January Pink Food Thread

Okay, here are a few changes I've made in the past couple of days: I've added Saw Palmetto (160 mg. at noon and another 160 mg. before bed), so I've stopped drinking the peppermint tea. I've also added acidophilus (I've heard that yeast infections can be more common on the girl diet, so trying to ward those off). I also, as of yesterday, added one capsule of chitosan before my evening meal.

You may remember me saying that I'm going to weigh myself once a week, yes? Well, yesterday was my weekly weigh in. And I lost NOTHING!! lol One week ago the scale said 107 and yesterday the scale said 107 ... not even a fifth of a pound difference up or down. I always stayed within the 1500-1800 calorie limits (I think my average for the entire week was around 1650 each day). Soooo ... I guess I need to go down on the cals. Any recommendations as to what range I should try? I was thinking of scooting it down to 1300-1600 and see over the next week if that, plus the Chitosan, makes a difference. I want to lose weight slowly, but I do want to lose it. I figure if I can get to 104 by my first TTC attempt and then lose about one pound a month, that gives me quite a few months before I get to the point where I cannot safely lose any more.

I'm going to shave calories off my existing LE diet by switching from 1 Tbsp. of things like butter, jelly and mayo to 1/2 Tbsp. That shouldn't affect taste too much, but in the case of butter, it drops 50 calories in one go. I'm also going to bid farewell to the marshmallow vodka (sniff, sniff! :)) and I won't keep adding the chocolate and strawberry syrups to my milk. On any given day, those subtractions could take about 300 calories off my daily intake.

So my new week started with yesterday's (Jan. 7) intake. We'll see what the next seven days bring!


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Jan. 5

Lunch:
folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber), Saw Palmetto and Vitex.
2 slices Wonder bread with 1 Tbsp. jelly and 1 Tbsp. butter
8 oz. skim milk
Activia Fiber yogurt

Dinner:
1 slice Wonder bread with slice of low-sodium cheese
4 oz. marshmallow vodka
Cup of iceburg lettuce with a few sliced mushrooms and 1 Tbsp. ranch dressing
16 "Hint of Salt" Wheat Thins
Blue Bunny Orange Dream ice cream bar
4 Keebler Coconut Dreams cookies (these are really similar to the Girl Scout Caramel Delites/Samoa cookies -- yum!)
1/4 cup rice milk
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans

Before bed:
Saw Palmetto and Vitex

Totals:
Calories: 1575
Calories from fat: 450
Fat grams: 53
Sodium: 1029 (oops!)
Protein: 30
Calcium: 1315

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Jan. 6

Morning:
CF Diet Coke

Lunch:
folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber), acidophilus, Saw Palmetto and Vitex
2 slices Wonder bread with 1 Tbsp. jelly and 1 Tbsp. butter
8 oz. skim milk with 2 Tbsp. Hershey's chocolate syrup with calcium
Activia Fiber yogurt
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans
3 miniature Mint 3 Musketeers treats

Afternoon:
CF Diet Coke

Dinner:
1 serving of Atomic's "fake stroganoff" recipe: a lot of mushrooms sauted in butter with a little bit of chopped red bell pepper, mixed with sour

cream and served over noodles (I didn't use egg noodles).
Smoothie of rice milk, strawberries, Hershey's strawberry syrup and low-fat strawberry kefir
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans
4 Snackwell's fat-free devil's food cookies
Blue Bunny Orange Dream ice cream bar

Evening:
CF Diet Coke with sugar-free vanilla syrup

Before bed:
Saw Palmetto and Vitex

Totals:
Calories: 1662
Calories from fat: 335
Fat grams: 38.5
Sodium: 925
Protein: 34.25
Calcium: 1410

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Jan. 7

Morning:
Weighed myself. A**hole scale says I've lost no weight whatsoever. :p

Lunch:
folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber), acidophilus, Saw Palmetto and Vitex
1 slice Wonder bread with 1/2 Tbsp. jelly and 1/2 Tbsp. butter
1 slice Wondre bread with slice of low-sodium cheese
Activia Fiber yogurt
8 oz. skim milk
1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans

Afternoon:
CF Diet coke

Dinner:
1 capsule Chitosan
1 serving of "fake stroganoff" leftovers (this was actually tastier reheated than it was fresh off the stove)
Activia Fiber yogurt
1/4 cup rice milk
4 Snackwell's fat-free devil's food cookies
1/8 cup Skittles

