TTC Pink Daily Food Diaries - August

[swish]

Hello!
No breakfast
Lunch (picnic for nephew's birthday - last of the family birthdays!!) salad which my thoughtful bil got for me as I've lied that I can no longer eat slot of bread!!, small smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich, alot of flapjack, a few crisps and birthday cake!!!
I'm still full so it's rice for dinner for me!

[Mochagirl]

Today started off pretty good, but I ended up going out for Japanese food with a girlfriend and everything went downhill.

7am: coffee
12pm: 1 slice of raisin cinnamon bread, 1 cob of corn, peach, wafer cookies
5pm: cucumber slices, peach, low fat vanilla ice cream
8pm: vegetable tempura salad (basically, julienned tempura vegetables in a heap with a spicy sauce poured overtop. Yummy, but waaaayy to fatty and far too big for me to eat alone), 9 vegetarian rolls (some had avocado, but the others were mushroom and tofu), 2 (cooked) shrimp rolls (my first seafood in many, many months). I don't know why I chose tonight to have such a big cheat - I don't even really like sushi that much. The worst part is now I feel really sick - it was too much food and too much grease for my poor shrunken stomach. I came home and threw up. I'm hoping that the throwing up could be a pregnancy sign, since I need to see some positive in my night of overindulgence. Blah. If I was going to cheat so badly, I wish I'd had something yummy like pizza.

[zanacal]

Yuck, poor you mocha, I hope it's a pregnancy sign too and that you feel better now.

Yesterday went pretty well. I only had about 750 calories before we went out then had 1 glass of wine (and alot of diet coke!) as well as 4 white chocolate fingers.

However ... last night we stayed at my parents' house and this morning my dad had made us all a cooked breakfast! I gave as much as I could to DS3 but I still ended up with 2 slices of bacon (argh!), some scrambled egg and a slice of toast. I've worked ot the nutrition as; 427 cals / 27g protein / 1164mg sodium !!!! What the heck do I eat for the rest of the day?!

[Mochagirl]

Another off day. We had an impromptu BBQ with friends to celebrate DH's birthday, which is a couple of days away. I tried to limit protein, sodium and calories at lunch because I knew I'd eat too much at supper.

7am: coffee
12pm: shirataki noodles with low/no sodium tomato sauce and a pinch of fake parmesan, peach
3pm: licked the beaters from the icing I was making for DH's cupcakes
5:30pm: veggie burger on low sodium bun, a small amount of beet and mixed greens salad and rice salad, chocolate cupcake and chocolate chip cookie for dessert (mmmmmm...chocolate!). I also had some of the low salt chips and dip I had out for everyone else.
9pm: watermelon and another handful of the chips

My totals are probably totally off since I don't know the ingredients in the salads and didn't measure anything I ate, but I think it's something like:

Calories: 1700
Protein: 45g
Sodium: 1400mg

So, not a good day, but could be worse, I suppose, considering all the junk food I had. I discovered this morning that despite my increased calories, I've lost another pound. I've been trying to keep to 1500-1600 calories per day, but maybe instead I'll make it 1600-1700. I don't want to lose anymore weight - I've already lost 20 lbs!

[zanacal]

My day was awful in the end - I tried to skip lunch as I'd had breakfast but I was painting a room so I was getting quite dizzy, then I ended up in bed with a migraine! When I woke up at 7pm feeling a little better I had a bit to eat and didn't really think about calories etc. (though I'm sure it was fine).

Glad to hear you're able to eat extra and not gain weight mocha, I'm sure it makes it more bearable!

[swish]

Oh dear!! Hope both of you are feeling better. I went to a wedding yesterday and ate about a weeks worth of sodium in one meal, I actually felt really I'll after! Today more normal...
No breakfast
Lunch rice, go ahead bar, strawberries and 3 meringues!
Snack small cake
Dinner leek and courgette risotto, strawberries and meringue, 2white chocolates
I actually want to eat bland food at the moment, I think my body is so used to it and I don't mind as long as I can eat sweet treats!!

[zanacal]

Thanks swish. I know what you mean about the bland food.

I may not keep track of my food religiously every single day now I have the hang of this diet. I'm trying to just make sure each of my 2 meals doesn't exceed 500 cals/20g protein/500mg sodium and then I have a few sweets in the evening. Today this was:

Lunch: Wrap with mayo and cucumber. ww cheese flavour puffs.
Dinner: Wrap with mayo and cucumber. (I just fancied it again and couldn't be arsed to cook myself something different to everyone else!). Strawberry yogurt. Jam Tart.
Snack: Sweets

I find the calories and protein part easy but sometimes (particularly with breads) my sodium sneaks up. I'm ok with that, it's still low compared to a 'normal' diet.

[Mochagirl]

I just the opposite, zanacal - I find I have no problem keeping my sodium low, but it's the protein that always gets me. In fact, I'm so good at keeping sodium low, that I've started adding a bit of salt to some of my food to make it tastier. I added 1/8 of a teaspoon of salt to my sauteed mushrooms and leeks tonight and it made for SUCH a yummier pasta.

[Mochagirl]

7am: coffee
10am: 1/2 cup coffee
12pm: 2 servings rice mixed with plain yogurt, 3 tea biscuits
5pm: rice pasta mixed with creme fraiche and parmesan and mushrooms and leeks sauteed in butter with a pinch of salt. This was soooo yummy - I just wish there was more of it!, corn on the cob, peach, chocolate chip cookie (I'm officially eating chocolate now - it's helping ease the 2WW stress)
9:30pm: apple, low fat Pringles, Sour Patch kids

I could just keep eating and eating, but I've already exceeded my personal calorie max of 1700, so I have to stop. I'm 6dpo now and the suspense is killing me...will I be able to start eating normally again in a few days??? I feel like I'm cheating all over the place right now anyway, even if I am staying within the general limits.

Calories: 1771
Protein: 36.9g
Sodium: 886mg

[zanacal]

Will you test in a couple of days mocha? I saw some Mike & Ike sweets in the Supermarket this week and had to buy them because I've heard you mention them so many times - the kids hated them and I haven't tried them yet!

I'm thinking I might have to lay off the diet coke a little. On Saturday night I had 3 cans at the party we went to and more the next day (because I was trying not to eat lunch) and then I got that migraine and after that I couldn't face a diet coke, so I wonder if it contributed somehow. I'll still drink it but lately I haven't been drinking much else!