For people that want to record what they are eating (to help be strict!)

[surrounded by boys]

Hi, this is a great idea!
Im new to this and very confused about what i can and cant eat so this gives me some ideas.
Thanks!

[1+2+3boys]

I'm new too and also very confused. I will look through this when I have time. I have never dieted and have eaten what I like all my life so it is not going to be easy. I have 3 sons. A three year old and 9 month old identical twins. I will start TTC our 4th and final in just under a year and want to do everything I can to get a daughter. I have been thinking about it heaps lately as I get sick of drawing diggers for my toddler and think I have two more double rounds of this. Life is very busy and tiring right now but I am loving it. My partner also has three older sons

[Tree]

I'm new too and also very confused. I will look through this when I have time. I have never dieted and have eaten what I like all my life so it is not going to be easy. I have 3 sons. A three year old and 9 month old identical twins. I will start TTC our 4th and final in just under a year and want to do everything I can to get a daughter. I have been thinking about it heaps lately as I get sick of drawing diggers for my toddler and think I have two more double rounds of this. Life is very busy and tiring right now but I am loving it. My partner also has three older sons

Is your partner the father of your three boys? If so (and he has produced 6 sons!!) make sure you lower his sperm count - a lot! :-) Good Luck getting your girl!!

[1+2+3boys]

Yes Tree, my three boys are our three boys. He has begat 6 sons. Well 5 if you don't count both of our identical twins because technically only one of his sperm was used to make them. Still 5 is alot and I am very intimidated by his most likely high sperm count doing this sway thing. He also smokes a pack a day, has a high stress job as the boss in a hot kitchen and works more than fulltime hours and is 40!

[Lara3]

Just wondering if anyone on here, old or new, knows if mrs dash seasonings/marinades are ok? They have no salt, but the ingredients are largely, generally, garlic, celery and onion - all things that aren't ideal. Also are chillies allowed? Flakes or fresh? Thanks! I too am very new to dieting. Have a typical boy diet. Not anymore!!!

[Emily]

Just wondering if anyone on here, old or new, knows if mrs dash seasonings/marinades are ok? They have no salt, but the ingredients are largely, generally, garlic, celery and onion - all things that aren't ideal. Also are chillies allowed? Flakes or fresh? Thanks! I too am very new to dieting. Have a typical boy diet. Not anymore!!!

I think so as I saw someone recommend them. If you are worried use them as part of your diet not as a main flavour. Parmesan has a real kick to it and you hardly need any, also low fat philli mixed with salt free stock makes a nice pasta sauce - I grate in some raw courgette and it is yummy. Basalmic vinegar and dressings are good too. Low sodium hummus mixed with philli makes a surprisingly good stuffing for mushrooms. Good luck!

[SurroundedByBoys]

Ive been out and about all day long. Food shopping, quick stop home to feed the crew, have something myself and put everything away, then more errands. I fully intend to have 3 slices of homemade pizza tonight. It only puts me up sodium wise, and honestly... not as bad as I thought. My 2 and a half year old pointed at the frozen ones in the store and asked for 'Za'. Who can resist? He asks for things so rarely!

Lunch- Yoplait fat free yogurt, banana, 5 strawberries, coconut water
Dinner- 3 slices homemade pizza
Snack- airpopped popcorn (nothing added) & weight watchers key lime pie

Totals:
1217 calories
23g fat
41g protein
1521 sodium

[SurroundedByBoys]

Lunch will be: slice of toast, unsalted butter, and sugar free jam
fat free yogurt
banana & some strawberries

Dinner:
1/2 a chicken enchillada & some saffron rice
little debbie butterfly cakes

Snack:
air popped popcorn

Cals: 1227
Fat: 33g
Protein: 33g
Sodium: 1403

Im not going to worry overmuch about it... I plugged in some of the other things I was eating before I dieted, and I was taking in over 3500 calories and over 4000mg sodium! After I started my diet, I was generally over 59g of protein, and 40-50g of fat, and well over on sodium (like, 2500+) because I didnt track it >.<

[SurroundedByBoys]

Lunch- Baked potato with unsalted butter and fat free sour cream & a light yogurt
Dinner- 2 homemade banana nut (light on the nuts for me) pancakes with syrup, a banana, and some strawberries
Snack- Weight Watchers raspberry cheesecake.

Im very much craving sweets today, can anybody tell?

Calories- 1211
Fat- 19
Protein- 31
Sodium- 817

[SurroundedByBoys]

Lunch- toast, unsalted butter, and sugarfree jam, fat free yogurt, banana, some strawberries
Dinner- Loaded potato with fat free sour cream, a sprinkle of fat free cheese, and 2 slices turkey bacon, an apple, butterfly cakes
Snack- popcorn

Cal- 1209
Fat- 32
Protein- 37
Sodium- 1097