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

[boymama]

Sorry, I will try and keep up! My husband just got back yesterday from climbing Kilimanjaro so there was no internet time. Yesterday I had a piece of pita bread and a piece of toast with a little hummus for lunch. A square of home made muesli bar for dessert and a coffee with 2%. For dinner I had 1/2 cup pasta, 1 cup cauliflower and 1 cup of home made sauce with no fat, so I had a small sprinkle of cheese and two glasses of wine.

I also exercised for just over a hour.

Are you reaching your protein targets with what you are eating? I am struggling in that area without the meat, but you look quite low in that area too.

Good luck today!

[mis2ninos]

omgosh your husband just climbed Mt Kilimanjaro? that is so cool! pita bread and hummus sounds good I think I'm going to try that Thursday. tomorrow I'm going to bring in a cup of that pasta I had tonight. my totals for the day per my fitness pal is 990 cals 13 grams of fat, 27 grams of protein, 920 grams of sodium. I don't really know where I should be except I know the cals aren't enough....

[boymama]

Yes, he did an amazing job! Very proud of him. Now to get him back on his bike for making girl babies!

What about some white chocolate or sweets, or a full sugar soda to get your cals up?

Today has been a bit of a disaster for me. I am away for work and ate lunch at a work friend's house and his wife served fish. I had to eat it, but will try and stick to salad tonight. No breakfast but I did eat a little bag of sweets. Not too bad, but think I will be at the higher end of the calories today.

I have to try and improvise eating out for the next two days. I will be ordering lots of salads I think!

[mis2ninos]

I know what you mean. I blew my sodium today 1700! Today was happy hour with some girls after work so I had a handful of tortilla chips and cheese dip. Lunch was a cup of pasta with 1/4 cup pasta sauce. Then since I was late coming home I picked up kfc had a half a cup of mash pots with gravy half a cup of Mac and cheese and a chicken leg. Oh and the biscuit can't forget that especially since it contributed to 500 Mg of my sodium! Grr but calories are still low just under 1,000. I know I should up them but it was really nice weighing myself to see I had lost 3 lbs. I can stand to lose about 5 more before our attempt in two and a half weeks.

[mis2ninos]

Well I've made up for my low cal days! Yesterday no breakfast lunch was at a restaurant with co workers and I had a turkey sandwich with fries while everyone else had the famous cheeseburgers

Dinner was salisbury steak with noodles.

Today was the worst. It was another work conference lunch and Italian catered so I had garlic bread and red sauce pasta. Pizza for dinner 2 pieces. Its now the weekend which is my weakest time so I'm going to try and stay on track.

How have the last couple days been for you? Good luck for this weekend!

[boymama]

Last night was a disaster. Indian (samosas, curries with meat and rich sauces etc) and about four glasses of wine with friends. I am not calorie counting anymore as I was finding it too stressful. I feel like I know when I am under or over now. I only have an iceberg lettuce salad for lunch yesterday because I knew I was going out for dinner so all was not lost.

Keeping it light today to make up for it. I had a cup of beans with a teaspoon of blue cheese and a cup of mushrooms for lunch.

My exercise has been going well and I did 65 mins of cardio 6 days last week. One of those was me being a mad woman in a hotel room as the hotel didn't have a gym.

How is the weekend going so far? I think my co-workers think I am crazy as I was ordering greek salads twice a day.

[boymama]

I had a feeling I went over today - which I did. 1896 calories, 63g protein and 49g of fat. I was really hungry yesterday and ate dinner early. After an hour of intense exercise this morning, I just couldn't hold out until lunch, so I effectively had an extra meal. I have still been STARVING all day. I really worked out hard this morning, so that may have something to do with it.

I ate two pitas with cream cheese and jam at about 9:30. For late lunch I had rice with veges and two egg whites, plus a cappuccino with no fat milk. For dinner I had half a cup of pasta with pumpkin and cauliflower. I also had a yoghurt and some rice cakes. I am hoping that tomorrow is off to a better start.

I know this is not the 'glass half full' way to think, but I have only been doing this for two weeks and there is still two months until our first attempt!! Some days I feel ok. Today I feel like this diet sucks.

How are you going?

[mis2ninos]

Well even though you went over your cals you still ate good girl friendly foods! Yesterday I had a lunch date for a $5 burger oops eating out is my big problem. Now that my attempt got pushed back a month and I'm
On my period I guess I've been slacking today was better piece of bread with cheese for lunch, a small serving of breaded chicken for dinner and some mash potatoes with butter. I still feel really full so im kind of worried about what the scale will say in the morning

[odd]

I've literally just started on this diet and it's beyond hard and it's not evening noon yet lol...My question is, if you're super duper starving in the morning, is it ok to have a diet coke or something or is it best to just starve to keep BS low????

[mis2ninos]

Definitely ok to have a diet coke or some coffee I have to every morning. I have to say though the skipping breakfast does get easier as you get used to it.