LE Diet help

[Princess Mom]

I honestly im willing to try anything for my DD to have a sister, when I go out and see families with sisters it breaks my heart, because my daughter really wants a sister

[Princess Mom]

Do I need to take fiber?
Or any supplements? If I'm not ttc until July, I want to be on the diet long and lose weight.

I'm not sure how to take baby asprin

[atomic sagebrush]

re bread and pasta - most people do up intake of carbs, but since you have a fair bit of weight to lose I'd keep that to a dull roar for now till some of the weight has gone. Many find they lose more easily without too many white carbs.

The most important thing is to stick within limits for the day and in the DM section you'll see a thread called "Best-Worst Food Guide" that will help you a lot.

Answered re chicken in other thread

RE artificial sweeteener - it is at your discretion but I do not recommend anything more than the FDA approved amount of 2-3 servings per day. It is not very effective at all, I have seen people get boys with frightening amounts of the stuff and since it doens't work well, please keep it safe and sane.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yay I love my fitness pal! Sounds good
You think I can eat Special K bars and oatmeal, it's something I like to eat especially when trying to loose weight.
I'm going to join now because I need to know the limit of protein etc

I'd keep it to a minimum but the bars are ok now and then when you're on the go. I'd skip oatmeal itself tho.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh I'm a huge sweet lover! My whole Fam is, we can't go a day without Chocoalte or cake!! But I am giving that all up!

You can have chocolate and cake on LE Diet within reason.

The only people who can NOT ever have it is those who are on the alternate diets because of severe PCOS and can't tolerate the sugar. but most people can have it now and then even on the alternate diets.

[atomic sagebrush]

Do I need to take fiber?
Or any supplements? If I'm not ttc until July, I want to be on the diet long and lose weight.

I'm not sure how to take baby asprin

I can't give individual recommendations on supplements without a sway plan, there are too many variables.

MOst people should use some fiber, it really does seem to help a bit.

In my signature there is a link to the Complete Index which is all the essays together in one place in alphabetical order and they will really help.

With baby aspirin, I am moving away from using that because there are risks and the results were not good enough to justify continuing it. Some peopel still want to use it and that's ok. there is a whole essay in the index on how to use aspirin.

[atomic sagebrush]

I find jelly sweets or marshmallows good if you need to bring up your calories for the day and are much better for pink then chocolate or cake for your sugar fix

A lot of people prefer jellies or marshmallows on standard LE diet! they are just empty cals without much else going on.

You can still have other things too if they fit in your limits.

[atomic sagebrush]

What about for coffee or lattes what type of milk is good to use? I'm not sure where to find all this info at?

Do you still eat meat?

Please look in the Complete Index, it will really help.

Types of milk vary depending on an individual's health needs. I used rice milk. Some people use skim dairy, others use full fat dairy because it is better for blood sugar and fertility, but may be somewhat blue friendly.

What you need to understand is it's not about the "Right or wrong" foods, it's about lowering your overall fertility and nutrient intake, and blood sugar. So you need to choose the foods that can best help you do that.

I didn't eat much meat when I got my daughter nor much dairy either..

[atomic sagebrush]

Oops! I didn't know that chocolate was a no no.

White and milk chocolate are fine, dark choc is prob. ideally avoided but if a little sneaks into your mouth now and then no worries.

[atomic sagebrush]

Sounds good, I'm giving up Chocoalte and soda.
I figured if I cook for my famil, I can just eat the sides.
Today I had to go out for dinner with my husbands family and we had eggplant

No reason to give up chocolate and soda, I would focus on giving up things that sway really strongly and both diet and regular soda are ok, as are white and milk chocolate. IF you're miserable the whole time you'll end up cheating or quitting.

That is what I did, i just made normal meals and then ate the veg and side dishes and desserts and got a girl doing htat.