Can anyone tell me if peppermint tea is a bad choice for pink swayers?
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Can anyone tell me if peppermint tea is a bad choice for pink swayers?
DS1 (9) ❤️ DS2 (8) [emoji173] DS3 (5) ❤️ DW (41) [emoji1326] DH (38) [emoji144] TTC'ing pink from May 2016
Morning 10:30 am: coffee with cream and Splenda
Lunch 2pm: beagle with cream cheese and cherry tomatoes. Neurtagrain bar. And 1 serving of mike and Ike's
Dinner I'm thinking buttered noodles with broccoli
Morning black coffee
Lunch two jacket potatoes with a little butter
Dinner mozzarella, tomato and avocado baguette and chips at a pub! And two glasses of red wine :-)
I have been charting my foods and I am no where close to the reccomended potassium amounts. Today I'm at 250mg and should be at 3500mg!
Thinking of adding sweet potatoes, v8, white beans and maybe pasta sauce or salsa to my sway. I read these are good sources of potassium.
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Seriously I'm always low on protein. Anyone have any ideas what I can eat!?
If you're not breastfeeding, 1-2 tea bags a day should be fine. Pay attention to see if it messes with your cycle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamsister
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You won't be as low as you think. I understand that lots of foods don't have their potassium content listed but if you're worried, coconut water is often recommended.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin2014
I've never struggled with that!! What's your typical day's food?Quote:
Originally Posted by Navywife620
How low? Less than 40g isn't ideal. You could do cheese sticks, eat a bit of bread, if you don't need fat but just protein, you could try a protein smoothie with 0% fat Greek yogurt. Most range from 10-22g depending on the brand. You could try Quorn or other vegetarian meat substitutes. Make sure they don't have soy protein though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Navywife620
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Oh ok great! I've tried coconut water and unfortunately I hate it lol. 😕Quote:
Originally Posted by weeziewoozles
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Eggs, kidney beans, chickpeas, nuts, yoghurt, milk and whole grain bread are wonderfull protein sources. I wish I had your problem with low protein intake. My body screams for more, but I hit the limit everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Navywife620
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I drink peppermint tea every day (until around ovulation, then stop until AF starts again).
I'm getting most of my protein from skim milk and cheese.
I'm still pretty uncomfortable with the diet, but feel like I'm getting the hang of it a bit more...pulling out my lunchtime coconut water is starting to become a habit, I guess. :happy:
I had rice mixed with broccoli and cheese, strawberries, coconut water and a can of pop for lunch. Dinner will be low sodium corn chips, a bit of salsa, skim milk, and an apple.
I feel like my stomach is shrinking! I get so full from a small meal.
Today:
11:30- Starbucks iced coffee with sugar fee vanilla and cream
Lunch 1pm- scrambled eggs (2 whites 1 regular), flour tortilla ( didn't feel like corn), slasa and sour cream. And 4 cookies.
Still not sure what I'm going to eat for dinner!
Me today:
3 coffees with unsweetened coconut milk
Lunch (12pm)
0.5 cup egg whites scrambled with 2 tbsp salsa and 8 rice crackers and mini cucumber
Light yogurt mini cup
1/2 banana
In between I'm going to have diet Pepsi
1 cup coconut water
Dinner (5pm) will be
Tofu stir fry with veggies
0.5 cup rice
Pop tart for desert or Larabar
1 or 2 glasses wine.
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Today I've had
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - toasted bagel, 20g slice of cheddar, spoonful of pickle and a large handful of low fat crisps
Snack - G&T and pistachio nuts
Dinner - 100g (uncooked) pasta with roasted peppers and onions, topped with mozzarella then baked, with a large glass of red wine
Totals 1612 cals, 53g protein, 51g fat
BTW I quite like doing this food diary thing. I think it helped me last time to keep on track. Let's keep it up ladies!
Today I had a cheat lunch: shrimp tacos from Boston Pizza. I gave DH a few of the shrimp, though, so it really wasn't much of a cheat.
For dinner I had puffed rice cereal with rice milk, 8 marshmallows, and a pear. It was completely disgusting. I never thought I would be proud of myself for eating marshmallows for dinner, but I kind of am... :p
:-)
I had a friend's Hen Party, which was an afternoon tea thing. No idea exactly what calories I had but I think I did really well as I'm exceptionally greedy.
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - salad (leaves, roasted squash and onions), potato salad with low fat mayonnaise and French bread.
Afternoon tea - five tiny quiches (one-bite sized), mini chocolate loaf cake, a slice of chocolate cake and two French macarons.
Snack - at the pub afterwards we shared some chips/fries and some bread with artichoke pesto dip.
How long time does your average meal take? Is it bad if a meal takes more than an hour?
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Dreamsister, I'm a slow eater. I probably take about an hour to eat sometimes.
Today I had a small amount of spaghetti, a small amount of grated cheese, coconut water, coffee with creamer, a chocolate bar, and some strawberries for lunch.
Dinner will be low sodium tortilla chips with a small amount of salsa, an apple, and a cup of skim milk.
Much less disgusting food today... :happy:
I'm a fast eater but i don't remember reading anything about eating slowly being bad. The only problem I think would be if you graze for hours leaving the blood sugars no time to drop in between meals.
