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Hi, all! Doing pretty well. my period is super light so i'm hoping it is ok. I am also still losing weight so i know i can't skip breakfast, hope this doesn't hurt me around o and in the 2ww (if i do o at all!) . fingers crossed!
Your meals look great, ladies!! I feel like i am eating so much compared to you both! oh well! what can i do?!
Ok, here's today:
7am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt, baby spinach and balsamic, 2 Peek Freans Lifestyles cookies
4:30pm: sugar cookie fresh out of the oven :oops:
5pm: pasta with primavera sauce (leeks, mushrooms, zucchini, 1/2 can no salt added tomatoes, garlic (I know it's a no-no, but I eat it now and then anyway), a pinch of salt, oregano and fennel seeds + parmesan on top. This was really yummy! I was planning to make my usual pasta with veggies and creme fraiche then I saw the leftover tomatoes from last night in the fridge and decided to throw them in. + another TWO sugar cookies for dessert :oops:
9pm: green grapes, 1/2 serving of low fat chips (this amounts to one handful), Mike & Ikes
Calories: 1609
Protein: 44 (but again, about 10g of this is from fruit and veggies)
Sodium: 895mg
Now that Christmas baking season is upon us, I don't know how I'm going to resist all those cookies as they come out of the oven - after smelling them baking and when they're warm and soft. I have a feeling I'm going to be doing a lot of cheating over the next few weeks. A BFP would be sooooo nice right about now....
Ok, here's today:
I’m sooooo hungry right now just reading this!!! Can you come visit and cook for me, lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
I know…UGH!!! M.J., you have so much will power! :bowdown: I can’t stop at 1 or 2 cookies and I know this so I won’t even go there. I wish I had your strength! Not sure what I’ll do about Christmas cookies…I may just try to make a lot of “no bake” types so the smell doesn’t waft through the house...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
Amari, I really don't think you're eating too much! It doesn't seem like too much at all. Also, you need that food b/c you're still dropping weight, already tiny and going on Clomid. ALL of this is already swaying pink for you! You are doing such a good job and I'm really hoping you get your BFP this first try!Quote:
Originally Posted by amari
Yesterday:
• :C: 2 C. tea w/splash of rice milk
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• Sautéed leeks, portobellos and white basmati w/pecorino-romano
• 1 package of Trader Joe’s Seaweed Snack (:oops: …I swear these taste better than chips/crisps! Even DS2 can’t get enough of these!)
• 1 fuji apple
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• Salad w/chevrai (low sodium goat cheese)
• Smoothie (coconut water, frozen raspberries, psyllium husks)
• 1 piece of low fat string cheese
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• 1 chocolate mint candy cane, ½ a spree candy cane, ½ a sour patch candy cane
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• :C: Throughout the day, 3 C. peppermint tea, 1 C. RRL tea
Well...I DID eat 3, which amounted to over 300 calories...and believe me I was sooooo tempted to have more. What I tried to do was at least bake them close to a mealtime so eating it wouldn't raise my blood sugar in the middle of the afternoon. The cookies will just be the start of a lot of cheating, though (and not the worst thing since at least I'm allowed sugar on the diet). What I'm still most concerned about is all the meat I'm going to have to eat while staying at my in-laws' right around O-time if I don't get my BFP this cycle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
You talk about these so often I'm just about ready to ask you to buy some for me and mail them to me! :bigsmile: We don't have Trader Joe's in Canada...Quote:
Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
Oh, boy.
We went out to dinner last night so I could treat myself to some lovely, lovely, lovely indian food and push myself to really start my diet today. I have decided to not try to actually conceive this cycle because I worry it'd be too little time spent on being on the diet (my period is due around December 10th... so that'd probably be a few+ weeks on the diet? I don't know if that'd be enough time, and hubby hasn't started to take the licorice root yet... please tell me if this isn't so and that there is just as good a chance in that little window, otherwise I'll refrain from actually TTC until next month and spend time on the diet.)
We slept in today until 10am (my kid is awesome for that, I don't know why. I guess the bed-sharing + breastfeeding means we always have a nice sleep in!)
I have had:
0% fat yogurt about 5 hours after waking up...
I've had two cups of coffee with unsweetended 1% soy milk so far today.
Edited to add I've just had 1 slice of weight watchers danish bread with real unsalted butter on it (no low fat option i.e. soy spread, so oh well!)
