January 2014- Let's record what we are eating!

[PrimalMamma]

What is better – chitosan or a psyllium-based fibre supplement? Chitosan supposedly binds fat & stops it absorbing through the intestines. Metamucil etc are just fibre based. Would it be worth investing in both, to take Metamucil daily & then chitosan if I was going to have a “cheat” meal? Or am I over-thinking?


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[stephk]

its best to start a new thread on that as atomic doesnt look at this thread. I wouldnt know what to advise in that department as I am not doing any supps apart from folic acid. Atomic did recommend fibre for me in my custom plan and i think it is the psyllium ones that are recommended but as I have a history of IBS I am too scared to take them! With all the extra salads and veggies i have been eating I dont feel the need for fibre supps anyway.

actually I think you have a custom plan dont you? so just ask atomic in your custom thread and she will come back quite quickly to you.

[PrimalMamma]

Yeah i asked in there too I just doubled up here. Lol.


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[SamS_TTCPink]

Today:

10am large flat white coffee

12pm white bread cheese sandwich

7pm cup of rice with green beans, mushrooms & asparagus cooked in butter & thyme.

And before bed I'll have a pop tart & hot choc.

1200cals.
38g fat (30%) 36g protein.

[stephk]

515am coffee with whole milk
12.30pm - carton of new covent garden tomato and balsamic soup, 2 slices of hovis seed sensation bread, some hummous, salad from the salad bar at work, sweetfire beetroot
3.30pm - a banana a punnet of rock the casbah from graze (basically a couple of walnuts, a couple of datse and a few pumpkin seeds), some total greek yoghurt. Coconut water.
7.45pm - Im going to have 2-3 poppy and sesame seed crackers with some brie that wants eating whilst I am cooking dinner
8.00pm - white bean and vegetable stew, half a garlic flatbread

I am feeling SO hungry this week! my stomach is wondering what is going on after last weeks feasting. It is really hard not to eat more

approx 1900 cals, 63g fat (32%) and 60g protein

[PrimalMamma]

Don't beat yourself up stephk just ease back into it. X


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[bluebonnet22]

I hesitate to post this because I swear it looks like I just eat restaurant food and never cook! May is a crazy month for us (2 weddings, 3 long trips, mother's day, 3 family birthdays, my office is moving, etc, etc) so I have been eating restaurant food more than normal.

Lunch: 1/2 a panera tomato and mozzerella panini, small piece of bread with small pat of butter
Dinner: Going to Outback steak house! Having 4 coconut shrimp, piece of bread with small amount of butter, sweet potato with a little cinammon & sugar on it (no butter), glass of wine

1540 calories, 47 grams of fat, 43 grams of protein

[bluebonnet22]

Primal - did you hear from Atomic about the fiber? I ordered myself some chitosan, hopefully I can remember to actually take it!

Also, I have a general discussion question for whoever wants to answer. If you end up with an opposite, do you think you'd regret cheating OR do you think you'd regret making yourself miserable at family functions/holidays/weddings/birthdays/etc ? (Obviously if you have a girl I'm assuming you won't regret anything you did!).

My current thinking is to try my best to eat LE principles while on vacation/birthday parties/weddings/etc, but not so much that I feel deprived. I WILL try some wedding cake at the wedding I'm attending, and I will be going to a brunch with my friends on a girls trip I have coming up. I feel like I'll be more mad at myself if I end up with a boy and make myself miserable over the diet. I'm curious if others feel differently (ie always stick to the diet no matter what?) ?

[PrimalMamma]

Atomic said while she feels chitosan is more affective she has nothing to back this up it’s just her own thoughts. I’m thinking about using Metamucil for every day stuff & chitosan if I’m having a cheat because it seems to be more effective at binding & blocking fat.

Regarding cheats & if I get an opposite. Well, I don’t think I could do this diet without some cheats. Considering a “cheat” is normal food, like meat, it’s really hard not to have a cheat. It’s not like you’re trying to avoid fast food where there are lots of other options of things to eat, it’s trying to avoid normal, everyday & generally HEALTHY food. For us, we had to decide if we ONLY wanted a girl or if we wanted a baby & would PREFER a girl. We asked ourselves, what if “god” (or whatever you believe in) came out of the sky & said “You can have another baby but it will ONLY be a boy & there is nothing that can be done”, would we go ahead? For us the answer was yes.

So while I’m willing to do what I can to try to sway, I’m not so set on it that I will be crushed if we end up with blue again.


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[stephk]

bluebonnet - I didnt even register that you were going to a lot of restaurants but even if you go every day, so what - enjoy it I would love not to cook all the time. I am well jel as they say in Essex (meaning I am jealous of you not having to cook)

on your question regarding opposites, I totally agree with PrimalMamma, i want a baby and i would prefer a girl. If I 100% wanted a guaranteed girl, I would save up and go HT. But my personal preference is to leave it with god/luck. I am doing what I can and what I am comfortable with and the rest is up to god. I do not believe that having a few cheats will make or break a sway. More damaging is your attitude to the cheating and analysing every scrap of food you are eating, being miserable and stressed about it. you have to remember that less is less. When you conceived your boys you were probably taking pre-natals, eating lots of nutritious food often with good fats and lots of protein. Now we are lowering blood sugar, eating less in general and less protein and fat. Even with cheats you will still be eating less. I would not have any regrets if I had another boy because I know I have done what I am able to do without it being too miserable an experience. I have also learned lots of cool stuff on the way and met some cool people online so thats a bonus

A slice of wedding cake or any other cake is NOT a cheat! Just try to have it after other food but even if on its own its really not a big deal.

brunch - I have been for several since starting the diet and I ate eggs and whatever I wanted. You will be miserable if you dont have what you want and other people are eating what you actually want to eat.

My advice on these events is to do your best but dont make yourself miserable in the process. I ate what I wanted on holiday, yes I did have moments of paranoia and would I ruin things but it was an all inclusive holiday and I wasnt missing out on delicious food that I wanted to eat when I felt like eating it.