Looking for help to make a fast sway, especially from UK ladies

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks for your response rainbowflower - wow - I can drink diet fizzy? That is going to make a huge difference to how easy this is!

Yeah - the fish is a tricky one. It will often be frozen anyway, but we use smoked mackerel such a lot and love it and it is so cheap. Oh well, short-term I am sure I can cope.

What do you think about the rest? I have this worry that I've misunderstood the whole theory!
And then, this evening I'd promised dh a full roast dinner. So I'm kind of stuck with that and *trying* to eat small portions.

For most swayers, we try to avoid meat and fish totally but if you find that extra protein helps with your PCOS, I would jsut try to eat a lot less meat, and a lot less often. As long as you're eating less protein than you were, that can only help, even if it's more than my regular recomendation.

[Gentle]

Thanks for all that!

I'm hoping to gradually cut out all meat and fish but I'm worried about my milk supply. Ds2 (10mo) has increased his feeding frequency whenever I've tried to diet before so I assume my supply had dropped. I love feeding him, so I don't want to risk pushing him to stop earlier than he wants to. He's feeding more often the last day or so though that might be his snotty cold...

I'm realising this dieting lark is fraught with danger! Tuesday was roast night, and too late to find an alternative. Tonight I'm eating at a friend's who knows I'm dieting but not swaying (not telling anyone IRL) so I'm just describing it as a detox! Tomorrow night is our anniversary of getting together/his proposal as we are going to the same restaurant - anyone know about salt in dishes at Cafe Rouge? And Sunday we're visiting with church friends so it is likely to be a roast lunch. Sigh! Other than that I'm pleased with my progress - no breakfasts, small lunches and dinners, and the biggest change of all for me - only a small handful of low-salt tortillas for an emergency snack 2 days out of 3 so far. Normally I'd have eaten the whole bag! So it's progress and I feel good about it - good enough to think I'll do better and better which is a very different place for my head to be!

Thanks again for all your support!

[atomic sagebrush]

Gradual cutbacks are always best for milk supply. I agree I've had trouble when losing weight while BF too.

All you can do is your best when faced with situations like that! Good luck!