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

[swish]

Zanacal, do you mean you wouldn't bother with chitosan? The reason I did in first place was as fibre to help keep me moving!!! Do you think I should just ditch it?
Mocha, I didn't ever weigh myself before this, had to buy scales!!! There is a chance I weighed snout this weight for one of boys but I really don't know. So I'm not sure whether to drop to about 107 which would definately be my lower ttc date or if this is too low as I would be underweight...

[purplepoet20]

We haven't eaten out in such a long time that my hubby said as soon as I get preg he is going to use the craving excuse just so we can eat at the Las Vegas buffets again.

[Mochagirl]

Here's today's food:

Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: 3 pieces of curd cheese (my favourite, but I was careful to keep within the 30g serving, and even then it pretty much took half of my fat and sodium allowance for the day), 1/2 piece of salt-free bread, 1/2 cup strawberries, 1 sugar free yogurt (I really can't stand this stuff - I think I'm going to switch back to non-fat sugared yogurt since I need the extra calories anyway) + CL
Supper: orzo pasta mixed with unsalted butter and parmesan, steamed yellow beans
Snack: More strawberries!

I forgot my peppermint tea today because I was outside most of the day. DS hasn't nursed in 3 nights now, so maybe I should start taking Saw Palmetto....
Calories: 1,084
Fat: 22.6g (I'm happy with this - if it weren't for the curd cheese (which was a one-time thing), I would have been well within the 20g daily limit)
Protein: 45g (the pasta is what did me in today. I had two servings (larger servings than 1/2 cup - I used the guidelines on the box) because I was so hungry, and it came in at 22g of protein! I might as well have had meat tonight!)
Sodium: 482.6mg

Why, oh why do I have such an easy time reducing sodium and such a hard time reducing protein??!!

[zanacal]

swish - I was referring to the Chitosan but I was thinking of it as a weight loss aid rather than as something to move you along. I don't know enough to advise whether I think you should take it or not - sorry!

Here's me for the day:

1 tea and 1 coffee with skimmed milk and sweetener
Lunch: Corn wrap with Dairylea Light (again!) and Activia fat free rasperry yogurt
Dinner: 3 mini white pittas with a dollop of low fat houmous and some cucumber and red pepper sticks, 2 unsalted rice cakes with sugar free jam and a glass of skimmed milk
Snack: Strawberries with a meringue nest

Calories - 843 (ie. not enough!)
Protein - 41g
Sodium - 962mg

Any ideas of something I could have later that has calories and nothing else in it? The only thing I can think of is Vodka!!

[Mochagirl]

I'm no help, zanacal - I have the exact same problem as you every day - too few calories. I say have a vodka and cranberry - that'll add about 200 calories and will relax you too. Pretty soon (hopefully) we'll all be pregnant and it'll be a long time before we have alcohol again.....

Seriously, though, if anyone out there has ideas on how to add calories without adding protein, fat or sodium, I'm all ears....

[swish]

Breakfast peppermint tea
Lunch jam sandwich, actimel, strawberries
Snack few grapes
Dinner cous cous with green beans and courgettes and Parmesan. Muller light yogurt. Plan to have a couple of sweets!!

[Mochagirl]

Breakfast: coffee

Lunch: salt-free bread toasted with 1/2 tbsp of low fat peanut butter spread on it (this seemed soooo decadent, yet it was only half a serving and so the protein and sodium weren't too high), CL

Snack: peppermint tea

Supper: My kids have been begging for tacos, so I made a girl-friendly version. I used ground chicken, and was planning to use the fajita seasoning recipe from Tamara's cookbook, but got lazy and bought low sodium El Paso taco seasoning instead. I figured it would be ok because I'd be eating so little of it. I made two tiny tacos on sodium-free corn tortillas, and topped them with plain yogurt, fresh salsa and shredded low sodium Swiss cheese. I only used about a TBSP of chicken in each taco, and so was able to keep my protein low. Did it taste like a real taco? Not really, but it was ok and the bit of sodium in the seasoning made it feel like a treat. I also had some rice milk to drink. Shortly after supper I realised I'd only eaten like 500 calories today, so I quickly tried to think of things to add to the calories. I still had lots of room with sodium and protein, which is rare, so I had a Pop Tart, a yogurt AND a glass of skim milk.

Snack: I'm also planning to have some strawberries in a bit.

So, not a great day all in all. I ended up eating too little. I think my mistake was not enough variety (and for some reason, no veggies today). I meant to eat more for lunch but was in the backyard with the kids and forgot to go back in to get something else until too much time had passed and I was in 'snack' territory.

Calories: 920
Fat: 21.4
Protein: 39.8
Sodium: 700

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm no help, zanacal - I have the exact same problem as you every day - too few calories. I say have a vodka and cranberry - that'll add about 200 calories and will relax you too. Pretty soon (hopefully) we'll all be pregnant and it'll be a long time before we have alcohol again.....

Seriously, though, if anyone out there has ideas on how to add calories without adding protein, fat or sodium, I'm all ears....

Fruit!

Don't fear the nutrients, on such a low caloric intake the nutrients count less than if you're eating more. And you guys CAN'T be getting enough potassium on such a low food intake, so the fruit will help with potassium too.

Candy is also an idea.

[atomic sagebrush]

Breakfast: coffee

Lunch: salt-free bread toasted with 1/2 tbsp of low fat peanut butter spread on it (this seemed soooo decadent, yet it was only half a serving and so the protein and sodium weren't too high), CL

Snack: peppermint tea

Supper: My kids have been begging for tacos, so I made a girl-friendly version. I used ground chicken, and was planning to use the fajita seasoning recipe from Tamara's cookbook, but got lazy and bought low sodium El Paso taco seasoning instead. I figured it would be ok because I'd be eating so little of it. I made two tiny tacos on sodium-free corn tortillas, and topped them with plain yogurt, fresh salsa and shredded low sodium Swiss cheese. I only used about a TBSP of chicken in each taco, and so was able to keep my protein low. Did it taste like a real taco? Not really, but it was ok and the bit of sodium in the seasoning made it feel like a treat. I also had some rice milk to drink. Shortly after supper I realised I'd only eaten like 500 calories today, so I quickly tried to think of things to add to the calories. I still had lots of room with sodium and protein, which is rare, so I had a Pop Tart, a yogurt AND a glass of skim milk.

Snack: I'm also planning to have some strawberries in a bit.

So, not a great day all in all. I ended up eating too little. I think my mistake was not enough variety (and for some reason, no veggies today). I meant to eat more for lunch but was in the backyard with the kids and forgot to go back in to get something else until too much time had passed and I was in 'snack' territory.

Calories: 920
Fat: 21.4
Protein: 39.8
Sodium: 700

Mocha you are making a GREAT point here. TINY servings of things are ok. Like fat free refried beans, peanut butter, etc. if you eat a small amount, you can easily include these in your diet now and then and stay within your nutrient guidelines for the day.

Of anything, I suspect that sodium is the least important. People seem to ahve an unlimited taste for salt so I think it's somewhat unlikely that superlow sodium intake is required to TTC pink, it's just that since it seemed to be in line with both thge FGD and the Oxford study, it seems smart to include it.

[atomic sagebrush]

I also found pure chitosan today and took it before dinner, are you meant to ake it 30 mins before you eat. I'm wondering if it's a good idea as I'm now down to 110 lbs, do you think it's a good idea to continue to drop weight, I'm really not sure, I'm nit underweight yet but nearly!!!

It won't affect calories from carbs anyway, only cals from fat. I do think it's worth it to continue taking it, if only for regularity! OMG the girl diet is so constipating.