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

**Mochagirl** · July 9th, 2011, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by zanacal

Now that really would be something for DH to worry about!

OMG! TYPO! That would be SITTING in a closet eating a bag of chips!!!!

**Out of the Blue** · July 9th, 2011, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Mochagirl

OMG! TYPO! That would be SITTING in a closet eating a bag of chips!!!!

Yeah...I had to read your post twice to make sure you meant "sitting" and not the other...Had a good laugh!

**purplepoet20** · July 9th, 2011, 10:05 AM

Bacon and eggs with potatoes. Burger and fries. Steak covered in A1. German chocolate cake. And then I woke up! Having normal drinks, 11am toast with a little butter and an apple, and chicken with brocilli for dinner... going to try and hold of on anything before bed.

**Mochagirl** · July 9th, 2011, 10:09 AM

pp, I know what you mean. I dream about food constantly! To tell you the truth (and I'm ashamed to admit this), with this BFN, I'm more disappointed about the fact that I can't eat food for another month than the fact that I have to wait another month to meet my baby! I was soooo ready to start eating non-stop as soon as I got that BFP!

**purplepoet20** · July 9th, 2011, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Mochagirl

pp, I know what you mean. I dream about food constantly! To tell you the truth (and I'm ashamed to admit this), with this BFN, I'm more disappointed about the fact that I can't eat food for another month than the fact that I have to wait another month to meet my baby! I was soooo ready to start eating non-stop as soon as I got that BFP!

I am so with you because I haven't had a steak all summer and we bought so many and they are just sitting in the deep freezer... I am going to make 10 steaks as a way to tell hubby we are preg (when i am 4-6wks). He has been so good and has only had beef a few times in the last 4mths.

I mostly dream about foods because I was deprived of most foods as a kid and I love the fact that I can make whatever I want and share it with my kids... I love making up recipes and then falling in love with the taste.

**tweedledeedum** · July 9th, 2011, 11:12 AM

You guys really think of some creative meals! I'm pretty boring but, like the rest of you, I am dying for a steak, stuffed potato and some potato chips.

mid morning: glass skim milk, CL
lunch: 2 slices of low salt bread with a tiny bit of tomato sauce, little mozza cheese and 2 slices of shaved extra lean turkey breast, glass skim milk
supper: 2 slices of low salt toast, glass skim milk, CL

**Mochagirl** · July 9th, 2011, 12:58 PM

What a great idea, tweedle! I'm going to make little 'pizzas' like that on low sodium bread too! It would be a lot less effort than making a saltless pizza crust, and it would feel so decadent! Since I'd use so little tomato sauce I could even use some that has some sodium (and hence flavour) in it, and portion control would be easy since I'd only make myself as much as I'm allowed to eat (I'm always afraid if I make a whole pizza I'll eat the whole thing). Yay! Another easy meal idea!

**zanacal** · July 9th, 2011, 03:18 PM

Here's me today:

Breakfast: Coffee
Lunch: Wrap with extra light cheese spread, 2 white chocolate fingers, ww victoria sponge cake, 2 boiled sweets
Snack: 2 custard cream biscuits, glass skimmed milk
Dinner: ww mediterranean vegetable crustless quiche, salad with balsamic vinegar and tiny bit of feta cheese crumbled on top. Strawberries with meringue nest and squirty cream. Glass white wine!

Lots of yummy things today to celebrate the end of the working week and I kept within my allowances. I was trying to reach around 1350 calories (trying to zig-zag my calories!) but only managed about 1250.

**atomic sagebrush** · July 9th, 2011, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by zanacal

DM - I'm not skinny!! When I started the girl diet I was 190.5lb and after 5 weeks I'm 172lb. I think the lowest I've been pre-conception is around 155lb, but I'd hit my bottom weight and was putting on again (I'm a yo-yo dieter I'm afraid!). I lost weight before each of my pregnancies but each time I'm pretty sure I was on the way up again because I told myself it really didn't matter if I was going to get fat and pregnant anyway! I don't know whether we'll go for it in August as planned if I haven't lost enough weight because I really want to get to around 150lb, which would be a 40lb loss in total and the lowest I can remember weighing since my late teens. On the other hand, I plan to do a lot to sway pink and therefore lower my chances of even getting pregnant to begin with so perhaps we shouldn't wait until I get to where I ultimately want to be given that it might take us a few months. I'm hoping Atomic will have some helpful advice on this

Thanks so much for the information on calorie zig-zagging OoTB, it's really helpful. I think I've cut back way too much on calories for somebody of my weight so I'm going to double up on my pasta and get a bit more in and follow the zig-zagging concept too. It means I get a few more calories a couple of days a week

My experience was that it was too d@mn hard to plan weight loss. When I tried to do it, I ended up getting pg on the month that I was taking off to gain weight back and hello DS 4. I figure, lose it when you can lose it.

**zanacal** · July 9th, 2011, 03:32 PM

Are you referring to the zig-zagging Atomic? It really only means having 1200 cals 5 days a week and 1300 or 1400 on the other 2 days. I've been hitting 1100 to 1200 cals each day and I don't think I'm eating enough to lose weight quickly as it's slowed down to a couple of lbs each week. I know from my vast past experience of dieting (!) that my body will hold onto the lbs if I don't eat enough and I want to keep hitting the weight loss hard. The idea with zig-zagging your calories as it fools your body into not knowing what's coming next and gives your metabolism a boost.

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