For people that want to record what they are eating (to help be strict!)

It is good to treat yourself sometimes. It makes the diet bearable!

I have upped my cals a bit as I am losing weight too quickly. I only had a MAX of 5lbs to lose and I have lost 4lbs already and still 5 weeks until my first attempt. I don't mind losing a couple more, just want to make sure I don't stop ovulating.

I had a large cappuccino with no fat milk and pasta with homemade sauce for lunch at 12.

5pm I had a diet coke and some flavoured rice crackers

7pm I had mushrooms on a slice of bread, a no fat yoghurt and three squares of white chocolate.

I had a couple of peppermint teas as well and also did an hour of exercise.

I ovulate in a week and I just don't know whether I should move our first attempt forward to this month. I have only been on the diet for not quite four weeks so I would be under the six week period and only exercising for four weeks. I think I will wait as I know this will give me the best chance, I am just so scared of losing too much, stopping ovulating and then having to increase everything to fall pregnant. Looking back at this last paragraph, it doesn't seem like my testosterone levels have lowered very much!!! haha.

Odd that day doesn't look so bad to me! And I agree with boymama I think we all have our cheat days, just try not to get too hung up on it and get back on track. I think it's the big cumulative effect we want :)

Boymama good job squeezing that exercise in! I wish I could do more girl friendly dinners but our mil lives with us during the week to take care of lo and she would definitely be all in our business if all of a sudden I was eating a cup of pasta every night.

Boymama it might be good to try an attempt this month! Your diet has been good, plus it might actually help that you are feeling sick and not getting good sleep right now! I would go for it!

Oops I forgot my log today. So breakfast was coffee with creamer, lunch was a cup of pasta and sauce. Dinner was a quick one I had an awful day at work so I ate two chicken tenders and probably 2 servings of French fries, I added just a tiny bit of salt to them. No snacking tonight and now it's off to bed! Good luck for tomorrow!

Thanks mis2ninos. It is so hard for me to know if I should conceive ttc this month, or whether I am just trying to convince myself that it is a good idea because I am impatient, sick of the diet and over the exercise! haha.

Your day looks good today. Well done having your mother in law living with you! If it were my husband's family, it would be the stuff nightmares are made of! Joking. They are not that bad, but we have a tolerance of about two nights before it all starts to fall apart.

Been doing better on this diet though I hate the feeling of starvation.

Breakfast has been nothing but coffee with a couple of equals and 1 creamer at around 10:30 - 11

Lunch: white rice with either low cal veggies cooked to death or curry in very small amt.

Dinner: same

Was pretty bad yesterday and snacked on popcorn, pita chips and ice cream :(

Hey girls!! I have been away for sometime, but just got my AF today!! I am trying this month.

I eat the same meal everyday
coffee before breakfast and CL
Lunch 1/2 bagel with low fat strawberry cream cheese
yoplait low fat yogurt and strawberries
Dinner- either matzoh & cream cheese and jelly
Or Couscous, unsalted butter tb, and cauliflower and light sour cream 2 tsb which I really enjoy. I try and make a lot of veggies so i am full!
and sometimes strawberries and ff whip cream.

Good work odd and welcome back GT77. I have upped my cals to 1800 as I was losing too much weight and I want to be on the diet for another five weeks before our attempt.

I had two pieces of bread with no-fat cottage cheese and a tomato for lunch, a coffee with milk and a no fat yoghurt.

At five I had a coke zero, a couple of rice crackers and a small piece of bread and jam.

For dinner I had some rice, low nutrient veges, a no-fat yoghurt and a small piece of nougat.

It seems like a lot of food, but I was wasting away and I need my cals to be higher. I am hoping most of the food is empty cals.

breakfast: coffee again with 2 equals and 1 creamer (11:00)
lunch: again my fav deli before we leave - had a massive deli sandwich, chips and diet coke - and they were giving away free bite size samples of caramel cinnabons...ooooh, it was so ooey gooey and warm and moist..lol
dinner: small serving of rice and curry as I was pretty stuffed from lunch earlier.

no snacking! YAY :)

I would have caved too, Odd!! Yesterday I only had a coffee and a piece of bread for lunch as I new dinner was going to be massive. We had a bunch of friends over. I love to cook so made a massive feast. I actually only had one plate and not a huge amount of food, but it included some beef and some chicken, and also my friend's DIVINE chocolate mousse cake. I did it justice by having a second small piece. Also had a glass of wine. Very restrained considering it was a red wine tasting night and there were about 11 mystery bottles we were guessing on. I only had a small sip of half of them.

welcome back gt and good luck to you this month!! this weekend wasn't good for me. ive had Chinese food, a deli sub and pizza. looking forward to starting over tomorrow. boymama those are my weakest situations too especially going after having starved all week.

I know! But I knew what it was going to be like and just accepted that I was going to have a wonderful dinner and tried not to stress about it. Yesterday we went to a BBQ, but I ate some bread and a glass of no fat milk before we went and just had salad when I was there. No one seemed to notice. One of the salads was a potato salad, but I only had a little bit.

