Eating sweets??

[atomic sagebrush]

With this sway, if I ate any sweets it was usually at or around bedtime ( after dinner). Some milk chocolate or something yummy I baked that day

Sweets alone (with no/low protein) at bedtime have an added advantage becasue your blood sugar will crash during the night when you're asleep and you'll miss it!

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh. My. Goodness. I did not know we were allowed to eat so much crap on this diet. How did I not know this before!? And before bed? That's like prime snack time for me. It makes a whole day of practically starving myself worthwhile if I know I can chomp on sugary treats at night! And cookies?? Did someone say cookies? And cake? I'm totally drooling here

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crap is totally allowed. Worked for me!

[babygirl]

ok i am more confused than ever i thought i had it sorted in my head and now i feel like i got it all wrong. I have read and re read the foods but am totally lost. should i just avoid ALL meat in every shape and form and just eat veggies and pasta,rice small amount of bread. but small meals 2-3x/day.
The way most of you have said is how i have been eating for years, no breakfast crash and burn foods with the exception i would have meat. I have 6 boys maybe i should just drop the meat and carry on colombus lol
whats a girl to do?

[black&gold]

sooooo happy to read this as I started to worry about my few candies for dessert after my 2 meals! I like the answer because I LOVE candy

[atomic sagebrush]

recent research I've done has shown that high sugar intake can raise testosterone quite a lot - I think that probably sways more than the short-term effect on blood glucose. Next time I sway I'll be cutting down on this.

I think it depends on the person - but yes, for those who may have some IR or PCOS tendencies, high carb intake may potentially sway blue. For others, they need the sugar to keep the weight on and so I don't want anyone to be afraid to include sugar so long as they do not have a PCOS diagnosis or reason to believe they may have it. Sugar did the trick for me.

[atomic sagebrush]

ok i am more confused than ever i thought i had it sorted in my head and now i feel like i got it all wrong. I have read and re read the foods but am totally lost. should i just avoid ALL meat in every shape and form and just eat veggies and pasta,rice small amount of bread. but small meals 2-3x/day.
The way most of you have said is how i have been eating for years, no breakfast crash and burn foods with the exception i would have meat. I have 6 boys maybe i should just drop the meat and carry on colombus lol
whats a girl to do?

Yes, avoid all meat and eat less often. You can def. get a boy eating this way if your calorie, fat, protein intake is high and you eat fairly often. The only people who can't do this are those with insulin resistance and PCOS or tendencies that way, because their blood sugar tends to stay elevated a long time after eating.

[atomic sagebrush]

Also, everyone should realize that sugar/carbs adds up fast at 1500 cals...it's just not a lot of food if you ate pure carbs.

[myurkanin817]

Atomic is this something you think I can do? Eat one meal of rice or veggies & then right before bed time have some chocolate to raise but then drop my sugar levels?

I think it depends on the person - but yes, for those who may have some IR or PCOS tendencies, high carb intake may potentially sway blue. For others, they need the sugar to keep the weight on and so I don't want anyone to be afraid to include sugar so long as they do not have a PCOS diagnosis or reason to believe they may have it. Sugar did the trick for me.

[vilandra]

Hi everyone!

I am new to this site and I really love all the information I can find here. I started the LE diet a few days ago and it´s not easy for me because I used to be a huge snacker all day long... I also love sweets so this thread sounds great to me :-D
My question: My last "meal" of the day and my only sweet treat of the day is a cup of hot chocolate (made with low fat milk). I drink it at about 8 PM. I am delaying breakfast (not able to completely skip it at the moment, but working on it) and eat again between 10-11 A.M. Is my hot chocolate okay as a last "meal" of the day or should I try to find something else as it contains both carbs and protein (9 g)?

Thanks in advance!

[atomic sagebrush]

please bump this for me tomorrow!! thank u