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I'll have to look for the noodles, I am so hungry too! I am eating more because I am hungry and am trying not to lose more but I don't want to gain either! I wonder if my whole foods has them...
I agree-I think the Ryvita whole grain crackers are too healthful to eat everyday. Once in a while is ok though. Find something with rice or corn instead!
Amari, our Whole Foods has them. I've also seen them at Wegman's, Harris Teeter & Giant. I prefer the fettuccine ones FWIW. Sorry you UK swayers can't find them. :(
These look okay. :agree: My psyllium is loose but I think this probably has the same effect. You may want to look into chitosan as I think it may be more powerful. Just make sure they've not added anything to it (vitamins, other supps, etc.) as some brands add extra things that girl swayers may not want.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeCon
I've been using original ryvita crisp breads for lunches and have recently gone to the cracker breads as they are even lower. Hope it's not negative in my sway, but it's the only option to keep my lunches simple, easy, and stress free. Oh well. *shrug*
I have just eaten a whole 100g bag of jelly beans an hour before lunch, oops. :( to be fair, the time between me waking up and my lunch time at work is about over 7 hours...
I'm getting hungrier too Suregena. I ate about 500 cal worth of frozen yogurt last night.
Speaking of sweets...I'm having friends over for dessert and drinks tonight. Any pink-friendly dessert ideas I can make or buy? Thanks!
That's 395 calories in one go. :(
I mean, at least it's not chocolate. My lunch is soon and now
I feel a bit ill... candy belly. I feel like everything I do will ruin my sway... and now friends are visiting tonight/tomorrow and she likely will be wanting to go out for meals. I should O on the 18th. :(
Siiiiiiiigh...
aww, sounds like me yesterday...Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Are those whole grain as well? Here's the thing...Even if they're whole grain and you eat them every day, it by no means is guaranteeing you've ruined your sway. I only say don't eat whole grain every day b/c the most extreme/best way to sway that we know of is steering clear of whole grains and opting for lower nutrients. Will that work for everyone, everyday? Nope! Even though others say there is only one way to sway and you have to "do these 7 things otherwise your sway won't work", that it not true at all. There are different degrees of swaying and you and the others on this thread are already doing so much to tip the balances. Is what we're doing enough???...Who knows! I guess we'll find out (hopefully soon!). One thing for sure is that we're definitely swaying and we're doing the best we can. I am completely guilty of a few blue-swaying additions to my diet (green drink, seaweed, stevia, lots of veggies...etc. :oops:) but for me, I cannot go "all the way" and give some of these things up and I've made peace w/that. Giving up the whole grains (and healthy nutrients I'm eating) would be in a girl swayer's best interest for sure, but is by no means a must for everyone. Sorry for the rant...just didn't want everyone feeling like they're a failure b/c they are including a certain thing in their diet. :HH:Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
At least it's ALL empty cals and lots of sugar...I see a nice sugar-crash in your future! Hang in there! Do what you can!Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
I answered you on the Pink Swayer's thread. You've probably seen that already but just wanted to make sure. Sounds like a great night!Quote:
Originally Posted by amari
Thursday:
A.M.:
• Black tea w/splash of low-cal rice milk
1st Meal:
• Green Drink w/100% cran juice
2nd Meal:
• Sauteed leeks, mushrooms, & shirataki noodles w/quark
• Applesauce w/lots of Benefiber and cinnamon
• meringue cookies…again
3rd Meal:
• “Girl Sway Smoothie” (coconut water/frozen raspberries/psyllium husks)
• Iceberg salad w/raspberry vinaigrette & chevrai
• More meringue cookies…:oops:
Drinks throughout the day:
• 4 C. Peppermint tea
• 2 C. RRL tea
• water
Totals:
• Cal – 1,357
• Fat – 20
• Protein – 34
• Fiber – 66 (not including Benefiber)
• Sodium – 633
ootb-Thanks! Love your meals, btw! I am going to check out wf's today for the noodles to add some bulk to my meals, I am so hungry. I agree with having to add some things to your diet that others may not. I have a lot more calcium than most I think, I don't know how else to get fat in there and I need some! And like you, I eat a lot of salad! I"m going to check out what you posted on the other thread..
