Woops, forgot to say, I lost 3.5lb this weeks so that makes 25lb in total now :D
Woops, forgot to say, I lost 3.5lb this weeks so that makes 25lb in total now :D
What my days will look like until O, around July 30th!
7 & 9am - 2 cups of coffee w/aspartame and coffeemate
11 am - Aspartame oatmeal
11 to 5 pm - 1/2 gallon of crystal light and 2 diet sodas, keeps me from snacking :sigh:
6pm - plain noodles with veggies w/ some type of hot pepper spice
I have more weight to loose and not much time to do it... can't go for walks lately the thunder storms have started and I have an extreme fear of being hit by lightning again. So I have been doing 4 30min workouts with video's, and only 15 more lbs to loose.
No meat until I O, getting protein from none meat source... 4-6oz of meat after O... and praying for a BFP around Aug 10-15th and a big fat juice steak to make announcement to hubby!
I am finding it so exciting to loose weight... I just can't wait to eat what I really want.Quote:
Originally Posted by zanacal
Hello everyone :) :)
You all are doing well on this diet!! :) How motivating!! :)
zancal ~ way to go on the weight loss!! :)
purplepoet20 ~ you got hit my lightning?!! Yikes!!! LOL about your celebration dinner!! I have the whole week planned out for yummy meals when I get a BFP!! :) I can't wait to eat the foods that I miss!! :)
swish ~ I am done to 110 lbs... do you know what the weight is suppose to be that I will not hurt my chances of becoming pregnant?
:)
Hi everyone!
Happyheart, I think it's to do with bmi, maybe start a thread and someone will probably know, I'd love o know the answer too although I suspect it's different for each individual
Zani, what a day!!!!! I think you hav done very well not to have had a huge bar of chocolate!!!! Pleased your job is ok and great weight loss!!!!!
I'm going to get to waitrose when I can, food bill's already up with this swaying, why not send it up a bit more!!!
I think today I didn´t risk to get not enough calories :worry: couldn´t stop eating at dinner. I had
decaf skimmed latte at 10.30
iceberg lettuce salad and GF pasta with oil and sirup for lunch, one kiwi, activia yoghurt
for dinner leeks and courgette rice, half a slice of Gouda cheese (was soo tastfull and salty), fat free yoghurt, 4 rice cakes with apple sirup and a piece of pie :bigsmile:
That´s 1340 cal, 35 g protein, 25 g fat without the pie, it´s home made and I´m too lazy to calculate all the ingredients.
Swish the dressing is a herbal dressing from Kraft, but I don´t know if you have it in UK. It´s basically water, vinegar, parsil, dill and concentrated leek juice (:worry:sorry don´t know how to translate that).
Happyheart I´m down at 105 and still ovulating, my cycle changed though.
My BMI is 17,6, this sounds really shocking to me, I really hope it will be for a very short time and I´ve managed to stay put at 105 now so that´s good.
I think your day sounds great Indira! You're doing fantastic too purple :D
Thanks swish - the tomato and mozzarella panini was much more of a treat to me than a bar of chocolate would be! It had 600mg of sodium in it but I hadn't had much earlier in the day so it didn't work out too badly - I think I could probably fit it in again for a treat. I considered only eating half but that would have been such a waste of money. I don't find the Waitrose basic range (whatever it's called) too expensive but it gets tricky down the wine aisle when there isn't anything under a fiver!
P and zanacal, great job on the weight loss!!! Keep it up! Zana, your day sounds completely crazy!!!
Swish and HappyHeart, thx so much for the support…It really means a lot. I know this is really tough for ALL of us! I think a lot of us are around 110 lbs…so crazy. I just dropped to 109 and I’m hoping I can keep it there until a BFP comes along. I know 4WildOnes got preggers and her BMI was like 17.3 or something crazy like that!!! I think it really depends on your body too as one BMI may be fine for one but for another it may be too low.
Indira – I’ll have to check out that dressing!!! Thx for the tip! I’m so done w/balsamic vinegar…BLAAAHHH Holy cow…you’re 105!!! That’s both cool and scary! I’m hoping you get a speedy BFP so you can eat all you want!!!
