December's pink food thread!

[suregena]

I was at the house of the childminder who watches my son, and had to use her bathroom and she had scales (how could I not step on them?!) I've been guessing my weight at the moment because I'm not sure... last I weighed myself I was in the US visiting my family over a year ago.

I weigh 111! I thought I weighed more! Obviously, if I lost TOO much weight, I'd probably be looking rather unhealthy. So, it is the ACT of losing weight that sways, not necessarily weight lost, right? I don't think I'd want to fall below my BMI... which right now would be... 19.72.

[rainbowflower]

it's general declining health/weight - one study found that if you conceived shortly after a recent birth and you were lighter than you had been before conceiving that first child, you were more likely to have a girl
actual weight value doesn't seem to sway

[suregena]

Right, okay, gotcha.

I weigh about 15 pounds lighter than I did before I had my son... probably a mixture of many things... activity, breastfeeding, etcetera.

This week is already shaping up to be the Great Week of Much Fail!
Although, stlll no breakfast. Work was bad today... I tried to keep my nibbles to a minimum...

But I will really hit it hard after all of this holiday shenanigans.

Next up is the big Christmas dinner my mother in law has planned on Friday night. That's going to be a heavy three courses. I have to work that day, as well, so I will have to eat something at work because waiting for the dinner and being awake from 5.30am would mean fainting, for sure!

[Mochagirl]

suregena - when I know I have an unavoidable night of cheating ahead of me, I usually try to find a lunch with almost no sodium or protein. My pick is usually rice with just a little lemon juice or balsamic vinegar added for flavour. Plain white rice has 0 sodium and only 2g of protein per serving or 4g if you have a full cup of it - and it can really fill your empty belly and keep you going through the afternoon. Maybe you could also have an apple or something for dessert.

[suregena]

suregena - when I know I have an unavoidable night of cheating ahead of me, I usually try to find a lunch with almost no sodium or protein. My pick is usually rice with just a little lemon juice or balsamic vinegar added for flavour. Plain white rice has 0 sodium and only 2g of protein per serving or 4g if you have a full cup of it - and it can really fill your empty belly and keep you going through the afternoon. Maybe you could also have an apple or something for dessert.


Ahh, very good idea. I am loving my rice right now... and I DO have a thing for lemon juice. I love putting the stuff on nearly everything. Nice! Sounds like a reasonable plan to me. :)

[Mochagirl]

I made vegetarian tacos again tonight. Mmmmmmm...they were so good. This time I left out the beans so I could eat more without going over on protein - they were just as yummy as last time if not more so. I had 5 (!!) small tacos on no sodium corn tortillas, and so far for the day I still have only 900 calories and am well under for both sodium and protein. I guess I'll be eating a lot of empty calories tonight for my snack.... Good thing I still have half a bottle of wine in the fridge! :bigsmile:

[Mochagirl]

The great thing about rice is you can usually find microwaveable packets that have no sodium added - it makes it easy for a work lunch. I've packed a few packets to bring on my trip for sneaky, low protein/sodium lunches since I'm going to have no choice but to cheat for dinner every day.

[suregena]

I made vegetarian tacos again tonight. Mmmmmmm...they were so good. This time I left out the beans so I could eat more without going over on protein - they were just as yummy as last time if not more so. I had 5 (!!) small tacos on no sodium corn tortillas, and so far for the day I still have only 900 calories and am well under for both sodium and protein. I guess I'll be eating a lot of empty calories tonight for my snack.... Good thing I still have half a bottle of wine in the fridge! :bigsmile:


What do you make with them? I've got corn tortillas and I LOVE MEXICAN FOOD. :)

[suregena]

The great thing about rice is you can usually find microwaveable packets that have no sodium added - it makes it easy for a work lunch. I've packed a few packets to bring on my trip for sneaky, low protein/sodium lunches since I'm going to have no choice but to cheat for dinner every day.

Yeah, I've got some of those. Though, I have been making boil in the bag type for dinner and having half for dinner and then bringing the other half for lunch.

[Mochagirl]

Here's how I made them:

I sauteed some leeks, yellow pepper, zucchini and mushrooms for a little while, then added 1/2 can of no salt added tomatoes. I let that simmer for a while and added some cumin, chili powder and cayenne pepper. I also added some fresh cilantro right near the end. I then put some in my corn tortillas, topped each with a sprinkle of grated cheese, the put them in a warm oven to crisp up the tortillas a bit and melt the cheese. I topped each one with a bit of fresh salsa and fat free plain yogurt when I ate them. Nothing like authentic Mexican food, but sooooo yummy compared to a lot of the other bland food I eat on this diet.

