LE Diet Thread

[Nessa84]

Tonight I had mushrooms, cauliflower, 1/4 cup if chick peas, 1 cup of cooked rice with 1/2 cup of Alfredo Sundried tomato sauce. I'm too full to eat my salad. Oh and a piece of bread with bruschetta.


Question...
Is 1/2 cup of cooked rice/pasta/couscous one serving? Just trying to be clear.

Also, what am I counting for cauliflower and broccoli? Just calories?

[weeziewoozles]

For me, half a cup is a tiny portion but I think you have to put it into MFP and see where your totals end up. For example for 1/2 a cup it says:
Rice (white) 121cals 2g protein
Couscous 88cals 3g protein
Pasta 110cals 4g protein

So if you had a whole cup you'd be looking at 4g protein if you have rice vs 8g protein if you have pasta. Hence I go for rice more often than pasta. And if you chose a bagel instead the ones I get are 230cals and 9g protein. Not sure I've been helpful!

[atomic sagebrush]

Look on what it says on packaging for serving size and use that

[Nessa84]

I made my own bread today. How do I figure out nutritional values?
Ingredients I use were: 2 cups of warm water. 1 TB vegetable oil, 1/4 tsp salt, 1TB sugar, 2.25 tsp yeast. Do I just go through each ingredient add them up then divide by slice?

[Lissastick]

Thanks for the clarification about the eggs, atomic!

I'm finding it extremely hard to follow the limited part of the diet during the TWW! I am not eating super nutrient dense foods, besides eggs. But, I am going over the calorie limit, I think while on the TWW...sigh
It's super easy to stick to it on my period and leading up to OVU because my appetite is touch and go anyway.

[Lissastick]

Though, I am a vegetarian all the time, for over a year now. But, my empty carbs I'm choosing are adding a lot of calories because of how much I eat! I used to have an eating disorder, so, I feel I start to get addicted to being hungry and it's a slippery slope.

[Nessa84]

So I bought a food scale haha. OMG pasta is NOT WORTH IT hahaha
I had 2 servings of pasta with cauliflower, peppers and alfredo sauce. It was delicious tho. And wine and candy.

[atomic sagebrush]

Homemade foods - you add up ingredients and divide by serving size. may not be worth the effort at the end of it all

during 2ww, prog rises and you end up hungrier and often with less self control. This is normal and something we all struggle with. Just do your best during this part of the cycle. If you have an eating disorder and feel things are slipping out of control then just stay veg and leave it at that.

Food scales, I do not recommend as they add to that "control-freakishness" feeling and I just posted a long explanation of this in a food scale thread, check it out!~

[Nessa84]

I needed the scale to understand what I was eating as I was WAY off just using my measuring cups and google to convert dry to cooked etc. So I am glad I have the hands on visual as now I know how to get my servings right.

So ladies, ... Matzos.... what do you do with them lol? Are they like a cracker? Do they substitute as a tortilla? This is definitely a new food item for me.

[weeziewoozles]

I've only used scales to weigh out things to do a visual as you say, then I guesstimate from then on with that in mind. Saves going way over and getting obsessed.

Tonight we're heading to our neighbours for a BBQ so I'm planning on having one veg burger and one veg sausage both in buns with ketchup, and a couple of glasses of vino. I had a few tinned potatoes in low fat mayo with salad for lunch, plus a packet of low fat Baked crisps. And I've had a snack of low fat instant noodles. So my totals should be ok