TTC Pink Food Thread - September

[zanacal]

Discuss all things food related here :D

[Mochagirl]

I'm going out for dinner tonight to celebrate dh's birthday, so I think it's going to be a cheat night. We haven't decided on a restaurant yet, but once we do I'm going to have to start studying the menu for the most diet friendly choices. I'm having just plain rice and yogurt for lunch so I'll have lots of sodium and protein left in my budget for the day, but I'm probably going to have to have something else to eat at 5 or so since we're not going out until 7:30 - I don't think I can wait that long!

[rainbowflower]

right, here's todays...

Day 4
1.5 pitta + salad: 225 calories, 9.3g protein, 1.05g fat, 270mg sodium
86g chicken: 142 calories 26.7g protein 3.1g fat 64mg sodium
philadelphia and roasted veg pasta: 249 calories, 9.3g protein, 10.6g fat, trace sodium
coco pops: 175 calories, 6g protein, 3g fat, 150mg sodium

total: 791 calories, 51.3g protein, 17.75g fat, 484mg sodium

4 Marshmallows 95 calories 0.9g protein trace fat trace sodium
1 toffee dodger 83 calories 1.1g protein 3.1g fat trace sodium
2 iced fingers 244 calories 5.2g protein 5.8g fat 140mg sodium

total with extra snacks: 1213 calories 58.5g protein 26.65g fat 624mg sodium

plus half of yesterdays cola drink (250ml)


TBH I've just had tea of the pasta meal plus an iced bun and I feel SO FULL it doesn't feel right!

[Mochagirl]

I think it's fine to feel full after a meal - the difference is we're only eating simple carbs so our blood sugar crashes soon after a meal, and since we're not snacking between meals, it stays low.

[zanacal]

.. and that's why it can be difficult to eat enough, because even though we might eat all those foods over the course of a normal day and not feel too stuffed, we're not eating at all for half the day and then cramming the calories into only 2 or 3 meals to make sure we get those blood sugar drops. I don't know what the answer is. Right now I'm eating less than I should (averaging around 1100 calories) but I won't be upping that at all this week as I've just ovulated.

I'll go back to calorie cycling the week after I think. I read something by Gwen Stefani's personal trainer in a magazine this week and he said that when she's getting ready for a tour she has 1200 calories 4 days a week, 1500 2 days a week and 1800 calories 1 day a week. I do think changing the amount you eat each day is good for weight loss (something along these lines) but I think I'm the only one on this thread who actually has weight to lose and I know you guys are trying to limit that .... so I'm talking to myself really aren't I?!!

[Mochagirl]

rainbow - I'm still worried you're not getting enough calories. Even for someone who's not BFing, 1200 is low. Maybe you should have a full sugar Coke with every meal? atomic also told me cranberry juice was ok to add calories, but said to get the sugary cocktail kind.

[zanacal]

Could you add some mayonnaise or spread to your pitta or are you already doing that? Does Phili only have a trace of sodium btw? If it does I'll get some!

[rainbowflower]

this is Philadelphia Light for a 30g serving:
47 calories
2.5g protein
3.5g fat
100mg sodium

please could someone perhaps design me a meal plan to follow so that I don't go over the other limits but do keep the calories up? I know it's a lot to ask... but I'm really struggling to create a good enough menu on my own. :(
it's really hard to get enough calories without overdoing the rest really.

maybe I need to cut back on the fruit+veg so I can get more junk in? really don't like the thought of that, though!

mayo has quite a bit of sodium in it doesn't it?

[rainbowflower]

oh, I should also add I'm only 4'11", and petite build... so it could be that I don't really need as many calories as an "average" woman anyway?

[zanacal]

I think you just need to listen to your body and do what you feel is right, if you're struggling to eat as many calories as you'd planned to then cut back. You've got a few months (you're planning to diet for 3 months before your attempt right?) so you can afford to change your mind back and forth for the first few weeks without being too close to your attempt. There are the meals Atomic put together in the dream section, have you seen them? Tesco Value Mayo (the only one in my fridge at the moment!) has 100mg sodium in a tablespoon. It seems alot but makes all the difference sometimes because it feels naughty!

[Mochagirl]

I use Mayo too sometimes - it really feels like a treat, and I find I often need only 1/2 a serving.

I think if you're at your capacity with how much food your stomach can handle, you should definitely turn to juice and full sugar pop to add calories.

As for how many calories you need at your weight, check out this website:

http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/caloriesneed.htm

It will calculate how many calories you need to maintain your current BMI. Since the whole point of this diet is to lose a little weight, you could aim slightly lower than what they suggest. Make sure you also take into account your BFing, though!

[zanacal]

So, my food for today:

Lunch: Bagel with peanut butter. ww chocolate ice cream.
Dinner: Vegetable burger in wrap. Bakewell tart.
Snack: ww caramel chocolate wafer (with a nice cup of tea!)

[Mochagirl]

I like all the chocolate we're all eating lately - a little chocolate makes me a much happier girl.

[rainbowflower]

according to that I need 1700-1800 calories per day... I'm going to try and calculate what I was getting before this diet

weighed myself this morning and I've already dropped 2lbs in 3 days :( although that means i'm now at my pre-pregnancy weight which was a weight I was very stable at - no matter what I ate I never went up/down much from that, although I can't say I've ever dieted before

ETA - I think I was probably getting around 1900 calories on a bad day when I would eat too much chocolate/cake. so probably around the 1800 mark... on average *sigh*

[swish]

Hi all, went out for dinner yesterday so bit of a naughty day!!
No breakfast
Lunch rice with balsamic and green beans, strawberries and meringue, go ahead bar, full at coke
I ate sweets all afternoon, I blame af!
Dinner vegetable antipasto starter, aubergine parmagano, half a chocolate melt pudding, a glass of wine!

I'm up to 106 lbs now and my bmi is 18.6!!!!!!

I now need to try hard to stay as I am, but how is definitely the million dollar question!!

[Mochagirl]

I went out for dinner last night with dh, so ate some more normal food.

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with a bitof plain yogurt and balsamic, 2 fruit creme cookies
3pm: Diet Pepsi
5pm: homemade low fat apple muffin, Sour Patch Kids
8pm: Indian food: a couple bites of pappadum, eggplant curry, paneer tikka, rice, a couple bites of Naan + a glass of white wine. Chocolate gelato for dessert.

I have no idea what my totals were for the day, but going into my dinner out I was at only 725 calories, 11g of protein and 182g of sodium, so I'm hoping the Indian food wasn't too huge a cheat. I probably didn't get enough calories yesterday, come to think of it. My sodium probably ended up a bit high, and possibly my protein (there was quite a bit of paneer in that one dish).

Now I'm off for my weekend at my Mom's house and all the mealtime stress that comes with a weekend with family. I'm hoping I can convince them to order in pizza one night since although that's a cheat, at least it won't be meat. Sometimes I can convince my brother to cook pasta arrabiata for supper - he often makes sausages with it, but I could easily load my plate with pasta and avoid the sausages. I'm there for a total of 4 suppers, though, and I don't know what to do about the others. I hate this!

[zanacal]

Ugh, I haven't lost ANY weight yet this week - so annoying given that it's O week! I guess I've reached a plateau and just need to keep going. I want to do the calorie cycling too as I'm probably not eating enough to lose weight (my body thinks I'm starving it!) but not this week!!

[Mochagirl]

I'm sorry, Z - you've lost soooooo much weight overall, though, so I don't think you need to worry :HH:

[swish]

I agree with mocha, don't stress about it! Mocha, you poor thing, I hate the lying, try not to worry as if you have a few no foods or more protein etc it won't do anything to hurt your sway, you can definitely afford a few treats and it might actually do you good!

[Mochagirl]

My plan is to eat lots of sweet things like ice cream in front of them so they won't think I'm starving myself. That's been my strategy when out with friends - I don't eat a lot for supper, but I ALWAYS order dessert and eat every last bit.

[zanacal]

Great tactic mocha! My childminder is doing a BBQ for DS2 on Monday as it's his last day with her and she said 'you're not vegetarian or anything are you' and I immediately answered no and then said 'unless you're doing veggie stuff for anybody else because I actually prefer the taste of them' and she said she was and she preferred the taste too. Phew!

[zanacal]

My food for today:

Lunch: Tesco light choices tomato and cheese pasta bake (only 200mg sodium - good for a ready meal!) and Velvet Crunch crisp thingies.
Dinner: Vegetable burger in wrap with mayo. Strawberry yogurt.
Snack: More Velvet Crunch crisps.

[Mochagirl]

I managed to keep to the diet for the most part today, but it didn't end so well. My mom made me a girl-friendly pasta for supper, but I ended up eating too much and got sick. My poor shrunken stomach just can't eat food like it used to! I ended up throwing up several times, and once I felt better enough I made myself eat a bit more to make up for all the calories I'd lost. Luckily some plain chips and full sugar Pepsi seem to have settled my stomach and I feel fine now.


7am: coffee
12pm: lunch at Tim Horton's (a coffee shop) on the road to my Mom's house. I had yogurt with fresh berries and half a plain bagel with low fat cream cheese
1pm: Diet Pepsi
5:30pm: broccoli and basil pesto with parmesan, chocolate ice cream bar and half a cup of coffee for dessert
9:30pm: low salt chips, full sugar Pepsi, apple

I have no idea what my totals really were today since I threw up pretty much my entire meal earlier. If I count everything I ate today, I come to:

Calories: 1859
Protein: 48
Sodium: 870

Tomorrow's going to be harder because my carnivore brother will likely be the one doing the cooking. I already felt everyone looking at me in the pool today, and my Mom commented that my collarbone is sticking out and I look unhealthy. Getting sick tonight doesn't help everyone's suspicion that I have an eating disorder!