[Out of the Blue]

Yesterday (Wednesday):

• Lots of water upon waking
• Hot water w/lemon throughout the day
• 1 C. black tea w/splash of rice milk
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• Sautéed mushrooms, leeks and white basmati rice w/goat cheese
• Seaweed :oops:
• 1 godiva chocolate
• 1 Zevia cal free cream soda
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• Salad w/Balsamic and pecorino-romano
• Canned pumpkin w/plain low-fat yogurt, lite coolwhip, cinnamon and stevia
• Sweet tart chewy minis

[suregena]

Here's how I made them:

I sauteed some leeks, yellow pepper, zucchini and mushrooms for a little while, then added 1/2 can of no salt added tomatoes. I let that simmer for a while and added some cumin, chili powder and cayenne pepper. I also added some fresh cilantro right near the end. I then put some in my corn tortillas, topped each with a sprinkle of grated cheese, the put them in a warm oven to crisp up the tortillas a bit and melt the cheese. I topped each one with a bit of fresh salsa and fat free plain yogurt when I ate them. Nothing like authentic Mexican food, but sooooo yummy compared to a lot of the other bland food I eat on this diet.

YUMMY!!! I am SO going to make that!

[Mochagirl]

Ok, Day 1 at the in-laws. We didn't get here until supper, so today wasn't too bad:

7am: coffee
12pm: thin, low sodium bagel with 1 tbsp low fat cream cheese, banana, shortbread cookie (I packed a lunch so I wouldn't eat the tempting airport fast food)
3pm: 1 twizzler (my kids were eating them as a treat on the plane and I couldn't resist)
6pm: 1 small piece meat lasagna, salad with a tiny drizzle of low fat caesar dressing, apple pie for dessert. I tried to take tiny portions, but I had to eat all the things that were offered to me. This is going to be a tough week.

When I estimated my intake, it didn't look terrible:

Calories: 1180
Protein: 38g (I suspect it was way higher than that)
Sodium: 1671 :omg: - this is going to be very tough to control when I'm not in control of the food we eat. Luckily, I know atomic says sodium is the least important part of the sway. Still, I'd feel more comfortable if I had at least O'd....

Now I'm not only panicking about this cycle, but what if I don't get a BFP?? Is this week of eating crap going to ruin next month's cycle too?? I think of how much I've sacrificed to eat this diet going on 7 months now, and it's sooooo frustrating to have it all go to crap now just when it counts. When we planned this trip I was pregnant and was planning to make our big announcement here and enjoy eating everything in sight and getting nice and fat...and instead here I am quietly grieving a loss and trying to TTC with no privacy while eating the exact opposite food I should be.

Sorry for the pity party - I'm just feeling down today.

[Mochagirl]

Jen - I've gotta ask. What's with the water? Is it a good thing to have lots of water during the 2WW? I just ask because when I dropped all the tea last 2WW, I didn't really replace it with anything else, and I doubt I had much to drink at all, honestly.

[Out of the Blue]

Oh, MJ...:HH: I'm so sorry you're stressing so much. You can only control what you can control. (i know...insert :rolleyes: here, lol) I know it's easier said than done but you've got to just let go of what you cannot control. If you can, drink a fizzy drink or lots of water (warmish water works better for me) just before you sit down to eat to suppress your appetite. Use coffee too! One trick I've used is that I take a bit of food and spread it across the plate like it looks like a lot and then go back for seconds on some of the safer foods. If you can show you're going back for seconds (even if it's just salad), people will stop looking at what you eat so much. Also, you can even leave food on your plate (like meat stuff) when you go back for seconds b/c people probably won't notice that and instead just see that you're headed back for more. If someone notices you going back for more w/a big slab of meat still on your plate and you panic, you can always say something like, "Wow, this salad is really good!"...corny, I know but it's worked for me. Also taking seconds kind of gives you a bit of a free pass if you don't finish everything at the end of the meal. I've done this so many times and not just when I'm swaying...I've done it when people don't know I'm veg and I don't want to hurt their feelings after the fact. I know you know all this already...just trying to help :worry: I know this is a really hard time, especially if your so stressed, worried and down...:hug2: I'm sending you TONS of :HH: & :luck:

BTW, there's nothing to my drinking that H2O in the 2ww...I've been drinking 2-4 C. of H2O upon waking for years and years so it's nothing new and just thought about it and added it to my food logging on here this last time.

