January 2014- Let's record what we are eating!

[SamS_TTCPink]

10am large flat white

1pm iceberg lettuce, low sodium cheese, low fat sour cream, refried beans, mushrooms & capsicum.
& PopTart.

6pm half a vegetarian pizza & 2 pieces of garlic bread.

9:30pm low fat hot choc & pop tart.

1500cals 60gfat! And way too much sodium!! 😞

[PrimalMamma]

Black coffee all morning.

12:30 - quinoa & veggies with tahini & chilli & a diet strawberry yoghurt

3pm - diet hot chocolate & a small 30g packet of low fat chocolate biscuits.

6pm - lentil patties with tahini & chilli dressing & an enormous pile of steamed veggies
A schooner of beer & 2 glasses of white wine.

1530 cal 31g protein 42g fat


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[weeziewoozles]

My day:

10am black decaf coffee
11:45 WeightWatchers vegetable soup, plain bagel, Walkers Baked crisps and an Orangina. Then a WW (WeightWatchers) jaffa cake bar.
4:45pm Cassava chips, peanuts and my delicious Gin and Tonic!!! (I LOVE it that this sways pink).
7:00pm I'm going to have a small cheap pizza which I'm adding peppers and mushrooms too, with a glass of red wine (I know white is more pink but I've not drunk white wine, unless you count champagne, for at least a decade, and I love strong red wines!).

Totals should end up 1763 cals, 32g fat, 51g protein

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[weeziewoozles]

By the way, I'm not watching sodium at all this time round as Atomic says there's not much evidence and as I'm trying to eat more processed foods this time, it's tricky to avoid sodium!

[weeziewoozles]

18658
Not sure if this is working but this is the ONLY way to drink gin and tonic in my opinion :)

[daisymoo]

Ha! I hope you fill it up to the very top! ;)

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[weeziewoozles]

Ha! I hope you fill it up to the very top! ;)

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Ha ha! I'd be sozzled if I did that :)

[PrimalMamma]

Black coffee & about 1.5L peppermint tea throughout the day
11am - diet hot chocolate
1pm - huge salad sandwich on grain bread & a diet passionfruit yoghurt
3pm - another diet hot chocolate
6pm - lentil patty with tahini & chilli (kind of over lentil patties lol) & a huge pile of steamed broccoli, plus a tiny piece of grilled mackerel (stollen for the kids!)
2 glasses white wine
2 glasses red wine
Skinny Cow icecream
1342 cal 37g protein 32g fat



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[bluebonnet22]

So yesterday I was on the go all day and ate restaurant food! I still stayed within limits so I will post anyways, but please don't judge for my crappy eating :)

Breakfast : Coffee + creamer
Lunch: 1/2 tomato and mozzarella panini from panera + bread and small pat of butter
Dinner: 7 layer burrito from taco bell (vegetarian - has rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole), 2 glasses of sangria

1408 calories, 38 grams of fat, 39 grams of protein

[Marika]

So yesterday I was on the go all day and ate restaurant food! I still stayed within limits so I will post anyways, but please don't judge for my crappy eating :)

Breakfast : Coffee + creamer
Lunch: 1/2 tomato and mozzarella panini from panera + bread and small pat of butter
Dinner: 7 layer burrito from taco bell (vegetarian - has rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole), 2 glasses of sangria

1408 calories, 38 grams of fat, 39 grams of protein

I wouldn't say that looks crappy, looks delicious!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Looks yummy bluebonnet and you did a great job staying within the limits! 👍

[SamS_TTCPink]

10am lrg flat white

12:30pm 8 brown rice crackers & slice of low sodium cheese. Rice milk coffee & pop tart.

6:00pm stir fry veg, half a cup of white rice, tablespoon of refried beans, tablespoon sour cream, sml amount of cheese. So yum!!

10pm low fat hot choc.

1200cals 34g protein 39g fat.
No exercise today. 😞

[weeziewoozles]

12pm Lunch - Quorn chicken style burrito, Walkers Baked crisps, an Orangina and two WW jaffa cake bars.
5pm - G&T and NuMe cassava crisps
8pm - vegetable stir fry and rice with mini spring rolls and sweet chili sauce, plus some red wine

Totals should be:
1790 cals 22g fat 35g protein (so a bit high on sugar and short on fat and protein so I might throw an egg or two into my rice)

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[PrimalMamma]

Epic epic fail... I am a stress comfort eater. We have a LOT of stressful stuff going on ATM (husband has been made redundant, for a start....) and yes I know stress is "Blue Territory".

Anyway...

1pm - quinoa, veggies, tahini & low sodium soy sauce.
2pm - oh dear.... Huge blow out with my work afternoon tea, a pile of baked dim sims & curry puffs & sausage rolls & God knows what else. And brownies.
6pm - steamed green veg.
Also - 3 glasses wine.
1726 calories 40g protein 55g fat. Ugh.


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[bluebonnet22]

PrimalMamma -You did fine, relax, cheating is encouraged! Also, I'm so sorry about your husband. From what I understand that kind of stress sways pink so I wouldn't worry about that ruining your sway. I think it's "obsessive stress" (people obsessing about their sway) that sways blue, not stress that's out of your control like that.

[SamS_TTCPink]

I had a shocking day!!! 😢

There was a Mothers Day breakfast at the kids school and I had a white roll with egg and bacon and an apricot Danish!

It was DS6 2nd birthday and so we took him out for a babychino and I had a large flat white. We then took him to an indoor playground and there was nothing LE friendly on the menu so it was potato wedges for lunch.

Then we had dinner at my parents and we had Chinese takeout and then cake!!

OMG! What have I done??!? 😞

[weeziewoozles]

Don't panic ladies! It's a general pattern you're aiming for not a one off anything. I've just spent an hour making a huge beef tagine for a family lunch tomorrow! I am going to make a roasted veg couscous as well and I'm just going to eat that.

Today, lunch was French bread with egg mayonnaise (low fat), baked crisps and an Orangina.
Snack will be a G&T and cassava crisps.
Dinner will be fajitas as I find that one easy to not miss the meat with. I'll stuff a couple of low fat wraps with veggies and a little homemade guacamole, and some wine!

Totals should end up:
1823 cals, 45g fat, 44g protein

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[weeziewoozles]

Well it was a little higher than I expected as my guacamole was awesome! So add some more lightly salted potato chips and guacamole (plus two small chocolates) onto my totals! :) Yummy!

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[PrimalMamma]

OOOOOH vego fajitas what a cool idea weeziewoozles!


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[weeziewoozles]

They were yummy. And normally I can do them within limits. A small spoonful of guacamole spread over the tortilla gives it moisture, I add salsa if I have some and then as many veg as will fit (I do good LE vegetables like leeks, mushrooms, courgettes/zucchinis, peppers and an onion and a little garlic). Sooooo good and if I keep the guac under control then it's great LE!

Today we have lots of family over who are going to eat my huge beef tagine while I fill up on vegetables and couscous :)

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[PrimalMamma]

I can't wait to get my Personalised Plan, I feel really lost & I have no real idea if what I'm eating is ok or not & I am having too many blowouts because I don't have anything concrete to follow. Sigh. Anyway. Today I went to a Mother Blessing (like a hippy baby shower) so there was a lot of food. In one way it was good as the food was mostly vegan/vegetarian. However I did gorge myself. I have no idea of my calories really. For dinner my kids were keen for Pizza Night which is usual for Saturday so I made a really amazing vegan pizza for myself. Here's a photo. Blah. I feel like no matter what I do I'm going to fail, & end up with another boy. Which is fine but I just want my DD so badly. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/10/u8a8u8aj.jpg


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[weeziewoozles]

Don't fret PrimalMamma. Remember this is all about swaying the odds. That's all really. You can't ruin a sway. You could eat tonnes and DTD loads and do everything on the Blue lists and get a DD. Just try to relax and follow the main principles when you can :)

[weeziewoozles]

Me again. As I drank too much gin and wine last night, and what with eating fewer calories than usual, I am very hung over this morning. Enough that I am feeling shaky! So have just had scrambled eggs on homemade spelt bread for breakfast. Yummy and the first brekkie I have had in a while. No guilt here as I think it was necessary for me to function today! :)

[PrimalMamma]

Good call weeziewoozles. I'm having breakfast on Wednesday, we have a free BBQ breakfast on at work. Eggs & bacon on white bread rolls... Salivating at the thought already!!


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[SamS_TTCPink]

Have you had a look at the cookbook/diet plan too PrimalMamma?? There is the full book you can buy but there's also a sample and a 5 day plan I think?? It might help you out a bit.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Your pizza looks so yummy btw! 😊

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today for me:

11:00am rice milk coffee

2:00pm toasted cheese sandwich

8:30pm Dahl soup & a roti bread.

And a vodka & diet coke.

I'm starving but I ate so much yesterday that I thought I better be really "good" today.

Not looking forward to a Mother's Day afternoon tea at mums tomorrow as there will nothing there LE appropriate. And DS1 wanted to cook a pork cutlet dish for dinner tomorrow night too. 😕

[daisymoo]

Mumofsix you've been really good all along so If I was you I would definitely give myself a little break tomorrow and enjoy your Mothers day It is after all 'your' day and you should put your feet up and enjoy all the food that is cooked for you! You can always jump back on the wagon the following day Enjoy it girl!

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[weeziewoozles]

Wow I'm hungry today! I've had a bagel with mushrooms, lettuce and low fat cheese for lunch. I had three low fat biscuits and a cup of tea in the afternoon and now a G&T with some baked crisps. Soooo hungry though! For dinner I'm having roasted veg and couscous with some red wine and that should take me to my usual totals. Really want something now though! :)

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[weeziewoozles]

Just spotted I've got some very very low fat super noodles so I'm going to have that!

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[weeziewoozles]

Wish we had a holiday to look forward to this summer!

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[SamS_TTCPink]

Yesterday (Mother's Day):

10am rice milk coffee

3pm 2 mini vegetarian spring rolls & half a croissant with cheese.

7pm dinner made by DS1 - pork cutlet in a cranberry & white wine sauce with mashed cawliflower, green beans & broccoli. Sara Lee salted caramel pudding & tablespoon of double thick cream.

Plus about half a bottle (or more) of white wine.

1400cals 41g fat 23g protein.

Should have skipped the pudding. 😕

[SamS_TTCPink]

Here is a pic of the dinner DS1 cooked me. After a crappy day, he made my day! 😊💜http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/12/nasy3aza.jpg

[PrimalMamma]

I’m a day late posting this, couldn’t be bothered yesterday! LOL.

7:30am – coffee & milk (in my new mother’s day mug beautifully painted by my 5 year old)

8am – one egg on one slice of dry toast (they were desperate to give me breakfast in bed)

12:30pm – a paw paw from my neighbour’s tree (I live in the tropics) & a bliss ball, plus a Coke Zero.

6:30pm – Vegan “not-fried” rice (just boiled rice with veggies & low sodium soy sauce stirred into it) & some dairy free chocolate mousse which my boys & husband made for mother’s day. Diet tonic water & a couple of wines later.

All in all I tried my best & I’m actually pretty happy with how I went considering it was mother’s day!!

1400 cals approx.

Hope everyone else had a lovely Mother’s Day.


