For people that want to record what they are eating (to help be strict!)

[swish]

Breakfast peppermint tea
Lunch actimel, toast and jam, muller light yogurt
Snack skimmed milk
Dinner gf pasta with boiled courgettes, butter, lemon and Parmesan. Strawberries and free from White chocolate buttons

[twosweetlads]

breakfast-tiny bit of smoothy with my fibre powder.
eleventhirty-goodie bar
lunch-two rice cake,1 slice of wheat free bread,houmous,salad, goodies corn crisps.
tea-pasta,onion,pepper,mushroom and tinned toms
snack-raspberries heated with oats and freedom ice vanilla desert,4 squares sugar free choc

[zanacal]

Hi ladies - I now have a craving for a mushroom burger Here's my day:

Milk for coffees
Lunch: Corn wrap with Laughing Cow Extra Light soft cheese and cucumber, pot low fat rice pudding
Dinner: 1 slice of toast with unsalted butter and half a tin of reduced salt and sugar baked beans (woo hoo, I had some food which wasn't white!!)
Snack: Ryvita crackerbread with sugar free jam, Organix Sweetcorn Rings (baby crisps!), skimmed milk

I'll be weighing in in the morning, don't feel like I've lost much this week though.

[swish]

I have never really had a sweet tooth but with every day that passes on this diet the more I crave sweets!!!!!!

[zanacal]

Me too swish!

[Mochagirl]

I find I want sweets more than usual too, but I sure do miss my salt. I sometimes find I keep eating sweets to try to get rid of my salt craving and end up unsatisfied with a lot of empty calories.

[fourwildones]

2)The pH stuff and the mineral stuff are two different theories. Some people try and make them link together by twisting and stretching the facts half to death, but they don't because calcium actually tends to make people's pH RISE.

Thanks for all the thorough answers Atomic, I did not realize I was basically swaying under the premise of two different theories ( I think I am still sort of used to the IG stuff as that was what I had first absorbed and they obviously believe in 7 factors, etc.)

Mineral theory - cal/mag attract X sperm to the egg via ions (PLEASE NOTE that I do not believe this theory, just saying what the theory is.)

pH theory - X and Y sperm "like" different pH and Y sperm is "frozen" by low pH. (Again, I do not buy this theory - although I do think pH can sway at least a bit by killing off sperm)

Sounds like you take more stock in MDT and testosterone more than anything else, but if so, why is diet still the most important-for reducing testosterone rather than pH?

re: the calcium, did not realize it could raise pH! I am relieved I have not drunk milk-at least my pH stayed low through O with the calcium I was taking...will wean off of it if I need to. I was only taking between 400-600 mg supplemental calcium, and I feel good that my blood sugar was 102 after eating, so thanks for allaying my fears about that. I have been keeping my sodium low but will possibly ease up on that too should I turn out to not be pg after all.

Thank you for the tip on the hummus! Looking back at my diet , I don't think I have been eating too much fat, or at least probably not more than I was eating before, because I was not eating chips, lots of cheese, and other salty things with added fat, so the fat I added was to non-fat items (fat -free carbs or the occasional low nutrient salad).

I obviously am burning more than I am consuming since there is no evidence of a thyroid problem. I have had a tough time accepting this since I feel like I eat tons! I will keep working on it-thank you as always for your sage advice!

[Mochagirl]

My second day with the in-laws visiting wasn't great diet-wise. I don't know if it's because of af, but I was feeling weak and sleepy all afternoon, so I kept eating to try to make myself feel better.

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: Yogurt, 1 slice low-fat Swiss cheese, green grapes, unsalted rice cake, Pop Tart (this was added after lunch when I realised I was still starving even though I'd just eaten)
Snack: small slice low-fat Swiss cheese
Supper: Quiche in a store-bought crust (low in sodium, but high in fat, unfortunately), salad with balsamic vinegar, 1 slice low-salt homemade bread (I used my salt-free recipe but added 1/4 tsp salt so it wouldn't taste weird to my guests)....then I lost all willpower when they started eating dessert and I had a quarter of a slice of blueberry pie with a bit of low-fat ice cream on the side.

Calories: 1,042
Fat: 40.7g (it was the two pie crusts that killed me here)
Protein: 34.2g
Sodium: 747.4

I think I need to start eating a more substantial lunch so I'm not so starved by supper time. It was terrible tonight because we didn't eat until 8:30pm, and since I'd eaten my paltry lunch at 12, it was a loooong wait for more food. I might have been able to pass over the pie if it weren't for that. At least I'm so stuffed now that I'm not doing my usual evening snacking.

[Indira]

Mochagirl I think for a not great day that was still good!
My problem is that when I eat a quarter of a slice of pie I can´t stop myself anymore and eat another 3 pieces..

[Mochagirl]

Indira - I made sure to buy my least favourite flavour of pie, and I'm not a huge pie fan to begin with, so I was able to restrain myself. If it had been something chocolate there's no way I could have resisted having a huge portion. I think I did well on everything yesterday except fat - it was twice my target amount of 20g! It's amazing to me that even with all that indulgence yesterday, my calories were still way too low, and my protein and sodium were well within the limits. I guess I could have had some milk yesterday - I was avoiding it because I knew I'd be having quiche for supper. I have a tendency to deprive myself all day so that I can have a yummy supper, but sometimes I overdo it.