Hoping your eggie hatched and there was a cute but mischievous :pinksperm: waiting... :fx:...:cheer:

[Mochagirl]

Well, today didn't turn out to be too bad a food day after all. I was worried all day because MIL was planning to make ham for supper, but I managed to avoid eating it by sitting at the kids' table away from prying eyes. Instead I ate all the vegetarian sides. My sodium's still a little high, but everything else is ok.

7am: coffee
12pm: 1 slice white bread, toasted, with a tiny bit of low fat peanut butter, banana, 2 sugar cookies
5pm: 2 slices white bread with margarine, mashed sweet potatoes, a few veggies & dip, small serving of salad with a drizzle of salad dressing, sugar cookie

I haven't had my snack yet, but I did a grocery shop today and got lots of snacky stuff I can have, like Diet Pepsi, cookies that aren't full of sodium, stringable cheese, low fat cream cheese, hummus, grapes and more candy so I'll probably have some of that stuff. I'm also hoping to make a tastier lunch out of some of it tomorrow. I'm keeping all the groceries except for the refrigerated stuff in my room so as not to arouse suspicion (or have someone else eat all my precious girl-friendly food).

By my best estimates, here are my totals so far:

Calories: 1125
Protein: 27g
Sodium: 1157mg (I think it was the salad dressing that tipped me over the edge)

I find it interesting that I'm so low on protein even though that's what I usually struggle most with keeping down. I guess it's because I didn't have any pasta or cheese today.

I got an *almost* positive OPK about an hour ago, so I'm REALLY hoping O comes tomorrow. I haven't decided whether or not dh and I will dtd tonight. I suppose it depends on whether or not we have a kid sleeping in bed with us ;).

[sallygal]

Hi girls.. I hope you don't mind me jumping in here but I just have to say you are all so amazing and dedicated to your diets!! Very impressed! I am also TTC a girl and am possibly due to ovulate in 2 days. I have no way been as good as you all counting calories, sodium and protein. I have pretty much cut down on everything and lost a few kilos in the last week. I have really cut out sodium as much as possible and am drinking more lots of diet coke and pepp tea. Getting a bit nervous about the diet at Christmas Day tomorrow but think I am just going to skip breakfast and eat a normal serving of Chrissy lunch (not over indulge as we tend to do at this time) whilst skipping as much sodium food as possible. Is hard when other ppl are making things though!! Good luck to you all and well done on your diet!! :)

[Mochagirl]

Welcome, sallygal! I think we all need to eat a little something special on Christmas. Life can't stop because we're swaying! I'm planning to eat a bit of turkey, but I'll be very careful the rest of the day.

[Mochagirl]

It's so quiet around here I'm sure I'm talking to myself today, but since I'm at the in-laws for Christmas, I'm left alone babysitting ds3 who's asleep, while dh, my older sons and his whole family have gone to a Christmas party. Merry Christmas to me ;).

Anyway, here's what I ate today - again, not too bad a day considering my situation:

7am: coffee
12pm: English muffin with low fat cream cheese, 2 Peek Freans Lifestyle Cookies
5pm: salmon (I think I only ended up eating about 2 forkfuls - I managed to slip the rest on my ds's plate when no one was looking. Luckily he loves salmon so he was happy to get more), rice, green beans with olive oil and lemon juice, 1 dinner roll, chocolate cheesecake for dessert :oops: I know, I know - but it IS Christmas Eve, and I'm only human.
8:30pm: green grapes, Mike & Ikes, gingerbread man

Again, my totals are a bit of an estimate since I didn't cook the food myself, but I think it's something like:

Calories: 1600
Protein: 37
Sodium: 1200

So, again sodium's a little high, but it could be waaaay worse. I've been lucking out with the meal situation so far. I've been eating in the kitchen with the kids while everyone else sits in the dining room, so it's easy to not eat everything on my plate.

I still haven't O'd, but it should happen anytime now. My OPKs are already getting lighter, so I'm praying my temp goes up tomorrow.

[Mochagirl]

Merry Christmas, everyone! So far today I've lucked out foodwise. When my ILs sat down to eat breakfast, I ducked out to call my Mom to wise her a Merry Christmas. Lunch was casual - everyone was fending for themselves - so I found some leftover plain rice and mashed sweet potatoes in the fridge and ate those. Now I have plenty of room in my budget to enjoy a nice meal tonight almost guilt-free.

