I think the others already answered this for the most part but wanted to say Vitex + RLT is okay together! Never took SP but sounds like Mocha's got you covered w/her answer there...Quote:
Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
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I think the others already answered this for the most part but wanted to say Vitex + RLT is okay together! Never took SP but sounds like Mocha's got you covered w/her answer there...Quote:
Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
If you can make it fit that's okay but try to get rice pasta or something w/out a lot of vitamins. A lot of pastas out there have extra nutrients in there so you want to find the lower nutrient ones (usually rice pasta works but check on the box!).Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
00TB do you mean like carbs ive just looked at my pasta and it says 29.6g carbs per 100g pasta is that too much ???
it doesnt say anything about vitamins on the packet,
As of Saturday a.m., I went back to skipping breakkie but am trying to pull lunch in. I would like to eat my 1st meal at 12:00 but have to make it 11:00 b/c I’m in the car then. I got superstitious and was also struggling to put food in my tummy in the a.m. so I’ve reverted back. I also got really hungry at 7 when my last meal was 4ish. Hope this new plan will work out for me…
Yesterday:
A.M.
• 2 C. black tea w/splash of rice milk
11:00
• Green drink w/cran juice and loads of psyllium
3:00
• Sauteed leeks/mushrooms/shirataki noodles (the low cal ones w/basically nothing in them)/quark
• Whipped lite topping & strawberry jam on coco pops (those popped corn cakes which are 14 cals each)
6:45
• Froz raspberry/coconut water/psyllium husk smoothie
• Canned pumpkin/1/4 C. low fat plain yogurt/cinnamon/stevia/benefiber
• Trader Joe’s seaweed strips
• Ricemellow cream (vegan marshmallow crème)
• 1/3 C. Puffins cereal
Totals:
• Cals: 1,515
• Fat: 23
• Protein: 45
• Fiber: 77
• Sodium: 799
I also drink 4 C. Peppermint Tea and 2 C. RL tea along w/water throughout the day. I really struggled w/dinner as I kept trying to get enough cals in, hence the seaweed, ricemellow, cereal. I went a bit over on protein but I’m okay w/that…
the other things it states are fibre 1.7g, sodium trace, fat 0.7g, protein 4.6g, thats it,
I think someone was talking about Potassium in this thread (although it could have been in a different one...:oops:)...It's hard to really know how much we're actually getting as it's not included on labels usually but I'm pretty sure that eating the few cals I was in Dec., I was under my levels so I tried to drink coconut water to boost levels. I still try to do so from time to time (at 1400 - 1600 cals) b/c I want to make sure I have enough. Atomic doesn't believe it really sways and if it did, the levels would have to be off the charts to make a difference in swaying blue. 2500 - 3500 should be our target. Just wanted to add this in case someone was still questioning Potassium.
I think a lot of them are "enriched" w/vitamins. If you see the word "enriched" I would tend to think it's got more vitamins in it. Mocha, isn't this what you've found?Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
You know, honestly, I never was able to find regular pasta that didn't have all that added stuff. Last summer while swaying I only ate rice pasta, but this time around I was worried about my iron after the m/c so decided to eat regular pasta since it's fortified with iron. I figured there are far worse things I could be eating than fortified white pasta....
doesnt say enriched either i think i may stick to this pasta as the rice pasta i can find in a store in the uk states 80g carbs per 100g pasta !!!! and the one im using is 29.6g of carbs, big jump hey lol, mocha how many grams of pasta were you eating in one meal hun ???
1 serving of the pasta I ate was 85g. I normally ate 1.5 servings, so about 130g, then 30g of parmesan. The only way I could do this was by making sure my lunch was under 10g of protein - an easy sacrifice, since I love my pasta and it felt good to have a full plate of food at supper time. When I ate rice pasta, I had 2 servings each meal because a serving size is smaller - 56g. I always thought rice pasta was soooooo much lower in protein than regular pasta, until I realised how much smaller a portion is. It's still lower, but not by as much.
i love pasta too lol, how much protein would you normally have eaten on the diet a day hun ?
