Posts by sn13

Thanks m0m6 and undertherainbow for your inputs. I will talk to my doctor about nutrition. Since my first doctor's appointment is not until my 7th week, I needed some advise till then. That is the reason for my post.

All, 
 
    Thanks a lot for all your support and encouragement and advice. I was totally in need of it. I will try to answer some of y'all's q's.

butterfly827:  I opted for the 8 oz of plain yogurt for 150 calories, rather than any low fat one's, coz all of the food I have mentioned above is too much food for me. At this point, I do not need any more food. And I cannot add any more veggies or fruits coz I seriously cannot eat any more food. :) So, in order to make it to 1200, I opted for the regular low fat plain yoghurt.

pumpkin314:  Subway sub: Since the subway sub's have so much sodium, I decided to do this: No to the following:  Olives, Banana Peppers, Pickles, Jalapeno Peppers and NO dressing. Only a teeny bit of salt and pepper. 2 triangles of cheese. I changed my cheese from American to Swiss cheese because even though Swiss has 10 calories more than American, it is low in Sodium compared to the American one. So, 2 triangles of Swiss cheese on wheat bread. So, with all the above deletions and changes, my 6" subway sub comes to 295 calories. (200 for wheat bread + 50 for 2 triangles of Swiss cheese + 0 calories for Lettuce, Cucumber, Bell Pepper & Onion + 5 calories for Tomato. Total = 255. And my sodium intake has come down by 300 mg by cutting down on the above mentioned. So my 6” subway veggie delite sub has 255 calories and 390 mg of sodium. :)

cawilder: You have mentioned in ur post that Peas, corn, carrots are all very high in sugar, so high in Glycemic index. So, I looked up the GI on this website: http://www.glycemicindex.com/. And according to them GI of 55 and under is low GI, GI of 56-59 is medium GI and over 70 GI is high GI...Peas, raw carrots etc fall under low GI...only corn falls under high....And coming to legumes, moon dal or green gram is a legume and sprouted moon is what I eat for dinner.. Let me know if my calculations are wrong. I freely admit that I am new to all this, so I may be looking at things incorrectly.

And u have helped a bunch. Thanks.

katydid_007: Self discipline? Yeah, I admit that I have a lot of it. But another thing is I am not used to eating so much food. All the foods I have mentioned as part of my 1200 cal diet is too much food for me...also the foods I have selected r very yummy. So there is no need for my self discipline... :) Coming to fruits, I am planning on removing the 150 calories of yoghurt and adding some more fruit to it...what do u think?

And I hate nuts...which is one reason I do not have them in my plan...also, I have looked them up and everything is so high in calories

 Which nuts do u think I shud add and how much like 1/4 cup per day?

Stacy shandykat: I am 5' 5" tall. Yes, there is a reason I have restricted my diet to 1200 cals. The reason is I am used to eating food only from outside...so, even though the portions were small, the calories in those portions would be high as a result of which my calorie intake in a day was very high...and now that I am not eating anything from outside other than my subway sub, the food in my 1200 cal plan is actually too much food for me...honestly, I feel stuffed...:)

   And no, I do not have any time for exercising...which is why I have settled on this plan...if I had time for exercising, I would have done a 1800 cal plan with plenty of exercise thrown in...but since that is not possible, I opted for the other way around...less calories and no exercise...although I do a bit of yoga whenever I find some time...

carmenxox: Thanks for your response carmenxox. As I have mentioned in my previous responses, the food is too much food for me...I feel stuffed...rather than feeling starved.

    Coming to temptations, I have not felt any for the last one month. My main motivation is conceiving a baby once I reduce my weight. So, no temptations or binging is veering me off my goal… And I have not felt any temptations or otherwise for the past 1.5 months….:)

newbarb: Thanks for ur response newbarb. I agree...I will include some variety in my plan once I get some time to myself...This weekend, I am planning on coming up with food ideas for at least 4 days of the week, so that I don’t have to keep repeating the same thing.

    Coming to legumes, moon dal or green gram is a kind of legume...I eat the sprouted kind...I also eat lentils with the moong...I will also try to add some nuts into my diet. which one's do u suggest...I hate nuts which is why I did not include them in my diet...also, when I looked them up, they r very high in calories...so, I did not opt for them...if I shud add them, which one’s do u suggest and what quantity? 1/4 cup of mixed nuts or 1/4 cup of one kind of nuts (if so which) per day? And yes, the plain yoghurt is yummy.

Thanks for your response. Glad I have some input so that I can continue what I am doing without all kinds of questions and doubts about whether I am doing this right or wrong.

O.K, I usually have 1 packet of Weight Control Quaker Maple Syrup and Brown Sugar with hot water and 1 apple or 1 banana for breakfast. And my lunch and dinner would be compatively bigger than this. But since I keep hearing that breakfast should be the biggest meal of the day, lunch half of breakfast and dinner half of lunch, I decided to reverse the order of things and had for breakfast what I usually have for dinner.

1) 1/2 cup of chopped onions

2) 1 medium sized tomato

3) 3-4 Green chillies

4) 1/2 cup of frozen mixed vegetables (green peas, corn, carrorts & green beans)

5) 1/2 cup of frozen green peas

6) 1/4 cup of cooked medium grained brown rice

  I took 1.5 tsp of Canola oil in a skillet, and cooked all the above with some water and a pinch of salt. And it was yummy.....And for dinner I am planning on having what I usually have for breakfast - 1 packet of Weight Control Quaker Maple Syrup and Brown Sugar with hot water and 1 apple or 1 banana.

   Any suggestions on whether this is a good idea? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!