[SA77]

I managed to keep to the diet for the most part today, but it didn't end so well. My mom made me a girl-friendly pasta for supper, but I ended up eating too much and got sick. My poor shrunken stomach just can't eat food like it used to! I ended up throwing up several times, and once I felt better enough I made myself eat a bit more to make up for all the calories I'd lost. Luckily some plain chips and full sugar Pepsi seem to have settled my stomach and I feel fine now.


7am: coffee
12pm: lunch at Tim Horton's (a coffee shop) on the road to my Mom's house. I
had yogurt with fresh berries and half a plain bagel with low fat cream cheese
1pm: Diet Pepsi
5:30pm: broccoli and basil pesto with parmesan, chocolate ice cream bar and half a cup of coffee for dessert
9:30pm: low salt chips, full sugar Pepsi, apple

I have no idea what my totals really were today since I threw up pretty much my entire meal earlier. If I count everything I ate today, I come to:

Calories: 1859
Protein: 48
Sodium: 870

Tomorrow's going to be harder because my carnivore brother will likely be the one doing the cooking. I already felt everyone looking at me in the pool today, and my Mom commented that my collarbone is sticking out and I look unhealthy. Getting sick tonight doesn't help everyone's suspicion that I have an eating disorder!


Oh man!! Timmy's veggie garden sandwich on white, toasted with cream cheese, lettuce and cucumber has become a favorite for me lately!! It's so good....probably even better with the tomato that's supposed to go on it!

[Mochagirl]

Sounds yummy, SA77 - I'll have to try that sometime! I do have to say their yogurt and berries was surprisingly good - the yogurt wasn't too sweet and they were actual fresh berries on it - I thought it would be more like a sweetened berry jam. I take it you're on the IG diet? I eat tomatoes all the time on the Low Everything diet....

[SA77]

Sounds yummy, SA77 - I'll have to try that sometime! I do have to say their yogurt and berries was surprisingly good - the yogurt wasn't too sweet and they were actual fresh berries on it - I thought it would be more like a sweetened berry jam. I take it you're on the IG diet? I eat tomatoes all the time on the Low Everything diet....

Actually just trying to eat light in general and stay away from the so called no no's. I don't know what's on the low everything diet though. The yogurt and berries is really good too! I'm officially in the tww and have one week to go and hopefully I get a bfp and this will be over! Although I'm going to Mandarin tonight for my best friend bday and gonna enjoy!!! Lol

[Mochagirl]

I hope you get your BFP too, SA77! I won't be in the 2WW again for another week, and I'm hoping this is my last one!

[Mochagirl]

So today ended up being a huuuuge cheat day since I wasn't able to really control my food with all these people around.

7am: coffee
12pm: low sodium bun with low fat swiss, a bit of mayo and cucumber, curd cheese
2pm: tomato from my Mom's garden
5:30pm: chips and guacamole while feeding the kids their supper (I know avocado is taboo, but it was sooooo good!)
6:30pm: chicken fajitas. I kind of had no choice but to eat these as my brother had been working on them all day, I was sitting beside him at the table, and everyone has commented on how skinny I am. They were sooooooo good! I only used a couple pieces of chicken (my first chicken in many months), but they were real tortillas (very salty) with salty salsa and cheddar cheese. I ate two and worried I'd be overstuffed and sick again like last night, but I feel great! I also had 3 cobs of corn, tiramisu for dessert, and red wine!

So...I'm sure I'm waaaaayyy over for protein and sodium today, but at least I got to enjoy it without feeling sick afterwards. I think I made a lot of headway in convincing everyone I'm not anorexic since I ate almost as much as everyone else. Tomorrow we're ordering pizza for supper, so I can easily eat plain cheese pizza...I just need to keep from eating 5 pieces like I'm sure I'll be tempted to! I'm going to try to have a very light lunch - maybe just some plain rice - so I can eat a little more pizza at suppertime without feeling too guilty. Eating real food today felt sooooo good...I can't wait until I can do that every day!!!

[zanacal]

I'm SO glad you enjoyed that meal mocha!

I forgot to update yesterday:

Lunch: Dorset Apple Cake and a couple of strawberries (no idea of the nutritional content - bought from the Farmer's Market)
Dinner: Taglietelle with kids tomato pasta sauce. WW ice cream sundae.
Snack: Tutti Fruttis

Finally a weight loss showing on the scales for this week too! It's my own fault as I know I should only weigh myself once a week - will try and stay off the scales until my official weigh in day on Tuesday now!

[zanacal]

We've had a lovely day today for DS1's birthday. He only had 3 of his friends from school over (so 6 boys in total!) and they were an absolute joy, the best party we've had so far I think.

I have eaten:
Lunch: ww bread with cheese slice. Velvet Crunch. Slice birthday cake (choc cake with choc and double cream, maltesers and choc fingers - I took the smallest slice I could!)
Dinner: Tesco light cheesey pasta with broccoli and peas.
Snack: I haven't decided yet - my tummy hurts and I don't fancy anything but I probably should or else I'll pass out by lunchtime tomorrow! Going to start with a nice cup of tea :D

[maybeoneday]

Hi Girls

Would love to join you here as I find the diet REALLY hard! In fact, I have only been cutting meat, reducing portions, cutting snacks and missing breakfast until now but my first attempt is only about 5 weeks away so feel I really need to step it up a notch......

UNTIL...... I ate sausages and had wine for lunch! I am now feeling really guilty.

I just can't say no to sausages! - It really is no surprise I have 2 boys

Feel better for confessing my guilty sin and will try harder tomorrow!

x

[rainbowflower]

oh, I love sausages too...


also not a good day here for me

breakfast (well, 10am) - a row of Galaxy chocolate

lunch - chicken tikka and white rice - we were out for lunch in a supermarket cafe and they literally had NOTHING I could eat! :( wish I'd been more organised now and taken something before I left, but my DH was rushing me out of the door

tea - white pitta, cucumber, radish, Shape toffee pudding

supper - nothing yet, I might have some more chocolate in a bit, though lol

[swish]

Hi all, welcome maybeoneday!!
Here's today..
No breakfast
12 - 2 meringues, go ahead bar
2 - little antipasti, spinach and ricotta cannelloni, 1 piece of walnut bread, ice cream ( the cannelloni was going to be a small portion but it was too yummy!)
I'm still full but have just had rice with salad and balsamic and olive oil and a meringue (I am obsessed with meringues!!!!)
is that a bad day or not too bad, I'm not sure!

[Mochagirl]

Almost all my family has now joined us at my Mom's place, and there've been a lot of gasps and comments about how much weight I've lost. I thought of a great explanation, though - I just said that when my older boys weaned themselves I gained a lot of weight (which is true), so this time when ds3 started to wean himself I decided to watch what I eat very carefully so I wouldn't gain weight, and as a result I lost weight instead. I also made sure to eat an Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookie today in front of everyone (my niece made them) - I figure no one would think I'm anorexic if they saw me eat something so decadent!

[zanacal]

Sorry you're having to come up with excuses mocha - this month has to be your month! Do you expect to O this week?

I went for Tutti Fruttis for my 'snack' because I didn't fancy anything else - now it's bedtime and I'm starving! Here's hoping I can stave it off with coffee in the morning ...

[Mochagirl]

I expect to O on Friday or Saturday. We're going home on Tuesday, so hopefully that's enough days before O for me to crack down again on the diet after so much weekend cheating. I think we're also going to have to do the compressed frequent BD when we get home because we skipped last night and tonight all 3 ds's are going to be sleeping in our room!

[zanacal]

I don't blame you, better than stressing about fitting it in while you're away!

[Mochagirl]

Wow - another bad cheat day yesterday:

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with balsamic, apple, 1/2 an Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookie (as decadent as it sounds), tiramisu
5pm: curd cheese, cucumber (I was hungry, but I definitely shouldn't have had any cheese considering what I was about to have for supper)
6:30pm: 2.5 slices of very cheesy (and delicious) pizza, more tiramisu
10pm: apple

My calories ended up within limits, but my protein and sodium were through the roof with all the cheese on that pizza. Only one more supper here and many of the guests have gone home, so hopefully I can have a more normal day today.

[zanacal]

mocha - I too have had a day where calories are fine but protein and sodium are not!

I went to DS2's leaving BBQ at the childminder's and she did me a vegeburger - I saw the brand and looked up the nutritional content when I got home and it had almost 24g of protein and 500mg sodium (before the bread roll and ketchup!). Oh well, I did my best (and it did really fill me up!).

Weigh in day tomorrow, really hoping for a couple of pounds this month. FX!!

[swish]

Hi ladies!
I'm still not back to my previous saintly sway diet even though I've put on 5 pounds now!! I'm used to eating more and I get hungry and snack! Just had some artichokes and tomatoes left from yesterday, yum!
Mocha, sounds like you did ok under the circumstances, it makes me sad to go to planned events at the moment as i thought I'd by pregnant by now and I've only had 2 attempts!!!
Z, fx for weight loss!

[Mochagirl]

swish - I find the same thing after a cheating binge - today I thought I was going to die of hunger all morning, while normally I'm fine with waiting until lunch time to eat. I think my stomach's getting stretched out from all the food I'm eating and is starting to expect more! You should have seen how bloated I was after eating that huge meal yesterday - my belly almost looked pregnant!

Oh, and I'm so sorry you're feeling down - I feel exactly the same way, though at least I've gotten 3 attempts in. I just want all this nonsense to be DONE - I'm sick of dieting, sick of frequent BD, , sick of lying to people I love, sick of living my life in 2 week increments then dealing with disappointment every month.

[swish]

Couldn't have put it better myself..
No breakfast
11 biscuit
12 quiche, tiny bit of pasta, strawberries, meringue, frozen yogurt
5 artichokes and tomato antipasti bits
Dinner pasta with courgette, wine, lemon, Parmesan. 2 meringues, 5 chocolates

[zanacal]

I feel sad to hear you both sounding down. I really hope you get pregnant and move on quickly too (though you have to stay here so we can keep in touch!). {hugs}

I'm really way too early to be thinking about this, but I'm wondering whether I should start taking HPTs early (knowing they'll likely be negative and if not worrying that it might be negative again by the time AF is due!) or wait until AF is due. I know that waiting is probably the sensitive thing to do - but do you think it's important to start eating more healthily as soon as possible when we do get pregnant? I know that many mums don't find out for weeks so just carry on as before and also that the baby is kind of self-contained for the first few weeks and doesn't rely on the mum for nutrition, but because we're so lacking in nutrition I wonder whether it's important to start looking after ourselves sooner rather than later. Any thoughts?

