LE Diet Thread

[Lissastick]

The L.E. diet is just too hard. I just don't think I can do it. I am a compulsive snacker. The only thing I can stick to is not eating meat. Skipping breakfast is simple enough, but, then my hunger gets the best of me and I binge snack and eat the rest of the late afternoon and evening. Are there other things I can do to make up for the fact (offset) that I don't exercise and I can't limit anything but meat!!! Arggghhh!!! I really want a girl, but, I like eating waaay too much!! Lol

[Erin514]

Well, every tactic you can manage will help your odds, so even if all you do is no meat, single attempt and skipping breakfast, that's still better than if you did nothing at all.

How many meals are you eating? If only two, would you maybe find it easier to stop snacking if you tried three or even four? Or could you eat something more filling at meal times?

[weeziewoozles]

I agree with Erin. Anything will help a bit and maybe you're not eating enough. Remind me of your daily consumption and how many cals/fat/protein that is

[Lissastick]

I haven't been doing exact counts because I am a former anorexic and that will send me down a slippery slope. I could try to make each meal more filling. I have been doing 2 meals and snacks in between each, but only in the evening/night.

I have adult adhd and I take adderall sometimes which helps me do intermittent fasting, which I love! I just had dinner and no snacks at all...but I don't think adderall is safe to take a lot when TTC. I also saw that it could increase the chance of miscarriage :/
I just had a miscarriage last cycle, but, I actually didn't take my meds at all.

[weeziewoozles]

So what foods are you eating?

[Girlieplease]

I think skipping breakfast and no meat at all are two solid sway tactics, you also have the chemical pregnancy swaying your odds of pink as well, so don't lose sight of that. There is just do much chance with it, you could get a girl easily with that sway, whereas someone else could exercise everyday, stick to two meals and get a bo. Don't stress about it, stress I think sways blue, just get a sway that you think sways pink but is something you can stick to and live with if it takes a long time to conceive if you know what I mean? You don't want to force yourself to go strict and then give up it all up because you cannot do it longer term. Remember I think the pink diet is all about decreasing fertility so it may take some months to get a bfp and therefore you might be on this lifestyle for a while.good luck!

Am back full force on the diet since a further Bfn this morning, no af as yet but need to focus on July now! Today am going to have a salad for lunch, six mile run then dinner will probably be potato and vegetables and wine, yay for Bfn I can have wine!

[weeziewoozles]

I'm struggling today. Not that I'm hungry, I'm ok at skipping breakfast, but that I feel a bit hopeless. Somehow have to find my positivity!

[Lissastick]

So what foods are you eating?

Chow mein noodles, pasta with homemade tomato sauce. Sometimes waffles, sometimes eggs. Corn chips. Cheese. And I've been eating sweets: ice cream, cookies. I have a terrible sweet tooth.

I am also like 20 pounds over my ideal weight

[Lissastick]

I eat healthier too, but, I try not to do super nutrient dense foods...I was eating crazy healthy foods before I started my swaying...

[weeziewoozles]

Hopefully Atomic will chip in but it sounds like a reasonable mix of foods to me. I find my lunch fills me up so much that I can't often fit it a snack before dinner, other than maybe a gin and tonic! So maybe you need more calories at lunch?

Here's my latest lunches:
A pack of low fat crisps, a wholegrain bagel, some low fat hummus and a huge heap of salad
A pile of new potatoes covered in a dollop of low fat mayonnaise and some spring onions, a heap of salad again, a chunk of low fat cheese, some chutney, and some crackers dipped in low fat hummus
Two low fat wraps filled with a smear of low fat mayonnaise, chopped lettuce, tomatoes, spring onions, mushrooms and peppers and either some cheddar, mozzarella or avocado, with a pack of low fat crisps.
A grilled vegetable burger (not soy protein but actual vegetables in a breadcrumb coating) in a bun or two slices of bread, with lettuce and low fat mayonnaise, and a salad.

All these really fill me up and are 500/600 calories x