What are you eating???

[Coccinelle33]

i wanted to add im drinking only water (normally bottled), crystal light, skim milk, choc milk (with sugar free choc syrup), and cranberry juice.

im taking 500 mg of vitex, folic adic, and cranberry in the afternoon

and then calcium, magnesium, and more cranberry at night

[atomic sagebrush]

im not really doing the diet 100% anymore. im going to start again tomorrow though. i was getting up at 6 and then not eating until about 10-12. i would have a big glass of peppermint tea though... i would have some toast with sugar free strawberry jelly or swiss cheese and a glass of skim milk for my late breakfast. a yogurt and more tea for a snack. for lunch more milk and something like a salad or noodles with a little parm cheese and green peppers with mrs. dash and yogurt on top or cottage cheese..... for dinner normally rice or noodles with veggies (peas or green beans) and more toast. yogurt again for a snack and more tea. sometimes i would eat off the diet or have a potato. it's been hard to stick to since im always running around and just cant sometimes. i haven't salted anything in 2 months and im eating a lot more dairy and mostly off the girl diets.

MD I still think you're doing a great job. Sometimes if you reach for the stars you fall a little short, but you're still farther than all the people who never even reached in the first place, KWIM???

PS - a potato is not going to kill anyone's sway - think of all the baby girls that have been conceived in Ireland!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

I started a thread just for sharing menus although this thread is already quite excellent!!! I have to lose a little weight so I'm going to try to eat a girl-friendly diet for a couple weeks just to play around with it.

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...4510#post24510

[Indira]

Are pickles ok to eat then? I thought because of the sodium content they were a no-no? And looking at the French diet...the crisps, as long as they are low salt, should be fine. Is there a reason we can't have them? I'm just making a very big list of all the foods I can/can't eat and some of them I'm a bit confused....

Ah, I didn´t know about the sodium in the pickles, thanks! My crisps are low salt, but I´m still cooking with salt too.
I´m taking things out step by step, we will TTC in July I hope, for now I´m trying to loose weight and reduce testosteron.

I had tomatoes on a forbidden list too, but now I don´t remember why, does anyone know ? We eat a lot of bolognese and co.

[Coccinelle33]

also i think pickles can raise ph?

[atomic sagebrush]

No, pickles are def. loaded with sodium but you can make "Quickles" (I made these all the time when I had postpartum hypertension and couldn't have salt!) Vinegar is supposed to sway blue but seriously, we HAVE to be able to eat something.

Heat 1 c. vinegar (you can add dill, celery seed, and mustard seed if you like but you don't have to because they may sway slightly blue - then again you're eating so very little of it) with 1 c sugar or Splenda (don't use aspartame because you shouldn't heat it) until the sugar melts, then pour it over 3 thinly sliced cucumbers (about 6 cups). Or you can make half slices, and chop the rest of the cukes into relish-sized bits if you like relish. You can make as little or as much as you want, just stick to the 1-1 sugar to vinegar ratio.

I always put onion and garlic in as well but of course those are no-nos on the girl diet.

You can also pickle cabbage, radishes, asparagus, green beans, okra, etc. for a change of pace. I liked cauliflower, red pepper, and matchstick carrots this way, but again these aren't considered "girl" veggies.

PS - if you want to make this when you aren't on the girl diet, you add one tablespoon of pickling salt when heating the vinegar.

[atomic sagebrush]

also i think pickles can raise ph?

That's the vinegar, but I think we have to be able to eat some basic foods...give them a try and see if they change your pH dramatically.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ah, I didn´t know about the sodium in the pickles, thanks! My crisps are low salt, but I´m still cooking with salt too.
I´m taking things out step by step, we will TTC in July I hope, for now I´m trying to loose weight and reduce testosteron.

I had tomatoes on a forbidden list too, but now I don´t remember why, does anyone know ? We eat a lot of bolognese and co.

Tomatoes can raise pH and they have a lot of potassium (and tom. sauce often has a lot of sodium). But I would eat them now and then on days when I hadn't had a lot of potassium. I know one lady from IG who conceived a girl eating nothing but spaghetti with vegetarian marinara sauce.

[Indira]

Wow, thanks a lot Atomic, this really helps since pickles-from now on ´Quickles´- really help me staying on the diet!
probably because they gave me a nice sodium boost LOL

[Belle]

My diet is pretty boring and I'm not so strict on it. I mostly eat rice cakes, greek yogurt with mashed fresh strawberries and raspberries mixed in, spaghetti with ricotta through it, low salt salada biscuits with ricotta and cucumber rings on top, try drink low fat milk and drink peppermint tea, I still drink 1-2 coffees a day I may eat abit of boiled chicken breast and usually one thing from the forbidden girl diet every couple of days. I don't eat breakfast never have. I'm also having Cranberry juice, folic acid, cranberry tablets, magnesium, calcium and well right now I'm being a bad girl and eating 3 pieces of apple and purple grapes I know a big NO NO