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[stephk]

mumofsix you should not have skipped pudding it sounds delish!!

i hope you mums celebrating had lovely days and lovely treats :)

[stephk]

Right so we arrived back home at 530am yesterday. On holiday I skipped breakfast once through choice as I was so full from the night before! So that was one day where I did a 16 hour fast but the rest of the week we ate breakfast around 9ish, lunch at 1ish and dinner at 9ish. Sometimes I had 2 lunches eek (like a salad around 12 and then a pizza around 3)... for breakfasts I focused on carbs, so fruit, breads, waffles, pancakes with heaps of nutella/honey and I would have had about 3 coffees. Lunches was fish, salads, veggies but then I would have a plate of cake afterwards he he. Dinners were massive. I hardly ate meat through choice, the fish was amazing. The meat I did have was more of a taster in something from the buffet or what DH was eating. I had veggie pizza a few times at lunch and that was delish too. So all in all I loved my food on holiday but have had twinges of worry because I didnt do long fasts overnight, I ate heaps of calories and heaps of fat. At least I drank alcohol every day so hopefully that helped :)

[stephk]

yesterday:
10.30am - 2 coffees with whole milk, piece of leftover cake from holiday (my last meal was at 6pm UK time on saturday on holiday which was a plate of cake and 4 glasses of sparkling wine!!!)
2.00pm - salad leaves, beetroot, pot of waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup
4.00pm - was hungry so had 5 poppy & sesame seed crackers with brie
8.00pm - slim pasta, heaps of steamed tendersteam broccoli, some sundried tomato and garlic pesto, bit more brie and some cheddar. 2 massive pieces of birthday cake, half a bottle of sauvingon blanc

approx 1600 cals, 75g fat oops 47%! and 40g protein

its great to see more people posting - welcome :)

[weeziewoozles]

Hey ladies. I'm considering stopping logging my food. I'm wondering if it's too much of a Martha thing for me. Putting it all into MyFitnessPal even seems very detail focused. I'm also considering whether or not to use OPKs or just DTD every four days as I'm BF so have not had a cycle yet and am worried I'll obsess over it. I don't want to regret anything though if we get another boy!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today has been shocking as we have nothing in our house to eat and my veggies were mouldy!! And DH was so late home that I gave up waiting for him to go get something so I only had toast for dinner!!

10am rice milk coffee, toast with cheese.

4pm a few corn chips (Doritos) that the kids were eating and one cocktail frankfurt (I was starving).

7:30pm toast with margarine.

And I'll have a hot choc and a pop tart.

Low on cals, fat & protein but still bloody high in sodium!! 😕

[stephk]

hi weezie - it depends on how it makes you feel i guess. I usually input the weeks dinners into MFP when I am doing my online shopping and it helps me not to overorder. I have the same 'breakfast' during the week so thats already programmed in. So all i have to do then is the lunches fitting in with the totals and again I have pretty much the same/similar things so its all programmed in. Its more of a routine task and it helps me not to feel guilty if I want chocolate or a flapjack on one day and find that its still within totals. Otherwise I might overthink having it, or stress about it.

Regarding this thread, I see this as helping others and stealing ideas also, which is more of a fun thing than a martha thing? My opinion anyway. If you feel the logging brings out your inner martha then definitely stop.

If you havent had a cycle yet then I think the every 4 day method is better than OPKs. You can save your OPK for when your cycles come back. That long cycle I had of 95 days was miserable and I took loads of OPKs then stopped as it was getting too much. Just my opinion. You probably do right to be relaxed in all areas including the logging.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Weeziewoozles, you have to do what works for you. You've probably got an idea on how to eat within the LE limits now without having to track it all. Personally I find it helpful to log it and for working out what I'm high or low on to assist with dinner choices and sharing on here I love, but if it's causing extra stress or "marthaness" for you, then it might be easier to stop logging for a while, or maybe just every now and then so you can check that you're pretty much still on track.

I'm considering the 4 day method too now as we missed the egg this month and think it would take some of our stress away, still not sure how that all works with FR/Abstain though?? Does DH release everyday and just one unprotected attempt every 4 days?? I don't know if he could do that. 😕

GL in whatever you decide. You'll have full support on here either way. xx

[stephk]

if you are considering the every 4 days, that is instead of FR/Abstain. You cant do it with abstain for obvious reasons. You could do it with FR but it would be really hard for DH to do so I wouldnt suggest it.

[txmomof3beautifulboys]

Mumofsix.....Question, if I may :) I've been reading through these posts and I'm really curious as to what a 'flat white' is? Silly question, I know, but have to ask :D

[SamS_TTCPink]

Lol!! Not silly at all. It's a type of coffee from a coffee place....like a cappuccino but without fluff and the choc. Made on milk and a shot or two of coffee. 😊

[SamS_TTCPink]

if you are considering the every 4 days, that is instead of FR/Abstain. You cant do it with abstain for obvious reasons. You could do it with FR but it would be really hard for DH to do so I wouldnt suggest it.

Ok cool, was wondering how it all worked together. 😜

[stephk]

today:
530am - coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - salad and beetroot, and my usual birleys sandwich: mozzarella, tomato and basil on rosemary foccacia bread with some kind of pesto and some other sauce that is tasty but I dont know what it is!
3.45pm - a banana, some raspberries, blackberries and total greek yoghurt
8.00pm - sweet potatoes, Mash Direct cauliflower cheese, broccoli, roast mushrooms

MUST stay away from chocolate.....and cheese crackers..........

so thats approx 1700 cals, 59g fat (30%) and 57g protein

[txmomof3beautifulboys]

OK I have a few questions, if someone wouldn't mind....I know "everything within plan limits" and that there are a few foods most people avoid...with regards to chocolate? Does this mean ALL chocolate, anything chocolate? Like what about chocolate pop tarts? Or junior mints? Or little debbie cakes? Also, are olives something to limit? THanks ladies!

So far today


BKFST: 1 cup sugar free mocha coffee

LUNCH: Pasta salad with 3 or four small bites of chicken, 1 tbsp shredded cheese, half a baguette, yoplait banana cream yogurt

DINNER: will probably be toast and another yogurt, maybe a pop tart or possibly some rice with butter and parm

[stephk]

I don't avoid chocolate at all and eat quite often but I'm just trying to stay away today because I've just got back from an all inclusive holiday :)

Olives - probably not the most LE friendly thing due to healthy fat but I love them and I do eat on occasion. Ocado stock some amazing olives with chilli and garlic, yum!!

[bluebonnet22]

Mumof6 - I always wanted to know what a "flat white" was as well, thanks for answering ! I've learned so much about international food and drink from this thread!

txmom - chocolate is fine in moderation if it fits in your limits

Here's my (not very LE friendly!) day -

Breakfast: coffee + creamer

Lunch: Trader Joe's Japanese fried rice frozen entree (has seaweed, a little tofu, edamame, and carrots.. it was delicious and I highly recommend for ladies here in the US!, only 5 grams of fat per serving and 7 grams of protein), Trader Joe's light kettle corn, and big bowl of blackberries

Dinner: Making one pot cheesy pasta with broccoli (a little higher in fat than I would like, but my boys LOVE it and I get so tired of making 2 meals), for dessert a bowl of blueberries with 1/4 cup of yogurt on top

approx 1150 calories, 42 grams of fat (oops), 39 grams of protein

[laVieEnRose]

Hey ladies , here's my day:

Soya cappuccino

Green salad with cucumber and tahini dressing
2 dollops of hummus
4 falafel s
1 homemade apple cookie

3 little pieces of chicken (stir fry)
Vegetables stir fry
Rice
0% fat peach yogurt

Total calories : 1,035
Fat:32g. Protein:62

To top up my calories, I'm gonna enjoy a glass of wine and a few sweets ;-)

[PrimalMamma]

Lol @ the "flat white" conversation! When I went to England I went to an "Australian" themed pub/restaurant & was super excited to find a flat white on the menu! I had no idea they were just an Aussie thing til I left the country. A flat white with an extra shot is my favourite coffee.


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[daisymoo]

I thought a flat white was a large flat piece of white bread Ha!!!! And my hair is only dyed blonde!!!! I never heard if that before this forum We learn something new everyday! :)

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[SamS_TTCPink]

All I had during the day today was a rice milk coffee at 11am... But then tonight we had Indian takeaway and I had Dahl soup and chicken korma and rice! I ate way too much and feel so full now!!

Even with only one meal today, I'm sure I'm over my totals for everything!! 😞

[stephk]

there is no way with that one meal you are over totals :)

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - sweet potatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, hummous, an essential waitrose side salad and waitrose adzuki and edamame salad
3.00pm - raspberries, blackberries and total greek yoghurt. Cup of dandelion tea and 3 hotel chocolat treacle tart chocolates (these were AMAZING, it is taking lots of self control not to eat the other 3!!)
8.00pm - garlic and coriander cous cous, half can of waitrose ratatouille, half a pack of waitrose vegetable layer, a corn on the cob, some roast butternut squash and courgette

approx 1800 cals, 58g (30%) fat, 52g protein

[Marika]

Trying to shape up my diet a bit, might motivate if I put it up here :-)

6.30: Coffee with a little skimmed milk

10: 3 rice cakes & coffee w milk

12.30: Veggie "bite" with roasted potatoes and peas, iceberg salad.

17.30: Pita bread with salad and falafel, low fat garlic dressing. A few sweets (swedish fish).

Totals: 1482 cals, 45 g protein, 46 g fat (28%).

Usually try not to eat meat substitutes like quorn or so more than once a day or less since it contains pretty much protein, but now that DH also tries to stay veggie we have it more often. Plain pasta or rice with veggies isn't really enough for him.

And "flat white" – I had no idea, I also thought it was a slice of white bread, haha!

This thread is very helpful, I love the inspiration and to see the variation of foods. A lot of it I don't even know what it is or were it's found, but it's still very interesting!

[bluebonnet22]

I'm going to be naughty today and have a little meat on my taco. I've found if I eat tiny portions of meat (and stay within protein guidelines) I feel SO MUCH BETTER. I get tired of having zero energy and feeling nauseated all the time. Meat definitely magically makes me feel better - even just an ounce or two!

Lunch: Low fat trader joe's kettle corn, trader joe's low fat veggie pizza with zucchini, squash, bell peppers

Dinner: taco bell gordita supreme + crunch wrap, 1/2 bottle of wine, 1 chocolate covered strawberry

1645 calories, 50 grams of fat, 49 grams of protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am large flat white 😉

2pm few chicken flavoured shapes.

8pm half a vegetarian pizza & serve of chocolate mousse.

1600cals
but 80g fat!!! Almost 50% 😞
And waaaaayyyyy too much sodium.

I'm never going to get my girl! 😕

[Marika]

Todays plan:

6.30 Coffee w skimmed milk

9.30 Slice of white toast white low fat (3%) Philadelphia

12.00 One rice cake (unsalted), 1,5 pita bread (120 g) with salad and falafel.

17.30 Tortellini with mushrooms, salad and bean sprouts (or something like that, don't know any other word for it :-) ).

Maybe adding some sweets or a glass of wine to the dinner to get cals up a bit.

Totals: 1107 cals. 39 g protein, 35 g fat (29%)

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.00pm - kirstys moroccan vegetables with quinoa and brown rice (Ocado: Moroccan Vegetables with Quinoa & Brown Rice 400g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Moroccan-Vegetables-with-Quinoa--Brown-Rice/76901011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=kirstys&parentContainer=SEARCHkirstys_SHELFVIEW)), mash direct red cabbage & beetroot (Ocado: Mash Direct Red Cabbage & Beetroot 350g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Mash-Direct-Red-Cabbage--Beetroot/58008011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=mash+direct&parentContainer=SEARCHmash+direct_SHELFVIEW)) and a waitrose red velvet rice salad
3.30pm - a banana, small amount dried cherries, cranberries and raisins, total greek yoghurt. 3 hotel chocolat treacle tart chocolates
8.00pm - Linda Mcartney sweet potato kiev (Ocado: Linda McCartney 2 Sweet Potato Kievs - Cheese Melt & Garlic 290g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Linda-McCartney-2-Sweet-Potato-Kievs--Cheese-Melt--Garlic/81520011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=kiev&parentContainer=SEARCHkiev_SHELFVIEW)), half pack of mash direct cauliflower cheese gratin (Ocado: Mash Direct Cauliflower Cheese Gratin 350g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Mash-Direct-Cauliflower-Cheese-Gratin/69389011?from=search&tags=%7C20000&param=mash+direct&parentContainer=SEARCHmash+direct_SHELFVIEW)), roast courgette, babycorn, mushroom and a corn on the cob.

approx 1800 cals, 60g fat (30%) and 48g protein

[PrimalMamma]

What is better – chitosan or a psyllium-based fibre supplement? Chitosan supposedly binds fat & stops it absorbing through the intestines. Metamucil etc are just fibre based. Would it be worth investing in both, to take Metamucil daily & then chitosan if I was going to have a “cheat” meal? Or am I over-thinking?


