Back down 1.6 so I'm back to just fine... I had a hard time during TOM during p2, so I'm sure that was why so hard now. Hopefully this will work itself out without any more gains like this. That REALLY sucked!!! Still pounding the water. I'll keep that up for now. Sorry not too talkative today. I've got 2 little ones playing in the kitchen sink!!! Just thought I would update you after that terrible weigh in  yesterday!!!

WHITE chocolate delight!!!!! (p3)

yuk. I'm sooo not happy how this turned out that it is SOOOO getting taken off my blog!!! WHEN I find a good recipie, I will for sure post it!!!!! And sorry to anybody that wanted it or tried it!!! I know I spent $8 on the just whites, so sorry if you went out to find it!!! Get your money back. It didn't work.

Basic Chocolate Delight (p3~agave)

I have found that I really do prefer agave to stevia, so this is what I have made so far. I will use this in all my upcoming recipies as my basic chocolate delight recipie

1c coconut oil melted (I just keep mine on top of the refrigerator and it stays melted)
2/3 c (1/2 c for sweeter milk chocolate-like delight) cocoa
1/4 c agave
Capella drops (not absolutely necessary, but I liked carmel best.)

sift your cocoa into the melted oil. mix well. add your agave and stir. add the drops if you're going to, and pour into a mold or bowl to harden it in. Freeze until it's hard. Pop out of the mold and enjoy!

Beaten into Submission

ok so the scale has beaten me into submission back into p3. I am .1 below my upper 2 lb range. I know there are a few reasons, TOM, water weight and eating way too many carbs. Anyway, no more carbs. I'm supposed to be off p3 on Thursday, so I'm not sure how long I will go back to it to get myself readjusted. I liked the p3 foods anyway! And I'm forcing water to get myself all flushed out. Guzzled a 20 oz bottle before my breakfast of sausage and a strawberry smoothie. I think of carbs for my birthday, I will likely just have my 1 slice of sourdough garlic bread and a piece of cake. That is plenty. And keep up the p3 diet. Anyway. I did order cola and root beer capella drops. They will likely be here in a couple days, tomorrow maybe even! They came in super fast last time! I got my sparkling water yesterday so I'm ready whenever they come!!!

I tried to make up a version of white chocolate delight. I used powdered milk... NOTgood. I put the powder in a blender to make it more powdered, and then added the oil. Then when I put the sweetener (agave, since I don't like stevia) it separated and the milk became solid and the oil separated from the mess. yucky mess!!! So then I tried to mix the agave and oil before adding to the milk powder. Did the same thing. Time to try something else! Hebby Dobie on youtube did white chocolate with whey protein powder, but I didn't have any and didn't wanna spend $10-15 on something I didn't know if I'd like. Another recipie I saw used powdered egg whites, but couldn't find it, so I thought milk powder. I also saw malted milk powder but looked at ingredients and the 1st ingredient was wheat. So no go. I made up a batch of cheesecake dip for strawberries, and a thicker plain cheesecake with my NY cheesecake drops from capella. We had the strawberries and dip for dessert last night, and even the hubby liked it! And I also made PB cup chocolate delight. And chocolate delight with almonds and another with macadamias. I'm thinking I prefer the almonds to the mac nuts. Wish I was on p4 so I could crunch up pretzels (but on p2 you COULD chop or break up your grissini). That would be heaven! So anyway. I'm pretty well set up with desserts for the week, now all I have to do is keep up with p3!

p3 Cheesecake

This is soooooooo good! The recipie I was inspired by (From Carol Ensminger on youtube and miracle skinny drops) had whipped whole cream instead of the greek yogurt, but I didn't have any so I just basically sub'ed the yogurt. Great for anybody looking for a dessert that's really easy to make, AND sugar-free to boot!


8 oz pkg cream cheese or neufchatel (1/3 less fat) cheese
1 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup agave nectar
16 drops Capella Flavor Drops in N.Y. Cheesecake Flavor
http://www.capellaflavordrops.com/

Warm the cream cheese in the microwave for 45 secs to soften.
Add the yogurt and agave nectar. Mix well.
Count out your drops as you add them to the mix. Stir well.
Refrigerate for a few hours to set and the drops to take full effect.

