LE Diet Thread

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks atomic! I'm not going to lie, I'm even more concerned that I am not doing the LE diet correctly. There's so much protein in everything! I tried tracking and failed miserably at the protein limit. It makes sense why I have not been losing weight at all....actually gaining. Let's just say I need more time to attempt the LE diet. That's the only consolidation to not getting pregnant as quickly as I'd like. I made some fish and squash for lunch for the next couple of days.

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I think we mentioned this already but are you counting the small amounts of protein and fat in fruits and veg (including potatoes?) If you are, DON"T. They are free for protein and fat (and of course low carb veg are free and unlimited) Also, if you're tracking on one of hte apps be aware that they are riddled with errors, I've just had a person being told that egg whites had like 5x as much protein as they really do, and that tahini had way more protein and fat than it really does.

My experience with LE Diet was always getting ENOUGH protein, not geting too much. Can you tell me the things you're eating where you really seem to be getting the bulk of your protein from them?

[HGmama]

I think we mentioned this already but are you counting the small amounts of protein and fat in fruits and veg (including potatoes?) If you are, DON"T. They are free for protein and fat (and of course low carb veg are free and unlimited) Also, if you're tracking on one of hte apps be aware that they are riddled with errors, I've just had a person being told that egg whites had like 5x as much protein as they really do, and that tahini had way more protein and fat than it really does.

My experience with LE Diet was always getting ENOUGH protein, not geting too much. Can you tell me the things you're eating where you really seem to be getting the bulk of your protein from them?

Here is my legit attempt today. The tilapia had 28 g of protein and the turkey burger 22. Thats 50g right there. Then i had a cheese slice, guacamole, etc. My old self (aka my yesterday self) would have easily had another burger. Also, last week I figured out that my 5 oz chicken boneless breast had all my protein for the day. I was shocked.
I'm going to keep trying for balanced low protein meals. I'm doing fine on the fat grams I believe. Do you see any red flags that I should try instead?


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[emshe]

Ladies something I have done a lot is eat veggies & I mean ALOT. I admittedly love my veg so I really enjoy them.

I always have low baked (for a couple of hours) eggplant, zucchini, capsicum, leek on hand which I mix through rice for lunch and add tahini or mayonnaise, nuts, lettuce, or chicken. I add it to stir fries too. I also have it alongside mash with chicken or salmon. My mash I always extend by adding cauliflower.



I also love making vege soup adding quinoa to make it even more filling.

Veges have been my friend even more throughout the last 7-8 months [emoji2]



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[atomic sagebrush]

Yeah it may have to be that you only have ONE of those options daily. But that having been said, 66 g protein is not terrible, if it's less than you were eating when you got your boy(s) and less than you've been eating recently.

you would not count anything in the squash and zucchini, would not count anything but cals in the peach. The guacamole as well likely has no protein and is not worth bothering with.

Unless u like fat free cheese, I'd get some regular fat cheese instead and you'd have a bit more fat (you're still on the lower end of that) and also some more cals.

[Lexzeppelin89]

Anyone on this diet currently? DH & I have been attempting it for a few weeks. I've read some of the pages in here, seems curries are a good idea (I did one last night in fact!), Paninis, flatbreads, pastas... I feel like there's gotta be some other great ideas I'm missing!

We're doing homemade pizza tonight. Lots of veggies for toppings, possibly some chicken sausage as well. Is lots of cheese good for LE? I've read some of you down 2-3 full glasses of milk a day but I don't drink cow's milk ever XD

[strawberrybella89]

Anyone on this diet currently? DH & I have been attempting it for a few weeks. I've read some of the pages in here, seems curries are a good idea (I did one last night in fact!), Paninis, flatbreads, pastas... I feel like there's gotta be some other great ideas I'm missing!

We're doing homemade pizza tonight. Lots of veggies for toppings, possibly some chicken sausage as well. Is lots of cheese good for LE? I've read some of you down 2-3 full glasses of milk a day but I don't drink cow's milk ever XD

I am! Well not as strict because its been about a year on it now but still stay lower calorie and no breakfast and little protein but higher fats and carb now

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[atomic sagebrush]

Just to clarify, if you read anyone having 2-3 glasses of milk a day that is not LE Diet at all. NO ONE should drink 2-3 glasses of cow's milk a day. That is not LE Diet and will in fact severely undermine the LE Diet.

3 cups of milk (not the larger glasses which many have) would be about 450 calories, 24 g protein (that is half your protein for the entire day) and for full fat milk, 24 g fat (all of which is the saturated animal fat which may sway blue). Since some people are aiming at 30 g fat for the lower levels of standard LE Diet,this means you'd have NO fat to "spend" the rest of the day. Even at the upper intake of 50-60 g fat, 24 g is a large percentage of that. Not to mention milk contains tons of Vitamin D and other nutrients that sway blue. That amount of dairy intake would really make it very difficult to stick to LE Diet as a whole because you'd have to come up with all your calories with very little protein and fat to spend (since you already used much of it up on milk!)