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[stephk]

its best to start a new thread on that as atomic doesnt look at this thread. I wouldnt know what to advise in that department as I am not doing any supps apart from folic acid. Atomic did recommend fibre for me in my custom plan and i think it is the psyllium ones that are recommended but as I have a history of IBS I am too scared to take them! With all the extra salads and veggies i have been eating I dont feel the need for fibre supps anyway.

actually I think you have a custom plan dont you? so just ask atomic in your custom thread and she will come back quite quickly to you.

[PrimalMamma]

Yeah i asked in there too I just doubled up here. Lol.


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[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am large flat white coffee

12pm white bread cheese sandwich

7pm cup of rice with green beans, mushrooms & asparagus cooked in butter & thyme.

And before bed I'll have a pop tart & hot choc.

1200cals.
38g fat (30%) 36g protein.

[stephk]

515am coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, 2 slices of hovis seed sensation bread, some hummous, salad from the salad bar at work, sweetfire beetroot
3.30pm - a banana a punnet of rock the casbah from graze (basically a couple of walnuts, a couple of datse and a few pumpkin seeds), some total greek yoghurt. Coconut water.
7.45pm - Im going to have 2-3 poppy and sesame seed crackers with some brie that wants eating whilst I am cooking dinner
8.00pm - white bean and vegetable stew, half a garlic flatbread

I am feeling SO hungry this week! my stomach is wondering what is going on after last weeks feasting. It is really hard not to eat more :(

approx 1900 cals, 63g fat (32%) and 60g protein

[PrimalMamma]

Don't beat yourself up stephk just ease back into it. X


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[bluebonnet22]

I hesitate to post this because I swear it looks like I just eat restaurant food and never cook! May is a crazy month for us (2 weddings, 3 long trips, mother's day, 3 family birthdays, my office is moving, etc, etc) so I have been eating restaurant food more than normal.

Lunch: 1/2 a panera tomato and mozzerella panini, small piece of bread with small pat of butter
Dinner: Going to Outback steak house! Having 4 coconut shrimp, piece of bread with small amount of butter, sweet potato with a little cinammon & sugar on it (no butter), glass of wine

1540 calories, 47 grams of fat, 43 grams of protein

[bluebonnet22]

Primal - did you hear from Atomic about the fiber? I ordered myself some chitosan, hopefully I can remember to actually take it!

Also, I have a general discussion question for whoever wants to answer. If you end up with an opposite, do you think you'd regret cheating OR do you think you'd regret making yourself miserable at family functions/holidays/weddings/birthdays/etc ? (Obviously if you have a girl I'm assuming you won't regret anything you did!).

My current thinking is to try my best to eat LE principles while on vacation/birthday parties/weddings/etc, but not so much that I feel deprived. I WILL try some wedding cake at the wedding I'm attending, and I will be going to a brunch with my friends on a girls trip I have coming up. I feel like I'll be more mad at myself if I end up with a boy and make myself miserable over the diet. I'm curious if others feel differently (ie always stick to the diet no matter what?) ?

[PrimalMamma]

Atomic said while she feels chitosan is more affective she has nothing to back this up it’s just her own thoughts. I’m thinking about using Metamucil for every day stuff & chitosan if I’m having a cheat because it seems to be more effective at binding & blocking fat.

Regarding cheats & if I get an opposite. Well, I don’t think I could do this diet without some cheats. Considering a “cheat” is normal food, like meat, it’s really hard not to have a cheat. It’s not like you’re trying to avoid fast food where there are lots of other options of things to eat, it’s trying to avoid normal, everyday & generally HEALTHY food. For us, we had to decide if we ONLY wanted a girl or if we wanted a baby & would PREFER a girl. We asked ourselves, what if “god” (or whatever you believe in) came out of the sky & said “You can have another baby but it will ONLY be a boy & there is nothing that can be done”, would we go ahead? For us the answer was yes.

So while I’m willing to do what I can to try to sway, I’m not so set on it that I will be crushed if we end up with blue again.


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[stephk]

bluebonnet - I didnt even register that you were going to a lot of restaurants but even if you go every day, so what - enjoy it :) I would love not to cook all the time. I am well jel as they say in Essex (meaning I am jealous of you not having to cook)

on your question regarding opposites, I totally agree with PrimalMamma, i want a baby and i would prefer a girl. If I 100% wanted a guaranteed girl, I would save up and go HT. But my personal preference is to leave it with god/luck. I am doing what I can and what I am comfortable with and the rest is up to god. I do not believe that having a few cheats will make or break a sway. More damaging is your attitude to the cheating and analysing every scrap of food you are eating, being miserable and stressed about it. you have to remember that less is less. When you conceived your boys you were probably taking pre-natals, eating lots of nutritious food often with good fats and lots of protein. Now we are lowering blood sugar, eating less in general and less protein and fat. Even with cheats you will still be eating less. I would not have any regrets if I had another boy because I know I have done what I am able to do without it being too miserable an experience. I have also learned lots of cool stuff on the way and met some cool people online so thats a bonus :)

A slice of wedding cake or any other cake is NOT a cheat! Just try to have it after other food but even if on its own its really not a big deal.

brunch - I have been for several since starting the diet and I ate eggs and whatever I wanted. You will be miserable if you dont have what you want and other people are eating what you actually want to eat.

My advice on these events is to do your best but dont make yourself miserable in the process. I ate what I wanted on holiday, yes I did have moments of paranoia and would I ruin things but it was an all inclusive holiday and I wasnt missing out on delicious food that I wanted to eat when I felt like eating it.

[Marika]

Yesterday was youngest sons birthsday so not a great day diet wise. But I tried to stay low during day to even out a bit. Totals of cals are ok but fat was to high.

6.30 Coffee w skimmed milk

10.00 2 rice cakes, 1 slice of plain toast (had nothing to put on...)

12.00 250 ml tomato soup, 1 slice of toast

17.30 1 veggie burger with bread and salad, a little dressing, 1 corn on the cob. 1 (pretty small) piece of his birthday cake and 1 mazarin cake (I have no idea what they are called in english! Is it the same?)

Totals: 1525 cals, 42 g protein, 56 g fat (34%)


For today the plan is:

9.00 1 Ciabatta with butter and jam and 1 slice (15 g) of cheese (I know it's early but it is breakfast with work group), coffee w milk.

12.00 Half corn on the cob, 1 veggie burger with bread and salad. (No dressing, forgot it at home)

17.30 Rice with veggie stir fry (Vietnamese take away, I'll share my with the kids)

It's hard to calculate the take away (at least the stir fry, how much fat, sugar etc is it?) so totals of today might not be so correct.

cals: 1174 (probably more, but I counted w 200 g of rice, 1 port of fried veggies, added some extra oil and thai sauce for dinner, couldn't find any great option in my app) 41 g protein and 47 g fat (37%).

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am large flat white (my weakness 😉)

12:30 mushroom soup and slice of bread

7pm Five mini spring rolls and half a vegetarian noodle dish from wok it up.

Waaaayyyy to much fat & sodium!

1400 cals 54g fat 25g protein 5000mg sodium!!!

[stephk]

Big fat cheat day today, well cheat evening when we have friends over.
5.20am coffee with whole milk
10.00am - manuka honey in hot water - i was craving a latte or a cake or both and was desperate for something so had this and it helped. Thank god because 20 mins after drinking it we had a fire drill and I am on the 25th floor of a big building in canary wharf!! Guess who made it down all the stairs easily - smug? me?
12.15pm - couldnt wait a minute longer - waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, a rustic white bread roll (bit like a ciabatta), waitrose essential side salad and beetroot salad. Still hungry. Going to be a long afternoon...
3.45pm (if I can wait that long) - a banana, some blueberries, total greek yoghurt
6.30pm - will crack open the sauvingon blanc when my friends arrive
7.00pm - I have antipasti to start with - artichokes, grilled peppers, anchovies, pitta breads, olives in chilli & garlic, hummous, skewer of chilli&garlic prawns (will just have the one), salami (might only have one or two bits, to be sociable)
8.00pm - I am making pasta with creamy greens, lemon and cod. Not made this before but it sounds good and I am using light philadelphia instead of marscapone so there is the less is still less philosophy right there!!
9.00pm - I have a lemon meringue pie that serves 6 people for 4 of us. Oh yes.

so with that little lot I am guessing 2700 cals, 70g fat and 100g protein eek! Thank goodness for burning 820 in the gym today lol - and then the fire drill

And we have BBQs tomorrow and sunday but I will be eating veggie burgers.

[Marika]

Wow, sounds delicious stephk! Especially lemon meringue pie! (so sugar craving right now!) And yes you are so right, less is still less.

[stephk]

the old me would have probably got a cheesecake or something full of fat and cream so even the lemon meringue is less! I just fancied it :)

[Marika]

We still have cake from last night birthday party at home and it's not anything low fat about that cake. Don't know how to manage to stay away from that!

[stephk]

send it to me and i will happily dispose of it for you ;)

[Marika]

But if the old me would have had two pieces of that cake tonight, one and a half piece should still be ok, if less is less right? :bigsmile:

[stephk]

yes exactly!!

[stephk]

Well today was a pretty unhealthy day. We went to a friends BBQ, as they are vegetarian I thought it would be easy. Well with the arrival of AF this morning I was pretty gutted because it means I have a short LP. Even my aerobics class didn't lift my spirits. I'll get over it but today things were a bit all over the place.
7.00am coffee with whole milk
8.00am coffee with whole milk
12.00pm - 2 slices of hovis seed sensations toasted with heaps of Nutella. Coffee with whole milk. Pretzels crisps with Nutella. 2 chocolates.
3.30pm - was at my friends, had a bit if their pitta bread appetiser and a few Pringles (crisps)
5pm (I think, not sure) - a some salad with olive oil, garlic and balsamic dressing, a sesame seed burger bun, a veggie burger, a vegetarian sausage, a chicken skewer
8.00pm - now home and DS in bed I opened a bottle of rose cava, had 4 Marc de champagne truffles and finished the Nutella with more pretzel crisps!!!!

So I guess 2500 cals, 76g fat (42%) and 64g protein. Well there's not that much nutritional value in what I've eaten I guess....

[SamS_TTCPink]

You're making me so jealous with the Nutella steph! Lol!! 😉

Yesterday I had a pretty shocking day too:

10:30 rice milk flat white

12:30 leftover from my noodle dish (way too high in sodium)

4:00 iced coffee

6:30 vegetarian burger from take away, some hot chips and gravy

10pm hazelnut snickers chocolate bar and hot choc.

1700cals 32g fat 41g protein
But 3500mg sodium!

[stephk]

That really doesn't sound bad for a weekend :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Oh today gets worse....

11am rice milk coffee

3pm (at footy) kransky hot dog with coleslaw, bacon & cheese, iced coffee, few handfuls of salt and vinegar chips and m&ms.

Taking DS6 to the dr so by the time I finally get home it will be something bad for dinner too! 😞

Oh well back on track tomorrow! AF arrived today and I do think the extra cals & fat helped it arrive so it's not all bad...right??!? 😕

[PrimalMamma]

8am - had the hangover from hell so I HAD to eat breakfast. 2 eggs in a tortilla.

1pm - homemade salad kebab. Can I recommend this idea to anyone who loves donner style kebabs?? I bought Lebanese bread & spread it with a little hummus, filled it with lettuce, tomato, onion, tabbouleh & instead of meat I cooked some mushrooms in a non-stick pan with a little oil spray. Then I added hot chilli sauce & a little blob of Greek yoghurt. It was all kinds of amazing & I didn't miss the meat AT ALL.

6:30pm - roast potato & roast pumpkin with salad

1020 cal 40g protein 32g fat


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[stephk]

Primalmamma - loving that idea! Before DH I was never a massive meat eater so that would be my natural preference :)

Mumofsix glad AF finally arrived and it's good to celebrate the arrival with a naughty food day :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

And nandos for dinner!! 😕

[SamS_TTCPink]

Sounds yum PrimalMamma!

