Let's record what we're eating to help each other

Well last night I had a few cocktails and then a yummy Japanese feast (mostly veggie) and then spent the rest of the evening, night and today being sick! Nice! No idea if it was something I ate or just that on LE I shouldn't have had three drinks, which normally would be fine. So my cheat kind of negated itself as none of the food stayed down! I lost four pounds in a day though which isn't good as like a few of you I've not got much to lose. I was hoping to lose about a pound a week as we're wanting to do LE for three months before TTC. So I'm thinking if I feel hungry later we might get a big fatty Domino's Pizza! Put those four pounds back on :)

Haven't ate properly today at all (is that good for girl sway) had a coffee a a cake this morning before we took ds2 to footie match then we went food shopping. Had a small Ritz Choc thing,and a malteaser. Only thing I had in my bag. They were v small bars. Then had a coffee and nesquick milk bar .Tonight I'll be having a pizza and 2 glasses of wine. Haven't totted totals up yet

Lunch 2 large spring rolls and an malteser bunny
Dinner prawn curry plain white rice glass of wine
Evening snack baked crisps Galaxy ripple glass of wine.

I'm not counting calories anymore I get too obsessed with it!

Hi ladies, I posted this on another thread about swaying and glucose levels so I thought I might add it here in case it helps. I have 2 dd's and with both of them I was dieting and not eating past 5 pm and breakfast was around 9:30 am, so I'm pretty sure my blood sugar levels were pretty low. I never snacked and my only big meal of the day was lunch. Just thought this might help because I noticed that a lot of you are eating at 8 pm or later.

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Originally Posted by WantALittleBlue

Hi ladies, I posted this on another thread about swaying and glucose levels so I thought I might add it here in case it helps. I have 2 dd's and with both of them I was dieting and not eating past 5 pm and breakfast was around 9:30 am, so I'm pretty sure my blood sugar levels were pretty low. I never snacked and my only big meal of the day was lunch. Just thought this might help because I noticed that a lot of you are eating at 8 pm or later.

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Thanks for sharing your experience! :)

As Atomic says though, there is nothing magical about fasting in any part of the day, you gotta do what works for you. Not snacking is a big part of the sway and so is having a long prolonged stretch of time. It's easiest for most people to do their daily 'fast' overnight and skip breakfast. Most of us might be eating in the evening but then not having anything the next day until lunch.

You gotta do what fits in your lifestyle too, and eating late can still sway pink. My mom for example had all daughters - she would only have coffee/milk in the mornings, skip breakfast, eat lunch, have dinner at around 7pm, and then snack ALL evening long. She would even snack at midnight watching tv! And she had girls.

I'm finding missing breakfast the hardest thing. Thanks for my tips on calories I think I may go go with commen sense. There is no way I would have time to weight everything. I find it hardest when we have relatives staying at our house, I end up cooking lots of nice things and then can't eat them!

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Originally Posted by dkay1

I'm finding missing breakfast the hardest thing. Thanks for my tips on calories I think I may go go with commen sense. There is no way I would have time to weight everything. I find it hardest when we have relatives staying at our house, I end up cooking lots of nice things and then can't eat them!

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Definitely go with what works and doesn't stress you out! The only reason to count calories is for weight control, most of the time to lose weight for a pink sway, or maintain if you are already borderline underweight. Common sense is a good thing.

Just keep an eye on the scale and that's good enough. :) And treats are ok too as long as it's not all the time. It's the general trend of things that matter.

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Originally Posted by dkay1

I'm finding missing breakfast the hardest thing. Thanks for my tips on calories I think I may go go with commen sense. There is no way I would have time to weight everything. I find it hardest when we have relatives staying at our house, I end up cooking lots of nice things and then can't eat them!

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Definitely go with what works and doesn't stress you out! The only reason to count calories is for weight control, most of the time to lose weight for a pink sway, or maintain if you are already borderline underweight. Common sense is a good thing.

Just keep an eye on the scale and that's good enough. :) And treats are ok too as long as it's not all the time. It's the general trend of things that matter.

As for breakfast, that took me MONTHS to skip it entirely. It was really hard for me too! First I reduced what I ate at breakfast and more at lunch. Then coffee only for breakfast on non workout days. It wasn't until a few days ago that I found I can manage without breakfast entirely even before a workout, but it took me AGES to get there. Small steps!

TODAY:

No breakfast, decaf coffee with flavoured creamer, 35 cals.

70 min step cardio workout

Lunch - 1/2 cup cottage cheese with berries and cinnamon, english muffin with cream cheese, green beans. Piece of licorice. 320 cals.

3pm - Metamucil in diet gingerale

Dinner - my son's bday dinner, so it's a bit splurgey! Homemade hamburgers with blue cheese, veggies, yogurt & blueberries. Strawberry bday cake.

Total - 1300-1400 calories.

So yesterday's totals... Sodium still crazy high, but not as bad as day 1...
Day 2:

Breakfast: 1 hour after waking, 12 hours after late night snack
1 cup Tabouli, 1 cup coffee with 1/4 cup whole milk and 1 Tbsp sugar. Getting somewhat accustomed to the smaller dose of sugar in my coffee...

Lunch:
String cheese, Great Value Chewy Fiber Bar, 3/4 cup 1% milk

Dinner:
2 pieces of cornbread fortified with ground flax seed (1/2 Tbsp flax total), 1/2 cup sweet potatoes, 3/4 cup navy beans, 3/4 cup mixed greens, 3/4 cup 1% milk

Late night snack:
plain bagel, 2 Tbsp cream cheese spread, GV All Natural Strawberry Watermelon drink mix dissolved in bottled water.

Day 2 totals:
1770 calories
293 carbs
42 fat
56 protein
33 fiber

1964mg Potassium
3276mg Sodium
0 folic acid
15% RDA Zinc
37% RDA B12
18% RDA Vit E
119% RDA Calcium
81% RDA Magnesium - and this is WITH my supplement for muscle cramps and nursing aversion :/
19% folate total

Calorie breakdown 21% fat, 66% carbs, 13% protein. Still trying to figure out a good balance. Took a quiz in a magazine about "Are you fat sensitive or carb sensitive?" and it recommended a low fat diet for me... Add in the lower protein levels I'm aiming for for a pink sway, and it is naturally gonna put carbs higher. But 66% is a little higher than I would like.

Still trying to figure out the folate/folic acid thing. Debating taking 2 mag pills per day. Still need to up my water intake too. Potassium was just a hair under goal so feeling better about that.