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

[Mochagirl]

I didn't bother finding nutritional totals for today since I splurged and had a panzerotti for supper. It was sooooo good - I felt full and satisfied for the first time in a looong time!

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: 2 rice cakes, vanilla ice cream mixed with fresh raspberries in a waffle cone (ds 1 & 2 had fillings done at the dentist today so I promised them ice cream for being brave. Of course, I had to have some too!)
Supper: Mushroom and cheese panzerotti
Snack: Nibs, frozen grapes

I'll be 13 dpo tomorrow. I still have lots and lots of cramps and waves of nausea, but it could just be af causing them. I'm trying to hold onto a wee bit of hope since I think I didn't implant until the evening of 10dpo and apparently it sometimes takes a few days to get a + after that. I'll be testing again in the morning. After that real meal tonight the thought of eating bland food for another month is depressing....

[swish]

can't wait to see your update this morning!!!!!! fx!!!!!!

[Mochagirl]

BFN . As I said on the 2WW thread, I've been reading lots of stories of women who still get BFPs after 13dpo, but I don't feel like I'm going to be one of them. I'm mentally preparing myself for another month of bland food.

[swish]

Oh, mocha!! It's still not definate yet. I have never tested before af due so i don't know how many days past it would have been detected but just because you detected your others early, doesn't mean this one will be like that. I'm still keeping all my f and toes x!!!! Console yourself with the fact that I still don't know if I'm in 2ww and you're nearly out of it!!! At this point I feel I have to laugh!!!

[Mochagirl]

Oh, Swish - I know I shouldn't complain when you've had such a crazy long cycle this month - you must be soooo frustrated!

I'm panicking a little bit because I just looked at the calendar, and we're going to be at our family cottage right around the time I'm ovulating this month. We'll be sharing a room with all 3 kids (and possibly one of their cousins), so dtd will not be possible. If af arrives today, I'm screwed for sure, but if she waits to arrive until Friday, I won't actually ovulate until we get back from the cottage, so an attempt might still be possible, though we may have to do abstinence with one attempt instead of frequent bd. The diet's also going to be really tricky while we're there. My brother fancies himself a chef and will be making all of our meals - they are sure to be meat and garlic heavy. He's very sensitive and will be very offended if I don't eat, so I'm not sure what I will do.

Hopefully af won't arrive and I won't have to worry about all of this! I keep telling myself that because I think I implanted very late (right at the end of 10dpo), it's still possible I'll get a late BFP.... How do you wait until af is due to test??? I'm such a POAS addict there's no way I could ever do that!

[swish]

Don't be silly, you have every right to complain, we all do on this horrible diet!!!! I've always been quite laid back with getting pregnant in the past, not so this time, mostly because of the food thing! So I may be tempted to test early. Is there ni way you and dh could do a quicky somewhere private!!! Would you consider telling your brother? If not, I'm sure you could make some excuse to avoid the big no-no's. Hopefully this is all irrelevant and you'll have a bfp in a few days!! I don't know what to do now, just to wait or continue frequent bding, although we missed last night- there's only so much bding a girl can do!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mochagirl]

For sure - after 6 nights of BDing (as well as 7 nights before that with me helping dh release), I was SO DONE. I would have been happy if I didn't see another penis for a year!

You still haven't gotten a definite positive OPK? Has your cm changed to creamy? Today might be a good time to check since you didn't dtd last night so there's probably no semen in there.

[Out of the Blue]

Hugs, Mocha! Just replied to you in the 2ww thread. It's not over until AF comes! Was this your 1st attempt? Girl swaying is so rough sometimes...We skimp and and starve and are the walking, hungry dead all day (at least I am since my energy is gone) and then add a bit of RePhresh and other swaying tricks and it's very difficult to get preggers...I'm hoping that we all have little pink beans in our bellies by Aug/Sept. (or sooner!)

I would love to join you guys on this thread b/c I think it'll help me keep focused and inspire me...I hope you don't mind! My 2nd attempt will be somewhere in the middle of Aug. We're still BF DS#2 so I'm unable to take Baby Asprin or Saw Palmetto but I do drink a lot of Peppermint Tea throughout the day. I'm doing things a bit differently than everyone else...I eat breakfast and eat 2 - 3 meals a day but usually eat a light dinner between 3 - 5 pm. I'm hoping this will still sway girl for me. I eat very boring, simple things but I'm pretty good usually about sticking to the diet. Here's what yesterday was for me:

1st Meal:
- coffee w/a splash of rice milk
- 100% cran juice w/fiber powder (I can't quit my cran juice and it helps w/UTIs so I've kept it in my sway)

2nd Meal:
- Air-popped popcorn
- My Girl Sway Smoothie (froz strawberries and raspberries, Psyllium husks, 1 C. of Rice Milk)

3rd Meal:
- Iceburg lettuce and Morrocan Salad (cucumbers, tomatoes, balsamic, grapeseed oil, cumin)
- Lowfat string cheese
- Trader Joe's seaweed snack (ugh...I know these probably have too many nutrients in them but I'm addicted...they taste like potato chips to me).
- a few bites of DH's fruit parfait (left over from our Independance Celebration on Tues.)
- Sugar-free Fiber Choice fiber supps

Total Cals: 1,459
Fat: 26
Protein: 42
Fiber: 54
Sodium: 811

I think today will be similar...I'm struggling w/cutting my protein and I'm thinking more fiber will help keep my appetite low. Hope you all are doing well today!

[Mochagirl]

Looks great, OotB! Good for you for adding so much fiber to your diet - I should try that if I have to continue this diet for much longer.

Yes, this was my first month TTC. I've always fallen pregnant very quickly (even when I swayed unsuccessfully for ds3), but I'm 36 now so my eggies are getting older. We BD pretty much through O to increase my chances of getting pregnant. I've been on the diet since the beginning of May, so over 2 months now. I've lost 15 lbs as of this morning, and am thinner than I've been since I was a teenager (115lbs).

[zanacal]

Yes, please joing us OOTB! Your diet looks fab I'm taking Chitosan as a fibre supplement but it's really not helping to keep me regular - I never thought I'd miss fruit and veg so much!

My weight loss is not happening as fast now and in the past this has been because I've not been eating enough (I know that doesn't make much sense!). So instead of eating the same amount of calories each day I've tried to have a day of eating more to boost my metabolism then I'll cut back to less than usual for tomorrow and Friday and see if that helps. I still only managed a bit less than 1400 cals today trying to be naughty! Protein is way under 40g and sodium well within limits too.

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: Low fat cheese slice and cucumber on ww bread. 2 caramel rice cakes. toddler crisps. grapes.
Snack: 2 custard cream biscuits. ww victoria sponge cake.
Dinner: KFC! Large fries and ice cream with diet pepsi.