[stephk]

Mumofsix I love the halloumi and portobello mushroom wrap from there!! Yum!!

[SamS_TTCPink]

I didn't see that on the menu! But we just had a quick look as the girl was impatiently waiting for us to make up our minds. That sounds so good though. 😀

[stephk]

Maybe a UK thing?

[stephk]

so yesterday was a bit of a disaster in the cals and fat department, but we had friends over for a BBQ and it was one of their birthdays. As they are vegetarian we made it a vegetarian BBQ so at least the fat was coming from cake and cheese.
7.00am - coffee with whole milk
8.00am - coffee with whole milk
12.00pm - omelette with 2 eggs and mushrooms cooked with frylight spray. I had this because atomic has recommended that I try to have 4 eggs a week now. Also I wasnt sure what time we would eat with my friends and I couldnt have fasted for much longer. Having this pure protein meal would have had little to no effect on blood sugar and stopped me eating crisps.
2.00pm - my friends arrived and we had some prosecco to toast the birthday girl. I had a few olives in chilli and garlic. I opened some chardonnay (had the whole bottle over the course of the day).
3.30pm - 2 crusty white bakery rolls, some lurpak butter, a dragonfly mushroom and garlic burger (Ocado: Dragonfly Gluten Free Organic Mushroom & Garlic Burger 200g(Product Information) (http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Dragonfly-Gluten-Free-Organic-Mushroom--Garlic-Burger/228192011?from=order&param=3319206035&parentContainer=ORDER%7C3319206035)), a portabello mushroom, a halloumi burger slice, some heinz garlic sauce. Some salad leaves and beetroot.
4.30pm - a cup of rooibos tea (havent had this since I started swaying due to high antioxidants but one cup wont do any harm), 2 slices of coffee and walnut cake and one slice of carrot cake!!!!
8.00pm - another slice of carrot cake and finished off the wine...............

bad bad bad....2800 cals, 105g fat (44%) and 62g protein. Thank god for the gym!

[PrimalMamma]

Today I struggled to get enough of anything.

11am - 1 pink grapefruit, gummi bears.

1pm - Tom yum soup with Konjac noodles & vegetables, single serve pack Vive choc chip biscuits.

5:30 PM - 3 pieces dark chocolate

6:30pm - veggie stir fry with basmati rice

8pm - skinny cow ice cream

746 cals, 16.6g protein, 14.4g fat.

Need to eat more tomorrow.



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[SamS_TTCPink]

10am low fat milk coffee

12pm mushroom soup and 2 sml bread rolls.

7pm DH bought vegetarian burritos from zambero - my whole calorie intake in one meal!! 😠

10pm hot choc & pop tart

1700 cals. No idea on totals as MFP didn't have the burrito breakdown.

[PrimalMamma]

Ohhhhh Zambrero.... Drool!!!


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[Marika]

Didn't track my weekend but it was bad. Stayed veggie but everything else was pretty over limits, too much and too often.

Today:

7.00 Coffee with milk

10.00 2 slices of toast with spread cheese (7% fat)

12.00 Vegetable soup (like a veggie goulash) and bread croutons.

17.30 Sushi dinner date with dh. Will mix veggies and a few with salmon (totally 11 pices). Probably a glass of wine.

Totals: 1021 cals, 37 g protein and 30 g fat (29%).


A bit low in calories, but I think it's necessary to even out the weekend.

[stephk]

yesterday:
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
12.15pm - 2 white bakery rolls, 2 eggs with a teaspoon of full fat mayo, carton of new covent garden slow roast tomato and balsamic soup, salad leaves and beetroot
4.00pm - raspberries, blackberries and some Dutchy Originals organic full fat natural yoghurt
8.00pm - sweet potatoes, mash direct cauliflower cheese gratin, broccoli and roast mushrooms

approx 1700 cals, 50g fat (26%) and 58g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Your food sounds so yummy steph!

[SamS_TTCPink]

I was starving today so my day so far...

10am medium sizes flat white and a small shortbread cookie that they have me for free with my coffee.

12pm 2 slices white bread toast with margarine.

4pm bowl of rice bubbles with rice milk. Pop tart.

So far 1200cals 36g fat 26g protein.
Doesn't leave me with much for dinner??!?

[SamS_TTCPink]

I put 3kgs back on over the weekend!! Devastated!! 😞

[stephk]

mumofsix that gives you loads for dinner!! you can have 20g fat and 30g protein lol you could have seabass (or any other white fish because its low in fat and will have 20g protein for a small serving) veggies and potatoes and still be within limits wow i would love to be in that position for a meal ;) - remember with the vast majority of veggies, the protein and fat is completely free, fill your boots!!!

if you want to be good and stay vegetarian you have even more yummy options - how about a veggie stir fry, soup and salad, veggie pie with lots more veggies, pasta bake with veggies and garlic bread.............mmmmm im making myself hungry and its only 930, I cant eat for another 2-3 hours!

[PrimalMamma]

A better day, although too much snacking

8am - 2 x coffees with a splash of full cream milk.

10am - red grapefruit

11am - soy flat white with Splenda

12:30pm - my favourite vegetarian salad kebab I mentioned on the weekend

4pm - 3 pieces dark chocolate

6pm - roast pumpkin, steamed veg & gravy from the FREAKING AMAZING beef casserole made my husband & kids :-/ & a beer

8:30pm - glass of rosé

9pm - skinny cow icecream

1242 cals, 36.5g protein, 32.4g fat.


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[stephk]

todays plan
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
12.15pm - sweet potatoes, broccoli, hummous, items from the salad bar at work (leaves, aubergine, green beans, tomato, cucumber, sweetcorn), waitrose adzuki and edamame salad, sweetfire beetroot. I am stuffed!!!!
4.00pm - raspberries, blackberries, banana, dutchy organic full fat natural yoghurt
8.00pm - seeded haddock fillet, waitrose chunky chips, heinz garlic sauce, corn on the cob, roast courgette. It would have been chickpea curry but DH is losing patience with all the veggie meals and the fish portion is quite small.

thats approx 1900 cals, 57g fat (28%) and 55g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Ok so for dinner I had half a serve of a vegetarian pasta from crust and chocolate ice cream!

So my totals for the day:

1500cals 44g fat 29g protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Do you think I've been "too naughty" with the diet to attempt this month?? 😕

[stephk]

you have been naughty in not having enough protein mrs!! get attempting!!

seriously, you have absolutely nothing to worry about your totals are all much lower than mine every day so if thats what is worrying you, you are fine. The sooner you get PG the sooner you wont have to worry about this stuff :)

[stephk]

OK I just looked back through May and my honest opinion (not that you need me to approve or opine but just in case you want someones opinion) is that you have been low every day. There was one day when you were over on fat and that was not by much. So no, I dont think you have been too naughty to attempt - and to be honest, knowing what you and your DH have been discussing in regard to having a time limit on it, I would definitely attempt in your shoes.

[weeziewoozles]

I really shouldn't make my own pizzas at home as I eat too much of them! It only had mushrooms and peppers on and very little cheese but tonnes of protein in the spelt and rye base! Plus I had low fat cheese and bread for lunch so definitely over today :( probably 70-80g!

[stephk]

Sounds delicious though!!

[weeziewoozles]

It was :) I blame my DS1 as he came out of school saying "Mummy, can we make pizzas for dinner tonight?" I find it hard to resist eating wholesome homemade dinners! :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Thanks so much steph for taking the time to go through my food! I feel better with some advice of someone who's seen what I've eaten and thinks it's ok and we should attempt!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Pizzas sound yummy weeziewoozles!

[PrimalMamma]

8:30am - I ate breakfast. 😔 Was so hungry. Egg wrap with a little cheese.

1pm - salad kebab again. I'm obsessed. Lol

6pm - hassleback potato painted with a little ghee, steamed veg & tomato pasta sauce on top.

1 beer & 1 glass wine

1100 cal 30g fat 35.5g protein


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[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

11:00am rice milk coffee

2:00pm leftover vegetarian pasta from crust & rice milk coffee.

7:00pm spaghetti with broccoli, capcicum, sml amount of corn, snow peas and a Tablespoon of Parmesan cheese. (So yum!)

10:00pm hot choc & pop tart.

1000cals. Not sure on fat & protein cause the crust dish wasn't on my app.

[bluebonnet22]

Thanks for all the replies to my earlier question about cheating. Mum of 6 - I concur with steph, you've been doing great overall and should definitely attempt!

I haven't been posting because we've been traveling over the weekend and then once we returned my whole house is sick! I'm so upset! We aren't attempting until July so the illness doesn't help my sway. I've been eating a bit more nutrients, fat and protein hoping to feel better but it's pissing me off to have to eat off the LE plan. I was able to run yesterday but was miserable the entire time so I'm taking a day off running today which is also making me upset.

On a positive note, my sister is in town and we usually fight 24/7 but we haven't fought AT ALL. She tries to bait me constantly and I'm not even tempted to fight back. I really think the LE diet/exercise has helped with my testosterone and wanting to fight with people. It's great!

Thanks for reading the novel . I love reading your food posts ladies - you guys are all so great on the diet!

[stephk]

bluebonnet, if you are not attempting until July you dont need to worry about needing to eat a bit extra at the moment :) hope you feel better soon and its great news that you dont feel the need to fight with your sis :)

[stephk]

yesterday:
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
11.00am - dandelion tea
12.30pm - kirstys moroccan vegetables, mash direct red cabbage & beetroot, salad with rocket leaves, roast butternut squash, roast courgette, roast mushrooms and some artichokes plus a small amount of olive oil from the artichokes.
4.00pm - a banana, some strawberries and duchy originals organic natural yoghurt
8.00pm - stuffed peppers (so a red pepper stuffed with garlic and coriander cous cous, waitrose vegetable layer) plus roast mushrooms and a corn on the cob. As I was low on fat and cals I had a crunchie ice cream for dessert!

Approx 1800 cals, 54g (27%) fat, 45g protein

[PrimalMamma]

10am - grapefruit

12:30pm - Tom yum soup with zucchini, broccoli & Konjac noodles

1:30pm - diet hot choc & Vive low fat biscuits

6pm - another amazing hassleback potato with red cabbage that I cooked with a little ghee, garlic, fennel seeds & salt & about 10g blue cheese crumbled over it (I'm not bothering with sodium, too hard!!)

2 beers, to wines.

1074cal, 22.9g protein 21.0g fat




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[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am large flat white coffee

8pm half a crust vegetarian pizza (we were out at a college open night so got this on the way home)

11pm half a chocolate frozen custard concrete.

1500 cals 55g fat 55g protein & way too much sodium!! Again! 😕

[bluebonnet22]

Thanks for the support steph! I'd love a March/April baby so I hate to put off my attempt if I don't really need to.

Still sick today but I did manage an hour of exercise so I'm happy about that.

Breakfast: Coffee + creamer upon wakeup, around 8:30 AM ate 6 oz of blueberries. I was starving and needed something and I'm hoping eating more antioxidants might help me get better sooner.

Lunch: McAlister's Deli vegetarian chili in a bread bowl

Dinner: homemade potato soup topped with 1/4 cup of reduced fat pepper jack cheese, 2 slices of bread with butter

1508 calories, 35 grams of fat, 47 grams of protein

[stephk]

520am - coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, waitrose rainbow salad, waitrose chargrilled vegetables, sweetfire beetroot and a pretzel
4.00pm - a banana, some strawberries, blackberries and duchy organic natural yoghurt
8.00pm - trying a new recipie I found online - gnocci and tomato bake and will share a garlic flatbread with DH

approx 2000 cals, 55g (25%) fat and 60g protein

[Rosie85]

A bunch of sixlets and a blueberry bagel with a side of anger. I am so peeved to be back on this diet. Nothing planned for dinner...Our cupboards are kind of empty.

[SamS_TTCPink]

I hear you Rosie! It sux being back on the diet and our cupboards are empty too!! 😞

[SamS_TTCPink]

saw this today and thought of you stephk: :happy:

Nutella Cheescake Dip.

