Who here went vegetarian and got a girl?

[dreamingpink77]

I have a friend of mine who was on diet before conceiving her baby and she ate mostly veggies and some chicken or fish, but not big portions of them. She did not have lots of pasta though as she says it has lots of carbs. Well she lost a lot of weight before conceiving and she got a girl.

[Mum23boys]

Thanks Babystars Im not counting anything out except onion and garlic and thats just because they repeat on me - Im still eating potatoe ( jacket wihout the skin tiny bit of low fat sour cream as a topping) I eat tomatoes ( low sodium tinned tomatoes in curry ) I do not eat bananas anyway so they are not included. I also eat pasta but am trying to limit this to 1 or 2 portions per week and bulk it out with more veg.

[Shakti]

No probs! :-)

Also, my reading that I've done on here and elsewhere does seem to suggest that being a raw foodist is probably not the best idea while trying to sway pink. I was untill recently trying to make a point of having 50% of my diet be raw foods, as fruits and vegetables lose their nutritional value when they're cooked. So it seems like it would help with the LE diet to cook vegetables as much as possible.

I think that's going to be the hardest part for me, as the way that my digestion functions and the amount of fresh fruits and veg I eat are very closely correlated.

[HopingForPigtails]

No probs! :-)

Also, my reading that I've done on here and elsewhere does seem to suggest that being a raw foodist is probably not the best idea while trying to sway pink. I was untill recently trying to make a point of having 50% of my diet be raw foods, as fruits and vegetables lose their nutritional value when they're cooked. So it seems like it would help with the LE diet to cook vegetables as much as possible.

I think that's going to be the hardest part for me, as the way that my digestion functions and the amount of fresh fruits and veg I eat are very closely correlated.

You sound just like me! I've been veg my whole life and have 2 boys. But I def eat highly nutritional/superfoods- I don't count calories and try to consume healthy fats. I rarely eat anything processed and only eat sprouted grains. Sounds boring but once you get the hang of it, food just tastes so much better when you allow it to be "real". Anyhow, I think you def need the LE diet on top of being veg as its impossible to eat highly nutritional foods and stay within LE guidelines. All of the girl moms I know eat limited calories!

[Navywife620]

The veggies that I am mostly eating are zucchini, aubergies without the outer violet peel, leeks, mushrooms, tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce. Do you think they are all ok as low nitrient veggies please?

I steam all the veggies that can be steamed because it also takes the nutrients out of them too!

[dreamingpink77]

I steam all the veggies that can be steamed because it also takes the nutrients out of them too!

I am usually having cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes at noon with 2 slices of french unsalted loaf with cottage cheese. Then leave the rest of the veggies for dinner. I cut everything into small pieces, put them in frying pan, cover the pan, but instead of cooking them in oil, I add some water and leave them simmer until cook. The water gets absorbed in them. Then I either put the veggies in a tortilla, or on a matzo, then include either some rice, or noodles or couscous. Does it happen to you girls that when you cheat on some food which has either been bought take away or else prepared by someone else not by yourselves, that you taste the food as very salty? It's been such a long time since I started cooking without any salt at all that when I eat something with added salt to it, it tastes really really salty!

[Emily]

I'm eating a lot of grilled mushrooms (sometimes with a little grilled cheese) and griddled courgettes - or home made aubergine dip and homemade tortillas with lots of iceberg lettuce and other low nutrient veg.

At dinner time I have veggies with rice or rice noodles (like the ones in Pat thai) with no salt stock, cornflour, sugar and rice vinegar as a sauce.

I ate far more healthily with my two boys including seafood which I have cut out altogether.

BTW I think that cooked tomatoes are healthier as it makes the lycopene easier to absorb - so if TTC pink eat raw or not at all. It is one of the only foods that is better for you cooked.

[Navywife620]

I am usually having cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes at noon with 2 slices of french unsalted loaf with cottage cheese. Then leave the rest of the veggies for dinner. I cut everything into small pieces, put them in frying pan, cover the pan, but instead of cooking them in oil, I add some water and leave them simmer until cook. The water gets absorbed in them. Then I either put the veggies in a tortilla, or on a matzo, then include either some rice, or noodles or couscous. Does it happen to you girls that when you cheat on some food which has either been bought take away or else prepared by someone else not by yourselves, that you taste the food as very salty? It's been such a long time since I started cooking without any salt at all that when I eat something with added salt to it, it tastes really really salty!

Hmm you are making me hungry!! and yes after I started the diet we ended up going to red lobster for dinner with my Mother in Law in july, and I could barely eat the food because it tasted SO salty to me. It was not enjoyable at all.

[Shakti]

Hopingforpigtails, you sound like the type of veg that I am! I prefer the natural food so much more, and will be right back on it with a vengeance once I know I'm pregnant! :-)

[atomic sagebrush]

The veggies that I am mostly eating are zucchini, aubergies without the outer violet peel, leeks, mushrooms, tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce. Do you think they are all ok as low nitrient veggies please?

Yes, but please keep in mind that higher nutrient veggies are ok, it's jsut that if you have a choice, choose lower nutrient ones. Ther eis a HUGE diff. between broccoli and a cheeseburger, fries, chocolate shake diet.