A few questions now we're getting closer to attempt

[thirdtimeclucky]

I didn't realise we were to stay under 150g carbs? Better stay on track with that!

[thirdtimeclucky]

Sorry to hijack your post english dame!
Good luck for your attempt!

[EnglishDame]

Carbs is something I don't actually pay much attention to if I'm honest. I focus more on protein and fat and have a lot less carbs than I used to but I know that most days I'm probably over the 150g, just need to hope that doesn't make my sway fail but I know I'm doing the best I can. If it's not enough I've tried. This is the pcos le diet though, the normal le diet I'm not sure about!

[atomic sagebrush]

1)Yes that's a good time to start the e4d.

2)It is highly unlikely that anything you eat really does anything. I find the whole pineapple thing to be psychological and unneccesary. Plus, if you needed to eat a certain food such as pineapple to make a baby stick in your uterus the entire human race would have died out a long time ago since pineapple is native to South America and no one ever ate it until people began moving into that area (15,000 years ago) and then all the rest of us didn't experience the joy until the 1500-1600's (and generally much later than that)

The human body knows how to get and stay pregnant without eating a magical food. It's fine if you want to eat it, but it is not necessary to pregnancy.

[atomic sagebrush]

I didn't realise we were to stay under 150g carbs? Better stay on track with that!

That is just a guideline for people with moderate to severe PCOS. If you're on the PCO-type diet for some other reason you have much more leeway than that (or if you only have mild to mod. PCO)

[thirdtimeclucky]

That is just a guideline for people with moderate to severe PCOS. If you're on the PCO-type diet for some other reason you have much more leeway than that (or if you only have mild to mod. PCO)

Ahhh so I don't have to worry too much about carb amount if I'm on the normal LE diet Atomic?
I'm finding I'm finally getting a bit of an idea of how to stick to my limits with protein, kjs and fat. To add carbs in will just throw another spanner in the works for me! Haha

[atomic sagebrush]

Ahhh so I don't have to worry too much about carb amount if I'm on the normal LE diet Atomic?
I'm finding I'm finally getting a bit of an idea of how to stick to my limits with protein, kjs and fat. To add carbs in will just throw another spanner in the works for me! Haha

No, this thread is me talking to some people who have PCOS and are on the alternate diet. And even people on the PCO-type diets do NOT need to count grams of carbs under normal circumstances. When I made the PCO-type LE Diet I took all that stuff into account and by counting ONLY calories, protein, and fat, and changing over to "better" carbs like fruit, veg, whole grains then the carbs take care of themselves without even having to worry about it.

[atomic sagebrush]

Carbs is something I don't actually pay much attention to if I'm honest. I focus more on protein and fat and have a lot less carbs than I used to but I know that most days I'm probably over the 150g, just need to hope that doesn't make my sway fail but I know I'm doing the best I can. If it's not enough I've tried. This is the pcos le diet though, the normal le diet I'm not sure about!

Agh you guys, I am not sure how we have gone so far off the rails here but:

1)Anyone on the PCOS-type LE Diet does not need to worry about carbs anyway as the guidelines take care of the carbs for you.

2)Only people with relatively severe PCOS (UNTREATED by other dietary changes or Metformin) ever need to worry about that beyond following the alt. diet anyway. This is like 1% of all the people on the site, if that even.

3)IF you are already following an overall sway diet that is tailored towards PCOS and/or are on Metformin (which please recall, English, corrects for much of this) you even more so do not need to worry about this.

I do not want, and never HAVE wanted anyone to count grams of carbs. It has never been part of the LE Diet in any way, in any form of the diet at all. I can't remember specificlly what was asked that the number came up but that is a guideline for people who have moderate to severe PCOS and are not already on an appropriate diet and or medication.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ok but if you really feel like you need the sleep, don't hesistate to catch up now and then.

It's a little over the rec. amount of 150 g but the metformin corrects for that. I'd feel ok with that since you're on the Met.

I was trying to reassure someone with PCO who had eaten 155 g of carbs (PLUS is taking medication!!) that their diet was fine. I was using that number as a way to reassure someone who was afraid that they were eating too many carbs that they were actually very much in line with the guidelines even for people with severe PCOS!!

[EnglishDame]

Really appreciate all the wonderful advice Atomic!