No brekkie…coffee w/rice milk
1st meal:
- White basmati w/leeks & zucchini
- Lots of chewy Sweet Tarts candies (I think they’re becoming an addiction…:oops:)
2nd Meal:
- Iceburg and romaine w/balsamic and goat cheese
- “Girl Sway” smoothie
- Yogurt
I was over on sodium and fat today but managed to keep everything else in check.
thanks all.yes im eating ..... getting fatter too! im sure the diet thing has alot to do with it though because ive never eaten like this in my entire life, its killing me to eat breakfast every day but im shoveling it in:hair: keep up the good work,im sure you'll all be rewarded:bigsmile:
Congrats on the weight loss, zanacal!
I'm back from the wilds of Northern Ontario and ready to try to get back on track with the diet. Today we were on the road for 10 hours, so I wasn't able to keep 100% to the diet.
Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: fries, salad (we were at a restaurant and they had a salad bar, so I got lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and carrots and put a tiny bit of vinagrette dressing on the side to dip things in). The fries probably tipped me over the edge for sodium today, but salad alone wasn't going to keep me going, and everything else on the menu was full of protein.
Snack: wild blueberries (I know - probably way too healthy for me to eat, but I bought some at a roadside stand and couldn't stop eating them as we drove), diet Coke
Supper: pasta with unsalted butter and parmesan, blueberry fudge (also bought on our trip) for dessert. I also admit I had a tiny piece of chocolate fudge - I couldn't resist! :oops:
Snack: peach, a little more blueberry fudge :oops:
So...not a great day. The fudge is swimming in fat, but I'm still in vacation mode and everyone else was eating it. Tomorrow I'll start tabulating my totals again so I can make sure I'm not overeating.
I'm pretty sure I still haven't O'd - no + OPKs and my cervix is still soft and open. DH and only managed to dtd twice while we were away, and now my Mom is staying at our place for the night, so even tonight is going to be tricky. He's also grumpy from the long driving trip, and he was sooooo not happy when I asked him to release on his own before we dtd tonight. He complained that it's all very awkward with my Mom here, which I agree with (though she and I went out for an hour, so I'm hoping he took care of business then), but I want to make sure I get all my attempts in before I O!
Wow, you guys are all amazing! Way to go on the weightloss Z!! Mocha, I'm glad that you didn't O yet and that you get sometime to fit in some BDing;) Yippee! Blue- Glad to see you back:) Jane- eat like you've never eaten before! I conceived all 3 boys when I was 30-40lbs overweight, eating breckie, lots of chips....yummm...chips....sigh
Indira- I was reading your post on the testosterone thread and it's uncanny how similar we are:) We have many interests that are alike and our personalities seem to be very similar:) Swish :wave: You're about to O soon, right? Everyone is doing so well:) Our group of girl swayers is so awesome :D :HH:
I had to take some time to think about things. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts on the matter :HH: I was a bit lost in the fog of GD and needed to figure some stuff out. I am going to give this the best shot I can. No HT for me. I don't think I could live with it after the fact. I've also talked to my hubby about something that was bothering me even more- stopping after #4. I'm not totally certain that I'll be done....I may want *gasp* 5 kids..... He's got 3 siblings, I have 1 and I know that 4 is a lot of kids but I really love having kids, and I don't want to look back and regret ot having one more. He's not saying no...he's just saying "we'll see" which is fantastic:) Anyway, I was SOOOOO good while I was away from the boards but today has been AWFUL! I haven't tracked anything....and I think I've eaten twice my daily limits! LOL! I feel like a stuffed pig and actually feel a little sick to my tummy after surviving on nothing this past week. So, back to the grind. I think we've pushed back my TTC date to Oct/Nov now just to give me time to lose as much as I can. I feel a bit better knowing I have more time to nurse my littlest, lose weight and get this diet stuff right although I really do want to be preggo with all of you guys! I know I'll be the last one on here to get pregnant but, oh well.
