TTC Pink Daily Food Diaries - August

[zanacal]

Hi ladies

Please continue to share daily food diaries and recipe ideas here :C:

Continued from this thread:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?3739-For-people-that-want-to-record-what-they-are-eating-(to-help-be-strict!)/page83

The daily chat thread for August is here:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?4794-TTC-Pink-Chit-Chat-Thread-August

[Mochagirl]

Looks like I'm the first one to post in our sparkly new thread!

6:30: coffee
12pm: 1 slice of WW bread with a tiny smear of goat cheese and a couple of roasted red peppers, Activia non-fat yogurt, 2 sugar free Peek Frean cookies
5pm: leftover no salt vegetarian Mexican lasagna with a bit of fresh salsa and plain yogurt, steamed green beans, lemon gelato, 2 more cookies, one bite of blueberry fudge
8:30pm: low fat vanilla ice cream with fresh raspberries, 25g of salt & vinegar chips (this was about 10 tiny chips), Mike & Ike candies, peach

Calories: 1476
Protein: 42
Sodium: 1050

I feel like I'm drowning my sorrows in girl-approved sugary snacks. I am soooo sick of that Mexican lasagna - it's such a waste of protein and has hardly any taste. I want to eat tasty food again! If af shows on Thursday, I think I'm going to have to lighten up very slightly on the diet in order to keep my sanity. Three months of food with no taste is really taking its toll on me. I can't believe I've been on this diet 3 months already! I think I'm going to eat chocolate and garlic once or twice a week as a treat, and try not to worry if my protein creeps closer to 50g a couple of times a week. I'm going to continue to strive to find normal meals that fit within the diet, though in general I find I can only do that if I starve myself all day and save all my protein and sodium for supper.

I'm sooooooo depressed right now. :tissue: Sorry to start off this new thread on such a low note.

[zanacal]

Aww, I'm sorry you're depressed mocha, big {hugs}.

[zanacal]

I lost another 3lb this week :D I'll update my ticker!

[Mochagirl]

Congrats on the weight loss, Zanacal!

[Mochagirl]

I'm so excited about my supper tonight that I wanted to share the recipe a little early. I'm making pizza with a low sodium crust. Here's the recipe:

2 t Active dry yeast
3 1/2 c Bread Flour
1 1/2 c Water
2 t Honey
2 T Olive Oil

(Source: http://www.lowsodiumcooking.com/free/BasicPizzaDough.htm)

I made it in the bread machine, and it makes 2 12" pizzas. With low sodium sauce and cheese used sparingly, it's going to fit nicely within the diet! I'm planning to eat 4 pieces, which is half a pizza - I've already worked out the nutritional info, and I can do it within the limits.

[swish]

Hello!
No breakfast
Lunch rice with beans, yogurt and balsamic. Strawberries and meringue. Go ahead bar
Dinner pizza (not a guilt free one but it was yummy!) frozen yogurt, sweets

[zanacal]

Ooh mocha, yum! I'll have to check out that website too :D

Here's me:

Lunch: Wrap with low fat cheese slice, White choc and strawberry cereal bar, grapes, 2 Fox's Glacier Fruits.
Snack: Packet of Starburst!
Dinner: Roasted courgette and mushroom mixed with kids tomato pasta sauce cooked on a dry fried wrap with melted cheddar cheese on top (my version of a pizza too!).

... and I've already decided I'm going to have a glass of wine tonight, so there!!

[Mochagirl]

Once af finally arrives, I'm planning to have wine too! In fact, I'm going to drink wine or other alcoholic beverages as much as I want up until a few days before I O. It's one of the resolutions I've made about taking a more easy going approach to the diet this coming month. Chocolate, garlic and wine...mmmmmmm.

(edited to add: just in case anyone thinks I'm a lush, one or two drinks a week is pretty much all I ever indulge in. 3 drinks in a week is a huge binge for me!)

[zanacal]

(edited to add: just in case anyone thinks I'm a lush, one or two drinks a week is pretty much all I ever indulge in. 3 drinks in a week is a huge binge for me!)

:rofl:

I'm going to have the odd glass too. When I'm dieting (swaying aside) I always look on alcohol as empty calories - which is what we want isn't it? I know that there is good stuff in terms of nutrients in wine in particular but I'm sure I don't drink enough (a glass every couple of weeks or less!) for that to matter.

[Mochagirl]

Well, the pizza turned out really yummy, but only because I cheated a bit. I had figured out the nutritional info based on 60g of mozzarella for the whole pizza, but once I was making it I realised how little cheese that really is. I immediately doubled it, which of course made my protein go through the roof. Oh well, it was the tastiest thing I've eaten in a long time, and I ate a whole half of the pizza. The crust recipe worked out really well, though it is very sticky and hard to manipulate. It baked up fluffy and light - quite yummy even without the salt.

6:30am: coffee
12pm: rice with plain yogurt, peach, 2 sugar free cookies
5:30pm: homemade pizza on salt-free crust, 2 sugar free cookies, 2 slices of watermelon
8:30pm: salt & vinegar pop chips, Mike & Ike candies, blueberries

Calories: 1676
Protein: 50g (oops!)
Sodium: 1033mg

I ate a little more today that I should have. I guess I'm still drowning my sorrows in food. I just need to make sure I don't gain any weight back.

[zanacal]

My food for today:

Lunch: Exactly the same as yesterday - wrap with cheese slice, white choc & strawberry cereal bar, grapes, boiled sweet.
Snack: Popcorn
Dinner: KFC night! Strawberry shortcake milkshake, fries & BBQ sauce.

KFC is no fun without the 'C'! I looked up the protein in one of their 'healthiest' burgers and it was something ridiculous like 30g and the sodium was 1100mg - so I think I can forget about that for a while!

[Mochagirl]

It's great that you've found something you can eat at KFC. I had a similar meal at Wendy's a couple of weeks ago: a Frosty and fries. One thing this diet has shown me is how few vegetarian options there are at fast food restaurants. Hardly any places have anything resembling a veggie burger, and even those places with salads often fill them with meat and cheese making them higher in protein and sodium than their burgers!

[swish]

Another not great day!
No breakfast
Lunch rice with balsamic and butter, yogurt, go ahead bar, strawberries
Ds1 had birthday tea with friends, I had 2 small pieces of pizza and a biscuit
Dinner leek risotto with tiny bit if Parmesan (trying to make amends!)? Strawberries, sweets
I just can't seem to get back on track with the diet, I keep cheating and I think I'll get worse with holiday on Friday and then potentially another month. I feel so guilty about it too, like I'm not trying hard enough!

[Mochagirl]

swish - don't be so hard on yourself. First of all, this will very likely be the last month you'll have to be on the diet. Secondly, I'm sure a little cheating isn't going to hurt anything. I know what you mean about the slippery slope you start when you cheat a little - the same thing happened to me. At the same time, your day doesn't look that bad at all. Two little pieces of pizza aren't a huge cheat - it's better than having a steak! I'm trying to let myself relax a bit on the diet so I can enjoy life a bit more - you should do the same. This dieting is HARD WORK, and after 3 months on it we deserve a few treats! I think I'm going to go ahead with my one cheat day a week idea - one day when I don't track anything and eat whatever I want (within reason - I won't eat meat or eat a whole big bag of chips or anything). I think you should make the Friday holiday your cheat day so you can relax and have fun.

[happyheart]

Hello everyone! :) I was on the old thread and then I was gone for awhile. I started to lose my mind a little with watching everything I ate. It really started to consume me!! After I figured out that I have been having 8/9 day luteal phases I had a few days of cheating bad! I felt sooooooo bad too for cheating! I felt like I was letting myself and my kids down and hurting my chances of having a girl.

I am feeling sooooo much better now after I had a good look at how I felt. I am feeling more postive and like okay... I can do this! Like mochagirl suggested... I think I will have a cheat day too... I honestly think in the long run it will totally help me stay positive and on the diet the rest of the week. It feels incredibly overwhelming for me to look at the calender and think on my gosh I will be on this diet for weeks or possibly months yet. So with a little cheating I feel like... yes... this is ok and this will all work out....

With that said... my mom passed away from an extremely short battle with cancer one year ago tomorrow. I am having a difficult time with it all this week. We have to go to the cemetary, temple service, and family dinner on Friday... which I am totally dreading!!! I am thinking I may have a drink .... I know that is totally a no-no... and honestly I can't even remember the last time I drank alcohol... but I am hoping maybe it will just help me relax.... hmmm...

Anyway... just wanted to stop by and say that I know how you all are feeling about the diet and that we can do this!!! :cheerteam:

[swish]

Oh happy heart, I'm so sorry about your mum, you should definitely have a drink, I don't think a glass of alcohol is out of the question on the le diet. I think you should not focus at all on food that day and just focus on getting through the day, lots of love to you, x

[zanacal]

So many {hugs} happyheart. I completely agree with swish. Don't even worry about what you are or aren't eating or drinking and do what you need to do to get through the next couple of days then start afresh when you're ready. It's not like your attempt is next week so this won't make any difference whatsoever. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow x

[happyheart]

Thank you so much swish and zanacal! I REALLY think that completely focusing on swaying since May has really helped me get through this hard time. Although, she had three girls and two boys and I have found myself wanting to call her several times wanting to talk to her about swaying.

I really really want a girl so I can name her Leah after my Mom.

Thank you again for your kind words!!

[Mochagirl]

happyheart - I'm really sorry about your Mom. The same thing happened to a dear friend of mine about a year and a half ago - her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and she was gone before they'd had time to adjust to the news. I really hope you get your girl to name after your Mom - Leah is a beautiful name. And I agree with the others - a drink or two are fine on this diet!

[Mochagirl]

Ok, here's today:

7am: coffee
10am: skinny cappuccino (a friend came over to visit)
12pm: rice with balsamic vinegar, homemade raspberry oatmeal muffin
5pm: rice pasta with low sodium tomato sauce and parmesan, 2 sugar free cookies
8:30pm: low fat vanilla ice cream with fresh raspberries, low fat salt & vinegar chips, Sour Patch kids, green grapes (Wowza - I couldn't stop eating!)

Calories: 1690
Protein: 41g
Sodium: 814mg (I'm amazed it was this low even with a full serving of chips!)

Calories were a bit higher than I would like, but otherwise I suppose it was an ok day. The cappuccino wasn't a great idea since I'm sure the milk in it raised my blood sugar a bit. I'm also just not sure how many calories I should aim for if I don't want to lose anymore weight but also don't want to gain any!

[happyheart]

Thank you so much Mochagirl!! I really appreciate it so much!!! I am so sorry to hear about your friend's mom...

I am definitely going to have a glass or two. :)

I think that I may be eating too much protein. I am following the LE diet and I am having one small chicken breast everyday. Are most of you staying away from meat all together?

[DoulaMama]

Thank you so much Mochagirl!! I really appreciate it so much!!! I am so sorry to hear about your friend's mom...

I am definitely going to have a glass or two. :)

I think that I may be eating too much protein. I am following the LE diet and I am having one small chicken breast everyday. Are most of you staying away from meat all together?
One 4oz portion of chicken breast is around 36gr of protein so depending on what you eat for the rest of the day you might come in under 50. I find I can only have around 1oz of chicken or low fat fish if I want to stay under the protein allowance and be somewhat satisfied at the end of the day. I love meat so this is definitely the hardest part of the diet for me. I'm thinking I may go veggie soon with just dairy and eggs.

[zanacal]

Wow, I can't believe that amount of protein in the chicken! I come in at around 30g in total most days, sometimes less and sometimes more.

I'm going to a friend's for dinner tomorrow and she's serving:

Starter: Filo pastry mushroom tarts
Main: Chilli con carne/sticky chicken drumsticks, baked potatoes, salad, bread
Desert: Pavlova/Tiramisu/Cheese & Biscuits

There are going to be lots of people there so hopefully nobody will pay much attention to what I am or aren't eating, but I'm thinking the starter will be ok and a small piece of pavlova for desert is fine too. For main I'll take the potato and salad and a chicken drumstick or two but hope to 'lose' some of it under a lettuce leaf! I can't announce, having known these people for years and after she's gone to so much effort, that I'm suddenly vegetarian! I don't have great hopes for my weight loss this week though ...