Nothing else yet... it's 4pm! I guess I am being too strict! Or maybe not since we didn't get up until 10am. Hard to judge these things! For the most part I feel okay right now... though I am tempted on having a gloriously butter with jam crumpet. No! No! Don't go there! :P
I have to go to the store. I started this diet without very many diet-friendly foods! Going to the store tonight... any quick tips for inexpensive stuff that'd be good to stalk up on, let me know!
Are mushrooms okay on the girl diet?
Sounds like you're doing great, suregena! I tend to eat a pretty small lunch so I can save my calories/protein/sodium for a yummy supper. It's not uncommon for me to go from waking up at 5:30am until eating supper at 5pm within nothing but a cup of rice mixed with a TBSP or two of yogurt.
And yes, mushrooms are fine on the diet - I eat them all the time!
Phew, good. Mushrooms are a nice option instead of using quorn (I'm vegetarian so trying to... well, go slightly opposite my vegetarian diet in terms of my protein sources...)
I think it's easier while I'm at home. At work will be a whole different challenge. I've started this diet today because I am at home today and tomorrow. At work, I am awake at 5.30am, and I find that when I feel bored at work I want to snack so, so bad, and my lunches aren't until 1.30pm! So, a challenge... very much so. Should be interesting on Friday....
Thanks, i am actually eating what feels like a lot, but i guess calories and fat wise its not. i keep adding things like kit kats and cookies! Hope you get your bfp too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
First dinner on the diet...
about 150grams of plain couscous with Quark (Quark (cheese) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), a splash of lemon juice, some pepper and a little rosemary (not sure what the rules are on that!), and slices of cucumber with the skins taken off.
Hm, not bad, actually!
Sounds yummy, suregena!
Well, it certainly helps feel the void... a little. Hah.
The only way I've managed to survive on this diet for so long is by finding acceptable treats. I looooove cheese, so I save up my protein/sodium allowance so I can use lots of parm on my pasta or put an extra serving of mozzarella on my low sodium pizza. I also eat treats like ice cream and cookies, since as long as they're within the calories/fat/sodium/protein guidelines, they're ok.
I don't want to count my limits so much as guess/estimate/assume or else I'll probably stress myself out too much, and I'm a stress head so I'm trying to be super mellow.
Cookies sound really good right now... :sigh: Heh, what have I gotten myself into!
i have been eating sugar-free popsicles, fudgesicles, and creamsicles! they come in one box and have really low calories and are yummy!
Mmmm - that sounds great, amari! I'm going to look for those next time I go grocery shopping. Are they Popsicle brand?
I think so, or Fudgesicle Brand, whatever those are. They each have 10, 20 or 45 cals in them and no fat or sugar! Great addition to my dessert Ha, Ha!!
Okay…I’ve been a bad, bad girl. I’m saving the “oops” smiley for my sins below…
Yesterday:
• :C: 2 C. tea w/splash of rice milk
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• Sautéed leeks, portobellos and white basmati
• 1 package of Trader Joe’s Seaweed Snack (again omitting the "oops" smiley as my sins are much worse later in the day...
• 1 fuji apple
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• Salad
• Smoothie (coconut water, frozen raspberries, psyllium husks)
• 6 bites (6 BITES!!!) of DH’s PESTO Primavera (:oops: :oops: :oops:…I did not make this intending to eat it so it was definitely not girl sway friendly! I’m not Catholic but I really need a confessional right now and I can’t help blurting out, “Bless me Father, for I have sinned….”
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• 2 chocolate mint candy canes
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• :C: Throughout the day, 3 C. peppermint tea, 1 C. RRL tea
Mocha, I do the same thing! I know I have to otherwise, "game over" for me on the diet!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
:wave: Welcome, Suregena!!!
Thank goodness they are!!! We just need to stay away from the more gourmet kind like shitakes, etc... I’m hoping portobellos aren’t considered “gourmet” b/c they’ve been a staple in my diet this past week!Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
I think you’re doing a great job w/your diet! It gets easier to prolong eating the longer you’re on the diet!