Talk to you guys tomorrow! xoxo
Morning, Ladies! Another day of the Girl Sway!!! Hope we all have a good day! :HH:
DM - good for you for taking the time off when you needed it and for talking things through with DH. I know that 4 children is plenty for us. In fact, I'm happy at 3 but I've never tried for my girl and I have to try - I'm excited about another little boy too though so all will be well. FWIW, you're doing the same regarding the weight loss as I am. I feel it's something I would look back on and wonder about if we had another boy - but if I weigh less than I did with my other pregnancies and I lose a lot in the months before our attempt then I'll have no regrets. Our first attempt will be September but we're going to do everything for the first couple of months and only ease up on a few aspects if we're not pregnant by then - so we may very well be ttc at the same time!
Hi everyone else and welcome home mocha!
Here's my day:
Lunch: 2 slices ww bread with slice low fat processed cheese, viennese whirl, 2 boiled sweets.
Snack: 2 ryvita crackerbread with peanut butter. 2 boiled sweets (these are also a bit of an addiction now!)
Dinner: KFC fries in fibre added white wrap with ketchup :D
Thanks Z :HH: I am so thankful to have such wonderfully supportive ladies on this journey. Hugs to you.
How much weight do you have left to lose? You're doing so well! Has it come off consistently? It gives me some hope that mine will come off as well :) back to the grind today. 12+ weeks left....
xo
This morning I am making italian fry bread... no salt but it does need olive oil. I plan to eat it with nothing on it.
Doulamama, I´m sorry you´re on the other side of the globe, otherwise I would visit you and we could chill together :happy: that´s striking that we´re so similar, I guess that´s why we have our boys.
OOTB I can´t believe it either that I´m so thin, I have always been normal weight and never cared about my figure or what I ate.
I´m doing everything I can to get a BFP this or next cycle, my sway is basically the diet and zyrtec and that´s it.
I had my usual mushroom iceberg lettuce salad, GF pasta and activia for lunch
and for dinner a piece of spinach ricotta quiche with white rice, a fat free yoghurt and a piece of cake.
Mmm, I´m noticing I didn´t have any fruit today, I should tomorrow.
BOY is there a lot of fat in a quiche crost :suprise:, I always thought this was one of our healthy meals!
That´s 1540 cal, 36 g protein and 37 g fat.
I'll feel comfortable if I'm 11st (154lb) or under at the beginning of our attempt month. I'm pretty sure that's my lowest pre-conception weight and whilst I'd prefer to weigh a bit less I'm not happy to wait any later than September as I would really prefer this baby to be no more than 2 school years younger than DS3 - otherwise the age gaps get rather unbalanced! I also expect to lose more in the month of our attempt by cutting back even more around O and if we don't get pregnant first attempt (I don't expect to - DH does!) I'll weigh less the next month! I'm currently 11st 11lb!Quote:
Originally Posted by DoulaMama
P - that fry bread sounds sooooo yummy! Hope it came out well!
Indira - I'm banking mostly on the diet as well...We'll be using just a little bit of RepHresh, Sylk (b/c I need a lube at this point) and BD from AF to O + 2 days just to make sure. I'm thinking your sway sounds super for a BFP in Aug!!!
Zan and Doula, you guys have a great strategy going! Keep it up!!!
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No brekkie…coffee w/rice milk
1st meal:
- White basmati w/leeks & zucchini
- English muffin w/jam and low fat cream cheese
2nd Meal:
- Iceburg and romaine w/ranch dressing
- “Girl Sway” smoothie
- Yogurt
Here's today for me:
Breakfast: coffee, cappuccino mid-morning (with a friend)
Lunch: toasted WW bread with 30g goat cheese and 30g roasted red peppers. Veeery yummy! I had more blueberry fudge for dessert.
Supper: Orzo pasta with unsalted butter and parmesan cheese, low fat vanilla ice cream, blueberry fudge (someone take this stuff out of my house!)
Snack: green grapes
Calories: 1508
Protein: 33g
Sodium: 692mg
I'm a little concerned about my calories creeping up just as I'm ovulating (I normally eat around 1200). I don't want to gain weight now after all those hard-earned pounds lost! I think I'm going to freeze that fudge so it's not on the counter tempting me and I'll save it for a post-BFP treat.
