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Okay I am going to ask my question here again since the other thread closed!
I really know I can't stick to a bland diet like so many others were doing. Rice cakes and such are a no go for me.
I really like rice but I enjoy it with a sauce and veggies--like a stir fry. Is this okay as long as it is low sodium and I stay within my ranges? Also it has been difficult finding food for lunch other than a bagel or salad.
For me I almost feel as if I change my diet enough from what it was it may just be enough to get my girl. Not snacking...no heavy meals, low calories, vegetarian. This is the opposite of how I always ate.
Rosie ..I am Indian and our food is super rich and flavorful with heavy spices ..
I have a lot of girlfriends who conceived girls on our indian diet..the only difference was that they ate a lot less and stayed within limits ..and surprisingly all skipped brrakfast and had meals around noon ...
So I guess you would be ok as long as you avoid big no nos and stay within limits while continue to lose weight if you need to
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oh well that makes me feel a ton better!
I was just kind of figuring smaller portions, low fat and low sodium everything. Lots of fruits and veggies which I normally don't eat.
Is anyone eating a substantial amount of breads and still losing weight on them??
I have been incorporating some of my favorite foods into my everyday meals- which is only 2 (lunch and dinner.) As long as I stay within the limits, I'm happy! Here is an example of a normal day for me:
Lunch
Sweet potato
Thin Sliced 2% Milk Swiss Cheese, 1 slice
Sour Cream, Light, 1 Tbsp
Mild Salsa, 2 tbsp
Weight Watchers - Double Chocolate Muffin 4 Points, 1 muffin
Coca-cola - Diet Coke - 12oz Can (355 Ml), 1 Can
Yoplait Light - Strawberry Shortcake Fat Free, 6 oz (170 g)
Blackcurrant Jam
Homemade - Salt Free Bread, 1 slice
Raw Peanut Butter Unsalted, 1 tbs
Lunch Totals: 638 (cals) 15 (fat) 24 (protein) 542 (Sodium)
Dinner
Jasmine Rice, 0.75 cup dry
Whole Kernel Sweet Corn (Frozen), 0.75 cup (89g)
Bbq Sauce 2 tablespoons (I put BBQ sauce on EVERYTHING!)
Fluff - Marshmellow, 1 tbsp
Graham Cracker Low Fat - Graham Cracker, 1 full crackers
Milk Chocolate, 1 piece
Dinner Totals: 802 (cals) 5(Fat) 14(Protein) 308(Sodium)
Day Totals: 1,440 (cals) 20(Fat) 38(Protein) 850 (Sodium)
I'm a bit under for fat and protein today but normally I'm right on target!
I have been on the LE Diet since Oct last year. I have been a veggie this whole time EXCEPT on the rare times during the month that I will have shellfish, usually shrimp/prawns. I only eat shellfish on the days when I need protein fast.
My details for today
'snack' at 11 coz I was dying: thin cinnamon raisin bagel with homemade cranberry jam and a smear of butter plus a handul of trader joes cheese puffs
Lunch: veg quesadillas and a mini chocolate cupcake plus an apple cinnamon rice cake at 2:30
Dinner: lentil Veg. Stew at 6:30
Total:1161
Fat:36
Protein:36
Sodium: 948
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Okay my stats
Lunch 12pm:
Mini bagel with strawberry jelly
small cup of peach/apple sauce
Dinner
1 cup bowtie pasta with 1/2 cup veggie sauce
1/2 cup organic sweet corn
1 chocolate chip cookie for dessert
Snack
clementine orange
Calories-1110 after I burned 200 exercising for 30 minutes of cardio
Fat-25
Protein-34
Sodium- 1300...this is high. I am not planning on caring too much about sodium, just so long as it is way less than I was eating before. I would say this about 1/3 of my normal intake! I would like to keep it around 1000 mg though.
Hi,
Yes I'm eating bread and still losing weight :)
I switched to low fat Danish white bread - I used to eat a ton of Brown wholemeal bread before I started the LE diet. I usually have a slice of white toast at about 10.30- 11am and sometimes a sandwich for lunch, again low fat White bread with a veggie filling. I've lost just over a stone in 10 weeks.
Good luck xx
Anyone know about fresh jalapeños? I eat them currently like there's no tomorrow haha. I know they're low calorie & all but I did see something about them having 10% of vitamin c & 2% in vitamin a.. I would like to include these probably everyday but want to make sure it would be okay...?
