R4 Phase 2 Day 26

Weight - 138.4

Okiee...  damn scale.  I'm rolling up my sleeves.  I will conquer you.  I have to.  I'm doing a mini-steak day today and pulled out the veal I have because I've not used it this round at all.  So I'm skipping lunch, having all my protein for dinner (and a bit extra) with a tomato.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Timothy's Winter Carnival.


Dinner - (365 calories)
**Lemon Dijon veal & roma tomatoes
295 g veal sliced thin
juice of half a lemon
1 tbsp capers
2 tsp dijon mustard
minced garlic
pepper
185 g roma tomato

Season the veal and place in skillet on medium high heat.  Add garlic and cover.  There will be some liquid come up.  Turn the veal after a minute or so and add the lemon juice capers and dijon and recover.  Remove the lid after a couple of minutes.  Plate the veal, stir the liquid contents to mix and reduce.  Pour the reduced sauce over the veal.

Total Calories for the day 365
Daily Calorie Composition: 8% from carbs, 14% from fat and 78% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 25

Weight - 138.0

Down 0.6.  Well down is down.


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

Lunch - (204 calories)
**Ahi tuna salad & cucumber salad
110 g yellowfin tuna
1 tbsp dill relish
1 tsp canola mayo
pepper
250 g cucumber
50 g onion
3 tbsp red wine vinegar

Afternoon Snack - (18 calories)
60 g strawberries


Dinner - (225 calories)
**Italian StirFry with bison and bok choy
150 g buffalo eye of round (1.5 portions for extra protein)
200 g baby bok choy, diced
1/4 c Pacific Natural Beef Stock, minimal ingredient - for simmering
2 tbsp Hunts No Salt Added Tomato Paste
Italian seasoning to taste

Total Calories for the day 447
Daily Calorie Composition: 24% from carbs, 17% from fat and 59% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 24

Weight - 138.6

Totally clueless on this one folks.  I'm up 1.6 lbs for no good reason.  Someone hold me back from murdering my scale.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Van Houtte Chocolate Raspberry Truffle.

Lunch - (192 calories)
**Sunday scramble
1 large egg
3 egg whites
100 g mushrooms
70 g onion

Dinner - (193 calories)
**Ground turkey burger salad
140 g Jennie-O 99% lean ground turkey
10 g pepperoncini
Spice Hunter Fajita Seasoning blend
90 g lettuce
40 g dill pickle
30 g onion
1 tbsp yellow mustard
30 g strawberry (needed something sweet)

Total calories for the day 385
Daily Calorie Composition: 23% from carbs, 17% from fat and 60% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 23

Weight - 137.0

A gain of 0.4 which I totally expected after the stellar losses the past 4 days.  Adding a bit more protein to my two meals today.

Breakfast
Coffee with KAL stevia
with my Keurig Coffee Maker.  A lot of the flavored coffees available are P2 friendly.  Today I had Timothy's Sugar Bush Maple

Lunch - (233 calories)
**Bison steak salad
170 g bison eye of round steak
120 g baby spinach
65 g roma tomato
30 g dill pickle
20 g red onion
spicy mustard dressing

Dinner - (215 calories)
**Spicy chicken & celery soup
150 g chicken breast
200 g celery, diced
1 cup Kirkland Chicken Stock
1 cup water
few sprigs of fresh parsley
Spice Hunter Mexican Seasoning blend
cumin

Total calories for the day 448
Daily Calorie Composition: 17% from carbs, 11% from fat and 72% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 22

Weight - 136.6

Holy cow another full pound gone today!!  I thought I was dreaming.  Then thought the scale said 138.6, but nope.  Totally unexpected.  My week 3 loss is 4.4 lbs which is the highest amount for week 3 of any of my rounds.  Now I am really expecting an uptick tomorrow.

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

Lunch - (192 calories)
**Burger salad
100 g 96/4 ground beef, crumbled
125 g baby spinach
90 g roma tomato
50 g dill pickle
30 g red onion
quick dressing with yellow mustard, a squirt of reduced sugar ketchup, water, pepper, and garlic powder

Afternoon snack - (100 calories)
170 g Fage 0% Greek yogurt
Sweet Leaf Apricot Nectar Stevia 


Dinner - (141 calories)
100 g yellowfin (ahi) tuna
juice of half a lemon
pepper to taste
160 g romaine lettuce
sweet mustard dressing

Total calories for the day 433
Daily Calorie Composition: 23% from carbs, 12% from fat and 65% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 21

Weight - 137.6

The pound I am down today was totally unexpected.  I can't recall a time beyond the first week of any of my rounds where I've had 3 consecutive days of 1 pound plus losses.  I'm definitely not expecting the trend to continue.

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

Lunch - (211 calories)
**Chicken, apple, celery salad
100 g chicken breast, previously baked
160 g celery, diced
145 g apple, diced
1 tbsp yellow mustard
2 tbsp water
stevia to taste

Dinner - (282 calories)
240 g bison eye of round, previously cooked
175 g cucumber
1 tbsp red wine vinegar

Total Calories for the day 493
Daily Calorie Composition: 26% from carbs, 11% from fat and 63% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 20

Weight - 138.6

Nice drop of 1.4 lbs.  So the 2 lb jump from a couple of days ago are gone with .4 of it's friends.

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

Lunch - (177calories)
**Burger salad
100 g 96/4 ground beef (previously cooked)
125 g romaine
65 g roma tomato
35 g dill pickle
25 g red onion
I made a dressing with mustard, reduced sugar ketchup, garlic, pickle juice and water.

Afternoon snack - (127 calories)
175 g Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
50 g raspberries

Dinner - (159 calories)
**Lemon Pepper Mahi Mahi with braised spring onions and radishes
150 g Kirkland Mahi Mahi (Costco)
juice of half a lemon
pepper to taste
1 tsp capers
125 g French breakfast radishes
20 g Spring onions
mince garlic
water for braising

Marinate the fish in the lemon and pepper for about 10 minutes.  Place in a hot skillet, cook until white on the down side, flip, add water or lemon juice and cover for 2 to 3 minutes until fish is no longer translucent and flakes easily.  Remove fish from pan, add lemon juice and capers, reduce for a sauce.

Saute the radishes, onions and garlic briefly, add water and cover.  Check and stir a couple of times and remove from heat when radishes are just fork tender.

Total Calories for the day 463
Daily Calorie Composition: 29% from carbs, 11% from fat and 60% from protein.