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

[zanacal]

Lol, I'm really looking forward to that 'meal' once these monsters are in bed!!

I was actually looking to buy goat's cheese when I bought the feta! I think I'll try something with goat's cheese at the weekend - any ideas? I'm not even sure I like it!

[Mochagirl]

I've been eating a lot of goat cheese lately too - a little goes a long way taste-wise. Try it on a toasted sandwich with some roasted veggies - yummy!

I don't know what to do about Vitex either! Those of you who are taking it, how much are you taking? I've been taking 2 400mg pills a day - I'm wondering if I should just take 1? I did a couple quick Google searches and discovered that lots of women take Vitex to BOOST fertility, and they take it all month except for when they have af (they even continue it until they're 10 weeks pregnant, which I wouldn't do).

[swish]

Ok, I've really upped my calories today...
No breakfast
Lunch...it's a long list...2 wraps with feta, cucumber and balsamic - I dry fried the wrap so the cheese melted - lovely!!! Yogurt, actimel, tutti fruities!!!! Ww carrot cake
Dinner gf pasta with roasted butternut squash, Parmesan and lemon. A little frozen yogurt
I am full!!!!!!!!!!!

[zanacal]

Well done swish - I'm proud of you!

mochagirl - have you read the Vitex thread? There's quite a lot of information on there. Vitex does boost fertility in that it can bring back regular cycles when you don't have them, for example when breastfeeding. I think it's long-term use that can make it act as a contraceptive and taking when pregnant is a definite no! I take 1000mg per day. The first month O was delayed by 5 days but the next month I combined it with Saw P and O was a day early. I'm happy to have messed up cycles personally - I know where average, predictable cycles get me

[Mochagirl]

I did read the Vitex thread way back when I first joined this site, but I should go back and read it again. Thanks, zanacal!

[swish]

Quick question...is the day temp rises after ov 1 dpo, I know this sounds silly, I just don't want to expect af on the wrong day!

[zanacal]

I guess it must be if you take your temp first thing in the morning and the temp indicates that you've already ovulated. Are you still expecting Sunday?

[DoulaMama]

Hi Girls...

I've been very good the past few days but just haven't gotten around to posting my daily intakes...
The calorie limit is quite easy for me to follow- I've been under 1300 each day, same with fats- not that much. Sodium is usually under 900 each day, sometimes in the 700's Protein.....well, that's another story 2 days ago it was 50, yesterday it was 57!!! OMG I find it so hard to take in so little protein Today hasn't been too bad but I have one meal left to eat and I'm already at 37. I think I'm going to have to do this slowly. Start with 50 and under and then gradually get lower and lower as weeks go on. I'm able to not snack at all now which is great And I found some yummy low fat frozen yoghurt popsicles

As for the vitex.....I brought my cycles back with 240mg of vitex once a day. Maybe I should take more? I've only taken it for 14 days on, 14 days off since I started it 3 months ago. My cycles were wacky to begin with so I just took it from AF for 14 days and then didn't start again until af showed. I'm still nursing though....and by nursing I mean my kid is latched on for half the day...LOL! Oh well....

And Swish- yes it's the day after the temp rise that you would call 1dpo. The lower temp the day before is O day

Fingers crossed for you Hun!!! xo

[DoulaMama]

My hubby just texted me(he's away on business about 3 hours away from us right now) and told me he's going for sushi with his brother. Can you believe that I'm seriously in tears over this! I LOVE sushi and to combine the fact that he gets 5 days on his own, gets to sleep ALL night and eat whatever the hell he feels like other than no red meat or salting his food).....it's really pissing me off. And to tell me!!! What a jerk! I'm thinking that September can't come soon enough.

[Mochagirl]

Sorry DM - I hate that my DH eats pretty much whatever he wants while I can't eat any of my favourite foods. He jas no sympathy, either, because he doesn't believe in any of this swaying stuff.

Here's my day:

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: rice cake with low fat peanut butter, about 10 of ds's fries (which I was delighted to notice had very little salt on them - though for diet purposes I had to assume they had an average amount of salt), huge full fat vanilla ice cream cone (we were picnicking at the park, and I couldn't resist)
Supper: 3 half bagels with low sodium tomato sauce, sliced mushrooms and a bit of shredded low fat mozzarella. This was quite filling and felt like a big cheat, Peek Freans Lifestyle cookies
Snack/3rd meal: strawberries, raspberries, Pop Tart (I ate the Pop Tart before remembering I had those fries today - it brought me right up to my sodium maximum)

Calories: 1389
Protein: 38.7g
Sodium: 1085mg

So, I'm off to the cottage first thing tomorrow morning. AF is finally over, so we'll probably dtd tonight then whenever we get an opportunity while we're away Should we use a condom until we get closer to O? Last month we dtd unprotected right from the end of af until the day before O, and I'm thinking I should do something like that again, especially since some days we might not be able to dtd (though I'll make sure dh still releases). Last minute advice?

I will be checking in here while I'm away, but not as often as normal. I'll be back on Tuesday evening, and hopefully O will almost be here by then. Wish me luck!