Here's what I ate yesterday:
10:45 (breakfast/lunch; hadn't eaten since 7pm night before):
Decaf coffee 3 tblspns Coffeemate French Vanilla Creamer(Non-Dairy)
105 calories, 4.5 fat, 0 protein, 90 sodium
2 Thomas Mini Plain Bagels 240 calories, 2 fat, 8 protein, 420 sodium)
Philadelphia Red Fat Strawberry Cream Cheese (1 tblspn) 35 calories, 2 fat, 1 protein, 60 sodium
1 peep (candy): 28 calories, 0 fat, 0 protein, 0 sodium
Breakfast/lunch total: 408 calories, 8.5 fat, 9 protein, 570 sodium
6:30pm (Dinner):
2 slices Pepperidge Farm Reduced calorie oatmeal bread (need to change types of bread, I know; my husband eats this bread and that's all that was in the house) 90 calories, .5 fat, 3.5 protein, 170 sodium
2 slices Kraft American Cheese (full fat) 120 calories, 8g fat, 6g protein, 400 sodium
Chobani Choco Fix yogurt - 150 calories, 3.5 g fat, 10g protein, 60 sodium (took fibers supplements after this meal)
1/4 tblspn Skippy PB, 1/2 slice bread 70 calories, 4 g fat, 1.75g protein, 37.5 sodium
Dinner total: 430 calories, 16g fat, 21.25 protein, 667.5 sodium
9:40pm (snack):
2 Pepperidge Farm Bordeaux Cookies 65 calories, 2.5 fat, 1 protein, 47.50 sodium
Skinny Cow Cookies & Cream Ice Cream sandwich 150 calories, 2 fat, 4 protein, 150 sodium
Total for the day:
Calories - 1053
Fat - 29 grams
Protein - 35.25 grams
Sodium - 1435
I know my calories were under for this day. Usually I hit closer to 1200 calories. I think prior to this diet, I was only eating about 1200 calories b/c I find if I go closer to 1500, I am putting on weight. However, I never go this low in calories as for this day but I got caught up chatting on the phone with my friend and hadn't had my night planned for dinner. I don't usually eat yogurt or peanut butter. I was just starving so that's why my dinner consisted of so many different things and I wanted to try to increase my caloric intake for the day. As for my late night snack, I usually don't eat that so late but was dying for ice cream all day.
As for sodium I just can't keep within the LE limits of 700 to 1000. I usually get closer to 1500 or so. Hope that is okay.
just wanted to mention that it's impossible for me to keep up with the support threads so if you guys have specific q's please start a new thread and ask!
I did want to clarify one thing - I don't WANT you guys to stick to super bland diets. A large part of the reason I even made a new diet to start with was because people are torturing themselves for NO reason - you do not have to eat nothing but rice cakes and dry cranberries to get a girl.
You guys can ahve stir fries with sauce and jalepenos while swaying pink. The overall limits are what matter and you are going to be able to stick with diet a heck of a lot better if you are satisfied (at least as much as is possible!)
Atomic, yes! I gave up on the bland. I have been keeping my protein and fats on the low side and my calories are always around 1500 or less and I have been exercising. Stopped watching my sodium as much. I have also chosen to nix all red meats and only do chicken a couple times a week at half a normal serving.
I am debating whether to include soda in my diet plans. I am so against diet soda, not sure if regular coke would even help my sway. I normally only drink water. Planning on including alcohol in the sway in the last couple weeks.
I have already lost 4 lbs! woohoo
I don't think the sodium even sways. I kept it in the diet because it's possible to include it, that's the only reason. I think it's way easier to do LE wihout the sodium restriction and I got my daughter eating tons of it after getting a 4th boy when I was limiting it.
I have seen people get boys while drinking truly insane amounts of Crystal Light and other diet beverages. I'm not exaggerating, i think they should have been in an asylum. So I would not ever do anything beyond what you feel comfy with on that. I don't advise any more than the FDA claims is safe during pregnancy, which is 2-3 12-16 oz. servings per day. I got my girl without CL after my boy where I was drinking it (not a lot, but still)
For diet- I started tracking my calories and I think I was getting 2000-2500/day before. I have been aiming for 1500/day and doing well since AF ended. Typical day is:
7am 1cup almond milk
Eta-Calm magnesium drink either in AM after milk or PM before bed.
Lunch 11am-noonish I've been making a sandwich on oatmeal bread with only strawberry jelly, big cup of fresh strawberries & raspberries with a little Splenda, 1cup almond milk, rice Krispy treat.
About 4ish my energy drops low (I have an autoimmune disease) so I have been eating a snack of hard boiled egg whites only (throw away the nasty yokes!) or a yoplait fat free yogurt. I read a post where AS mentioned trying to eat either all carbs or all protein in each meal (instead of a mix of both) and have been trying to do that.
