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Here we go again!
New to all this and know nothing about the foods, I am in the UK...
please help.. Are these all allowed on the girl diet?
quaker porridge oats with milk
I read somewhere on here that crackbread is good, can I eat as many as I like!!!
Cucumber,
Cottage cheese, low sodium,
philadelphia soft cheese,
white rice,
white pasta.
This is all I know of. Can I drink decaff coffee, please say yes!!!!
Can I use artificial sweetener alot
Crystal lite is not available in UK, is caffiene free diet coke OK.
I am completely lost, I need someone to point me in the right direction please...
Here's to hoping :pray:this is my last month on this thread!!!! LOL
Pebmcp~THere are different diets. The one on her many ladies are doing is the LE (low everything). To start you can look at January's thread and see examples of what we eat. Also if you become a member (12 a year) well worth it, you get access to the entire plan, meal ideas, snacks etc.. Its about staying within ranges of fat, sodium, calories. You also want to skip breakfast, and do not snack in between meals to keep your blood sugar low.
pebmcp6, Welcome! Here's the quick version of the LE diet incase you're interested. Many pink swayers on this site are on this diet but there others out there on the IG and FG diets as well.
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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
hi all hey pebmcp6 welcome, not sure about the quacker oats on the LE diet an the milk thing you may want to be careful off as the calcium in it, (very healthy), all depends which diet your doing ?
Thx, LMN! Peb, you may want to forego the oats b/c oats raise testosterone and may be healthier than we would like on a girl sway. I know they're on the boy swayer's list of go-to foods. On the LE diet, you can incorporate almost anything but some things would need to be in moderation. I would try to just have oats once in a while if you really miss them. HTH!Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
BTW, peb, not sure about the "crackbread"...I'm not familiar w/that. Anyone know anything about this?
good morning, ladies :) well.. almost noon here. today is my first day on the diet! I am having egg whites for breakfast for a week until I can completely get ride of breakfast! I've got a white pita with hummus, cucumbers, lettuce and a little tomato and a slice of baby swiss for lunch today! as well as green grapes and strawberries and yoplait light! seems like a lot of food.
Hi everyone,
I too am just starting the LE diet (yesterday was my first day). I'm using myfitnesspal, which is really handy. I am going to try to wean myself from my morning coffee, I'm worried about either the antioxidants in the coffee or something in the caffeine messing me up.
Yesterday I ate:
Lunch: an apple with 2tb. peanut butter (I know PB is not that great but I was starving!)
Dinner: 3/4 c. unenriched white rice, steamed broccoli & cauliflower + 1tsp. unsalted butter, 1 yoplait light yogurt
plus coffee with sugar and milk in the A.M. (If I can't give up the coffee, I will at least drop the sugar/milk this week)
I'm going to the grocery store today to get some hint of salt Wheat Thins so I won't have to resort to peanut butter again. When you eat pasta do you find an unenriched type? All the pastas I see are enriched with Iron and B-vitamins... is this ok since we are only eating maybe 1 serving a day?
myGirl, I am using it as well :) love the fact that you can track sodium, protein etc and you can scan items.. well on my iPhone app.
never realised there was so many diets, I am now more confused!!!!!!!!!!
Its not a lot!Quote:
Originally Posted by nks798
For everyone on this thread- myfitnesspal.com is a FAB site to track all your food and intakes. Its also an app on the phone with a huge database that you can scan your barcodes and add it as you eat...ITS GREAT. Would not be able to be as accurate without it!
Posting this over here too, so the newbies can see this great/yummy idea: (from January's food thread):
Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
This is for my Trader Joe's girls...
OMG....I tried the chocolate "Cats" cookies (I usually buy the regular kind) and put lite coolwhip in between two and it totally tastes like an Oreo cookie! If you're craving Oreos, try this! It tastes so sinful w/out the sin!
AWESOME..picked up the regular ones today to do that. Chocolate would be good to. I think a little bit in the freezer would be great too, the coolwhip would harden just a bit. I'll keep you posted I'm gonna try it!!! I also bought the unsalted potatoe chips (I said I wasn't going to) They were great with egg whites.
