Let's record what we're eating to help each other

[weeziewoozles]

DTD once at a positive OPK.

Coconut water is high in potassium and while on the LE diet you have to be careful not to get low in this essential mineral

[smarston3]

Yesterday
Monday-coffee with coffemate
Lunch-pop tart, two rice cakes, grapes, and a low fat yogurt
Dinner-homemade cheese pizza and salad with balsamic vingerette dressing


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[weeziewoozles]

Hey ladies. Last night we had guests over for tapas so I made tonnes of food! I had a tiny bit of chorizo, bacon and a meatball, so filled up on Spanish omelette, roasted veggies, potatoes and bread. Definitely had too much food but as I cooked it all with oil spray etc and didn't have much meat, I think I did ok. We had chocolate mousse too but I only had one spoonful.

Today I have a temperature and have felt dizzy, so ate the leftovers from last night. So this week hasn't been very good LE

[weeziewoozles]

Still feeling rough. So hard to know whether to eat more to get rid of the bug or not

[Pbn3]

Hi all! Thought I was feeling confident in my levels lol am trying to increase calorie intake to 1500 - 1800 but stay within other ttc girl le diet guidelines but after reading some posts on here I feel like I'm eating really well. Can I have some advice on whether I've got this right? Will attach a few screen shots from myfitnespal hope they're not huge. I don't input every day as I double up alot. Lunch is a salad sandwich hence all the entries. I do have a treat here and there and go over some days but others I'm well under. TIA

[weeziewoozles]

Looks like you're doing well Pbn3. If you are just starting out then definitely aim for the 1500-1800 end for calories. Then after a few weeks you can see if you are losing or maintaining weight, and reduce calories if needed. I'm finding that about 1650 is enough to gradually lose a pound say across a week. If I go over with a cheat, then my weight stays still. If I underestimate calories in something then I could drop an pound or two in a day and I can't afford to lose weight that fast! To help keep your fat within range I'd try to have either cheese or pastry in a day but not both? That would take you over. Hope that's helpful! (and remember some ladies on here are on different levels due to PCOS)

[Pbn3]

Thanks weeziewoozles! I actually increased calorie intake as lost 12kg over last 6 months before starting le diet a week ago and want to slow down weight loss as still 3 months till I ttc and have about 6kg I would comfortably loose. Have a personised plan but it's so much help talking with others in the same situation! Will take your advice on cheese/pastry thing as they are pretty much a part of my everyday life lol. Do you take metamucil with a higher fat meal? I've been trying to but its just so gross I think I conveniently forget sometimes!

[weeziewoozles]

I take a couple of Chitosan tablets with lots of water before my main meal. My lunch tends to be loads of salad, a tiny bit of low fat mayo for flavour, some kind of low fat crisps, and then either baguette, wrap or potato to fill me up. I thought I'd miss having fish or chicken with my lunch as that's what I used to do, but I don't at all. Very occasionally I've had a mini pizza baguette and salad or a pack of instant pasta for lunch, but they take me much higher into my fat quotient so I have to adjust dinner.

For dinner (after my Chitosan) I have a whole variety of things but they revolve around white rice, pasta, reduced fat chips, swede/rutabaga to make chips or wedges, tonnes of vegetables, using cauliflower to make pizza bases or rice (super low in calories) and meat-free products like veggie burgers and sausages (but not the ones with soy protein in as they end up too high).

I find this keeps my protein and fat in the zones and leaves me under for my calories so then I add in wine, gone, beer, soda, sweets etc to get that up.

Hope that's helpful x

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

I'm in. Ttc June. Going hard with this sway diet and exercise wise so I'd love the input and support.
I drink 2 small coffees every morning. I don't have sugar and I have either half and half or low fat coffee mate (creamer). I can't give up my coffee I hope that's not a deal breaker!!
Yesterday:
Lunch was:
3/4 if a toasted pB sandwich (toddler stole the other 1/4....)
1.5 c raisin bran with 2% milk - MFP recorded 732 cals... Is that too much for one meal?

Dinner was
3 falafel patties, steamed broccoli, and baked spaghetti a squash with mush,onions, peppers sautéed in Olive oil. All tossed together and topped with just a sprinkle of parm 585 cals
Totals were 1500 cals and the breakdown attached. I think too much fat? I have such a hard time cutting the fat!!



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[maidentomother]

Yep too much fat (TWICE as much as you should be eating!) AND nearly all of it is healthy blue fats (saturated + to a lesser extent monounsaturated fats). I also found reducing fat and switching to pink friendly fats to be the most difficult aspect. Pre-swaying I ate an extremely high fat diet almost completely consisting of blue friendly fats.

Pink adjustments: for breakfast drink coffee black if possible, otherwise with the smallest amount of lowest cal fat free creamer you can find, for lunch just have toast with jam/jelly (no or minimal PB) & glass of skim milk or almond milk, for dinner use canola oil to sautee the veggies and less of it, and if you still need cals add a full sugar can of soda or glass of wine to one meal (fat free candy/baked goods and fruit are also good add-on options if you need more cals but have used up fat/protein for the day)

Also, you should avoid fortified cereal like raisin bran. Too many vitamins which sway blue. Cereal like red meat is one of those big no nos.

I also take fiber before any meal with substantial fat content.