TTC Pink Food Thread for October

**squamgirl** · October 5th, 2011, 12:37 AM

Holy Moly! I hit 1268 calories today!

I wasn't able to skip breakfast (again) because I was having major acid reflux (side effect from my last pregnancy and DS turns SIX next week!) and if I don't eat it gets worse.

Anyway, here's what I ate today...

Breakfast: Archer Farms fat free raspberry yogurt
Snack: Good Earth no-salt tortilla chips and swedish fish
Lunch: pb & j sandwich
Snack: I was getting weak and in the afternoon madness, I ate five wheat crackers and a slice of cheese. I've been avoiding cheese- oh! how I love cheese!
Dinner: balsamic chicken pasta
Treat: swedish fish
I also drank a couple cups of Crystal Light throughout the day.

I feel so full again today!

I worry how I'll do tomorrow... DS1 has a morning appt with the allergist (fingers crossed for good results on his egg test!), in the afternoon, he has behavioral therapy and we'll go straight from therapy to his parent teacher conference. I hope I can maintain balance throughout the day and not a) overeat or b) under-eat.

**rainbowflower** · October 5th, 2011, 02:53 AM

Belle you can read about it in this subforum: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/foru...hp?85-TTC-Girl good luck for your 2ww!

Squam, well done for eating more! it's so difficult isn't it? fingers crossed for your sons results

yesterday
mid-morning: chocolate because still a bit poorly
lunch: 1 WW pitta with philli and grapes, choc brownie
tea: risotto with leek, courgette, mushrooms

**rainbowflower** · October 5th, 2011, 02:45 PM

today
no breakfast
lunch: cod and chips (at least the chips were unsalted)
mid-afternoon: 2 rows of milk choc
tea: slice of pizza with cucumber and radishes, milkybar... might have a slice of saffron cake for supper too

not the best day, but I always knew it would be and I couldn't let my grandma down, and then Mum told me she'd bought pizza just for us so I had to eat that. From tomorrow I'll be able to cook and eat what I like again as my mum is out all day, and then we travel home on Friday.

**squamgirl** · October 5th, 2011, 02:46 PM

Hooray! My son's skin test for the egg allergy was negative!!! Next we move on to the oral challenge. If we get good results, my family can once again eat: brownies, tortellini, french toast, cheesecake. Woohoo! We're so excited!
I've been able to replace egg in most of my cooking and baking, but some things didn't have replacements. Hopefully we'll be eating them again soon

**Mochagirl** · October 5th, 2011, 06:12 PM

I'm glad your ds got a negative test, squamgirl! It must be so tough to have a kid with allergies.

**squamgirl** · October 5th, 2011, 06:22 PM

Thanks Mocha! It has been a challenge. He outgrew milk as a toddler, thank heavens! And we just about cleared on eggs. But in a way I'm grateful for the allergies because I've learned a lot as a cook

And the allergies have made me a lot more aware- on behalf of my own kid and on behalf of other kids and their needs.

**rainbowflower** · October 6th, 2011, 03:05 PM

today
breakfast: none
11am: twix (mum was nagging me to eat something)
lunch: I made a pitta to go out with... and then forgot it! so I had a choc brownie with cream instead
mid-afternoon: ice cream
tea: chunky tomato, bacon and onion soup with toast, not technically allowed but it was tasty and I had barely eaten all day and soup is always slimming

**squamgirl** · October 6th, 2011, 04:53 PM

rainbowflower- how are you staying alive? It looks like you're barely eating anything.

Yesterday, I ate....
Breakfast: yogurt
Lunch: balsamic chicken with penne pasta and parm cheese
Snack: wheat crackers, cheese, crystal light, swedish fish
Snack on the way to parent teacher conferences: fiber one bar
Skipped dinner
Snack in place of dinner: cheerios with skim milk

Then I got totally sick with one of the worst stomachaches ever. I lost 1.5 pounds!

Today I've been trying to calm my stomach back down.
I had sprite and saltine's for breakfast, then toast for a snack. Today won't be good when it comes to sodium, but after yesterdays illness, I don't care.

Now... my dilemma... on Saturday, we're going out for DS2's birthday. He wants to go to Olive Garden. It will obviously be a cheat day. Seeing as I STILL haven't O'd (although it may have happened yesterday) and we're not trying again until the next cycle, this cheat should be ok. I hope. I looked up the nutritional info online. Holy-swear-word! Everything is LOADED with sodium. I usually get the pizza. I eat half and take the second half home to eat the next day. I also usually eat more than a few breadsticks and go to town on the salad. The pizza alone eats up all my calories and protein for the day and more than TRIPLES my sodium. I thought about doing the chicken parmesan and asking for no marinara on top to avoid the tomatoes, but it's almost as bad as the pizza. You don't even get great results with going for a ceasar salad. And if I'm going to Olive Garden, I don't want to waste my time on a salad. I want to enjoy my meal. Dang, this girl diet. I really want to stuff my face!

**Mochagirl** · October 6th, 2011, 08:08 PM

Dinners out are tough. I take it you're following the IG diet? Tomatoes are fine on the LE diet. I found a simple pasta with tomato sauce was often my best bet. Either that or a kid's sized plain cheese pizza. You're better to cheat with sodium than protein, I think.

**squamgirl** · October 6th, 2011, 11:10 PM

I'm on the LE diet. Maybe I misunderstood about tomatoes. I was thinking tonight about getting a kids portion. I wonder if my mother-in-law will think that's weird. Oh well, who cares what she thinks, right?

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