[lena]

I have just been having a healthy choice or lean cuisine for dinner and lunch and pepsi max for my sugar cravings. I have thrown my one I had for lunch out but tea one says: (I do per serve not 100g don't I???????)
Calories- 404g
Protein- 20.4g
Sodium- 830g (This is way to high isn't it?)

[Mochagirl]

lena - your sodium looks fine. The guidelines say to eat 700-1000mg per day. I'm amazed you're finding frozen dinners that stay within the guidelines! Tell me what ones you're choosing!

In it's strictest form, the LE diet is meant to be vegetarian. When I started, I was eating a bit of chicken, but I dropped that after a couple of weeks. I also dropped eggs after a month or so when I found a post by atomic saying she thought they weren't a good idea.

I'm amazed at how much protein is in food. Even with no meat or eggs, my protein adds up so quickly! A glass of milk can ruin your whole day's diet (though sometimes I indulge in rice milk, which is a lot lower in protein), bread and pasta are very high in protein (a double serving of pasta can be as much as 22g of protein before you even add any sauce!), and even fruit and vegetables have protein in them! One trick a lot of us have discovered is to eat rice pasta instead of regular pasta, as it has half the protein.

For the past few months I've been sticking to 40g per day, but for the next month I'm going to allow myself to go slightly over 40g sometimes (to a max of 50 except on cheat days) - it's just getting so exhausting having watch every speck of protein that goes in my mouth!

[Mochagirl]

Oops - I just noticed that your sodium listing was per frozen dinner, not per day...sorry! Yes, that is too high. Basically, you could eat one of those and almost no sodium for the rest of the day, which would be really tough. It is almost impossible to find packaged food that is low enough in sodium for this diet, which is why I was so surprised when I thought you'd found a frozen dinner that worked with the diet.

[Mochagirl]

zanacal - that meal sound yummy! Your plan sounds great - just shove some other food on top of the chicken and no one else will notice you're not eating it. Even if you have a bite or two it won't blow your whole diet - you've been doing such a great job.

[swish]

Hello all!
I've had a very rice day(oh that's a very bad joke!!)
No breakfast
Lunch rice with balsamic, strawberries, go ahead bar
Dinner rice with courgette, mushroom, Parmesan, balsamic
Couple of maltesers!
I'm off on hols tomorrow and I'm not sure if I'll be able to pop in or not. I still haven't ovulated which is annoying but I will be in the 2ww whilst I'm away, wish me luck!!

[happyheart]

Hello everyone ~

Thank you for the help with the protein questions. :) I am going to cut back. :)

swish ~ have a nice time! :) Good luck!!! :) :)

zanacal ~ that does sound like a yummy meal!

[Mochagirl]

Have a great holiday, swish! How long will you be gone? How can I stalk you during your 2WW if you aren't here??!!

[swish]

2 weeks!! I can't wait. I'm going to try not to obsess over 2ww as I felt SO disappointed last time! If I have any exciting news I will find a way to report back!!!
Also, I've decided not to rephresh, I'm a bit nervous about it but hey!! Ican't believe you didn't get bfp this month, I thought if you did I would!!! So silly really!!!

[zanacal]

Have a fantastic holiday swish - hopefully you'll be too busy enjoying yourself to even remember you're in the 2ww :D

Today I had:

Lunch: 2 slices ww bread with low fat cheese slice. Birthday Cake!
Dinner: ww wrap with roasted veg in kids pasta sauce and parmesan. Bakewell tart.
Snack: Cheese & Onion hoola hoops

[Mochagirl]

7am: coffee
12pm: 60g curd cheese (those who've been around here awhile know this is my favourite thing, and very hard for me to resist - I avoid buying it in general, but my impending af made me do it), 2 ears of corn on the cob, yellow plums, 2 sugar free cookies
5:30pm: goat cheese and roasted vegetables on toasted Weight Watchers bread (2 sandwiches), potato leek soup (I found an expensive brand that only has 135mg of sodium per serving. Unfortunately, it wasn't very yummy), canteloupe, Weight Watchers lemon creme cake
9:30pm: low fat vanilla ice cream with fresh raspberries, more curd cheese:oops:, peach, Mike & Ike candies

Calories: 1578
Protein: 46g
Sodium: 1500mg (damn that curd cheese...I'll consider this my 'af is coming' treat and try to move on)

[DoulaMama]

Have a fantastic holiday Swish! Can't wait to hear about your BFP news when you get some time to report back!!!

And yes Mocha- I remember you saying something about the curd cheese....I cannot even try it or I'm afraid I'll have to have it too:) You deserve more than cheese though! You should have totally gotten a BFP this time around. 3rd times a charm, Mama:) You will catch that eggy this time:) xoxo

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, DM. AF arrived last night right as I was going to bed, so that explains the eating binge.:wink:.

[zanacal]

More {hugs} mocha.

I'm off out for my meal tonight so I'm not keeping track today. I had a ww wrap with one of my plastic cheese slices and an iced bun at lunchtime and a cereal bar when I got home to keep me going (until 8pm - how will I cope?!). I'm going to eat everything in moderation and not make a pig of myself but at the same time I'm not going to worry a jot about my diet because this one evening won't make an ounce of difference to my sway in 4 weeks time (or longer!).

[Mochagirl]

I'm going to eat everything in moderation and not make a pig of myself but at the same time I'm not going to worry a jot about my diet because this one evening won't make an ounce of difference to my sway in 4 weeks time (or longer!).

Exactly! I'm going out with some girlfriends for supper tomorrow night, and I've decided to make it a cheat night. I'll keep vegetarian, but eat whatever takes my fancy on the menu.

[Mochagirl]

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt, more curd cheese (now it's all gone, thank goodness!)
5pm: rice pasta with butternut squash puree and parmesan, 1/2 a slice of tomato topped with 1/2 a slice of fresh mozzarella (from ds's caprese salad), fresh raspberries & blueberries, chocolate croissant:suprise:
8pm: grapes, Mike & Ike candies

So....not a great day. If it hadn't been for the curd and the chocolate croissant, I would have been fine. The curd was leftover from yesterday, and I figured it would be a shame to waste it, and the chocolate croissants were an impulse buy today - they're one of my favourite things and they looked sooooooo good. The worst part is they came in a pack of 6. After I ate the one, I packed the others into a plastic container and put them in the basement freezer so hopefully I won't eat anymore for a while.

Calories: 1766 (too many - I think I need to keep closer to 1500 to avoid putting any weight back on)
Protein: 50 (but boy was all that cheese good!)
Sodium: 1200 (could have been way worse all things considered)

Tomorrow night I'm going out for dinner with some girlfriends, so it will likely be another not so great day diet-wise. Luckily, they chose a vegetarian restaurant, so I should be able to pick something that isn't too awful on the diet. I've looked at the menu, and I'm choosing between:

Mediterranean Bean Patties served in a warm pita with roasted vegetables, garlic tahini
lentil cashew burger with pesto mayo and dijon
Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna

My sodium will probably end up high (though I'll eat rice for lunch so I can save most of the 1000mg for supper), but I think I should be able to keep my protein within limits. I'll probably get a drink and dessert, though.

[zanacal]

Oooh mocha, that all sounds so good! I think I'd choose the bean patties :D

I wasn't at all good last night - I managed to only eat a little chicken/chilli with half a jacket potato and some salad then I had a small slice of pavlova, then my friend who made a Tiramisu insisted I try that too! I also had a glass of wine and that all wouldn't have been too bad if I hadn't sat next to a big bowl of cheese & onion kettle chips when we went into the living room! Oh well, I can't uneat it, normal service resumed today :D

[Mochagirl]

zana - you've been so good for so long, a cheat night - no matter how bad - isn't going to hurt anything. I hope you had a fun night!

[zanacal]

Thanks mocha. It was good to get out without the children but I'm so tired today as I didn't get home until midnight and I'm usually in bed long before that!

[zanacal]

My food for today:

Lunch: ww wrap with feta, cherry tomatoes and balsamic. Bakewell tart.
Dinner: 2 portions spaghetti with roasted vegetables (courgette, green beans and pepper with a smidge of garlic powder), parmesan and half-fat creme fraiche. 2 Fox's Glacier Fruits.

I'm loving the half-fat creme fraiche with parmesan on my pasta. I think creme fraiche is also known as sour cream?

[Mochagirl]

I just looked it up, and apparently creme fraiche is a bit different than sour cream - less sour and more flavourful. Apparently it's common in Europe and harder to find here in North America. I wondered when you mentioned it, because I can't see sour cream being all that yummy on pasta...but now you really have me curious about creme fraiche! I'll have to start watching for it in specialty stores!

[Mochagirl]

I just got back from a dinner out with the girls. I knew we'd be eating out, so I tried to keep my sodium to a minimum for the rest of the day.

6am: coffee
12pm: plain rice, 2 peaches, canteloupe
4pm: a peach, some yellow plums, a couple of the brussels sprouts I made for the kids, 2 sugar free cookies
8:30pm: tortilla wrap with roasted potato, roasted vegetables, spinach, feta and garlic, Greek salad, strawberry sorbet for dessert

I have no idea what my totals were for the day, but before supper I was only at about 75mg of sodium and 10g of protein, so I might have been ok. It was a vegetarian restaurant, and the food was all pretty healthy. The wrap wasn't all that great, so I'm glad that other than the garlic it wasn't a big cheat for the diet.

[zanacal]

What a shame it wasn't that great, it sounds it! Well done for being a good girl :D

[Mochagirl]

I was leaning towards the bean burrito, but my friends swore the potato wrap was the best thing on the menu. I found it kind of dry, with pretty much no sauce in it (which was probably a good thing, since I'm sure the sauce was swimming in sodium). Oh well, at least I don't really have to feel guilty about my dinner out.

[zanacal]

Food for today:

Lunch: WW wrap with extra light laughing cow cheese triangle, Bakewell tart, Cheese & Onion Hoola Hoops
Dinner: Vegetable burger with a little salad and mayonnaise in 2 mini pitta breads. Lemon yogurt.

[Mochagirl]

It's so quiet around here without swish!

I was proud of myself today because we went to a big group picnic, and I avoided all the food and snacks there - I ate lunch before we went and all I had was a Diet Coke.

7am: coffee
11:30am: rice with 2 tbsp of low sodium primavera sauce and 1/2 tbsp of low sodium parmesan, peach, 2 low sodium Ritz crackers (these things only have 70mg per 6 crackers yet they feel like a treat), 2 sugar free cookies
5pm: rice pasta with butternut squash puree and parmesan, kids sized rainbow sherbet ice cream cone, 2 sugar free cookies, peach
snack (I haven't eaten this yet, but based on my intake for the day, this is what I think I'll have): raspberries and blueberries, low fat salt & vinegar Pop Chips

I'm amazed how low my sodium is today. Even after I eat that small bag of chips, I'll only be at 562mg. I guess maybe I was too careful today.

What I find bizarre is that only a few weeks ago I was having a terrible time eating ENOUGH calories. Now I have trouble keeping to 1500. I think I'm developing a sweet tooth from all the sweets I'm eating on this diet, and the calories from those are really starting to add up. Today I have tons of room left for both protein and sodium, but I'm maxed out on calories, so there's not a lot I can eat. Maybe it's time to revisit those Miracle noodles with almost no calories....

Calories: 1590
Protein: 34.9g
Sodium: 562mg

[zanacal]

It seems to be just you and me doesn't it mocha?! Feel free to join in anybody else reading this!!

Here's my food today:

Lunch: Dairylea Dunkers (breadsticks you dip in soft cheese - for kids!), strawberry yogurt, packet Starburst.
Dinner: Same as yesterday - vegetable buger in 2 mini pittas with a little salad and mayo. WW ice cream.

So tired today, I could eat it all again! Weigh in tomorrow and I hope to have lost at least 1lb this week. I seem to have one week of a good loss and the next week less of a loss and I also had that meal out this week.