Evening:
CF Diet Coke

Before bed:
Saw Palmetto and Vitex

Totals:
Calories: 1347
Calories from fat: 280
Fat grams: 33.5
Sodium: 890
Protein: 38.25
Calcium: 1315

hey peeps hope your all well, RF huni im sorry to hear of your loss 2 years ago, i had no idea, big hugs to you hun xx
quick question, does anyone have any food ideas for cals wise but low in protein ?

drama - hope you lose a lb this week!

lmn7 - thank you. how about jammy dodgers? 83 cals and 1g protein each

going to be really good on the diet now until OV, so here is day one:


cream crackers, cheese, apple: 381 calories, 14.1g protein, 14.4g fat, 220mg sodium (for 8 with cheddar)
4 marshmallows: 95 calories, 0.9g protein, trace fat, trace sodium
2 wW choc slic: 176 calories, 3.2g protein, 5g fat, 140mg sodium

lunch total: 652 calories, 18.1g protein, 19.4g fat, 360mg sodium


homemade tomato soup: 150cals-ish
2 slices of toast: 192 calories, 7g protein, 1.8g fat, 320mg sodium
4 jammy dodgers: 332 calories, 4g protein, 11.2g fat, trace sodium

total tea: 674 calories, 11g protein, 13g fat, 320mg sodium



total today: 1326 calories, 29.1g protein, 32.4g fat, 680mg sodium

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Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7

hey peeps hope your all well, RF huni im sorry to hear of your loss 2 years ago, i had no idea, big hugs to you hun xx
quick question, does anyone have any food ideas for cals wise but low in protein ?

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check this out:
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...disasters.html

hey yeah thanks RF, now i dont know if im being silly but if i kept within the limits could you have pasta ad a jacket potatoe in one day, here is my link to my DH planned sway day is this all correct or have i calculated wrong Ashone7's Food Diary | MyFitnessPal.com

ooh thanks hun

oh im finding it real hard to find the potassium in all my food so i know im getting enough, ?

Hooeanddream-can you have red raspberry leaf tea? That us supposed to be good for your lining too.

Drama-looks good!

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Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7

oh im finding it real hard to find the potassium in all my food so i know im getting enough, ?

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most companies don't list it on the lables bc they are not required to. I'm kinda of assuming eating 1100-1500 cal I'm getting enough potassium.

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Originally Posted by amari

Hooeanddream-can you have red raspberry leaf tea? That us supposed to be good for your lining too.

Drama-looks good!

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Is it OK with saw palmetto and vitex?

dramabird - if I were you I would zig-zag your calories a bit. Your body gets used to the same amount of calories each day and learns to stabilise your weight at that intake. You might have 4 days of 1500 calories, 2 at 1700 and 1 at 1900 each week so you're still averaging the same calories per week but your body doesn't know what to expect iykwim?

Thank you, zana -- def. worth a try. Today was a bad diet day. I just tallied everything and somehow, by eating about 300 fewer cals than I have been, I went way over on sodium and protein. How did I manage that ...?

I am thinking I will have to make smoothies out of just strawberries and rice milk and drop the kefir ... even without it, I think I can at least hit the min. calcium amounts (usually I am around 1200-1300 ... today was 1700+ ... weird-a** diet day!).

Grump, grump, grump ...

But you gals seem to be doing great on your values, so you will be my role models! :)

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Originally Posted by amari

Hooeanddream-can you have red raspberry leaf tea? That us supposed to be good for your lining too.

Drama-looks good!

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I drink it every day for that reason (when AF has gone, anyway!), although it also does hormone balancing too

Do you think Nutella is ok to eat or no b/c it has chocolate and hazelnut?But don't know if it is too nutritious or junky enough? I need to add a little fat in my diet today, weighed and down to 91.9 this morning.Don't want to add too much fat of course, b/c hopefully o'ing in next week, but don't want to keep dropping!Thanks!

Never mind, I ate a mini cupcake instead! And bread with loads of butter...

thats a good question actually is nuttella alowed lol ?

no, I would say it isn't a good choice. It contains nuts which are good at keeping blood glucose level and slow-release, not what you want for pink!

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Originally Posted by rainbowflower

no, I would say it isn't a good choice. It contains nuts which are good at keeping blood glucose level and slow-release, not what you want for pink!

