P2's What's on your menu for today?

[KOO]

M's Sunday 9/26 menu

L-P2 Chili, melba
D-Chicken, sauteed onions, melba
S- Apple w/ choc. sauce
(No loss on Monday morning)

[j4Christ]

Yesterday's menu-
B-coffee, few cucs, broth
S-1 cuc sliced
L-chic/romaine ribs soup (sounds weird, but good)
D-chic on bed of lettuce (dressing was a bit of homemade broth mixed w/ spicey mustard, splash of lime juice and liquid smoke, garlic and onion powder)

Just in case you're wondering...I like the leaf part of the romaine for salad, but not alot of the rib. I chop the rib (like celery) and cook it in my soup. And I guess I never post this but I do get in at least 64 oz. water a day.

[natesmomma99]

Breakfast:

1/2 Grapefruit
Grissini

Lunch:

100 grams grilled chicken
Salad with 2 cups romaine, 1 cup spinach, 1/4 cucumber, 3 cherry tomatoes

Afternoon Snack:

Apple
Grissini

Dinner:

100 grams grilled tilapia
Swiss chard

[Mindfulness]

It's finally vlcd1!!

Breakfast: black coffee with English toffee stevia
Lunch: hamburger patty (seasoned with dehydrated onion, garlic, and herbs for filler), sautéed spinach, grissini
Snack: apple
Dinner: P2 chili, grissini
Snack: sliced strawberries with stevia

I don't normally do beef twice, I just don't have any chicken thawed out. Also, I remember how hungry I was the first day of round 1. Beef fills me up better, so hopefully this will be easier.

[Stevie Renee]

Originally Posted by Ml2f

2B Me!! Stevie Renee I also had headaches for the few first days of taking the HCG but by the 5th day they were gone and I was feeling great

Thanks. They seem to be going away

Food today:
1 gallon of ice tea
2 cups earl gray tea
1 jazz apple, sliced in quarters to eat through the day
Shrimp & Cuciumber
repeat
handful of strawberries

[BusyMomOf4]

Originally Posted by Ml2f

I just watched the youtube video from BizAdventure now I'm going to run to the store and get me the stuff for the shake, its looks soooo good, anyone using them often with success??

You'll just have to try them and see. Dawn can have 2 a day and still lose really well. It's not the same for me. The first time I had one, I didn't lose. Was brave enough to try one yesterday, and I gained 0.5 this morning.

There were other factors that could have come into play (first time-ovulation, second time-a faster walk than usual), but I think I'm just going to be on the safe side and not have them. In fact, I think I'll just stay away from cottage cheese. So, my kids are having cottage cheese for breakfast today.

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by natesmomma99

Breakfast:

1/2 Grapefruit
Grissini

Lunch:

100 grams grilled chicken
Salad with 2 cups romaine, 1 cup spinach, 1/4 cucumber, 3 cherry tomatoes

Afternoon Snack:

Apple
Grissini

Dinner:

100 grams grilled tilapia
Swiss chard

No mixing veggies on P2. SO if you want a salad you have to chose one of those veggies--either the lettuce, or the spinach. We don't mix veggies on P2!!

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by BusyMomOf4

You'll just have to try them and see. Dawn can have 2 a day and still lose really well. It's not the same for me. The first time I had one, I didn't lose. Was brave enough to try one yesterday, and I gained 0.5 this morning.

There were other factors that could have come into play (first time-ovulation, second time-a faster walk than usual), but I think I'm just going to be on the safe side and not have them. In fact, I think I'll just stay away from cottage cheese. So, my kids are having cottage cheese for breakfast today.

The instructions for the shake: it takes up 2 fruits so if you do 2 shakes, take that into account. For your other meal you can only have the protein and veggie. I skipped both melbas for the day and ate 2 of the shakes (doubling the amounts) and for dinner ate lightly. That was my round 4. When I tried the shake this time around, I gained!! But I was sick--really sick and think that had to do with why I gained more than the food I ate. Because I gained the following day as well. This illness I have is the pits I hope I am over it because I want to lose now!

[BusyMomOf4]

Dawn, I only had one shake each time. So would that still be 2 fruits? The first time, I had it at lunch and skipped my grissini. Yesterday I had it at dinner and felt like I still needed something, so I had a melba toast instead of my grissini.

