Uk ladies - let's help each other!

[rainbowflower]

tesco do sugar free marshmallows too

[swish]

Thank you, rainbow flower!
Sorry, indira, I don't know for sure but you can have sweetener in drinks at any time so I guess it should be ok whenever but lots all through the day probably wouldn't be good

[twosweetlads]

I think sugar free gum is recommended on in gender so artificial sweeteners are good. chrystal light is allowed first thing in the morning so it should be fine.

[Indira]

Ok then I´m going to have one now thank you both

[rainbowflower]

co-op do a "healthier choice" soft cheese with onion and chives
per 100g:
100 calories
11.0g protein
4.2g carbs
4.2g fat
0.2g sodium
0.6g salt

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm from the uk and I'm not doing a strict diet but when you are desperate I find the baby section really good as all the goodies organic is salt free. The crisps and flavoured rice cakes are good. Rude health rice crispies are salt free and franks diabetic ice cream is good (both in sainsburies or waitrose).
x

OMG that idea is SHEER genius. The baby section!

[atomic sagebrush]

ooh yummy, are we allowed peas + sweetcorn then?

On the Low-Everything Diet, they are ok in moderation as long as you don't exceed your protein.

[atomic sagebrush]

my husband is a serial-dieter (faddy dieter, has tried the lot - SW, WW, soup diet, low GI diet, etc) and I know on a lot of those it says not to eat sweetcorn for some reason, I guess sweetcorn is a little more weight-gaining than other veg!

Yes, that's the reason why but it's pure carbs which is GOOD for TTC pink. Not as good if you're trying for some sort of healthful weight loss.

Peas, on the other hand, do have protein and so you need to be a bit cautious not to eat a ton of them. A bit is fine.

[atomic sagebrush]

hope you don't mind me posting my daily ideas here (French diet):

Breakfast - peppermint tea, supps. Nutrigrain bar if desperate, or raspberry milkshake
Lunch (12pm) - soft cheese sandwich, or salad with a little chicken, home made tomato soup or broth with home made roll,
tea - vegetable curry with rice, vegetable/chicken fried rice, pie once a week (fish pie/cottage pie), pasta+tomato sauce, soup + roll, once a week orange/lemon chicken + rice, quiche + salad, cheesy pasta, poached fish + veg
evening - peppermint tea

snacks - cucumber/celery/carrot sticks, low-fat jelly, low-fat yogurt, fruit (apple/tinned fruit, grapes, pear, strawberries), strawberry/raspberry milk shake, skinny cow icecream, toast+marmalade, some unsalted nuts, home-made muffin


and when AF shows up each month I will allow myself one completely guilt free indulgence meal! (probably a roast with lovely salty potatoes, gravy and veg, and lots of chocolate lol)

Rainbow, I forgot you are doing the FGD - peas and corn may not be allowed on the FGD because of their potassium content. Doublecheck just to make sure because I don't ahve my notes here in front of me right now.

[atomic sagebrush]

I have small sugarfree mints, Wrigley´s Extra forest fruit, the ingredients are sorbit, isomalt, citric acid, aroma´s, aspartam, acesulfam K (is this a vitamin?), sucralose (is this sugar?), do you all think we can eat these all day or would that make blood sugar rise? My understanding is that fake sugar makes blood sugar rise and then fall back lower than before, but is the rising a problem if I eat them a lot?

Acesulfamate K is NOT a vitamin, it's an artificial sweetener and fine for pink.

Sucralose is not sugar, it's Splenda and also fine for pink.

Fake sugar doesn't make blood sugar rise and it is fine to use it all day long (with the exception of stevia/truvia because that sways blue). REAL sugar makes blood sugar rise and then fall back, and you are right on that, don't eat sweets regularly all day long, stick with the 2-3 meals a day idea and include your sweets with your meals.