[swish]

I was of the opinion that 2/3 days would make no difference andi found testing depressing. BUT if I felt pregnant/had implantation bleeding I would test early

[zanacal]

I'm actually doing fine on the LE diet but today I found myself craving healthier food - a nice tuna on granary sandwich, yum! I guess I'm just looking for a quicker way out :D

[swish]

Yum granary bread, that would be lovely!! Although honestly I'd be happy if I could eat nothing nut meringues all day, it's an unhealthy obsession!!!

[Mochagirl]

I always test early as you know, Z - I just can't resist it, and I don't let them get me depressed until about 10dpo. I like having something to look forward to every morning! You make a good point about the diet, too - if I'm pregnant I want to start taking my prenatal and eating properly ASAP!

[Mochagirl]

I did a little better today - still high in sodium, but I think I kept protein under control.

7am: coffee
1pm: goat cheese and roasted red peppers on a small, low sodium bun, cinnabon bar (something my mom found in a grocery store - it was the size of a granola bar but cinnamon bun flavoured and you heat it in the microwave before eating it. The nutritional info was similar to a pop tart, but about half of the protein/calories/sodium because of the small size), Sour Patch Kids
6pm: veggie burger on low sodium bun with tomatoes and mustard, 3 cobs of corn, 1 small piece of falafel dipped in hummus, a few veggies & dip, lemon cake and raspberries for dessert, 1 small brownie

I'm still low on calories, but high on everything else, so I might have some candy as a snack later. I might also have a glass of wine :).

We go home tomorrow, so it's back to rice pasta....

[zanacal]

That all sounds so good mocha! I decided to wait until next Tuesday (12dpo) to test - it's weigh in day so hopefully I'll get good news of one variety or another!

Check out my weight loss ticker :D :D :D 3.5lb off this week - 1lb to go to get to the 3 stone I wanted to lose!

[Mochagirl]

That's awesome, Z - you should be really proud - I know how hard you worked for that!

I'm home now and eating rice and yogurt for lunch. Blah.

[swish]

That is amazing, z, well done!!! Symptoms sound good too, fx!! X

[zanacal]

A bit of a weird day today because I can't make up my mind whether I'm starving hungry or full up at any given time! This is what I ended up with today:

Lunch: (Costa after school with DS2!) Egg and mushroom roll, 2 mini raspberry and white chocolate muffins
Snack: Alpen strawberry and yogurt cereal bar
Dinner: KFC large french fries and 1/2 DS's chicken strip!

I was really naughty to steal DS's leftover chicken but OMG it was so good! It tasted really salty and really yummy and now I just want salt!! Luckily I put the rest in the bin before I could eat that too and it all worked out ok with my daily allowances :D

[Mochagirl]

I don't blame you for eating that chicken! I don't know how you eat KFC with your kids so often without eating the chicken - the smell alone would make me dive into the bucket and not emerge until it's all gone. It's hard to eat real food again then go back to bland - I've been having a rough time since getting back home yesterday. I don't think I ever shared yesterday's food:

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt and lemon juice, 2 fruit creme cookies
5:30pm: THREE servings rice pasta (what can I say...I was hungry) with mushrooms and leeks sauteed in butter with a pinch of salt added, mixed with creme fraiche and parmesan
9pm: Chinese coconut bun, Sour Patch Kids, 3 low sodium baby dill pickles

The coconut bun was a HUGE indulgence, but I had tons of room in my budget for the day so I ate it. The pickles weren't really necessary, but I was craving salt and still only had 500mg of sodium after all that other food, so I went ahead and ate them.

[swish]

Not sure if I did yesterday's but here's today..
No breakfast
Lunch pasta with green beans and balsamic, 2 meringues, go ahead bar
Snack biscuit
Dinner leek and mushroom risotto, 2 meringues and strawberries
I'm all about the meringues...

[Mochagirl]

I think I need to buy some meringues - you're making me hungry!

[zanacal]

Bugger I ate a slice of cake (only a small slice but still!)!!

[swish]

Yum, I could eat more now, I'm in bed and my tummy's rumbling! I still can't get used to eating less again!

[zanacal]

I'm gonna have to go to bed too. Are you cold? I've turned the heating on and have a blanket on my lap and I'm still freezing - winter's on its way!!

[swish]

Haven't turned the heating on yet but I did wear my wi ter coat today!

[Mochagirl]

I'm cold all the time these days - I think it's because I don't have any extra fat on me anymore. Are you guys finding you get chilled more quickly?

[zanacal]

Yes - but I read once that being cold may be due to less testosterone and I've clung on to that hope!!

[Mochagirl]

Really? That's nice to hear!

[Mochagirl]

Here's today:

7am: coffee
12pm: took the kids out for lunch. I managed to have only a Diet Coke and 6 of ds3's fries, though the deep fried mozzarella sticks on the menu were calling my name.... When I got home I had rice with plain yogurt and lemon juice and 2 digestive biscuits and some Sour Patch Kids for dessert
5:30pm: leftover homemade vegetarian lasagna, a few carrot sticks dipped in hummus, orange sherbet, 2 digestive biscuits
9pm: green grapes, Mike & Ike candies

My sodium today was right at the limit, mostly due to those fries I had. I was fine for protein as long as I don't count the fruit and veggies (if I include everything I ate it came to 44g, but 8g of that was from fruit and veggies) . My calories were a little low at 1688, but I don't mind being a little low for a few days since O is imminent.

[swish]

I am cold all the time but I have always been like that and now I know my testosterone is completely average!!

[zanacal]

I used to always be cold until I had children and now I'm warmer blooded - or just get less opportunity to sit on my arse and do nothing!!

[rainbowflower]

I'm having a tough time of the diet right now - my mum and sister are staying so it's REALLY hard to do the diet and avoid foods my mum keeps buying! They don't know I'm swaying.

I arrived home on Tues to find her with a roast chicken already in the oven - roast potatoes, the lot. At very least she used my low sodium salt and gravy... (it was the most delicious meal I've eaten in ages, I have to say, but still felt guilty)

Yesterday I made my family low sodium pitta bread+philadelphia for lunch, then we had homemade tomato soup for tea with basil, red pepper, and an onion (between the 4 of us).... so not completely pink friendly, but feasible!

Today she buys ham and rolls (for sandwiches) and salty kettle chips! I managed to dodge that one, unlike the roast meal. I had a microwavable frozen rice for lunch, and not had tea yet.

I'm eating a fair bit of milk chocolate at the moment too. I'm not convinced it sways blue given the number of sugar fiends who have DDs, and the sugar rush helps. I know cake is probably better for a sway than chocolate, but we don't have any at the moment.

[Mochagirl]

That's tough, rainbow - I've had at least a few days like that every cycle - we're either visiting with family or have guests staying with us. You just have to do the best you can. I try to make meal suggestions and act on it before anyone else has a chance to start cooking something meaty. For example, I suggest we BBQ burgers and make sure to buy veggie burgers too. Or I offer to make a big pasta dinner for everyone and make sure it's girl-friendly, but make sausages or something on the side for everyone else. Good luck - a few days of cheating won't hurt your sway, so don't stress about it. I just had an entire week of cheating and I'm due to O any day now.

[swish]

I completely agree with mocha, a few days won't spoil your sway, it's the overall picture that counts, don't stress!

[Mochagirl]

Oh, and if you're going to be cheating anyway, make sure to enjoy it! I sure enjoyed my pizza and chicken fajitas on the weekend!

[swish]

Today's food...
No breakfast
Lunch m and s rice caramel rice cake crisps, toast and jam
Snack mum's bread pudding (tiny bit!)
Dinner pasta with spinach, creme fraiche, wine, Parmesan, 2 meringues
My dad actually revealed today that he was pleased I had put on weight as he was starting to think I had an eating disorder, we've joked about this but for someone to actually say it is awful, it makes me think that must be what other people were thinking

[Mochagirl]

Oh, I'm sorry you had to hear that, swish! I could imagine what was going through everyone's minds when I was with my family on the weekend (I kept catching them staring at me and watching me closely at mealtimes), but at least no one said it out loud!

[zanacal]

Aww, we're glad you've put on weight too because we want you to get pregnant!!

Today I had:

No breakfast
Lunch: White roll filled with egg mayo (not good, I've had eggs 3 days in a row!), 2 caramel rice cakes, vanilla yogurt, 1 Fox's Glacier Fruit.
Dinner: Tesco light choices creamy pasta with peas and broccoli, mini battenburg cake, 2 caramel rice cakes.
Snack: Tutti Fruttis and a lollipop!

[swish]

Z, you can get away with it in the 2ww and it's nice to have a bit of wriggle room!

[zanacal]

Um, add to my list a slice of cake and a packet of Velvet Crunch. Oh deary, deary me! To be honest, the only aspect I'm really worried about at the moment is low blood sugar and I've no idea how long that is important - before implantation or until some later stage? I googled a bit and looked around on this site but didn't find much which made any sense to me! My calories were still only around 1500 for the day and my protein and sodium were ok too.

[Mochagirl]

I always start eating more during the 2WW too. It's so hard not to when you keep thinking you could get that BFP and be done with the diet forever any minute. Of course, lately I've been eating like a pig constantly and I'm not even in the 2WW yet. I haven't gained any weight, though, and am keeping within the upper limits of the guidelines, so hopefully that's ok.