[Mochagirl]

7am: coffee
12pm: salad with sweet potatoes, baby spinach, goat cheese and balsamic vinegar, 1 small cob of corn, peach
5pm: salt-free vegetarian Mexican lasagna, homemade low sodium peach raspberry crumble with a bit of low fat ice cream
8:30pm: apple, peach, 12 Pringles chips, 3 small strawberry wafer cookies, Mike & Ike candies

I've gotten into the bad habit of checking my daily totals before snack time, then cramming in as much food as I can while keeping to 1500 calories, 40g of protein and 100mg of sodium. I'm a little concerned that I keep eating to the maximum allowable amounts, but I just look forward to my evening snack/3rd meal all day!

Calories: 1435
Protein: 42g
Sodium: 967mg

[rainbowflower]

Food for today:

Lunch: WW wrap with extra light laughing cow cheese triangle, Bakewell tart, Cheese & Onion Hoola Hoops
Dinner: Vegetable burger with a little salad and mayonnaise in 2 mini pitta breads. Lemon yogurt.

may I ask, is that a home-made veggie burger or shop bought? Do you have a recipe you can share if you made it?

[Mochagirl]

I can't speak for Zanacal, but I occasionally eat store-bought veggie burgers on this diet. I just read all the labels and choose the one with the least sodium (I can usually find something in the 250-300mg range), put it on the lowest sodium bun I can find, use a slice of tomato instead of ketchup, and a bit of mustard. As long as I've been very careful with sodium the rest of the day, I can eat this without going over the 1000mg limit. It's a good solution for when I'm going to a BBQ.

[zanacal]

may I ask, is that a home-made veggie burger or shop bought? Do you have a recipe you can share if you made it?

Hi rainbow. It's shop bought I'm afraid! This particular one was from Waitrose and has 229 cals / 5.3g protein / 170mg sodium. It's the type with mushed up vegetables in the middle and breadcrumbs on the outside. Tesco do something similar which I've bought in the past. I had another one today because they're so yummy - that's 3 days in a row and I'll probably have the last one in the box tomorrow :D

[zanacal]

I lost 1.5lb this week, 31lb in total in 10 weeks on the diet :D

My food for today:

Lunch: Sandwich with ww bread, dairylea light cheese slice and cucumber. Bakewell tart. Strawberry yogurt.
Dinner: Vegetable burger in ww wrap with salad and mayo. ww ice-cream sundae. Tutti fruttis.

Weight Watchers did well out of me today!!

[Mochagirl]

Congratulations on the weight loss, zanacal - you're doing awesome!

[Mochagirl]

zanacal - it seems like you're eating so little! Have you cut out snacks entirely, now?

Here's my day:

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with plain yogurt, 1 sugar free cookie, peach
5pm: ricotta & spinach cannelloni, canteloupe, apple, 2 sugar free cookies
8:30pm: low fat ice cream with fresh raspberries, 8 salt & vinegar Pringles, Mike & Ike candies

Calories: 1440
Protein: 42g (but about 4g of this was from fruit)
Sodium: 920mg

[zanacal]

zanacal - it seems like you're eating so little! Have you cut out snacks entirely, now?


I've been experimenting with not having my evening snack because alot of the time I'm not even hungry. I'm not saying I'll never do it but I also want to really hit the weight loss hard the next couple of weeks leading up to our attempt month, *gulp*!!

Today:

Lunch: 2 slices ww bread with cheese slice & cucumber, Strawberry and yogurt cereal bar, strawberry yogurt.
Dinner: Pasta with mushrooms & leeks, half fat creme fraiche and parmesan
Snack: Packet Starburst!

[Mochagirl]

Good for you! I must admit, I more often snack in the evening out of habit rather than hunger (but that's why we're boy moms, right?)...it's just that I find it easier to starve myself all day if I know I can have some treats at night while I watch TV or read. Those treats have changed, though, from a simple bowl of strawberries to a variety of bad things, including ice cream, candy and chips. I think in the least I should cut back the snack to one thing instead of eating until I hit my calorie/protein/sodium max for the day. Maybe I'll try to do that - at least until my next attempt, which is only a week away at this point!

I'm so excited for you that your attempt is getting closer! I'm going to be stalking you big time during your 2WW!

[zanacal]

I'm so excited for you that your attempt is getting closer! I'm going to be stalking you big time during your 2WW!

Thank you - I feel more terrified than excited, it's been too long in the planning really! When are you due to O?

[Mochagirl]

Next Wednesday or Thursday, depending on whether my body decides that late night af arrival is CD1. I'm going to try to stick to the diet well for the next week, but I'm definitely cheating during my next 2WW (I'll still try to keep blood sugar low, which seems to be the important thing during the 2WW, but I'm going to eat garlic and chocolate and not worry as much about protein for those 2 weeks)...I've been on this diet long enough and need a bit of a break if I might end up having to do it another month!

[zanacal]

Agreed!

This diet is not helping my body to, ahem, function very easily. What used to take a couple of minutes now takes a couple of hours and my boys can get up to alot of mischief in that time! I'm wondering about taking something to help things along but I'm not sure what's ok!

[Mochagirl]

I'm lucky - I haven't really had that problem. I think it's all the fruit I eat. I know I probably eat more than I should on this diet, but I couldn't do it without fruit!

[Mochagirl]

Ok, well...I pretty much did everything I said I wouldn't today. When I finished my dinner, my calories and sodium were just so low (I was at under 1000 calories and 300mg of sodium) I couldn't stop dreaming about the snacks I could have....

7am: coffee
10am: decaf coffee (better than the cappuccino I usually have when I get together with my friend)
1pm: rice with 1 tbsp yogurt and balsamic vinegar, low fat frozen yogurt bar
5:30pm: rice pasta with 1 tsp homemade pesto and parmesan, 1 piece of bocconcini from ds's salad, Pop Tart
9pm: canteloupe, low fat Pop Chips, Mike & Ike candies

So...not only did I have a bevy of snacks in the evening, but I had garlic for supper. It was soooooooo good, though. That pesto I made had no salt in it, and almost no protein (I left out the pine nuts). Really, the only bad thing in it is garlic, but there's only one garlic clove in the whole recipe. My recipe made about 300g of pesto, and I used 15g tonight...so that's about 1/20th of one clove of garlic. Is that really so bad, do you think? Surely the store-bought tomato pasta sauce I buy has more than that. It just made my supper so much yummier and satisfying, and I could be so much happier on this diet if I could eat it....

Calories: 1508
Protein: 35.9g
Sodium: 777mg

[zanacal]

I hardly think 1/20th of a clove of garlic will stop you having a girl - I think it's absolutely fine! I think your daily totals are fine too given that you don't want to lose weight - and even if you did!!

[Emmy2012]

yesterday I was pretty good:
No breakast of course
Lunch: 2 slices of low sodium bread with a pat of unsalted butter, strawberries with tons of equal
Dinner: 2 servings of calcium pasta, with lil bit of parm and ms. dash, strawberries with tons of equal
Snack: 15 skittles, 3 cups of ait popped popcorn, raspberries with equal
Cals: 1012
Fat: 14.8
Protien: 28
Sodium: 213
I drink tons of cl or diet caff free pop throughout the day

[zanacal]

Sounds brilliant Tiffany - glad to see you here :D

Today I had:

Lunch: 2 ww bread, low fat cheese slice, little mayo. Lemon yogurt. Strawberries and meringue with sweetener.
Dinner: Vegetable burger with half fat mozzarella in a wrap. 2 custard creams. 2 boiled sweets.
Snack: I'm going to have a cup of tea with sweetener and 2 Rich Tea biscuits!

I wish I hadn't bothered with the mozzarella on my burger as I couldn't even taste it! I'm taking my biggest 2 boys to the cinema and McDonalds tomorrow as a treat so I'm trying to figure out what I'll eat.

[Mochagirl]

I'm at my mother's house now, and eating stuff I don't have all the nutritional info for, so I'm not going to bother doing my totals this weekend.

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with 1 tbsp plain yogurt, 1 cob of corn
6pm: orzo pasta with butter and romano cheese, steamed broccoli, sherbet, 2 digestive biscuits

I'm going to try to keep from eating too much snacky stuff tonight, though I feel hungry already and it's only 7pm, so it may be a looong night. Tomorrow I'm going out for supper with dh, but I'm going to try to choose somewhere I can get pasta or thin crust pizza. Another night I think my mom's ordering in regular pizza - I'll try my best to eat almost no protein or sodium that day so I can have a piece or two.

zanacal - if I were planning a trip to McDonald's, I'd probably get fries and an ice cream sundae or something like that. I don't think they have many veggie choices other than salads, and they're usually quite high in sodium if you use their dressings. But I love their fries so much, it would be a treat even if that's all I had! Have fun!

[Emmy2012]

Ok so yesterday my day was ok, I had one little cheat (boss took me so I had to!) but everything stayed within limits for me
am: Nothing
Lunch: 2 slices low sodium bread with pat of unsalted butter, strawberries with equal
snack: cheat...4 ozs of low fat no sugar added yogurt with a few reeses pieces on top, just a few
Dinner: 2 servings of calium pasta with lil parm, strawberries with equal
snack: 3 cups of air popped popcorn
Should only have had one snack but I was hungry! LOL
Calories: 1020
Fat: 19.6
Protien: 29.6
Sodium: 297.8

[zanacal]

Another great day Tiffany! Glad you're doing well at your mum's mocha. I might have to have a pizza of some sort soon!

Today I had:

Cinema: Packet 'light' toffee popcorn, packet Starburst.
McDonalds: Hot Apple Pie!
Dinner: Spaghetti with kids tomato pasta sauce. Raspberry and white chocolate doughnut!

I really did eat alot of crap today! I've started having a cup of tea on alot of days as well as the 2 cups of coffee I have in the morning. I still have 2 sweeteners in it but it stops my tummy from rumbling all evening.

[Mochagirl]

I forgot to report in last night after I got home from supper. I didn't do totals yesterday because it was a bit of a cheat day.

Breakfast: coffee
12pm: 1/2 low sodium bagel with a tiny bit of peanut butter, peach, green grapes, 5 small lemon spelt cookies
4:30pm: corn on the cob, green grapes
8pm: thin crust, wood-oven pizza in a restaurant. I chose mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, basil and mozzarella. There was really hardly any cheese on it, so I think it was probably ok for protein, though sodium was probably high (though since I had about 900mg of sodium to play with, I might still be fine). Then I had tiramisu for dessert, which probably put my protein way too high, but I don't care - it tasted GLORIOUS!!!:bigsmile:

[DoulaMama]

YAY for glorious tasting food! I bet in a few weeks you'll be able to eat as much glorious tasting food as you want to Mama! What's the count down to attempt day?

[Mochagirl]

I think I'm due to O on Wednesday or Thursday, but cervix is SHOW and I have ewcm + my OPKs are getting darker, so I'm wondering if it will come earlier. DH and I haven't started to dtd yet (though he's been releasing every day for about a week) because it's tricky here at my Mom's house, though we may sneak off and do it tonight just in case I O early. We go home tomorrow, so we'll definitely be dtd daily from then on. I plan to dtd right through O this month to maximise our chances.

[zanacal]

Glad you enjoyed it mocha :D I seem to have lost my love of food a little for the time being. I really look forward to something then when I start eating it I find I can't savour it and I get a bit bored with eating it, very odd!

Today:
Lunch: Ate out at Costa and had a Mozzarella & Tomato Panini, Roasted Vegetable Crisps & Coffee with Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup.
Dinner: Cheese & Onion Hoola Hoops, Mr Kipling Angel Cake slice, Lemon Yogurt.

I've also had a few boiled sweets. My 5 year old told me off for having an unhealthy dinner today - I tried to eat discreetly but he tends to follow me!

[Emmy2012]

Yesterdays totals for me
Breakfast: None
Lunch: 2 slice low sodium bread and pat of unsalted butter, strawberries and equal
Snack: was bad..I had 3 mini herseys chocolate bars and 20 skittles
Dinner: 2 servings of calcium pasta with lil parm, raspberries and equal
Snack: 2 cups air popped popcorn
Calories: 1097
Fat: 22 (oops)
Protien: 29.6
Sodium: 233

[Mochagirl]

I haven't had a good day. My mom's house is FULL of snack food, and it's soooo hard to resist it.

