R4 Phase 2 Day 12

Weight - 142.4

Up 0.4 dang it.  Oh well, trudging along.  One of my favorite local grocers has bison steaks available this week.  I love bison aka buffalo.  I'd never had it until my first round of HCG.  I snagged a few pounds of top sirloin as well as one small package of tenderloin.  Might go back later in the week for a bit more.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.

Lunch - (167 calories)
113 g Jennie-O turkey breast, baked
280 g cucumber
30 g onion
3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
stevia to taste

Afternoon Snack - (51 calories)
165 g strawberries


Dinner - (235 calories)
**Buffalo stir fry
160 g buffalo tenderloin, diced and cooked to medium
220 g mushrooms (not protocol)
75 g onion
beef broth for moisture.

Total calories for the day 453
Daily Calorie Composition: 29% from carbs, 11% from fat and 60% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 11

Weight - 142.0

No loss, no gain.  One more mini-steak day of the lean kind and I'm back to two meals a day for a while.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.

Dinner - (342 calories)
235 g beef sirloin, fat removed
210 g roma tomato
2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Total Calories for the day 342
Daily Calorie Composition: 10% from carbs, 25% from fat and 65% from protein. 

R4 Phase 2 Day 10

Weight - 142.0

Down 2.6 lbs after the lean mini-steak day.  So net effect after the cheat on Friday night is .4.

At the ballgame it was like my nose was in super-mode. I could identify food coming within 20 feed of me. The women next to us pulled out Subway and I thought the bell peppers alone were going to send me over the edge. Rianne was with me (she's about 3 weeks into R2). We managed to resist, but I was very tempted. My next night game in P2 I will bring my chicken, apple, celery salad even thought it's later eating than normal.  Not sure if today will be a normal two meal protocol day or another mini-steak day. I'm a bit hungry at 10:45, drinking coffee, so it likely will be a two meal day. My younger son and his GF are loading Monday and Tuesday so he wanted one of his favorite old school meals tomrrow. Shake n Bake pork chops, hashbrown casserole, and green bean casserole. At least it all cooks in the oven(s) and I don't have to stand over a stovetop smelling it all.


Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Green Mountain Island Coconut

Dinner - (342 calories)
235 g beef sirloin, fat removed
210 g roma tomato
2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Total Calories for the day 342
Daily Calorie Composition: 10% from carbs, 25% from fat and 65% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 9

Weight - 144.6

Up 2.2 lbs from last night's late frustration eating.  Oh well.. it is what it is.  I'll be glad when my son and his GF are in P2 as of Wednesday.  I'll have an excuse to remove tempting items from the house.

Mini-steak day today (the lean kind).  I had planned this for today originally because I have a hair appointment at 10 am and won't be home until 2ish, then a baseball game tonight at 7.  I don't want to eat that late so I will do the steak around 4pm and be done.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Gloria Jean's Butter Toffee and Timothy's German Chocolate Cake

Dinner - (352 calories)
210 g beef top loin, fat removed
200 g roma tomato
2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Total Calories for the day 352
Daily Calorie Composition: 9% from carbs, 30% from fat and 61% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 8

Weight 142.4

Down 1 pound.  Hoping for no rebound tomorrow.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Gloria Jean's Butter Toffee

Lunch - (214 calories)
140 g beef eye of round
280 g cucumber
sweet dressing with white wine vinegar, water, and stevia

Afternoon snack - (120  calories)
1 container Yoplait Greek Yogurt 2x protein

Dinner - (167 calories)
112 c Jennie-O 99% lean turkey breast, baked
300 g romaine lettuce
sweet dressing

Total calories for the day 501
Daily Calorie Composition: 22% from carbs, 13% from fat and 65% from protein.

AND THEN

After some frustration caused by a friend I ate late and off protocol.  There will be damage
2 pieces of banana nut bread, some oreo minis and about 8 or 10 tortilla chips with cheese melted on top.  I would guess it pushed my calories to 1200 easily.

R4 Phase 2 Day 7

Weight - 143.4

A drop of 0.4 after nothing yesterday.  This week one is shaping up to be the slowest of all my rounds.
I'm going off protocol today and trying something several ladies on the forum at http://hcgdietinfo.com/ have done with some success.  I'm eating Fage Greek yogurt today in a combination of 0% and some 2% to get to the 500 calories.  Once I was done for the day I didn't like the look of my fat % so I added a bit of creamy cheese which did put me over the calories, but I think may help in the long run.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Gloria Jean's Butter Toffee and Donut House Chocolate Glazed Donut

Morning Snack - (60 calories)
6 oz container Greek Gods 0% Greek Yogurt flavored with Sweet Leaf English Toffee stevia

Lunch - (120 calories)
8 oz container Fage 0% Greek Yogurt flavored with Sweet Leaf Chocolate stevia

Afternoon snack - (130 calories)
7 oz container Fage 2% Greek Yogurt flavored with Sweet Leaf Lemon Drop stevia

Dinner - (291 calories)
13.25 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt flavored with Sweet Leaf Vanilla stevia
20 g Yancy's Fancy Bergenost cheese


Total calories for the day 601
Daily Calorie Composition: 28% from carbs, 18% from fat and 54% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 6

Weight 143.8

Zero, zip, nada..no fun and still in the first week.

