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[atomic sagebrush]

Hey Atomic. I’m on my phone and having difficulty finding your “HE in a nutshell” article. I just need a reminder what protein/fat/carbs proportions are good for HE. Thanks!

Hey! I managed to get this "repaired" so I could answer this (not sure if you remember but I couldn't open this thread because there were 2 punctuation marks in the title, irritating glitch). Thanks for your patience.

The HE Diet doesn't work like the LE Diet - it doesn't really have the firm limits. While I have "90-120" g protein as a sort of a goal, and 2200-2500 as a sort of goal, the truth is that many women with all girls are very light eaters and simply cannot eat that much. A large minority (even as many as 40% or so) end up somewhere between 70-90g protein, and an even larger minority (about half) of all blue swayers actually eat between 1800-2200 calories.

You may have noticed that I didn't list "fat" in those macros, and that's because fat is just an "eat as much as you can" kind of thing. People need to eat somewhere in the range of 70-120 g protein and 1800-2500 calories, depending on their individual metabolisms, their starting weights, the amount of exercise they're doing, if they're breastfeeding, and so forth - since some people don't gain any weight on HE, others gain like 1-3 lbs, others gain 5-8, and the thinnest people gain up to 15 lbs. AND we also aim at getting that 9-11 servings of fruit and veg if possible, cereal at least once a day usually, plus things like whatever side dishes like hamburger buns, potatoes, rice, etc that you need to get the protein foods down. So fat should just be "whatever amount of healthy and/or saturated animal fat is left available to get up to the cals needed after I've eaten my protein, fruit, veg, cereal. You'll get some fat thru the milk on cereal and the fat in the meat and stuff, but you fill in the gaps between what you must eat and the cals you need by then using things like butter, cheese, mayo, salad dressings, olive oil, nuts to get up to your cal intake.

[LMSM]

That’s a interesting question sorry for highjacking Mommymachine..hopefully this helps others.
I was actually wondering about ratios yesterday..like, would the whole protein+carb still work if say a snack had 5g protein but 20g carbs etc? (Just making up random #s)
Is there a minimum ratio for it to be considered ok? Every once in a while I get caught out (I do Prep in advance where possible to avoid this) and grab something that is mainly carbs or fat but low in protein compared to the rest. I (try ) don’t sweat it too much but want to be prepared so can phase out things that won’t hit the ratio #...

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes it does!! It really doesn't take many carbs to keep your blood sugar up without having to resort to burning stores of fat as fuel (which is really our endgame here - you're not trying to keep your blood sugar at some super level, it's just trying to avoid burning the stores of fat off as fuel)

[LMSM]

Yes it does!! It really doesn't take many carbs to keep your blood sugar up without having to resort to burning stores of fat as fuel (which is really our endgame here - you're not trying to keep your blood sugar at some super level, it's just trying to avoid burning the stores of fat off as fuel)

Awesome, thanks
Trying to keep BS level and not do the spike and crashes you get with eating lots of carbs alone but was worried for stuff that might have both but more carbs iykwim?

[LMSM]

Mommymachine - where are you at with your sway and ttc?
How your sweet littlest girl?

[atomic sagebrush]

Awesome, thanks
Trying to keep BS level and not do the spike and crashes you get with eating lots of carbs alone but was worried for stuff that might have both but more carbs iykwim?

Don't overthink it though, this is easy!

DON'T eat: a soda and a bag of Cheetos
DO eat: A snack of real food even if it has 5 g protein and 20 g carbs

[LMSM]

Don't overthink it though, this is easy!

DON'T eat: a soda and a bag of Cheetos
DO eat: A snack of real food even if it has 5 g protein and 20 g carbs

Haha In the past, I totally could have been eating a (full) bag of Cheetos :P
You'd be proud of my breakfast spread in front of me right now though - tea with milk/ handful of almonds with blueberries/strawberries and a piece of homemade protein almond and banana bread
It's so weird that I a totally don't feel like coffee and actually am hungry enough to eat something ^^

[atomic sagebrush]

PERFECT!! I love it!

[mommymachine]

Well, we did it! We attempted this month! I’m 7DPO today. I’ll keep everyone posted.

[LMSM]

Yeahhhh Mommymachine! Wishing you a sticky healthy bean on the way this cycle