Ingredients
1 cup of thickened cream
1 pkg cream cheese
3 Tbsp sugar
3/4 cup Nutella

Directions
In a mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, whip cream until stiff peaks form. In a separate mixing bowl, whip cream cheese and sugar until smooth, about 1 minute.
Add Nutella and blend until well combined. Add half of the whipped cream and gently fold mixture until nearly blended then add remaining whipped cream and gently fold mixture until well blended.
Serve with strawberries. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.

[Marika]

Ooooh, that sounds delicious Mumofsix!! I love Nutella but we don't have it at home very often! And if we do, the jar is empty in a few days :oops:

[SamS_TTCPink]

Thats why we don't have it in our house very often too Marika! :giggle:

[PrimalMamma]

Bit of a weird day today. My little one was sick with a cold so I took him to work in our Carer's Room. Always difficult.

9am - skinny flat white coffee (that makes me laugh now after our "flat white" discussion)

10am - pink grapefruit & half a party-sized sausage roll & one party-sized veggie spring roll.

12pm - vegan burrito from Zambrero.

3:30pm - homemade coconut milk chocolate icecream (just coconut milk & stevia-sweetened chocolate milk powder frozen in an icecream mold, was intended for my 2 year old but he didn't want it)

6pm - Salad wrap with mayonnaise.

6:30pm - 1 chicken nugget, 5 shoestring fries (picking at the kids leftovers).

I'm calculating in 2 glasses of wine & a beer too, for later.

1541 cal, 22.9g protein 20.6g fat


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[stephk]

mumofsix sounds amazing!! I dont have an electric mixer though, i cant be bothered cleaning those things so I dont have one lol

I did see a lot of nutella recipies recently which I saved in my recipie folder but am saving for the BFP....we have no nutella in our house right now as I dont trust myself lol

[PrimalMamma]

What is everyone doing for exercise? I have gotten so insanely lazy lately. I can't seem to motivate myself to do anything. I don't know if LE is sapping my energy or what but the exercise I used to do just seems like the most monumental effort.


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[SamS_TTCPink]

10am large flat white

6pm rice milk coffee

7pm Stockmans:
hot chips (cooked at home) with gravy, low fat sour cream, mushrooms & grated cheese.

1000cals 40g fat 33g protein

Oh... Plus at midnight:
Pop tart & hot choc!

So 1300cals 46g protein 38g fat.

[SamS_TTCPink]

What is everyone doing for exercise? I have gotten so insanely lazy lately. I can't seem to motivate myself to do anything. I don't know if LE is sapping my energy or what but the exercise I used to do just seems like the most monumental effort.


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I planned to exercise and started off well but it's gone down hill the past 2 weeks and I've done NONE!! 😞 I was doing 60mins on my spin bike. Don't know whether to start again now with just over a week til our attempt??!?

[stephk]

Not sure if I am a good comparator for the exercise but I do 60 mins on the cross trainer 5-6 times a week, 60 mins of aerobics once a week, 20 mins weights programme once a week (yes you read that correctly), 30 mins yoga/pilates/stretches 4-5 times a week.

Today i did 20 mins weights followed by 60 mins cross trainer followed by 30 min pilates/yoga/stretches. Tomorrow will be 60 mins aerobics, sunday will be 60 mins cross trainer, monday-thursday will be 60 mins cross trainer followed by 30 min yoga/pilates/stretches, and so on.

This is why I eat well at the upper end of the limits, because 60 mins cross trainer burns about 850 cals.

If you dont feel like you can exercise then dont, there is nothing wrong with the couch potato route and still gets good results for pink.

[PrimalMamma]

Yeah exactly my thoughts MumofSix I've got 3 weeks til our attempt. AF is due in a few days, even during my peak fitness I usually skip a few days at the start of mu period due to extreme cramping. So do I go hard once my period is finished or is there no point?


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[PrimalMamma]

Stephk it's not just the attempt I'm concerned about. After I had DS2 I was carrying a lot of excess weight. I lost 25kg (or 55lb) & became very serious about my fitness. When we decided to TTC again I was excited about having an active pregnancy for a change. That was January, due to family commitments we planned to start TTC April & the second it got to D-Day my motivation to exercise just disappeared. It was kind of good I didn't get a BPF first go as my friend who just had a DS after 2 DDs told me about Gender Dreaming & I discovered how I was totally favoring another blue baby with my usual eating plan (paleo - hello high cal, high protein!) so that's when I made the switch to LE & decided to skip May. I don't know what it is, I don't know if it's that subconsciously I am relating to my last 2 pregnancies (couch potato) & it's putting me in that headspace, or if I am trying to sabotage my sway (I am prone to self-sabotage) or what. It's frustrating.


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[bluebonnet22]

I was a complete couch potato (maybe did very light jogging with my dog for less than 30 minutes a couple times a week) when I conceived my DS. I gained a LOT (70 lbs eeeeeeeeek) of weight with my DS pregnancy and as of this week my son is 19 months old and that's how long it took me to lose all that freaking weight. Like you Primal, I wanted an active pregnancy this time.

I do credit finding this website and reading about cardio to try to get a girl to give me the motivation I needed to be active! I always meant to start exercising but never did. I'm thankful I finally had a very good motivation to do it. I do 60 minutes each morning outside of mostly jogging mixed in with speed walking. I go as hard as I can but I don't beat myself up on the days I need more walking mixed in. The mornings are the only time I have for myself and I've come to love the running!

Primal - I don't think it's too late to start. Plus you don't know if you'll even get pg on the first try? Additionally it seems many of the successful sways I've seen lose weight between AF-O so even just 2 weeks of exercise would further help that. That being said couch potato gets great results as well so don't feel guilty if you choose to go that route. You have to do what works for you.

[stephk]

ah ok, I see what you are saying. I think given that you still have a while until your attempt you can add in the exercise if that is what you want to do. How long is it since you were exercising last?

[stephk]

520am - coffee with full fat milk
11.30am - dandelion tea
12.45pm - new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, a white baguette, waitrose rainbow salad and items from the salad bar (I couldnt finish all of this salad, was stuffed and bored of eating!)
4.30pm - a banana, strawberries, blackberries and duchy organic full fat natural yoghurt
6.30pm - 2 cosmopolitan cocktails
8.00pm - half a bottle of champagne, giovanni rana fresh ricotta and spinach tortelloni, a fillet of rainbow trout, whatever veg are in the fridge, maybe a smidge of pesto. A crunchie ice cream for dessert

approx 2300 cals, 60g fat, 72g protein

[PrimalMamma]

Bluebonnet well done on your health & fitness! And getting a DD should be enough motivation for me too... & yet...!

Stephk it's been about 6 weeks I think. It's crazy I've gone from doing 10km runs & hard uphill hiking to NOTHING. I used to run my boys to school in a buggy, I went running on holidays.... Now it's like going for a walk is too much effort.

I don't have a lot of weight to lose as I'm at the lower end of my BMI anyway but yeah, it's just strange.


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[bluebonnet22]

Primal - it sounds like you are already in fantastic shape (a 10 km run, wow!). Maybe couch potato is the ideal route for you since you're already thin. I could stand to lose at LEAST another 5-10 lbs (and I think I'd still ovulate even if I lost another 20 lbs).

Today's diet:

Breakfast (10:00 AM, I couldn't wait any longer) - 6 oz of blueberries, a baked spinach and feta samosa with a little yogurt dip

Lunch (3:00 PM) - wedge of laughing cow cinammon cream cheese spread, 15 honey wheat pretzel sticks, 2 tbsp of tomato basil hummus

Dinner: 1 cup of zucchini & cheese rice, 1 cup of leftover potato and carrot soup topped with 1.5 oz of light jalapeno cheese, 1/2 bottle of wine

Way too much cheese in my diet.. eek.. It's definitely one of my biggest issues on LE. I know I should give it up but it's the only thing keeping it liveable for me. I might try to at least give it up the week of my attempt (and tell myself that it might help!).

Totals: 1426 calories, 41 grams of fat, 50 grams of protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

I didn't eat much today. I think the kids have given me their bugs! I've had a headache and sore throat and cough all day..

11am rice milk coffee

6pm eggplant curry and rice

1000 cals 30g fat 19g protein

And I've run out of pop tarts. 😢

[bluebonnet22]

Mum - I'm sick this week also and I'm sad to say when I'm sick I want to eat like a horse. I don't want to mess with "dieting" and just want to eat what sounds good when I want it. Good work staying on the diet while sick ! I'm sorry you're sick as well !

[stephk]

Sorry to hear everyone is unwell. On the plus side it helps with the sway....

Mumofsix - one of your boys needs to go and get you some more pop tarts!!!

Primal wow you sound like a fitness queen! You have turned your diet on its head so it's probably this that's making you sluggish. Sorry if this has come up already but have you tried the PCOS/fertility version of the diet? It might help, or even adding in more fruit and veg? It does sound like couch potato is the way to go but if you enjoy exercise normally then I understand wanting to include it. If you do exercise though, please up your cals otherwise you might lose ovulation.

We have some friends round today, was supposed to BBQ but it's raining (British summer lol) so we will have to cook inside. It's going to be a high calorie day so I'm not sure whether it's worth posting, as I have a chicken pizza for dinner too!!

[stephk]

Bluebonnet - don't feel guilty about cheese, you need full fat dairy to ovulate. I eat loads of cheese, in fact I'll be filling my face with Brie, Camembert and halloumi today yum!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Mum - I'm sick this week also and I'm sad to say when I'm sick I want to eat like a horse. I don't want to mess with "dieting" and just want to eat what sounds good when I want it. Good work staying on the diet while sick ! I'm sorry you're sick as well !

Sorry you're sick too! Although like steph said, hopefully it will help sway! 😊

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yum stephk!! I love my cheese too. 💜

[stephk]

I can give up meat easily but not cheese!

[PrimalMamma]

Yesterday was my relaxed day I've been planning to have on Saturday. It wasn't a total blow out, I ate pretty well in the day but last night we had homemade pizza which is our usual thing on Saturday nights, I topped mine with real cheese (OMG!), salami, dried figs, some roast pumpkin, caramelised onion & crumbled blue cheese. Wowsers. No idea how many calories & don't care!! Back on the bandwagon today. :)


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[stephk]

So I was a bit of a pig yesterday....not sure on all the timings but I started eating around 1230 and stopped around 930. I snacked on pretzels to begin with before we ate lunch. Pretty sure lunch was ready around 230 but not sure, i had a couple of glasses of Sauvignon blanc by then. Lunch was 1.5 white crusty rolls from the bakery, 1.5 slices of halloumi, 2 portobello mushrooms, about 3 slices salami, a beef chipolata sausage and some beetroot salad. An hour or so later and more wine we tucked into the birthday cake and I had 2 massive pieces. Once everyone had left and DS in bed we opened a bottle of rose cava, brought out the leftovers (thankfully not much) and I ate another bakery roll a beef chipolata sausage, a slice of salami and half a Camembert with lots of poppy and sesame seed crackers!! Yes that's 125g of Camembert!!!! It was delicious but I'm feeling a bit guilty now

Guessing around 3000 cals, 125g fat (50%) and 100g protein yikes!

We are going to an all you can eat sushi place tonight!!

[stephk]

Oh yes and somehow we managed to fit an attempt in too!

[PrimalMamma]

Lol stephk I can easily polish off a Brie or Camembert on my own. Yum. Today was -

8am - 2 cups tea with splash full cream milk & xylitol

11am - 2 eggs on a dry slice of gluten free white toast.

6:30pm - gluten free spaghetti with zucchini, asparagus, garlic, chilli, herbs, lemon juice & far too much olive oil.

3 beers & probably wine

1115cal, 20g protein 48g fat.


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[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am rice milk coffee

3pm at the footy
Vegetarian nachos & a crunchie

7pm leftover eggplant curry & rice

And before bed I'll have a pop tart (I went and bought some more today) and a hot choc.

70g fat 42g protein 1700cals

[SamS_TTCPink]

And yep, I could easily eat a whole Brie or Camembert cheese on my own too!! 😉

[PrimalMamma]

Lol - here's to Team Brie!


