What's On Your P3 Menu? Post Your Menus Here!

[Scarlett.Lilly]

R1P3 Day: 7
LDW: 135.8
Date of LDW: 9/18
Today's weight: 134.8
# above/below LDW: -1.0
# gain/loss from yesterday: -0.6

Activity: cooking, shopping, putzing around the house

Menu:
Also see ****** link in signature.

B: Coffee with HWC, eggs scrambled with butter, salsa
L: Orange Roughy with butter and English Double Devon Cream
D: Salmon with EVOO, Romaine salad with tomatoes and EVOO dressing, strawberries with HWC
S: 2oz chicken

Total calories: 1,333

Fat 68% Protein 35% Carbs 7%

[Scarlett.Lilly]

R1P3 Day: 8
LDW: 135.8
Date of LDW: 9/18
Today's weight: 135.2
# above/below LDW: -0.6
# gain/loss from yesterday: +0.4

Activity: cooking, shopping, putzing around the house

Menu:
Also see ****** link in signature.

B: coffee with HWC, 2 eggs scrambled with mushrooms/spinach/garlic in bacon grease
L: 2 mini chicken burgers with sour cream and lettuce
S: little coffee with 1t HWC, 1oz cream cheese
D: lamb chops, salad with tomatoes and EVOO dressing
Water: 136oz

Total calories: 1,401
Fat 67% Protein 28% Carbs 5%

Goal for today is to bump up calories to 1500-1600.

[KOO]

It doesn't look like anyone is still posting here. Is there a new thread? M started P3 today. Her menu so far has been..
B-3 whole egg omelet w/ onions, jalapenos and cheese
L-2 McD's hamburger patties w/ mayo, mustard, cheese and pickles w/ her long awaited Diet Coke.

She was down .5 lb from yesterday 167.5

[julieboolie]

Koo-that's great she's still losing going into P3. I've been doing it for about 10 days now, and it's been trickier than I thought. I have to be careful with the volume of my veggies. I was really bummed to figure that out. I hope she enjoys the new food choices and stabilizes well. Her age should help with that. I'm sure she's thrilled with her great results!! Hopefully she'll be even more excited to keep going with her losses. I wish my mom had helped me when I was her age, the way you have. I'm sure my life would have been much happier if I had been thinner, healthier and happier in my own skin.

We tend to post less often than the P2ers, it's less exciting than losing a lot each day. I miss seeing the scale go down, but am happy that the past 3 days it seems to have settled down for me. From what I've seen we all tend to have more wide swings the first week or so, and it seems to settle down around day 10ish. We'll see. I need to keep it clean to keep having success. I am looking forward to day 22, and adding some more fruit and yogurt. I have been trying to avoid fruit until I stabilize, and only have some yogurt every 3 days. Getting there!!

Enjoy!

[alekatmom]

Originally Posted by julieboolie

I am looking forward to day 22, and adding some more fruit and yogurt. I have been trying to avoid fruit until I stabilize, and only have some yogurt every 3 days. Getting there!!

Julie - I am the same with yogurt. Everytime I have 1 serving of Greek yogurt, I'm up the next day. It's a bummer because I love it. I guess I'll just have to wait too.

[Somewhat Damaged]

B: leftover steak, avocado, strawberries
l: 1/2 apple, andouille sausage, peppers, and onion
S: 1/2 apple, 2 chicken wings
D: pork ribs, garlic green beans
D: strawberries and whipped cream

[KOO]

Originally Posted by julieboolie

Koo-that's great she's still losing going into P3. I've been doing it for about 10 days now, and it's been trickier than I thought. I have to be careful with the volume of my veggies. I was really bummed to figure that out. I hope she enjoys the new food choices and stabilizes well. Her age should help with that. I'm sure she's thrilled with her great results!! Hopefully she'll be even more excited to keep going with her losses. I wish my mom had helped me when I was her age, the way you have. I'm sure my life would have been much happier if I had been thinner, healthier and happier in my own skin.

We tend to post less often than the P2ers, it's less exciting than losing a lot each day. I miss seeing the scale go down, but am happy that the past 3 days it seems to have settled down for me. From what I've seen we all tend to have more wide swings the first week or so, and it seems to settle down around day 10ish. We'll see. I need to keep it clean to keep having success. I am looking forward to day 22, and adding some more fruit and yogurt. I have been trying to avoid fruit until I stabilize, and only have some yogurt every 3 days. Getting there!!

Enjoy!

I think this part will be tricky for her. We went out to eat and she ordered grilled tuna, with caesar salad and green beans which is all great but while she was waiting for the food she dibbled in some artichoke dip (without the bowtie noodles) and some shrimp remolade. It was all legal P3 foods but I think she might have overdid. She did end of bring home half of her tuna and greenbeans. I am interested to see what the scale does tomorrow.

