LilithWiser1979 TTC a GIRL Sway Attempt

[atomic sagebrush]

Huge congrats, it looks great!!

[haymon2and1]

Looks incredible!!! Congrats! Do you mind if I ask..what were your main foods you ate? And did you do 3 meals a day? About what times were they? I'm sorry for all the ?s :-)

[LilithWiser1979]

I ate 2-3 meals a day, but had 2-3 cups of coffee with either sugarfree Coffeemate or Splenda sweetener and 1/2 cup whole milk in the morning. First meal was often 11 am, since we eat dinner by 6:30 pm. I ate a lot of steamed broccoli, steamed asparagus, roasted cauliflower and roasted brussels sprouts, iceberg lettuce salads and cucumbers. Gave up nuts completely. I ate a few strawberries, an occasional apple or pear, cantaloupe ****s, and bananas or avocado when my potassium was particularly low, but overall, very little fruit. Most days, one of my meals was a Thai Kitchen instant rice noodle lunch without the oil packet and a side salad with goddess dressing. Low protein, less than 300 calories, and it filled me up! I ate a lot of vegan BLT's on whole wheat bread (with vegan bacon) to satisfy meat cravings. I made "pizzas" by spreading a sugarless marinara sauce on a whole wheat pita, topping it with 1/4 cup part-skim mozzerella (and, when I had a meat craving, vegan sausage fried in margarine) and popped the whole thing in the toaster oven. I also made "LE alfredo" by putting low fat cream cheese and parmesan over whole wheat noodles and adding artichoke hearts and steamed broccoli to fill it out. My "second meal" was often just a glorified snack just to get me through to dinner. 3 cups of air-popped popcorn, a slice of toast with margarine, a rice cake with low fat cream cheese, or a piece of fruit and a salad. I also really got into baked potatoes towards the end of my sway. A small red baked potato with 1 tsp margarine and 1 tablespoon sour cream was surprisingly filling!

As you can see, I did NOT watch my salt. I think that's what made this doable for me. I REALLY hope it pays off!

[LilithWiser1979]

Oh, almost forgot... also had beer or wine every night before I ate. Supposedly, this keeps your blood sugar unnaturally low, so I figured it couldn't hurt. I also eat less when I have a buzz on! LOL!

[haymon2and1]

Hahaha! Thank you for all that info!! I feel like I'm eating way too much food but it always comes out to about 1500 calories and the lower end of fat/protein. I will have a tortilla and beans, bread and cheese, a bagel and cream cheese and just be stuffed..and that's including a little veggies and fruit! I feel like I'm doing something wrong haha

[LilithWiser1979]

Yup, that's how I felt a lot of the time. STUFFED, and under calories, LOL! You're not alone.

[momto4boyz]

Congrats, looks great! hope you get your girl

[haymon2and1]

Just out of curiosity.. Did you not eat a lot of fruit bc of its nutrition or did you just prefer more veggies? I love fruit and have to make myself eat some vegetables haha but not sure if fruit is more "nutritional" and maybe I should cut back..

[Houseofblue]

AWESOME sway Lilith, hope it's your pinky!!!!!

[LilithWiser1979]

I avoided fruit because it wasn't a free food like low carb veggies are, and because I generally didn't have any room for them after bowls of brown rice and cheese or a vegan-meat sandwich. I just wasn't really craving sugar. I was craving MEAT! Ah, it's so nice to snack and eat pork ribs and steak again!!