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[stephk]

Yes true I could also eat a full one....therefore because I had half, I've had less ;)

Well so far today I had 2 coffees with whole milk this morning then spent the morning hungry and not eating (now I know another reason why I like gym, it keeps me occupied and not eating!)
For lunch I had some salad and beetroot, plus a carton of by new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, a white crusty roll with some Brie on it and to finish a cup of tea with whole milk and a MASSIVE piece of leftover chocolate birthday cake.....

Going for all you can eat sushi in 7 hours time so no eating between now and then but I might have a Cosmo or gin and tonic or something when my mum gets here (my mum is visiting from today to Friday so eating will be a bit wonky this week). Will eat what I want at the sushi and then log after but so far I'm on 1000 cals, 39g fat and 27g protein.....so it's safe to say I will be well over again! But that's not going to stop me enjoying my date tonight :)

[stephk]

My stomach is groaning from all the delicious sashimi, sushi and tempura!!!! I'm adding 1000 cals, 60g fat and 70g protein to the above plus 300 cals for alcohol. Can't be bothered logging everything.

So delicious! So full! On the plus side it will hopefully help ovulation

[bluebonnet22]

So jealous Steph! Sushi is my absolute favorite, I even ate it all the time while pregnant, I couldn't stay away.

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[stephk]

If it has been frozen for 24 hours beforehand then it's safe in pregnancy. By law all takeaways and restaurants in the uk have to do it. Not sure about where you live but these were NHS guidelines when I got PG. I was eating sushi probably twice a week when I conceived DS too... Having it much less now! Maybe once or twice a month, or less even.

[PrimalMamma]

Sushi is my fave too... I are it during pregnancy. My doctor friend said to me it is perfectly safe as long as the restaurant is clean etc & of course who would eat at a dirty sushi restaurant?! As he pointed out, all pregnant women in Japan keep on eating it & you don't hear of listeria running rampant there.


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[stephk]

Exactly. Another weird thing from nhs advice is that pregnant women can eat prawns as long as they are cooked. Well, hello! Who would eat a raw prawn?!

[Marika]

Wow, sounds like a fab dinner stephk!!

Sushi is my favorite as well! I could easily eat it 7 days a week, twice a day!

I still have it every now and then but try to have half of them vegetarian, half salmon. Less is less, no?

[Junie]

Hi ladies!

Would you mind if I joined in? I've just started the diet a week ago and would love to feel a bit more accountable when it comes to sticking with it.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Hi Junie! The more the merrier. 😀

[SamS_TTCPink]

Yesterday:

10am rice milk coffee

12pm laksa cup-a-soup & bread roll.

6pm spaghetti with a creamy vegetable pesto sauce.

10pm pop tart & hot choc.

1255cals 32g fat 42g protein.

Sodium too high again! Just can't keep it low. 😞

[PrimalMamma]

Welcome, Junie!! :waves:

MumofSix, I don't watch sodium. Like, at all. Atomic said in my Personalised Plan that there is "little evidence" it sways either way.


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[Marika]

Weekend wasn't great foodwise, had some tuna on saturday (but shared my portion with both kids, so maybe 50-50 g) and sunday was mothers day here in Sweden so I had some cake. Last night we were out and had dinner at a hamburger place. Took the veggie one, but still went way over limits in fat since I couldn't stay away from the fries. I need to shape up!

So rest of the week I'll try to make meal plans and stick to them, it's when I don't have a good alternative ready that I tend to make the worst choices.

Anyway, todays plan:

6.30 Coffee with milk

10.00 1 slice of white toast with light spread cheese

12.00 250 ml tomato soup, 2 slices of toast w spread cheese

17.30 Rice and a veggie chili stew, a salad with 30 g of low fat feta cheese. A few sweets.

Totals: Cals 1053, 46 g protein, 23 g fat (20%)

[stephk]

welcome junie

mumofsix - agree with primalmamma, you dont really need to worry about sodium unless its something you are set on including?

[stephk]

So yesterday was the day of a family BBQ. I hadnt exercised on sunday at the request of DH and went to all you can eat sushi as you all know!! So yesterday I was determined to burn 1000 cals on the cross trainer! DH insisted on coming to the gym at the same time as me (because my mum is here and can sit with DS). I was like, fine but dont even think of interrupting me as I will be listening to glazby (very hard house DJ). To be fair to him he didnt interrupt me that much. He did an hour on the cross trainer and then went to do weights and sit ups, I did 72 mins to burn 1000 cals and then did half hour of pilates. When we left i said lets run home but he wasnt really up for more after!!

So onto the eating... I recall having 3 coffees with whole milk in the morning pre gym, but cant remember the times.
12.00 - omelette with 2 eggs and mushrooms cooked in frylight
2.00pm - opened a bottle of lower alcohol sauvingon blanc, drank this over the course of the afternoon
4/5.00pm (not exactly sure) - 2 white bakery rolls, a mushroom and garlic veggie burger, a portobello mushroom, halloumi, some avocado and salad leaves and some heinz garlic sauce
5.30pm - 2 thorntons toffee cake bars
8.00pm - 2 gin and tonics
9.45pm - a banana

approx 2100 cals, 72g fat (38%) and 55g protein

[Junie]

OK, yesterday I did fine with food but overdid it in terms of making it healthy. The pasta I made for lunch was SO bland and if I had just added a splash of milk or normal cream cheese would have tasted loads better and been totally fine. So I am going to try to remember that today. I make myself really miserable when I don't eat anything that I find at least halfway yummy. Plus I don't have much to lose so my calories should be higher than yesterday.

Yesterday I had,
9:30 Starbucks coffee- I felt really sick to my stomach so only had a few sips.

12:30- gluten free Pasta with mushrooms and .01 fat cream cheese, .01 fat small yogurt, salad with tbsp ranch. With a nice unhealthy donut for dessert :D
16:30-rice cracker (corn instead of wheat based)
18:30-corn, gnocchi with tomato sauce, 2 pieces of white toast with low sugar jam and a no sugar pudding for dessert.

Totals: Cals 1336, 43 g protein, 35 g fat

[Marika]

Mumofsix - I don't track sodium either. That would be too much to track for me.

I try to realx bout that part and think of a friend of mine that has three girls - she has extra salt on everything!

She is actually my role model right now. She is a vegetarian (but eats some fish), has breakfast a little later (like at 9) and is super skinny (which I am NOT). She has LOADS of coffee and loves sweets, and can easily skip a meal just to have candy instead :-) And yes, she loves white wine. So interesting to watch her and when she talks about eventually wanting more kids and "a boy would be lovely" I wonder if I should say something about swaying... I have not mentioned it yet since I don't wanna tell anyone about my own sway, and it would become pretty obvious if I told her all i know.

[Junie]

I'm so impressed by you ladies who have been doing this for months!!

[stephk]

marika - maybe tell her once you are already PG with your DD :) a few of my close friends know, I kind of wish I hadnt told them because it creates pressure but it explains why I am eating differently and have lost weight so its a bit of a toss up what is best to do to explain yourself. not that you should have to explain yourself but sometimes its easier to say something...

junie - its kind of like a way of life now but I do take weekends off/relax with the diet more at weekends.

[weeziewoozles]

Sooooo hard to skip breakfast when your house smells of freshly baked spelt and rye bread every other morning! I love feeding my boys healthy homemade bread but wish it didn't smell so good! :)

[stephk]

Im not even there and i can smell it and want to eat it!!!!

[weeziewoozles]

Im not even there and i can smell it and want to eat it!!!!

Ha ha! :)

[Junie]

I also mentioned it vaguely to my younger son's day mother (childcare) because she thought I was becoming anorexic which I most definitely am not and don't want anyone to think.... I just bought 2 new cook books today on sale on baking and big meals and I think I will have to try them out today, especially after thinking about yummy bread!

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[SamS_TTCPink]

Thanks for the encouragement regarding not watching sodium! I feel better about it now. 😊

Today:

10am rice milk coffee

5pm pasta with creamy pesto vegetable sauce and Parmesan cheese

9pm McCafe large hot choc.

12am poptart & peppermint tea.

1020cals 34g fat 31g protein

[bluebonnet22]

Welcome Junie - always great to have new ladies posting on this thread

I was a bad girl on the diet over the weekend - it was Memorial day here so weekend lasted 3 days AND I had AF so wanted to eat everything in sight. I'm going to try to be better this week !

Breakfast - coffee + creamer
Lunch - 6 oz of blueberries, a mango coconut chia seed squeeze snack, 1.75 cups of Trader Joe's Japanese fried rice (carrots, edamame, tofu, seaweed)
Dinner - 1.75 cups of TJ's fried rice, 2 mini homemade spinach artichoke crescent bites, 1/2 bottle of wine

1508 calories, 31 grams of fat, 33 grams of protein

[Junie]

AF is coming soon and I can definitely tell. Strong cravings for sweets, grumpy, hungry- a perfect mix for the LE diet! LOL

Yesterday I had a dinner out with friends at a tapas place so I was at the upper end of cals and over for fat but I'm fine with it.

9:00- Coffee w/skim and sweetener
12:00- leftover pasta and weight watchers spaghetti, 2 pieces of white toast with two marshmallows, a few chips, 1 granola bar

20:00- Ensalada Rusa (Spanish Russian potato salad), chorizo in white wine, 0,4 Warsteiner beer

1517 cal, 63 fat, 52 protein

[stephk]

yesterday:
5.20am - coffee with whole milk
12.00pm - 3 white crusty rolls, bit of lurpak on one, some brie on another and left the third one plain. Carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup. Leftover salad and avocado from the BBQ.
3.45pm - some almond breeze chocolate flavour milk, a banana and a punnet of graze sticky chocolate pudding (its a small amount of raisins and chocolate)
8.00pm - some fresh fusilli pasta with provencale vegetable sauce, veggies cooked in garlic and frylight (leeks, babycorn, mushrooms and courgette). A third of a parmesan and garlic rustic wheel. I successfully gave chicken to my mum and DH without eating any myself! My mum made dessert of low fat strawberry yoghurt with some strawberries and low fat creme fraiche.

approx 2080 cals, 57g (25%) fat, 61g protein

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - forgot to mention, in the US if you eat any kind of sushi while pregnant (even from safe restaurants) people look at you like you are crazy. It was literally my biggest craving so I didn't care. I had a HUGE aversion to cooked meats while pregnant so smoked salmon rolls became a good way for me to get healthy fats in. It's funny because there is a listeria outbreak in the US now from hummus (but none from fish) yet any OB would tell you hummus is completely fine but avoid sushi. So stupid!

I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of LE!

Breakfast - coffee + creamer
Lunch - 1.5 cups of Japanese fried rice (edamame, carrots, tofu, seaweed), 6 oz of blueberries, coconut mango chia squeeze pouch
Dinner - I'm fixing a Mexican feast, very excited! A quesadilla made with 2% mexican cheese, baked tortilla chips, 4 tbsp of low fat guacamole lightened up with greek yogurt, 2 tbsp of light sour cream, 4 tbsp of pineapple salsa, a fresh pomegranate margarita on the rocks (the best part) :)

1649 calories, 39 grams of fat (21%), 40 grams of protein

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today (well yesterday I guess as it's 1am):

10am medium flat white

1pm laksa cup-a-soup and 2 white bred rolls

8pm Way too much Vegetarian Turkish pide & hummus. And a bottle of white wine. 😕

1am (after attempt 😊) hot choc & poptart!

No idea on cals!!??!! 😜

[stephk]

bluebonnet - that is hilarious! The only things I really avoided during PG were things like camembert and brie unless they were deep fried. Also avoided swordfish and calamari where possible. But definitely not sushi :) I could eat some now...................

[PrimalMamma]

Yesterday

10am – 1 tangelo & a single serve packet of low fat chocolate biscuits

12:50pm – Salad kebab (Lebanese bread with lettuce, tabouleh, tomato, onion, mushrooms, hummus & sriracha sauce) plus a diet tropical-flavoured yoghurt.

1:30pm – Giant freddo frog

6pm – Konjac “rice” with a zucchini & mushrooms, garlic, chilli, basil, balsamic vinegar & a little blue cheese (so sort of like a cross between a stir fry & a risotto…. Or maybe an Italian Stir fry??? Oh the weird meals you come up with on LE!!)