Dinner is usually about 7pm and I have been eating a huge plate of steamed broccoli (with can't believe it's not butter spray) and white rice. "Dessert" is eaten then too and I have more strawberries and a few milk chocolate Hershey's kisses, 1 cup of almond milk.
So far with this routine I'm falling bt 1500-1800cals and I still feel pretty good. Drinking Dasani water but miss my green tea SO BAD.
Hi all. I am doing a trial run of the LE diet for the next few weeks. So I know what combinations of foods work and I won't be so stressed out about it when I am doing it for real and also to try and lose a few pounds before I go on hols in April.
I am easing my way in but also eating the same kind of foods as when I conceived my DD.
So yesterday:
I wake at 7 and had a cup of tea with a tsp of skim milk at 9am
Nothing then till 12 when I had 2 slimbo breads with 1tomato and 2slices of low low cheese. Velvet crunch cassava snacks and an aero chocolate mouse.
At 4 I had another cup of tea and a pop tart
Dinner at 6:30 was gnocchi sorrentina and a cookies and cream 2finger kit Kat
A lot of sweet things I know but I came in at
1353 calories
38g protein
35g fat
So today
Nothing until my 9am cup of tea and I had a cup of coffee at 11 with a tsp of sugar
Lunch at 12:45. 2 slimbos with 60g low fat mozzarella, 1ring of pineapple, 1/4 red pepper finely diced and 1 tomato diced. All cooked under the grill. Velvet crunch cassava snacks. Dr pepper zero
Snack meal 4:45 pop tart.
Dinner spicy bean burger baked with a pineapple ring. Oven chips ( I was cooking them anyway for DH and DD)
Today's total
1313 calories, 35g protein and 30g fat
So I use the MFP...I had a friend request to follow me on it. I am ignoring her! I am totally too embarrassed to share with someone what I am eating that doesn't understand the sway process.
Today I had two weight watchers red berried waffles and an apple sauce cup for lunch.
Dinner will be chicken tacos.
Calories are like 1345
Fat is around 27
Protein 42
So glad I found this thread! I've been loosely on the LE diet for about a month now and have been pretty good on it...I think. I usually have a mini bagel with veggie cream cheese and cucumbers, Yoplait light and strawberries for lunch. I forgot my lunch today and bought a salad from the lunch lady. I think it was ok, but did have a tiny bit of chicken (which I haven't had in at least the last 3 weeks), carrot sticks, cucumber and half an egg white with balsamic; and 3 newton thins cranberry citrus oat.
Calories - 519/Carbs - 33/Fat - 15/Protein - 49/Sodium - 536/Sugar - 16
Was thinking of making some sort of pasta or rice dish with broccoli for dinner; rice krispy treat for dessert.
Ok yesterday was a bit of a wipe out but I didn't do too bad considering
10:30 tea and a pop tart. I had to head out so I figured eating something small would be better then muffins tempting me.
2:30 tomato soup with a ciabatta roll and a baby bel light
This is where it gets messy. I met with a friend for dinner and I had a thin crust, light on the cheese and loaded with veg pizza and 3 Lindt chocolate balls and diet coke
Totals for the day
Calories. 1850
Protein 52g
Fat 77g
😳
Pearl...I bet that 77 grams of fat tasted so good!
I ate some dove chocolates last night and didn't even care, no clue what the fat count was for them! it was right before I worked out for an hour so it didn't even count right?? :wink:
It was fab Rosie. I love Lindt chocolate. I am sure a little bit of chocolate every now and then isn't going to ruin your sway, esp with the exercise.
So today I was good again
10:00 a cup of tea
12:00 2slices of white bread with 100g mashed avocado and chopped tomato with some Parmesan cheese
4:00: tea
7:00 pasta with Arrabbiata sauce and a small bun that I made earlier with DD.
Today's totals
Calories 1250
Protein 35g
Fat 34g
Today I made a huge pot of pasta with mushroom, tomato, eggplant and broccoli and homemade cheese sauce. Will give me lunches for the rest of the week!
Can I ask why you're drinking tea? I've heard tea has a lot of nutrients that sway blue and coffee is better for boy sways. I love tea and had 2 boys while drinking it. Just switched to coffee as I ease into the diet.
I think I was good today. Lunch at 12- bagel thin with whipped cream cheese and cucumbers, strawberries, green grapes, hint of salt triscuits and a caramel rice cake. I also made lots of pasta tonight with mushrooms and broccoli. Added a little garlic salt and pepper and a little bit of cream sauce.
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Is vitamin water ok to drink? I had a lemonade one this afternoon and love them!
