Beginning to lose all discipline

[atomic sagebrush]

My typical day consist of coffee as soon as I wake up with a slash of almond milk, if I had my last meal at 7:00 the day before I will make myself some egg whites with spinach or an English muffin with jam around 9:00, otherwise I’ll go to the gym and eat something like veggies with hummus around 11:30 and maybe a tortilla crisped up with iced coffee. I try to hold off on eating again until dinner which is typically a veggie, rice or potatoes and some kind of meat. I just give myself smaller proportions. If I’m still hungry after the kids go to bed I have nonfat Greek plain yogurt with frozen berries. [emoji51]
Most days I am good about snacking but I have been sick and I’ve just been eating around the clock little things like saltines, plain pasta, soup etc and now homemade oatmeal cookies from my mother. I know oatmeal is bad so I won’t have more than 2!
Any recommendations??


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I need totals for fat, protein, and calories even just a rough estimate.

It looks to me like you're eating barely any fat which may not only explain the cravings but can potentially contribute to not conceiving.

When you've been sick it is fine to relax some rules and eat something. In fact I INSIST you eat some oatmeal cookies immediately LOL

[atomic sagebrush]

Check with atomic first though about adding the ginger. I only *just* started doing it (before I was drinking plain hot water) and I add the tiniest amount but I wouldn't want to mess up your sway if it's a no-no For me, hot water eases hunger better than cold water and I can't stand pop so all I am saying is before you reach for the snack, if you can just drink something (sounds like you already do that with pop/coffee?) and see if you can avoid the snack, you will probably feel less stressed about when you do really need that snack, you know?

It was only when I stopped tracking (but still skipped breakfast and no snacks) that I got pregnant (even though it was a CP). I had a pretty good idea of what to eat after 6 months on the diet and I really don't worry if I eat some chicken/salmon at one of my meals because it's such a small portion I really can't believe it's going to convince my body times are suddenly good. I was eating some kind of meat at every meal before swaying and I was a cereal addict!

Good luck

It's one of those things that unless I've seen a good number of people doing it and have a good feel for both safety and how it affects your sway, I can't sign off on it. Probably fine but I just can't sign off on it.

once you get the swing of it it's fine to ditch the tracking. Just that I can't endorse what anyone is eating without at least a rough estimate!

some chicken or salmon even weekly is fine. Important thing is eating less than you were recently and when you got your boys.

[Boymom287]

Here is a semi typical day. Husband has been wanting pasta a lot lately. Its sauce is filled with zucchini, broccoli, bell pepper, onion, sausage, tomatoes and heavy cream. I try to sometimes sub the noodles for Zoodles or spaghetti squash but tonight I probably won’t. Only because I have been so darn hungry lately!
Thank you so much for all of your guidance atomic and everyone else! I eat meat daily but like I said, definitely less than I was a few months ago and when I had my boys.

[atomic sagebrush]

Let's up protein and fat to 50-60 g for both of them.

Sorry if I'm being dense but do you have calories here?

Just a reminder in case you have been doing this, you don't count protein and fat in fruits and vegetables. And in low carb vegetables like the zucchini, broccoli, etc you count NOTHING in them, they're free and unlimited.

[Boymom287]

Let's up protein and fat to 50-60 g for both of them.

Sorry if I'm being dense but do you have calories here?

Just a reminder in case you have been doing this, you don't count protein and fat in fruits and vegetables. And in low carb vegetables like the zucchini, broccoli, etc you count NOTHING in them, they're free and unlimited.

I don’t think it showed in that screenshot but my calories are typically between 1500 and 2000. Depending on how many glasses of wine I had that night [emoji854] I will up my protein and fat this go round. Thank you so much for your input!


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[Boymom287]

Also do spaghetti squash and butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, things like that count? At what veggies do I draw the line?


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[atomic sagebrush]

yes up protein and fat for sure, it really helps.

Spaghetti squash and brussel sprouts are low carb, free, and unlimited.

Butternut squash count cals but nothing else.

Rule is, if it tastes sweet/starchy, count the cals. There are some inbetweeny foods like carrots and turnips, and we generally count the cals in them but if you forget it's no biggie.