Uk ladies - let's help each other!

I think the old el paso brand is just too high in everything as a result of being too similar to flour tortillas... the percentage of corn in it versus wheat is small.

Authentic corn tortillas are made with:masa harina and water!

Old El Paso "corn tortillas" - Corn Flour (29%) , Wheat Flour, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Stabiliser: Glycerol, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Dextrose, Raising Agents: 450a, E500, Emulsifiers: E471, E466 , Preservative: E202, Acidulant: Citric Acid, Flour Treatment Agent: E920.

HOWEVER, I still think they can fit into the sway just fine... I'm just a mexican food snob! :P

agh didn't read that oh well it's less wheat than 2 rounds of sandwhich which is what i would have had before ;-0

Hey girlies im in Yorkshire and new here :)

this thread is fab and very informative. Im on a mission at the moment to lose weight and exercise more but am def going to be trying the LE diet. IF we def decide to we may be ttc from around march next year xxxx

Heeey, I'm in Hebden Bridge! :) Though I'm American! :D

hey hun im in halifax! not far from you at all :) :) :)

I work at Calderdale Royal! Heeheeh!

Thanks for this thread, really useful!

Hey UK gals - I just picked these up from Sainsburys on a 3 for £4 offer. I hadn't really considered them before because I thought they'd be loaded with sodium, but they're not! Just a trace! They are fantastic... I am loooving them. Just the right level of fat, very minimal protein, and very little cals per tray... plus bonus trace amount of sodium.

Fantasticness.

Taco Trays

I'm eating rice/mushrooms/reduced fat sour cream/lettuce in them now... yum.

oh thanks suregena bit of variety always good x

Hi Girls, I found matzo in Waitrose, about £1.30 for a box. I am living on them it feels. I am just starting my 6 week countdown now to my first attempt, so here goes, if anyone has any words of wisdom it would be appreciated!!

hi missgozo - no words of wisdom i'm afraid but welcome! :flowerz:

SWEETS
ladies i think i need to eat some without increasing fat or protien as struggling to eat all my cals any reccomendations? trying not to eat geltine

surgena - did you get flooded hope you're okay x

We're okay... a little water got in our cellar but untouched mostly as we're on a slight incline. It pretty much stayed at the end of our road. Our little town has suffered, though. :( but we've got a tough community! :)

Oh, fish - soda, jellybeans, skittles, marshmallow fluff (you can find it in the spread section with jam and stuff in Sainsburys... yummmm), jam on a plain unsalted rice cake, etc.

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We're okay... a little water got in our cellar but untouched mostly as we're on a slight incline. It pretty much stayed at the end of our road. Our little town has suffered, though. :( but we've got a tough community! :)

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oh good glad to hear that! umm not massivly keen on any of those.....there's a reason they're boys :think:

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oh good glad to hear that! umm not massivly keen on any of those.....there's a reason they're boys :think:

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Neither am I! I want cake! Donuts! CAKE! COOKIES! Heh. I strongly dislike empty calorie candy. :/

Why not try the CARAMEL large sized rice cakes (i.e. Snack a Jacks)? They're pretty low in everything but 50 cal per cake and are really good (I actually stopped buying them for my sway because I always ended up binging which made it the *opposite* thing I wanted for my diet, haha!).

*or* you could try the Weight Watchers Carrot or Lemon cake slices... because they're about 80-90 something calories but VERY low in fat... and cake-like. :D

Hi girls, great thread!! I'm new to this website. I'm in Ireland but we have most of the same products as the uk. Good luck to you all, sending lots of pink baby dust your way xxx

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*or* you could try the Weight Watchers Carrot or Lemon cake slices... because they're about 80-90 something calories but VERY low in fat... and cake-like. :D

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lill packs of jelly tots quiet good and have made some jam so that on rice cake kinda okay, but to be honest i can quiet easily not bother as with rice,pasta and crackers......cheese,cake,full fat yog I love! some days fate seems to laugh at me :mad:

hope to see in 2ww soon xx

Hi I'm in the uk too! Think my diet was very like the le at the moment but just full of sauces fat and loads of tea with full fat milk and of course loads of cake a chocolate oh and meat meat meat so
:( not having them and am struggling loads with this diet more so that you have to analyse everything you eat! Stressful and Grim!!!!
I found a cheese in waitrose that is totally vegetarian and just like parmesan. Really nice too!

Hi Ladies Im new to this - I was due to start TTC in Sept but may be longer now as col is "stuck" and im looking at an 18 week referal time to see a gynae !! JOY !!!
Anyway Im a little lost on the diet thing as i only consume 1200 calories a day if that and i am 5ft 1 weighing 7 stone but do not exercise so i cant really loose weight and if on this diet you are meant to eat more calories like 1500 - 1800 im going to put on weight not loose it so Im not sure if there is a way around this for me - isthe calorie count important or is it the loosing weigh that counts - i see u all trying to up your calories !!!???!

Maybe just change what you're eating and getting your calories from?

What's your regular eating habits like/ what do you normally eat/how often?

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Maybe just change what you're eating and getting your calories from?

What's your regular eating habits like/ what do you normally eat/how often?