[zanacal]

mocha, I keep thinking of you saying you test early to get the earliest BFP possible so you can celebrate with eating and to begin with I was all zen and thinking I'd wait until AF is due, then maybe 12dpo, now here I am testing every day and thinking how great it would be to get a BFP at the weekend so I could eat something amazing!! I'm thinking if I exhaust my supply of ICs I won't buy any more (though don't quote me on that!) so I'll do most of my obsessing this month!

[Mochagirl]

Yep - I tend to test before every meal, imagining what I'll eat to celebrate. I've been following all your symptoms in the 2WW thread, and they all sound so promising! I have a strong feeling this is your month!

However, I want to you promise me that if you don't get your BFP you'll give yourself one amazing cheat night to eat whatever you want. You deserve it soooo much after all the hard work you've done!

[Mochagirl]

Here's today:

7am: coffee
9:30am: Diet Pepsi
12pm: rice with yogurt and lemon juice, 2 digestive biscuits, more Diet Pepsi
4pm: Diet Pepsi
5:30pm: 3 low sodium strawberry-raspberry pancakes with maple syrup, a bit of cheddar cheese (I needed something salty after so much sweet), fruit creme cookies
9pm: Salt & Vinegar Pop Chips, Mike & Ike candies, caffeine free Diet Pepsi

I don't normally bother to record my Diet Pepsi drinking, but since I'm trying to drink more around O, I thought I'd include it. Four cans today, so hopefully that did some good, but it made me have to pee constantly. I'm wondering if that's why I didn't get a +OPK? I was well under for protein today, calories were pretty good, but sodium was 900mg - it would have been much lower if I hadn't decided to have those chips....

[rainbowflower]

thanks for the reassurance! really, though, I'm so far away from TTC that I'm not too worried at this early stage!

[zanacal]

Well I guess I should make sure I don't get out of the habit of posting here! I haven't counted anything today, just stuck to my usual mealtimes and girl friendly foods.

Breakfast: None
Lunch: Cheese & Onion Pasty! (We took the boys to a farm park and bought lunch from the on-site bakery - there was nothing less naughty. They all had cakes too!)
Dinner: Quorn ready-meal - Spaghetti with 'meat' balls. Slice of toast and butter.
Snack: Handful of Tutti Fruttis (mostly stolen by children!) and a ww chocolate wafer bar.

[Mochagirl]

Oh yes, I never posted yesterday's food, did I?

7am: coffee
12pm: 2 cobs of corn and a pita with light hummus (yum!)
5:30pm: rice pasta with creme fraiche and parmesan, spaghetti squash with a little butter and maple syrup, 2 cobs of corn
9pm: light vanilla ice cream with fresh raspberries, a bowl of grapes, low sodium chips

Calories were fine at 1800, protein is fine as long as I don't include the corn, which accounts for a whopping 10g of protein! Sodium was fine - 800mg, even with the chips.

Tonight I'm going to a girlfriend's house with a bunch of friends and they're ordering in pizza. I'm going to do my best not to overindulge, but it's going to be hard because I'll be surrounded by pizza, chips, other snacks and sweet stuff.

[rainbowflower]

breakfast: none
lunch: low sodium pitta + philadelphia + grapes, apple... plus lots of chocolate (oops!), 2 WW chocolate slices with double cream and raspberries
tea: 1/2 Dominos garlic bread, 2 Dominos cookies, 2 marshmallows, cucumber

on the plus side I think I was only slightly over on the sodium, and I managed to not snack!

[Mochagirl]

I'm off to my girls' night in soon, and very excited about eating pizza. I was very careful all day, and I've only eaten 6g of protein if I don't count vegetables and fruit, just under 400 calories, and only 32g of sodium. So basically I can eat 34g of protein, 1400 calories and almost 1000mg of sodium in one meal tonight. That amount of sodium probably will only amount to 2 pieces of pizza, which is sad, but I'll make sure to eat some of the sweet stuff that'll be there as well to add enough calories. Oh, and in case any of you didn't see on the other thread, I finally got a real +OPK and will probably O tonight or tomorrow. Yay! Would it be an awful thing for me to have a glass of wine tonight this close to O? I never drink even a drop of alcohol while pregnant, so maybe it's too risky to drink now?

[rainbowflower]

from the health of a baby perspective I don't think a drink at O time will do ANY harm to it at all, not sure if it could affect a sway or not. yay for a positive OPK!

[zanacal]

Too late I expect but I would definitely have had the wine - very acidifying!

[Mochagirl]

I did have the wine...as well as 3 slices of pizza and a few handsful of chips and salsa :oops:. I'm sure my sodium was through the roof (I'm guessing 2000mg) - just from that one meal! I ate so much sodium that I actually felt my feet swell as the night went on. Weird, eh? I had a panic moment later in the night when I realised I was having a big cheat night right at O, but I can't do anything about that now. I'm fairly sure protein was fine and my calories weren't over, so I'll just keep telling myself sodium doesn't matter to make myself feel better.

7am: coffee
10am: 2 cups Crystal Light
12pm: rice with a tbsp of plain yogurt and lemon juice, green grapes, Diet Pepsi
2pm: Diet Pepsi
5pm: 2 cobs of corn, Diet Pepsi (sense a trend?)
8pm: 3 slices cheese pizza, some tortilla chips with fresh salsa, a few veggies and dip, some odds and ends sitting around in bowls: a mini peanut butter cup, one Pringle, a cracker with some cheese spread on it, white wine + tiramisu and 2 bite-sized chocolate covered cheesecakes for dessert
11pm: caffeine free Diet Pepsi and 1/2 cup Crystal Light

My biggest mistake was sitting at the end of the table where all the snacks were. Once I started eating, I couldn't stop!

I still haven't O'd - temp was low this morning and cervix is still SHOW. Hopefully it will happen today. We didn't get another attempt in last night, but if I still haven't O'd by this afternoon, I may suggest another quickie to dh in case I O before nighttime. I just want to get the 2WW started!

[zanacal]

You'll be fine mocha - and at least that group of friends won't be gossping that you're anorexic!

Look at what we're having for dinner today:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4382/veggie-shepherds-pie-with-sweet-potato-mash

I can't wait as I can't remember the last time we sat down together on a Sunday and I ate the same as everybody else! I checked the nutritional contents of my ingredients and the calories and protein on the recipe are fairly accurate but my version will only have around 350mg sodium (thanks mostly to baby stock ****s!). We're having apple and blackberry crumble for desert and it all fits in with my daily allowance. I can't wait (did I say that already?!).

[Mochagirl]

That recipe looks really good, Z - I might have to try it too!

[rainbowflower]

lunch: 1.5 pitta bread with philli and grapes, cucumber, 2WW choc slices with cream + raspberries
mid-afternoon: 3 squares of Milkybar (I was on a long walk including going up hills so needed a boost)
tea: cod, green bean, courgette, mushroom risotto, 1 jammy dodger, 2 marshmallows
supper: not sure yet, but will have something small

[swish]

Hi all, really bad food day for me, had dinner with in laws so couldn't not eat what I was given
No breakfast
11.00 small piece of carrot cake, skittles
2.00 roast dinner -potatoes, parsnips, peas, green beans, stuffing, turkey and gravy. It was a huge portion and i didn't really enjoy it but never mind! Also starters of French bread pizzas and macarel on toast and tarte tartin for dessert. All bad for diet!!!
I will have rice with a bit of yogurt tonight

[Mochagirl]

Sounds yummy swish - I'm sorry you didn't at least enjoy it. I always figure if I'm going to cheat, I at least want to have a good time doing it! A little normal food now and then isn't going to hurt anything :HH:

[swish]

That is exactly how I feel, if it's going to be a cheat, make it a good one but this one was out of my hands! I really have gone off some of my old favourite foods and am often really happy to eat bland food, I think I've spoilt my taste buds!!

[zanacal]

The only thing I really fancy at the moment is Tutti Fruttis - I have a handful now! Dinner was good (though DS2 would disagree strongly with that!) but I've been half bringing it back up ever since so I know what you mean swish!

[rainbowflower]

Swish I was thinking that same thing earlier, other than chocolate which is still a massive weakness for me, I'm not too fussy if the food is bland anymore. I think it would be weird to eat it too salty now and I've only been on this diet for 2 weeks

[swish]

I'm now obsessed with sour skittles and of course my beloved meringues!!

[rainbowflower]

IMO I can't beat the WW chocolate slices right now (warmed in microwave for 15 seconds) with cream and raspberries - they're so soft and light and delicious! I could eat a whole pack lol

[zanacal]

My mum told me once that she lived on Tutti Fruttis when she was pregnant with me so I'm hoping they're lucky (or I discovered a taste for them in the womb that I've only just re-discovered!).

[rainbowflower]

lunch: 1.5pitta with philli + grapes (boring, huh?), 2 Mr Kiplings chocolate slices, 1 apple, doughnut (it was someone's birthday at work)
late snack (nearly teatime): 1 mars bar + some white choc to help me push that pram up the massive hill home
tea: frozen rice

[swish]

I have eaten sooooo many sweets today!!!!
No breakfast
11:30 bit of White chocolate, toffee popcorn
12:30 rice, yogurt, lemon, cumin, 2 meringues, skittles
Snack skittles
Dinner pasta with courgettes and mint, meringue, skittles
Looks bad written down like that- I've finished the skittles and I don't think I should buy anymore!!!!!!

[rainbowflower]

yum yum yum swish - sweets are good lol

[Mochagirl]

I don't think I ever wrote down yesterday's food:

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt and balsamic, 2 digestive biscuits, apple
5pm: 2 servings rice pasta with creme fraiche, parmesan, and leeks, zucchini and mushrooms sauteed in butter, 1 slice of fresh mozzarella/tomato from the caprese salad everyone else was eating
9pm: watermelon, chocolate wafer cookies, Sour Patch Kids
...and a whole lot of Diet Pepsi and Crystal Light in between

[zanacal]

Well done ladies!

