R3 Phase 3 Day 10

Weight - 135.6

Yes!  Down 4.2 lbs from my steak day with a massage and a detox bath!  I'm 0.8 above LIW.  Eating lean today.  Picked up my two new pair of jeans from Nordstroms.  Got a bra fitting and bought a few bras.  Then headed to Nordstrom's Rack and did I make a haul.  Four pairs of shoes, some tops, a pair of Lucky jeans, some shrugs to wear over sleeveless things, several dresses to wear with leggings.. and *THE* little black dress.


Breakfast - (204 calories)
 *Garden salad with chicken
100 g chicken
150 g romaine
120 g cucumber
80 g roma tomato

30 g onion
4 tbsp Walden Farms Fat Free Balsamic Vinaigrette



Morning Snack - (105 calories)


7 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
50 g strawberries


Lunch - (610 calories estimated)
**Lunch at Nordstrom Cafe
Cup of Harvest Vegetable Soup
Lime & Cilantro Chicken Salad

Dinner  - (360 calories)
**Spicy Tilapia & Dijon Green Beans
300 g Kirkland Tilapia Loins
Salt Free Fajita Seasoning
85 g French Green Beans

Total Calories for the day 1,279
Daily Calorie Composition: 26% from carbs, 27% from fat and 47% from protein.

R3 Phase 3 Day 9

Weight - 139.8

Yes you read that right.  I'm up 3.2 lbs from yesterday.  Before you go thinking sensitivity to something I ate, I have a confession to make.  When I weighed last night before bedtime, like I'm apt to do, I knew from the scale that I was going to be up over the 2 lb limit this morning.  Frustration set in.  I knew it meant a steak day for sure.  Well, rather than be my calm, stoic self, I got mad and I ate.  Albeit I ate P3 foods for the most part, but I ate well after midnight and quite a bit of food.  To the tune of about 700 calories.  So of course this morning I was up not only what I would have been up but more.

So.. steak day it is.

On a good note, I had a wonderful moderate and deep tissue 90 minute massage this afternoon.  Very needed and should certainly help with the scale in the morning.

Breakfast - (18 calories)
Coffee with 1 tbsp half & half


Dinner - (780 calories)
12 oz New York Strip Steak
200 g roma tomato
2 tbsp white wine vinegar

Total calories for the day 798
Daily Calorie Composition: 2% from carbs, 62% from fat and 36% from protein.

R3 Phase 3 Day 8

Weight - 136.6

Well I can now way without a doubt don't ever bother with a chicken day for an alternative to a steak day.


I'm eating normally today.  If tomorrow brings an increase, I'll do a steak day

Breakfast - (561 calories)
**Veggie scramble with feta plus turkey sausage
2 large eggs
1/4 c Kirkland real eggs
35 g spinach
60 g mushrooms
50 g onion
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp half & half
34 g Athenos Feta with Roasted Red Pepper & Garlic
3 Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage Links
1 cup coffee with 1 tbsp half & half


Lunch - (588 calories)
**Spinach salad with chicken
125 g baby spinach
200 g baked chicken
40 g roma tomato
40 g onion
14 g bacon bits
34 g Athenos Feta with Lemon, Oregano & Garli
3 tbsp Brianna's Real French Vinaigrette

Afternoon Snack - (132 calories)
6 oz Zoi non fat greek yogurt
56 g blueberries

Dinner  - (266 calories)
**Chicken burger with sauted bellas
Sabatinos Spinach & Aged White Cheddar chicken burger (Costco)
120 g portobello mushrooms
40 g onion
2 tbsp parmesan cheese

Evening Snack - (144 calories)
6 oz ApothicRed Winemakers Blend

Total calories for the day 1,691
Daily Calorie Composition: 16% from carbs, 48% from fat and 36% from protein.

R3 Phase 3 Day 7

Weight - 136.4


Up a pound and I really should have just kept pounding at the normal days.  Instead silly me decided to test the waters with an alternative correction day called a chicken day.  Essentially, you eat a nothing but a roasted chicken all day, starting with the legs and thighs including the skin and working on to the wings and breasts.  If you need to you can add some mayo and dill relish to it to make chicken salad, but I wouldn't load it up like that.

The calories below are estimated because there wasn't any good info available.