having a very stingy day myself... I'm having a meal out tomorrow for lunch and know it'll be bad in every way, so especially given as I overate by 700 calories last night I'm adding those onto todays totals
CD6:
Lunch:
2 hot cross buns: 300 calories, 10g protein, 3g fat, 200mg sodium
Tea:
2 slices of bread: 192 calories, 7g protein, 1.8g fat, 320mg sodium
30g cheddar: 117 calories, 7.7g protein, 9.6g fat, 220mg sodium
20g branston pickle: 22 calories, 0.15g protein, 0.04g fat, 320mg sodium
1 apple: 50 calories
total tea: 381 calories, 14.85g protein, 11.44g fat, 860mg sodium
total: 681 calories, 24.85g protein, 14.44g fat, 1060mg sodium
that cheese+pickle sandwich was SO good... :)
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Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
I definitely crashed, let's just say! Eating dinner right now and enjoying every tiny second of it. I opted to eat with a teaspoon to make it last longer. Pathetic. :D
I can say, if anything, the way I am eating right now is SO foreign to my body that it's got to count for something! AND I'm vegetarian on top of everything, to begin with! And even this is still foreign!Quote:
Originally Posted by Out of the Blue
I'm sure the Ryvita crispbreads I was eating for a couple weeks did have some sort of wholegrain in them, but I checked all over the box of the Ryvita crackerbreads I've switched to and see no mention. I see mention of them using British grains to make it, but that is all. :D
They seriously are thin, brittle and flakey as if they were made from rice. They're crazy, but they work!
I can say, overall, my diet right now is probably only marginally healthy at dinner (and even then I stick to colorless vegetables/fungi, i.e. the current combo of cauliflower and mushrooms) but my lunch is the same thing... those Ryvita crackerbreads, some light dairylea cheese spread (so, heavily processed and super low in everything, especially for "cheese") spread very thinly, and iceberg lettuce. That's it.
Sooo, I don't feel TOO bad. Especially considering I ate 100grams worth of jelly beans today...
That's not very nutritious... heeh.
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Originally Posted by rainbowflower
I bought my husband a big packet of Hovis crumpets. What was I THINKING?!? I want one SO BAD. I'm toying with the idea of having one or two for lunch tomorrow if I work out the number, but at the same time I've been eating the same thing every day for a couple weeks now and worry that will make my body think things are getting better or something. Maybe not. You know, variety... worried if that'd be negative.
5 days until O day! Maybe!
I do this too with most of my meals. :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
I wanted to recommend a treat, which I have just tried today and it is rather yummy. Weight Watchers Toffee and Honeycomb Sundae: cals 119, fat 1.7g, protein 1.7g, sodium 40mg. :)
ooh love the sound of that sundae hun, im gona look for that lol, so are we supposed to do alot of variety in our sway or eat basically the same thing every day ??
I didn't really think it mattered as long as we stay within our limits for calories, fat, protein and sodium.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemissnaughty7
ootb-I found the noodles at wf's and made the recipe on the back and added it to regular noodles. I then couldn't eat it! I couldn't handle the texture! Haha! Oh well, glad you enjoy them!
thanks gecon hun, hey do you know if we can eat quorn the meant alternative ??
sorry meat lol,
today:
11am: 3 jaffa cakes
lunch: chicken+mushroom pasta in a white wine and mushroom sauce topped with cheese with a small side salad... and followed by a hot choc sponge pudding with choc sauce and icecream. It was a meal out, so knew I'd not be getting a perfect day!
probably overdone it on calories, fat, protein and sodium already today... but that's all I'll be eating. No tea for me today! going to go without until tomorrow lunchtime to give my body some time to burn off all the cals
Just want you to know before spending all the money for them, I was doing weight watchers and tried these. I could NOT get past the smell of them. It does rinse away, but I lost my appetite for them. You can always have DH prepare them !!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Can we drink diet hot chocolate? I'm cold and it sounds good with a carmel rice cake! Pathetic
I had a Weight Watchers one the other with half milk and half water.
I am feeling guilty not b/c of what I am eating but I feel like I am eating too often. My blood sugar just feels like it gets soooo low that I have to or I can't take care of my kids. I just hope I'm not ruining my sway. I know I have low blood sugar to begin with, so I don't want to pass out, I just think I may be getting close to o so I have been wanting to skip meals but it just isn't happening. So upset.
Amari~ I think you are doing great. you still need to function. From everything I've read you do not need to be in starvation mode and have your blood sugar so low you cannot even function. Just making the changes you have made will be enough. It is not ruining your sway. I think its more important that you are eating within the bounds of cals/protein/fat overall then when and how often you are eating. THe sway has to fit your life not the other way around. (atomic said that to me, I'm stealing her words!)