I'm trying to write a meal plan which is healthy but helps me to keep off the weight I've lost (in the short-term at least!) but when I looked at the list after I wrote it it basically consisted of fruit, yogurt, cheese, bread, pasta, vegetables and sweets!! I actually can't bear the thought of eating meat and tonight DH and I had an Indian take-away and I ordered vegetable side dishes and have saved half for my dinner tomorrow. I really hope I can keep hold of some of the habits I've formed over the past 3 months because this was the first time in my life I was in control of my food! I'm going to try and stick with a lighter breakfast and only fruit between meals if I need a snack.

I'm going to do my last weigh in tomorrow. When I checked at the weekend I was doing well but today may have put paid to that!

[Mochagirl]

Bravo, Z! I know I haven't lost my love of food - whenever I get the chance to cheat, I keep eating and eating :oops:.

[zanacal]

I thought of you when I choked down a slice of toast for breakfast mocha! Bit annoying really, it used to be my favourite meal. I'm sure I can get used to it again!

[Mochagirl]

Here's today:

7am: coffee
12:30pm: rice with plain yogurt and balsamic vinegar, peach, 2 fruit creme cookies
5:30pm: low sodium pizza made on a pita. I used low sodium tomato sauce, mozzarella and mushrooms. It was a large pita and had only 200mg of sodium, so it was a large portion and not too high on sodium even with the sauce and cheese. It was very low in calories, though, so when I finished supper I'd only had 700 calories for the day. I added 2 cobs of corn and 2 fruit creme cookies to bring the calories up a bit.
8pm: low fat vanilla ice cream with strawberries, Sour Patch Kids, apple

My calories still ended up being too low, at about 1460. Sodium was just under the limit, and protein was nice and low if I don't include the corn (about 32g).

In a few weeks I'm going back to my mother's house for my cousin's wedding. It's shaping up to be a weekend full of unavoidable cheating - a dinner at my aunt's house in honour of my Mom's 70th birthday, the wedding itself, for which I ordered the prime rib, and a lunch out with my brothers and Mom for her birthday. If I get pregnant this cycle, I should have my BFP over a week before the trip, in which case I'm fine...but if I end up with a BFN it'll be only a week before my next O. Why do I have something like this happen every month??!!

[swish]

Me too, mocha!! You can't put your life on hold, no of us expected it to go on so long!!!! Hopefully you won't have to worry about it as you'll have bfp!!!!!!

[zanacal]

I agree mocha, it's life! The general overall picture has to be the most important thing. You can change your body with months on the LE diet and you can't undo it all in one weekend! Did you see the study I posted the other day which suggested that it's the change in a mother's condition just prior to O which is most important? So, you'd have a week to make sure your body noticed that change! The months of dieting beforehand are good too for the other stuff like lowering testosterone. Win-win!

I lost a lb this week and got to my goal weight :D

[Mochagirl]

Well, I ate like a pig in the week before O (and the days before O), and I *might* have even put on a pound (though I've lost it again since then), so I guess that puts me in a pretty bad position :(

I hate all this - I just wish I could get pregnant without caring whether it was a boy or girl! It was soooo easy the first time, a lot harder last time, but this time - knowing it's definitely my last chance - is just downright stressful!

[zanacal]

... but losing condition doesn't necessarily mean losing weight, it might just mean eating less nutrients or however else our bodies are responding to our diet and supplements. Also, we don't know what time period we're really talking about - it might mean the days before O, it might mean the months before or it might just mean since the last time you conceived. (I was trying to make you feel better earlier but it's landed flat on its face!). What I'm really saying is, we just don't know, and you have stuck with this diet and supplements for months on end. You hold your head up high and know that you did what you could based on the best information that we had at the time, ok? {hugs}

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, Z - I know you were trying to make me feel better, I'm just feeling really down today. I caught a cold from my son and now have a sore throat and my nose is runny. Just feeling blah.

[swish]

I completely agree, mocha, you seem really down but you have nothing to worry about, you have done brilliantly and if you get a bfp this month you have a great chance of your baby girl.
Z, wow on reaching your target weight :) you've had a great week, maybe you should get a lottery ticket too!!!
Today...
No breakfast
Lunch meringues, starburst!! Rice with yogurt and balsamic, I biscuit, bit of chocolate (sugar, sugar, sugar....)
snack toffee popcorn
Dinner will be rice with mushrooms, leeks, creme fraiche and Parmesan. Probably more sweets (I hope that's not z bad post bfp habit to break or I'll have no teeth left!!)

[Mochagirl]

I was at the dentist for a checkup yesterday, and I was sure they were going to notice tons of damage on my teeth from all the sweets and Diet Pepsi I've been having. Luckily it was a good checkup, so I guess I'm doing an ok job of cleaning my teeth in between sugar binges.

[zanacal]

Mmmmm, tutti fruttis, still love em!

mocha - the cold is good right?! Must have been brewing when you ovulated!!

[Mochagirl]

Oh, and I also wanted to point out that our food is looking very similar lately, swish - just about every day I have rice with yogurt and balsamic, then rice pasta with veggies, creme fraiche and parmesan. I think once I get my BFP I'm never going to want to look at rice again!

[swish]

My dentist app was surprisingly fine,i was expecting fillings, a permanent reminder of my crazy sway days!!

[swish]

Lol, I thought exactly the same thing!! It's just so easy to eat no salt all day then have the freedom in the evening to be more flexible! I love creme fraiche at the moment, it feels like a treat even though it's not!

[Mochagirl]

mocha - the cold is good right?! Must have been brewing when you ovulated!!

Hmmm...I guess you're right, Z. The symptoms started last night, but I probably caught the virus a couple of days ago. It's making me crankier than usual, which isn't a good match with my also sick and cranky children. Add in to that my constant hunger (and more crankiness), and it's a recipe for disaster. Thank God they have school again tomorrow!

[swish]

Sorry you're not well, mocha but you can add the sickness/tiredness as another sway factor!

[Mochagirl]

Lol, I thought exactly the same thing!! It's just so easy to eat no salt all day then have the freedom in the evening to be more flexible! I love creme fraiche at the moment, it feels like a treat even though it's not!

That's my thought exactly - I like to keep the option open to have an extra serving of cheese or some chips in the evening.

[zanacal]

I should have said sorry you're not well too instead of jumping in all excited about your sickness! Feel better soon x

[Mochagirl]

Oh yes, I was extremely sleep deprived all weekend - forgot about that. My kids were up at least every hour in the night. At that girl's night in I went to on Saturday night, I fell asleep during the movie we were watching - it was very embarrassing! :oops:

[zanacal]

Lol, my DH always falls asleep at other people's houses! All good for your girl sway though!

[rainbowflower]

I don't know what to have for tea... I've had a stressful/busy day at work. Only my 2nd day back in the office after mat leave. I got home and my DH has gone off to his late shift at work now and left the house in a right state. He didn't put William down to nap at the right time and so that meant he completely missed his milk feed time and then has had that instead of his tea (so effectively he has missed a feed today), and I'm certainly expecting that he will now wake up tonight because he's hungry. So, anyway, I've got home and had to clean up after them both... bedtime routine starts in 5mins so I don't have time to cook/eat before that. I'm hungry, but at the same time I'm feeling depressed so I can't decide whether to eat the whole world or eat nothing at all. I was planning to have cream crackers + apple for tea, but DH forgot to do the grocery shop today so I have no apples and my cats have no cat food. I don't really have much I can eat in the house. Our milk has gone off so can't have a bowl of cereal.

What do I have?

[Mochagirl]

Oh, I'm sorry you're having such a rough day, rainbow! Since I don't know what you do have in your house, I don't know what to suggest!

[zanacal]

Oh dear rainbow, we all have those days! What DO you have? I'd probably grab something like jam toast/bagel and a cake or some sweets!

[rainbowflower]

I don't think I've ever eaten a bagel.. are they good?

I have some pitta breads. I need to cook one for tomorrow for lunch anyway but they're getting so boring now especially as I have nothing to go in them other than philli and grapes (AGAIN!), we do have the crackers in the house. No jam as we don't tend to eat that normally. Plenty of baby food jars/pouches but noo way am I eating those even if they are low in sodium lol

I feel like Old Mother Hubbard today! (but with cats, and except that the cats have been fed some tuna now).

[rainbowflower]

mango is bad for a pink sway isnt it? How I fancy eating some of those as we do have that in the house!
oh, I do have a frozen tomato pasta sauce, but I had pasta for dinner today so not sure I fancy that again.

fussy aren't I?

[zanacal]

Toated bagels are really good! I also recommend St Dalfour 'fruit spread' - ie. sugar free jam. The raspberry one is yum!

I give up, hope you find something you fancy!!

[rainbowflower]

thanks for the support yesterday ladies...

today

lunch: same as always, pitta + philli+ grapes... with more grapes for pudding and 2 chocolate slices
walk home: 6 squares of Aero
tea: lemon chicken, mushroom, courgette, green pepper + rice (delicious! 1st time I've had chicken in ages and the sauce was only 40mg of sodium too)

[Mochagirl]

The chicken sounds yummy, rainbow!

[zanacal]

You were so inventive in the end rainbow!

[swish]

Today...
No breakfast
Lunch toffee popcorn, pasta with yogurt, balsamic, cucumber, 2 meringues, raspberries, starbursts
Snack starbursts, digestive biscuit
Dinner rice noodles, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms with sweet and sour sauce, 1 meringue, more starbursts, aero dessert

[Mochagirl]

Oops - I never reported yesterday's food.

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt and balsamic
5:30pm: 3 servings rice pasta with basil pesto and parmesan (I was drowning my sorrows in garlic, and it was sooooo yummy and satisfying :bigsmile:), 2 fruit creme cookies
9pm: ground cherries, grapes and chocolate wafer cookies

[rainbowflower]

thanks Zana ;)

how do you make the yoghurt+balsamic thing? how much of each do you add?

Mocha - don't feel bad about a bit of garlic, you still get lots of girls being born in Italy!

