Alternatives to LE diet?

[Tree]

Where are you from?

Read on. Australia. I think there is an Australian mums thread, if you can't find it then perhaps start one. I'm from the uk and that's what I did. There are some very helpful ladies here!

[harleyquinn]

Dieting isn't mandatory to sway. Don't do it if it sacrifices your mental health in any way or stresses you out. I didn't diet and feel perfectly fine with that (but also ok with any outcome)

Even small changes can help, like dropping fortified foods (like cereal), swapping a salad dressing, leaving out meat at dinner a few nights a week, and just pretend you are going to be a Vegas showgirl and really NEED to fit into some tight outfit! Like...don't eat dessert or cheesecake for breakfast, yk?? Its isn't rocket science and isn't meant to be hard. Baby steps go a loooong way.

[Amaunet]

Thanks everyone, I'll look for some Aussies

[atomic sagebrush]

I explained this already in Amaunet's custom sway forum but just for anyone else reading this thread who is now alarmed or confused, the diet that comes with the Custom Sway Plan is meant as an example only. I never intended for any people to follow THAT diet day in and day out, in fact I have advised several people NOT to, it is not suitable for the vast majority of people anyway, and I certainly would never give that diet to a person with celiac disease.

The Custom Sway Plans do NOT come with personalized diet plans. It is a sway plan, not a diet plan. For me to do that, I would have to charge an exorbitant amount of money and be very limited in the number of people I am able to help. Also, since there are people here from across the US and the world and every individual has their own likes and dislikes anyway, it would be difficult to the point of impossible for me to make designer diets for people who don't even have the same foods available to them as I do. I personally also believe that prepackaged diet plans, of the sort where you get 2 weeks worth of menus/recipes, are next to useless for busy moms because it takes tons of shopping and planning and you have to eat things you don't even like or want anyway.

The solution that we use is for each person WITH MY HELP to work on their own diet using LE principles. That's what those custom sway forums are meant for. We can put our heads together and come up with something that will work for you.

BTW, the LE Diet is totally safe and based on the recommendations of reproductive endocrinologists as a safe caloric intake for weight loss prior to TTC, and the protein/fat intake are those recommended by the World Health Organization and the governments of many countries as a safe lower limit of protein and fat intake.

Low carb vegetables are UNLIMITED on the diet, so that diet plan is meant to be aside from any vegetables that you eat. You can literally eat as many vegetables as you want to, you do not need to count them for calories, protein, fat, or anything else.

[atomic sagebrush]

It's sounds like Atomic wrote the plan without knowing all the details. I'm sure if you let her know your concerns she will adapt it accordingly. Don't worry.

No, I had all the details and the plan was made specifically for that individual. The plan does not include diet. The cost is for the sway plan and then the private sway forum for 6 months where I act as a sway coach and HELP people with their diet.

The issue is that the diet plan is meant as an example of what a person MIGHT eat on an LE type diet and is not customized, so I think there was some confusion. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/have...-plan-faq.html

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks! I could be vegetarian but would need some protein from somewhere, (for energy and fullness) especially if I'm only eating a few meals. Being coeliac limits many carbs (especially convenience carbs). My morning break isn't until almost 11am, I could wait, but then my food options would be limited to what I could bring to work and most breakfast bars etc have gluten or are quite nut heavy - so not LE friendly?

Is low calorie more important than low protein? I actually think the low calorie part would be ok. - if I'm mostly eating fruit and veg, I'd probably struggle with eating enough calories. But with extremely low protein I'd be a mess!

Some nuts are fine on LE Diet. There are NO forbidden foods on the LE Diet, you can have whatever you would like to eat, as long as you stick within the overall limits of the diet.

this is NOT an extremely low protein diet. It is a NORMAL protein diet. Many sources believe that the intake of protein in first world countries is too high for health anyway. I call it "Low Everything" diet because it's a catchy name, not because it is dangerously low in any nutrient.

[atomic sagebrush]

I have, but reading thru the LE section, I just don't see how it will work for me! There is also the issue of not being in the US and having to convert everything and source similar products as the brand names in the shopping list etc aren't available here.

Eat what you normally eat, adjusting portion sizes accordingly. This is meant to be an easy-to-follow, easy-to-do thing. The shopping list itself is just meant as a helpful thing and not as a "you must buy this or your sway will fail" thing. There is no earthly way I could tailor make 196 shopping lists for every country on the globe, I had to stick with what I am familiar with, I apologize but it's the best that I can do.

Again, I NEVER intended for that diet plan to be anything other than one example. The LE Diet is meant to be pretty much unlimited and infinitely flexible, all you need to do is eat 1500-1800 cals (up to 1800-2000 for those who need to keep weight on), 40-50 g protein (and you can certainly increase this if you would like, many people do 50-60 g) and 20-30% of your cals from fat which any doctor will tell you is what you should be eating anyway. In your plan I had you continue multivitamins due to your health issues.

[atomic sagebrush]

2 meals vs. 3 or 4 is totally at your discretion BTW. Some people like fewer, bigger meals, others like smaller meals more often. If you need breakfast, EAT IT. These things are recommendations that have worked for some people, not commandments.