I need help!!

[atomic sagebrush]

heres what i eat:

diet:
-wake at 7:30am, get ready, eat larabar within 15 min of waking
-get kids ready, feed them
-breakfast: cereal (weetabix with regular sugar with 1% milk (or coconut milk), or speciak K. eat this with 4oz of ground beef or 2 boiled eggs and 2.5 oz of a meat, or 2-4 slices turkey bacon (protein must equal 30g)

-snack: banana, 2-3 oz ground beef or beef jerky, or left over veggies (potatoes, green beans), cauliflower, 4-5 cherry tomoatoes or 5 baby carrots or dried apricots (5).

-lunch: salad of iceberg, 5 baby carrots, cherry toms. 4 oz ground beef. or 2-3 hot dogs with ketchup and mustard (ive been weaning hot dogs tho bc i cant stand eating crappy anymore! besides the amount of protein in ground beef or meat that you cook at home is higher than the amountof protein in a hot dog..i THINK. if my protein doesnt reach 30g, than i eat an additional bowl of cereal (special K..it has 6g of protein per cup) with coconut milk.


-afternoon snack1: 2 hours later: 8oz v8 with NYF

-afternoon snack2: leftover fruit from my girls' snack, and dried apricots and raisins 1/2 cup, and 2 beef jerkies and some random veggie (cherrytomoato, baby carrots). i try to have at LEAST 6g of protein for snacks (so that my daily total is 100g of protein)

-dinner: 4oz of meat (chicken or beef) with veggies (bell peppers, onions, green bean,s potatoes (every day), a tomoato based sauce like salsa (with fajitas). i try to limit rice and tortillas/breads but focus on veggies. if i dont feel full (i normally do) ill have more dried apricots.


snack: banana, dried apricot, and beef jerky

ive stopped my dark choc for now

-lemon water replaces regular water all day. (except i bring up a glass of plain water at night)


i think atomic says if you eat sugar with protein its okay but its preferred to be good sugars (ex:in fruits). good sugars (good carbs/complex carbs) are fruits, vegies, whole grains (i think). simple sugars (that cause crashes) are rices, breads, pastas (espl white). really bad sugars (bad carbs) are twinkies, brownies choc cakes (yummmm) ;-)

i personally think you should add more food. in thebeginning i was stuffing myself and my body couldnt handle all teh extra protein. i was getting tummy aches, etc. then after a week it got used to eat. its been about a month now alittle over, and im just now pooping less (sorry TMI). i dont knowif thats a good thing or bad, but with me doing weights im hoping all that food is being used for energy or building. whereas a lot ofis was going to waste. i was pooping like 3-4 times a day big to medium loads!!! now just 2wice!

HTH and sorry for the gross descriptions!

Giz that is brilliant!!!

If you eat protein with carbs, even simple carbs are ok. The reason why it's generally better to go for complex carbs is because they tend to be more nutrient-dense than simple carbs are, so you're getting more "bang for your buck" in terms of calories, which is important for most blue swayers who are gaining too much and need to maximize nutrition while minimizing calories. (if you only have 500 cals to spare, why not make it 500 cals plus nutrients rather than 500 cals of high-fructose corn syrup) But since Hobber is LOSING weight, she can get away with adding some empty calories. Hope that makes sense.

[b3blue]

heres what i eat:

diet:
-wake at 7:30am, get ready, eat larabar within 15 min of waking
-get kids ready, feed them
-breakfast: cereal (weetabix with regular sugar with 1% milk (or coconut milk), or speciak K. eat this with 4oz of ground beef or 2 boiled eggs and 2.5 oz of a meat, or 2-4 slices turkey bacon (protein must equal 30g)

-snack: banana, 2-3 oz ground beef or beef jerky, or left over veggies (potatoes, green beans), cauliflower, 4-5 cherry tomoatoes or 5 baby carrots or dried apricots (5).

-lunch: salad of iceberg, 5 baby carrots, cherry toms. 4 oz ground beef. or 2-3 hot dogs with ketchup and mustard (ive been weaning hot dogs tho bc i cant stand eating crappy anymore! besides the amount of protein in ground beef or meat that you cook at home is higher than the amountof protein in a hot dog..i THINK. if my protein doesnt reach 30g, than i eat an additional bowl of cereal (special K..it has 6g of protein per cup) with coconut milk.