[Indira]

Speaking about Italy, I had my italians inlaws over and now I am completely wondering how on earth girls get conceived there because my mil drowns EVERY single vegetable, pasta or meat she cooks in loads and loads of olive oil and salt!

(I know she´s not representative of the entire italian population and its the changes to persons routine that counts, but still)

[zanacal]

Speaking about Italy, I had my italians inlaws over and now I am completely wondering how on earth girls get conceived there because my mil drowns EVERY single vegetable, pasta or meat she cooks in loads and loads of olive oil and salt!

(I know she´s not representative of the entire italian population and its the changes to persons routine that counts, but still)

I asked Atomic about the Italian gender ratio once because DH has work colleagues there who guzzle double espresso after double espresso - and she told me that they have more boys than average there because their diet is so fantastic for fertility! So, you're observations were right :D

[zanacal]

Hmm, I guess I need to change my ticker!

[Mochagirl]

Yes, change your ticker, Z!!!!

rainbow - to make the rice/yogurt balsamic, I take 1 cup of cooked, plain white rice, add about 2 TBSP of plain fat free yogurt, then a squirt or two of balsamic for flavour. Sometimes I use lemon juice instead of balsamic.

I agree about garlic not being the end of the world - I tend to indulge in it a couple times a month at least, and I may up that to once a week if I have to continue this diet for a lot longer.

My brother married into an Italian family from Milan (they've since gotten divorced). It was a family of 3 girls, and I know that since then my former SIL has remarried and had another girl. One thing I'll say about the Italian diet is that they don't eat a lot of meat - in the north, at least. Pasta is always the main part of the meal, and meat is usually a tiny portion served as a side or as part of the pasta. My SIL used to think that our portions of meat - a big steak or a double burger - were vulgar.

[zanacal]

When we went on holiday to Tuscany we ate nothing but meat (and lord only knows what type of meat - eek!). The thing hard to come by was potatoes!

[Mochagirl]

Interesting - I spent a week in Tuscany about 10 years ago, and I barely had any meat. Then again, I was travelling on a student budget....

[rainbowflower]

thanks for the recipe! I might give that a go

today
breakfast: none
lunch: 1 pitta bread pizza, 2 jam doughnuts, 4 marshmallows
tea: same as yesterday (leftovers) - peking lemon chicken + rice
supper: not decided yet, perhaps meringue nests

[zanacal]

Interesting - I spent a week in Tuscany about 10 years ago, and I barely had any meat. Then again, I was travelling on a student budget....

That's funny, that's when we were there too! We'd go to this restaurant where there was a set menu and we had no idea what the food was - they'd just bring out a big jug of wine and plate after plate of meat!!

[Mochagirl]

Where were you, out of curiosity? For me it was actually a bit more than 10 years ago - 1997. I went to Milan for my brother's wedding, then backpacked around Italy for 6 weeks with a girlfriend from university. For the Tuscany portion of our trip we spent about a week in Florence then another week in Montepulciano. Ah, the freedom of life before kids....

[zanacal]

8 years for us - my maths obviously isn't very good today (my brain in general is not good - I'm finding I'm putting things in weird places already!). It was 2003 and our honeymoon and we stayed near Arezzo (somewhere between Florence and Montepulciano) and travelled around. It was the middle of nowhere really so we were eating in rural restaurants rather than bigger towns and cities if that makes any difference!

[Mochagirl]

Montepulciano at the time was pretty rural (since they filmed the Twilight movie there I think it's become quite a hot spot). I remember NO ONE there spoke any English - even at the little tourist office we found off the main square. I think it was more a tourist spot for Italians. Anyway, as I said we were travelling on a student budget, so that could explain the meat discrepancy.

By the way, DH and I had our honeymoon in 2003 too, but we travelled around France instead of Italy.

[swish]

We travelled around Italy for our honeymoon, I LOVE Italy, the food is delicious!

[Mochagirl]

I agree - I never met a dish I didn't like in Italy. French food? I could take it or leave it.

[rainbowflower]

we actually got engaged in Italy, in Venice... :) love the country (and the food!)

[swish]

We got engaged there too, very romantic!!

[Mochagirl]

I loved Venice. Of course, I was there with a girlfriend, so there wasn't a lot of romance. However, I did meet a cute Italian boy there.... :)

I still haven't posted yesterday's food:

7am: coffee
12pm: Shrirataki noodles with low sodium tomato sauce and a dusting of parmesan, 2 small peaches, fruit creme cookies, Sour Patch Kids
5:30pm: veggie quesadillas made with my no salt rice/black beans/tomato/cilantro concoction from a couple of weeks ago + cheddar cheese on corn tortillas with some fresh salsa and plain yogurt, chocolate wafer cookies
9pm: light vanilla ice cream with strawberries, green grapes, 2 digestive biscuits, low sodium chips

Tonight I'm going to a pizza party and my boys' school. I won't be able to avoid eating at least one slice of pizza, but will I be able to stop there? I doubt it. Tomorrow night I'm volunteering at the locak twin association's used clothing sale, and they'll be giving us pizza to eat there too. How can I avoid all this temptation??

[swish]

I wouldn't worry, mocha, you're in the 2ww and you might be pregnant!! If not a few bits of pizza won't do you any harm, enjoy!!!
Today's food..
No breakfast
Lunch 2 pittas with humous and cucumber, green grapes, starburst, popcorn
Snack 3 chocolates
Dinner pasta with mushroom, leeks and creme fraiche, strawberries with 2 meringues, skittles

[Mochagirl]

The pizza only puts me over the limit for sodium. At 500mg per slice, even if I've eaten no sodium for the day, I end up at my limit with 2 slices. Today I've had 100mg of sodium, which means 2 slices put me over the limit! My protein should be fine, though, and I think that's the most important thing. The hardest part will be eating enough calories without adding to my sodium - with what I've already eaten today + 2 slices of cheese pizza, I've only had 1000 calories! Maybe I'll have a full sugar pop with supper then some candy when I get home.

[swish]

Sounds like a good plan! I've gone over sodium today, I think occasionally it's fine, it wasn't my attitude in the beginning but after all this time on the diet sometimes we need some wriggle room!

[Mochagirl]

I'm back from the pizza party. I managed to stop myself after two small pieces - it wasn't very good pizza anyway, so that helped with my self control. All they had to drink there was water, so I didn't have the chance to add to my calories during that meal. So far for my snack tonight I've had a can of regular Gingerale, a couple apples and some Fuzzy Peach candies, but I'm still only at 1400 calories! Even the Gingerale and the candy have some sodium, so now I'm waaaay above for sodium, and still don't have nearly enough calories!

7am: coffee
10am: cappuccino (at a friend's house - it felt so naughty!)
12pm: rice with yogurt and balsamic, grapes, chocolate wafer cookies
6pm: 2 slices cheese pizza
8:30pm: gingerale, Fuzzy Peach candies, 2 apples

[Mochagirl]

OMG! For fun I just typed a typical day's food pre-diet into FitDay, and I couldn't believe the numbers - 2600 calories, 99g of protein and 4000mg of sodium!!! This was just for a bowl of cereal, 4 slices of whole grain bread with a mix of tomato soup and melted cheese on top (rarebit - a comfort food from my youth), and 4 slices of cheese pizza for supper. This was just for 3 meals with no sides, desserts or snacks in between, which I would never normally do. I imagine once I added that stuff in I'd easily break 3000 calories and who knows how much sodium. I'm in shock. If you'd asked me before the diet if I ate well, I would have admitted to a weakness for snack food but would have said in general I ate moderately. And yes, 4 slices of pizza is a lot, and I don't eat pizza every night, but I do tend to eat huge portions for supper. I also can't believe the amount of protein when I didn't include any meat in my sample diet.

No wonder I lost weight so fast when I started restricting these things. I think I might continue keeping track of my nutrients even after I'm done with the diet, because that amount of calories and fat can't be good for anyone....

[swish]

Wow! That's interesting to know! I think I will still return to my pre sway diet, I felt a lot healthier before!
Today...
No breakfast
Lunch popcorn, rice w creme, grapes and lemon, 2 meringues, skittles
Snack 2 party ring biscuits, couple bits chocolate
Dinner will be vegetable curry, rice, 1 onion bajee

[rainbowflower]

Mocha you're right it all adds up doesn't it?

today..
lunch: Birds Eye rice bag + choc chip cookie
tea: pasta + philli + roasted veg
supper: 4 (oops!) chocolate cupcakes

[Mochagirl]

Today was a very strange day. This morning my cat got quite sick, and I had to bring her to the vet. She's spending the weekend there, and they don't know if she'll get better. Then tonight I volunteered setting up the twin club's used clothing sale. it was 6 hours of solid manual labour, and I'm EXHAUSTED! They said they'd feed us pizza at 6, but they didn't bring it until 8! All I'd had was a tiny bit of rice at noon and I'd been there working since 3, so I thought I was going to die!

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt and balsamic, fruit creme cookies
3pm: apple
8pm: 3 small slices vegetarian pizza, Pepsi (full sugar)
10pm: 2 nectarines, Sour Patch Kids (I know it's soon to eat again, but I need to try to add some calories!)

So now I have the same problem as yesterday: sodium's too high, calories are too low.

[Mochagirl]

Oh, and I forgot to mention tomorrow I'm going to another girls' night in. Luckily, there'll be no pizza this time, but there will be tons of snacks, including homemade guacamole, which I low (I know - big no no). It's going to be really hard to resist all the food that will be there.

[zanacal]

Sorry about your cat mocha x FWIW, I think keepin your blood sugars low is the main thing in the 2ww and if you're going to eat guacamole now is the best time!