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Coffee for breaky
Toasted cheese and tomato sandwich on white bread for lunch
Pasta with zucchini, tomato, basil and lemon with grated Parmesan for dinner
I drink lots of tea, My mum is addicted to earl gray and has all girls.
I got my DD drinking 4-5 cups of tea a day. My mum always drank loads of tea and had 6 girls. I don't really like coffee and I plan to acquire my taste for it before I start my sway cos I do think its better but I don't think I would be able to drink more than 1 cup a day. Plus I only take a tsp of milk in a big mug of tea whereas for coffee it would need to be half milk half coffee plus sugar so tea is the lower calorie option for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by carmella_marie
Dreamingofpink I think with a name like vitamin water it would not be very pink friendly but I am sure as an occasional treat it would be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamingofpink14
Oh, this is great! Can I join? Would love to get feedback on daily diet and also to just keep a record....
Yesterday...
Early morning: cup of English Breakfast tea, drop of skim and 2 sweeteners
9am: cappachino (hadn't eaten since 5pm so thought this would be ok)
12noon: bagel (half white, half wheat), light cream cheese, tomato, activia light raspberry yogurt and meringue nest, diet caffeine free diet coke
5pm: 3 pitta halves with houmous and iceberg lettuce, mushrooms sautéed in unsalted butter, 2 cracker breads with sugar free strawberry jam, cup of rice milk
Later: diet sprite
Throughout day I drank a 2 litre Evian water bottle with added sugar free pink grapefruit squash (uk's crystal light equivalent)
Calories: 1580
Fat: 53 (very high but I'm breast feeding so not too worried)
Protein: 47
Sodium: 910
9.30am: smoothie with low fat milk, banana, ice, nesquik and cinnamon
1pm: homemade pasta with tomato, broccoli, mushroom and cheese sauce
5pm: vegetable stir fry with white rice
8pm: poptart with Malibu and diet coke
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.30am - some raspberries, strawberries, a pear and some 2% total yoghurt (I make a 500g tub last for 5 days so its c100g). Plus a carton of coconut water
1.30pm - Waitrose essential side salad, waitrose essential beetroot salad and a sandwich from Birleys: rosemary foccacia, mozzarella, tomato and basil with red pesto. Think i will also have a jaffa cake flapjack when Im done eating this with either camomile tea or dandilion tea
8.00pm - stuffed peppers (red pepper stuffed with garlic and coriander cous cous and heaps of lovely veggies)
approx 1730 cals, 58g fat, 55g protein
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.40am - a banana, some strawberries and raspberries with c100g 2%total yoghurt, cup of dandelion tea
1.20pm - chargrilled vegetable soup from waitrose (Ocado: Chargrilled Vegetable Soup Waitrose Love Life 600g(Product Information)), a pretzel, a huge amount of salad, including the rainbow salad from waitrose, the essential side salad, a pot of chargrilled vegetables from their deli counter and soome extra salad bits from the salad counter (red cabbage slaw, oriental green beans and aduki/edamame salad)
8.00pm - Spinach and ricotta canelloni, garlic flatbread and lots of lovely veggies
thats approx 2000 cals, 65g fat (31%), 63g protein
Bumping so I can find this later.
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.40am - manuka honey with hot water
12.10pm - banana, some strawberries, c100g total 2% yoghurt
2.00pm - pretzel baton, c50g light philadelphia with chilli, waitrose rainbow salad, pack of sweetfire beetroot, roast veggies from last night (one red pepper, one courgette, some mushrooms, couple spears asparagus, babycorn, green beans, bit of butternut sqash)
8.00pm - Higgidy mediterranean vegetable and feta tart (Ocado: Higgidy 2 Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Tarts 310g(Product Information)), hassleback potatoes (Ocado: Hasselback Potatoes Waitrose 265g(Product Information)), some roast butternut squash and other lovely roast veggies - babycorn, asparagus, green beans
My totals are low today so after dinner I will have a caramel crispie and a small glass of whole milk
so thats approx 1800 cals, 64g fat (31%) and 52g protein
No gym today as I do the nursery drop off on thursday so thursday is my day off gym :(
7.00am - coffee with whole milk
10.30am - cup of dandelion tea
11.30am - a banana, some strawberries and c100g 2% total yoghurt
1.45pm - waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose essential salad, an avocado, a pretzel and items from the waitrose salad counter: oriental green beans, red cabbage slaw, bulgar wheat, lentil and edamame salad, adzuki salad
8.00pm - steamed white basmati rice, chickpea curry (recipie below), 2 garlic and coriander mini naan bread
approx 2000 cals, 62g fat (26%), 56g protein
Chickpea Curry
I havent made this before but found it online and thought I would try it:
1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil (i plan to use chilli infused olive oil)
1 onion finely chopped
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
1 tsp mustard seed (i dont have this so wont be using, I might put in a little garam masala instead)
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
1tsp cumin
1tsp turmeric
1tsp coriander seed
1 tbsp salt (I will not be adding this!!! maybe a pinch but not a whole tablespoon!! Thats just because I do not naturally add salt to food, not because I am tracking sodium)
1 can chickpeas
1 can tomatoes
Coriander/Cilantro for garnish (optional)
(I will be adding some veggies to this: mushrooms, butternut squash, courgette)
Method:
1. heat oil in a large pot, add onions and garlic and cook until transclusent, about 5 mins
2. add the spices to the pot and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute
3. add the chickpeas and tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally for about 20 mins
I am eating the curry now and it is so YUMMY!! Forgot to buy naan breads which is annoying but I guess that's over 200 cals saved and I won't replace them as I didn't gym today.
