January Pink Food Thread

[rainbowflower]

welcome, Drama! when are you TTC?


2nd Jan:
morning: nothing!
12pm: winter veg soup + 1 slice of toast with butter, choc cake that DH bought for me! 1 cupcake
6pm: Sainsbury's golden veg rice, some segments of choc orange

[dramabird]

Thank you, Rainbow. AF should be here tomorrow or thereabouts and I will not be TTC this cycle. So I should ovulate mid-January (not TTC) and then again mid-February (first TTC!!!).

Question for anyone: How much should we be concerned with eating the same things over and over again? For example, as I said, I really enjoy the butter-friend eggwhites and mayo on bread. So long as I'm keeping under my values (calories, protein, whatnot), is it a problem if I'm eating eggs (not yolks) everyday? Or should it still be more of a couple of times a week thing because of the general healthfulness of eggwhites?

[rainbowflower]

as long as you stay within the limits that's fine

someone had a theory that variety also sways blue because it means lots of food is available

[suregena]

I'm excited to finally be able to join in on the food thread -- I've been planning my sway for half-past forever and am now at the start of my six weeks! I started the diet on Dec. 30, so here are my past three days:

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Dec. 30:
Morning: caffeine-free Diet Coke, folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber) and Vitex.

Lunch: Activia Fiber yogurt, string cheese, 1 slice Wonder bread (105 mg. sodium) with a Tbsp. of jelly, two servings of Trader Joe's unsalted tortilla chips with 2 Tbsp. of Paul Newman's salsa (65 mg. sodium), 8 oz. skim milk with 2 Tbsp. Hershey's strawberry syrup (empty calories -- woo hoo! ), peach applesauce, two chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies.

Mid-afternoon: CF Diet Coke

Dinner: three eggwhites cooked in 1 Tbsp. butter served with 1 Tbsp. mayo (65 mg. sodium) on 1 slice Wonder bread (this egg-on-bread combo is super yummy, savory and satisfying), 1 cup of rice milk with 2 Tbsp. Hershey's chocolate syrup with calcium, 1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans, 12 gummy worms.

Evening: peppermint tea (1 bag, 2 packets of Equal)

Dec. 30 totals:
calories: 1615
calories from fat: 455
fat grams: 53
sodium: 1020 mg.
protein grams: 48
calcium: 1380

So, a bit too much on the sodium and protein fronts -- I blame the string cheese. So it'll be a pretty rare thing for me to include again. I'll also reduce the egg whites to two instead of three.

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Dec. 31:
Morning: folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber) and Vitex.

Lunch: 2 slices Wonder bread (105 mg. sodium each) with a Tbsp. of jelly and 1 Tbsp. of butter, slightly more than one servings of Trader Joe's unsalted tortilla chips with 2 Tbsp. of Paul Newman's salsa (65 mg. sodium), 8 oz. skim milk with 2 Tbsp. Hershey's chocolate syrup with calcium, 1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans, 1/4 cup Skittles

Mid-afternoon: CF Diet Coke and double peppermint tea (2 bags, 2 packets of Equal)

Dinner: cup of white mushrooms and one small/med. zucchini, stirfried in 1 Tbsp. butter with one cup of cooked white rice, 8 oz. skim milk with Hershey's strawberry syrup, Activia Fiber yogurt, 12 gummy worms.

Evening: CF Diet Coke with sugar-free Torani cherry syrup.

Dec. 31 totals:
calories: 1575
calories from fat: 305
fat grams: 37.5
sodium: 754 mg.
protein grams: 31
calcium: 1210

Quite a bit better on the values from the day before. Is it possible this diet is actually doable after all? Ignoring, of course, the fact that I wake up hungry, am hungry by mid-afternoon and am hungry by bedtime. Besides that.

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Jan. 1
Morning: double peppermint tea (2 bags, 2 packets of Equal), folic acid, Trader Joe's Psyllium Husk (fiber) and Vitex.

Lunch: serving of the mushroom/zucchini/butter/rice serving identical to last night's dinner, 8 oz. skim milk with 2 Tbsp. Hershey's chocolate syrup with calcium, peach applesauce, 1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans, 1/8 cup Skittles.

