Having trouble knowing what i can eat

[HealthyGirl]

Thanks


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[atomic sagebrush]

Does that mean sweet and sour chicken with rice is ON the menu?

yes

[atomic sagebrush]

I forgot to add I also had a salad almost every day for lunch (From panera) but just lettuce, cucumber and chicken on it.... and if i had a salad for lunch i made sure to have no more chicken the rest of the day. I also only had 1 glass of whole milk a day (I used to drink like 4 glasses of 1% a day). If I didn't feel like salad I would have a brown rice bowl with chicken and cheese from chipotle but not every day as it was at the upper end of my protein limit.

I also drank coke zero and crystal lite - and peppermint tea in the morning with 2 splenda.

Linz did a great job with the alt diet and IMO did it perfectly.

[atomic sagebrush]

not sure if you saw this thread already http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...rt-3-pcos.html

rE breakfast, if you need it, EAT IT. It is just one thing that may help a bit. I think you would benefit from eating pure protein in the morning such as ****d cheese or egg whites. No carbs for you at breakfast.

[atomic sagebrush]

Mum4life - I have been avoiding Vegemite even though I love it. I don't know if I read somewhere or if I just made the assumption that it was high in vitamins so I avoid. I also avoid peanut butter because of the protein.


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I have it in a "something to avoid" category but it is fine a couple times a week. Everything is fine a couple days a week.

[atomic sagebrush]

Maidenmother you say to eat whole grains and avoid white/refined grains.
I was under the assumption that white rice is ok to eat.

Can someone please clarify since I eat lots of white rice.


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There are two forms of the diet and I do not know which is better.

Some information has it that everyone with PCOS or fertility challenges should have only whole grains and never white.

Other information has it that people with PCOS or fertility challenges should go gluten free and in this situation it is ok to have white rice and in fact desirable as the brown rice may not be ideal for fertility.

Both sets of information make biological sense to me, both from very reputable sources based on good research and logic, and thus it is something that I personally do not know which is best so must leave it up to each individual.

My suspicion is that there is a genetic component at play and it may be that those who can't tolerate gluten well, are going to do better with the white rice, and those who have more extensive insulin resistance are going to do better with the whole grains. But there is no way to really generalize it more than that and we've been seeing good results with both variants.

[atomic sagebrush]

I usually leave 14hrs between dinner and breakfast, so this is ok?? I love vegemite, wah! oh well lol... what other spreads would be ok to use? cream cheese?

Vegemite a couple times a week is fine. Cream cheese is also fine. Peanut butter a couple tiems a week, hummus, margarine all ok

[Mum4life]

Thanks atomic! I will try with the protein in the morning.. i can usually only stomach toast or cereal lol but i will fiddle with things and see how i go. Linz do you have your sway attempt up somewhere??

[Mum4life]

Ok, so i am thinking scrambled egg whites for breakfast now lol. I can handle some eggs.. just not meat. No meat for breakfast ugh lol

[atomic sagebrush]

WHere PCOS is concerned you can actually go with one or two whole egg a day, for the most part. You will need to be getting more of your cals from fats and proteins, fewer from carbs, and egg whites are SOO low cal I fear you'd quickly go over on protein and have not enough cals for the day.