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Also nuts are really good at increasing testosterone...:(

Think I'll add Nutella to my "Fav foods to eat when I get my BFP" list...:p

Editing to add, you can eat anything in moderation on the LE diet but Nutella is something you'd want to skip as it would not do a pink swayer any favors. Eating that cupcake was a much better choice :agree: Sorry keeping your weight on is such a chore!

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ... I still had it in my mind from IG that I should be getting a lot of calcium, while not going above any of the LE limits (I was getting it through diets, not any supps). But Atomic says we shouldn't probably exceed 800 calcium in a day. So are you gals drinking milk, eating yogurt, cheese, etc.? Which dairy products are you avoiding? Man, just when I think I have a handle on this ...

ok nutella goes in the bin lol, i know this may sound silly (or maybe not lol) can you drink tap water on the LE diet and if so how much and can you drink it in the mornings, or drink anything in the mornings ???

Ugh. I've been hit down with a horrible cold and I feel SO hungry today. :( I've eaten a lot more meerkat jellies to try to counteract the hunger. :/ Just not doing it...

Morning: 1 coffee with 1% soymilk

Lunch: 3 ryvita crispbreads, 3 dairylea LIGHT triangles, iceberg lettuce, Dr Pepper zero, weight watchers carrot cake slice

Dinner: Long grain rice, 2 tablespoons low fat creme fraiche, button mushrooms, some plain tinned tomatoes, 2 corn tortillas, 1 weight watchers carrot cake slice, meerkat jellies, Dr Pepper zero

little bit after, had 1 Ritz cracker (sooo hungry! Oops...) and some of my son's raisins!

More meerkat jellies just a little bit ago and peppermint tea.

Still hungry, though. :(

The calories mostly came from those meerkat jellies, though!

Calories: 1,461
Fat: 11
Protein: 29
Sodium: 759

I don't count my calcium. I think I must get too much b/c I use sour cream, cream cheese, lite swiss, frozen yougurt etc everyday. That is probably the one nutrient dept I go over. If I didn't I would disappear into nothing. I need those calories to come from somewhere other than mike and ikes!

ootb-thanks for the pep talk! It is such a balancing act for me!

suregena-I am hungry too. I keep playing around with the times I eat. Today I had to have brekkie at 9.

Yeah, hungry. Don't know if it is because of AF or what. I hope work goes smoothly tomorrow.

I had some semi-dark chocolate chips just a little bit ago... :( Thankfully I'm low on fat today... but... oooof!

Think I'm doing pretty good:
What do you think?

1pm: 4 egg whites, 1 slice low sodium cheese, 1 serving hint of salt wheat thins, 2 rice cakes
3pm: 6 hint of salt triscuits
Dinner: 2 matzah, 1/4 c.sauce, 1/4 mozzerella
Will have snack later after kids go to bed and I can relax and watch a show!

Totals:
Calories: 789 (I'll have some candy later)
Fat: 22 g
Socium:695
Protein:31g

Oh I didnt add when I was out I had a non fat latte!
I'm not keeping track of calcium. Am I supposed to be? I'm doing LE and watching my calories, sodium, protein intake. I cut out all meat.

I found that dairy products in general were too high in protein and/or sodium anyway, so I only included a little. I didn't drink any milk, but I did put parmesan cheese on my pasta. I also ate a bit of ice cream and once in a blue moon some yogurt. That was about it. I was definitely waaaaay blow the daily recommended allowance of calcium.

dramabird - I love your avatar, BTW. Labyrinth, right? :bigsmile:

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Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG

Think I'm doing pretty good:
What do you think?

1pm: 4 egg whites, 1 slice low sodium cheese, 1 serving hint of salt wheat thins, 2 rice cakes
3pm: 6 hint of salt triscuits
Dinner: 2 matzah, 1/4 c.sauce, 1/4 mozzerella
Will have snack later after kids go to bed and I can relax and watch a show!

Totals:
Calories: 789 (I'll have some candy later)
Fat: 22 g
Socium:695
Protein:31g

Oh I didnt add when I was out I had a non fat latte!
I'm not keeping track of calcium. Am I supposed to be? I'm doing LE and watching my calories, sodium, protein intake. I cut out all meat.