I kept to 40g max, though most days I was at more like 35g.
i eat pasta a lot, just the white pasta I get from trader joes. It has some iron and a few nutrients in it, but not too much. It has 7g protein per serving, 1/2 c dry which is not much, and 200 cal. I eat 1 cup dry, so I am getting 400 cal and 14 g protein, I then add a little under 1 tbls low-fat butter (Balade) and some sprinkable parmesan. So that is about 500 cal, I eat this with a big iceburg lettuce salad that has cucumber and white mushrooms and raspberry vinegrette also from trader joes and that is dinner. It has about 550 cal.
My nephew is called Jareth. :) Yes, from The Labyrinth!Quote:
Originally Posted by dramabird
Doh! There is "salt" listed in the ingredients of the chilli powder I've used sometimes (I don't use tons of it!) but I'm not sure how much... it doesn't taste very salty.
Well, that's out forever.... er, until I'm pregnant. My AF is down to pink/spotting today... luckily I tend to keep so low on sodium in general that whatever amount in it won't hurt me. :/ :(
today (CD3) so far:
Lunch:
Sainsburys golden rice - 232 calories, 5.8g protein, 3g fat, trace sodium
2 WW jaffa mini rolls - 154 calories, 1.8g protein, 5.8g fat, 50mg sodium
Total: 386 calories, 7.6g protein, 8.8g fat, 50mg sodium
Tea:
Home made veggie lasagne - 144+150+270 calories, 1g+9.4g protein, 11.8+1.1g fat, 700mg sodium
2 garlic baguette slices - 194 calories, 5g protein, 7.2g fat, 240mg sodium
green beans - 50 calories
Total: 808 calories, 15.4g protein, 20.1g fat, 940mg sodium
Daily totals: 1194 calories, 23g protein, 28.9g fat, 990mg sodium
No worries....it doesn't sound like sodium really sways that much anyway...it's the other things like protein/fat/cals. You'll be preggo soon enough anyway! You are doing a fabulous job w/the diet, Suregena!Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
i just posted this on another thread so sorry if you read this twice, are your DH'S doing the LE diet with you, or are they supposed to do it at all, if not what are they doing if anything to help sway girl ??
I'm certainly trying! I think, so far on this diet (by a rough guess as I didn't weigh myself at the start of it) I've lost about at least 6-8 lbs. Hope that's good enough, but even so...
December 23rd I weighed 111.5 pounds (using my son's childminder's scale, sneakily... heeh. Asked her if I could "use her bathroom")
January 10th I weigh 107 pounds (same story as above, haha!)
I think at my lowest ever weight after I had my son (with breastfeeding when it was his main source of nutrition) was 109lbs.
Before I was pregnant with him, I was more 123ish.
So, regardless, I've never been 107lbs as far as I know, like... ever in my adult life. So, that's got to count for something! :p
For all I know, my body weight and the breastfeeding was already going to sway for me whether I found out about swaying or not!
Well, I can think that, anyway.
Food today:
Morning: 1 cup peppermint tea, half a cup coffee (felt headachey and sick this morning but didn't want to cave on ANY sort of food)
Morning (9am) at work: 1 cup of coffee
11am at work: another half a cup of coffee (I didn't finish it)
Lunch: 1 WHOLE pack of meerkat jellies (I was hungrrrrrrry!), 4 Ryvita crackerbreads (have started on them now as they are even lower in everything then the crispbreads and will be going to 3 of them tomorrow, was just extra hungry today!) with 2 light dairylea cheese triangle servings and iceberg lettuce, and 1 weight watchers carrot cake slice
On the way home from work: (seriously hungry, bah!) nearly 80g worth of jelly beans! Oy vey!
Dinner: 1 serving long grain rice, with 2 tablespoons low fat creme fraiche, button mushrooms, 1 serving cauliflower, with pepper and a little chili powder. 1 Dr Pepper zero.
later I'll have another weight watchers slice and another cup of peppermint tea.
Calories: 1,311
Fat: 9
Protein: 28
Sodium: 393
Is it bad to be higher in protein versus fat? I've been trying to aim for lower fat rather than protein, though I read atomic say protein may sway "harder" but then something about lower fat still being better.
?
So, do those numbers look okay?
I cannot believe my AF is down to spotting! :nails:
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Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
My husband is NOT doing the diet.