7am: coffee
12pm: 2 cobs of corn (no salt or butter, I should point out - I never use either even when not on this diet), 1 serving curd cheese, a brownie for dessert (my mom had just finished baking them, and I wasn't a strong enough woman to resist a warm, chocolately brownie after 3.5 months with no chocolate)
4:30pm: peach, more curd cheese, watermelon
6:30pm: low sodium bun with a small bit of mayo and 2 slices of Swiss cheese + a slice of tomato (everyone else was having burgers, but I said I wasn't feeling well so had the cheese sandwich instead), 2 more cobs of corn, salad with a bit of oil and vinegar dressing, 2 digestive biscuits, wine

I'm sure I won't be able to avoid snacking as the night continues, but I'll try my best. I'm fairly sure I'm high on protein and sodium already, so maybe I'll just have a bit of candy if I have anything at all. We're going back home tomorrow, so I'm going to try my best to get back into my routine and diet before I O this week. I found some creme fraiche and am looking forward to trying that on my pasta tomorrow night for something different.

[rainbowflower]

Emmy I don't know how you can cope with so few calories!! you must have such strong willpower!
Mocha - those brownies sound heavenly - brownies are my weakness atm. Going to miss them...

[zanacal]

Happy Sunday ladies :D

My food for today:

Lunch (picnic!): Scone with low fat spread and sugar free jam. Strawberries. WW cheesy tortilla chips.
Dinner: Quorn meatballs and spaghetti in tomato sauce. Toffee apple crumble with 'light' squirty cream.

The dinner was a real cheat without really being a cheat at all! I may eat a sherbert dib dab later ... now that really is empty calories. Suddenly I'm eating like a teenager!

[Emmy2012]

Unfortunately I am small girl so I really have to limit myself to lose weight! Plus I was not so great my last TWW so I am being hard on myself now!
Yesterdays Totals
Lunch: 2 slices of low sodium bread, pat of butter, raspberries with equal
Snack: 22 skittles
Dinner: 2 servings of calcium pasta, lil parm and strawberries with equal
Snack: 3 cups of air popped popcorn
Calories: 1001
Fat: 16.4
Protein: 28.5
Sodium: 223

[zanacal]

I'm glad to see somebody else listing skittles as a snack :D

[Mochagirl]

Mmmm, zanacal - I love those sherbet dib dabs - I wish we could buy them over here!

I'm impressed you eat so little too, Emmy - I was somewhat like that my first month or so on the diet, but I've been progressively eating more and more the longer I've been on it.

I'm back home now so back to eating more diet-friendly food. O is due on Wednesday or Thursday, but my OPKs are starting to look almost positive, my cervix couldn't be more soft and open, and I had bad cramps on my left side all afternoon, so I'm wondering if I'm going to O early. I've only gotten one rushed attempt in so far, so dh and I have to get busy!

7am: coffee
12pm: low sodium bun with a bit of mayo and a slice of Swiss cheese
5:30pm: rice pasta with creme fraiche, lemon juice and parm (mmmmm - very yummy - thanks for the tip, Zanacal!), 2 sugar free cookies for dessert
8:30pm: low fat ice cream with raspberries, 8 Pringles, Mike & Ike candies

Calories: 1401
Protein: 33g
Sodium: 726mg

[zanacal]

Glad you found (and liked!) the creme fraiche mocha. I think I'll have that for my dinner tonight actually!

[rainbowflower]

Unfortunately I am small girl so I really have to limit myself to lose weight! Plus I was not so great my last TWW so I am being hard on myself now!
Yesterdays Totals
Lunch: 2 slices of low sodium bread, pat of butter, raspberries with equal
Snack: 22 skittles
Dinner: 2 servings of calcium pasta, lil parm and strawberries with equal
Snack: 3 cups of air popped popcorn
Calories: 1001
Fat: 16.4
Protein: 28.5
Sodium: 223
I'm a small girl too... wonder if I'm being over ambitious with my meal plans then.. :) I've calculated I have only 12lbs I can lose before I have an underweight BMI.

[Mochagirl]

I wasn't very small to begin with, but I was average weight. I started this diet at about 128-130 lbs, and have lost nearly 20lbs now while still eating tons of sweets and empty calories. I was actually very shocked at how quickly the weight came off. Now I'm working hard to maintain my current weight of 111 lbs and not lose anymore because I'm already down to Size 0 and all my friends and family think I'm anorexic.

[Emmy2012]

I normally sit around 115-118 and I am only down to 110 now.
Yesterdays totals for me!
Lunch: 2 slices of low sodium bread, un salted butter, strawberries and equal
Dinner: 2 servings of calcium pasta, lil parm, strawberries and equal
Snack: 4 cups air popped popcorn
Calories: 974
Fat: 14.1
Protein: 28
Sodium: 200

[zanacal]

Today I had:

Lunch: Costa mozzarella and tomato panini (again!). Costa light with sugar free vanilla syrup.
Dinner: Spaghetti with kids tomato pasta sauce. Tesco light syrup sponge pudding with custard (yum!)
Snack: 3 Dutch Crispbakes with sugar free jam.

I hadn't planned to have a snack but I was starving!

[Mochagirl]

Another day where I couldn't stop eating. Why am I so hungry lately??

7am: coffee
12pm: swiss cheese sandwich on WW bread, 2 sugar free cookies, apple, Mike & Ike candies
5:30pm: rice pasta with creme fraiche, mushrooms, zucchini and parmesan, homemade low sodium bun dipped in balsamic vinegar, 2 sugar free cookies
8:30pm: green grapes, 18 low fat Pringles

Those buns I made turned out pretty well. I was tired of constantly reading labels of buns in the store to find the one with the least sodium. I found a recipe online for crusty buns made using a bread machine, reduced the salt significantly, and made them. They work out to 109mg of sodium per bun - I could have eliminated the salt entirely, but I wanted them to have some taste. The only problem is, they're 8g of protein and 262 calories each, so eating one in addition to a meal tonight wasn't a good idea (though it was very tasty to eat it warm from the oven, dipped in balsamic vinegar). I froze the other 5 buns and will have a sandwich on one tomorrow - looking forward to that!

In case anyone didn't see my other posts, I got my +OPK today and expect to O tomorrow. Once I know O has happened, I'm going to treat myself to some chocolate.

Calories: 1674
Protein: 41g
Sodium: 975mg

[Emmy2012]

I was alittle snacky yesterday, I need to get better about that...
Yesterdays totals:
Lunch: Strawberries with equal, non fat frozen yogert with 20 reeses pieces on top
Sanck: 15 hot tamele candies
Dinner: 2 servings calcium pasta with lil parm, 3 cups of iceburg lettuce with tablespoonof low sodium ranch, 2 pices of chocolate
Snack: 10 skittles
Calories: 1017
Fat: 20.7
Protien: 24.7
sodium: 314.4

[zanacal]

Woo hoo, another 4.5lb gone :D

[Emmy2012]

Congrats Zanacal!!!!

[Mochagirl]

That's awesome, Zanacal! You're so close to your goal!

[FullSimpleLife]

Are you ladies sticking to specific diets or just trying to keep your sodium and potassium low? This is such a great thread. I'm going to keep watching it. I am following the InGender girl diet pretty strictly.

[Mochagirl]

I don't think I've O'd yet - OPKs have turned negative, but cervix is still soft and very open. I'm hoping dh and I can get one more attempt in tonight, but he's out for a drink with a friend and I'm worried I'll pass out from the Benedryl before he gets home :worry:.

6:30am: coffee
12pm: swiss cheese, a slice of tomato and balsamic vinegar on one of my homemade low sodium crusty buns, iced sugar cookie
5:30pm: 3 blueberry pancakes (regular recipe - I just left out the salt so they were only 31mg of sodium per pancake) with a bit of butter and maple syrup, 3 cobs of corn, 1 serving of low fat sour cream & onion Pringles
8:30pm: 1 cup ground cherries (a really yummy berry-type fruit related to tomatoes), 1 double lolly

Calories: 1669
Protein: 41g
Sodium: 602mg

The pancakes turned out well, and were very satisfying. The only problem was, with such a sweet supper, I was craving salt when I was done. Luckily, my sodium for the day was so low that I was able to have a full serving of low fat chips and still only come to 602mg. My calories are a little higher than I'd like - I was going to have a bigger snack, but was afraid to add anymore calories.

[Mochagirl]

Welcome, FullSimpleLife. Most of us here are following the 'low everything' diet, which you can find elsewhere on this site. In general it's a low nutrient, low calorie, low fat, low sodium, low protein diet (hence the low everything). We try to keep under 40g of protein, 700-1000mg of sodium, and 1500-1800 calories, while avoiding all meat and a few other foods. It's a lot less restrictive than the IG diet and our very own atomic sagebrush has done tons of research to back it up - you might want to check it out.

[FullSimpleLife]

Mochagirl- Thanks! I did some reading/researching after I posted. I don't think I read it but were there any recommendations for fat intake? Do you guys use a website to track your calories/fat/protein? I've been trying out sparkpeople and like it pretty well.

My stats today were
Calories 840
Fat 22 grams
Protein 40
Sodium 747

It's a little early so I might still have a little something before I go to bed. I am a vegetarian so the no meat is a cinch for me. I think I will probably stick pretty close to the InGender diet without any added milk because I can't drink it. yuck!

[Mochagirl]

I use FitDay to track my intake, though I don't trust a lot of their entries after discovering A LOT of them have high sodium as though they assume you add salt to everything. Instead, I create custom entries for all my regular foods based on labels or outside research.

We had a big discussion about fat a while back, and the general verdict was that it would be almost impossible to overindulge in fat while keeping strictly to this diet. I think atomic did later add in some guidelines, though. I think my fat's normally between 20 and 30g.

The no meat thing isn't the problem for me - it's the limits on cheese that are killing me! I LOVE cheese, and on this diet I can never have more than a tiny pile of parmesan or a thin slice of swiss a day. This is my 4th month on the diet, and I think when I'm done I may just buy a brick of aged cheddar and eat the whole thing in one go!:bigsmile:

[Emmy2012]

Welcome FullSimpleLife! here are my yesterdays totals...a little high in fat but that donuts was so worth it!! oops!
Lunch: 2 slice low sodium bread with pat of unsalted butter, one half of a Portland VooDoo Donut (best donuts ever)!!
Snack: 2 mini herseys bars oops again!
Dinner: 2 servings calcium pasta with lil parm, iceberg lettuce with 1 tablespoon low sodium ranch
Calories: 971
Fat: 33.6 (yikes)
Protien: 26.4
Sodium: 567.9

[zanacal]

Hi ladies and welcome FullSimpleLife!

I went to a girlfriend's house last night and she'd baked cupcakes - and I turned down wine for coke but didn't even consider that it wouldn't be the diet version .... oh well :D

[FullSimpleLife]

Oh my gosh! Emmy you're pretty close to me. I live in Oregon City. :D Have you ever had the Memphis Mafia from voodo? It's a banana fritter with peanut butter. My DH was telling me he would bring me home one when I get my BFP.

[Emmy2012]

FullSimple-that is crazy! I live in Gresham near Barlow but work in Downtown. I have not heard of that one but I LOVE VooDoo donuts....too yummy to pass up!

[zanacal]

OK, really struggling today with AF due in a few days, just want to EAT!

But here's what I've had (though tummy's still rumbling!):

Lunch: ww bread and cheese slice sandwich, Go Ahead raspberry bar, Vanilla yogurt.
Dinner: Mushroom burger in a wrap (SO tasty - I'm guessing more garlic than I should strictly have!). Mr Kipling raspberry slice. Boiled Sweet.
Snack: Sherbert Dip Dab.

I think I'm going to have a cup of tea with sweetener.

[Mochagirl]

Today was a bit of an abnormal day because we spent the whole day at the zoo. Also, I'm fairly positive I O'd last night, so I decided to reward myself a bit with some garlic ;).

8am: coffee
12pm: swiss cheese and a slice of tomato on homemade low sodium bun, peach
2pm: popsicle (I know - bad idea, but it was hot out and everyone else was having one!)
5:30pm: peach, coffee (we were stuck in traffic and I knew I wouldn't last until 8pm to have supper!)
8pm: 2 servings of REAL pasta (after so long eating rice pasta, it tasted fabulous!) with homemade low sodium/protein pesto and parmesan, peach for dessert (can you tell it's peach season here? :) I know it's not a great fruit for TTC girl, but how can I resist them when the house is full of them??)

