January Pink Food Thread

[dramabird]

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.

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

[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 ?

[rainbowflower]

drama - hope you lose a lb this week!

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

[rainbowflower]

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

[HopeandDreamG]

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 ?

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

[littlemissnaughty7]

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

[littlemissnaughty7]

ooh thanks hun

[littlemissnaughty7]

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

[amari]

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

Drama-looks good!

[HopeandDreamG]

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

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.