He is taking licorice root 3x a day, though.
But that's it.
However, I should mention my husband is vegetarian (so am I). We both have been for years.
Maybe your hubby could cut back on meat, if anything, diet wise?
I don't know if it matters, though, to be honest.
ok thanks suregena hun, meat seems to be the big no no doesnt it, is there any other food thats a big no no, ??
is anyone elses hubbys doing the diet i think i remember AS saying they dont need to but cant find the post ?
DH isn't, although if I cook a main meal he'll often eat it (i.e. veggie lasagne, veggie curry, pitta bread pizza, tomato pasta, etc). For men, being overweight actually helps sway pink by lowering T levels (and sperm count).Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
high-potassium foods, nutrient-rich foods, high sodium foods mainly! pretty much rules out most tasty food!Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
My DH didn't do the diet at all or even take any supplements. He doesn't believe in swaying.
well my DH is 5ft 11" and weighs 11 & 1/2 stone, so not overweight by a long shot, so should i get him to stop the LE diet as will him losing weight sway blue RF, does it def not make any difference if he does the diet or not ??
ok i think ive overdosed on pasta.......... can someone help me out, i have eaten 150g of uncooked pasta, now should i have eaten 150g of cooked pasta i cant get my head around it lol,
On my package, it says clearly that the serving size is for UNCOOKED pasta. You did the right thing ;).
eek I ate two panna cotta's with my lunch... BEFORE checking the values on the pack. I thought "how bad can they be? they're only milky puddings.." EEEK
well im still not sure whats goin on with this pasta theory, my mom says i should of eaten 150g of cooked pasta as eating 150g of uncooked is like eating a horse, (even tho i only had baby pasta sauce with it) im confused still lol, where is AS when you need her lol,
I feel like I'm snacking again, too much... even if it's candy...
LMN - I never weigh pasta (very rarely), I just tip it into my hand dry as I add it to the saucepan and add 1.5 handfuls per person. Personally I wouldn't stress about it unless you're not losing weight :)
I know Atomic considers one cup of COOKED pasta to be one portion, but says most will have two portions with a meal
:( I really miss snacking...Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
I just checked a few packages of pasta I have in the cupboard. It indicates that a single serving is 2 oz. (about 56 grams) of DRY pasta. So you were correct in measuring dry ... but if you ate 150 grams, that would be three serving sizes. No problem so long as that was your intent and your daily values can afford them.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
I've had some weird days here. Given that I hadn't lost any weight the previous week, I decided I needed to drop calories. I managed that on Jan. 8, but some of my other values, like sodium and protein, went farther over the maximum limits than I've done since starting the LE diet. I also discussed the whole calcium thing with Atomic; I was still trying to do IG levels, but she thinks we really ought to go low-nutrient across the board, including calcium (and I haven't been calculating my magnesium anyway). So Jan. 8's calcium limits were crazy high but I'm going to try to keep them below 800 from now on. I won't mind dropping the rice milk ... no love lost there! And while I like the yogurt just fine, if I can swap those calories and whatnot for candy and cookies instead, and have it still be good for my sway, who am I to argue? ;)
Also, I really find myself seesawing on this diet! Compared to Jan. 8, on Jan. 9 I went really low on protein, calcium and sodium, but my calories were back up.
Then on Jan. 10, I went so low on everything, I was able to indulge in three big chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven (drool!), while still logging in my lowest calorie day to date (along with low sodium, low protein, low calcium and fat levels that were within accepted limits).
Who knows what the next days will bring? :p
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Jan. 8
Morning:
CF Diet Coke
Lunch:
folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber), Saw Palmetto, acidophilus and Vitex.
1 slice Wonder bread with 1/2 Tbsp. jelly and 1 teaspoon light margarine
1 slice Wonder bread with 1 slice low-sodium cheese
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans
8 oz. skim milk
Activia Fiber yogurt
Afternoon:
CF Diet Coke
Dinner:
1 slice Wonder bread with 2 egg whites (cooked using cooking spray) and 1/2 Tbsp. mayo
Smoothie of 1 cup rice milk, 1 cup strawberries, 1/2 cup kefir
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans
Activia Fiber yogurt
4 Keebler Coconut Dreams cookies
Blue Bunny Orange Dream ice cream bar
Evening:
CF Diet Coke
Before bed:
Saw Palmetto and Vitex
Totals:
Calories: 1330
Calories from fat: 350
Fat grams: 41.5
Sodium: 1147
Protein: 46.5
Calcium: 1720
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Jan. 9
Morning:
CF Diet Coke
Lunch:
folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber), Saw Palmetto, acidophilus and Vitex.
