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

[swish]

The skipping breakfast is definately a common theme and also weight loss, just hope it works for us!!

[Mochagirl]

Don't worry, zanacal - I'm subscribed to this thread, so even if I get a BFP, I'll still be reading your entries and cheering you on. I think it'll be a while before I can eat freely without worrying about how much protein and sodium are in everything!

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: 6 of ds's fries (I brought him to a fast food restaurant for lunch and was quite proud of myself for not ordering myself anything. I think I showed great restraint only eating 6 of his fries too!), 1/2 swiss cheese sandwich, non-fat yogurt, strawberries
Supper: rice pasta with unsalted butter, zucchini and leeks + parmesan, 2 fruit creme cookies for dessert. I finally got a digital kitchen scale today and so was able to see exactly what a serving of parmesan looks like (28-30g, depending on the brand)...I was pleased to see that it's actually way more than I've been eating, so tonight's pasta was much yummier than usual.
Snack: Strawberries, low fat vanilla frozen yogurt

Calories: 1233
Fat: 43.1
Protein: 37.1
Sodium: 717.6

Thursday is the last day of school for my twins, and a fellow Mom and I are going to bring our kids out for lunch. I've been studying the menu of the fast food restaurant we're thinking of going to to try to find something I can order. I think I may just get a small fries (250 sodium) and eat the rest of my lunch when I get home. I've been contemplating cheating, but I'll be 7dpo then and pretty close to testing, so I think I should try to make it until then. We'll see how I do when faced with a table full of people eating salty food.... Speaking of cheating, I think I've decided that if I get a BFN, I'm going to indulge in one big meal as a treat to myself on the day af appears...just to help keep me from getting depressed and to give me energy to continue the diet for another month. It'll make me dread af a little less if I know I'll get a treat when it arrives.

[zanacal]

I had thought of doing similar when the time comes mochagirl, I think it's a great idea

I forgot to take my lunch to work today! So I ended up with this:

Skimmed milk for coffees
Lunch (turned into snack): packet of Skittles, Trancetto (some Italian cake like thing with jam and yogurt in the middle!)
Snack (ate my lunch when I got home!): Warburtons thin with slice of low fat cheese, Organix sweetcorn rings, 3/4 of the Trancetto DS didn't like/eat!
Dinner will be: Spaghetti with kids tomato/veg sauce and parmesan, strawberries, glass of milk

Cals: 1280
Protein: 42
Sodium: 652

[swish]

I like that idea, mocha!! I'm dreading getting a bfn and I haven't even ov yet!! Can't believe I'm still waiting, dutifully testing everyday! Come on ov!!!!

[Mochagirl]

I think we should all treat ourselves if we get a BFN. It'll make it a little less heartbreaking and I'm sure one day of cheating won't matter.

I hope you O ASAP, swish! It's so weird that we both got af on the same day (if I remember correctly), yet here I am 6dpo and you haven't even O'd yet! The funny thing is, if we both get a BFP we'll have the same due date!

[purplepoet20]

So the weekend we went to NV I gained 5lbs but since being home again I have lost 10lbs. Replacing my 11am sandwich with rice cereal and fruit is working a little to fast but I am happy because I am over weight and can loose up to 30 more lbs without being underweight. I have a very small frame and my butt is huge and I would love to loose it.

For the passed 5days I have had 1/2 gallon of Crystal Light a day, 3 diet caff-free sodas, 2cp coffee with aspartame and coffeemate, 1/2 gallon of water, 2cps of rice cereal w/ 1/2cp of rice milk and about 1/2cp of fruit for lunch, and for dinner I eat 3-4oz of protein and veggies. I am not sticking to girl friendly veggies or fruits but I alternate the type I eat each day (d1 carrots, d2-d4 light green) and I try to eat low sugar fruits for 3-4days and then maybe 1day of a sweeter fruit. I stopped carbs because it was raising my blood sugar to much and I hadden lost any weight during the 2 wks I ate carbs with lunch.

I am not eating anything before bed but I drink some crystal light with some vitamins and it helps a little but I am a little hungry. I noticed that I am loosing weight faster because I wait until I feel like I am starving before meals and then I try to limit the amount that I eat. If I don't get a BFP I am going to continue to eat this way and maybe I can loose a lot more weight.

[Mochagirl]

Sounds like you're doing great, purplepoet! This diet definitely makes the pounds melt away!

[Mochagirl]

Here's today:

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: swiss cheese sandwich (I'm starting to really enjoy these), rice milk, strawberries
Supper: rice pasta with butternut squash and parmesan, Rice Krispie square for dessert
Snack: strawberries, salt & vinegar Pop Chips (I couldn't resist them anymore, even though they brought me very slightly above my sodium limit), Nibs

Calories: 1571
Protein: 37g
Sodium: 1089mg

I've felt dizzy all day like my blood sugar was way too low. I was starved even after eating each of my two meals, and I can't seem to stop snacking tonight. I'm hoping this is a sign I could be pregnant.

[Kiesse]

Oh man! you ladies are doing soooo well, i have so much trouble trying to work out what is good and bad! i have dinner cooking at moment and it smells way to yummy, its a roast chicken, im taking part of the chicken and adding lettuce and pasta to make a salad with a homemade yoghurt dressing, but the rest of the family are having mashed tatties carrots, pumpkin and gravy, if i start eaating any of it i wont stop! i have been skipping brekky for the last 2 weeks (easy i have found) and eating at 12, today i was really hungry so had cruskit craackerss which had 98 for sodium per serve so i had 4 of those with lowfat cheese and cucumber on the top, then at 3pm had a small lowfat yoghurt, im not good at reading the label thingy so heres hoping im doing things right, have been takingmy supps tho and have noticed a huge change in my PH, it was always around 8 but have got it down to a 5 and thats only after 5 days, have also started jogging/walking the past two nights, have done 5 km both nights but overdone it last night by jogging too much and have puller something in my leg so having lots of trouble walking today so will rest up for a couple of days and take it easy, next time will ease into it and remeber to STRETCH before heading out!

[zanacal]

Well done Kiesse! Amazing that your pH has gone down so much so quickly I found roast dinners the worst to work around too. I usually have roast potatoes (which I make with very low calorie spray oil) and vegetables and once attempted a cheese sauce to eat with it which didn't work well at all!

Sounds promising Mochagirl, I have everything crossed for you!