I sure hope you get feeling better soon. It's no fun to be sick, but I really can't imagine it while on P2. Wishing you good health!

[KOO]

M's Monday 9/27 Menu
B-P2Chili
S-Melba
D-Steak and Sauteed Cabbage
(Down .5-1lb. today)

[Ml2f]

B-1/2 grapefruit with sprinkled stevia
L-Beef Stew great HCG friendly made in crockpot
D-Chicken taco wraps
S-strawberries

[Mindfulness]

[QUOTE=Mindfulness;13938902]
Lunch: hamburger patty (seasoned with dehydrated onion, garlic, and herbs for filler), sautéed spinach, grissini
QUOTE]

Seriously, this has to be my most favorite P2 meal. I could eat it everyday.

100 gm 96% ground beef (little rolls found at Walmart)
dehydrated minced onion
sea salt
and this stuff(found at Sam's club):
tn-roasted-garlic-herb.jpg

I mix all of the above together and make into a patty. Cook it in a cast iron skillet adding water when needed. Then when burger is done, remove it, add a little water and a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice and saute baby spinach in that. (adding more Weber Roasted garlic and herb)

Pour everything (juice and all) into a bowl. I even drink the juice, it's so good.

Yum.

Everybody needs to try this.

[natesmomma99]

Crap! I've already made all my salads for the week. I also bought a salad with mixed lettuces...is that ok to use? And just lettuce...no cucumber and tomato in the salad?

Originally Posted by dawnyama

No mixing veggies on P2. SO if you want a salad you have to chose one of those veggies--either the lettuce, or the spinach. We don't mix veggies on P2!!

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by natesmomma99

Crap! I've already made all my salads for the week. I also bought a salad with mixed lettuces...is that ok to use? And just lettuce...no cucumber and tomato in the salad?

I am sorry. But he clearly states in P&I not to mix the veggies!! I think a variety of lettuces would be OK, but when I eat lettuce I just buy the bagged ones of one variety. Either a bag of romaine, or the iceburg. No cucumbers or tomato on the salad. When I end up eating out on p2 I eat just the lettuce--either I ask for just lettuce or pick around the tomato and cucumber (giving it to DH or taking it home in a box) they give me.

[KOO]

Originally Posted by natesmomma99

Crap! I've already made all my salads for the week. I also bought a salad with mixed lettuces...is that ok to use? And just lettuce...no cucumber and tomato in the salad?

You can swap out a tomato for one of your fruits for the day. So either lettuce and tomato, or tomato and cucumber salads.

[2B Me]

Originally Posted by Ml2f

2B Me!! Stevie Renee I also had headaches for the few first days of taking the HCG but by the 5th day they were gone and I was feeling great

Thanks for the info. I had started LC'g and had a bit of a headache that went away and then with HCG I got a bit more, but it's not bad.


I'm down a pound from yesterday and think it helps to do the HCG or my LC would have slowed down more, I'm guessing. After a full week, I'm minus 6.8, but my gallbladder is acting up a bit and I'll be really disappointed if I have to stop doing this. I like than the plan allows an apple per day and that helped yesterday. Apples help the GB relax.

It's sad that I think I haven't lost much, but I have so far to go. I have to remind myself it's been a long time since I've been this low. I looked back in my little calendar to Jan10 and only in June have I been 2lbs higher than today as the closest wt. I've been playing from 222 to 228 all year, most around 227.x. I was excited to see the scale today first stop at 218 before going to 220.6 this morning.

I'm not doing the HCG diet exactly has planned. I have to have bkfst. I had one egg and one egg white this morning topped with nuked unsweetened raspberries and stirred in LF cottage cheese into it. I think I will have to tweak it if my GB gives me issues. I'd rather try that before just giving it up.

So far after two full days on HCG, day 1 was -1.2 and day 2 was -1.0.

I think I have get some more supplements, like potassium. Are there others as well suggested? I need go search this info.

Anyone know if a multi vitamin has enough potassium in it or if it should be taken more than once/day?

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by BusyMomOf4

Dawn, I only had one shake each time. So would that still be 2 fruits? The first time, I had it at lunch and skipped my grissini. Yesterday I had it at dinner and felt like I still needed something, so I had a melba toast instead of my grissini.