[swish]

Hope your cat is ok, mocha, xxxxxxxxx

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, everyone. She's an old kitty (16) and has had diabetes for the past 10 years. It was just a major hypoglycemic episode - I found her almost comatose in our basement and her blood sugar was so low it didn't even register on the vet's monitor. The thing is, the episode was brought on by the fact that she's lost her appetite lately and was still getting insulin but not eating to compensate for it. Hopefully the vet can get everything adjusted again, but the loss of appetite may indicate a bigger underlying problem. If they can't do anything for her, I'll know she's lived a long life so I'll be ok (after a bit of crying). I've had her for 15 years - longer than I've known DH!

[Mochagirl]

So last night's food didn't end up so badly after all. I had lots of allowance left for both protein and sodium, and I don't think I went too far over even though I had lots of snacks at my friend's house.

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt and balsamic, 2 fruit creme cookies, ground cherries
5pm: rice pasta with zucchini, mushrooms and leeks sauteed in butter + creme fraiche and parmesan, 2 digestive biscuits
8:30pm: tortilla chips and salsa + guacamole (I only had maybe 10 chips, and a couple of TBSP each of the dips), 3 mini fruit tarts, 8 tiny peanut butter cups, ryvita with a tiny bit of the cream cheese/red pepper jelly dip my friend made, 1 shortbread cookie

I may have ended up a bit over for sodium, but I don't think it was crazy like it was the past couple of days. I also like to make sure to not only eat but go back for seconds when I'm with my friends since I know those who don't know about the diet think I have an eating disorder.

I'm off to a kid's birthday party with my kids today, and I'm definitely planning to have a piece of cake!

[rainbowflower]

breakfast: nothing
lunch: 1 pizza pitta bread, 3 Mrs Kipling chocolate slices (yum!) with cream + raspberries
tea: 1/2 chicken breast with some veg stir fry with low-sodium chow mein sauce + rice, 1/4 raspberry cheesecake from the shops
supper: going to try and go without seeing as I've eaten a fair bit today

[swish]

Hi ladies,
The last 2 days I've had exactly the same thing
No breakfast
Lunch and dinner rice with cucumber or courgette, skittles, meringues
Tried to be really good and boring since I think I ov today, I'm hoping I may have lost 1lb in the last 2 days but failing that I've had no nutrients

[rainbowflower]

breakfast: nothing
lunch: 8 cream crackers with a little unsalted butter, 1 apple, a few grapes, 1 babybel
tea: Wispa to help me walk home, leftovers from yesterday (chow mein chicken + veg, with rice)
supper: 2 WW choc slices with cream + strawberries, a few marshmallows

don't actually feel like I've eaten as much today although it looks a lot written down. I haven't been hungry between meals all day or in the morning which makes a change!

[swish]

Hi!!!!
No breakfast
Lunch 2 pieces of toast with jam, meringue, skittles, popcorn
Snack skittles, chocolate jazzier
Dinner mushroom ravioli, meringues with raspberries, skittles
I am full of sugar!!!!!

[zanacal]

What's a chocolate jazzier?!

[swish]

Lol, chocolate jazzies!! The chocolate sweets with sprinkle bits on top, I love them!! Bought them for boys but couldn't resist!

[Mochagirl]

Mmmm...sounds good, swish!

I don't think I wrote down yesterday's food, so here it is:

7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt, 2 digestive biscuits
3pm: chocolate cupcake, 1 small handful chips (birthday party)
5:30 pm: veggie burger, 2 pieces bocconcini salad, pear, mini raspberry tart
9pm: Sour Patch Kids, mini Haagen Dazs chocolate ice cream bar (sooooo yummy!)

Today:

7am: coffee
12pm: pita with cucumber and sweet potato hummus (I found this at the grocery store - it has 1/3 the sodium of regular hummus and it was very yummy!), 2 fruit creme cookies, grapes
5:30pm: rarebit (low sodium tomato soup, cheddar cheese, 1 egg on WW bread, toasted) I made this for the kids and wasn't going to eat any, but once I figured out the totals I discovered the portions were so small I could have some...but then I had seconds and it pushed my sodium over the edge. At least I put my seconds on my homemade low sodium bread instead of th store bought stuff. I also had orange sorbet and grapes.
9:30: strawberries, chocolate wafer cookies, Mike & Ikes

[swish]

It's so quiet on here without your daily food, z!!
No breakfast
Lunch rice with cucumber, mint, olive oil, balsamic, little Parmesan.2 meringues, skittles, popcorn, go ahead bar
Snack cucumber
Dinner will be pasta with leek, courgette, creme fraiche, Parmesan. More sweets and anything to up calories!
I'm starving as I'm trying not to snack since I'm in 2ww, it's hard!!

[zanacal]

Thanks swish - you're all doing fab :D

I'm on my second day back on Slimming World, hoping it'll become my new normal after a few weeks like the LE diet did!

[rainbowflower]

it is quiet today...

lunch: pitta + cheddar + cucumber + grapes
tea: Tesco light choices cheese + broccoli pasta
supper: 2 choc slices + cream+ raspberries


or that was the plan, just added it up and it's 878 calories, 30.71g protein, 22.3g fat, 600mg sodium. Ah well, maybe I don't need that much anyway as it feels like enough!

[swish]

Rainbow, be very careful about not eating enough calories. Maybe eat one more thing even if you're not that hungry. Just a thought since I've had such a nightmare, ignore me if you want!!!!

[rainbowflower]

OK then, I'll have a doughnut ;)
monitoring my weight loss though, I seem to be losing about 1lb a week so not too fast

[swish]

He, he! Doughnut sounds good, glad you're not losing too much :)

[Mochagirl]

Yay! This thread is working again!

[rainbowflower]

wonder how it got locked...

anyway:

lunch: 6 cream crackers, 1/2 babybel, grapes, 2 doughnuts
snack: kitkat
walk home: mars bar
tea: risotto with leek, mushroom, courgette + parm. It was delicious!

[swish]

Food, food, food...so bored of my food!!!!
No breakfast
Lunch popcorn, rice with grapes and cucumber, bar of white chocolate, 2 meringues and strawberries
Snack handful of skittles
Dinner pasta with spinach, creme fraiche, wine and Parmesan, 2 meringues, skittles, 4 chocolate eclairs

[swish]

No breakfast
Lunch rice with yogurt, balsamic, cucumber, grapes, 2 meringues, go ahead bar, roll dessert, skittles
Snack millionaire shortbread
Dinner vegetable thai green curry with rice (ridiculously delicious!!), milky bar dessert, White chocolate bar. Run out of skittles!!:(
Tried to eat a lot today with a lot of calories and fat as weight is creeping down again

[Mochagirl]

The curry sounds yummy, swish! Out of curiosity I tracked my nutrients yesterday, and boy oh boy do I hope I'm really pregnant because that diet is already history! I'm trying to eat a little more moderately today since I don't want to balloon up in the first trimester. I think I'll continue to (loosely) track what I'm eating just to make sure I don't overdo the sodium and fat as I am wont to do. I would like it if I can get back to a lighter weight postpartum - maybe not 109 as I am now (I look too emaciated), but maybe 115-120 instead of 130?

[swish]

You are really pregnant, mocha!! Hope the boys took the news the cat ok, x

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, swish, but I can't help but worry. I bought a digi to use with FMU tomorrow. I'll be 11dpo, so hopefully far enough along to get a 'pregnant' if I really am....

The boys coped pretty well with the news. The older boys were a little scared of her anyway, and the youngest is too young to understand what happened. All 3 were most concerned about how upset I was.

[zanacal]

Sweet boys x

mocha - I waited 5 days between taking my first digi and my second because I saw '1-2 weeks' on the first test and I wanted to see more than that on the second but it still only said 1-2 weeks. I hope you get a big fat PREGNANT in the morning!

[Mochagirl]

On my ics I can now see the faintest shadow of a line - if I didn't already know I have a BFP, I'd probably disregard it as an evap since there's no colour, but they appear within 5 minutes each time. I'm hopeful I'll get that 'pregnant' on my digi tomorrow.

[rainbowflower]

I'd wait with the digi - they're not very sensitive and if the line is still faint on an IC it would most likely be far too low for a digital one. Try a FRER?


yesterday
lunch: Waitrose vegetable ravioli with a tin of chopped tomatoes, some rhubarb crumble + custard
tea: Birds Eye mediterranean rice, apple, 2 choc slices.... then my DH ordered dominos :( so I had a slice of his pizza and 3 cookies as well!

certainly went over on sodium yesterday, but I don't think by too much

[swish]

Rainbow, if you have m and s near you they do really yummy fresh sauces that are quite low in sodium, I can Thai green curry one last night,it was sooooo nice!!

[rainbowflower]

oh, I've been craving Thai green curry! I shall have to see if I can get some of that. Thank you!

[Mochagirl]

Actually, the digi worked! Yay! Now I feel like I really AM pregnant.

[rainbowflower]

:D congratulations!! so happy for you, hope there is a bit of a pink baby-spree in 8 months time :)

[happyheart]

Hello :)

I was wondering about all the sweets listed in everyone's meals. :) I have been eating sweets, but we can have candy bars and chocolate??? WOWZA!!! I have been missing out!

What sweets are you eating???
Thank you!

[rainbowflower]

I'm only eating cake + chocolate because I lose weight too fast without it (and I only had 10lbs to lose before becoming underweight when I started this diet), but from what I've read cake is also OK generally provided you stay within your nutrient limits


today:
lunch: Birds Eye mediterranean rice, chocolate brownie (well, this was 11am, I was out meeting up with friends in a cafe)
tea: leek, mushroom, courgette risotto with parm... followed by 2 WW choc slices with cream + raspberries

[swish]

Me too, hh, I want to make sure I don't lose any weight so for me it works, plus all the girl mums said they ate chocolate, I try to stick to White chocolate as I read this was better.
No breakfast
Lunch pret avocado and herb wrap, 1/2 carrot cake, White chocolate
Snack 1/2 can full fat coke
Dinner wait rose mushroom ravioli, 2 meringues
I'm a bit over sodium but protein fine! Yummy day!!