Calories: 1417
Protein: 48.5g (Oops! I guess I should have had the rice pasta after all....damn that yummy pasta with 20g of protein!)
Sodium: 546mg
My fat was a bit too high today - I blame my yummy pesto with 16g of fat per serving!

So now I'm still hungry, but very limited. I can either have some candy or something salty with no protein or fat - the only option I can think of are pickles.

[Mochagirl]

Oh, and I just have to add that I finally googled 'boiled sweet' and discovered it just means hard candy. All this time I was picturing you eating some sweet dumpling-like confection! :rofl:

[zanacal]

Haha, sorry!

[Emmy2012]

Mocha! I was thinking the same thing with the "boiled Sweets"! I actually pictured her boiling some sort of sweet dessert...I was alittle jealous! LOL
Totals for the day:
Lunch: 2 slices low sodium bread with pat of unslat butter, strawberries and equal
Dinner: 2 servings of calcium pasta, lil parm
snack: 1 package of skittles
Calories: 950
Fat: 13
Protein: 22
Sodium: 228.6

[Mochagirl]

Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that, Emmy!:rofl:

[Mochagirl]

Another big eating day - I guess I'm taking to heart what I said about taking it easy this 2WW. In fact, if I don't get my BFP and decide to take a break next month for sheduling reasons, I guess I could go off the diet for 2 weeks or so....I'm just scared I'll gain weight or find it too hard to go back on the diet after that. I'm going to try not to think about it since I NEED to get that BFP this month!

7am: coffee
12pm: 1/3 of a Mahajeb (Moroccan flatbread with spinach and a bit of feta), a few unsalted pita chips dipped in hummus, peach, corn on the cob
5:30pm: 3 slices of pizza on homemade sodium-free pizza crust with low sodium sauce, a tiny bit of low fat mozzarella and mushrooms. It was soooo bland and I made the crust too thin so it all fell apart when I tried to get it off the pan. DH and my boys all ate real pizza, and I was so jealous. Lemon gelato for dessert.
8:30pm: green grapes, 2 small peaches, Mike & Ike candies

Calories: 1504
Protein: 50g (another oops - if I'm going to end up with high protein, I might as well have yummy food to show for it)
Sodium: 815mg

[Emmy2012]

Yesterday was kinga crappy, too low on calories and too high in fat....oops!
Lunch: 2 slive low sodium bread with pat of unsalt butter, frozen yogurt with 20 reeses pieces
Dinner: 2 serving low sodium pasta with lil parm, 1 cup blackberreis with equal
Calories: 892
Fat: 23.9
Protien: 30
Sodium: 345.2

[zanacal]

Emmy, that's not too high in fat! Though I agree it's very low in everything else :D

I had my first big blow out on this diet. I just felt so awful after I put the kids to bed and had been an awful mummy again all day and DH didn't get home from work until 11pm so I raided the kitchen. Luckily there wasn't much in it :D I'm back on the plan 100% today knowing our attempt is so close!

[Mochagirl]

LOL, Emmy - that's soooo not a high fat intake! When someone mistakenly told me that I needed to keep under 20g of fat a day on this diet, I almost killed myself trying to do that and was starving even more than usual. When atomic told us not to worry so much about fat it made things sooooo much easier. In general I find I end up with anything between 20 and 40g, depending on whether or not I used butter or something like that. While 40g is probably on the high side, I don't worry too much as long as it only happens once in awhile. I would consider 23.9g a really low fat day!

[zanacal]

Today I had:

Lunch: Wrap with cheese slice. Vanilla Yogurt.
Dinner: Wrap with vegetable burger. 'Light' syrup pudding with custard.
Snack: 4 boiled sweets (I'm only eating them to make you laugh!!)

[swish]

Hello!!
No breakfast
Lunch on plane - cheese sandwich and pack of opal fruits (I've discovered diet coke and I'm really enjoying it)
Snack m and m's!
Dinner normal pasta (officially given up on yuck gf!) with leeks and courgettes, butter, lemon and bit of olive oil (adding that back it now and it makes a HUGE difference to how the food tastes!) and lots of Parmesan. Ice cream (this is to fatten me up!). Strawberries and meringue

[zanacal]

Lol at the opal fruits swish, what year is it?! I've been back on the normal pasta for ages - for some reason I prefer spaghetti!

[swish]

Ha, ha! Have they changed names?

[zanacal]

They've been Starburst for years! I've been eating them too :D My DH still calls a Snickers bar a Marathon!

[swish]

Me too!!! Creature of habit!!!

[Mochagirl]

Opal fruits? I've never even heard that one. And LOL on the boiled sweets, Zana:rofl:

I'm still eating rice pasta most of the time, but on the odd occasion I have real pasta it tastes soooooo good! I just hate how 2 servings eat up more than half of my daily protein. Add parmesan, and I'm at over 30g of protein with one meal! I think if I end up on this diet any longer, though, I will make the switch back to real pasta and just stop counting my protein so strictly.

[zanacal]

I decided a while ago that I'd rather have less pasta and have the real stuff!

[Mochagirl]

I'd be starving on one serving of pasta! In my normal life I think I probably have 4 servings or more in one sitting. Even with two servings I always get depressed when I see how little is in my bowl.

[Mochagirl]

I really hope this increased appetite I seem to have means I'm pregnant, because I can't stop eating!

7am: coffee
12pm: 2 low sodium blueberry pancakes left over from the other day, with a bit of butter and maple syrup
5:30pm: 1 piece of fresh mozzarella/tomato/basil from ds's caprese salad, corn on the cob
8pm: 2 servings rice pasta with leeks and zucchini sauteed in olive oil (you gave me the idea, swish - I miss olive oil!) with a dash of salt (my sodium was so low I could afford it) + parmesan, creme fraiche and lemon juice. It was pretty substantial and filling. Low fat vanilla ice cream with frozen raspberries (I heated them in the microwave first), Mike & Ike candies.

Calories: 1727 (too high to maintain this weight, I think)
Protein: 44g
Sodium: 667mg

[swish]

Hello!
No breakfast
Lunch (picnic for nephew's birthday - last of the family birthdays!!) salad which my thoughtful bil got for me as I've lied that I can no longer eat slot of bread!!, small smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich, alot of flapjack, a few crisps and birthday cake!!!
I'm still full so it's rice for dinner for me!

[Mochagirl]

Today started off pretty good, but I ended up going out for Japanese food with a girlfriend and everything went downhill.

7am: coffee
12pm: 1 slice of raisin cinnamon bread, 1 cob of corn, peach, wafer cookies
5pm: cucumber slices, peach, low fat vanilla ice cream
8pm: vegetable tempura salad (basically, julienned tempura vegetables in a heap with a spicy sauce poured overtop. Yummy, but waaaayy to fatty and far too big for me to eat alone), 9 vegetarian rolls (some had avocado, but the others were mushroom and tofu), 2 (cooked) shrimp rolls (my first seafood in many, many months). I don't know why I chose tonight to have such a big cheat - I don't even really like sushi that much. The worst part is now I feel really sick - it was too much food and too much grease for my poor shrunken stomach. I came home and threw up. I'm hoping that the throwing up could be a pregnancy sign, since I need to see some positive in my night of overindulgence. Blah. If I was going to cheat so badly, I wish I'd had something yummy like pizza.

[zanacal]

Yuck, poor you mocha, I hope it's a pregnancy sign too and that you feel better now.

Yesterday went pretty well. I only had about 750 calories before we went out then had 1 glass of wine (and alot of diet coke!) as well as 4 white chocolate fingers.

However ... last night we stayed at my parents' house and this morning my dad had made us all a cooked breakfast! I gave as much as I could to DS3 but I still ended up with 2 slices of bacon (argh!), some scrambled egg and a slice of toast. I've worked ot the nutrition as; 427 cals / 27g protein / 1164mg sodium !!!! What the heck do I eat for the rest of the day?!

[Mochagirl]

Another off day. We had an impromptu BBQ with friends to celebrate DH's birthday, which is a couple of days away. I tried to limit protein, sodium and calories at lunch because I knew I'd eat too much at supper.

7am: coffee
12pm: shirataki noodles with low/no sodium tomato sauce and a pinch of fake parmesan, peach
3pm: licked the beaters from the icing I was making for DH's cupcakes :oops:
5:30pm: veggie burger on low sodium bun, a small amount of beet and mixed greens salad and rice salad, chocolate cupcake and chocolate chip cookie for dessert (mmmmmm...chocolate!). I also had some of the low salt chips and dip I had out for everyone else.
9pm: watermelon and another handful of the chips

My totals are probably totally off since I don't know the ingredients in the salads and didn't measure anything I ate, but I think it's something like:

Calories: 1700
Protein: 45g
Sodium: 1400mg

So, not a good day, but could be worse, I suppose, considering all the junk food I had. I discovered this morning that despite my increased calories, I've lost another pound. I've been trying to keep to 1500-1600 calories per day, but maybe instead I'll make it 1600-1700. I don't want to lose anymore weight - I've already lost 20 lbs!

[zanacal]

My day was awful in the end - I tried to skip lunch as I'd had breakfast but I was painting a room so I was getting quite dizzy, then I ended up in bed with a migraine! When I woke up at 7pm feeling a little better I had a bit to eat and didn't really think about calories etc. (though I'm sure it was fine).

Glad to hear you're able to eat extra and not gain weight mocha, I'm sure it makes it more bearable!

[swish]

Oh dear!! Hope both of you are feeling better. I went to a wedding yesterday and ate about a weeks worth of sodium in one meal, I actually felt really I'll after! Today more normal...
No breakfast
Lunch rice, go ahead bar, strawberries and 3 meringues!
Snack small cake
Dinner leek and courgette risotto, strawberries and meringue, 2white chocolates
I actually want to eat bland food at the moment, I think my body is so used to it and I don't mind as long as I can eat sweet treats!!

[zanacal]

Thanks swish. I know what you mean about the bland food.

I may not keep track of my food religiously every single day now I have the hang of this diet. I'm trying to just make sure each of my 2 meals doesn't exceed 500 cals/20g protein/500mg sodium and then I have a few sweets in the evening. Today this was:

Lunch: Wrap with mayo and cucumber. ww cheese flavour puffs.
Dinner: Wrap with mayo and cucumber. (I just fancied it again and couldn't be arsed to cook myself something different to everyone else!). Strawberry yogurt. Jam Tart.
Snack: Sweets

I find the calories and protein part easy but sometimes (particularly with breads) my sodium sneaks up. I'm ok with that, it's still low compared to a 'normal' diet.

[Mochagirl]

I just the opposite, zanacal - I find I have no problem keeping my sodium low, but it's the protein that always gets me. In fact, I'm so good at keeping sodium low, that I've started adding a bit of salt to some of my food to make it tastier. I added 1/8 of a teaspoon of salt to my sauteed mushrooms and leeks tonight and it made for SUCH a yummier pasta.

[Mochagirl]

7am: coffee
10am: 1/2 cup coffee
12pm: 2 servings rice mixed with plain yogurt, 3 tea biscuits
5pm: rice pasta mixed with creme fraiche and parmesan and mushrooms and leeks sauteed in butter with a pinch of salt. This was soooo yummy - I just wish there was more of it!, corn on the cob, peach, chocolate chip cookie (I'm officially eating chocolate now - it's helping ease the 2WW stress)
9:30pm: apple, low fat Pringles, Sour Patch kids

I could just keep eating and eating, but I've already exceeded my personal calorie max of 1700, so I have to stop. I'm 6dpo now and the suspense is killing me...will I be able to start eating normally again in a few days??? I feel like I'm cheating all over the place right now anyway, even if I am staying within the general limits.

Calories: 1771
Protein: 36.9g
Sodium: 886mg

[zanacal]

Will you test in a couple of days mocha? I saw some Mike & Ike sweets in the Supermarket this week and had to buy them because I've heard you mention them so many times - the kids hated them and I haven't tried them yet!

