LE Diet Thread

[atomic sagebrush]

The L.E. diet is just too hard. I just don't think I can do it. I am a compulsive snacker. The only thing I can stick to is not eating meat. Skipping breakfast is simple enough, but, then my hunger gets the best of me and I binge snack and eat the rest of the late afternoon and evening. Are there other things I can do to make up for the fact (offset) that I don't exercise and I can't limit anything but meat!!! Arggghhh!!! I really want a girl, but, I like eating waaay too much!! Lol

Vegetarian diets alone are associated with more girls conceived anyway.

What I would do is try going to 4 meals. This is still ok and much different from all day snacking.

[atomic sagebrush]

Chow mein noodles, pasta with homemade tomato sauce. Sometimes waffles, sometimes eggs. Corn chips. Cheese. And I've been eating sweets: ice cream, cookies. I have a terrible sweet tooth.

I am also like 20 pounds over my ideal weight

Most of those things burn off fast, you may have better luck focusing more on things that stick to your ribs a bit.

[atomic sagebrush]

I do want to mention that the "old school" sway diets were all like, "do every. single. solitary. thing we pull out of our butts or your sway will FAIL!!" But that is not at all how the LE Diet works. You can do only a couple LE-type changes and still be swaying pink. The important thing is not what I wrote down on my computer 4 years ago, it is doing things "pinker" than you personally were when you got your boy(s)

To be honest I did not even WANT to make a diet, because I knew that people would then get too focused on the specifics and lose sight of the generalities. But you don't have to do the specifics, all you have to do is change your personal eating in a pink friendly direction.

Generalities:

Less snacking, longer time fasting than you were
Less protein, less fat than you were
More protein and fat from vegetable sources vs. animal than you were
Choosing lower nutrient options when possible and avoiding/limiting highly fortified foods
Possibly avoiding foods that are said to sway strongly blue IF YOU WANT TO

At the core, that's really all we are doing. Changing what you were doing in this general direction. All the numbers and limits and stuff are because people MADE me create a diet!!

[weeziewoozles]

It's been a tough day here in the UK with just over half of our electorate voting to leave the European Union! It's thrown me and all of my friends, really making it an unpleasant day. I've always used food as a mood changer so I've allowed myself a pizza sub, gin and tonic and my favourite pistachios as a snack. Sometimes you have to do it to stay sane. Dinner though will be homemade bean chilli and rice.

[atomic sagebrush]

You HAVE to cheat when you need to!!! It's mandatory on LE diet to cheat as needed.

[Erin514]

Weeziewoozles, I'm a bit stunned by the brexit! This must be a very turbulent time to live through for all the UK ladies on this forum.

I've been doing well with skipping breakfast and staying in totals every day except last Sunday, but I think I might have lost a few pounds even though I've been over 1800 cal and 50-60g fat/protein every day. I'm hoping the scale was wrong because I am already eating very large meals to meet my totals without snacking. Argh.

[Girlieplease]

Af arrived, am gutted but back full force and regretting letting the diet slip during 2 ww, next 2 ww can you remind me not to do this? Today I had a salad for lunch with a slice of buttered toast. Did a six mile run and had pasta with pesto and garlic bread and glass of wine. I think am going to have to put a limit on how long I am prepared to try for, cannot face this month after month. I realise it is hormones talking and madness the idea that you would give up after one month but more in six months time I don't want to be in the same position!

[Georgia_Peach]

I had a very stressful day today as I listed our current home for Sale. We are moving to our new house in 3 months or so... and my diet today went to crap!
At 11am I had egg whites some feta cheese and 1/2 avacado and hot sauce
Then around 3pm I had some saltine crackers .
6pm I had some roasted chicken (not alot though) and baked potato with some sour cream... and a white bun. I'm prob going to have some ice cream tonight too. I have not logged cals today... but I'll bet it was bad! Lol

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[Lissastick]

I do want to mention that the "old school" sway diets were all like, "do every. single. solitary. thing we pull out of our butts or your sway will FAIL!!" But that is not at all how the LE Diet works. You can do only a couple LE-type changes and still be swaying pink. The important thing is not what I wrote down on my computer 4 years ago, it is doing things "pinker" than you personally were when you got your boy(s)

To be honest I did not even WANT to make a diet, because I knew that people would then get too focused on the specifics and lose sight of the generalities. But you don't have to do the specifics, all you have to do is change your personal eating in a pink friendly direction.

Generalities:

Less snacking, longer time fasting than you were
Less protein, less fat than you were
More protein and fat from vegetable sources vs. animal than you were
Choosing lower nutrient options when possible and avoiding/limiting highly fortified foods
Possibly avoiding foods that are said to sway strongly blue IF YOU WANT TO

At the core, that's really all we are doing. Changing what you were doing in this general direction. All the numbers and limits and stuff are because people MADE me create a diet!!

The only things that are difficult for me are the fasting parts, and the less protein and less fat. Being a veggie means I have to eat a lot of fat to feel full, but, at least my protein and fat DO come from non animal sources. And the lower nutrient thing is hard too! Before I started wanting to sway, I would eat really nutrient dense foods. Variety colors of peppers, qunioa, avocado, onions, garlic, kale just every healthy, yummy thing I could think of...in one meal!

So, cheating for me would be like...a nice rice bowl with rainbow colored veggies and avocado! Haha! But, again, I don't want to mention my vegan friend, but she ate super nutrient dense veg food and she got a girl (yes, I know other things could have nudged it that way, but she leads a very boy friendly lifestyle).

[atomic sagebrush]

All those things are FINE though. You would have to eat a MOUNTAIN of kale to get the amount of cals/fat/protein in a Big Mac, fries, and a chocolate shake.

No one ever got a boy vs. a girl because they ate some peppers. Rice bowl with peppers is great. Another thing to try is eating what you want to eat and then just having half of that. You cut your nutrient intake by default that way.

What about going to 4 meals though?? Would that not make it easier? Instead of snacking all day every 15 min or so, 4 meals is still an improvement.

I think you are having a combo of not really understanding what the LE Diet is (none of those things are even forbidden on LE Diet!!! there are no forbidden foods on LE) and also having the whole thing mess with your head a bit, in the way that we talked about before where you are looking for reasons not to do diet so then you start excusing yourself not to, because your vegan friend had a girl and so on. If you don't want to do the diet, that is totally fine, just make sure you're making the active decision and not giving up because it seems too complicated when it isn't.

Diets do mess with your head for sure. Even weight loss ones. Even those of us who are very experienced dieters (aka me, LOL) I go on a diet to lose a couple pounds and I catch myself thinking "well, I really NEED extra protein, because blahblahblah" whatever reason I come up with, but really it's because I just don't want to deprive myself of what I want to eat right then.