For dinner I had a small amount of pasta with low sodium, low fat sauce, a yoghurt and a couple of rice crackers.

Good luck today everyone!

boymama have u decided to give it a go and ttc this cycle?

If it is a short cycle, no. If it is a long cycle, maybe.

I have been taking vitex and this last AF has been really weird. I usually only have AF for 5-7 days and it is CD 12 and I am still spotting and no line AT ALL on OPK (I usually get a bit of a fade in). I am not sure what is going on. If it goes like this for another couple of weeks, I think I will give it a go, but if I stick to my normal 30ish day cycle, I am going to wait until next month.

Atomic said that it was a better idea to stick it out for another month and up calories but keep the intense exercise going. That is the plan at the moment.

Today was the first day in over a week that I woke up energised and without a sore throat and feeling like staying in bed all day so I am feeling a lot more positive!

It is only mid afternoon here and so far today I have had some green beans and half a pita bread with a coffee for lunch. Dinner will be pasta as it normally is.

Good luck to everyone else.

How long until everyone has their attempts?

I'm cd 7 so maybe another week till our attempt:)

My day was not good on eating and I am taking clomid, so I think I just didn't feel like eating. Now that is kind of a good thing, but def not a good thing since I know I do need some fat in my diet. I did have 1/2 bagel with ff cream cheese and some jelly beans. And for dinner I had some more jelly beans, and 1 matzoh with ff cream cheese & jelly. I am going to eat something else since that really is to little calories for the day. I am hoping my 4th day on clomid, maybe makes me more hungry!! How are you guys doing? Bgtorres that is awesome your attempt will be soo soon, our attempt will be this weekend!! Kind of crazy, i hope it works!

I'm excited GT77 kmfx for you :)...Today I actually ate 4 times lol...
Lunch at 11 was 1 whole bagel, strawberries, blueberries mixed in with Yoplait light yogurt and 2 rice cakes (565 calories) then midday snack at 2:15 p.m. was some chips (140 calories) ...then Dinner at 5 p.m. was the usual white rice, squash, a little bit of carrots, some light rye crackers and diet soda (500 calories)...late p.m. snack at 7:30 p.m. was sweet bread with rice milk and a peach...I never eat 4 times a day since starting Le, but for some reason I felt sooo hungry lol

Good luck Bgtorres and GT77!!

I had a good day today. Lunch was a pita with some mushrooms and a coffee. Dinner was pasta with cauliflower, vege sauce and some no fat cottage cheese. I am full!

I wasn't hungry at all today. Some days I am ravenous by 7am and others are like today. I wish more were like today...

I'm so glad I gave myself an extra month to prep for tic - this tracking of food has been a real eye opener - I'm able to keep my protein under limit but that's pretty much it!! Keeping a tab on snacking has been better. It's gradully decreasing.

I was gonna be out all day so had tea and a pb&j sammich w/ oatmeal bread
very late lunch/dinner was a deal from pizza hut..they had a $5 deal for personal pan pizza along with garlic bread and a drink lol so kiddo and I shared the meal. we both had 2 very tiny pieces of pizza each and 1 garlic bread along with diet coke.

I had a chocolate chip graonla bar for snack around 9 coz i was starvvvving :)

I find myself this week being extra strict because I know my attempt is this weekend. I have also been very stressed out with work so that actually has made the past few weeks fly by. I haven't eaten as much as I would have and it made the diet just really easy for me. I was so busy i had no time for snacking... :)
Today I had a bagel and low fat cream cheese and for dinner couscous and unsalted butter tsb, and 1lb or roasted cauliflower. And, some candy. I actually a little hungry so i am going to have something else tonight. I really pray that it works and I can have a little girl after all this. :)

I hear you on that GT77! I feel like if this next one is a boy, I will be way more upset that I spent so many weeks on this diet than the fact we won't be welcoming a daughter into our family!

Today I am operating on 2.5 hours sleep due to the restless boys I already have so I do not feel like eating at all. Only lunch here and I have had a piece of toast and some mushrooms and about four cups of black coffee.

Hi girls,

This is my 8 th week on LE so I feel I am loosing motivation and the snacks are sneaking back. Got bfn this month so onwards to next month so I really want to give it my all for a good LE and hopefully bfp!!

Today so far I had:

Lunch- homemade scone and a bagel with Philly and diet coke.
Plus 2 x custard cream biscuits.

Dinner will be 100g past with pesto then meringue nest with strawberrys and yogurt.

Fat. 26g. Protein. 33g calories. 1204

I normally have rice or noodles for my dinner with mushrooms. Getting so sick of rice.

Same here GT77- I pray that this is our month because I feel like I'm going to go insane if I drop another pound on this LE diet. There are times I also want to quit exercising lol...I guess because I have no energy:( This morning I had some partial ferning on my microscope and a Negative OPK cervix is still somewhat low...so I'm almost sure I will be O in the next 3-4 days...CD 10 today. I feel so bad for dh because he is so anxious to DTD lol I'm too, but I can hold he's about to go insane on me lol..I've had sleeping issues lately just thinking how much longer till I O. This week marks 7 weeks on LE and I'm sick and tired of the same everyday lol...just venting away. GL to all of us that we get our BFP ASAP!!!