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.20am - manuka honey with hot water
12.20pm - big pot tomato and basil soup from co-op (this is a saviour to eat for lunch on a cheat dinner day!), a pretzel, a rainbow salad from waitrose, sweetfire beetroot and some items from waitrose salad bar (oriental green beans, red cabbage slaw, bulgar wheat, lentil and edamame salad, adzuki salad
3.00/3.30pm - a banana, some strawberries and c100g 2% total yoghurt. A pack of graze sticky chocolate pudding (which is basically a small portion of raisins and a few chocolate drops)
6/7pm - 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
8.00pm - swordfish steak, polenta mash with marscapone and parmesan, LOTS of yummy veggies (asparagus, baby corn and mushroom for me tonight), will share a bottle of cava with DH, dessert will be a Gu-zillionaire pudding (which has 23g of fat by itself!!)
So - that is 2500 cals, 80g fat (32%) and 65g protein
I wont be posting at the weekend as I dont know if I will be on the computer and I cheat anyway :)
Very naughty with food and close to 3000 calories on both sat and sun, but thats what weekends are for :)
Today the timings arent great because I had to attend a workshop from 9.30-1.30 and there was no way i could go that long without eating anything, especially after burning 835 cals in the gym....
520am coffee with whole milk
915am - 2 pears, some raspberries, strawberries and c100g total 2% yoghurt, coconut water.
11.30 - a banana and 2 Choco Leibniz (Bahlsen) chocolate biscuits (one of my colleagues bought some coffees and 2 packs of these so even though I ate a banana, I had to have 2 chocolate biscuits as well....
2pm - Waitrose essential side salad, waitrose essential beetroot salad and a sandwich from Birleys: rosemary foccacia, mozzarella, tomato and basil with red pesto
8pm - Garlic and coriander cous cous, roast butternut squash wedges, half can of ratatouille provencale (this is a can from waitrose and its really good!), half a classic vegetable layer from waitrose. Will have c150g raspberry & amaretto yoghurt from Dairy Collective for dessert
So thats approx 2000 cals, 63g fat (28%) and 55g protein.
520am - coffee with whole milk
10.00am - a banana, some strawberries, raspberries and c100g total 2% yoghurt
1.30pm - chargrilled vegetable soup, a pretzel, waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose chargrilled vegetables, sweetfire beetroot
3.30pm - a pink lady apple (for no other reason than it was sitting on my desk and i was bored!)
8.00pm - spinach and ricotta canelloni, garlic bread, some yummy roast vegetables
So thats approx 1950 cals, 62g fat (28%) and 58g protein
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
10.30 - a banana, an apple, a pear and c120g total 2% yoghurt
1.40pm - kirstys medditerranean veg (Ocado: Moroccan Vegetables with Quinoa & Brown Rice 400g(Product Information)), red cabbage & beetroot (Ocado: Mash Direct Red Cabbage & Beetroot 350g(Product Information)), an essential waitrose side salad and some balsamic dressing
2.15pm - when i had finished my lunch (i am a slow eater) I saw that someone had brought in a delicious apricot pastry cake so I had to have a slice with some dandilion tea
8pm - brie and tomato tartlet (Ocado: Slow Roasted Tomato & Brie Tartlets Waitrose 2 x 130g(Product Information)), potato gratin, butternut squash and lots of yummy veggies! I will finish off my tub of raspberry and amaretto yoghut, I guess theres 100g left.
So that is approx 2100 cals (oops with the pastry! thankfully I burned 838 cals at the gym this morning......), 50g protein, 72g fat (30%)