Day 2 p2 1.2 lbs down (written 1/26)

so yeah, 1.2 down. YAY! Just keep it comin!!! Today I didn't eat in the morning, but did eat my 2 apples like I was supposed to. so. Here's what I ate:

Mid am snack- apple

lunch- 3 eggs minus 2 of the yolks and tomato soup

dinner- chicken fried steak made from cube steak, melba and cooked in 1 tsp coconut oil and asparagus (it was frozen… not the best, but it’ll do I guess.)

dessert- cooked apple w pumpkin pie spice and some caramel capella drops. Mmm.



I didn’t get my water in today. Boo. But I have been peeing like mad!!! Having my “OMG what have I gotten myself into this time, I can’t make it!” moments, but they WILL go away. I had these feelings with my 1^st round. In the morning I’ll be doing better when I get on the scale!

day 1 p2

Ok so. 1st day and so far so good. I followed my modified plan and so tomorrow morning will tell how that went.
My meals went:
Breakfast- 3 boiled eggs minus 2 yolks
Lunch- 3,5 oz ff cottage cheese, melba, and a raw tomato
snack- 4 lg strawberries 1 piece of chocolate delite
Dinner- chili made of 3.5 oz ground beef, canned (ro-tel) tomato/tomato sauce, & onion. Added my melba crunched up.
After dinner I had 1 piece of chocolate delite

It's been awhile since I've had this feeling in my tummy. I'm not "hungry" but feeling light. Dinner DID feel filling but I wasn't full yet. I know that will come in time.

I'm just so unhappy with my last round failure. After the 2nd day of loading, I'm at my ldw of my FIRST round. So round 2 was of no good. (AND I used up some of my supply of drops. and now after the big stink from the fda, I'm either on my very last round, or I will have to get creative as to how to get more to do more rounds.) I *really* hope it isn't my last, since I have 40 lbs to go to get where I'd like to be and know that number isn't likely! But I'll treat it as though it is, so I won't squander any time on protocol.

Round 3 here we go!!!

I'm at the top of the rollercoaster looking up to the sky. Tomorrow is day 1 of vlcd for round 3. And Man, have I loaded. ugh. sick. "Load" is a 4 letter word. I've loved the food, but hated the feeling. I started yesterday at 198.8 today I was at 200.4! woo.hoo. More to lose later, my resolution for this round is to keep up on this blog, which SHOULD keep me accountable to NOT CHEAT! So, hold on tight, cuz here we go!!!!!

Alright, all. I am finally ready to start another round. I had become so complacent after that last difficult round that I thought I'd never do it again! I got to the point that I either cheated all the time or I didn't even eat. Neither was a very great way to do it, and I think I have learned my lesson.

I AM one to modify my diet a bit though.

My plan:
3.5 oz ff protein (boiled egg or cottage cheese, etc) in the am
chocolate delight (mid-am snack)

3.5 oz protein
melba &
veggy for lunch

fruit for a snack

and 3.5 oz protein
melba &
veggy for dinner

In my experience, it was too much for me to count my every calorie. I just know that if I had red meat once that day, I need to eat white meat/fish later, since red meat is higher calorie. I just basically kept track that I ate my daily requirements and that was good enough for me. The math basically has already been done for us in our list of daily requirements that I really don't think about that too much.

I also love to do chocolate delight with my coconut oil and agave. Agave is NOT a p2 food, but I rationalize that the little coconut oil we are allowed (no more than 2-3T a day) in p2, the amount of agave in the chocolate delight relative to that is pretty minor. I know it isn't strictly by the book, but I'm more interested in not giving up to temptation to cheat than to be so strict and unforgiving with myself.

Another note about coconut oil. Coconut oil is a great fat to incorporate into our diet. It is readily metabolized and actually helps your body metaboilze fat. I don't count those calories either, or not eat something to make up for the extra calories. They are basically "free" although you wouldn't want to overindulge. Like I said earlier, 2-3T in a day. In my mold, that's <1 piece a day. I portion it out so I know how much I'm eating.