[zanacal]

Well done Mocha, you're doing fantastically given the situation!

I'm so ashamed of myself. I weighed myself this morning for the first time in a long time and I'm 3 stone (42lb!) heavier than I was when I got pregnant. Apparently I an lose 3 stone in 3 months and put it all back on in the same amount of time! I don't know what to do, I know I can't deprive myself of anything during pregnancy but I'm thinking of doing something sensible (like Weight Watchers or Slimming World) during the week and relaxing over the weekends so I'm not being too hardcore. I really do have to limit my weight gain though, because my back will get bad and I'll get the coccyx pain I had with DS2 if I'm too heavy - not being able to sit comfortably for 6 months is not fun!

[Mochagirl]

Sorry about the weight gain, Z - I was headed that way back when I was pregnant too. Remember that I gained 10 lbs in the first month of pregnancy! I think this diet gets our bodies used to less food, so it's far easier to put on weight when we're finally done with it.

I'm pretty proud of myself for how well I've followed the diet over Christmas. There've been a few cheats here and there, but I think even with that bit of turkey I had last night I managed to stay within my totals. It helps that MIL is an awful cook - I would have had a harder time abstaining if I'd been at MY Mom's house. :bigsmile:

[suregena]

Over the holidays the diet has been fairly... nonexistent. I decided to not stress. Back at it today, though!

[Mochagirl]

I had an ok food day today:

7am: coffee
12pm: English muffin with light Hummus, 2 sugar free cookies, 1 gingerbread man :oops:
3pm: 2 cheap, gross chocolates - I was at a family gathering and felt like I needed to eat something because the host kept offering. What a waste of a cheat - they were gross!
7pm: The family went out to a party, so I was left to fend for myself. I had to scrounge around the kitchen looking for something and ended up having rice with a tiny bit of pasta sauce and parmesan. I also had a roll with margarine, though it probably tipped me over the edge for sodium. I also had a tiny slice of leftover chocolate cheesecake - I felt like I didn't really eat any treats yesterday, so I wanted to have something special.
I think I'll avoid having a snack tonight since I ate supper late and I had that mid-afternoon chocolate.

As far as I can tell, I'm at around 1700 calories - a little more than I'd like, I'm a bit over for sodium, and had about 35g of protein.

I can't remember if I posted yesterday, but I managed not to overindulge - I only had a tiny bit of turkey, and filled up on mashed potatoes (which my MIL made without butter or salt - bland as anything, but good for the diet). I think I was well within my limits for everything, even with the turkey, because I ate hardly a thing the rest of the day. Turkey dinner isn't my favourite thing in the world, so I didn't really feel like I was missing out on anything. If it had been pizza, that would have been a different thing entirely...

[sallygal]

Mochagirl you are doing so well!! I was so good Chrissy Day but the next day I would have had too may calories by the end of it- desert mainly!! Bit annoyed with myself but am pretty sure I o'd during that day and that is the most important part of the cycle, sigh.... However I kept sodium to a minimum and ate the tiniest amont of meat. I also tested my ph continuously throughout the day and it remained low so hoping everything will be fine!! Was thinking of skipping the attempt this cycle due to Christmas but we have already failed the last 2 attempts and really just want it to happen now.

[amari]

Ok, so today should be the last day before I truly start up on the LE diet again. My bug is letting up but I am still in bed, thank god for my parents who are helping with the boys! I am eating today, and am doing a mix of LE and full fat stuff, easing back into it I guess, plus I have my mother here who is well, being a mom!

So far I have had 2 pieces of white toast with low-fat low-sodium butter, a small dish of full-fat yogurt, 2 coco brand rice cakes, a handful of pretzels, a few hint of salt wheat thins and a few green grapes, two small chocolates, a pep tea w/ equal and a caf free diet coke. It is 3:20. Tomorrow I should be back in the swing of things full force, I should have been two days ago but this stomach thing came out of nowhere. I think with the weight loss bringing me back down to 93 though I may have to keep some full fat things on the menu.

