Having a really hard time giving up meat

[kaseybaby]

Except for Memorial day weekend I have not had red meat in a month. I have had some pork, but even that has been minimal.

I am having the hardest time not eating turkey. I just can't live on white carbs alone. I don't fill up and then I snack all day which I would think would be even worse.

Whenever I try to replace something for the turkey or chicken it is beans, which I am assuming we are not suppose to eat.

Argh! I hate this diet!!!!

[purplepoet20]

It was very hard for me... At first I tried the diet 100% full force and after 18hrs I crashed. After that I just slowly changed everything. Everyday pushing breakfast from 7am to 11am, controlling drink times, last I changed dinner to a vegan type meal. I slowly changed the type of foods as well cereal/milk for a vegan low everything lunch, all drinks were replaced with Crystal Light and Diet Caff free soda, and dinner was the hardest but it is now vegan with pasta or rice.

I am breastfeeding so I am not doing the full diet like others... min protein and nutrients needed for breastfeeding was planned first and hitting the min with everyday became easy by the end of the first week.

[kaseybaby]

I totally stopped breakfast, accept for maybe one or two strawberries. My lunch is completely vegetarian (almost always), sometimes I have a piece of cheese. The only things I drink are water, peppermint tea, 1 cup of coffee a day or one cup of regular tea, and diet caffeine free coke, It is dinner that is my issue. I am not adding salt to anything, and I am working on my vegetarian dinners. But tonight I really want to make a roast chicken. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. I am going on a month and not TTC until July.

[purplepoet20]

We are not trying until after July 1st so I know your pain... I made left over lamb last night for the boys and I had veggie w/pasta, it was great and very hard. I ended up taking one bite (to make sure it was safe for them to eat) and that help to cut off the cravings.

To keep yourself in the girl dream... Just picture your little girl sitting at the table eating dinner with you. It makes you so much stronger to picture your goal.

[purplepoet20]

Tonight I am making chicken panang and I plan to eat a little of the meat but mostly rice/veggies/sauce.

[kaseybaby]

It is funny, when I look at people around me with girls, some of them fit the low nutrient diet to a T, but then others have done the complete opposite and have multiple girls.

I think I am going to make the chicken. I really want a DD, but I am not going to be able to keep this diet up for long so I would rather have meat now and cut it completely out the days leading up to ovulation. If I don't get pregnant by fall I don't think I am going to continue with this diet.

[purplepoet20]

A cheat here and there is ok....

I know what you mean about the people with all girls. It may just be what they ate for week/s before conceiving. Maybe they lost a lot of weight. Most people like to loose weight before getting pregnant.

[kaseybaby]

I am beginning to feel it is the wait loss that makes the biggest difference. I was at a steady weight, but was not losing as when I got pregnant I was only 117 lbs. Now do I need to get lower then that before I conceive or is the weight loss I am on (almost 13 lbs now) good enough. Do I need to get down to 114?

[purplepoet20]

10-15 lbs is good for a sway... If already in the low weight zone then don't loose to much because it can prevent pregnancy.

I was 179lbs after Christmas and currently 148 so I can loose more and I really should since I tend to gain 40lbs with my pregnancies.

[kaseybaby]

So you don't think I need to get lower then my weight when I conceived my DS?