I got my first delivery from a regional farm fresh organic service.  There was a nice surprise package on my doorstep bright and early this morning.  I was able to modify the items to fit my P2 foods.  I received braeburn and pink lady apples from Washington; celery, broccoli, lemons, baby spinach, cilantro, and green leaf lettuce from California; limes from Arizona; cucumbers and roma tomatoes from Mexico

Breakfast 
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Gloria Jean's French Vanilla Supreme and Green Mountain Mocha Nut Fudge

Lunch - (188 calories)
**Karli's Spicy Chicken 'chili'
100 g chicken, baked and shredded
170 g celery (use whatever P2 veggie you want)
50 g onion
40 g mushroom
1 c Kirkland Chicken Broth
1 c water
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp cayenne, chili powder, or paprika, depending on how spicy you want it.
chopped fresh cilantro and a dab of pico de gallo
Franks if you need more heat

Afternoon Snack - (86 calories)
180 g braeburn apple

Dinner - (182 calories)
**Fish taco salad
160 g Kirkland Tilapia Loins
1 tsp Spice Hunter Fajita Seasoning
200 g green leaf lettuce, shredded
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 to 2 tbsp water
garlic powder, pepper, and stevia to taste
1 tbsp pico de gallo or sugar free salsa


Total calories for the day 456
Daily Calorie Composition: 33% from carbs, 10% from fat and 57% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 5

Weight - 143.8

Down another 0.6

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Gloria Jean's French Vanilla Supreme and Green Mountain Mocha Nut Fudge

Lunch - (214 calories)
**Fish taco slaw
180 g Kirkland Tilapia Loins
1 tsp Spice Hunter Fajita Seasoning
200 g Napa cabbage, shredded
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 to 2 tbsp water
garlic powder, pepper, and stevia to taste
1 tbsp pico de gallo or sugar free salsa

Afternoon Snack - (84 calories)
175 g pink lady apple

Dinner - (152 calories)
**Baked Chicken & A Cucumber Salad
100 g chicken, previously baked
300 g cucumber
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
salt, pepper to taste

Total calories for the day 450
Daily Calorie Composition: 28% from carbs, 11% from fat and 61% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 4

Weight 144.4

Down 0.6 today and I'm wishing it were more.  5.6 lbs in three days.  If the losses are already this low what's this mean for the days to come?  I upped my protein today for both meals to get to 500 calories.

Sun was shining this afternoon so I managed to get out of the house for a brisk 3 mile walk in about 55 minutes.  Now this evening I'm pooped out.  Hopefully that means I'll sleep well tonight

Breakfast 
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Donut House Chocolate Glazed Donut and Timothy's Wild Mountain Blueberry

Lunch - (221 calories)
**Fiesta lime fish & salad with mustard dressing
165 g Kirkland Wild Caught Alaskan Cod
Mrs Dash Fiesta Lime Seasoning
200 g romaine lettuce
1 tbsp yellow mustard
2 to 3 tbsp water
pepper and no salt seasoning
145 g strawberries


Dinner - (269 calories)
**Steak & Spinach Salad
150 g eye of round steak (batch cooked 4 portions)
garlic powder
pepper
140 g baby spinach
mustard dressing

Total calories for the day 490
Daily Calorie Composition: 30% from carbs, 12% from fat and 58% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 3

Weight 145.0

Drop of 0.8.  Family Sunday, but it's nice because my DIL is in P2 also.  She and I can have a meal and make something separate for the others.

Breakfast 
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Timothys Golden French Toast & Sugar Bush Maple

Lunch - (299 calories)
**P2 Chili
100 g 96/4 ground beef
1 can diced tomatoes, no salt added
1 tsp Spice Hunter Fajita Seasoning

Dinner - (196 calories)
**Soup with chicken & cabbage
100 g chicken breast
300 g napa cabbage
No salt seasoning and pepper

Total calories for the day 495
Daily Calorie Composition: 40% from carbs, 10% from fat and 50% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 2

Weight - 145.8

Drop of 4.2 lbs from day 1.  That's the largest first day drop of any of my rounds.  Slept like a log last night (thank you Ambien), but woke up around 6am sweating like crazy.  Realized that I fell asleep with my heated mattress pad on.  Maybe all that sweating helped the scale.  Spent the afternoon running errands with my daughter-in-law and grandbaby.  First time I've had any hunger at all was this afternoon when I ended up out later than a typical P2 dinner time for me.  Not starving at all, but I definitely knew it was time to eat.

I'm fudging a bit today since it's early in the round.  I mixed veggies in my soup for dinner and used mushrooms.  We shall see if I continue this or not.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Green Mountain Island Coconut and Gloria Jeans Butter Toffee

Lunch - (203 calories)

100 g chicken breast, baked
250 g cucumber, diced
25 g onion
3 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
seasonings to taste
150 g strawberries

Dinner - (244 calories)
**Soup with beef & bok choy
100 g thin sliced sirloin
220 g bok choy
60 g mushroom
50 g onion
3/4 c Pacific Natural Beef Broth (minimal ingredient)
1 c water
2 tsp minced garlic
Spike No-Salt seasoning, yellow mustard, and pepper to taste
150 g strawberries

Total Calories for the day 447
Daily Calorie Composition: 37% from carbs, 14% from fat and 49% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 1

Here we go again.

Weight is not pretty.  I'm calling it an even 150.0.  I didn't manage to weigh until noon and then it was 149.0.  So loading weight is 3.4 lbs which is typical for me.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
Btw I love my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Green Mountain Island Coconut and Green Mountain Southern Pecan

Lunch - (196 calories)
**Soup with beef & bok choy
100 g thin sliced sirloin
220 g bok choy
3/4 c Pacific Natural Beef Broth (minimal ingredient)
1 c water
Spike No-Salt seasoning, Franks, and pepper to taste
150 g strawberries

Dinner - (212 calories)
100 g chicken breast, baked
300 g cucumber, diced
25 g onion
3 tbsp Nakano Rice Vinegar
seasonings to taste
160 g strawberries

Total calories for the day 408
Daily Calorie Composition: 35% from carbs, 16% from fat and 49% from protein.