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Your calories are so low! Why not add some more in there? :o

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Originally Posted by Mochagirl

dramabird - I love your avatar, BTW. Labyrinth, right? :bigsmile:

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You got it, Mocha! I think Jareth was my first love. :HH:

Eek! What do you do about midnight munchies? I feel just RAVENOUS right now! :nails:

yesterdays food (CD2):


cream crackers, cheese, apple Total: 315 calories, 12.5g protein, 13.2g fat, 220mg sodium (for 6 with cheddar)
2 wW choc slic: 176 calories, 3.2g protein, 5g fat, 140mg sodium
1 small slice sponge cake 176 calories, 2g protein, 7g fat, 0g sodium

total lunch: 667 calories, 17.7g protein, 25.2g fat, 360mg sodium



homemade tomato soup: 150cals-ish
2 slices of toast: 192 calories, 7g protein, 1.8g fat, 320mg sodium
2 jammy dodgers: 166 calories, 2g protein, 5.6g fat, trace sodium

total tea: 508 calories, 9g protein, 7.4g fat, 320mg sodium



total today: 1175 calories, 26.7g protein, 32.6g fat, 680mg sodium


I'm getting better at eating more calories this time around!

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Originally Posted by dramabird

You got it, Mocha! I think Jareth was my first love. :HH:

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I've been a Bowie fanatic much of my life :HH:

Rainbowflower/amari- so the raspberry leaf tea is good for the lining. Didn't understand if you said it was ok with saw palmetto and vitex!

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Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG

Rainbowflower/amari- so the raspberry leaf tea is good for the lining. Didn't understand if you said it was ok with saw palmetto and vitex!

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I don't know much about SP (not taking it) but I do drink the RLT alongside the vitex and not had any issues

I think RRL tea is ok with Saw Palmetto. I wasn't taking both at the same time, but I'm fairly sure lots of women do.

did anyone see my post about drinking tap water on this diet is it ok ??? and can you drink it in the mornings ??

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Originally Posted by dramabird

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ... I still had it in my mind from IG that I should be getting a lot of calcium, while not going above any of the LE limits (I was getting it through diets, not any supps). But Atomic says we shouldn't probably exceed 800 calcium in a day. So are you gals drinking milk, eating yogurt, cheese, etc.? Which dairy products are you avoiding? Man, just when I think I have a handle on this ...

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D-bird, I don't take calcium supps right now and I don't make any concerted effort to get my daily dose of calcium in my food. I'm hoping the diet will be short-term but if it turns into several mos, I'll probably rethink things and add calcium into my diet via food while still skipping the supps. I can check my calcium intake when I log food on MyFitnessPal.com and it's usually in the 800 range w/out trying.

As far as adding dairy into my diet, I've taken the same approach as Mocha. Dairy is an afterthought for me and I use it sparingly to enhance the taste of food while using a small amount. I don't put cheese on a sandwich b/c I don't want to spend that much fat/protein/sodium in one small place but it's totally doable if you fit it into your daily intake. The dairy I include is usually quark, goat cheese, pecorino-romano and every now and then a bit of low-fat yogurt. Other than that, dairy doesn't really enter the picture. Instead of milk, I drink a splash of low-cal rice milk in my a.m. coffee/tea or smoothies.

I didn't see you mention water, but I think that would be fine! I drink it, and certainly make my cups of tea using tapwater :)

also, don't worry about drinking any drinks in the morning. Even if you have a hot choc, it's still so low calories/nutrition it won't be enough to get your metabolism started for the day so it will still count as fasting

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Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG

Think I'm doing pretty good:
What do you think?

1pm: 4 egg whites, 1 slice low sodium cheese, 1 serving hint of salt wheat thins, 2 rice cakes
3pm: 6 hint of salt triscuits
Dinner: 2 matzah, 1/4 c.sauce, 1/4 mozzerella
Will have snack later after kids go to bed and I can relax and watch a show!

Totals:
Calories: 789 (I'll have some candy later)
Fat: 22 g
Socium:695
Protein:31g

Oh I didnt add when I was out I had a non fat latte!
I'm not keeping track of calcium. Am I supposed to be? I'm doing LE and watching my calories, sodium, protein intake. I cut out all meat.

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If you can up those cals a bit to around 1400 or more while still staying in the other LE ranges, that's great! I usually can get to 1200ish and then I get stuck so I add sugar. That's great that you cut out all meat...if you ate it often and now don't, your body will sure take notice, especially keeping protein under 40g.

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Originally Posted by laughinglynxie

Eek! What do you do about midnight munchies? I feel just RAVENOUS right now! :nails:

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Drinking fizzy no-cal drinks or very warm water can help fill you up. Not as satisfying as actual food but it can help...Sorry! Hang in there!

ok RF thanks hun, another quickie........ question that is lol, am i right in thinking you can eat as much pasta as you want as long as you stay in your daily limits ???