[Mochagirl]

Technically chocolate isn't allowed on the diet, but a lot of us decided to add it as an occasional treat when atomic said it really couldn't do much harm. Try to stick with milk chocolate and maybe not every day.

Any sweets are fine as long as you pay close attention to their sodium and protein content. Lots of candy is fine - I ate a lot of Sour Patch Kids and Mike & Ikes. I also ate tons of low fat ice cream and some cookies I found with low sodium content. Lots of us had luck with Weight Watchers products.

[zanacal]

Watch out for gelitine too - I stuck to the 'ok for vegetarians' sweets!

[rainbowflower]

Me too, hh, I want to make sure I don't lose any weight so for me it works, plus all the girl mums said they ate chocolate, I try to stick to White chocolate as I read this was better.
No breakfast
Lunch pret avocado and herb wrap, 1/2 carrot cake, White chocolate
Snack 1/2 can full fat coke
Dinner wait rose mushroom ravioli, 2 meringues
I'm a bit over sodium but protein fine! Yummy day!!
this is what I'm thinking too, I know a lot of girl mums who ate lots of chocolate so if it was such a blue sway ingredient I'd not have expected that

[Mochagirl]

Watch out for gelitine too - I stuck to the 'ok for vegetarians' sweets!

Oh yes - I meant to say this too - lots of gummies contain lots of gelatine, so avoid those.

[rainbowflower]

breakfast: none
lunch: 1 pitta pizza + some cucumber, 1/2 a Boost bar
tea: philli pasta, 2 WW choc slices with cream + raspberries

I'm feeling so full!

[swish]

Rainbow, why were you so full???
Yesterday..
No breakfast
Lunch rice with mushroom, cucumber, lemon, olive oil
Snack skittles
Dinner out - big cheat!!! 2 glasses of wine, stuffed mushrooms, pasta with tomato and aubergine, ice cream -yum, yum!!! So nice to eat and and enjoy it with out feeling guilty!

[Mochagirl]

I agree - I'd be starving on as little food as you ate, rainbow!

I'm so happy you had a cheat night, swish! I found as I led up to my BFP I was eating too much for several days in a row - I think it was my body telling me it needed more food for the baby.

[rainbowflower]

I did have a lot of pasta - maybe that's why? I don't limit myself to just the 1 cupful if I'm serving it out again because of weight loss

swish your cheat night sounds nice!

[swish]

Hi rainbow!
No breakfast
11.30 snack of rice, yogurt, cumin
2 veg pie, 2 roast potatoes, greens, apple crumble
Dinner noodles, veg with sauce. Skittles :)

[rainbowflower]

hi swish! :)

yesterday:
no breakfast
lunch: Tesco light choices chicken korma (yummy) with 2 meringue nests with cream and strawberries
tea: tomato sauce with pasta, 2 WW choc slices with cream + raspberries



did you make those veg pies? I hadn't thought of pie...

[swish]

No, Sunday dinner at mum's!
Don't think pie is girl friendly, isn't pastry very fatty?

[rainbowflower]

home made would probably be fine?

[Mochagirl]

In the early days of the diet, when I was still eating eggs, I had a few quiches on store-bought crusts. The crusts are advertised as low sodium, and as long as you watch your portion size, the sodium is fine (particularly if you aren't adding any salt into the contents), but it is very high in fat. I doubt a homemade one would be much better. It's probably ok as a once in a while thing, but I wouldn't eat it too often.

[swish]

No breakfast
Lunch popcorn, rice with cucumber, grapes and lemon, olive oil, meringues, skittles
Snack biscuit
Dinner mushroom ravioli, meringues, skittles

[rainbowflower]

yesterday (bear in mind I'm doing excessive BF at the moment):
1 Co-Op chocolate twist for breakfast
Lunch: Tesco light choices korma + 1/2 co-op healthy eating naan bread, 1 mars bar, grapes
tea: Birds Eye microwavable rice, mars bar

not the healthiest day, quite certain I'd have gone over on the sodium... and the naan bread said on the packet "not suitable for those on a reduced potassium diet" which I noticed after I'd eaten it, so overall a pretty bad swaying day!

[swish]

Write it off, rainbow!! You can afford to give yourself a break at the moment!
I've had a bad swaying day too :(
No breakfast
Lunch with friends French bread, humous, salad, crisps, cake, sweets
Dinner rice, courgettes, mushrooms, Parmesan, sweets, meringues
Oh and popcorn!

[rainbowflower]

evening, swish, where would you be without your skittles and popcorn? lol

chocolate twist for breakfast (and I have another for tomorrow too - oops!)
lunch: 1 chicago town cheese pizza (600mg sodium)+ cucumber + grapes... then a double decker choc bar
tea: philli pasta + veg, home made strawberry cheesecake

also been BF a lot today, although he's had a tiny tiny amount of solids today - just an ounce or so

[swish]

I know, I go through phases of different obsessions!!
Glad ds is a bit better, x

[rainbowflower]

he is a lot better thanks, I'm still losing weight too fast, though :( need to figure out what I can eat that will stop it

[swish]

Have you tried full fat pop and sweets? That is what I've found had stabilised my weight. Also I put in a fatty/calorie high snack between lunch and dinner, I dropped this in the first few days of the 2ww which I will also do next time. Also I eat some White chocolate if I notice me weight is slipping down again. I am extra careful now since I didn't ov that cycle, I won't let that happen again, plus my family were really worried about me and I don't think that's fair, my mum has enough to worry about!!

[Out of the Blue]

swish, rainbowflower and happyheart, just jumping in to cheer you guys on and give you “GET IN MY BELLY” dust! I'm sending you all lots and lots of PINK THOUGHTS!

:babyf::giggle::ballerina::princess::DD::baby::pre gnant::pickuphappy::pinksperm::awe::HH::biggirl2:: cheer:

[rainbowflower]

I hadn't thought of those, I'll definitely introduce a midafternoon snack

I recently read that chocolate is high in potassium - do you know if that's true? if so, it would be anti-sway wouldn't it..?

[rainbowflower]

thanks OotB! :)

[swish]

Thanks ootb!
Today..
No breakfast
Lunch popcorn, rice with yogurt, lemon, cucumber, grapes, skittles
Snack biscuit
Dinner mushroom ravioli, meringue, skittles, 3 chocolate eclairs

[rainbowflower]

breakfast: chocolate twist (my last one) followed by a Wispa for energy
lunch: pitta bread pizza with grapes, 1/2 mars bar
tea: homemade tomato soup with toast + the other half of that mars bar.

mars bars seem like a nice thing for a sway to me - less chocolate (so less cocoa and antioxidants/potassium), lots of sugar that will burn off quickly... or that's what I'm telling myself!

[rainbowflower]

oh, and what is rice with yoghurt like?does it go a bit like rice pudding but less sweet?

[swish]

It's actually delicious, I add lemon and sometimes cumin too.

[Mochagirl]

You know, I actually miss rice and yogurt and was thinking of having it again today. Weird, eh? I think I'll try it with brown rice now that I'm not on the diet anymore. Oh, and last night I had rice pasta with pureed butternut squash - another girl diet staple. I have all this food in the house I have to use up + I'm scared to gain weight before this wedding I'm going to on Saturday.

[zanacal]

I so want a Mars Bar now!

swish - when I read about the 3 chocolate eclairs I was astounded ... then realised you probably mean the little sweets and not the big cream cakes!!

You're doing great ladies :D

[rainbowflower]

I might have to give it a try then, perhaps the taste is more appealing than the thought :) (then again, I don't like yoghurts and generally avoid them)


I so want a Mars Bar now!

swish - when I read about the 3 chocolate eclairs I was astounded ... then realised you probably mean the little sweets and not the big cream cakes!!

You're doing great ladies :D

lol!!

[Indira]

Hi, just dropping by to say how sorry I am AF arrived swish, I really hoped this was your month :HH:

[rainbowflower]

:oops: not a good day again! I will try harder from tomorrow... although William is still not fully back on his solids

breakfast (10am): white chocolate
lunch: Birds Eye Mediterranean rice, ice cream (milk choc Magnum sort)
tea: pasta + cauliflower + leek with a few pieces of gammon (only a few) in a home made cheddar+mozzarella sauce - it was quite gross really and I couldn't eat it all because it was so sickly, mars bar

off to stay with my family on Saturday for 5 days so it'll be interesting to see how good I can be there - I'm going to offer to cook most nights to "give my mum a rest" ;) and oops! baby brain, I ordered all my groceries forgetting I'd be there so will have everything I need ;)

[mandicane]

Hi All...started back on the diet last week so I'm gonna try my hardest to contribute to this thread to keep me motivated. I did well with the diet today even though I was working a 12 hour shift! Was tempted by jellie Bellie but i fought the urge to put my mouth under the jellie bellie waterfall! here's what I had:

Morning: nothing! (so used to this now)

Lunch: Broccoli and cauliflower, salad with home made dressing (lemon, olive oil, dijon, pepper), small sweet potato and a mango.

Snack: 100 cal dairy milk chocolate bar

Dinner: Sweet potato with 2 table spoons almont butter

I probably could have cut out the chocolate anf 1 tablespoon of almond butter but it was sooooooo good!

Thanks for reading.

[Mochagirl]

Mandicane - while the food sounds yummy, I'm worried you're not getting enough calories. Are you keeping track? Don't make the mistake of starting out too low and losing your weight too quickly! That's what happened to swish and to me.

[mandicane]

Thanks Mochagirl (congrats on your BFP btw!!) i just feel I have a lot to lose thats why i want to lose about 10-15 lbs before we start trying again. I've gained about that in the past two months and I feel so bad about it! I have this feeling that if I try with this weight on I will ruin my chances of having a girl. I will try to eat a bit more considering I am also working out 6-7 days a week.

[rainbowflower]

do you feel we can trust our bodies to make us eat enough? I mean... if we feel satisfied how can we eat more? or that's what it feels like to me

[zanacal]

Here's your October thread ladies:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?5653-TTC-Pink-Food-Thread-for-October