Thanks, that made me feel better. Still hungry ; ) but better!Quote:
Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
With lots to choose from, you could be on this page a while! When it comes to hot chocolate, you've got plenty of Options.Quote:
Originally Posted by HopeandDreamG
This is UK, unfortunately... but I've been drinking these (the mint one... seems the lowest of all of them... and has aspartame in it!)
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Originally Posted by suregena
Haha! Weird! I only pasted the link and it automatically changed it to that sentence? Wow, product advertisement via link form...
Thanks suregena. I think what was throwing my off is I think we are supposed to avoid chocolate. Guess its different.
Amari~ I'm waiting for Dh to eat my dinner- a lovely matzah with a touch of sauce and a drop of cheese and I was thinking- maybe in between when you are really hungry you can eat things like cucumber and green beans/string beans even with a little hummus. Something to hold you over but not enough to raise sugar too much. Just a thought. While I gave kids dinner I cut up some cucumbers because I'm starving and I'm sure thats not ruining anything!
I keep hearing mixed things about chocolate, so I don't know what the verdict is on it, but I was craving it!
My guess is actual chocolate can add fat/protein quickly and easily for very little, so I figured that hot chocolate I found would help my cravings but has far less in fat/cal/protein than actual chocolate. So, hey, whatever helps!
Someone mentioned Mikado the other day. Again there is very little chocolate on them, so hopefully not too bad, but maybe enough for some to get over the craving. These are the values per biscuit: cals 11, fat 0.5, protein 0.2, sodium 6mg. They also do them in white, both are quite yummy.
I'm not even putting my numbers in here. It's shameful... I didn't go CRAZY, to be fair. But I was being cooked for/fed and couldn't get out of it.
I weighed myself tonight, made sure to take fibre all day... I think I'll be okay... *breathes*
My theory on chocolate is that overall it probably doesn't sway either way but that the glucose aspects of it sway pink (many girl mums say they ate chocolate to excess) although nutrient-wise it probably sways blue. so for that reason I will keep eating it but only in the 2ww
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yeah i asked AS about the chocolate thing as i thought i couldnt eat it because of the casffiene thing, but AS says that there is hardly any caffiene in it anyway,
Yesterday:
1pm: 4 egg whites, strawberries, carmel corn rice cake, serving hint of salt wheat thins
6pm: 2 matzos, sauce 1/4 cup, 1oz. mozzerella, piece of a gingerbread house, rice cake, 6 sour patch kids
After dinner snack: 3 licorice, 2 rice cakes
Totals:
Cal: 1200
Fat: 15g
Sodium: 949
Protein: 31g
I'm eating a lot of processed stuff: rice cakes, wheat thins, triscuits, candy. My totals are where they should be, just checking I'm on the right track here.
The HUGE change for me is the lowered protein and Huge carb intake and NO meat at all. My carb and protein in take are usually reversed. AND I always ate breakfast before. Trying really hard to get the diet right because I believe this sways the hardest!
thoughts?
I have fallen off this diet like 3 days this month. It is hard cooking food for myself and then for the kids. I resorted giving them those frozen meals because making steak made me want to cry. I WANT FOOD!!!
I found some low sodium cookies. They are by Stella D'oro Cookies Breakfast Treats Original. They have 90 calories per cookie and they are decent sized. 3g fat and 0 protein with 70mg sodium.
I had orange chicken with rice yesterday because well I made so much of it for hubby and kids and well I really don't want it to go to waste. Shouldn't have done that though it was heaven..
My question is what exactly do we have to avoid? I know there is no gender foods. But this whole thing is confusing me some days. Is it no meat? Also we want low sugars right? What exactly is low? I am so new to this lol. I have been using livestrong.com as my counter for protein, fat, sodium and calories, etc. And my protein has been steadily at 25-30 and my sugar yesterday it said 79 and it has been steady at that. fat has been between 25-30 and sodium varies everyday however except my 3 days i failed it has been under 1000 and under 700.. Mostly around 600s. :) What stinks is I have a red velvet cheese cake in my fridge that I made for hubby and the kids, it has white chocolate on top and everytime I open my fridge it like talks to me. "Hey, hey Sonja! Yeah you.." I in return point to myself like me? Then it tells me to have a sliver, just 1 bite.. I have tried to close the fridge but I find myself throughout the day checking up on it to make sure it is still there.. God I can't wait to have real food with garlic, salt, cake!!! ::Le sigh:: lol