R6 Phase 2 Day 15

Weight - 136.6

Well I'm clueless.  Totally clueless.  Up 1.4 and no idea why.   I'm doing a rogue sort of day today.  Skipping lunch and having a protein shake before a good walk, then coming home to a mini-veal dinner.  With a sauna tonight.  Take that scale!!

Afternoon - (149 calories)
**Strawberry Protein Smoothie
1 scoop Jay Robb Vanilla Whey protein powder
127 g strawberries
crushed ice
water


Dinner - (258 calories)
**Lemon Pepper Veal and Braised Spinach - Mini-veal day
220 g veal cut thin
juice of half a lemon
pepper
85 g spinach
splash of low sodium vegetable broth
1 tsp minced garlic

Total Calories for the day 407
Daily Calorie Composition: 15% from carbs, 10% from fat and 75% from protein. 

Fat 4 g; Fiber 6 g; Carb 15 g; Sodium 398 mg; Protein 75 g

R6 Phase 2 Day 12

Weight - 136.0

Down 0.6 and still no where near where I was 5 days ago.  Driving me crazy, but at least my hunger situation has been resolved.  I spent 5 hours this afternoon helping a handyman friend of mine troubleshoot a wiring issue with my outdoor lights.  Blah.. did not get any of the errands done that I had planned.

I did manage to get in an hour walking this evening though.

I am pulling an old and very ROGUE trick out today for my eating plan.  This is definitely not protocol.

Lunch - (213 calories)
227 g Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
1/2 scoop Jay Robb Vanilla protein powder
80 g strawberries
stevia


Dinner - (219 calories)
227 g Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
1/2 scoop Jay Robb Vanilla protein powder
1.5 tsp Navita Naturals 99% Cacao Powder
stevia


Total calories for the day 432
Daily Calorie Composition: 29% from carbs, 1% from fat and 70% from protein. 

Fat 1 g; Fiber 4 g; Carb 31 g; Sodium 328 mg; Protein 75 g

R6 Phase 2 Day 11

Weight - 136.6

Stop the rollercoaster!  I want to get off!  I am up 1 lb again.  Second time in several days.  Seems I just whittle most of it back off and boom. 

I am pulling an old trick out today.  A mini-steak day.  Nothing for lunch, plenty to drink, and a double portion of steak with an apple for dinner.   Here's hoping.


Dinner - (438 calories)
**Mini-steak & Apple
280 g eye of round steak
150 g apple
2 tbsp Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar

Total Calories for the day 438
Daily Calorie Composition: 19% from carbs, 21% from fat and 60% from protein.

Fat 10 g; Fiber 4 g; Carb 20 g; Sodium 163 mg; Protein 65 g

R4 Phase 2 Day 57

Weight - 132.8

Drop 1 pound today. Below 133 and it's holding pattern time. I'm going to increase my calories today in an effort to maintain my weight around 133ish. I'm doing this partially with a new, very rogue, recipe for something called Lemon Truffles. Like chocolate delight aka cocoa crack which using coconut oil, some people swear that it and these help them lose weight. I tried coconut oil a few times in previous rounds but never really noticed a difference.

Lunch - (183 calories)
**Mexi-Chicken Soup
100 g chicken, previous baked, diced
180 g baby zucchini (I used 1 whole one)
60 g green onion
1 cup Kirkland Chicken Broth
1 cup water
3 tbsp El Pato Tomato Sauce
2 tsp Spice Hunter Fajita seasoning

Afternoon Snack - (35 calories)
90 g peach

Dinner - (288 calories)
180 g chuck steak
125 g romaine lettuce
mustard dressing 

Snack - (124 calories)
20 g Lemon Truffles


Total Calories for the day 630
Daily Calorie Composition: 19% from carbs, 37% from fat and 44% from protein.

Lemon Truffles Recipe

**Lemon Truffles Recipe
1 cup Artisana Coconut Butter
juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp lemon rind
no calorie sweetener of choice (I used KAL stevia - about 10 little scoops)

Heat the coconut butter for 60 to 90 seconds in the microwave.  Stir.  Add the lemon juice, lemon rind, and sweetener.  Combine well.  Spoon small amounts (I used a plastic teaspoon to make about 10 gram truffles).  Freezer for 10 minutes then refrigerate.  Let them come to room temperature before eating.

R4 Phase 2 Day 42

Weight - 134.8

Arrgghh.. no output overnight and I didn't eat dinner last night until 8:30 pm which means I'm up today.

Trying an experiment tonight but I probably shouldn't.  I'm adding in some protein before bedtime to see if it keeps things burning overnight.  Something I've recently read about.  I'm using 8 ounces of Fage 0% Greek Yogurt so I'm getting mostly casein protein which is slow digesting.