Welcome Funkyfry.

My weekend was bust. Saturday we had a wedding. I had lots of delicious food (tried to avoid meat, but wasn't perfect) and far too much delicious wine!

Sunday I somehow didn't eat until midday, but once I started eating, found it hard to stop and had about four small meals!

Back on the bandwagon today. So far I have eaten out with DH for lunch, but only had a small slice of bread with hummus, some grated carrot and 1/4 avocado. I also had a coffee.

I really feel like eating again now, but will wait until dinner.

Do any of you find that if you have one bad day, it throws you off for a few days after? I just really miss snacking today :(

I have officially been on strict LE (apart from this weekend's slip up) for six weeks.

Everything has gone quiet in here! Today and yesterday have been good days for me. It looks like I may be making my first attempt this weekend if all goes to plan and I ovulate so fingers crossed!

Rice paper rolls last night for dinner. Two bits of bread with cream cheese for lunch. Dinner tonight is pasta.

I feel like everything I eat is either white or brown!

Sorry to interrupt this thread ladies, but I can't find where the LE diet menu is on the site? It's been a while since I've navigated the site. Thank you :oops:

I was slacking in my diet this whole month knowing that I wouldnt officially starting TTC process until sept - The more I thoguht about not snacking, the more I snacked!! ugh.

Today is the first day of my official LE diet - lol.

Breakfast: Peppermint tea with an aspartame
lunch: 2 low cal Italian herb pocket thins with iceburg lettuce & sauted veggies (mushrooms, zuchhini, 1/4 tomato seasoned w/ salt)
handful of strawberries
1/2 apple
few crackers
bite size hershey chocolate that my son insist that he share with me lol..such a good kiddo
I was starving so had an apple cinammon rice cake mid afternoon.

dinner: homemade veggie pizza with a mix of fruit and spring greens salad

total for the evening: cals: 1086, fat: 27, protein: 45,

Thank you everyone for posting your tips! Starting a 6 week(ish) sway diet today so here goes...

I use the myfitnesspal app to track everything. Trying to avoid the reverse effect of taking too many supplements so currently on just the Women's one a day prenatals for folic acid & DHA. Considering calcium, magnesium, and cranberry supplements but still not sure...?

DAY 1

Breakfast: (Waited 2 hours today, hopefully I can skip it altogether tomorrow)
Strawberry Banana Protein Shake (special k)
Lunch: 2 pieces of light style bread with low sugar strawberry preserves, 9 rice thins, and a crystal light drink
Planning for tonight...
Snack: Strawberry Yoplait light yogurt
Dinner: Pasta portions boil-in-bag

Calories: 815
Protein: 33g
Sodium: 483
Potassium: 543
Fat: 9g

Ha! I figured I should give this a shot. Maybe someone will comment as to if I'm doing ok?

Today:
Breakfast: Nothing

Lunch (11:30am):
Broccoli Cuts 3 Cups
Parmasean Cheese, 2 tbsp
Small Flour Taco Shell, 1 shell
Peanut Butter (Creamy), 1 Tbsp
Cheese Curls, 23 pieces - they are so good and are actually low cal!
Sugar Free Strawberry Jelly, 1 tbsp
Organic Matzos, 1.5 matzo
3 Musketeers - Fun Size Candy Bar, 1 bar
Ritz Crackers - Hint of Salt, 3 Crackers

Dinner(6:00pm):
No Salt Added Traditional Pasta Sauce, 1/4 cup
White Button Mushroom, 4 medium
Hamburger Roll, 1 roll
Straight Cut French Fries, 3 oz.
Tomato Ketchup No Salt Added 1 Tbsp
Sweet Yellow Pepper, 1 pepper
Zuchinni, 1 cup
Skinny N Light Kettle Popped Corn , 2 1/2 cups
Butter - Unsalted, 0.5 tbsp
3 Musketeers - Fun Size Candy Bar, 1 bar

Totals: 1,390(cal) 50(g sugar) 46(g fat) 47(g Protein) 1,627(sodium!!!) 3,087 (potassium)

If you were to skip breakfast, do you have a snack before lunch? Also, what time do you eat your lunch?

Anyone know about fresh jalapeños? Going to start the LE diet I think next month and I currently eat these things as if they're going outta style LOL. I googled the nutritional info and it all looks good except for the vitamin C. It says 10% there? Anyone know if I can include them in my everyday diet or no????:think:

Is there a current meal thread for January?? I have looked over this thread like crazy and I know for 100% fact I will fail if I have to eat bland foods. Is it okay to eat things like low sodium vegetarian stir fry as long as I stay within my ranges for proteins and calories and fat?? I am reducing my sodium intake by a ton but not keeping it crazy low. I am averaging 1200 mg.

Let's close this thread and start a new one. 100 pages is rough on my database!!

New thread-

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...tml#post515316