So glad you don't live closer b/c I would come and take it out of your house!!!:oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
It's luscious, rich vanilla fudge made with full-fat cream and lots of other goodies, and it has real, fresh blueberries dotting the top of it. Mmmmmmmmmm.......
Omg. I think I just had an orgasm. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
On another note- I was really good yesterday. Under all my limits for everything except cals- I was at 1400. Still lost weight:) down a complete 7lbs!! Feels so good to be getting smaller! Yay!
How is everyone today??
Mocha- how did last night go?? :rofl: for some reason it doesn't feel weird to ask that question....hahaha!
XO
Oh and while on the topic of orgasms- is there anyone here abstaining? I have started what I like to call my "clitoral cleanse". I will not be having the big O until Oct when we conceive. I think it's going to be harder than the diet.... :rofl:
Count me in...:sad:...Last time I let myself O was on our vay-cay in May. No Os for me until I get a BFP. Seems like I'm waiting until a BFP for all the good stuff...Lots of Os and food, lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by DoulaMama
YAY, Mocha!!! Hope there's going to be a pink bean in there shortly, if not yet!!!
Eh...yes. It has been months.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoulaMama
But I have to admit I had one on Sunday:oops:all this BD without was getting so frustrating!
Then I ovulated the day after :think:
My sway is practically turning into a blue one, it was full moon, too !:nails:
On the topic of Os...DH finds it really difficult to perform if I'm not Oing...Bad news for us since we're planning on doing frequent BD from AF straight through O.
Indira, sometimes Oing just happens...:oops: I don't really know how much it even matters and I know you've been swaying hard so don't give it (or anything else) a second thought. Now you're in the 2ww so just try to coast and hopefully try to distract yourself from testing too soon... I know, easier said than done!
Clitoral clense - you've coined a phrase there DM :giggle: So funny! Well, I've cut right back but because I'm trying to relax about the whole thing and not to see it as a challenge there have certainly been some :oops: I'm pretty sure I'll be too preoccupied to enjoy DTD when we're actually trying so that shouldn't be an issue!
TMI again - DH woke me in the night earlier this week and at 2am or whenever it was (why do they do that?!) he says to me 'you're very dry' and I reply 'that's what the girl diet is meant to do to you' and I'm led there all chuffed about it!! It's certainly never been an issue before.
Anyway, back to food (it always comes back to food with me!). Well done on the weight loss DM, that's fantastic! I have around 1200 cals most days but 2 days each week I up that to 1400 cals and that really seems to help with the weight loss. I do it part way through the week and again at the weekend. Today was a 1400 day :D
Lunch: Roasted veg couscous snackpot with a little melted goat's cheese (didn't like this - some ended up in the bin!), 100g Onken fat free strawberry yogurt, bakewell tart, 2 sweets.
Dinner: Rice pasta with kids tomato and cream pasta sauce, 2 caramel rice cakes, jam tart, 1 sweet.
Supper: 1 piece toast with Flora light and sugar free jam.
:rofl::rofl::rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by DoulaMama
Quick - think of plain rice and leeks or your testosterone will go up! :bigsmile:
I have no shame - I fake it every time with dh or he'd insist that we keep going until I do - if there's going to be no O anyway, I'd just as soon it be a quick in and out job:bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
Hi ladies,
Everyone sounds like they're doing fab at the moment!!
I accidentally had o during last attempt, the rest if the time I had to really stop myself, will have to try harder next attempt!! Today...
No breakfast
Lunch rice with yogurt, lemon, cumin. Strawberries with small meringue, 2 biscuits, actimel
Dinner will be pasta with courgettes and Parmesan and maybe green beans. Frozen yogurt
Better on the snacking today but I'm sooooo bored of only eating at meal times!!!!!!
The deed is done, so to speak:bigsmile:.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoulaMama
The worst part was that I didn't know if dh would want to dtd before or after his baseball game, so I took 2 Benedryl at about 8pm to cover both possibilities. By the time he came home at 11pm, I was practically comatose. I had been trying to stay awake for hours, but every time I sat down I started to snooze. Man, does that stuff knock you out!