-afternoon snack1: 2 hours later: 8oz v8 with NYF

-afternoon snack2: leftover fruit from my girls' snack, and dried apricots and raisins 1/2 cup, and 2 beef jerkies and some random veggie (cherrytomoato, baby carrots). i try to have at LEAST 6g of protein for snacks (so that my daily total is 100g of protein)

-dinner: 4oz of meat (chicken or beef) with veggies (bell peppers, onions, green bean,s potatoes (every day), a tomoato based sauce like salsa (with fajitas). i try to limit rice and tortillas/breads but focus on veggies. if i dont feel full (i normally do) ill have more dried apricots.


snack: banana, dried apricot, and beef jerky

ive stopped my dark choc for now

-lemon water replaces regular water all day. (except i bring up a glass of plain water at night)


i think atomic says if you eat sugar with protein its okay but its preferred to be good sugars (ex:in fruits). good sugars (good carbs/complex carbs) are fruits, vegies, whole grains (i think). simple sugars (that cause crashes) are rices, breads, pastas (espl white). really bad sugars (bad carbs) are twinkies, brownies choc cakes (yummmm) ;-)

i personally think you should add more food. in thebeginning i was stuffing myself and my body couldnt handle all teh extra protein. i was getting tummy aches, etc. then after a week it got used to eat. its been about a month now alittle over, and im just now pooping less (sorry TMI). i dont knowif thats a good thing or bad, but with me doing weights im hoping all that food is being used for energy or building. whereas a lot ofis was going to waste. i was pooping like 3-4 times a day big to medium loads!!! now just 2wice!

HTH and sorry for the gross descriptions!

I'm printing this and taking it to the store LOL. Fantastic! It's going to be hard to cut back on bread. I love sandwiches. OP I'm with everyone else, eat more more more!

[Hobbermittens]

Thanks so much everyone! I have been forcing myself to eat lots of eggs (hard boiled, mainly.) I thought there was something in the eggs that wasn't recommended, but I can't remember what, so I hadn't been eating very many (not a huge fan anyway so I didn't miss them). Anyway, they are helping me get more protein, so I hope they are okay to eat a few of a day.

Oh, and gizmo, I got some of that coconut milk! I also got some special K to go with it. Which kind do you eat? I got the vanilla almond because it was on sale.

[gizmo77]

glad you found the coconut milk. itried the vanilla flavored coconut milk and dont like it much. it remindsme of melted vanilla ice cream. but its ok until im done with it. wow, i had no idea i was doing that great! actually i thin i could do so much better..like adding more veggies and less of the prcessed stuff. as of now, i HATE hot dogs! i cant stand the consistency, they taste so fake to me. but i have ti finsih my last pack this week or DH will make me work on the railroad. ;-)

b3blue, i also miss sandwiches. for me i cant really eat them too much unless im pregnant bc i gain SO much weight with bread but i LOOVE my jimmy johns!

hobber, on IG i believe, they said no yolk for eggs bc yolk contains sme calcium..i checked and it was something like only 6% of calcium or 23g (dont quote). for me, i figured it takes too much time to "de-yolk" rather than just eat it. i already spend SOO much time in MY personal meal prep..that i keep forgetting my kids' names. 6% of ca, HOPEFULLY wont hurt me, im still drinking some kind of milk plus there will always be some amount of calcium in veggies that i may not know about either! ill just limit to what i can. and i think fo rm e personally i may have overloaded with calcium while TTC my DDs. plus eating a hard boiled egg WITH yolk defly fills me up better. id have to eat like 6eggwhites to get me just satisfied.

as far as special K, i just go with original. ive gotten really used to it and i love the light taste. i tired the choc one and didnt like it. im used to 'not-so-sugary' things nowadays that if i eat something with some sugar its like guzzling a a cup of sugar...

thanks everyone !! that felt good! ;-) but mostly glad i could help..since you all help me!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks so much everyone! I have been forcing myself to eat lots of eggs (hard boiled, mainly.) I thought there was something in the eggs that wasn't recommended, but I can't remember what, so I hadn't been eating very many (not a huge fan anyway so I didn't miss them). Anyway, they are helping me get more protein, so I hope they are okay to eat a few of a day.