8pm – diet chocolate mousse, 2 glasses wine.

1214 cal, 25.4g protein, 33.1g fat.


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[bluebonnet22]

Now I know what a "Freddo frog" and "konjac" are. The things you learn from reading this thread! Lychee candy made out of konjac used to be quite popular here when I was a kid but I had no idea you could make rice/pasta out of it.. fascinating!

Sorry for the completely non swaying related post !

[stephk]

primal I love the sound of those salad kebabs!!!

[stephk]

so yesterday wasnt a particularly healthy day but at the moment it cant be helped as my mum is visiting.
520am - coffee with whole milk
12.15pm - leftover from the night before: fresh fusilli pasta with provencale vegetable sauce, mushrooms, leeks and babycorn. I added some brie to this and also had a salad with beetroot.
3.45pm - some almond breeze chocolate flavour milk and a graze fruit and seed flapjack
8.00pm - pizza express pollo pesto pizza, I added mushrooms to this. Also had a good serving of heinz garlic sauce instead of chilli oil to reduce fat consumption. My mum made the same dessert again but added crushed biscuits to it!!! I dont think there was more than half or maybe 3/4 a biscuit in there but it had this plus the same things as before - low fat strawberry yoghurt, some strawberries and creme fraiche - I saw that it was half fat creme fraiche and not the lowest fat....

so approx 2000 cals, 65g fat and 60g protein

Today I have a half day so I am meeting my mum in a pub for lunch, then we are going to the theatre and then a curry..............so everything will be way over today............

[Junie]

9:00 coffee
12:30 2 boiled potatoes
17:30 homemade veggie lasagne, homemade lemon cake, homemade yeast cake, 1 piece homemade garlic bread

I was too lazy to figure out exactly the figures for fat in the lasagne as only cals were given in the recipe but I guessed.

Fat 34, protein 23, cals 1370

It's "father's day" here in Germany and most guys go out drinking. My husband included. He's actually gone for a little mtn bike trip as well so we all ate breakfast together before he left. Oh well, 1 breakfast of a croissant won't ruin my sway ;)



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[Junie]

That sounds like a fun day stephk!! Jealous :)

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[PrimalMamma]

Today started well & ended badly after a stupid work colleague took credit for my work. Like blatantly had my whole office of 250 people showering accolades over him for something he did no work on WHATSOEVER other than forwarding an email I wrote including attached documents I have been working on alone in unpaid time FOR MONTHS out to the entire office, removing my name & replacing it with his. So needless to say I've had a right shit of a day!!!!! 😤😡😢

8am - skim milk flat white with an extra shot of coffee & Equal

12:15pm - Tom yum soup with rice noodles & zucchini

1pm - giant Freddo frog

2pm - scone with jam & cream

6pm - fish & chips & a beer

Later - wine, beer

1960 cal 60g protein, 60g fat



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[PrimalMamma]

PS work colleague can go shove it
PPS no one likes work colleague anyway
PPPS hope work colleague gets kicked in the nuts. 😡😡😡😡😡


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[Junie]

What a d***!!! I'm so sorry, I would be fuming and probably would have eaten a big medium rare steak with fries after a day like that!

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[SamS_TTCPink]

That sux PrimalMamma! What a jerk!! 😠

Today started out ok, but tonight wasn't. 😞

10am large flat white

12pm cheese toasted sandwich and sml freddo frog

Then...

Popcorn at the movies and then a steak roll from Oporto after getting home late from the movies.

Not good for keeping sugar levels low straight after our attempt.

[stephk]

I can't see how you would have had bursts of high/stable blood sugar, looks like nowt to worry about from where I'm sitting :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Thanks steph. 😊

[bluebonnet22]

Primal - I'm so sorry about the jerk at work!

The scale is moving so slowly lately (< 1 lb per week). I'm getting frustrated because I'm jogging 5.5-7 miles per day and weighing and measuring things very carefully. It seems whether I bump my calories up for a few days (on the weekends I eat more like 1800-2200/day) or drop them down to starvation levels nothing is working! I guess I should be happy my cycles are perfectly regular and all that but I guess I wanted to have a daughter AND be skinny when I got pregnant. Is that too much to ask? LOL

Today's plan:

breakfast - coffee + creamer
lunch - 1.75 cups of japanese fried rice (carrots, edamame, tofu, seaweed), 10 honey wheat pretzel sticks, 1 strawberry banana chia seed packet
dinner - 1 cup of butternut squash ravioli, 1 wedge of laughing cow cinnamon cream cheese spread on top, 2 crescent rolls, 1/2 bottle of wine

1398 calories, 30 grams of fat, 34 grams of protein

[Junie]

I don't think you have anything to worry about MumofSix. Good luck!!

I'm sorry the weight loss is slowing down for you bluebonnet.

Today I ate

8:00 Croissant, coffee

14:00 pasta, leftover lasagne, leftover lemon cake,2 pieces of toast

18:00 a pretzel roll, a few oven baked wedges with gasp mayo and a quark tangerine dessert

total cal 1275, fat 52 g, protein 51g

[stephk]

well yesterday was SUPER unhealthy, this is not how I like to eat, but it just cant be helped this week. I did my best to make healthy/more LE friendly choices....
520am - coffee with whole milk
11.30am - a banana, a punnet of graze tropical daiquiri (basically a small amount of raisins and dried mango) and a nescafe cafe menu latte (a sachet of dried powder that you add water to for a coffee)
1.30pm - lunch at all bar one - a halloumi and portobello mushroom burger, fries and mayo, plus a large glass of chardonnay
8.00pm - dinner at a curry restaurant - a garlic naan, fish masala and okra side dish, plus a bottle of chardonnay....

approx 2800 cals, 82g (37%) fat and 65g protein

did not sleep well last night due to major stomach pain :( but it was yummy when I was eating it all. Theatre was good - if anyone has the production near them I recommend for a good laugh - dirty rotten scoundrels.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today has been all over the place.

10am large flat white

Then snacking on kids shapes biscuits.

Lasange at lunch (meat one) and it made me feel sick.

5pm Mouthful of kids 2 minute noodles

And I don't know what's for dinner yet?! 😕

[Junie]

I have to say that I think the thing I miss most is not thinking about what I eat at all. I have never dieted before this, and when I went to restaurants I used to just order whatever sounded best. I can't imagine people who spend their whole lives on diets it takes so much of the fun out of eating (for me at least). But I'm just trying to remind myself that the goal is a girl and that this isn't a lifetime change.But sometimes it feels like it!

Are you guys doing fiber with meals?

[stephk]

Junie - totally with you!! I miss eating what I want when I want!!

I'm not doing fibre because it's too much money all these supps. But most people are doing it.

[SamS_TTCPink]

I take chitosan when I eat a high fat meal and remember but I'm so hopeless with taking it! 😜

[SamS_TTCPink]

We ended up having Thai for dinner. Beef curry and pad Thai noodles. Feeling so sick now!

[stephk]

sounds yum, its not even midday here - skipping breakfast on a hangover SUCKS

[Junie]

Sounds yummo! I would not be able to handle a hangover on an empty stomach. Hangovers literally make me want to cry.

I discovered that pancake syrup is literally pure sugar with no nutritional value so I'm thrilled. I made low fat pancakes and had a great lunch of sweet sugary pancakes to help me not feel so deprived.

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[stephk]

that sounds so amazing!

[stephk]

OMG my calendar has just told me I have a meeting in 15 mins time!!!! So I wont get to eat for another hour and a half!! pure torture :(

[stephk]

well it seems I had a positive OPK and if its not positive it is pretty darn close!! typical after that feast yesterday and upcoming feasting....

today:
5.20am - black coffee (no milk in the house!!)
10.00 a nescafe cafe menu latte (was sooooo desperate for something with caffeine in it)
1.15pm (not on purpose) - kirstys moroccan vegetables, mash direct beetroot and red cabbage, items from the salad bar at work (aubergine, cauliflower, broccoli and mushroom). Some chocolate flavour almond milk.
6.00pm - may or may not have a cosmo or 2. I am so tired I dont fancy it but DH might talk me round....
8.00pm - I am making chicken fajitas at DH request :( but I will give him most of the chicken and make extra veggies - butternut squash, onion, courgette, babycorn and try to only have veg. I am also going to do my very best to have only 3 fajitas and not 4! Will have cheddar and sour cream too. We will likely share a bottle of wine. If I manage to have 3 fajitas I am totally having a crunchie ice cream.

so without the cosmos and eating 3 fajitas its approx 2100 cals, 60g fat and 60g protein. 2 cosmos would add 197 cals.

Edit- ended up having one Cosmo after our attempt. I was good and had 3 tortillas. Didn't have the crunchie ice cream but I did have 3 crackers with Brie and 2 small chocolates.

2260 cals, 64g fat, 58gprotein

[bluebonnet22]

stephk - I can't believe you skipped bfast on a hangover. The few times I've been hung over on the diet I eat some pancakes or waffle around 9 AM otherwise I feel too sick! Also surprised people in the UK eat fajitas at home. We eat mexican food 2x a week here in TX ! GL on your attempt tonight!

Today's food -
Breakfast - coffee with creamer
lunch - 1.75 cups of Japanese fried rice (carrots, edamame, tofu, seaweed), chia fruit snack, 10 honey wheat pretzels
dinner - 2 slices of Domino's brooklyn pizza with mushrooms and bell peppers, 1/2 bottle of wine

1423 calories, 34 grams of fat, 41 grams of protein

[stephk]

lol thanks! we love fajitas but I find them a bit fiddly to make so we dont have them too often. I did eat a lot of food yesterday so genuinely I didnt feel like eating this morning but then hunger really struck at 9am. Cant believe I made it until 1.15 although that wasnt on purpose, I was going to eat at 12 but forgot about a meeting I had! Cant wait to sleep tonight!!!

[eleena2014]

Decided to do a trial run of the le diet today.
10.00am toast with butter and low fat jam.coffee and a angel slice cake

1.40- sandwich with a cheese slice and branston pickle,diet coke and hoola hoops

8.00pm- potatoe hoola hoops,chicken nuggets (naughty I know) and broccoli,cauliflower and peas
Vodka and coke

Calories 1368
Fat -46g Protein 20g

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[eleena2014]

Not sure I did this right as it looks quite low on protein.
Can anyone tell me if low fat ready meals or weight watchers ready meals are ok

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[stephk]

Yes they are fine, just check the label. I think the 20g protein is miscalculated however you are right it shouldn't be below 40g.

[Junie]

What do you mean by OK eleena2014? Normally they are high on sodium but I think most people aren't watching that anymore. I'm certainly not. They tend to be low in fat and sometimes protein depending on if they contain meat. How did you track the protein? As depending on what type of cheese and how many chicken nuggets you ate I would guess that you got more than 20g of protein when you include the minimal amounts of protein found in everything else you were eating.

I use myfitnesspal which is free and is really easy to use. You can use it on the PC and as an app on your phone.

I think your day looks great. I think Atomic says she would like to see everyone stay above 1500 cals for the most part depending on how much you have to lose. But some days I am under as well.

Yesterday I had
12:00 pancakes with syrup, coffee

18:00 a small piece of fish, cheese ravioli, garlic baguette, and a few chips

Totals: 1,395 cals 48g fat 46g protein
I should also mention that my totals are probably always a bit higher in terms of cals because I eat a few gummy bears or a marshmallow or 2 every day but am too lazy to track it :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

11am brunch with friends - had a BLAT (bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato) sandwich and a large hot choc.

2pm low fat iced coffee

7pm homemade vegetarian tikka masala and a cup of rice.