Also tried the snackwells 130 cal pack of popcorn with carmel and white fudge FANTASTIC!!!
my favorite part.. the scanning of the bar codes! I get to be lazy lol good morning everyone :)
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Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
HopeandDreamG this is something I've eaten before on ww and it reminds me of what you just posted. lite cool whip (frozen) with graham crackers :P they have the reduced fat graham crackers. it's so yummy and you can make an "ice cream sandwich" out of two with some frozen cool whip in the middle!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE MyFitnessPal.com!!! And it's FREEEEE!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
Coolwhip is so awesome...You can make sinless girlswaying treats out of anything w/it! DH even loves my creations!Quote:
Originally Posted by nks798
For those of you that don't know what CoolWhip is, it's just a desert topping like the "squeezy cream" that comes in bottles except it comes in a tub (in the frozen food section) and you just spoon it out.
OOTB hun can i drink decaf tea an coffee whenever i like ??
Personally, I don't think it's a big deal at all and several pink swayers drink coffee/tea in the a.m. to help them skip breakkie. I drink a cup of tea in the a.m. myself. Some swayers cut coffee/tea out due to the extra antioxidents and that's okay! If some coffee/tea everyday helps you stick to the LE diet, though, go for it!Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
ETA...the low cals/protein/fat/sodium sway waaaaay more than keeping antioxidents from coffee/tea down.
so are there still extra antioxidents in decaf tea and coffee too ?
There are still antioxidents in decaf tea/coffee but the amount is usually reduced.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
ok thanks hun x
and what to they do hun ?
I miss coolwhip. You guy's are making me jealous!
YAY February is here!!! AF should be here today FX I am ready to get preggo. Welcome to all the newcomers I definitely recommend becoming a member.
It's almost 10:00a.m here and I'm already hungry.. need to hold out at least 1.5hours. What are your guys having for lunch today?
purple sky, I had white rice with sauteed mushrooms and zucchini.. plus a yogurt and some green grapes! not sure about dinner.. thinking maybe a veggie burger.. with sauteed mushrooms and melted swiss.. no condiments.. maybe that will satisfy my burger craving hehe.
OOh that sounded good. I had some pasta with a tsp. of pesto. and two small cookies. A Veggie burger sounds really yummy! How do you make yours?
purple sky, I didn't.. lol thanks to morningstar farms :p it has 260 grams of sodium though.. so I made sure I was able to eat it without going over! oh and let me tell you.. my veggie burger was the best.. lol I sauteed the mushrooms and warmed up the patty.. put the mushrooms on the patty then baby swiss and it melted ..perfect and so satisfying. I told my DH I made a mushroom and swiss burger haha.. my way :)
just had to add something in.. today is the 3rd day of my diet and I feel less bloated and I can tell my stomach is smaller.. so happy. plus.. I can taste food.. not just the saltiness.. the pureness of the food, if that makes sense!
You mean antioxidents? They're healthy for our bodies which is normally good but not great for swaying pink. Fruits like blueberries have tons of antioxidents in them for instance...As a girl-swayer, I'd pick the coffee/tea (decaf or not) over the blueberries any day, though!!! That's just my take on the coffee/tea thing...Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
Suregena, is there anything similar to coolwhip where you live?Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
ok thanks ootb hun
Welcome to all of the gals who are just starting their diets!! I've almost finished my fifth week on it and it is doable (mostly) ... you come to find out what works for you.
For me, I started in the 1500-1800 calorie range but was losing no weight. So in general I'm trying to stay under 1200, while sticking below all of the other maximums on the LE diet (sodium, protein, etc.). I started the diet on Dec. 30 and, with very few exceptions, have managed to stay under all limits (I've had a few times I've gone over on sodium, maybe once I've gone over on protein). I've managed to lose about four pounds total.