Oh, and gizmo, I got some of that coconut milk! I also got some special K to go with it. Which kind do you eat? I got the vanilla almond because it was on sale.

I think eggs are awesome for TTC blue (protein, good fats, and cholesterol, plus lots of nutrients too, all for fairly low calorie costs) but the FGD is against them because they have the wrong minerals and then IG is also against eggs for blue because they have the wrong minerals and also have "progesterone" (but they don't REALLY have progesterone, because you don't get progesterone from diet, your body makes all the progesterone it needs)

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks so much everyone! I have been forcing myself to eat lots of eggs (hard boiled, mainly.) I thought there was something in the eggs that wasn't recommended, but I can't remember what, so I hadn't been eating very many (not a huge fan anyway so I didn't miss them). Anyway, they are helping me get more protein, so I hope they are okay to eat a few of a day.

Oh, and gizmo, I got some of that coconut milk! I also got some special K to go with it. Which kind do you eat? I got the vanilla almond because it was on sale.

I think eggs are awesome for TTC blue (protein, good fats, and cholesterol, plus lots of nutrients too, all for fairly low calorie costs) but the FGD is against them because they have the wrong minerals and then IG is also against eggs for blue because they have the wrong minerals and also have "progesterone" (but they don't REALLY have progesterone, because you don't get progesterone from diet, your body makes all the progesterone it needs)

[atomic sagebrush]

glad you found the coconut milk. itried the vanilla flavored coconut milk and dont like it much. it remindsme of melted vanilla ice cream. but its ok until im done with it. wow, i had no idea i was doing that great! actually i thin i could do so much better..like adding more veggies and less of the prcessed stuff. as of now, i HATE hot dogs! i cant stand the consistency, they taste so fake to me. but i have ti finsih my last pack this week or DH will make me work on the railroad. ;-)

b3blue, i also miss sandwiches. for me i cant really eat them too much unless im pregnant bc i gain SO much weight with bread but i LOOVE my jimmy johns!

hobber, on IG i believe, they said no yolk for eggs bc yolk contains sme calcium..i checked and it was something like only 6% of calcium or 23g (dont quote). for me, i figured it takes too much time to "de-yolk" rather than just eat it. i already spend SOO much time in MY personal meal prep..that i keep forgetting my kids' names. 6% of ca, HOPEFULLY wont hurt me, im still drinking some kind of milk plus there will always be some amount of calcium in veggies that i may not know about either! ill just limit to what i can. and i think fo rm e personally i may have overloaded with calcium while TTC my DDs. plus eating a hard boiled egg WITH yolk defly fills me up better. id have to eat like 6eggwhites to get me just satisfied.

as far as special K, i just go with original. ive gotten really used to it and i love the light taste. i tired the choc one and didnt like it. im used to 'not-so-sugary' things nowadays that if i eat something with some sugar its like guzzling a a cup of sugar...

thanks everyone !! that felt good! ;-) but mostly glad i could help..since you all help me!!!

1)I don't love the vanilla coconut milk either! It's either too sweet or not sweet enough. I either get plain or choc.

2)Hey, I really do think you're doing a fantastic job. There's always something that can be improved upon, you know?? If you don't like hot dogs, don't eat them! I promise that most of the boys who've ever been conceived were done without benefit of hot dogs (well, in a manner of speaking )

3)Yes, the amount of calcium in a yolk is SO tiny it's really ridiculous to avoid them. You have a certain amount of calcium to play with even if you are following the mineral recommendations (300-400 mg calcium a day) and eggs are a perfect way to "spend" them. Eating egg whites totally defeats the purpose of the eggs though because the fats and cholesterol is in the yolk (plus most of the other nutrients) and that's what your body uses to make testosterone and estrogen from in the first place. Not eating eggs is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

4)One of my IG friends just conceived a baby boy eating tons of Special K!!! Just be sure you're getting SOME protein with the Special K because it burns off quick otherwise!