I'm thinking I might have to lay off the diet coke a little. On Saturday night I had 3 cans at the party we went to and more the next day (because I was trying not to eat lunch) and then I got that migraine and after that I couldn't face a diet coke, so I wonder if it contributed somehow. I'll still drink it but lately I haven't been drinking much else!

[zanacal]

Forgot to mention I lost just 1/2lb this week! That's ok, it leaves me room to lose more than usual next week which is closer to our attempt.

[swish]

Well done on the weight loss, z! It's the aspartame that causes headaches, it's happened to me a few times too. Mocha, I really hope this is your month! I'm eating chocolate too!

[Mochagirl]

Mike and Ikes just take like really chewy jelly beans. I like the green package the best - my boys absolutely love them.

Z - are you drinking caffeine free diet Coke, or regular? I tried Diet Coke and couldn't stand the stuff, but I'm really getting used to (and even starting to like) Diet Pepsi. I've always hated the taste of aspartame, but I do find you can get used to it over time.

I'm going to try to wait until Thursday to test (9dpo), but I have a feeling I'll cave and test with an IC tomorrow. I'm feeling really down this morning, like there's no way I'm actually pregnant. I don't know why I'm feeling so discouraged, because I have had a few symptoms...then again I've had symptoms every month and still gotten a BFN. I'm just really dreading having to take a whole month off before trying again if I don't get my BFP. I'm sooooo done with this whole process.

[swish]

Mocha, will you take a month off the diet too?? That is really frustrating having to take time off! I also feel I've had symptoms every month, that's why I didn't bother paying attention to it this month, didn't want to get hopes up!! I have a good feeling about you this month, 3rd time lucky!!

[Mochagirl]

I don't know what to do about the diet. I want to cry at the thought of willingly taking on 2 more months of it, but I'm worried that if I go off it I'll never be able to face starting it again. I'm also worried I'll stuff my face so much I'll gain lots of weight and ruin my sway. I was thinking of maybe staying under 1800 calories, but eating all the taboo foods for 2 weeks, giving me 6 weeks before our next attempt.

I just wish I didn't have to take the month off!

[Mochagirl]

OMG - I'm making bacon for DH's supper tonight, and I sooooooo desperately want a piece. Someone talk me down! It smells too damn good!

[Indira]

Is it too late?? Eat some candy! Or chocolate!!

Look who´s talking :oops:: I´ll confess, I had half a pizza a couple of days ago..

[zanacal]

Well, you know I had some at the weekend - the smell is better than the taste I think! I had to make it for my lot today though ...

[Mochagirl]

I'd better be pregnant because I seem to have lost all the self-control I've been boasting about these past 4 months. Not only did I have a slice of bacon (it was low sodium at least - 120mg per slice - but the first red meat I've had in 4 months!), but I had not one, but TWO pieces of chocolate cake!!!! Today is DH's birthday, so the whole day has been sort of a wash

7am: coffee
12pm: lunch out - grilled Greek panini (olives, feta, red peppers, eggplant, lettuce) - it was the only veggie option on their menu and really wasn't very tasty - a bit of a waste of a salty cheat + mixed berry sorbet for dessert
4pm: licked the beaters from the icing I was making for the cake
5:30pm: leftover homemade low sodium ricotta and spinach canneloni, 1 slice of low sodium bacon, 2 slices of homemade chocolate cake

I feel like I could just keep eating and eating. I know I'm going to want a snack later, but I think I'm going to try to stick with fruit - either some watermelon I know I have in the fridge or some frozen grapes.

[zanacal]

It really doesn't look that bad mocha - not compared to pre-girl diet anyhow! I hope your DH had a good birthday :D

We're going to Pizza Hut tomorrow so I've been looking at the menu trying to decide what's do-able - not good when it's 11pm and my tummy is rumbling for tomorrow's lunch already!!

[Mochagirl]

OMG Pizza Hut - there's something I've been craving for AGES! It's one of the things I'm planning to have as soon as I get my BFP. In my previous life, I'd eat half a medium pizza and an order of garlic bread on my own! :oops:

[Mochagirl]

BTW - I did look into Pizza Hut a while back and found that if I limited sodium and protein for the rest of the day, I could have 2 slices of a medium cheese pizza and stay within the diet. I almost ordered it but knew I'd never stop at 2 slices!

[Mochagirl]

I just calculated my intake for today based based on my estimates for the food from the restaurant. My calories look ok at 1619, my protein wasn't as high as I thought it would be at 47, but my sodium worked out to something like 2200mg!!!:suprise: I wish I'd at least had something yummy like pizza or fries if I was going to go so salt crazy!

[swish]

Hi ladies!
I've tried to eat a lot today in an effort to make af come!! I had a chocolate chip cookie at 11 (the first time food has passed my lips pre 12 for months!!)
Lunch leek risotto, strawberries and meringue, White chocolate
Snack at 5 wafer bar, some ice cream
Dinner large portion of pasta with leek, spinach and creme fraiche (this was yummy!) strawberries, meringue and white chocolate buttons
I'm sure i'm over on protein but I'm trying not to worry about it at the moment!

[Mochagirl]

Definitely don't worry about it Swish - you need to eat up a storm to get your body working for you again!

[zanacal]

Sounds great swish!

Pizza Hut was ok mocha - at least it's somewhere you can check the nutritional values for, with smaller (but nicer!) restaurants it's more of a guessing game!

Here's what I had today:

Lunch: Wrap with ww cheese puffs (I'm eating like a teenager!) and Mr Kipling French Fancy (cake).
Snack: Caramel ice-cream in waffle cone (no idea about nutritional values but was so good!).
Dinner: Pizza Hut - 3 slices veggie delux on thin crust Italian base.

I was probably a little over on sodium but nothing to lose sleep over :D

[Mochagirl]

Mmmm...sounds good, Zana! I think I'm ordering Pizza Hut this weekend if I get my BFP!

[zanacal]

Go for it! I'm so not used to the rich food though, it's been repeating on me all evening (lovely eh?!). I'm actually craving another cheese puff wrap :D

[swish]

Rich food really upsets me now, my tummy can only cope with bland food!! I actually think ice cream is. Good way to get more calories/ fat without upping protein too much
I've booked a doctors appointment for tomorrow, no idea what I'm going to say though!! I have to keep talking myself out of thinking I'm pregnant as I know I can't be. I've seriously got so many symptoms which I keep hoping are af coming as those are similar to pregnancy symptoms but still no af!!!!

[zanacal]

Good luck swish, let us know what he/she says x

[Mochagirl]

I know you tested once. Did you test again? Did you use an IC or a FRER? What symptoms do you have? Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if you're pregnant and you can start fattening yourself up properly??!!

[Mochagirl]

7am: coffee
12pm: homemade low sodium bun warmed and dipped in balsamic (yum!), 3 tea biscuits, peach
5:30pm: 2 servings rice pasta with mushrooms, leeks, creme fraiche and parmesan - I think this is my new favourite - it actually tastes like a real pasta dish, a bit of salad with homemade low sodium dijon dresing, a couple of pieces of steamed broccoli, a small leftover piece of DH's birthday cake
8:30pm: ground cherries, low fat vanilla ice cream, Sour Patch Kids

Calories: 1574
Protein: 38
Sodium: 1052mg (this crept up on me today. I used a bit of salt in my pasta because I thought my sodium was low but I guess that and the salad dressing tipped me over the limit)

[swish]

I tested with a FRER last Sunday, I know wouldn't it be fantastic but right now it feels like that is just a dream! I have both lotiony cm and sticky cm, sometimes alot, sometimes not much but it's always there! I've been dreaming more but probably because I'm worried and I've had tingly boobs. Also my tummy is generally not happy! This is the most symptoms I've had and if I didn't know better I would think I'm pregnant. The thing is we all know you can get all those things and still get a BFN so the sensible side of me knows there is no way and its my messed up hormones making me feel this way. Also my cp is hard and low which I think means af is on way??? I would gratefully see it right now!
BTW, I do not know how you can eat that pasta, I can't do it anymore!!!!

[Mochagirl]

You mean rice pasta? I found a certain brand that has a spiral pasta that can almost pass for the real thing. Protein has always been the hardest thing for me to keep low, so at least by having that instead of regular pasta I can eat a bit more guilt-free. Honestly, I'm so used to it it doesn't bother me at all anymore! I also don't mind those shirataki noodles as long as they have a tasty sauce on them.

I hope you get some answers today, swish. Let us know what the doctor says. :heart:

[swish]

No answers yet but the doctor was really lovely and didn't ask any awkward questions. She's sending me fir blood tests and a vaginal ultrasound. The blood results will be in next week and are bound to show hormone imbalance. I've eaten soooo much today as I'm desperately trying to put on weight. I actually feel really silly that I've let my body get into this state, I've always been such a healthy person and it's hard to get my head around the fact that I've inflicted this on myself!

[zanacal]

{hugs} swish, FX for some answers soon! When will you get the scan?

Here's my food for today:

Lunch: Wrap with ww cheesey puffs :D Mr Kipling French Fancy (cake) and strawberry yogurt.
Dinner: Spaghetti with kids pasta sauce and 2 quorn sausages
Snack: Will grab a handful of sweets and a cup of tea this evening!

[swish]

My daily food has been hilarious, I am literally good to pop!
No breakfast
Lunch risotto, jammy dodger, ice cream, a large bar of White chocolate, go ahead bar, caramel rice cakes
Snack jammy dodger
Dinner vegetable lasagne, more ice cream, White chocolate buttons
I HAVE to put some weight on now!!

[zanacal]

I love it swish - and it still sounds girl friendly!

[Mochagirl]

I was going to say that too, Z - Swish, you're so disciplined to eat girl-friendly foods while trying to gain weight. If I were in your position I'd be eating nothing but pizza and big hunks of cheese :bigsmile:

[Mochagirl]

I also have to admit that I'm sooooo out of girl diet mode these days. Last night, right before bed, I downed a bunch of chips even though my sodium for the day was already way too high, and today I ate a bunch of curd cheese at 2pm for no reason other than the fact I saw it sitting on the counter and it looked good. I'm really hoping all this impulsive eating is a pregnancy sign, because I've been so disciplined for months, and I hope I'm not losing it now.

[zanacal]

How many dpo tomorrow mocha? I'm waiting patiently for that BFP!

[Mochagirl]

How many dpo tomorrow mocha? I'm waiting patiently for that BFP!

Tomorrow I'll be 10dpo. I tested right before supper tonight and it was still a BFN. This morning was the first time I really 'felt' pregnant - I was queasy all morning, had sharp O like cramps and kept getting sharp pains in my boobs, but I'm really trying not to get my hopes up too much. I keep trying to remember that I didn't get a BFP until 11dpo with ds3, so if I don't get one tomorrow I'll try not to feel too down. Now if I don't get one on Saturday, I think I might start losing hope, though I know that lots of women don't get their BFPs until later.

[Mochagirl]

I was out babysitting for a friend last night, so I didn't get a chance to share my food for the day:

7am: coffee
12pm: 1 serving curd cheese, corn on the cob, 2 arrowroot cookies, apple
2pm: 1 serving curd cheese (I don't know how this happened - I wasn't even hungry yet - I just ate it on impulse)
5pm: 2 servings rice pasta with mushrooms, leeks, parmesan and creme fraiche, canteloupe for dessert
8:30pm: green grapes and Mike & Ike candies

Calories: 1604
Protein: 42
Sodium: 902

Not bad considering I ate so much curd cheese...

I'm officially 110lbs now, which means I lost another pound over the last couple of weeks even though I've consciously been trying to eat more food. I got another BFN today at 10dpo. I think if I get af this month I'm going to take 2 weeks off the diet since I won't be TTC again until October. I won't worry if I gain a bit of weight since I know how quickly I can lose it on this diet, and I'll make sure to leave 6 weeks before our attempt to get back into the diet groove. I really hope it doesn't come to that, though. I sooooo desperately want this to be our month.

