LE diet with quality food - anyone?

[Flowergirl]

Interesting topic! I've been a health conscience vegetarian for 14 years and currently swaying pink. People would regularly joke that I'd live to the age of 100 purely based on my clean and healthy diet so going LE has been a bit of an adjustment that's for sure!

I would say for the most part my diet is still based on fruit and veg, I'm just a little more aware of what ones are lower nutrient and lower carb so when there's a choice I'll try and opt for the more LE friendly (eg a salad made with baby spinach vs iceberg lettuce).

I think if you can still remain within the LE guidelines of cals, protein, fat etc. then there's really nothing that's "off limits". I've found that my cals aren't hugely different (definitely lower now but I'm eating the upper limits of LE) the largest change has been that my fat and protein intake has halved and the way I eat now has changed. I used to eat or at least have a green juice or full cream milk drink every 2 - 2.5 hours whereas now I'll only eat 3 times a day and have eliminated all snacking.

I could be wrong but I think a big factor with whole foods is that they're generally lower GI so although you may still only eat 2 - 3 times a day, your blood sugar levels aren't really dropping and staying low as much as the more refined and higher GI diet would contribute?

I'm definitely missing my healthy fats and whole grains, nutrient dense and superfood's but for me - already eating vegetarian and not being able to exercise enough to sway girl I've tried to find a compromise and still eat healthily but just not the same if that makes sense

[essnce629]

I've always been really healthy and taken a lot of supplements (fish oil, vit D, cal/mg, probiotics), no alcohol, no artificial sweeteners, full fat everything, tea instead of coffee, etc but I am going all out for a girl sway! I've also been eating low carb/paleo for the past few years. I really don't think a few months doing a LE diet is really going to hurt me much.

I stopped all vitamins/supplements about 6 months ago. I'm still eating whole foods and meat, but definitely cut down on my serving sizes and stay within the LE numbers. I used to go back for 2nds and 3rds and now just try to eat one serving. The only non-quality food I added was a Kraft Easy Mac & Cheese for lunch every day along with my berries, peas, applesauce, and espresso. The Mac & Cheese is low calorie/fat/protein so it makes lunch easy. Normally I'd have a huge salad with a full chicken breast. I also changed my fats-- replaced my olive oil with canola oil and haven't used coconut oil in months! I still use a tiny bit of butter on my peas every day but none after that.

I think if you stay within your LE numbers for calories/fat/protein every day then you'll be fine, but I know Atomic said that switching over to less healthy omega 6 oils definitely appeared to sway girl. I'm also staying away from super healthy foods like avocado and nuts as they have so many nutrients in such a small serving size. I've never drank alcohol in my entire life, but all my friends with girls do so I'm drinking alcohol from AF to O as part of my sway. I've only had one attempt so far last month that ended in BFN and we're not trying again till May so I've been doing a loose LE right now. I'm definitely skipping breakfast and not eating a thing till after 12pm.

I'm still eating low carb as I have stomach issues with rice and oats. My mac & cheese at lunch are the only grains I eat. Dinner for me is still paleo with a protein (although a really small portion) and about 2 servings of veggies.

[atomic sagebrush]

Please bump this for me I,d like to answer in more detail.

I have answered this question in part in the LE diet faq, can someone post links for me???

[flowerlily]

Hi..found this.. http://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/...ad.php?t=16780
Hope it's what you are referring to.

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[weeziewoozles]

Just to chip in, I feel the same way. I always eat whole grains, no lactose, very little gluten, no aspartame, no processed foods (bar some crisps and we do have the occasional takeaway!), cook everything from scratch and take supplements. When I swayed pink for DS3 I stuck to the LE principles really well but stayed healthy by taking a small amount of my supplements, cooking low fat vegetarian meals, skipping breakfast and having an occasional diet drink (yeurgh) to help sway pink. The sway wasn't successful unfortunately (although DS3 is delightful of course) so I have been wondering whether I still hadn't made enough changes for my body to really clock it. So this time round I am planning on eating far more processed foods and empty sugars, and no wholegrains or superfoods. My feeling is that it will only be for a few months. As soon as I get my BFP (positive thinking!) I will jump back on my healthy band wagon and fill my body's stores again!