Breakfast - (18 calories)
1 cup coffee with 1 tbsp half & half


Throughout the day - (1,711 calories estimate)
1 roasted chicken - approximately 36 oz of meat and skin

Total calories for the day 1,737
Daily Calorie Composition: 0% from carbs, 52% from fat and 48% from protein.

R3 Phase 3 Day 6

Weight - 135.4

Woot.. maybe eating some real food is what I needed.  I'm down .8 and within .6 of LIW.  Going to push the P3 calories today and see what tomorrow brings.

Breakfast - (621)
*Veggie Scramble with bleu cheese and bacon
3 large eggs
1 tbsp half *& half
85 g Trader Joe's Balsamic sweet onions
60 g mushrooms
25 g sweet peppers
28 g bleu cheese
1 tbsp butter
2 slices Kirkland Low Sodium Bacon
Two Coffees with 1 tbsp half & half each

Lunch - (444 calories)
7 oz Fage 2% Greek Yogurt
60 g blueberries
56 g Tillamook Vintage White Sharp Cheddar
56 g Columbus Herb roasted turkey (Costco)

Dinner - (554 calories)
*Bunless turkey burgers with the works
2 - 4 oz Jennie-O all natural lean turkey patties
30 g bleu cheese
40 g dill pickle
40 g onion
1 tbsp Trader Joe's Mayo
1 tbsp yellow mustard
1 tbsp reduced sugar ketchup

Total calories for the day 1,619
Daily Calorie Composition: 9% from carbs, 58% from fat and 33% from protein.

R3 Phase 3 Day 5

Weight - 136.2

Down .8 after lean protein yesterday.  I'm still 1.6 above LIW, but I'm going to try a more normal day for calories and see what happens.  Busy Saturday for me.  Today was the birthday party to celebrate my granddaughter's 3rd birthday.  We ate lunch at RainForest Cafe.  I had a bunless burger and a side salad, brought my own dressing.

So after the Rainforest Cafe - the family took off and I popped in Nordstroms to check a pair of my favorite "not your daughters jeans". Tried on a 4 and then a 2.. totally not happening. They looked like saggy baggy elephant. The friends I was with (hair stylist whose 24 and her mom who just finishes a round) drag me over to the other side.

About 2 hours later and a zillion pairs of jeans I'm not the owner of two size 27s. One pair is a Citizens of Citizens of Humanity 'Hutton' Mid Rise Wide Leg Stretch Denim Trousers and the other is Rich & Skinny 'Sugar' Flare Leg Stretch Trouser Jeans. Two pair that each are twice what I paid for the few NYDJ's that I've had.

Also snagged a couple of three quarter sleeve cardigans, camis, a new hooded Helly Hanson Rain Jacket in a small (I've been wearing an XL) and the cutest short ruffle front faux leather jacket.

Now I just need to find somewhere to wear it all.

Dinner was later tonight than I like to eat.  It was about 8 when I sat down to eat.  I typically am done by 7pm.

Breakfast - (185 calories)
150 g chicken breast
Coffee with 1 tbsp half & half

Morning Snack - (164 calories)
7 oz Fage 2% Greek Yogurt
50 g blueberries

Lunch - (677 calories estimated)
6 oz burger with cheddar and a mushroom topper
side salad
3 tbsp Brianna's Real French Vinaigrette

Dinner - (426 calories)
*Bunless turkey burger with the works
6.5 oz Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey
1 oz Tillamook Vintage Sharp White Cheddar
40 g tomato
40 g dill pickle
40 g onion
1 tbsp yellow mustard
1 tbsp reduced sugar ketchup

Total calories for the day 1,449
Daily Calorie Composition: 7% from carbs, 55% from fat and 38% from protein.

R3 Phase 3 Day 4

Weight - 137.0

Too much bulk in foods yesterday and not enough output overnight.  Time to reign these wild horses in.  I'm doing a protein day today.


Breakfast - (228 calories)
6 oz 96/4 ground beef

Morning snack - (35 calories)
2 c coffee with 1 tbsp half & half each

Lunch - (164 calories)
150 g chicken

Dinner  - (312calories)
288 g veal
1 tbsp capers
2 tbsp lemon juice
Mrs Dash Garlic Herb

Total calories for the day 739
Daily Calorie Composition: 1% from carbs, 22% from fat and 77% from protein.