[swish]

I think that' s a good idea, I've kept meaning to message you to say be careful as you have lost so much weight and you don't want to be in my situation, it is worth working out your bmi, the information I've read says you need a minimum bmi of 18 to conceive. Also one of the girls said she read if you lose 10% of your body weight suddenly it can mean you don't ovulate every month. I don't mean to scare you, I just don't want you to be in my situation. I really hope you don't have to worry about any of this as hopefully you are pregnant!!

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, swish - I have to say your situation has made me think hard about this diet. I started out at about 130 and am now 110, so I guess I'm in the danger zone for weight loss. I've decided that I'm having a cheat night tonight and ordering pizza. If I'm going to take 2 weeks off from the diet anyway, I suppose I might as well start now, and DH is going out of town so I feel like treating myself.

[Mochagirl]

Ok, just calculated my BMI and I got 20, so I guess I'm still safe for now.

[swish]

That's good, just make sure you don't lose any more

[zanacal]

I am SO hungry today! Alas I had:

Lunch: ww wrap with extra light soft cheese triangle and packet ww cheesey puffs. 2 Mr Kipling raspberry slices.
Dinner: Burger King! Regular fries with mayonnaise for dipping and regular coke!
Snack: 2 custard creams and a nice cup of tea :D

[happyheart]

Tomorrow I'll be 10dpo. I tested right before supper tonight and it was still a BFN. This morning was the first time I really 'felt' pregnant - I was queasy all morning, had sharp O like cramps and kept getting sharp pains in my boobs, but I'm really trying not to get my hopes up too much. I keep trying to remember that I didn't get a BFP until 11dpo with ds3, so if I don't get one tomorrow I'll try not to feel too down. Now if I don't get one on Saturday, I think I might start losing hope, though I know that lots of women don't get their BFPs until later.

:fx: for you!!! :) :)

[happyheart]

Hi everyone!! I haven't been on this thread too much lately... but I wanted to share with you what I am eating and would love to hear if you think its ok or if I should do more... I usually eat a good amount of calories within what I am eating. My BMI has dropped super low... so hoping it stays put for now and doesn't drop much more.

With that said, I have become used to this diet, but will be so happy when its over! :)

Here is what I am eating:
I skip breakfast. I eat mostly white rice, unsalted matzo, rice pasta, miracle noodles or no-noodles, skinless cucumbers, cauliflower, sugar free candies, TONS of crystal light and diet free caffiene free coke, low sugar or sugar free strawberry jelly (with the matzo), a very small amount of chicken from time to time (probably not much at all due to getting closer to my attempt), I use a salad dressing spritzer for just a splash of taste on the rice, noodles and veggies, and the occasional sweet if I have room with calories. I also usually have a couple reduced fat cheez-its or other non-diet types of things in very small amounts just for some flavor at my meal time if I have room within the diet.

:) :)

[Mochagirl]

Your diet sounds good, happyheart!

I got another BFN this morning, so I think I'm out this month :(.

I had my big cheat night last night and it was soooooo yummy, but my poor shrunken stomach suffered for it later!

7am: coffee
12pm: shirataki noodles with low sodium tomato sauce and a pinch of low sodium parm, 2 arrowroot cookies, 1 serving curd cheese, Sour Patch Kids
5pm: corn on the cob
8pm: Greek salad, fries, tzatziki and a veggie pita (YUM!) + a peach for dessert

As you can see, I decided on Greek instead of pizza. I realised that since I was ordering for myself (DH was out of town), I would have to eat only PART of a pizza and save the rest...and I didn't quite trust myself to stop eating once I started. The Greek food was also lower in protein, and the cheating was mostly in the sodium, which I think is the part of the sway that matters the least. My calories were only 400 leading into my big cheat supper, so hopefully I stayed under my limit.

[zanacal]

I know you're disappointed mocha but you're really not out at 11dpo, even though I know in your head you should have your BFP by now because that's when you got it with DS3. Why don't you give yourself a break for just a couple of days before you test again? Your Greek food sounds yum!

I think it looks great happyheart!

I'm feeling a bit down about my weight loss. Last week I only lost 1/2lb so I thought this week would be good, but so far only another 1/2lb. There's you ladies eating more to try not to lose weight and still losing and I'm being super good and barely losing any!!

[Mochagirl]

Awww....I'm sorry Z - that must be so frustrating! You've done such an awesome job with the weight loss - maybe you've just hit another plateau. I think no matter what you can feel good about this sway - you've worked sooooo hard to get to this point!

[zanacal]

Yeah, I'll keep at it - maybe I'll lose like 10lb the week after during O week lol!

[zanacal]

Food for today:

Lunch: Wrap with extra light cheese spread. Hoola Hoops. French Fancy.
Dinner: Low fat ready meal of pasta with cheese sauce, peas and broccoli (and only 300mg sodium!). 2 Fox's Glacier Fruits.
Snack: Tutti Fruttis

I'll be back on Monday night after Legoland - absolutely no idea what I'll eat there ... and when the boys/hubby are stuffing their faces with the treats I've packed for the hotel room in the evening!

[Mochagirl]

Have a great time at Legoland!

[Mochagirl]

Back to more diet-friendly food today.

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with plain yogurt and lemon juice, 2 sugar free cookies, peach
6pm: rice pasta with 1/2 serving of pesto and parmesan (sooooo good), lemon gelato
9pm: Chinese coconut bun (I had tons of room in my sodium, protein and calorie budget, so I ate this as a big treat), peach

Calories: 1684
Protein: 38g
Sodium: 853mg

[happyheart]

Thank you mocha and zanacal! :) :)

I am thinking about you mocha!!!

I am down into the danger zone for sure mocha... I started at 116 and now down to 106. I wish that I hadn't started out so strong on the diet. ugh!

Zanacal ~ you have done an AWESOME job with you weight loss!!! :) :)

It's my son's bday tomorrow... we started celebrating early with cake already! :) Yay. :)

Have a great day everyone! :)

[Mochagirl]

I agree, happyheart. If I had one regret it was that I started out with such low calories on the diet, so I lost the weight too quickly. I should have listened to Atomic's recommendation of 1500-1800. In the beginning I wasn't eating the sweets I am now, so I was having trouble breaking 1200 calories a day. Now I have trouble keeping under 1600, but I'm afraid to go over that in case I gain weight!

[swish]

I completely agree, I wish I had started off within the correct limits, I hope others who start out see our posts and don't make the same mistake, no one should assume they will only be on this diet for 6 weeks!!!! I have out on a few pounds now, I really debated whether this was the right thing to do as I know atomic said ovulation will return anyway, but for me, I feel I needed to put on, once af comes I will eat within the calorie limits. I'm not recording my food at the moment as other than missing breakfast I'm very relaxed and I'm having pretty much what I like. Not looking forward to eating the diet and trying to ach the right limits but I can't wait for af to come!!!!!!!

[Mochagirl]

Wise move, swish!

Maybe we should ask atomic to stress the caloric limits in her diet guidelines thread - I think all of us when we start think we'll only be on it for 6 weeks, and that's a very dangerous assumption. Atomic did warn me my calories were too low, but by then I had been doing it for a while and she said I might start gaining weight if I upped them at that point.

[Mochagirl]

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with plain yogurt, mini banana muffin
5:30pm: homemade low sodium vegetarian lasagna, low fat vanilla ice cream, 2 arrowroot cookies, Mike & Ike candies
8:30pm: low salt chips, frozen grapes

I was in the odd position tonight of having not enough calories. Since my sodium was on the low side too, I could afford a full serving of chips. The vegetarian lasagna turned out really well - I roasted a ton of veggies to put in it, and used real mozzarella instead of the low fat stuff after noticing there is only a difference of 1g of fat per serving between the two and the real stuff actually has less sodium - and it was soooo much yummier than the low fat stuff, which never seems to melt properly. Even with the full fat cheese and the chips, I managed to keep my fat to 26%, and I'm happy with that.

[zanacal]

Hi ladies, we're back after a fab weekend! I did my best with food but obviously was over on sodium if not everything - and I had breakfast today, woops!

Yesterday was:

No Breakfast
Lunch: ww bread with light cheese slice, strawberry & yogurt ceral bar, hoola hoops.
Dinner: 3 slices veggie pizza with a little tomato and basil pasta.
Snack: 1 chocolate digestive biscuit

Today:
Breakfast: Croissant with spread and jam. Yogurt.
Lunch: Veggie fajita and about 3 potato wedges
Snack: Cereal bar in the car and a Bakewell Tart when we got home

Back to work tomorrow - boo!

[Mochagirl]

Sounds like you did a great job while surrounded by temptation, Z!

[swish]

Glad you had a great time, z!! X

[Mochagirl]

I'm feeling really hungry today because of damned af - I ate more than I meant to this evening.

7am: coffee
12pm: homemade low sodium bun with 1 tbsp low sodium goat cheese and a bit of balsamic vinegar, corn on the cob, peach
5:30pm: 2.5 servings rice pasta with leeks, mushrooms, creme fraiche and parmesan, 2 sugar free fruit creme cookies,
8:30pm: ground cherries, candy apple (I saw these at the market and couldn't resist - I used to love these as a kid!), low sodium chips

I ended up with a lot of calories today - 1800, but even with the chips my sodium was very low - 565mg - I should have added salt into the sauteed veggies again since it would have made it tastier. My protein was on the high side - 47g, though 13g of that was from fruits and veggies, and I'm unclear lately whether I should be counting all of those as I always have (I asked atomic in a separate post).

[swish]

I think this looks fine, mocha. This is probably the calorie amount you should aim for so you don't lose more weight

[zanacal]

I lost 1.5lb this week :D

mocha - I don't include vegetables (calories or protein) but I do count fruit.

[DoulaMama]

You girls are incredible! The will power and determination is awe-inspiring! xoxo There's going to be a whole bunch of pink on these boards next year:) Fingers crossed for you all :luck:
:cheerteam:

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, DM - I think we all need some cheerleading right about now.

[swish]

Well done, z!! What's the grand total now? I had mum's homemade quiche today, anyone any idea on the nutritional content? I think it's probably boy friendly!

[Mochagirl]

It's probably fine, swish. Remember that the IG diet has people eating eggs all the time - I was still eating them for my first month or so on the diet. The crust was probably high in fat and salt, but there wouldn't have been much protein because an entire quiche usually has only 3-4 eggs in it, and I doubt you ate the whole thing! :)

[swish]

I didn't but I wanted to!! She has left me more for tomorrow, part of the plan to get me to put on weight!!!

[Mochagirl]

Aww...I know my Mom's really worried about me too. The worst part is she knows about the diet, so she knows I'm losing weight on purpose. I think she thinks I'm crazy, but she's sweet enough not to tell me that! She did tell me she thinks I'm not healthy enough to get pregnant right now. She doesn't believe in swaying, and keeps telling me she didn't do anything differently to have me after 3 boys. I know she wishes I'd drop the diet and start eating normally again - I keep having to reassure her that I'm eating healthy food, though deep inside I know that's not true (not enough calcium, iron or pretty much anything else).

[zanacal]

Hi DM, good to see you here!

swish - 37.5lb now :D

mocha - more {hugs}

My food for today:

Lunch (eaten at 11am - I was starving!!): 2 ww bread with extra light cheese spread and cucumber, strawberry yogurt, bakewell tart, 3 Fox's Glacier Fruits.
Dinner: Tesco healthy choices creamy mushroom pasta. ww mini tub toffee ice-cream.
Snack: ww mini tub chocolate ice-cream!!

Are you going to join us here rainbowflower?! Hope your first day went ok!

[Mochagirl]

I'm making black bean burritos for supper tonight, and I have the filling cooking right now...the house smells so yummy it's driving me crazy! It's only 3pm here, and I won't be eating supper for at least 2 hours!

[Mochagirl]

Oh, and BTW, 37.5lbs is reaaaalllly impressive, Z - you should be very proud of yourself!

[zanacal]

Thank you! I think my bodyshape is different too. I seem to have a really boney neck and shoulders but my boobs haven't shrunk too much and I'm very wobbly all over still - I'm not at all toned! I'm hoping different and wobbly is good!

[Mochagirl]

You're lucky your boobs haven't shrunk! Mine have gone from a C cup to an A cup from a combination of the diet and weaning ds3. I keep having to buy new bras!