Amari, those are PERFECT for a girl sway!!! :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by amari
I will totally send you some!!! Just PM/FB me your address! I'll have to get more this weekend but they'll be shipped out just after that! You'll probably think I'm totally nuts when you taste them but I'm seriously addicted! :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
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Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
Yeah, I can do it so far just fine while at home all day but at work (I'm in work tomorrow) it will be challenging. ESPECIALLY this time a year when people are constantly bringing in cakes, snacks, chocolate, etcetera! I wake up so early to get to work and then my lunch break is so late that it is going to be crazy-difficult. :/ Tomorrow should be interesting indeed.
Today I've had 1 cup of coffee with 1% unsweetened soy milk... and 1 advent calendar chocolate. Ha! It's 4pm! :x Time for some 0% yogurt, eh?
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Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
Mmmm... pesto....
It's tough when you have to work...Just do what you can and try to stay busy tomorrow. You're doing so well! :luck:Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Jen - you're so funny. Here I was expecting you to say you ate half a pizza or a hamburger or something and the best cheat you could come up with was pesto primavera??? I eat pesto all the time - I know the garlic isn't a great idea on the garlic, but come on - you ate a vegetarian meal with perhaps a little more salt and fat than you would normally have, but you only had 6 bites, so I'm sure it made no difference.
You want a cheat?? I'll give you a cheat. When af finally arrives, I'm drowning my sorrows in a deep fried panzerotto. Now THAT's a cheat.....:bigsmile:
Oh, and I'd love to try those seaweed snacks if you're serious. Anything I can send you in return? I'll pm you my address.
Okay, continuation of my confessional, Mocha...They were BIG bites (we're talking massive, :oops:!) and there was so much fat, protein and cals in there! And then there was the garlic but who cares about that really when I blew it w/everything else, :oops:. OMG...I loooove your cheats...fried panzerotto!!! I think I want to cry...I really want that now! When AF comes, I always make the 1st and sometimes the 2nd day a cheat day; I always have and I always will!
Seaweed will be shipped on Monday!!! Don't worry about me...Just send me a Christmas card if you send those out!
BTW - they have wasabi flavored seaweed but I've never tried it. Want some of that flavor too?
Nah - I'll try the kind you like. Have I ever mentioned how awesome you are?? :HH:
i was thinking the same thing! 6 bites, no worries, girlie!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
Awwww...Back 'attcha!!! :HH:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
Thx!...it's been weighing on me a bit since last night...Today will be better!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by amari
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Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
Oooh, that's a good idea. :D Cheat days... day 1 and 2 of AF. I think I'm going to go with that sort of rule, heh.
8th Dec:
-1 cup instant coffee with 1% unsweetened soy milk
-1 Advent calendar chocolate (not sure how much that is but it wouldn't be very much!)
-1 0% fat yogurt
-1 piece weight watchers danish bread with unsalted butter
-200grams (sort of... more like 150grams... my son ended up wanting my dinner instead of his!) of plain couscous with reduced fat cream cheese, black pepper, a little rosemary, and green beans.
calories: 720
protein: 42.3
fat: 15.6
salt: 0.8g
I highly recommend the af arrival cheat - it's what I've done every month of my many (sigh) months on this diet. It somehow softens the blow of af arriving.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
I'm feeling really down today and am worried I'm going to have to wait a full week or more for af to arrive before I can get to CD 1 and plan my next attempt. I just want to either get af or a BFP (which I think is sooooo unlikely at this point I doubt I'll waste a test) or af.
I just started my period tonight so I don't want to cheat so early on in the diet... but I will next time! Not the ovulation that is upcoming after this AF but the following AF (in January) will be our official TTC month.
My cycle seems to be shortening more and more each cycle month? It went from 29 days average, to 28 average, to 27 average. Oy
Hey ladies, here's yesterday's food:
6am: coffee
12pm: rice with yogurt, homemade sugar cookie
5:30pm: pasta with zucchini, mushrooms, leeks and spinach + creme fraiche and parmesan, orange sherbet for dessert
8:30pm: green grapes, hot chocolate, Sour Patch Kids
Calories: 1520
Protein: 40g
Sodium: 594mg
I might be going out for dinner with a girlfriend tonight, so I'll have to cheat a little. I don't know where we're going yet, but I might try to steer her toward places where I could get a vegetarian, low protein option.
I try to get people to go to asian when we go out to eat because then you can get white rice and veggies. it is high in sodium though...
we are leaving for mexico tomorrow for 2 weeks and will be eating out a lot and with loads of family so the diet will be tough!