I did not keep track of any of my values yesterday, though, as it was my first true cheat day on the diet. One of my staff members was celebrating his 40th birthday and I brought in cookie dough dip (butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate chips and toffee bits -- nothing healthy in there at all!!!) and I couldn't keep my hands off it. Heck, that's the first time I've eaten before noon in 32 days!! We also took him out to eat for lunch and while I keep it vegetarian, I'm sure I wrecked my sodium and protein for the day -- macaroni and cheese, salad with honey mustard dressing and spinach/artichoke dip with hot pita bread. And, y'know, more cookie dough dip during the afternoon meeting! :) Dinner was only some unsalted green beans and a caramel rice cake, though, so hopefully such a spartan meal helped a bit in offsetting the rest of the day's sins! :)
Today, though, I'm back to the dietary grindstone. I have errands to run so I may not eat at all until 2 p.m. or so. Today will probably be some combo of rice and mushrooms, eggwhites and mayo on bread, green beans, caramel cakes, etc. I've also found that I'm in love with taking graham crackers, drizzling them with a bit of Hershey's chocolate syrup, topping them with mini marshmallows and toasting them under the broiler. A fantastic dessert that takes a while to eat and, so long as I stay below my levels, seems safe enough (the chocolate is minor and it's probably mostly corn syrup, anyway!).
I'm expecting AF today, which means I should O around Feb. 16. This month will be our first TTC. Gulp!!
I completely agree! I have to watch my sodium levels like crazy on the days that I let myself have a veggie burger (the patty and bun just skyrocket the sodium), but thanks to salt-free ketchup and salt-free pickles I'm able to make it work. And you're right, it's so satisfying. You actually feel like you're getting to eat something for once!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nks798
OMG DRAMABIRD..I'm salivating. Can I have that cookie dough dip receipe? I'm going to eat a bowl after a BFP!! Hahah..the spinach dip and artichoke with warm pita...yummmmm... love that.
I've been on diet same exact time as you- started December 30th. And I'm also doing 1200 calories. I would NOT lose weight doing 1500-1800. Only thing I go over sometimes is soduim- ends up like 1200 or 1500mg. instead of the 1000mg. max recommeded. I don't even think sodium sways but I try to keep to it anyway just in case. I conceived a girl on Jenny Craig meals- can you imagine how much sodium I was ingesting!! I can't.
And it is def true that now you realize how salty everything taste, after not having any! Its incredible.
Def gonna check out some veggie burgers.
so is everyone having a cheat day once a month then ? will you include meat like chicken in those cheat days ?
HnD, here's the link: The Best Cookie Dough Dip | Add a PinchQuote:
Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
I found the recipe on Pinterest. Yes, I finally fell victim to the Pinterest addiction! It's a little bit torture but a lot of fun to "pin" all the recipes I want to make after I get my BFP and I can bid adieu to the diet!!
I'm not planning on to schedule any cheat days, as it were, but save them for social requirements where I have to go to a restaurant (e.g., my coworker's birthday). Otherwise, I'm trying to stay strictly within the levels because otherwise it's a downhill slide. I found that out yesterday ... once I plunked a single graham cracker into the dip, I was done! My hand was a blur as it crammed the sugary goodness down my throat!Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
And I've been about 90-95 percent vegetarian since late September, in preparation for my sway, and I am completely, 100 percent vegetarian now on the diet. I will be delighted to return to meat upon my BFP, but for now, none at all.
Wow you girls are doing great! I've had 4 cheat days in January!!!! The 1st was by choice and the others were family events we had to be at (one was m y dh b-day) I don't eat anything else for the day though, so hopefully they didn't totally screw me up :worry:
Today is CD1 Yea
good morning, ladies :)
I have a couples trip coming up.. Feb 17, 18 and 19th. ahhh!! how to deal with that?!! the good thing is.. we will be staying at a cabin and cooking most of our foods.. so I can stay on track mostly.. but I know I'll cheat at least once.. only bc I know we want to go out one night and I know, I will probably go over in sodium. sigh.. feels so early to cheat, I just started! I know that it'll be ok though.
have any of you ever eaten at Subway while on the diet? I am having lunch with a friend today and thankfully, I convinced her to do Subway. so, I figure I'd get the veggie delight on italian with veggies and swiss cheese only.. I hope they have swiss cheese!!
That should be A-OK, especially if you hold the mayo. Don't worry about your trip...just do what you can to stick to the diet and don't beat yourself up. I think you'll do just fine! Try to relax and enjoy...Sounds like a great time!Quote:
Originally Posted by nks798