I sure hope you get feeling better soon. It's no fun to be sick, but I really can't imagine it while on P2. Wishing you good health!

I don't know. I would have to rewatch the video!!! I really like using the shakes when I work long early shifts at Starbucks. Working really hard for 6 hours is tough when you have to be on your feet AND thinking AND be without any food!!! I will look back in my journals to when I first started to have the shakes and see what I ate and did so well with. BRB!

[KOO]

Dawn is there any SB frozen type drinks that M would be able to get while in P3? She has been asking me in case they go try to go to Starbucks after her dance. She has always liked the frozen mocha cappachino one I think, is there a good substitute she could order?

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by KOO

Dawn is there any SB frozen type drinks that M would be able to get while in P3? She has been asking me in case they go try to go to Starbucks after her dance. She has always liked the frozen mocha cappachino one I think, is there a good substitute she could order?

The frappuccino that would be most P3 friendly is a sugar free caramel light--and you can ask for that breve. My co-worker, Katie, and I think that breve frapps are very tasty--and they are low carb friendly too!! Putting the sugar free caramel syrup in there and making the frapp light would make it low cal and most P3 friendly. Just be sure to ask for no whipped cream AND no caramel sauce. If she likes any other sugar free syrups that we have (hazelnut, vanilla, cinnamon dulce) she can have that syrup in place of the SF caramel.

[KOO]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

The frappuccino that would be most P3 friendly is a sugar free caramel light--and you can ask for that breve. My co-worker, Katie, and I think that breve frapps are very tasty--and they are low carb friendly too!! Putting the sugar free caramel syrup in there and making the frapp light would make it low cal and most P3 friendly. Just be sure to ask for no whipped cream AND no caramel sauce. If she likes any other sugar free syrups that we have (hazelnut, vanilla, cinnamon dulce) she can have that syrup in place of the SF caramel.

Cool, thanks! So they don't have a SF chocolate syrup to make it mocha? I think she will have to try the caramel. Going to print this out for later use for her. Thanks!

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by KOO

Cool, thanks! So they don't have a SF chocolate syrup to make it mocha? I think she will have to try the caramel. Going to print this out for later use for her. Thanks!

They used to, but that was before I ever started there. It has since been discontinued. I would have loved to have tried it.

[catr31]

B- hot tea, black
L- chicken breast, apple, pickles
D- lean steak, asparagus

Going to pick up some radishes and try them boiled, I've only had them raw.

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by BusyMomOf4

Dawn, I only had one shake each time. So would that still be 2 fruits? The first time, I had it at lunch and skipped my grissini. Yesterday I had it at dinner and felt like I still needed something, so I had a melba toast instead of my grissini.

I sure hope you get feeling better soon. It's no fun to be sick, but I really can't imagine it while on P2. Wishing you good health!

Here is my menu from May 12, 2010:

Biz shake #1--9:45
Biz shake #2--1:30
Dinner at 8PM---cucumber and crab meat

Had a loss of 1.8 the very next day!!

Another day I had the shakes. I worked the 8AM til 2PM shift at Starbucks so these shakes were between those times on May 16, 2010:

Biz shake #1
Biz shake #2
Dinner--cabbage and fish

Lost 0.4 the very next day.

HTH!!!

[mistydisa]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

I am sorry. But he clearly states in P&I not to mix the veggies!! I think a variety of lettuces would be OK, but when I eat lettuce I just buy the bagged ones of one variety. Either a bag of romaine, or the iceburg. No cucumbers or tomato on the salad. When I end up eating out on p2 I eat just the lettuce--either I ask for just lettuce or pick around the tomato and cucumber (giving it to DH or taking it home in a box) they give me.

Dawn, do you think it'd be okay to mix green leaf veggies? Like you said with mixed lettuces, but maybe even add some spinach since P & I lists "green salad" as one of the veggie options? Just curious.

[mistydisa]

Originally Posted by 2B Me

Thanks for the info. I had started LC'g and had a bit of a headache that went away and then with HCG I got a bit more, but it's not bad.


I'm down a pound from yesterday and think it helps to do the HCG or my LC would have slowed down more, I'm guessing. After a full week, I'm minus 6.8, but my gallbladder is acting up a bit and I'll be really disappointed if I have to stop doing this. I like than the plan allows an apple per day and that helped yesterday. Apples help the GB relax.

