TTC Pink Daily Food Diaries - August

[Mochagirl]

Well, the pizza turned out really yummy, but only because I cheated a bit. I had figured out the nutritional info based on 60g of mozzarella for the whole pizza, but once I was making it I realised how little cheese that really is. I immediately doubled it, which of course made my protein go through the roof. Oh well, it was the tastiest thing I've eaten in a long time, and I ate a whole half of the pizza. The crust recipe worked out really well, though it is very sticky and hard to manipulate. It baked up fluffy and light - quite yummy even without the salt.

6:30am: coffee
12pm: rice with plain yogurt, peach, 2 sugar free cookies
5:30pm: homemade pizza on salt-free crust, 2 sugar free cookies, 2 slices of watermelon
8:30pm: salt & vinegar pop chips, Mike & Ike candies, blueberries

Calories: 1676
Protein: 50g (oops!)
Sodium: 1033mg

I ate a little more today that I should have. I guess I'm still drowning my sorrows in food. I just need to make sure I don't gain any weight back.

[zanacal]

My food for today:

Lunch: Exactly the same as yesterday - wrap with cheese slice, white choc & strawberry cereal bar, grapes, boiled sweet.
Snack: Popcorn
Dinner: KFC night! Strawberry shortcake milkshake, fries & BBQ sauce.

KFC is no fun without the 'C'! I looked up the protein in one of their 'healthiest' burgers and it was something ridiculous like 30g and the sodium was 1100mg - so I think I can forget about that for a while!

[Mochagirl]

It's great that you've found something you can eat at KFC. I had a similar meal at Wendy's a couple of weeks ago: a Frosty and fries. One thing this diet has shown me is how few vegetarian options there are at fast food restaurants. Hardly any places have anything resembling a veggie burger, and even those places with salads often fill them with meat and cheese making them higher in protein and sodium than their burgers!

[swish]

Another not great day!
No breakfast
Lunch rice with balsamic and butter, yogurt, go ahead bar, strawberries
Ds1 had birthday tea with friends, I had 2 small pieces of pizza and a biscuit
Dinner leek risotto with tiny bit if Parmesan (trying to make amends!)? Strawberries, sweets
I just can't seem to get back on track with the diet, I keep cheating and I think I'll get worse with holiday on Friday and then potentially another month. I feel so guilty about it too, like I'm not trying hard enough!

[Mochagirl]

swish - don't be so hard on yourself. First of all, this will very likely be the last month you'll have to be on the diet. Secondly, I'm sure a little cheating isn't going to hurt anything. I know what you mean about the slippery slope you start when you cheat a little - the same thing happened to me. At the same time, your day doesn't look that bad at all. Two little pieces of pizza aren't a huge cheat - it's better than having a steak! I'm trying to let myself relax a bit on the diet so I can enjoy life a bit more - you should do the same. This dieting is HARD WORK, and after 3 months on it we deserve a few treats! I think I'm going to go ahead with my one cheat day a week idea - one day when I don't track anything and eat whatever I want (within reason - I won't eat meat or eat a whole big bag of chips or anything). I think you should make the Friday holiday your cheat day so you can relax and have fun.

[happyheart]

Hello everyone! I was on the old thread and then I was gone for awhile. I started to lose my mind a little with watching everything I ate. It really started to consume me!! After I figured out that I have been having 8/9 day luteal phases I had a few days of cheating bad! I felt sooooooo bad too for cheating! I felt like I was letting myself and my kids down and hurting my chances of having a girl.

I am feeling sooooo much better now after I had a good look at how I felt. I am feeling more postive and like okay... I can do this! Like mochagirl suggested... I think I will have a cheat day too... I honestly think in the long run it will totally help me stay positive and on the diet the rest of the week. It feels incredibly overwhelming for me to look at the calender and think on my gosh I will be on this diet for weeks or possibly months yet. So with a little cheating I feel like... yes... this is ok and this will all work out....

With that said... my mom passed away from an extremely short battle with cancer one year ago tomorrow. I am having a difficult time with it all this week. We have to go to the cemetary, temple service, and family dinner on Friday... which I am totally dreading!!! I am thinking I may have a drink .... I know that is totally a no-no... and honestly I can't even remember the last time I drank alcohol... but I am hoping maybe it will just help me relax.... hmmm...

Anyway... just wanted to stop by and say that I know how you all are feeling about the diet and that we can do this!!!

[swish]

Oh happy heart, I'm so sorry about your mum, you should definitely have a drink, I don't think a glass of alcohol is out of the question on the le diet. I think you should not focus at all on food that day and just focus on getting through the day, lots of love to you, x

[zanacal]

So many {hugs} happyheart. I completely agree with swish. Don't even worry about what you are or aren't eating or drinking and do what you need to do to get through the next couple of days then start afresh when you're ready. It's not like your attempt is next week so this won't make any difference whatsoever. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow x

[happyheart]

Thank you so much swish and zanacal! I REALLY think that completely focusing on swaying since May has really helped me get through this hard time. Although, she had three girls and two boys and I have found myself wanting to call her several times wanting to talk to her about swaying.

I really really want a girl so I can name her Leah after my Mom.

Thank you again for your kind words!!

[Mochagirl]

happyheart - I'm really sorry about your Mom. The same thing happened to a dear friend of mine about a year and a half ago - her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and she was gone before they'd had time to adjust to the news. I really hope you get your girl to name after your Mom - Leah is a beautiful name. And I agree with the others - a drink or two are fine on this diet!