January 2014- Let's record what we are eating!

MyByC - 1 cup is ~250 milliliters . Not sure if that helps you or what sort of measurement system your country uses. There are NO forbidden foods! I try to avoid red meat and eggs (I eat them in things, just not eggs by themselves), but if there are tiny portions of bacon in a dish or whatever I just count it and eat it and move on.

So I decided to get hardcore on the diet this week (since our attempt is 3 weeks away) and I dropped 3.5 lbs in a few days. I backed off yesterday because I'm nearly at my lowest adult weight ever. I'm no where close to losing ovulation (I'm still a healthy weight) but I do think losing weight too quickly can cause screwed up cycles and is just bad for general health. I'm bumping up to 1500-1800 calories per day for awhile until my weight loss slows down some.

I'm also very naughty and used my rapid weight loss as justification for eating a sushi roll with real crab meat in it yesterday. I ADORE crab and in my head is sort of vegetarian. Yup, this is why I suck at dieting.. In my world crab isn't meat. LOL

Thanks for letting me use this forum as a confession booth. You ladies rock!

Just discovered I can pretend I'm having a good old English cream tea (scones, clotted cream and jam) by having a piece of French baguette with a smear of low fat cream cheese and some strawberry jam! Came to about 150cals 1g fat 3g protein - Yummy!

Bluebonnet - I was on 1900 due to BF but as he's taking less milk now I'm aiming for 1700-1800 cals, 25% fat and 45g protein because I lost weight too fast last time. I've lost 10lb in about six weeks though so I'm being careful not to go under my calories.

Today: coffee, coffee and more coffee and cheat meal!!

10am large flat white

12-2pm at hairdressers: 2xsmall coffee with low fat milk

8:30pm Thai red curry & pad Thai, 4 mini spring rolls

And pop tart before bed!

2000cals 82g fat 74g protein 😕

I'm finding it helpful to post my food on here before I eat it as it helps me stick to it!

10am - black coffee
Lunch - baguette with low fat cheddar and pickle with baked crisps and a Fanta
Snack - G&T or Pisco sour with some cassava crackers
Dinner - mushroom toad in the hole with onion gravy, mash and green veggies. And wine!

(I'll let you know how the dinner goes as I'm making it up! For those who don't know, Toad in the Hole is a British dish of sausages in a pan with batter, like Yorkshire pudding. So I'm making that for DH and the boys. For me though I'm going to marinate some mushrooms and then bake them till crunchy, then make a batter of low fat milk, flour and egg whites to pour over the mushrooms and bake again. Plus my onion gravy and mashed potatoes don't have fat added)

yesterday- 10.30- coffee,2 crumpets with butter and reduced sugar jam

2.00pm- white cob with dairylea spread & cucumber and chopped spring onion,few ritz biscuits,diet coke

5.00pm-coffee and a biscuit

8.00pm- 2 potato waffles,fried egg and spinach and ricotto filled pasta,tiny bit of sweetcorn.can of carlsberg

cals- 1457 protein- 41g fat 51g

mum - I love thai!! Pad thai and morning glory veggies are my favourite but I also love the red and green curries mmmmmmmmmm

weezie - I prefer the sound of your LE version of toad in the hole, I am not a sausage fan. Being from yorkshire I do love yorkie puds though :)

OK so yesterday something happened to me which was really scary and made me question the fasting and diet etc. I woke up at 430, not on purpose but between my bladder and the daylight I couldnt sleep until my 518 alarm. So I ended up getting up at 5 and having my usual coffee. I went to the gym, did 20 mins weights, an hour of cross trainer and 30 min of pilates/yoga - all normal for a thursday (I do weights once a week due to RSI). Afterwards I did feel hungry, again not unusual, I did burn 830 cals on the cross trainer. I told myself I would treat myself to a coffee mid morning. I needed to go to the shop at 10 and thought I would have my coffee when I got back, closer to lunchtime. Felt OK whilst shopping, bit tired, not unusual. When I got back to my desk, before I sat down I had a major dizzy spell and almost fell over. I sat down and still felt dizzy. This was 11am - I immediately had a coconut water, banana, big spoon of manuka honey and some popcorn. I sat and tried not to panic (I wondered if it was a panic attack but it wasnt, as my heart wasnt pounding and I could breathe fine). After 20 mins I tried to get up to go to the loo but couldnt get very far so sat down again and ate some pistacio nuts, drank some water. I called the work doctor and made an emergency appointment for 2.15. At 11.50 I thought I may as well go to the microwave and make my lunch (I had kirstys moroccan vegetables & quinoa, a pack of red cabbage & beetroot plus a big salad - I felt so stuffed after all this). Had to walk slowly there and back as I felt so weak. Eventually I started feeling better and was OK to walk to the doctor.

The doctor said it was a vasovagal episode - described it as a 'funny turn' where your body cant regulate everything thats going on such as blood pressure for a moment hence the dizzy spell. He said I did the right thing in eating and drinking straight away (thankfully there is a desk full of snacks here waiting to be eaten when I am PG......) I told him I dont usually eat breakfast and he didnt seem overly concerned by this. Anyway it scared me sufficiently to skip gym this morning.

At 3.30 I had strawberries and yoghurt

At 8.00pm I had a lentil and vegetable curry with white basmati rice and a glass of sauvingon blanc (was obv feeling better!). Also had a mint magnum ice cream

Felt like I ate loads. However this only came in on 2100 cals, 60g fat and 50g protein. The curry I make is extremely low fat and has lots of free veggies in it so doesnt count for much on the LE diet.

Just wanted to share my experience because I am eating plenty and this still happened to me. I am very much in tune with my body and did not feel out of the ordinary before almost fainting. I am glad that I have safe food to hand just in case. I might consider eating a banana post gym in future, not sure, just need to get PG so I dont have to continue with this 16 hour fast! Or I might go back to 14 hours which is a lot more manageable.

Hi ladies. Sorry to crash this post but wanted to ask a quick question. I'm trying to do LE and I've found a meal I really like big wondering if it's ok, when I put the ingredients into MFP it comes to 288calories but I just wonder about the nutrients. So it's basically a tortilla wrap with cooked rice and cheese in it. It's soo yummy but as I said no nutrients. For a lunch or dinner meal should I add some veggies?
I'm a really fussy eater so it's hard to find low calories/protein foods which I like!

Wow steph, that sounds scary! Glad you got to the drs and had everything checked out. Maybe it was the gym session after less sleep than normal and low blood sugars was just too much. Maybe going back to 12-14hrs would be a better idea especially with your exercise. Hope you're feeling better today. xx

I had a few mild dizzy spells last week but then came down with a cold so I'm assuming that's why. 😕

Mars - yes, defiantly add some veggies. I've had a meal the same a few times whilst on LE and I add cooked mushrooms, capsicum & peeled zucchini. You could also add some low sodium canned/refried beans. 😊