1 slice Wonder bread with 1/2 Tbsp. jelly and 1 teaspoon light margarine
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans
16 "Hint of Salt" Wheat Thins
2 Keebler Coconut Dreams cookies
Crystal Light
1/3 can of peaches
Afternoon:
CF Diet Coke
Dinner:
Stirfry with one serving consisting of 1 cup rice, 1/2 zucchini, 1/2 cup mushrooms, 1 leek, 1/4 bell pepper and 1 Tbsp. butter
8 oz. red wine
Whatchamacallit candy bar
1 chocolate/marshmallow cookie
5 Starburst candies
Before bed:
Saw Palmetto and Vitex
Totals:
Calories: 1560
Calories from fat: 410
Fat grams: 46
Sodium: 572
Protein: 16.5
Calcium: 270
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Jan. 10
Morning:
single peppermint tea (1 bag, 2 Equals) -- I'm not going to go excessive on the pep tea since I'm taking Saw Palmetto, but it seems to help me get through a workday morning of no calories whatsoever.
Lunch:
Half a serving of leftover stirfry. I intended to eat the whole thing, but it just wasn't that appetizing to me.
1/8 cup Skittles
CF Diet Coke
Dinner:
1 capsule Chitosan (I haven't gotten in the habit of taking this yet, so I had forgotten the past day or two)
1/2 cup Trader Joe's organic, low-sodium butternut squash soup
1 slice Wonder bread with 2 egg whites (cooked using cooking spray) and 1/2 Tbsp. mayo
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans
1/3 can of peaches
Crystal Light
4 oz. red wine
Three chocolate chip cookies (OMG, so good -- high in just about everything, but my other values from the day were so low I could fit them in ... just these three cookies made up like a third of my day's calories! LOL)
Evening:
CF Diet Coke
Before bed:
Saw Palmetto and Vitex
Totals:
Calories: 1133
Calories from fat: 295
Fat grams: 33.5
Sodium: 635.5
Protein: 21.75
Calcium: 220
Amen, sister!Quote:
Originally Posted by rainbowflower
It really depends on what type of pasta you're eating. Just make sure to read the package and measure out a portion according to what they say. As I said, all my pasta says to measure it out dry. A serving works out to be about a cup once cooked, but I always ate 1.5 servings of regular pasta (which are 85g dry each), so about 130g. A serving of rice pasta is only 56g dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
Don't worry about what your Mom says as long as you know the nutritional info for your particular brand of pasta and make sure you stay within your daily limits for calories and protein.
ok il try to stop fussing about the pasta lol, ok il move onto calories lol, does anyone have any other quick fixs for calories (more) but not high in carbs ??
I didn't think there was anything wrong with carbs?
Dinner is my favorite time of the day. I look forward to dinner ever day. All I think about is dinner during the day.
Is this what my life has become?
Who would ever, in their right mind, be anxious to hurry up and get home to have a bowl of rice... mushrooms... cauliflower... and creme fraiche?
But when you're starving, it's divine.
And... I'm always hungry.
:P
CD4:
Lunch:
Savoury golden rice: 232 calories, 5.8g protein, 3g fat, trace sodium
2 raspberry panna cotta: 590 calories *cough*, 4.8g protein, 48.6g fat *cough, again*, 40mg sodium
Total: 822 calories, 10.6g protein, 51.6g fat, 40mg sodium
Tea:
Home made veggie lasagne - 144+150+270 calories, 1g+9.4g protein, 11.8+1.1g fat, 700mg sodium
green beans - 50 calories
Total: 614 calories, 10.4g protein, 12.9g fat, 700mg sodium
Daily Total: 1436 calories, 21g protein, 64.5g fat, 740mg sodium