I also found that I could use it IN my cooking. I used it as the little bit of oil in the pan to cook my food! Or to crunch up my melba, coat a 3.5 oz piece of cube steak, and "fry" chicken fried steak!!! I ate like this last round and ACTUALLY lost! Nothing is worse to me than to have little bits of my little bit of chicken sticking to the pan! As if there's sooo much to eat to begin with! So voila! Perfect solution! (A note here, though. The flavor comes through, so unless you like the coconut flavor in light meats and veggies, you'll notice it when you cook chicken, shrimp or fish. Just fyi.)

Here's to a happy holiday week, and happy loading to me! I haven't done my grocery shopping yet, but I'm sure it will contain quite a few things I WON'T be getting for awhile!

p2 Tomato Soup

Again, with the rainy day nice n' hot soups. I like this one thin or thicker, it just depends on my mood. I usually slurp it right out of a coffee mug. GREAT slurping soup, and VERY filling, even though you're really only eating your 1 tomato and a bit of broth!

p2 Tomato Soup

1/2 can tomato sauce (my fave is Hunt's garlic tomato sauce. Adds a nice flavor.)

2c Chicken stock

(optional: worcestershire sauce to taste. might be a cheat in p2, so don't if you think it is.)

• dump it all together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• simmer it down to the consistency you desire. (I usually put it on and "forget about it," while I'm cooking something else.)
• serve and enjoy. (Like I said earlier, I usually sip this out of a coffee mug.)

p2 Chili

As the weather begins to cool off, nothing's better than a nice, hot bowl of soup. As I was eating this the other night, towards the bottom of the bowl, I thought to crush up my melba like a saltine cracker. That was soo delish. And since this recipie only makes a single serving, and only uses 1/4 can of 2 different things, I keep my unused sauce & tomatoes in the fridge. It doesn't last long. This is one of my current faves. (And cannot WAIT to add beans and top with cheese in p3!)

p2 Chili

hCG portion of ground beef, chicken, turkey (whatever)

1/4 can Ro-tel Tomatoes (get mild if you're a wuss... it's kinda hot)

1/4 can Ro-tel tomato SAUCE (ditto on the mild thing.)

1c broth (any flavor)

cumin

• Brown your ground beef, rinse and drain. (Get as much fat out as you can!)
• Add liquid ingredients. This will look thin and runny, but you'll cook it down.
• Bring to a boil and let it simmer down until it's almost thick and add cumin to taste. (I like a lot of cumin, so I won't give exact measurement... plus I'm kinda a dump it together girl so I don't know how much I use.)
• After you add the cumin, don't cook too much longer or you won't taste it much.
• Serve and enjoy!

UNDER 200!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I broke 200 lb mark!!!! I'm elated! I haven't been that since I was gaining during my 1st pregnancy. And it's funny, I was telling my hubby in bed this morning, that my "flap" (the hanging skin that USED to be FAT in the tummy) looks odd now. It's getting more noticeable in my clothes, because what USED to be fat is now all wierd and deflated looking. :D It'll go down, just for now it looks funny... funny that this is a good thing to me! (Progress not perfection?)

I have heard a lot of people saying that in round 2 their losses have been less than desirable, and so they eat an extra 100 grams of protein in exchange for 1 of their fruits and lose lose lose, like they were in their first rounds. AND it kept their cravings to cheat down. So my plan is to have the boiled egg or ff cottage cheese that P & I says is an ok substitute for protein in the morning, because I'm seeing the pattern that the morning is when I tend to cheat because I get bored or hungry. I have always eaten breakfast, so I do get hungry then, even on hCG.

Another thing is that I DID get agave for my chocolate delight. My rationale is that in the little bit of coconut oil I'm allowed in p2, there isn't very much agave in the chocolate delight. If it does seem to make me stall or gain, I will cut it out, lesson learned. I think having this when I'm wanting to cheat will satisfy the urge, and if it's working for me, why not. ?? We shall see how it goes.

Wish me luck. It's only an experiment. If it works, YAY! If not, then I will go back to strictly P & I protocol. I HOPE it works.