GREAT ADVICE!!!! I also struggled mightily with skipping breakfast when I was swaying pink (it didn't help that I was the only one doing it then and a lot of people thought I was kinda nuts LOL) and I found sitting at the computer just aggravated it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
PS - Mocha, keep in mind that it's FINE to eat 3 meals, I just don't want people eating every 15 minutes throughout the whole day.
Re seasons - actually the stats are from Italy and I hope that the researchers branch out and do further studies. Chacha was brave and wrote to the researcher and I wish I was brave enough to do that!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
I ~suspect~ that the seasons may sway MORE strongly in parts of the world with extreme cold and well-defined seasons. Rem that the reasons why seasons may sway are because the more fragile baby boys are more likely to survive when born in the spring when food is plentiful and weather is warm, rather than the winter when food is scarce and temps are bad so it would seem the mechanism would be even stronger in colder climes.
Re calories - Yes I def. think you should be getting more calories but I do also think at some point you're going to stabilize and stop losing.
I would love to live in a country where the seasons are more defined - we don't really get extremities here, which for this purpose sounds like a good thing!
Where I live it's the land of extremes. We go from complaining all winter about -40 degree Celsius windchills to moaning about summer days with 40 degree humidex. There are only about 10 days a year when Canadians aren't complaining about the weather :bigsmile:.
That being said, I love our distinct 4 seasons and love something about each and every one of them! :heart:
Thanks Atomic. I guess my worry is that I know I don't get enough calories to begin with, so I fear I'm doing serious damage to my body now that I'm on my 3rd month on the diet. I'm really, really trying to add calories, but I find it a huge hurdle! I just bought a ton of girl friendly candy yesterday - Jelly Belly jelly beans, Mike & Ikes, Sour Patch Kids - to see if that will help. It seems everything I think of either has too much sodium or protein in it or is such a tiny source of calories (like most of the fruit I eat) that I'd have to eat a ton of it to make a difference (I'm already eating about 3 cups of strawberries a day as it is!). What about cranberry juice? It must have a lot of calories per glass...should I start drinking it or does it have too many nutrients in it?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
No, that's a good idea, try adding a cup of cran juice (NOT the pure juice, get the "bad" one, the cocktail,with corn syrup in it LOL!!) That's like 150 cals right there if my notes are correct.
Normally I would tell people to try and avoid it due to the Vit. C BUT you have to eat something.
I find that very interesting about the seasons. I'm a fellow Canadian with extreme weather shifts so hopefully that is in my favour. The days when we TTC this month were some of the hottest of the year so far here.
I spent the day working in the yard doing manual lifting and laying grass so was super hungry by supper time.
MidMorning - yogurt cup
Lunch - 3 rice cakes, glass skim milk, bite of samoosa
Supper - (at restaurant) - 1/4 portion of penne with sauce, ice cream,
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HAHAHA! So true! We can get down to around -37C without windchill but our summers suck here! It's not been more than 27C this year. My garden suffers every year:( I actually hate Alberta winters with a passion. I came from Vancouver originally, lived in the Okanagan for 10 years and then came to Alberta....I've been spoiled and really want to move back to the coast. I really hope to end up in Victoria in the next 5 years. Anyway, I don't think I'm ready for a Winter baby...March was terrible for me with a newborn and I really don't think I could handle it any earlier in the year....I'm just going to hope that the summer heat(the little amount that we get here;)) kills off those boy sperm:)
Ok Girls....I started today.
Where's the scared stiff smiley?
Don't be scared DM, it's only food :D
So here's me today:
Breakfast/Mid-morning: Coffee
Lunch: Vegeburger (the type with mushed up vegetables and breadcrumbs on the outside) and a few roast potatoes. Fruit crumble and cream for pudding! I took a few frozen raspberries, a couple of nectarines and some strawberries and cooked them with sweetener. I made a crumble topping from flour, sugar and butter but I only made 1/2 the usual quantity so it was sprinkled in it rather than drowned in it. It was really good!
Dinner: Bagel with peanut butter then a couple of boiled sweets.
Snack: 2 white chocolate fingers.