Today's diet
Breakfast =3 cups coffee with light milk
Lunch = 1 whole wheat bagel with light cream cheese
10 baby carrots
1/2 cup red grapes
Diet pop (snack)
Dinner = homemade rice casserole
0.5 cup white rice
3 tbs low sodium salsa
0.25 cup no salt black beans
0 25 cup Frozen corn
2 Pillsbury crescents rolls
2 glasses of red wine
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Today I had a crusty roll with hummus and low fat crisps for lunch. Gin and tonic for a snack. Then Indian takeaway for dinner of a veg curry, sag aloo, bhindi bhaji and rice, with red wine
Sounds very yummy!! XxQuote:
Originally Posted by weeziewoozles
It was thanks although I'm sure I stink of curry this morning!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kittybear
Yesterday
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - egg mayonnaise baguette (low fat mayo) and Baked crisps
Dinner - home roasted vegetable lasagne (made with less butter in the white sauce and mozzarella rather than lots of high fat cheese) and homemade garlic bread with red wine
Today
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - vegetable curry and naan leftover from Thurs night's Indian takeaway!
Dinner - will be homemade three bean chili and rice (with a few crisps and homemade guacamole, rather than the huge amount I'd usually have) and wine!
Me again
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - we took the boys to the cinema and then McDonald's so I had a veggie burger and medium fries
Snack - Becks Blue beer and a few crisps
Dinner - leftovers of my homemade low fat vegetable lasagne
So I'm slightly over on cals and fat but not by much
weezie your meals sound tasty. Mine are mostly gross. :giggle:
Today's lunch was a veggie sub from Subway with mustard and a bit of cheese, coconut water, some Mountain Dew, and a cup of chocolate milk.
Dinner was some low sodium corn chips, a bit of salsa, a pear, a bit of swiss cheese, 6 marshmallows, and a diet coke.
I actually love the corn tortilla chips, though...maybe I will just start eating them twice a day. :p
:)
Breakfast - black coffee and two cheeky dark chocolate ginger biscuits that hubbie bought me as a treat as the boys were being tiresome!
Lunch - mini cheese and onion quiche and a few crisps
Dinner - three bean and sweet potato chili with rice
Breakfast =coffee and low fat milk.
Lunch=bagel and light cream cheese, 0.5 cup cucumbers and 7 baby carrots, 1 light yogurt
Dinner =
iceberg lettuce salad with light ranch dressing
0.5 cup tempura vegetables
0.5 cup My Mexican rice casserole made the other night.
1 glass red wine
3 mini mars bars
3 mini sour patch kids (to top up cals)
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I think if we get to the point at which we're worrying over how long it takes us to eat, then we're probably too detail oriented and swaying blue for ourselves because of THAT. :)
It takes as long as it takes to eat. Yes, I prefer for you guys not to eat all day every day but a meal that takes an hour start to finish is ok.
I've been too busy with DS2 and DS3s birthdays to record my food but I did well Tues and Wed, less well today as it was their party.
Breakfast - 10:30am one slice of toast with a little butter as I was feeling light headed, and a black coffee
Lunch - party food so crisps, dips, French bread, a slice of cheese and onion quiche and a piece of birthday cake. Plus lots of Cava!
Dinner - a few leftover cheese sandwiches and some more crisps and Cava.
Totals probably 2000cals, 70g fat, 50g protein
But hey, it was a party!
Day trip to Legoland today!
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - two weight watchers wraps filled with chopped tomatoes, spring onions and mushrooms, a small roll with cheddar and pickle, and some baked crisps
Snack - more of the yummy birthday cake
Dinner - delicious authentic Italian on the way home, pizza topped with slices of courgette and aubergine (zucchini and eggplant) and a glass of red wine.
Cheeky day but still veggie!
We had day at beach
Breakfast black coffee
Lunch white bagel with light cream cheese
Dinner is angel hair pasta with no salt butter and parm
Iceberg lettuce salad
Low calorie ranch dressing
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Breakfast- Amys Bean and rice burrito and a plain piece of bread
Lunch- Mac and cheese with a cheese stick
Dinner-Bagel w/ tad bit of cream cheese and a serving of wasabi peas
Hi girls!
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - we went to a Thai buffet with friends. So I had to exercise restraint. I had vegetable tempura, veg spring roll, vegetable noodles, vegetables in oyster sauce and sweet potato red Thai curry, plus two little sushi pieces (there were no veg ones so I had one with a little tuna in and one with some prawn), washed down with a glass of red wine.
Dinner - leftover stir fry veg from last night and plain rice, with a glass of white wine
Totals 1500 cals 40g protein 55g fat approximately
Yesterday
Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - packet of instant pasta'n'sauce, crisps and a nectarine, plus a piece of dark chocolate to stay sane when the boys were being tiresome
Dinner - fav new dish! Veg burrito/enchiladas. I'll add the recipe to the recipe thread.
Anyone else finding sticking to under 1000 MG sodium per day a challenge? Protein and fats are a breeze for me to stick to but it seems everywhere I turn has a massive amount of salt!
I am usually over daily by 200 or so. 😯
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I understood that we didn't need to worry about sodium any more as the stats weren't supporting it??Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin2014
Oh?! That would be amazing then!
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