It's sad that I think I haven't lost much, but I have so far to go. I have to remind myself it's been a long time since I've been this low. I looked back in my little calendar to Jan10 and only in June have I been 2lbs higher than today as the closest wt. I've been playing from 222 to 228 all year, most around 227.x. I was excited to see the scale today first stop at 218 before going to 220.6 this morning.

I'm not doing the HCG diet exactly has planned. I have to have bkfst. I had one egg and one egg white this morning topped with nuked unsweetened raspberries and stirred in LF cottage cheese into it. I think I will have to tweak it if my GB gives me issues. I'd rather try that before just giving it up.

So far after two full days on HCG, day 1 was -1.2 and day 2 was -1.0.

I think I have get some more supplements, like potassium. Are there others as well suggested? I need go search this info.

Anyone know if a multi vitamin has enough potassium in it or if it should be taken more than once/day?

Did I read your signature right, that you didn't load? Are you just doing a general low carb while using hcg drops instead of following protocol? I'm confused... I'm a newbie, so that's bound to happen.

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by mistydisa

Dawn, do you think it'd be okay to mix green leaf veggies? Like you said with mixed lettuces, but maybe even add some spinach since P & I lists "green salad" as one of the veggie options? Just curious.

Nope, not at all!!! He lists spinach separate and apart from lettuce. So lettuce is lettuce NOT spinach and lettuce!!! I really don't know what he meant by "green salad" and don't want to interpret what I think he meant. So I just go with lettuce as the veggie in the salad. You can interpret however you want!!

AND Btw, I do NOT mix lettuces. I buy one pack and stick with either iceburg or romaine. I said it MIGHT be OK. But I personally don't do it!!

[mistydisa]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

Nope, not at all!!! He lists spinach separate and apart from lettuce. So lettuce is lettuce NOT spinach and lettuce!!! I really don't know what he meant by "green salad" and don't want to interpret what I think he meant. So I just go with lettuce as the veggie in the salad. You can interpret however you want!!

AND Btw, I do NOT mix lettuces. I buy one pack and stick with either iceburg or romaine. I said it MIGHT be OK. But I personally don't do it!!

Wow, didn't mean to push any buttons there. I was just curious.

[dawnyama]

Nope, no buttons pushed!! Just letting you know that *I* don't mix veggies. What you do is totally up to you!!!

[catr31]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

Nope, not at all!!! He lists spinach separate and apart from lettuce. So lettuce is lettuce NOT spinach and lettuce!!! I really don't know what he meant by "green salad" and don't want to interpret what I think he meant. So I just go with lettuce as the veggie in the salad. You can interpret however you want!!

AND Btw, I do NOT mix lettuces. I buy one pack and stick with either iceburg or romaine. I said it MIGHT be OK. But I personally don't do it!!

Do you also eat a different protein at dinner than you ate at lunch? I have been making sure that if I ate chicken at lunch that I don't eat it at dinner, but it would be easier to just make a bunch of chicken to eat over a couple of days.

[ASHLEY2HAWAII]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

Nope, no buttons pushed!! Just letting you know that *I* don't mix veggies. What you do is totally up to you!!!

Dawn, do you use tomato as a fruit? I saw where you posted a p2 menu that had tomatoes and onion and fish?
Here is what I ate yesterday.

P2 - 08.31.10 – Tuesday


RP2 Day8: 09.01.10
Date of your VLCD #1: 8/25/10
Weight on your VLCD #1 133.2
Yesterday's Weight: 124.8
Today's Weight: 123.6
# above/below VLCD #1: -9.6
# gain/loss from yesterday: -1.2
Activity: stroll with the dog for 20mins

Menu:
L: chicken & 1/2 English seedless cucumber mixed with the mustard/pancake syrup combo; girssini.
D: tomato and onion with flounder; melba
S: strawberry sorbet--strawberries and 1 whole lemon in the ninja with dark chocolate stevia to sweeten!! YUM!!
Drinks: 2 cups of hot Weightless cranberry tea; 1 cup of coffee; 4 32 oz of water
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Dawn in SC

Just asking, cause you are such an expert at this p2!
Ashley