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

Lunch - (177 calories)
**Burger Salad
100 g 96/4 ground beef
120 g baby spinach
40 g onion
30 g dill pickle
burger dressing

Dinner - (182 calories)
100 g chicken breast, baked
200 g green beans

Before bed - (132 calories)
224 g Fage 0% Greek Yogurt

Total Calories for the day 491
Daily Calorie Composition: 27% from carbs, 10% from fat and 63% from protein.

R4 Phase 2 Day 36

Weight - 132.6

Another 0.8 this morning, so that puts me within my 'stick it' weight range.  I'll see what tomorrow's scale looks like.  If it is between 132 and 133 I'll up calories of P2 foods just a bit.  The goal is for me to maintain this weight for 10 to 14 days before slowly moving to P3.

Totally insane day for me today.  You know changing one thing in your home tends to snowball?  Well, about a month ago I purchased a new sofa and loveseat for the family room.  I decided I wanted a new area rug.  In searching for area rugs, I discovered that for the prices I was looking at I could recarpet that room.  Well, recarpeting that room became redoing the entire main floor carpet and that went on to recarpeting the entire house.  That all got settled today and install won't be for a bit.. BUT..  I decided if I'm ever going to paint I should probably do it before the new carpet goes down.  Sooo...  oh boy.  Now I have to figure out exactly what color(s) will go with the new carpet.

I'm doing a non-protocol day today partially because I was so busy and also because I wanted to try adding a bit more fat.

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 flavor.

Lunch - (268 calorie)
1 7oz container Fage Total Classic Greek Yogurt

Dinner - (294 calories)
1 17.5 oz container Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt

Total calories for the day 562
Daily Calorie Composition: 19% from carbs, 32% from fat and 49% 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 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.

R3 Phase 2 Day 48

Weight - 134.8

Second day but this one barely.  I have one dose of rx hcg left in the vial.  Hoping tomorrow will hold steady and that will be it.  I've had a unusual amount of energy the past two days for some reason.

Could I really be at goal?

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee, chai tea and water

Dinner - ( 364 calories)
236g 96/4 ground beef


Total calories for the day 295
Daily Calorie Composition: 0% from carbs, 30% from fat and 70% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 47

Weight 134.8

More of the same...  steady as she goes.  Holding my breath to see this number for a couple of days.

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee, triple threat tea, and water

Lunch - (108 calories)
3 oz 96/4 ground beef
13 g celery

Dinner  - (147 calories)
4 oz 96/4 ground beef
27 g celery

Total calories for the day 255
Daily Calorie Composition: 3% from carbs, 28% from fat and 69% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 46

Weight - 136.2

Back to where I was three days ago..  blah..    This has got to break sometime.

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee, triple threat tea, and water

Lunch - (116 calories)
3 oz 96/4 ground beef
13 g celery

Dinner  - (116 calories)
3 oz 96/4 ground beef
13 g celery

Total calories for the day 232
Daily Calorie Composition: 2% from carbs, 29% from fat and 69% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 45

Weight - 136.8

Bleck.. up another .2.  The scale needs to stop playing with me


Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee, chai tea and water

Dinner - ( 364 calories)
6 oz 85/15 ground beef


Total calories for the day 364
Daily Calorie Composition: 0% from carbs, 65% from fat and 35% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 44

Weight 136.6

Up .4.  Not what I wanted but after losing a total 2.6 lbs in the last two days it's totally expected.

Adding back a bit of fat to jolt things again.  This time instead of a small ribeye steak I'm doing 85/15 ground beef because I have more control over the fat and calories.

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee, chai tea and water

Dinner - ( 364 calories)
6 oz 85/15 ground beef


Total calories for the day 364
Daily Calorie Composition: 0% from carbs, 65% from fat and 35% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 43

Weight - 136.2

Another good drop.. 1.2.  That's two pound-plus drops in two days.  Kind of scares me for what's to come the next few days.

Hectic day here with loads of errands.  Studded tires had to come off and some little running around.  Because of the tinsel and feather extensions in my hair the grandbaby wanted some 'sparklies' too.  So we had to hit up Claire's.

Here's some round comparisons

Total lost to date
R1 30.2
R2 23.8
R3 26.4

Week 4 totals
R1 2.6
R2 3.0
R3 4.4

Average lost per day through three weeks
R1 0.72
R2 0.57
R3 0.63

% of body weight to date
R1 14.0%
R2 12.7%
R3 16.2% 

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee and water

Lunch - (156 calories)
4 oz 96/4 ground beef
23 g celery

Dinner  - (304 calories)
8 oz 96/4 ground beef
23 g celery

Total calories for the day 464
Daily Calorie Composition: 2% from carbs, 29% from fat and 69% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 42

Weight - 137.4

Drop of 1.4.  Perhaps due to all the activity yesterday. Getting your hair done, running around the mall and trying on clothes is hard work.

