LE Diet Thread

[Mom25boys]

I am just doing chicken. I'm not weighing it but doing an estimate google search. I'm also not doing it as rare as others. Many skip completely, but I need it 3-4 times a week in my protein limits. Red meat as far as I thought was beef and that possibly raises testosterone. Not sure of pork. I only stick to chicken and cheese and very rarely a white fish that I poach first.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Is it ok to drink instant mushroom & asparagus soup at the le diet?

Yes, it's fine.

You guys, I have a very hard time keeping up with these very long support threads. If you have a question PLEASE just post a new thread and ask me there. I rarely read these support threads, since most of the posts are people sharing meal ideas/cheering each other on.

[atomic sagebrush]

What technically is red meat? I've always thought of pork as white meat? Can you ladies tell me what meats you are doing besides chicken?

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Red meat is mainly beef/venison but I consider dark meat chicken/turkey to count for red meat.

My favorite meats for you guys to eat are fish and shellfish. Chicken and turkey (white meat) are ok. Things like bologna, hot dogs, even bacon are also acceptible.

Pork is a gray area. No, I do not consider it "white meat", I consider it red meat, but the thing is that the fat profile of pork has a lot of Omega 6 fat and that may sway somewhat pink. So I have pork as being ~probably~ more pink-friendly than beef but we do not have the data to say for sure.

The problem with ALL meats is this - because meat has a lot of protein and very few calories all things considered, it is SUPER easy to go over on protein from a small piece of meat and then have only eaten 3-400 calories. Then what do you eat the rest of the day??? Grains, legumes, nuts, dairy, eggs, soy - all have protein in them. YOu have no more protein to "spend" and still have to "buy" 1200 more calories of food and quite a bit of fat as well. This devolves into an awful diet where people are eating chicken and gummy worms (and will often just drop fat requirement totally which will delay or stop O for the majority of people) and cucumber or whatever. The LE Diet is meant to be a safe, healhty prepregnancy diet and eating chicken, margarine, and Craisins is NOT going to be safe and healthy.

So while you can have meat, just avoid that pitfall and all will be fine.

[Mom25boys]

OMG!!!!! I had no idea about the dark chicken. *$#%

Because there is so much more protein in the breast due to weight, it was easier calorie wise to choose a drumstick or thigh to help with protein in my day.

Ugh. I have been working so hard in my sway and now I have been doing red meat all along [emoji24][emoji24][emoji24][emoji24][emoji24]

Doesnt help when my OB says to me just now, "you can try for another, but dont expect to ever have a girl"

And I'm eating red meat. F@#$

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[atomic sagebrush]

Please don't worry about it, I don't think it makes any difference really as long as you're in limits. Red meat is allowed within limits! As long as you're in limits all is well. The thing is that some people DON"T stick in the limits and are doing more of a mineral balancing diet and they may be better off doing just white meat, but it's no biggie either way. Limits are what count.

Get a new doctor. They have no right to speak to you that way first of all, secondly you absolutely CAN have a girl, everyone can have a girl, there has never been any mechanism proven to prevent someone from having both genders!

[Mom25boys]

Please don't worry about it, I don't think it makes any difference really as long as you're in limits. Red meat is allowed within limits! As long as you're in limits all is well. The thing is that some people DON"T stick in the limits and are doing more of a mineral balancing diet and they may be better off doing just white meat, but it's no biggie either way. Limits are what count.

Get a new doctor. They have no right to speak to you that way first of all, secondly you absolutely CAN have a girl, everyone can have a girl, there has never been any mechanism proven to prevent someone from having both genders!

Thank you. No need to respond to my other post... was venting. Literally just left the doctor. Can you help me delete posts? I cant figure out how. Sometimes I post things and then find answers on the site and dont want extra things for you to respond to... especially because ppl have way more pressing matters.

I left this practice because this same doctor sent me in to get induced with a full term 4 lb baby and never showed up. But he is one of the smartest local doctors and I am on some depression meds that arent exactly studied in pregnancy. I needed his opinion safety wise.

He claims there are no studies that prove chlomid makes any more girls than boys. So now I'm wondering about his knowledge. And I'm so glad I didnt say a word about swaying.

I will find another doctor if I manage to succeed. With Male or female baby.

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[Mom25boys]

And I am in the limits. I stay at 50 protein and fat every day. Carbs and sugars sometimes I go over on the fitness app. But those and calories (1500) i stay in daily.

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[HGmama]

Thanks atomic! I'm not going to lie, I'm even more concerned that I am not doing the LE diet correctly. There's so much protein in everything! I tried tracking and failed miserably at the protein limit. It makes sense why I have not been losing weight at all....actually gaining. Let's just say I need more time to attempt the LE diet. That's the only consolidation to not getting pregnant as quickly as I'd like. I made some fish and squash for lunch for the next couple of days.

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[Mom25boys]

I know! Protein in everything!!! Make food and post on the thread with meal ideas. It really helped me to see what ppl eat. Although I eat significantly more. They eat one matza and I'll eat two for sure. I've been pigging out more, I think. I need to chill. Sometimes I just get so hungry, I overeat. I lost a little weight. Nothing spectacular.

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[atomic sagebrush]

And I am in the limits. I stay at 50 protein and fat every day. Carbs and sugars sometimes I go over on the fitness app. But those and calories (1500) i stay in daily.

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At 1500 calories, it's vanishingly unlikely that you could have done any harm at all over the dark meat chicken. I would not even worry about it.