Fair Food... 1 lb drop

Title says it all. No fair, huh?!?! So yes, we went to the fair yesterday. High of 96 (and if you're reading this from another part of the states, you may be thinking lucky me...) but I am NOT used to it this year and it was probably the hottest day yet, PLUS all the walking. I was a good girl bringing my water bottle and refilled the 2 of them between me and my 2 kids probably 4 or 5 times.And food wise I was pretty good until the elephant ear. Now, mind you I'm in p3, and the cheats I HAVE done this week I've lost, not gained, so I thought I'd just go easy on the treats, but that I'd probably be okay. So my sis and I shared an elephant ear (extra crispy) and between us, we ate probably 2/3 of it. It was good, but after, I felt kinda sickly. We'd been out in the heat since 9 am, and by then it was 3. Anyway. I took the 2 yr olds on 1 last ride. (The strawberry ride, a memory I surely won't forget. My son was laughing a precious little laugh I've never hearrd him laugh, and my neice was sooo dizzy her whole little body was wobbling like one of those punching bag toys that roll around when you hit them. Precious childhood. So Sweet!) After the ride we started the trek back to the bus to go back to the parking lot where our car was, and I started showing signs of heat sickness. Now, I was faithfully drinking water all day, but I was getting headaches, my chest was tight, my pulse was racing, nosebleed,  nauceous and sleepy. I was pretty scared for my health. Anyway. I got home fine and took a VERY long COOOLD shower. Still was out of it, but then, when I couldn't stay awake any longer and my head hurt so bad, I dozed off for 5 minutes till my hubby yanked the remote away. It jolted me awake and somehow... I was back! I just kept forcing myself to drink up, and I've been okay. Man! That.was.a.day! It was a great day, great memories with the kids, but I'm tellin ya what! I learned my lesson!!! I was pretty worried that the combo of the elephant ear and the possibility of retaining water from getting heat exhaustion would cause a gain. But no, either I'm the luckiest person alive or ??? I managed to escape the consequences of them both, and went down a lb!! I'm not gloating. It was pretty scary.

Going out this am to get cream to make Carol's cheesecake. Pretty excited about that! And still cannot wait for my coconut oil!!!! I'll post some pix when I make it! Hope all are having a great day! God Bless!

My 1st intro to capella drops... mmmmm

Got my capella drops yesterday and tried them this morning... I got caramel, cool mint, coconut, vanilla custard, and ny cheesecake... LOVED them all!!!! Made a cheat with hot cocoa to try the caramel, mint and coconut. mmmmm. And I tried the cheesecake and vanilla custard in some greek yogurt w stevia. Now, I'm a girl who HATES yogurt. But this? Was GOOD. Even my 2 and 5 yr olds loved it all! The yogurt was good for a fruit dip... ate it with strawberries. SO YUMMM! I bet this would be a good potluck/party food that no one would guess was hcg food!!! I haven't gotten my heavy cream to make Carol E's cheesecake with the drops, but I am going out directly tomorrow morning to get some. (Cream cheese, whipped whole cream, stevia and the cheesecake drops.) Sounds soooo good! Still waiting for the coconut oil. Probably saturday or monday. The anticipation is KILLING me! I want to test out the chocolate delight recipies to find MY perfect recipie! (Plus I want WHITE chocolate... so we'll see.) The coconut and mint would be good in white chocolate, so I'm soooo dying to try it!!!!! http://www.capellaflavordrops.com/

cheated p3 and lost .6

G'morning all! So I TOTALLY cheated p3 yesterday with 3 zucchini muffins and 1 slice of bread... and still .6 lost!!!!!! I'm ever closer to my LDW (206)! Seems like for the last week since I was struggling with leveling out, I've gone up and down in a 1 lb range between 206-7. Yesterday was 207, after all that cheating I was 206.4 just now. Now I know that one trick to p3 was to EAT my cals, but I think maybe I have stabilized a week earlier than the 3 weeks according to protocol. Makes me feel like going to p4 already, Not sure.

My son who was sick yesterday is no longer... I think that means we are headed off to the fair today, which means all the tempting fair food. There are lots of great bbq booths to choose over the foot long corndog and onion blossoms that I've loved in the past. And after that zucchini bread yesterday, I think I can satisfy my hankering for sweets with a little chocolate chip zucchini bread. It was sooo delish! (Although in the back of my mind I'm thinking... "it wouldn't be THAT bad..." so maybe not.)

pilot post

Ok all. I have been asked enough times if I wrote a blog that I think I will just go ahead and do it. I think it's better than my daily posting on facebook, where I'm SURE my friends are sick of the morning weigh in!!! (And welcome to any of my forum buddies from the HCG Diet 411 Blog! Hope you'll enjoy my posts here as much as you did there!) I'm not going to explain the exact protocol, unless someone asks, because I'm hoping you all will already know it. Plus there are soooooo many places online that have Dr. Simeon's manuscript “Pounds and Inches” at one's disposal.

This first round has NOT been without it's challenges. I struggled like no other with cheating and tasting the food I made for my family. BUT all in all, I lost 21 lbs and 22.5 inches in a 26 day period. I also had a rough start to p3, but I'm now stabilizing/stabilized?-- even??!?!?

I found with my posts on the aforementioned blog that I wrote on daily that I seemed to focus most on the food. I'm a foodie at heart, so I naturally am always thinking about food. With all the restrictions that this diet calls for, I have found ways to make all my fave foods hcg friendly! My motto with the food is that NOWHERE does it say that of the foods we DO get, that they have to be raw, boring or bland! Reinvent ways to prepare your foods, crush up that melba toast for killer breaded chicken or meatballs, puree your tomato to make your own spaghetti or cocktail sauce! Hope I can inspire you to get a little creative in the kitchen, as necessity has been the mother of all my creativity. TIRED of raw tomatoes? RAW apples? ME TOO!