[atomic sagebrush]

glad you found the coconut milk. itried the vanilla flavored coconut milk and dont like it much. it remindsme of melted vanilla ice cream. but its ok until im done with it. wow, i had no idea i was doing that great! actually i thin i could do so much better..like adding more veggies and less of the prcessed stuff. as of now, i HATE hot dogs! i cant stand the consistency, they taste so fake to me. but i have ti finsih my last pack this week or DH will make me work on the railroad. ;-)

b3blue, i also miss sandwiches. for me i cant really eat them too much unless im pregnant bc i gain SO much weight with bread but i LOOVE my jimmy johns!

hobber, on IG i believe, they said no yolk for eggs bc yolk contains sme calcium..i checked and it was something like only 6% of calcium or 23g (dont quote). for me, i figured it takes too much time to "de-yolk" rather than just eat it. i already spend SOO much time in MY personal meal prep..that i keep forgetting my kids' names. 6% of ca, HOPEFULLY wont hurt me, im still drinking some kind of milk plus there will always be some amount of calcium in veggies that i may not know about either! ill just limit to what i can. and i think fo rm e personally i may have overloaded with calcium while TTC my DDs. plus eating a hard boiled egg WITH yolk defly fills me up better. id have to eat like 6eggwhites to get me just satisfied.

as far as special K, i just go with original. ive gotten really used to it and i love the light taste. i tired the choc one and didnt like it. im used to 'not-so-sugary' things nowadays that if i eat something with some sugar its like guzzling a a cup of sugar...

thanks everyone !! that felt good! ;-) but mostly glad i could help..since you all help me!!!

1)I don't love the vanilla coconut milk either! It's either too sweet or not sweet enough. I either get plain or choc.

2)Hey, I really do think you're doing a fantastic job. There's always something that can be improved upon, you know?? If you don't like hot dogs, don't eat them! I promise that most of the boys who've ever been conceived were done without benefit of hot dogs (well, in a manner of speaking )

3)Yes, the amount of calcium in a yolk is SO tiny it's really a bit silly to avoid them completely. You have a certain amount of calcium to play with even if you are following the mineral recommendations (300-400 mg calcium a day) and eggs are a perfect way to "spend" them. Eating egg whites totally defeats the purpose of the eggs though because the fats and cholesterol is in the yolk (plus most of the other nutrients) and that's what your body uses to make testosterone and estrogen from in the first place. Not eating eggs is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

4)One of my IG friends just conceived a baby boy eating tons of Special K!!! Just be sure you're getting SOME protein with the Special K because it burns off quick otherwise!

[gizmo77]

1)I don't love the vanilla coconut milk either! It's either too sweet or not sweet enough. I either get plain or choc.

2)Hey, I really do think you're doing a fantastic job. There's always something that can be improved upon, you know?? If you don't like hot dogs, don't eat them! I promise that most of the boys who've ever been conceived were done without benefit of hot dogs (well, in a manner of speaking )

3)Yes, the amount of calcium in a yolk is SO tiny it's really a bit silly to avoid them completely. You have a certain amount of calcium to play with even if you are following the mineral recommendations (300-400 mg calcium a day) and eggs are a perfect way to "spend" them. Eating egg whites totally defeats the purpose of the eggs though because the fats and cholesterol is in the yolk (plus most of the other nutrients) and that's what your body uses to make testosterone and estrogen from in the first place. Not eating eggs is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

4)One of my IG friends just conceived a baby boy eating tons of Special K!!! Just be sure you're getting SOME protein with the Special K because it burns off quick otherwise!

i agree about the yolks...it does more good than not!!! i am DONE with hot dogs..finally! now just cooking tons of meat ahead of time for snacks brkfst and lunches. and im almost SO over beef jerkies too. the thing with me is, even tho i consider myself a creature of habit, i cant handle "non nutritious" foods too long. my dh LOVES mcD's i can eat it once or twice in a week but thats IT!! i get sick of eating grease. while beef jerkies have all the protein..i still feel like im eating something...well...PROCESSED! (and it is). so i cant handle it for too long. cereals im ok with tho!
thanks for tip about speciak K. i was assuming im using the protein IN the cereal for my protein in that meal.

[atomic sagebrush]

Unfortunately, the "protein" in cereal is really not a complete protein and there's not much of it, so it's best to have some protein from another source at the same time. (Dairy counts as a complete protein if you are including that.)