Was really freaking this morning. Woke up way early and couldn't settle back down. Felt 'off'. When I got up to go potty a few times I felt flushed and so dizzy that I had to stop and hold the bathroom counter. It didn't fell like blood pressure at all. At 8am when I took my injection I checked my blood sugar.. 59.. yikes.. not good. I typically don't eat for several hours. I had a some strawberris (boy they put them on steroids) and a roma tomato. It went back to 69 within 30 mins. It typically runs low on P2.. but normally it's 65 or so. I don't check it every day.
 
In the midst of shopping yesterday afternoon, after trying on the small shirt, I commented that I only wanted 3 or 4 tops and my daughter-in-laws reply was "Why the heck.. like you're going to wear smaller than a small? What's next kids sizes?" hmmmm duh I guess


 Breakfast and throughout the day  - (17 calories)
coffee and water

30 g strawberry
45 g roma tomato

Lunch - (175 calories)
4.5 oz 96/4 ground beef
23 g celery

Dinner  - (175calories)
4.5 oz 96/4 ground beef
23 g celery

Total calories for the day 367
Daily Calorie Composition: 7% from carbs, 27% from fat and 66% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 41

Weight - 138.8

Drop of .4 lbs.  Today was a fantastic day.  It was salon day for myself, my daughter-in-law, and a friend.  I've now got a totally different look to my hair.  It's shorter than I've ever had it before, a lighter color, a bit asymmetrical (longer on my left than on the right), stacked and short in the back and I have a couple of extensions on the long side that are feathers (purple and blue) with tinsel. 

I had a 20% off coupon for Kohls and wanted to get a few things to tide me over until I'm completely though P3. When I started this in July at 216 lbs, I was in a 14 jeans, L to XL top, and a 40D bra. Today I am in a size 6 Levi's, size small tops, and 36D bras. I totally can't believe it.

When we stopped by my son and DIL's apartment (it's the DIL in the picture), my son came out to say hi (I see him at least once a week) and he gave me this huge hug and with tears in his eyes said "Mom you are so beautiful.. inside and out." Then I had tears too.

Here's a couple of pics (and those aren't the new smaller clothes size either).  Don't think I've posted on on here before.

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee and water

Dinner - ( 272 calories)
7 oz 96/4 ground beef
35 g celery


Total calories for the day 272
Daily Calorie Composition: 2% from carbs, 29% from fat and 69% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 40

Weight - 139.2

Whoohooo..whoosh fairy finally arrived to clear the water out of these newly emptied fat cells.  Down 1.6 overnight.  There may be a bit of a bounce back tomorrow because that tends to be what happens, but one can hope.  4.2 lbs left to go.  Going to do one more day of the extra lean and also do another 30 minutes walking on the treadmill.

 Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee and water

Lunch - (128 calories)
3.35 oz 96/4 ground beef


Dinner  - (134 calories)
3.35 oz 96/4 ground beef
35 g celery

Total calories for the day 262
Daily Calorie Composition: 2% from carbs, 29% from fat and 69% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 39

Weight - 140.8

Up another .6.  Typically this little ups like this means I've got a whoosh getting ready to happen.  Let's hope.

This has been a weird day for me.  I'm still doing the beef, but today I'm eating a smaller amount than normal and no fruit with it at all.  Trying to shock my system.  Then I'm doing a ribeye tomorrow to jolt the other way with a mini-load.  My issues with steaks like ribeyes is that you can't really gauge the true calories or fat content.  So.. after this last thin cut ribeye is gone, my fattier days are going to be all with ground beef.  I will vary the fat content as I need.  My lean days are the 96/4.  I'll try 93/7 first and if not go to 90/10 sirloin and (heaven forbid) 85/15.  At least with those I know exactly how many calories is in an ounce and how much of that is from fat.

I've also been very wired today.  I walked 20 minutes on the treadmill yesterday and 30 minutes today.  Nothing strenuous.  Just 2.8 to 3mph.  But the rest of the day I've felt like I'm going a mile a minute.

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee and water

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


Total calories for the day 228
Daily Calorie Composition: 0% from carbs, 30% from fat and 70% from protein.

R3 Phase 2 Day 38

Weight 140.2

Tug of war with the scale.  Up 0.4 from yesterday.

Breakfast and throughout the day
coffee and water

Morning snack - (79 calories)
2.25 oz 96/4 ground beef

Lunch - (79 calories)
2.25 oz 96/4 ground beef

Afternoon snack 1  - (122 calories)
2.25 oz 96/4 ground beef
82 g red delicious apple

Dinner  - (108 calories)
2.25 oz 96/4 ground beef
240 g cucumber

Total calories for the day 388
Daily Calorie Composition: 17% from carbs, 24% from fat and 59% from protein.