[Mochagirl]

So...today wasn't so great. MIL made breaded fish filets with fries. There really wasn't anything else but some steamed green beans. I tried to fill up on those as much as I could, but hunger got the better at me and I ate the fish (and some fries), figuring it couldn't be too bad since I hardly ate anything else today. Well, I just looked at the box from the fish while helping clean up, and one filet has 820mg of sodium!! Ouch - I guess I'll be pretty high in sodium today. The worst part is, I still feel hungry right now and it's only 5:30 - a loooong time until bedtime. I have some room with calories, so I guess I'll be noshing on candy tonight.

[amari]

What did you have before the fish and fries? Not too bad if it is just the sodium, right?

[Mochagirl]

Well, here's how my day looks up until now:

7am: coffee
12pm: English muffin with a bit of low fat peanut butter, a few grapes, 2 sugar free cookies
5pm: breaded filet of sole, a few fries, steamed green beans + a tiny slice of chocolate cheesecake for dessert ( I'll be happy when this is finally gone because it tempts me every time I open the fridge)

Calories: 1194
Protein: 31.6g
Sodium: 1500mg :omg:

So yes, it's just sodium I'm over with, which I feel is the least important sway factor. I also had too much fat today (damn that cheesecake!) and am sitting at 37% of fat from calories right now. I think if I eat some empty calories like candy that number should go down quite a bit.

[Out of the Blue]

Hi guys...Been MIA and had a few cheets in here and there but was really diligent about skipping breakkie and keeping my BS low (aside from eating a few bigger meals :oops:). To summerize my cheats since Friday, the usual suspects were mostly Christmas cookies and toffee. There was also an appearace by my long absent BFF, pesto :awe: and then veggie pad thai played a bit part on Monday...:)

FWIW, I posted this in other girl swayers thread but I'll post it here too as this is probably the more appropriate place to put it...

I've been doing a lot of soul-searching lately as I have been feeling just utterly terrible physically and mentally...I have decided to revamp my diet and let a few more fruit/veg nutrients in there. I will still conform to the low cal/protein/fat/sodium guidelines as well as remaining veg. I think I am planning to start eating breakkie (300 cals or less) but make my last meal of the day between 3-4 which will hopefully help lower BS for a sway. I went into MyFitnessPal.com yesterday and created a few go-to meals/recipes that will incorporate more nutrients as well as some of my old stand-bys. It may or may not result in the gender of my dreams but I've been doing either the IG or LE diet since March, aside from my pregnancy and I can no longer be as rigid as I have been. It has been very difficult to keep up w/my 2 boys and be present mentally w/them so I need to do this for them as much as for me. I am not the Mom I know I can be to them. The finality of my decision feels like a huge weight has been lifted from me and I'm ready to start the New Year w/a free spirit. I know I will be unable to concieve the child of my dreams unless I am on the right path, which I haven't been lately. I am really beginning to embrace wanting the right soul for us instead of the right gender. I would much rather have a healthy, happy, easygoing boy than an angry, fussy girl. I don't know if changing my diet will help us get that healthy, happy child or not, but I feel like it's the right path for me now and I feel at peace.

[amari]

Good for you, Ootb! I think that is fantastic! FWIW, I eat breakfast, but I still eat a late meal, I like to have some long stretches of low blood sugar in my day. I am also changing my diet a tad, as my weight is a little too low, and I have no where to lose. I am going to keep veggie, stay mostly low everything but add a little more fat and some more empty calories. I was already eating sweets last cycle, but I will add even more this cycle and add some new ones like rice krispie treats and maybe kit kats or something like that? I will also probably do some bigger portions of pasta and then the 5 days before I suspect I will O cut those things out. I am doing basically what I did before but with a bit more extra in the crappy food department rather than the nutrient department! I used to be such an healthful eater!

I hope your change makes you more sane and gives you the results you are looking for! Happy and healthy 2012!

[Mochagirl]

Grrr.....I just wrote a big long post then lost it! I was going to say that you're making a wise choice, Jen - since we've all ended up on this diet longer than we'd like, we need to find a way to make it fit into our lives better.