I personally do not believe dairy or calcium sway pink and got boys with a high dairy, high calcium diet but if you do believe in mineral balancing that is up to you totally, just be sure you are getting calcium from supplements ONLY, without Vitamin D, and not eating tons of dairy. DAiry is not a free food for pink, even on the mineral balancing diets - you can only have milk even on the mineral balancing diets, up to the potassium and sodium limits.

Since the mineral diets limit your sodium to 700-1000 mg, and potassium to 2500-3500 max, and 3 cups of milk (again, this is just cups and not those huge glasses many people drink on mineral balancing sway diets) has 320 mg. sodium and 1100 mg potassium, again, that level of milk intake even ON the mineral balancing diets has to be strictly limited and by "spending" the intake on milk, you end up having very little to eat the rest of the day.

The milk free for all ends up devolving into a very poor diet where people drink huge amounts of milk and then basically nothing else. Either they're starving all day drinking milk and eating cucumbers, or the limits go out the window and they're adding on a huge ton of nutrients onto an LE Diet and end up swaying blue. Many of the swayers from when I was back on IG, who were drinking a gallon of milk a day plus all the other IG Diet stuff ended up with boys. So please proceed with great caution no matter what kind of sway diet you believe in, because drinking tons of milk is NOT a good way to get a girl.

[atomic sagebrush]

Anyone on this diet currently? DH & I have been attempting it for a few weeks. I've read some of the pages in here, seems curries are a good idea (I did one last night in fact!), Paninis, flatbreads, pastas... I feel like there's gotta be some other great ideas I'm missing!

We're doing homemade pizza tonight. Lots of veggies for toppings, possibly some chicken sausage as well. Is lots of cheese good for LE? I've read some of you down 2-3 full glasses of milk a day but I don't drink cow's milk ever XD

Cheese in limits only. I ate tons of pizza when I got my girl but with her I had the lowest dairy intake of my entire life.

[Lexzeppelin89]

Just to clarify, if you read anyone having 2-3 glasses of milk a day that is not LE Diet at all. NO ONE should drink 2-3 glasses of cow's milk a day. That is not LE Diet and will in fact severely undermine the LE Diet.

3 cups of milk (not the larger glasses which many have) would be about 450 calories, 24 g protein (that is half your protein for the entire day) and for full fat milk, 24 g fat (all of which is the saturated animal fat which may sway blue). Since some people are aiming at 30 g fat for the lower levels of standard LE Diet,this means you'd have NO fat to "spend" the rest of the day. Even at the upper intake of 50-60 g fat, 24 g is a large percentage of that. Not to mention milk contains tons of Vitamin D and other nutrients that sway blue. That amount of dairy intake would really make it very difficult to stick to LE Diet as a whole because you'd have to come up with all your calories with very little protein and fat to spend (since you already used much of it up on milk!)

I personally do not believe dairy or calcium sway pink and got boys with a high dairy, high calcium diet but if you do believe in mineral balancing that is up to you totally, just be sure you are getting calcium from supplements ONLY, without Vitamin D, and not eating tons of dairy. DAiry is not a free food for pink, even on the mineral balancing diets - you can only have milk even on the mineral balancing diets, up to the potassium and sodium limits.

Since the mineral diets limit your sodium to 700-1000 mg, and potassium to 2500-3500 max, and 3 cups of milk (again, this is just cups and not those huge glasses many people drink on mineral balancing sway diets) has 320 mg. sodium and 1100 mg potassium, again, that level of milk intake even ON the mineral balancing diets has to be strictly limited and by "spending" the intake on milk, you end up having very little to eat the rest of the day.

The milk free for all ends up devolving into a very poor diet where people drink huge amounts of milk and then basically nothing else. Either they're starving all day drinking milk and eating cucumbers, or the limits go out the window and they're adding on a huge ton of nutrients onto an LE Diet and end up swaying blue. Many of the swayers from when I was back on IG, who were drinking a gallon of milk a day plus all the other IG Diet stuff ended up with boys. So please proceed with great caution no matter what kind of sway diet you believe in, because drinking tons of milk is NOT a good way to get a girl.

Okay that makes me feel a lot better now I was starting to worry I had misunderstood the diet o_0 Definitely won't be drinking any milk, lol. Your comment does remind me though that I should probably be double checking my fat intake!

[Lexzeppelin89]

I am! Well not as strict because its been about a year on it now but still stay lower calorie and no breakfast and little protein but higher fats and carb now

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Oh wow a year, you must be an expert then by now! Nice. Are you actively TTC?