How much "sway cheating" is ok before it's too much?

[business.woman]

Ok now I can happily enjoy eating ice cream LOL ! Thanks


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[Throwaway_panther]

Additions to that 'meal plan' are that the meals that I have been eating have been higher in sodium than I was aiming for. And also, I'll have the occasional bag of chips or ice cream with my meal :/

Occasional isn't going to harm anything, and chips or ice cream aren't the sorts of things to make or break any sway! And what do you consider much higher for sodium? Even though the general consensus here is that the mineral diets don't do much (especially since in all of my reading, I think the mineral diets were just tangentially pH diets...?)

I definitely had the occasional ice cream following a meal before conceiving my DD -- in fact, outside of alcohol, I'd say ice cream was one of my bigger vices right before conceiving DD (since I'd "save up" all my calories and then starve all day and then have a big meal + ice cream since it was such a hot summer and fall).

[LuvMyGuys]

Ha, I wish I was, XX! I did it religiously for a while, weighing everything and sticking to the fat and protein limits, but my meals are waaaay bigger now and the days when I've tracked I've been within (higher end) of fat, but at maybe 60g protein. I'm fine with that to be honest, it's ok for me where I am emotionally at the minute and I am prone to getting food obsessive plus I'm still dealing with my miscarriage. I'm no longer exercising but being veggie, no snacking, wine and black coffee is fine and fits into my life quite easily. I guess we will see what the future holds! I'm feeling positive today after strong ov pains and positive opk (haven't dtd as wasn't sure if miscarriage was over and was worried about infection risk), but pleased my body seems to be moving on.

Sorry to have hijacked this thread!! [emoji51]


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No need to be sorry, you didn't highjack this thread at all. I can relate to a lot of what you and others here are saying, so I appreciate all your posts and replies

[LuvMyGuys]

Occasional isn't going to harm anything, and chips or ice cream aren't the sorts of things to make or break any sway! And what do you consider much higher for sodium? Even though the general consensus here is that the mineral diets don't do much (especially since in all of my reading, I think the mineral diets were just tangentially pH diets...?)

I definitely had the occasional ice cream following a meal before conceiving my DD -- in fact, outside of alcohol, I'd say ice cream was one of my bigger vices right before conceiving DD (since I'd "save up" all my calories and then starve all day and then have a big meal + ice cream since it was such a hot summer and fall).

Thank you! Now I don't feel so bad about my occasional ice creams either! I'm definitely eating less since I got used to not eating as much as before, so when I have it, I appreciate it so much more!

[Inhope]

I have just started the LE-diet and so far I think that I'll be able to manage to stick for it. BUT the hardest things for me to give up is the candy on weekend evenings (friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings) for me, with 3 small children, these times are the best of the week (boring, right? LOL). The children sleeping and me and my DH alone with a lot of candy and a good movie And it really depresses me to give it up.

I eat about 1100 kcal a day Monday to Thursday (no problems at all) and I'm planing to eat and drink 1000 - 1300 cal extra (wine and candy), in other words 2000-2300 cal, Friday to Sunday to compensate the small amount cal on Monday to Thursday. My BMI is about 18 so I don't need to loose any weight. I eat about 45 g protein and 50 g fat a day.

So what do you think is best RE the eating pattern on weekends. Either I eat like this:

Friday:

Coffee

9.30 (16 h since my last meal the day before) two sandwiches with cheese. Coffee

2 pm lunch - mostly vegetables and coffee

6 pm a small sandwich and maybe some sparkling wine before.

Around 8-9 pm candy (and movie)

Saturday

Either cheat and don't wait 16 h since the candy meal the day before, and eat the first meal around 10.30 or 11 am
Or skip it and wait to 1 or 2 pm and eat my first meal then.

About 2 pm vegetables and coffee

6 pm two sandwiches and maybe two glasses of sparkling wine before.

Around 8-9 pm candy (and movie)

Sunday
Same pattern as Saturday. But no candy or wine at night. Just some candy for desert after lunch and dinner. And then wait 16 h for the next meal the day after.

The candy will not break my protein or fat limits and I think that it would be good for me to increase the cals on weekends to prevent to much weight loss. The problem is that it will not be 16 h between my last meal and the first the day after and if I don't exchange it for another meal it will also be an extra meal. If I eat around 11 the next day it will only be 14 h between.

I think that it going to be hard for me to stick to the diet for 12 weeks (and probably more) if I don't have my candy cheats on weekends to looking forward to. I guess what I'm asking for is if you think that it's ok to eat candy for about an hour or one and a half at 2 nights a week and either skip the first meal the day after and eat after 16 h after the candy the night before or if it's ok to cheat at Saturdays and Sundays and just wait 14 h and also add the candy as an extra meal? Do I make sense at all?

I really would like to hear how you do?

I hope that you could understand my English, it's not my first language.