I was traveling all day today (literally - it took us 14 hours), so following the diet was tough, but I think I did a good job:

5am: coffee
11am: 2 Tim Horton's Yogurt & Berries (these things are great - almost no sodium, only 4g of protein and they're low fat. I ate 2 because they're pretty tiny, but they're yummy!) + Caramel Corn rice cake
4pm: 3 mini cheese rice cakes (the kids were eating them and I couldn't resist)
7pm: 1 slice East Side Mario's cheese pizza (I discovered last summer this chain has a thin crust pizza that isn't swimming in sodium like most), garden salad with a drizzle of house dressing, 2 Timbits (mini donuts)
9:30pm: pineapple and melon from a fruit tray my Mom had out, hot chocolate

Calories:978 (whaaaatt? I'm surprised by this - I guess I should have eaten more Timbits)
Protein: 24.5
Sodium: 849

Ok, I think I must have left something out somewhere, because I feel like I ate a lot of junk. Maybe that slice of pizza I had was bigger than the one the site lists the nutritional info for....

[Out of the Blue]

I was going to say that you're making a wise choice, Jen - since we've all ended up on this diet longer than we'd like, we need to find a way to make it fit into our lives better.

Yeah...I was doing the "crash and burn" for December as I really thought it would be the last few wks on the diet and I wanted to give it the biggest shot I could, diet, RepHresh, everything, lol.

Holy cow! Great job yesterday, Mocha!!! I know I can't eat that well while traveling, especially w/that crazy lay-over! Ohhhh...I'm getting so excited for Tuesday morning to come! :)

[Mochagirl]

I will be VERY surprised if I actually wait until Tuesday. I have a feeling I'll end up wasting a test on Sunday even though I'll only be 8dpo - it would be so nice to have a New Year's BFP! In the past, I've gotten my BFPs at 8dpo (with my twins), 11dpo (with ds3) and 9dpo (with my angel baby).

[suregena]

I find a bulk of my calories have come from SNACKING. I think that's probably bad, but I've been having trouble stopping the snacking! (Mainly at night, post dinner...)

The harder I try, the more they look really gooooooooood. Sugary snacking, by the way! Fatty, sugary snacking. :( i.e. chocolate...

[suregena]

Although, I have to say... Mikado's give me that chocolate I crave but they are quite low in most things!

1 stick = 0.19 protein, 0.48 fat... not sure of the sodium, but they're so dinky it hardly will amount to much.

[Mochagirl]

I didn't do very well yesterday - now that I'm surrounded by yummy food at my Mom's house, I'm eating lots of stuff I shouldn't be. I have no idea of my totals and frankly don't want to know, but my day looked something like this:

7am: coffee
12pm: low sodium bun with butter, chocolate cookies
4pm: curd cheese :oops:
5pm: cheese tortellini with tomato sauce and a bit of parm. My Mom, bless her heart, planned the meal specifically for me because she knows I'm eating vegetarian right now, but when I looked at the labels, everything was super high in protein and sodium, so I know I was high on both of those. I also had a strawberry sundae for dessert.
9pm: more curd cheese :oops:, shortbread cookies, green grapes

And I think there was much more I'm forgetting....

[zanacal]

I just Googled curd cheese Mocha and I'm still none the wiser - is it a soft cheese?

[suregena]

Morning: Coffee with 1% soymilk.
Lunch: Ryvita crispbreads with some dairylea cheese and iceburg lettuce, with a little balsamic vinegar and lemon juice.
Dinner: Verdi Tagliatelli (surprisingly low in stuff than packaged pasta, for some reason? It was fresh pasta rather than dried... 1/4 of the pack = 135 calories, 1 gram fat, 7 grams protein) with creme fraiche, plain tinned tomatoes, and mushrooms. Yummm.

Snacks: 1 thornton's chocolate, jelly beans, and strawberry laces.

Calories: 1399
Fat: 36
Protein: 37

[Mochagirl]

:rofl: I forget that not everyone knows what curd is! Curd cheese is an acquired taste. Basically it's unfinished, fresh cheese - when they make cheddar, they press curds into blocks then age them. Eating the curds fresh results in a salty, squeaky (yes, they really squeak when you bite into them) snack. You buy it by the bag, and if you're me, you can't stop until the whole bag's gone. True curd snobs (like me) will only eat them if they've never been refrigerated - they can be kept for up to 48 hours at room temperature after they're made. They're best (and freshest) if you buy them directly from a cheese factory, where they've been made that day. Yummy!

Curds are also part of one of our favourite, national indulgences here in Canada, that originated in Quebec: poutine! That's fries, covered in curd cheese and gravy. Mmmmmmmmm!

[Mochagirl]

It's going to be another big cheat day for me - we're off to have Greek food for supper! Once I'm back home on Monday, I'll have to get back into following the diet strictly, but for now I'm letting myself go over for sodium and just making sure not to snack between meals since I'm in the 2WW.