+ half a bottle of white wine

And I'm now really hungry!! 😕

1700cals 60g fat 55g protein

[eleena2014]

I think if I went over 1300 I wouldn't lose anything.I am using my fitness pal so I don't know what I've done wrong

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[eleena2014]

The cheese slice was a lo lo fat one says 2.8g of protein on label

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[SamS_TTCPink]

my Fitness Pal can be wrong with some things so it's more of a guide. The ability to scan barcodes can help with the accuracy though. 😊
I don't think you've done anything wrong! It takes a while to work out LE and what gets you in your totals for the day, but keep at it, you'll get there. And this thread is great for ideas. 👍

[stephk]

I think rather than dwell on one day, just try your best to eat enough going forwards. You don't want to lose O. 40g protein is the minimum you should aim for. It does take time to transition into the diet and it will get easier. Why do you think you won't lose weight if you eat 1500 cals? Are you doing exercise?

[Junie]

Homemade tikka masala sounds so yummy!

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[stephk]

Ok you would think on the day I will likely O (or the day before) I wouldn't cheat. Well sadly that ain't possible....
7.15am 2 coffees with whole milk
12.45- strawberries
1.00pm - Waitrose chargrilled vegetable soup, essential Waitrose side salad, Waitrose chargrilled vegetables, 2 slices of seeded bread and Lurpak
4.30pm - will share a bottle of veuve cliquot with my friend
7.30pm - another bottle of veuve and a sushi takeaway

Approx 2500 cals, 68g fat and 100g protein.... Not good and I have beat myself up in my head which is worse, but I can't miss out on sushi and champers!

[eleena2014]

I don't excersise. I'm only 9.stone 1lb so don't need to loose a lot at all but I do find I don't lose weight easily. Just confused about getting enough protein if we can't eat a lot of meat. I scanned everything I ate yesterday too.I did get slightly confused on the part where u have to put in how much u had.

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[stephk]

A slice of bread has about 4-5g protein and it looks like you had 3-4 slices? I am sure you had closer to 30-40g with the bread and chicken nuggets. It will take time and you don't have to lose weight if you don't have weight to lose, the diet is swaying with or without weight loss. I lost all my weight before January and kept stable since, I fluctuate by 1-2kg here and there but it's mainly stable.

[weeziewoozles]

well yesterday was SUPER unhealthy, this is not how I like to eat, but it just cant be helped this week. I did my best to make healthy/more LE friendly choices....
520am - coffee with whole milk
11.30am - a banana, a punnet of graze tropical daiquiri (basically a small amount of raisins and dried mango) and a nescafe cafe menu latte (a sachet of dried powder that you add water to for a coffee)
1.30pm - lunch at all bar one - a halloumi and portobello mushroom burger, fries and mayo, plus a large glass of chardonnay
8.00pm - dinner at a curry restaurant - a garlic naan, fish masala and okra side dish, plus a bottle of chardonnay....

approx 2800 cals, 82g (37%) fat and 65g protein

did not sleep well last night due to major stomach pain :( but it was yummy when I was eating it all. Theatre was good - if anyone has the production near them I recommend for a good laugh - dirty rotten scoundrels.

Cannot remember when I last went to the theatre! I used to go all the time before kids!

[weeziewoozles]

sounds yum, its not even midday here - skipping breakfast on a hangover SUCKS

I've had breakfast on the two mornings I've had a hangover. I figured that my body needed it!

[weeziewoozles]

Wish I had a Sushi takeaway tonight! Instead I have concocted something that I hope will be nice. I sauted leeks, carrots and swede (rutabaga) in oil spray then added some mixed beans and chopped tomatoes as well as loads of Mexican-ish spices. Stuck it in the oven with thinly sliced potatoes on top and the tiniest bit of grated parmesan. We shall see when I've put the kids to bed how it turns out but it's practically zero fat and shouldn't be too high in protein as even though I used beans, I used lots of swede to make it go further! Two of my boys have temperatures so I'm enjoying a large gin and tonic now! :)

[Junie]

That sounds like a good night's meal- especially the gin and tonic. I made the boys chicken with pesto and rice but didn't have any yet. Right now I'm at the movies munching on popcorn- movie hasn't started yet, I'm not sitting and texting and driving everyone crazy lol.

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[weeziewoozles]

I love it that gin and tonic is girl friendly! I got to go to the cinema the other night with a friend so I bought a bag of Minstrels and loved every one!

[bluebonnet22]

I'm not strict at all with the diet on the weekends, but I try to at least stay mostly vegetarian and keep protein and fat within limits if I can.

Breakfast (9:30 AM) - 1 slice of french toast, coffee with creamer, a greyhound cocktail
Lunch - 1/2 of a panera mozzerella/tomato panini, slice of bread with butter
Dinner - Olive garden for date night. Ravioli di Portobello, salad with no dressing, 1/2 bottle of wine

1851 calories (oops!), 56 grams of fat, 49 grams of protein

[Junie]

Yum, yum, yum bluebonnet22!!!

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[stephk]

Mmmmmm so I got drunk, had the sushi takeaway and then ate 2 crunchie ice creams!!!!!!!! Why can't I manage to be good when I am bloody ovulating!!!!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Steph I find it hardest to "be good" when I'm around ovulation time too??! 😜

[SamS_TTCPink]

Sounds yum bluebonnet22! I'm so jealous of all these date nights I read about. DH and I don't know what that is!! 😞

What is a greyhound cocktail??

[PrimalMamma]

So after careful consideration, discussions with Atomic & with my husband I've decided to go back to my normal paleo diet but eat lower calorie & less meat/protein overall. I found LE was affecting my health negatively in a myriad of ways. I was extremely lethargic, depressed, anxious (protein stimulates serotonin which is what a lot of anti-depressants do) & my IBS symptoms (which are aggravated by grains & legumes) were making every day a misery. I had gone from my usual exercising 6 & sometimes 7 days a week to barely being able to drag my sorry butt off the couch, I was GAINING weight & life was just not pleasant for anyone. On Saturday morning I had a full blown panic attack & decided enough was enough. So I have eaten paleo for 2 days... Today I've been up since 5am & have been on the go all day, including a 5k run. I feel the best I've felt in weeks. I won't be going back to LE & will attempt to sway with lower calories overall & exercise. It is best for me & my family & I'm not so dead set on having a girl that i want my health or my family to suffer.Because of that I won't post here anymore, my diet won't relate to yours & I also don't want to confuse any newcomers. I'll still read & comment but I won't bother posting my menus. Xx


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[stephk]

Sounds like a great plan. Your health must come first - and the fact you will have less overall will still sway pink.

[SamS_TTCPink]

I agree with stephk and glad you're feeling better.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

12pm rice milk coffee & 2 toasted cheese sandwiches.

1pm dare iced coffee

6pm leftover curry and rice plus a bowl of pumpkin soup (which also had potato & carrot in it)

1500cals 45g protein 54g fat

[Junie]

primal I think that is a great plan!!! And remember millions of women have girls without ever swaying! They aren't all doing LE obviously and even a few changes can be enough to have a girl :)

[stephk]

Well the old me has definitely come out today apart from having no breakfast...
715am - 2 coffees with whole milk
820am- coffee with whole milk
We went to a friends for lunch, awful drive there, I wasn't feeling great.
1230 - opened a bottle of light sauvingon blanc (DH didn't drink and drive back). Had a few olives
1.15pm - chicken tagine and salad - this was delicious and I had a big portion!
2.15pm - homemade pavlova - 2 helpings!
7.30pm - open a bottle of cotes du rhone villages with DH, out comes the poppy and sesame seed crackers, pretzels and a whole Camembert (sharing!!!) - well I can't have it once I get that BFP lol

Approx 2400 cal :(
Approx 80g fat :(
Approx 57g protein - phew on this one, but I had 2 big chicken thighs?!

Anyway I stupidly obsessed over whether to have the cheese just in case the egg isn't fertilised yet.....stupid stupid stupid. Then I decided to say f*** it and enjoy the cheese and wine!

[eleena2014]

Yesterday
11.00am toast with butter and jam coffee
1.30pm- packet of crisps.eekk. we were out shopping and I was starving and that's the cheapest thing I could find.
4.30pm- dairylea and cucumber sandwich,diet coke and mini pot of custard.

8.30- panchetta risotto with mushrooms,peas and pineapple creme freshe.

10.00pm - half a bottle of red wine
32g fat
38g protein
1281 cals
Prob a bit more calories as I had quite a lot of the risotto


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[SamS_TTCPink]

All sounds yum steph! I love pavlova and there would have been no harm with the cheese & wine! 😊

[stephk]

I weighed myself this morning and I've put on 1kg in one week.... Oh well what can you do, I've done my best and I know last week wasn't great or healthy but all I could do was my best. Normally I would be thrilled to be 59kg so just need to shut up lol. It's going to be hard motivating myself this week!

The Camembert was delicious by the way and I probably had more crackers than accounted for! :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Stephk, a kilo is nothing! I can put on 3kgs a week just looking at food! And it doesn't come off again either!! 😞

You'll probably also find at lots of it's water from the food you had yesterday that you haven't been eating regularly and it will drop straight off. 👍

[Marika]

Agree with Mum - one kilo is nothing. That can change within two visits to the toilet :bigsmile: Don't worry!

[stephk]

lol hilarious! :)

[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am rice milk coffee

12pm pumpkin soup

4pm early dinner. I was starving! Vege curry and rice.

And before bed I'll have a pop tart & hot choc.😊

1200cals 36g fat 25g protein

[stephk]

todays plan:
520am - coffee with whole milk
12.15pm - a carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, a white baguette, 2 eggs with mayo, a middle eastern spiced wild rice salad
4.00pm - a banana, some blackberries, raspberries and total greek yoghurt
6.30pm oops had a snack of pretzels and findlater black bean dip (bloody amazing)
7.30pm - lentil and vegetable curry with white basmati rice.

approx 1860 cals 54g fat (27%) and 67g protein.

[eleena2014]

yesterday-
11.00am - coffee, 2 crumpets with butter and low fat jam

2.30- home made spag bol made with chopped tomatoes,worcestershire sauce,mushrooms,tomatoe puree and sweet chilli(did mine separate with quorn mince) linguine pasta
diet coke

5.30pm- coffee and mr kipling cake

10.00pm- v late tea-ginsters microwave hot dog

32g-fat 46g-protein 1281 cals
my potassium is 1 mg can anyone tell me why??

hope im doing this right as it seems i eat loads yet theres not many calories altogether.im using my fitness pal and scanning most of the items.
not being too strict on diet yet as i know i will stress too much,not ttc for another 10 weeks so will start getting more strict nearer the time.

[SamS_TTCPink]

Sometimes My Fitness Pal doesn't have the potassium listed for some items but an easy way to up it is by having coconut water.

You could add something else to either your 11am meal or at 5:30 to up your cals a bit. 😊

[bluebonnet22]

Mum - I have a husband who gets very moody if we don't have enough date nights. Luckily we have a fantastic babysitter I trust 100% which makes it easier to not feel guilty about leaving! A greyhound is a grapefruit juice and vodka cocktail. So yummy for brunch!

Stephk - Don't feel guilty for living a normal life for a few days. I'm sure it was still LESS than before and that's all that matters. As mum said, it's just water weight. I usually go up 1-2 lbs on the weekends and then it comes back off by Tuesday.

You guys are all being so good I feel bad about cheating yesterday and posting, but I will post yesterday's cheat day just to keep myself honest. BACK ON THE DIET TODAY! Must be good!

Yesterday:
Breakfast - 2 pancakes at my mom's house with syrup and butter
Lunch - Zucchini Grillini sandwich from Jason's deli, lays baked chips
Afternoon -went to a wedding and had half a greek spinach appetizer thing and a half glass of white wine, avoided the rest of the food there so I guess that's a win?
Dinner - 2 slices of hawaiian bbq pizza from pizza hut, glass of sangria

1948 calories, 75 grams of fat, 52 gram of protein.

[eleena2014]

im not bothered about not having any more calories as i dont think i will lose any weight if i eat more calories,i was just wondering if this looks right what i have tracked.

[stephk]

bluebonnet - doesnt sound like a bad cheat day at all, you did well! It all sounds lovely. I had never heard of a greyhound cocktail but that sounds great, will have to try it :)

eleena - as mum says, MFP often doesnt contain the potassium info for foods so just dont worry about it and make sure you are eating enough fruit and veg. Coconut water is great for potassium as mum said, and you can also get it from bananas and potatoes.