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

[SamS_TTCPink]

I sure am steph! That's what I told myself too when I was feeling guilty. 😉

Isn't there some reason we are supposed to stay on LE in the 2ww though?? Something to do with girls more likely to implant and thrive in a low blood sugar environment or something??!!?

I really hope I'm PG but I'm just not "feeling it". With our last PG (the miscarriage) I practically "knew" at conception. 😜

[weeziewoozles]

Well I think I'm actually going to go over properly for the first time in nearly two months! I felt very dizzy this morning after a trip to a local farm shop so had
Brekkie after a 15hr fast - white toast and eggs and a couple of Go Ahead biscuits
Lunch- French bread and salad with baked crisps and a Fanta

Then just as I was leaving home with DS2 and 3 to walk to school and get DS1, I fell over while walking out of the front door! !! I slipped on some sand I'd stupidly shaken out of DS2's shoes! Twisted my knee and bruised my foot - ouch!!! After painkillers hadn't helped I resorted to snackage:
Snacks - large bottle French cidre, baked crisps and peanuts
Dinner - will be a few veggies stir fried on rice but it'll still take me up to:

Totals 2054 cals 35g fat 53g protein - oops and ouch!

[stephk]

Mum - xx embies are more efficient at sucking up glucose from their environment, that's why it is recommended to maintain low blood sugar in 2ww. However embies of both sexes can develop in a variety of environments. I personally believe what's meant to be will be. If you are past ovulation now and this is your last attempt until December you can cease LE now (if you want to of course!!)

Weezie - sorry to hear about your day, hope the painkillers kick in soon. Doesn't look to me like you are over in any way at all!! You are a great role model on this diet!

I haven't been able to post yesterday's eating but it was 2450 cals, 62g fat and 60g protein. Basically I still haven't got a positive OPK yet and I have the feeling I need to encourage the egg out with more food. This weekend I'm going to eat badly in terms of I'm having meat, I'll be bingeing on cheese, I'm going to be a piggy. The recent episodes and lack of O is scaring me. I'm on track for 2200 cals, 60g fat and 65g protein today and I'm giving myself a small bit of lamb in tonight's curry.

[eleena2014]

How many cheat days would you say were allowed?? 😩

[weeziewoozles]

Thanks Steph. I think I tried so hard last sway but with hindsight, feel I could have done more. So my will power is pretty good as I have to do more this time to feel I tried enough. I'm annoyed that I've gone over today but I'm not willing to skip dinner to stay at 1800 cals. I'd faint in the morning!

[MyByC]

Oh dear mums, I really dont know how you handle with 2,3 or 6 boys(you are my hero mumof6). I have 1 and he took all my energy today ) Do you have any nanys???

I ate nothing until 20:00...I had NO TIME and felt soooo tired(as I am now at midnight)....
My husband keeps asking all the people we know with 2 kids and all just answer "IT'S SOOOO HARD, YOU WANT TO RUN" )))


My diet today :
20:00
Mushrooms with wine sauce and polenta
Pasta with beens, mushrooms and rose sauce
+ 1/4 from a cheesecake ))

Total : 507 kcal ( 58% fat and 17% protein).


Tomorrow BREAKFAST :-))

[Junie]

Yay for breakfast! I can't speak for others but we find it easier with 2. Ours play well together and have really different but complementary personalities. So while our first never slept longer then 2 hr stretches for the first 4 months and only slept on me our second never used the wrap/sling and fell asleep without nursing from the start. Now as toddlers it has been reversed with the older having had a much easier time of being 1.5 than the younger. But what we love is the companionship they stop relying so much on the parents because they have each other. I imagine these bonds are even more interesting and complex with many children, especially the different age gaps. I'm so impressed by families with many though!!!

[SamS_TTCPink]

Nope MyByC, no nanny, no babysitter, no cleaner, no friends or family support! Just us.

We have our days when I'm like "ok, I need to be in 3 places at once, how am I going to do that?" (Like today 3 of the kids are going to different birthday parties on opposite sides of Canberra) but we so it! We also have days where a glass of wine is well deserved when the kids are all in bed, but we just do it! Lol!!

I agree with Junie, often they're playing together so that's when I get stuff done then, but I wouldn't change it for the world!

I'd love a night out with DH occasionally, but maybe in 20yrs time. 😜

[SamS_TTCPink]

Thanks steph, I'll relax a little about yesterday's blow out now. 😊

[stephk]

Mumofsix is also my hero for being a mum of six