[swish]

Mine have disappeared too! Z, seriously impressive, well done!!! I too have really boney arms and shoulders, maybe it's the lack of protein? I'm going to start recording food now as I need to get back on track a little although I'll still be eating more normally
1040 go ahead bar
1230 quiche and salad, White chocolate buttons, strswberries, bit of bread and humous
Snack chocolate revels
Dinner rice with courgette, mushroom, Parmesan, olive oil, lemon. Strawberries and meringue, tutti frooties

[Mochagirl]

You know, come to think of it, my arms and shoulders are really bony too. Because it's summer, I've been wearing lots of tank tops, and my friends have commented on how skinny my arms look. My collarbone has become prominent too. I'll bet it is the lack of protein.

[zanacal]

That's so weird, I have never had a bony collarbone in my life until now, but it's really prominent and the first thing anybody commenting on my weight loss notices!

[swish]

Mine are a little bigger since putting on weight

[Mochagirl]

Here's yesterday's food:

7am: coffee
12pm: shirataki noodles with low sodium primavera sauce and a dusting of parmesan, green grapes, 2 fruit creme cookies
5:30pm: homemade low sodium black bean burritos on corn tortillas with fresh salsa and non-fat yogurt + cheddar cheese
8:30pm: brownie with vanilla ice cream (I was out for dessert with a friend)

The burritos actually turned out quite well. I just cooked a can of no salt black beans with a can of no salt tomatoes, added cilantro, a bit of chili powder and cumin + a chopped leek, then added 2 cups of white rice. I used store-bought fresh salsa and full fat cheddar, but only a little bit, and used non-fat yogurt instead of sour cream. I had 4 (my no-salt corn tortillas are tiny), and everyone in the family ate some too, and I have sooooo much filling left for future meals (luckily, the kids liked it too). I thought I was going to be over my limits, but I weighed all my portions and discovered I was actually very low for everything - I could have eaten more. I was only at 900 calories heading out with my friend for the evening, which is why I went for the big brownie with ice cream. Yum!

[Mochagirl]

Here's yesterday's food:

7am: coffee
12pm: shirataki noodles with low sodium primavera sauce and a dusting of parmesan, green grapes, 2 fruit creme cookies
5:30pm: homemade low sodium black bean burritos on corn tortillas with fresh salsa and non-fat yogurt + cheddar cheese
8:30pm: brownie with vanilla ice cream (I was out for dessert with a friend)

The burritos actually turned out quite well. I just cooked a can of no salt black beans with a can of no salt tomatoes, added cilantro, a bit of chili powder and cumin + a chopped leek, then added 2 cups of white rice. I used store-bought fresh salsa and full fat cheddar, but only a little bit, and used non-fat yogurt instead of sour cream. I had 4 (my no-salt corn tortillas are tiny), and everyone in the family ate some too, and I have sooooo much filling left for future meals (luckily, the kids liked it too). I thought I was going to be over my limits, but I weighed all my portions and discovered I was actually very low for everything - I could have eaten more. I was only at 900 calories heading out with my friend for the evening, which is why I went for the big brownie with ice cream. Yum!

[zanacal]

Mmmmm, chocolate brownie!

Today for me:

Lunch: ww bread with processed cheese and cucumber, yogurt, bakewell tart, sweet.
Snack: ww chocolate wafer bar
Dinner: Tesco light cheesey pasta with peas and broccoli. ww toffee ice-cream.

Wow - Queen of processed food today!

[swish]

That is very little food, z!!
Me today...
No breakfast
Lunch few crisps, m and s falafel wrap, bar of White chocolate
Snack rice with balsamic (odd snack I know!)
Dinner vegetable lasagne, frozen yogurt, tooti frooties
Still being relaxed with diet but getting back on track!

[Mochagirl]

I had rice with balsamic at lunch today, swish!

[rainbowflower]

hiya, first proper post in here! I'm still struggling with my meal plans and finding it hard to eat enough nutrients. I travelled to a different town today to meet another mum and felt faint when there again after a light lunch so had a slice of victoria sponge and felt SO guilty about it!! although even with that slice of cake I'm still not near my targets...

Anyway, here are my latest two days food:
Targets:
1800 calories
60-65g fat (30%)
700-1000 mg sodium
60-65g protein



Day 2
crackers + cheddar : Total: 381 calories, 14.1g protein, 14.4g fat, 220mg sodium (for 8 with cheddar)
egg fried rice: Total: 529 calories, 16.7g protein, 7.6g fat, 80mg sodium
coco pops: 175 calories, 6g protein, 3g fat, 150mg sodium
2 WW lemon cake slices 160 calories 1.6g protein 1g fat 20mg sodium
4 Marshmallows 95 calories 0.9g protein trace fat trace sodium

TOTAL: 1340 calories 39.3g protein 26g fat, 470mg sodium






Day 3
1.5 pitta + salad: 225 calories, 9.3g protein, 1.05g fat, 270mg sodium
pasta + tomato sauce: Total: 790 calories, 18.8g protein, 2.2g fat, trace sodium
coco pops: 175 calories, 6g protein, 3g fat, 150mg sodium
victoria sponge 329 calories 4.5g protein 15.1g fat 150mg sodium

total: 1519 calories, 38.6g protein, 21.35g fat, 570mg sodium
plus 250ml of regular cola


can anyone suggest some things I can imrpove on? I don't really like cheese if I'm honest (well, I only really like creamy cheese)

oh and I'm finding it hard to eat more at mealtimes too. I'm getting quite full on veg/fruit and rice/pasta/bread... so not sure how to eat more without snacking unless I reduce the fruit/veg.

[swish]

In what way do you want to improve, what meal time are you not happy with?
Do not feel guilty about the odd snack, especially when you're still in limits, don't be too hard on yourself :)

[rainbowflower]

I really need to be eating more calories/fat/protein, etc. I'm still BF, and don't want to lose too much weight either as I only have about 10lbs I can lose in total before I'm underweight...

[swish]

What about humous? That has a good amount of fat.
I eat pasta/rice for both lunch and dinner which I find gives me a few more calories. Also full fat pop has been recommended to me. I would eat proper cake too, not ww, it will probably have the same protein but more calories and fat. You definitely need to eat more if you don't want to lose too much weight

[Mochagirl]

You're lucky you don't like cheese, rainbow - cheese is my biggest weakness, and it's so high in protein I can barely have any on this diet!

You're right that you're not eating enough, though. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't start out this diet eating to the maximum limits - I was regularly eating only 1000-1200 calories per day at first and I lost weight way too quickly. A couple of girls on here lost too much weight and stopped ovulating (our own lovely swish included).

Do you like sweets? If so, I'd add some more. Maybe full fat ice cream?

I also think in your situation you might want to eat 3 meals a day (atomic says this is ok on the diet). Still skip breakfast, but fit the 3 meals into the hours between noon and bedtime somewhere. I found I was never able to give up my nighttime snack, so I decided to consider it my third meal even though it only consists of snackfoods and sweets (all within the limits, of course). An extra real meal a day could really help with your totals and won't require you to overstuff yourself at each sitting.

[zanacal]

I would have a pudding after each meal rainbow (and I do!). These are the treats I can think of and most of them have calories but not very much protein and sodium. (Btw, where did you find egg fried rice with such low sodium?!)

- Mr Kipling cakes (I have Viennese Whirls, Raspberry Slices and Mini Battenburgs)
- Jam Tarts (the Tesco cheap brand ones are quite good)
- Bakewell Tarts (same as above)
- Biscuits! 2 custard creams gives you about 130 calories and not alot else.
- Sweets - There are 20 calories and no other nutrients in a Fox's Glacier Fruit so you could suck a few in the evening for a snack and sneak in another 100 calories easily. Tutti Fruttis - about 180 calories (I think!) in quarter of a big bag.
- Snack-a-jacks
- Crisps! There are quite a few which only have 100mg or so of sodium in them. Hoola Hoops are ok. There are also Weight Watchers and 'Velvet Crunch' but these have less calories as they're aimed at dieters.
- Ice cream! I like the mini tubs of ww toffee and chocolate ice-cream and the toffee and honeycomb sundaes. Yum!
- Meringue nests and a bit of cream or yogurt with your berries.
- Yogurts. I like the Activia ones in the little round tubs. They're not fat free but they're less than 3% fat and have around 120 calories, 6g protein and very little sodium.

If you don't like cheese how about having a bagel with no/low sodium butter or spread and jam or a tablespoon of peanut butter? I've found a couple of Tesco Light Choices ready meals lately which have worked out fine. There's a pasta in cheesey sauce with peas and broccoli, creamy mushroom pasta and tomato and cheese pasta bake.

HTH :D

[zanacal]

Oh, were you only eating 2 meals? Yes, definitely eat 3!! I find that because I eat lunch early (I often have it at 11 or 11.30 because I can't make it until 12!) I want dinner early (sometimes at 4) so then I have supper during the evening (which, like mocha said, is often just snacky foods but I eat them in one sitting so it's not like I'm grazing all evening and keeping blood sugar levels elevated over a long period of time).

[swish]

I agree on the 3 meals thing, that's something I'm going to do too

[Mochagirl]

Here's today for me:

7am: coffee
12pm: 2 homemade low fat apple muffins (veerry yummy!), 1/2 cup rice with a bit of yogurt and balsamic
2:30pm: coffee (it was a bad night - the kids were up a lot)
5pm: leftover vegetarian burritos - I had one on a real tortilla and two on my tiny sodium-free (tasteless) corn tortillas, 2 fruit creme cookies
8:30pm: frozen strawberries warmed in the microwave then mushed up on top of low fat vanilla ice cream. This was sooooo yummy!, Mike & Ike candies, peach, 1/2 serving of low salt chips (I couldn't really afford the sodium, but I needed more calories and didn't want anything else sweet)

Calories: 1734
Protein: 41g
Sodium: 1115mg

[rainbowflower]

well I've sort-of been having 3 if you count my supper of coco pops as a meal! I'll try and make the other meals more substantial today with puddings then.

the bit that worries me is that I'm eating so much at each meal I don't really feel as if I'm simulating being starving and in hard times lol

thank you for all of those ideas, I will investigate those light chocies meals too (don't forget to add those to the UK food ideas thread!) as there are days when I'll be working when I won't get home until 6pm and my DS starts bedtime at 6.30pm so I'll need a quick fod

[zanacal]

Continue on the September thread ladies ...

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?5219-TTC-Pink-Food-Thread-September

[pebmcpd7]

My food for today:

Lunch: ww wrap with feta, cherry tomatoes and balsamic. Bakewell tart.
Dinner: 2 portions spaghetti with roasted vegetables (courgette, green beans and pepper with a smidge of garlic powder), parmesan and half-fat creme fraiche. 2 Fox's Glacier Fruits.

I'm loving the half-fat creme fraiche with parmesan on my pasta. I think creme fraiche is also known as sour cream?

The ww creme fraiche is gorgeous on the pasta, I see that you ate tomaotes a lot is that OK. Also where are you getting all the baby food that you are using, you mentioned tomato based sauce... IT is my first day and I only ate about 890 cals, I am going to have to try and work that out!!!

[GeCon]

The ww creme fraiche is gorgeous on the pasta, I see that you ate tomaotes a lot is that OK. Also where are you getting all the baby food that you are using, you mentioned tomato based sauce... IT is my first day and I only ate about 890 cals, I am going to have to try and work that out!!!

The baby foods can be found in the baby aisle. Some of them are quite nice, others can be a bit tasteless. The best tomato sauce I have found so far is the Weight Watchers Parmesan and Pesto Pasta Sauce: 175g (1/2 glass) has only 86 calories, 3g fat, 3g protein and 90g sodium.

Also, I am not sure if you are aware of this, but here is some info I got from Atomic some time ago on the subject of sodium:

"Do not drop the sodium any lower (than the recommended 700-1000mg). That is the level of sodium that is required for your health and this is true on all three diets, IG, FGD, and LE."

[zanacal]

The tomato pasta sauce I used was a Mickey Mouse kids sauce, with all the other pasta sauces in Tesco and not from the baby aisle. I wouldn't say I ate a lot of tomatoes - perhaps one jar of that pasta sauce a week and it would last me for 2 days.