TTC Pink Daily Food Diaries - August

[Mochagirl]

That's awesome, Zanacal! You're so close to your goal!

[FullSimpleLife]

Are you ladies sticking to specific diets or just trying to keep your sodium and potassium low? This is such a great thread. I'm going to keep watching it. I am following the InGender girl diet pretty strictly.

[Mochagirl]

I don't think I've O'd yet - OPKs have turned negative, but cervix is still soft and very open. I'm hoping dh and I can get one more attempt in tonight, but he's out for a drink with a friend and I'm worried I'll pass out from the Benedryl before he gets home .

6:30am: coffee
12pm: swiss cheese, a slice of tomato and balsamic vinegar on one of my homemade low sodium crusty buns, iced sugar cookie
5:30pm: 3 blueberry pancakes (regular recipe - I just left out the salt so they were only 31mg of sodium per pancake) with a bit of butter and maple syrup, 3 cobs of corn, 1 serving of low fat sour cream & onion Pringles
8:30pm: 1 cup ground cherries (a really yummy berry-type fruit related to tomatoes), 1 double lolly

Calories: 1669
Protein: 41g
Sodium: 602mg

The pancakes turned out well, and were very satisfying. The only problem was, with such a sweet supper, I was craving salt when I was done. Luckily, my sodium for the day was so low that I was able to have a full serving of low fat chips and still only come to 602mg. My calories are a little higher than I'd like - I was going to have a bigger snack, but was afraid to add anymore calories.

[Mochagirl]

Welcome, FullSimpleLife. Most of us here are following the 'low everything' diet, which you can find elsewhere on this site. In general it's a low nutrient, low calorie, low fat, low sodium, low protein diet (hence the low everything). We try to keep under 40g of protein, 700-1000mg of sodium, and 1500-1800 calories, while avoiding all meat and a few other foods. It's a lot less restrictive than the IG diet and our very own atomic sagebrush has done tons of research to back it up - you might want to check it out.

[FullSimpleLife]

Mochagirl- Thanks! I did some reading/researching after I posted. I don't think I read it but were there any recommendations for fat intake? Do you guys use a website to track your calories/fat/protein? I've been trying out sparkpeople and like it pretty well.

My stats today were
Calories 840
Fat 22 grams
Protein 40
Sodium 747

It's a little early so I might still have a little something before I go to bed. I am a vegetarian so the no meat is a cinch for me. I think I will probably stick pretty close to the InGender diet without any added milk because I can't drink it. yuck!

[Mochagirl]

I use FitDay to track my intake, though I don't trust a lot of their entries after discovering A LOT of them have high sodium as though they assume you add salt to everything. Instead, I create custom entries for all my regular foods based on labels or outside research.

We had a big discussion about fat a while back, and the general verdict was that it would be almost impossible to overindulge in fat while keeping strictly to this diet. I think atomic did later add in some guidelines, though. I think my fat's normally between 20 and 30g.

The no meat thing isn't the problem for me - it's the limits on cheese that are killing me! I LOVE cheese, and on this diet I can never have more than a tiny pile of parmesan or a thin slice of swiss a day. This is my 4th month on the diet, and I think when I'm done I may just buy a brick of aged cheddar and eat the whole thing in one go!

[Emmy2012]

Welcome FullSimpleLife! here are my yesterdays totals...a little high in fat but that donuts was so worth it!! oops!
Lunch: 2 slice low sodium bread with pat of unsalted butter, one half of a Portland VooDoo Donut (best donuts ever)!!
Snack: 2 mini herseys bars oops again!
Dinner: 2 servings calcium pasta with lil parm, iceberg lettuce with 1 tablespoon low sodium ranch
Calories: 971
Fat: 33.6 (yikes)
Protien: 26.4
Sodium: 567.9

[zanacal]

Hi ladies and welcome FullSimpleLife!

I went to a girlfriend's house last night and she'd baked cupcakes - and I turned down wine for coke but didn't even consider that it wouldn't be the diet version .... oh well

[FullSimpleLife]

Oh my gosh! Emmy you're pretty close to me. I live in Oregon City. Have you ever had the Memphis Mafia from voodo? It's a banana fritter with peanut butter. My DH was telling me he would bring me home one when I get my BFP.

[Emmy2012]

FullSimple-that is crazy! I live in Gresham near Barlow but work in Downtown. I have not heard of that one but I LOVE VooDoo donuts....too yummy to pass up!