Afternoon: double peppermint tea (2 bags, 2 packets of Equal)

Dinner: two eggwhites cooked in 1 Tbsp. butter served with 1 Tbsp. mayo (65 mg. sodium) on 1 slice Wonder bread, homemade strawberry smoothie (1 cup rice milk, 1 cup frozen sliced strawberries, 1/2 cup low-fat strawberry kefir, 2 Tbsp. Hershey's strawberry syrup), 1/2 cup no-salt-added green beans, 1 Rice Krispies treat*.

Evening: CF Diet Coke

Jan. 1 totals:
calories: 1708
calories from fat: 420
fat grams: 47
sodium: 726.5
protein grams: 36.5
calcium: 1130

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Okay, here's a recipe for those struggling with getting enough calories (and also still have some wiggle room with your fat, protein and sodium): "Double-goo" Rice Krispies treats -- this gets you the extra "empties" from marshmallows and butter, without going excessive on the amount of cereal (which has some vitamins and nutrients).

6 Tablespoons butter
80 large marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispies

Melt butter and marshmallows in pot over low heat. When completely melted, stir into Rice Krispies and spread in a greased 9x13 pan. When it's cooled enough to slice, I sliced it into eight equal portions. If my math is correct, this portion (1/8 of the pan) gives you 403 calories (75 of which are from fat) 8 grams fat, 151 mg. sodium and 4 g. protein. If you have the willpower to slice the whole pan into 16 pieces, then of course, all those values can be halved.

In the eight-per-pan portion size, this is definitely a once-in-awhile treat (as in, I'd better only make a pan once a month and hope that DH and DSs eat most of them! ) but it's a nice change-up from gummies and Skittles.


So far today (it's 1 p.m.), I've had a CF Diet Coke, a double peppermint tea and my pills (Vitex, folic acid, fiber), but nothing caloric to eat. Normally, I'm aiming to eat at noon (no earlier) and 6 p.m. (no earlier), but tonight I'm taking my kids over to my parents' house for a movie night and we'll probably be there from 5:30-7:30 or so. I don't want to eat before that because I'll be starving well before bedtime. So I'm planning on eating after the kids and I get home ... therefore, I'm trying to push myself on lunch as long as I can, so I'm not (yep, you guessed it) starving during the movie -- especially since I'm sure my dad will bring in popcorn, pop and Junior Mints.

Good luck, ladies!!!

I miss marshmallows/rice krispie treats. Haven't been able to eat them since I became vegetarian almost 13 years ago...

[sosapop]

I also was wondering about marshmallows since I have a couple of bags left from holidays, I usually eat them by handfuls, so they are ok, right??
Like I've said in previous posts - can't drink milk, haven't in years!!! But if I must maybe chocolate would allow me to chug it down, one glass a day, maybe...

[suregena]

I think generally people have been using them to boost calories on this diet. However, I myself cannot as they are not vegetarian (I'm vegetarian and there is gelatin in them.)

[Mochagirl]

I think they're ok in small amounts, but I wouldn't eat a whole bag of them or anything since they do have gelatin in them, which sways boy....

[amari]

Oh, I've been eating rice krispie treats. I guess I'll stop when the box is gone!

[Mochagirl]

Ahhhh...it feels good to be home and finally in control of my meals again after a week and a half of being a guest in other people's houses!

7am: coffee
1pm: low sodium small roll dipped in balsamic vinegar, 2 Peek Freans Lifestyles cookies
5:30pm: 1.5 servings pasta with homemade primavera sauce (leeks, mushrooms, zucchini, and 'no salt added' canned tomatoes) + parmesan
8:30pm: green grapes, vanilla frozen yogurt with raspberries, Sour Patch Kids, 4 Pringles

Calories: 1383
Protein: 40g
Sodium: 511mg

[amari]

mocha-do you get your frozen yogurt from the grocery store or as soft serve from a frozen yogurt shop? It is one of my faves, and I was having it a lot and then I stopped, I think I am going to start it up again, I am trying to decide what my go to meals are going to be for the weeks ahead!