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Hi Hun Im a nightmare with what I eat - I dont eat breakfast then lunch is usually a small snadwich or a piece of toast - somedays i dont even bother ..... then i snack a little in the afternoon mainly crisps and i drink a lot of diet coke. Then my evening meal is a big dinner like sag bol, chilli con carne, jacket spud with tuna and salad, fajitas, meat and chips, salmon and vegetables, pasta etc then I snack before bed - bowl of cereal, toast or more crisps, pretzels, nuts that sort of thing.. so I dont eat alot but its probably all the worng stuff - Im wondering what the hell I can do - Im thinking maybe Ill carry on skipping breakfast then fond something low sodium etc for lunch and get some of those diet yoghurts to snack on maybe with some strawberrys and sweetener and then make my main evening meal a small pasta dish .... Im going to become a dream member in a minuite see if i can get some ideas...

Hi mum23boys, I'm like you-a nightmare with eating but unlike you I do have the weight to lose on the diet. The dream member section is great for meal ideas :) I've cut out meat and snacks and trying to eat a low calorie, low sodium diet. Even you consume the same calories maybe just changing the food you are getting them from will help sway. The muller light yogurts are quite nice :)

Thanks Elle82 - Ive just joined so ill pop over and have a look. xx

DEFINITELY drop the cereal! It's got added vitamins/minerals.

Drop the snacking!

Stop eating meat - go vegetarian.

Just stick to two meals. No snacking. Lose even a smidge of weight (not a lot since you're already small!) and then maybe take vitex/try vitex...

I'm not the expert at ALL (Atomic is! The dream member is great... I joined it late on into my planning but glad I did... helpful stuff in there) but I can still see things you can do despite you already eating low calories and not eating breakfast.

Any plans for your husband/partner? Maybe licorice root and frequent release or abstinance?

Im thinking fr but both would be an option and was thinking 1 attempt either with a 3 day cut off or at +opk - i know timing doesnt matter but as all 3 boys were conceived at +opk it does make me stress about it more and obviously i dont want to be stressing and worrying ... if i got pregnant at +opk id always wonder what if id tried a 3 days cut off .... does that make sense ?
with fr does this all need to be discarded or can it be used as such to build up a back log !! ha ha Also which is best does anyone have any advice on fr vs abstain ? My hubby is 31 and naturally fit and healthy - he has a very physical day job outside and plays sport 4 times a week professionally

FR it is best to have him release for at least 7 to 10 days PRIOR to attempts... so ideally dumped/not used. You don't want to actually make attempts until his count is already lowered.

Hey where's everyone gone!!!!!

Holland and Barrett doing thier penny sale at the moemnt if you need to stock up

xx

Hi ladies just a quick note to tell you all that I've been trying to but distilled water everywhere then today I found it at tesco big bottle £1.44 barginnn

What with distilled water have i missed something ?

Distilled water for douche rather than making it.

Hi all,
Just to let you know that I am selling some swaying bits.
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...m-selling.html
If anyone is interested, please let me know x

Hi - what a great thread. I'm new to this forum. I've been doing IG for 3 weeks and really struggling with constipation, have stumbled across this site and the diet looks so much better for me. I've dropped about half a stone on the IG already, so I'm hoping I'm not starting 'from scratch'. Not had potatoes/tomatoes/bananas for that time and survived mainly on rice/pasta/milk/yoghurt/green beans/leeks/chicken and poached fish. I'm hoping I can easily move to LE diet.

I'm 36 next year, so we're going to try this cycle anyway. I know that's only 5 - 6 weeks of IG / LE, but I don't want to wait another cycle. It can be up to 40 days in length too.

I'm supplementing with cranberry, calcium and magnesium.

I have some UK specific questions if anyone is able to answer - would be great.

Is Fybogel OK? (Metamucil is so much more expensive)
Do any of the sweeteners contain more aspartame? I've got canderel in the cupboard and going to steal the canderel in peppermint tea idea.

So glad I found this forum - so many ideas on this thread, thank you thank you thank you.

GL to everyone!

Hi Girls

I am now nearly 8 weeks pregnant so I am thinking about passing on for free all the extra herbs/vitamins I bought to sway. Is anyone here planning to sway that is local to Dorset/Hampshire? I just think I have lots of things that would be sad just to bin so if anyone is local to me and would like these things please send me a message, I have hubbies and minex

Quick question to UK ladies, which brand of OPKs did you use and were they any good? Thanks

Hi,
Can anyone recommend good PH tests please?
I could only find EcoCare cotton swabs, which are hard to read.
X

Hi I'm new and in the UK :) have been on LE diet for around 2 weeks and hope to start ttc in December. I'm taking cranberry supplements and vitex. Plan to take zirtec and use rephresh before dtd. I've just ordered some vaginal ph sticks on amazon that look really good, I tried the litmus paper but it didn't seem to work with cm. These are sticks I think u insert inside u and they tell u the ph. I haven't received them yet so not sure if they are any good. And i use the clear blue digital opk, the one with the smiley face. I used them when we were ttc my ds (wasn't swaying either way then) and they were pretty good. Re sweetener I am using the silver spoon sweet and low one. It says aspartame based sweetener but I don't know if one is better than the other.

I use Candarel in peppermint tea! Two cups a day - am/pm. And then I drink 7UP Free which has Aspartame in. It's also got Pectin which is used to regulate diabetes, so it does something to the bloodsugar, but I don't know the amount and I'm sure its negligible anyway.

I'm using metforming and will be taking clomid once we start TTCing so I'm trying to negotiate my sway attempt around those things. Don't want to ruin my chances of having a baby full stop! Its a bit of a minefield out there when you've got PCOS =/

They sell coconut water at tesco for 86p a can! Low protein, sugar and calories - excellent for upping potassium levels if low. I found them in the free from/foreign (?) section with the rubicon and other types of drinks.