TTC Pink Food Thread - September

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.

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!

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?

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!

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

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!

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/4...et-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?!).

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

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

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

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:

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!!

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!

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

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

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

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!).

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

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!!!!!!

yum yum yum swish - sweets are good lol

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

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!

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:.

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!

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??!!

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!!!!!!

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

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!

... 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}

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.

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!!)

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.

Mmmmm, tutti fruttis, still love em!

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

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!

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

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!

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Originally Posted by zanacal

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

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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!

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

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Originally Posted by 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!

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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.

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