[Mochagirl]

Well, yesterday was another not great diet day:

7am: coffee
12pm: mini low sodium bun with a tiny bit of mayo and a slice of swiss cheese, 2 shortbread cookies
5:30pm: dinner at a Greek restaurant. I had one piece of buttered bread with a teeny smudge of saganaki cheese, Greek salad, charbroiled vegetable shish kebab, rice, steamed vegetables and fries, which I dipped in tzatziki. I some vanilla ice cream for dessert.
9:30pm: went to a movie with DH - I had another handful of curd cheese I had smuggled in :oops:, a handful of M&Ms and some Sour Patch Kids

I haven't figured out my totals, but I think I was probably fine for protein and calories, but likely very high in sodium. This is my last day at my Moms - I'll do the same thing today - not eat much during the day then eat a big cheat meal for supper. Tomorrow I'll be home and back to the LE diet full time...unless I get a BFP before that :bigsmile:.

[zanacal]

Lol at taking curd cheese to the cinema! I think I'm going to have to take your word on it, it doesn't sound very appetising!!

[Mochagirl]

Z - some day I'll Fedex you a bag of fresh curd so you can taste it for yourself. Believe me, it's heaven!! :bigsmile:

[rainbowflower]

1st Jan:

1pm: pasta + WW parmesan and pesto sauce, some home made cupcakes (very small ones)
7pm: winter veg soup and 1 slice of bread, some choc orange segments

think that's it for the day! this skipping breakfast thing is getting easier, and getting easier not to snack too

[Mochagirl]

Good work, rainbow!

Today has not gone well so far. My Mom got everyone Wendy's for lunch. I managed to just have a small fries and a small Frosty, but that puts me at 435mg of sodium for the one meal alone. Everyone's having quail for supper, and my Mom has cheese pizza for me, so that number is only going to get higher. Good thing I'm going home tomorrow and can go back to pasta with creme fraiche and veggies every night!

[zanacal]

That's less than half of the sodium you're allowed and only one of your two meals mocha - you'll be fine!

[Mochagirl]

Yes, but the pizza I'm having tonight has at least 500mg per slice, and there's no way on earth I'm only have one...:oops:

[zanacal]

I see your point - but I still think you've done amazingly given your circumstances these past couple of weeks!

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, Z. I think I did pretty well when it counted most - during O time - but since I didn't really have many treats over Christmas, I'm making up for it now! I'm doing my best to still keep my blood sugar low, though. Hopefully I'll get my BFP in a day or two and none of this will matter...:fx:

[suregena]

Hmmm...

Mother in law decided to come by and treat us for lunch (GAH!)...

Breakfast: coffee with soy milk.
Lunch: (went out for lunch, sigh...) Jacket potato with quorn mince (holy high protein) veggie chilli (there was no beans in it...) and sauteed mushrooms, no butter added to it, a few of my husband's fries/chips, and a salad that I don't think had any dressing on it whatsoever. I also had some of my son's hummus... :sigh:
Dinner: a smaller than 1/4 pack of that Tagliatelli verdi (so not bad in any of the categories... but the mince from lunch DOOMED ME for the day... wait until you see my number totals...) with creme fraiche, green beans, and plain canned tomatoes.
Two rice cakes with about 1 teaspoon's worth of nutella on each.

Calories: 872
Protein: 48 (at least! :sigh:
Fat: 20 (obviously, could be more as only using rough estimates using my fitness pal with what I ate out at a pub today...)
Sodium: 22 (HAHA... yeah right... that is DEFINITELY not right!

So, way too low on calories, but through the roof in protein. How do I balance this out? I have no candy in the house! :( I guess just leave it.

[Mochagirl]

Do you have any juice or pop? That would do the trick.

[suregena]

Do you have any juice or pop? That would do the trick.



No, neither... unfortunately.

[amari]

I always go for dessert! Cookies, cake, ice cream?

[suregena]

Nope. :(

Just chocolates! Grrrr! Seriously... the gifts from my mother in law AND my husband's aunt and uncle for Christmas were GIANT boxes and tubs of CHOCOLATES.

Evil. Evil.

Evil!

And I snack a lot, as it is. I suck at this diet. :(

[suregena]

<------- NO WILL POWER! (even though I stay mostly completely within the limits!)

[Mochagirl]

Hey ladies...continue here:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-conceive-girl/7357-january-pink-food-thread.html#post120462