I think I may be ovulating right around now. I just checked and my cervix is getting firmer and there's some creamy cm. I just did an OPK and it's still +, but I think last time it stayed + for several days after I knew I had O'd. Does that happen to anyone else? I don't temp, so sometimes I worry I interpret my clues incorrectly and I actually O later than I think.
I know I had a positive result the day my temp went up
I´m starting to struggle...but managed to control myself today.
I will look into baby meals tomorrow because I really need something new or I´ll fall off the boat.
Lunch: mushroom iceberg lettuce salad, GF pasta w brown sugar, activia yoghurt and 2 ricecakes
Dinner: leeks zucchini white rice, tiny piece of fish, lowfat yoghurt, one kiwi, a piece of almond crumble cake
1450 calories, 35 g protein, 28 g fat and 400 mg sodium
Sorry Mocha I can´t help you, I know when I O for sure only by temp rise.
Are you taking Vitex? Sorry…can’t remember! If so, I think Vitex has a tendency to induce strong OPKs in some women. Mine last time was very similar. YAY…You did it!!! Now it's the 2ww!!! :luck:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
Sounds like me the past few days!!! Been eating 1500 instead of 1300ish…Quote:
Originally Posted by Indira
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No brekkie…coffee w/rice milk
1st meal:
- White basmati w/leeks & zucchini
- Air-popped popcorn (and LOTS of it!)
2nd Meal:
- Iceburg and romaine w/balsamic w/yogurt and goat cheese
- “Girl Sway” smoothie
- Yogurt & strawberries
Just over 1500 cals, 27 g Fat, 31 g Protein, 60 g Fiber & 780 mg Sodium
Yep - I've been taking Vitex, though I stopped today because O was due. I'm going to assume I O'd, which means I'm officially in the 2WW. Phew! I'm going to try to hold off testing till 10dpo this month, but that seems sooooooo far away!
Sounds like you Oed to me. I also vow not to test this next time until at least 10dpo as well. It's just harder for me if I keep testing. :luck:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
Yay mocha, back in the 2ww!!! Fx for bfp this month, do you feel good about your chances?
I feel good about my chances for a BFP, but not great about my sway. We dtd at 6 days before O, then 3, 2 and 1 days before O. We did frequent BD, but there was one night we didn't get around to dtd until 5:30 in the morning, so I'm worried that dh's sperm count rose by then. We also missed one day releasing, but dh claims he released before we dtd that night. My diet hasn't been great this last month, with this past weekend being the worst.
However, we're in the middle of a record-breaking heatwave here, with humidex ratings approaching 50 degrees celsius. We don't have a/c, so I've been hot all week. That could work in my favour, right?
Hey, Ladies - here's today for me:
Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: rice with a tiny bit of feta, plain yogurt, cilantro and a few pieces of roasted red pepper mixed in. Not very good, sadly. I also had a peach, 3 tiny yellow plums and some raspberries (today was farmer's market day so the house is full of fruit)
Supper: 3 half bagels with low sodium tomato sauce, mushrooms and a tiny bit of low fat mozzarella cheese melted on top, 2 small cobs of corn
Snack: I brought a friend out for drinks and dessert for her birthday. I got a cranberry & soda to drink, and a blood orange sorbet as my dessert, so it didn't end up really being a cheat except for the fact that the juice brought my calories up a bit above my usual amount.
Snack2: When I got home I was starved after watching people eat food at the restaurant. I had two sliced pickles since my sodium was very low for the day, then also had two sugar free cookies. I don't know if it's because I ovulated today, but I've been starved all day! I know I shouldn't have had this second snack, but I couldn't resist!
Calories: 1506
Protein: 45g (a bit higher than I would like - I blame the bagels, which are pretty high in protein. I'm disappointed my lunch rice was no good because I wasted 8g of protein on that!)
Sodium: 887mg
I hid the fudge in the fridge today so I managed to avoid eating it. I think I may freeze what's left to enjoy once I get my BFP.