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

[boymama]

I'll put my day in as I struggled today!

9am - black coffee
11:30am - 'fake stroganoff' on a small piece of homemade salt free bread (AS is right - it does taste better than it sounds). I didn't have any sour cream so used a small splash of cream and a squeeze of lemon and I only used a teaspoon of butter and a non-stick pan rather than the tablespoon from the recipe. Also had a few strawberries

2:00pm - diet coke (I have NEVER had a full soda before this week in my whole life, but they are really hitting the spot when the hunger kicks in. Not usually a sugar person, but something has to replace my salt addiction!)

3:30pm - A rice cracker with a teaspoon of homemade hummus and half a cup of rice crispies.

8:00pm - Pizza! I have been having this every night and it is great! A small, homemade pita base. A very small amount of either pesto, hummus, tomato paste. Pile it high with veges. Tonight I had a tomato, a yellow pepper and a very small courgette sliced on top with a VERY SMALL (one ounce or less) of mozzarella on top. In the oven for 15 minutes and done!

I came in at 26g fat, 19.5g protein, 950 calories. I need to work on upping my protein.

I have cut out meat for this diet. Does anyone have any ideas on how to up protein without meat and then limit fat?

Thanks and good luck to all of you. My numbers seem low, but I feel like I am eating loads compared to some of you!

[lovemy2blessings]

boymama- I suggest you up your calories too b/c you are in "starvation" mode you should never eat less than 1200 calories a day. I up my protein with a little bit of tofu, Greek non fat yogurt, beans, cheese, Lara bars, or even Skim milk.

[atomic sagebrush]

under 1200 cals is too low to sustain a healthy pg.

in the dream members section, in the "le diet" forum is a thread called "quick fixes for diet disasters". That has lots of ideas on how to up protein without adding other nutrients and without meat..

at 26 g fat, you are at barest minimum for fat intake anyway. you can have 20-30% of your days' cals from fat.

just want to verify that you know that low carb veg are free meaning you can have as much as you want. so if you were including those in your day's totals, you actually need to eat even MORE.

[boymama]

Great! More food! I actually had a dairy based dessert before I went to bed last night which upped everything, but I think I need to include a poached chicken breast or something for protein. I can't get tofu where I live.

[mis2ninos]

8 am coffee
10 am coke
12 pm 2 pop tarts crystal light 2 packets
2 pm crystal light 2 packets
6 pm 2 slices piazza and some Tator tots I know a weird combo but I had already starting making the Tator tots for something else tip I found out my mil had eaten the ingredients I needed so I threw a piazza in the oven. I would be much happier with my day if I could have stuck with just the piazza but I was starving btw I don't know why it keeps correcting the word piazza.

[mis2ninos]

ok its been a rough weekend so far as my diet was concerned. today I ate breakfast with the family, eggs potatoes sausage and toast. but I skipped lunch and for dinner ate some buttered rice. I. bought cranberry juice at the store only to find out its a blend with grapes cranberries and apples. guess I will let the kids drink it. yesterday I had a sandwich and chips then later had popcorn at the movies no dinner. Friday was two cheese enchiladas for lunch and dinner was a bratwurst. ive got to get back on track this week. I expect To O again in 3 weeks time

[boymama]

Don't worry mis2ninos, the diet is HARD! Everyone has days like that.

I think I have worked out what my problem is with not getting enough fat and calories. I used to graze ALL DAY. I never, ever ate big meals, I would just pick at food constantly. I have found cutting out snacking so hard, but I also find it hard to eat the amount of food I need to when I get to my meal times. I have started adding in a high fat and calorie snack in the afternoon which has helped.

Yesterday, I took my boys out for lunch. I had steamed rice and stir fried veges. I am sure it was way over on the sodium, but I am not really keeping track of that. In the afternoon I had a piece of cheese and two squares of white chocolate. For dinner I had some rice with mushrooms and an egg as I was still really under on protein. I think I came in under all of my amount, but within limits.

[mis2ninos]

Sounds good to me! Today I started out with coffee with vanilla
Creamer, lunch at noon was 2 Pop tarts (again lol). Afternoon I had two glasses of crystal light, 2 packets of crystal light and 2 packets of kool aid. Dinner was 2 tacos, made with corn tortillas and some rice. I'm trying to buy the cheapest things I can, it seems those have the lowest nutrients. I'm now drinking a vodka and cranberry

[mis2ninos]

today I had coffee with vanilla screamer in the am, 2 pop tarts for lunch, dinner was a cup of white no sodium pasta with organic low sodium tomato sauce. I just had a yogurt and noticed my yogurt has aspartame in it too! I had my regular 2 glasses with 4 packets of crystal light and kook aid.

[mis2ninos]

creamer. not Screamer lol