cal fat free creamer you can find, for lunch just have toast with jam/jelly (no or minimal PB) & glass of skim milk or almond milk, for dinner use canola oil to sautee the veggies and less of it, and if you still need cals add a full sugar can of soda or glass of wine to one meal (fat free candy/baked goods and fruit are also good add-on options if you need more cals but have used up fat/protein for the day)

Also, you should avoid fortified cereal like raisin bran. Too many vitamins which sway blue. Cereal like red meat is one of those big no nos.

I also take fiber before any meal with substantial fat content.