LE Diet Thread

[squigglepink]

what is a halloumi salad? Thank you for the ideas squigglepink

You like salads i see. Just like me. So do that then - just google salad recipe's and change them up. Not sure if you like halloumi cheese but you basically just add it to a green salad. Typically my halloumi salad is rocket, tomatoes, feta, avo, onion and then the halloumi - i drizzle balsamic or i drizzle chilli salad dressing for flavour. My husband always does a garlic or a cheese flat bread on the side because he likes a bit more than a salad for dinner. Nothing wrong with rotating your favourite meals but keeping within limits. I have not changed my food groups much. Im a vegetarian anyway so my meals are the same i just have only a lunch and a dinner and try stick to the limits. I was going a bit overboard with a chocolate with my meal but i can proudly say i have stopped that as my attempt approaches. I started LE in February and whilst i stopped snacking and breakfast almost immediately it took me a bit of time to get used to the limits of what i was eating at lunch and dinner. I only added diet coke into the mix (its not something i naturally drink) because i found it was a great help for when i felt like eating but it wasn't quite lunch time yet, so i would take sips on the diet coke throughout the day to curb my urge to snack.
For the Halloumi salad you can add in things like yellow tomatoes, orange pepper, cucumber, baby potatoes, olives etc..whatever floats your boat. Im just a cheese addict so baked Camembert and halloumi are my favs so we make a meal out of it..

[Nessa84]

Thanks so much!
I was wondering for rice and pasta are the servings measured by cooked it dry rice and pasta? Fitness pal says dry which to me makes sense because otherwise that means like 5 noodles is one serving and that wouldn't be a real life serving. Plus some pasta boxes say 1/5th of the package is a serving so to me I'd understand that as dry.
What do you think?

[squigglepink]

I dont use Fitness pal i hated it. I use 'S Health' which is an app that came with my Samsung galaxy

[squigglepink]

Whilst i remember, here are some other meals we eat... Im not sure what your food vibe is like besides salads so this might be redundant but ill list them nevertheless!

Mushroom risotto
Burritos
Kidney Bean salad
Pasta salad
Vegan thai green curry
wraps - filled with your favs (like, rocket, tomatoe, feta, (rice even), carrots, cucumber, grated carrots, grated cheese etc

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks so much!
I was wondering for rice and pasta are the servings measured by cooked it dry rice and pasta? Fitness pal says dry which to me makes sense because otherwise that means like 5 noodles is one serving and that wouldn't be a real life serving. Plus some pasta boxes say 1/5th of the package is a serving so to me I'd understand that as dry.
What do you think?

The serving sizes on pasta are shockingly small. 1/2 cup of COOKED pasta. The ultimate guide to measuring pasta serving sizes if you google you can come up with some visualizations of what a serving of COOKED pasta looks like if you are in a country that uses a different type of measurement (in the US we use cups so it's easy for us to picture but I know other countries use other measurements). My stomach laughs at them. I can easily eat like 6 of the recommending serving size of cooked pasta. That is one of the reasons why I actually like you guys to treat pasta as a once in a while thing because pasta is really nutrient dense

[Frilly Lady]

The serving sizes on pasta are shockingly small. 1/2 cup of COOKED pasta. The ultimate guide to measuring pasta serving sizes if you google you can come up with some visualizations of what a serving of COOKED pasta looks like if you are in a country that uses a different type of measurement (in the US we use cups so it's easy for us to picture but I know other countries use other measurements). My stomach laughs at them. I can easily eat like 6 of the recommending serving size of cooked pasta. That is one of the reasons why I actually like you guys to treat pasta as a once in a while thing because pasta is really nutrient dense

Oh crap. Recently I've eaten pasta about 3 maybe 4 times a week - cheese ravioli, prawn linguine, spinach cannoli or roasted veg with pasta. All well within limits though, should I cut back?

[Lissastick]

Anyone else having issues with finding a balance? We are not supposed to go under what, 1,200 cals? A few days this past week all I had were 2 glasses of wine. Lol! And then some days I eat 4 slices of pizza, and not much else. I am avoiding foods that are boy friendly, but some days I eat a lot, and some not nearly enough. I lost 7 lbs in the last two weeks. I haven't been on the L.E. diet for long enough to make a difference, I don't think :-/

[ABC.2606]

I dont use Fitness pal i hated it. I use 'S Health' which is an app that came with my Samsung galaxy

I have a Samsung Galaxy and know I have the S health app but have never used it... Can you tell me more about it? Starting me sway late summer/ early fall and need to start getting ready I was thinking of downloading my fitness pal.

[squigglepink]

I have a Samsung Galaxy and know I have the S health app but have never used it... Can you tell me more about it? Starting me sway late summer/ early fall and need to start getting ready I was thinking of downloading my fitness pal.

S health is pretty similar to MFP and they both serve the same purpose. I just found S Health easier and everything in once place. On one screen they have all the options of measuring your stress and heart rate etc as well as coffee and water intake, your running and walking time/distance. I found it more user friendly. But less is best for me because personally i hate measuring and weighing food! I had both apps and preferred S Health out of the two. x

[squigglepink]

Anyone else having issues with finding a balance? We are not supposed to go under what, 1,200 cals? A few days this past week all I had were 2 glasses of wine. Lol! And then some days I eat 4 slices of pizza, and not much else. I am avoiding foods that are boy friendly, but some days I eat a lot, and some not nearly enough. I lost 7 lbs in the last two weeks. I haven't been on the L.E. diet for long enough to make a difference, I don't think :-/

Hi

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