TTC Pink Daily Food Diaries - August

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

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

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

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

Calories: 1401
Protein: 33g
Sodium: 726mg

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

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Originally Posted by Emmy2012

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

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I'm a small girl too... wonder if I'm being over ambitious with my meal plans then.. :) I've calculated I have only 12lbs I can lose before I have an underweight BMI.

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

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

Today I had:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Calories: 1674
Protein: 41g
Sodium: 975mg

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

Woo hoo, another 4.5lb gone :D

Congrats Zanacal!!!!

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

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

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

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

Calories: 1669
Protein: 41g
Sodium: 602mg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hi ladies and welcome FullSimpleLife!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Haha, sorry!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Today I had:

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

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

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

Ha, ha! Have they changed names?

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

Me too!!! Creature of habit!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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