[girliedreamz]

I live in a fairly affluent area of (Silicon Valley, and I will say that I notice a LOT more girl babies here than boy. By an overwhelming margin. (My oldest son had 10 girls in his preschool class and 3 boys... which is typical.) And in this area, everyone shops at Whole Foods, the Farmer’s Market, eats organic AND very often gluten free/dairy free, they all go to the gym and do yoga... even the moms I know who do CrossFit and weight training all seem to have girls. I highly suspect atomic’s theories on the Privileged Daughter at work here. That, and the fact that most women in this town are super-duper image obsessed, so they restrict calories/diet quite heavily. I’m a size 10 and am heavier than most women in this area.

So, while I’m no expert and I always defer to atomic on this forum, I do think it’s possible to sway girl with whole foods or higher nutrient foods.

(P.S. I have 3 boys, so clearly I’m not one of the affluent privileged. Lol!)

[atomic sagebrush]

Ok I'm back, thx for patience.

LE Diet FAQ 1 is here http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...-diet-faq.html

I think it is absolutely totally 100% possible to do LE Diet with whole foods and I have a variant of diet based on Perfect Health Diet (a paleo, whole food diet) here, about 5 from the top, called "atomic fertility diet" and anyone can follow it, even tho this is the PCOS thread the diets can be utilized by anyone http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...rt-3-pcos.html

What you guys need to understand is LE Diet isn't really a THING in the way that people think of when they think of "a diet". Like the Weston Price guidelines, LE Diet is really a set of goals or guidelines and NOT an "eat this not that" type of diet with all the "magic foods" baloney.

All you need to do when following LE Diet is 1500-1800 cal, 40-50 g protein (and some may bump this to 50-60, the important thing is that it's less protein than you were eating before) 20-30% of your day's cals from fat and Omega 6 fats are better than Omega 3/saturated fats, and also trying to avoid snacking, skipping breakfast if possible, and keepign meals to 2-3 a day. Some people choose to limit sodium intake but this is not a necessity, and everyone MUST get 2500-3500 mg potassium a day for health.

When it comes to nutrients, remember, it's LOW nutrient, not NO nutrient. We cut back or cut out multivitamins and highly fortified foods, and when in doubt, all things being equal, if given a choice between a more or less nutrient dense food, pick the lower nutrient one. But that doesn't mean you can never eat higher nutrient foods, and in fact all low carb veg are free foods you can have as much as you would like with no need to count whatsoever.

[atomic sagebrush]

I live in a fairly affluent area of (Silicon Valley, and I will say that I notice a LOT more girl babies here than boy. By an overwhelming margin. (My oldest son had 10 girls in his preschool class and 3 boys... which is typical.) And in this area, everyone shops at Whole Foods, the Farmer’s Market, eats organic AND very often gluten free/dairy free, they all go to the gym and do yoga... even the moms I know who do CrossFit and weight training all seem to have girls. I highly suspect atomic’s theories on the Privileged Daughter at work here. That, and the fact that most women in this town are super-duper image obsessed, so they restrict calories/diet quite heavily. I’m a size 10 and am heavier than most women in this area.

So, while I’m no expert and I always defer to atomic on this forum, I do think it’s possible to sway girl with whole foods or higher nutrient foods.

(P.S. I have 3 boys, so clearly I’m not one of the affluent privileged. Lol!)

I tend to shop a lot in the "rich" section of my city (I'm not rich, I just live out of town and that's the closest area to where I live) and I agree that there are an overwhelming number of girls to affluent parents. The women are all rail thin and super healthy eaters but beyond that, I see tons of dads out biking with their kids and biking is one thing proven beyond a doubt to lead to a man fathering more daughters.

[atomic sagebrush]

I just wonder though, before processed foods came about, people were still having girls. It has to be possible, especially if you cut back to the diet limits and add in exercise. Maybe I'm wrong though, that's just what makes sense to me. You gotta do what's comfortable for you.

YES EXACTLY!!! Processed foods work not because there is some magic pink dust in them, but because they're low nutrient. People got girls back in the day without processed foods and around the world right NOW without eating processed foods.

[atomic sagebrush]

I jist don't have the means to eat any other way so I continue to eat my indian food on daily basis although smaller portions amd no snacking plus exercise

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and I think that it is a great way to go.