Bananas and potassium

[LolaInLove]

Good idea! I am not a huge sweet potato fan, but I do like to make homemade fries with them for the kids. DH is the one who is the white potato monster....he's Polish as can be, I bet it's in his blood! I did notice when I laid off the white ones during the little pg period a couple of months ago that I seemed to loose a few lbs in no time. I have probably gained about 15 lbs since swaying started in August last year, but I think it is healthier for me. I have always been pretty much on the girl diet (or, rather, barely eating all day with busy job and kids), so trying to eat little bits of food during the day in between meals of protein and carbs has really affected my body. Do you think this is affecting my ability to get pg? I would think I am healthier now, although I am not skinny anymore, so it would be a good thing.

Oh, and on the V8 tip- I did start mixing the NYF with it for an afternoon fill-up, and boy, does that ever fill me up!

[atomic sagebrush]

No, if anything it has raised your odds of pregnancy.

If ever you are worried that you are gaining too much weight, it's ok to cut back a little. It may be that just by virtue of being at a higher weight with greater muscle mass, that you have already swayed blue by a great deal.

[LolaInLove]

That's what I'm hoping for....I really have tried to eat/live in the opposite fashion from when I conceived my girls. I think I've leveled off with the gaining, so am now just maintaining a 15 lb heavier body which is not fun to find clothes that still fit, but hey, some thrifty buys have come in handy lately!

[TTC5]

Atomic great idea with the salsa and potatos!!!

Tomato juice, can not stand the stuff unfortunately =(

I do have sauce every day though lol.. would say a sliced up tomato a day be just as good? I could easily eat that with some meat - and salt lol

[TTC5]

Lola - you and I sound very alike with our old eating habits and getting girls!!

[LolaInLove]

TTC5, every time I read the girl diet stuff, I think to myself how that is exactly what I did. My body totally must have thought I was in famine mode! Although I did eat dairy, which I still do a little bit, I was probably super acidic because I worked out so much each day and always had Splenda or Equal in drinks and food. Biggest thing is that I would drink a vat of coffee with Splenda, go to the gym for 2 hours, then come home and eat a little bit, then not eat again until dinner. I bet I had crazy blood sugar levels too....I would always get super tired around 2pm. About tomatoes, I would say eating any tomato product is good, but actual raw tomatoes are probably the best, especially with some salt on them!

[atomic sagebrush]

Rather amazingly, cooked tomatoes are actually a better source of lycopene than raw toms are, because something in the cooking process activates the lycopene or makes it more easily absorbed. That having been said, raw tomatoes are GREAT too esp with salt! Eat what YOU love and not what you think you have to force yourself to choke down, and swaying will be just a fun experment rather than torture!!!

[LolaInLove]

Wow, I would have never guessed that! You always hear how raw is better than cooked, etc....I think I had that drilled in my head from Super Baby Food (don't know if you all read/used that ingenious book) when I was making veggie ****s for my babies! I have heard you shouldn't refridgerate tomatoes too, which I find odd, so maybe lycopene just plays by its own rules. Good to know, AS!

[TTC5]

i hear you there Lola!!! I was the same.. this eating and no cardio has me feeling very fat and lazy - LOL

[atomic sagebrush]

Wow, I would have never guessed that! You always hear how raw is better than cooked, etc....I think I had that drilled in my head from Super Baby Food (don't know if you all read/used that ingenious book) when I was making veggie ****s for my babies! I have heard you shouldn't refridgerate tomatoes too, which I find odd, so maybe lycopene just plays by its own rules. Good to know, AS!

Yes, lycopene is the one exception! It plays by its own rules LOL.