Glad to hear your weight has kind of settled now, I wish it wasn't so close to the holidays so everyone could have another P2 round before Christmas.

[KOO]

Originally Posted by alekatmom

Julie - I am the same with yogurt. Everytime I have 1 serving of Greek yogurt, I'm up the next day. It's a bummer because I love it. I guess I'll just have to wait too.

I will have watch for yogurt when she adds it. Love that everyone can share what foods give them trouble.

[KOO]

Originally Posted by Somewhat Damaged

B: leftover steak, avocado, strawberries
l: 1/2 apple, andouille sausage, peppers, and onion
S: 1/2 apple, 2 chicken wings
D: pork ribs, garlic green beans
D: strawberries and whipped cream

Yum, you had a nice menu today.

[julieboolie]

Ok, I was doing well until we went out to dinner last night. Maybe I was getting comfortable since I'd been in the "window" for 3 days straight. I dunno. I got a bunless burger w/ fried onions, bacon and cheese and a side cesar salad. But, dh got these amazing onion rings, and I had 3!! :blush: I didn't think they'd hurt that much. And I picked a few bites of his BBQ chicken and bacon off his pizza. :blush: I am, not surprisingly, up a lb. today! Every time I have salad (which I know is probably not entirely to blame here) I gain!!

So, if I were a more cautious person I would do a correction day today. But I'm gonna' just try limiting my calories, and sticking to clean sugar-free, starch free foods today.

I did make the pumpkin bake and have had a little bit the last few days. It didn't seem to cause me any problems, but maybe a cumulative effect? Oh, and I did have half a cup of yogurt yesterday. That's probably not helping either!! I guess I wasn't stabilizing as well as I thought!!

Ok, so, lesson learned! No more playing around with slightly "bad" foods. I know others seem to be able to do it, but not me. Sigh. I guess I'll just keep it clean, and small today and see how tomorrow goes!! And that's what this phase is for, right? Experimenting with what our bodies can tolerate and getting it down to a science!! Man, I've been reading the rogue thread and a BIG part of me wants to start dosing with the HHCG to see if I could just lose some more while not following the 500cal plan. But I'm too much of a chicken!! LOL!

Scarlet-you're so careful and controlled!! I admire your dedication and am inspired to be more controlled myself. I just miss eating out. Sigh. I always seem to have trouble when I do!

Koo-hope she enjoys herself. That's great she brought half her porttion home. I need to do that more often. Maybe my restaurant trouble is partly portion size too! Hope the scale is kind to her and she doesn't have stress with the stabilization process.

I'm off to enjoy my coffee. I'm putting a little cocoa powder in it to make it a "mocha" this morning. At 2g net carbs shouldn't impact me too much. We'll see!

[KOO]

Julie, I agree with you on not doing a correction day yet, I think if you stay super clean today, you should be fine. M is sleeping in today so she hasn't weighed in yet.

[KOO]

Originally Posted by KOO

It doesn't look like anyone is still posting here. Is there a new thread? M started P3 today. Her menu so far has been..
B-3 whole egg omelet w/ onions, jalapenos and cheese
L-2 McD's hamburger patties w/ mayo, mustard, cheese and pickles w/ her long awaited Diet Coke.

She was down .5 lb from yesterday 167.5

Finishing her menu from yesterday 10/9
B-3 whole egg omelet w/ onions, jalapenos and cheese
L-2 McD's hamburger patties w/ mayo, mustard, cheese and pickles w/ her long awaited Diet Coke.
D- 1/2 Tuna Steak, spinach dip, shrimp remalade, 1/2 serving greenbeans
(.5 lb loss this morning) 167 lbs.

[droy]

Someone tell me if I am eating way too much for day 1 of P3

6 a.m. snack - (I always have this P2 when I wake up so I don't hurl my supplements but today I only had 1/4 instead of 1/2) 1/4 protein shake with an apple
Breakfast - cottage cheese
lunch - 5 oz of flank steak w/sour cream horse radish sauce. Small salad with beets and mushrooms and blue cheese dressing.

I am sooooo full and my tummy is grumbling...

for dinner maybe I should just eat P2 style?

[KOO]

Originally Posted by droy

Someone tell me if I am eating way too much for day 1 of P3

6 a.m. snack - (I always have this P2 when I wake up so I don't hurl my supplements but today I only had 1/4 instead of 1/2) 1/4 protein shake with an apple
Breakfast - cottage cheese
lunch - 5 oz of flank steak w/sour cream horse radish sauce. Small salad with beets and mushrooms and blue cheese dressing.

I am sooooo full and my tummy is grumbling...

for dinner maybe I should just eat P2 style?

I would question the beets since beets have a good bit of sugar to them.

[droy]

Originally Posted by KOO

I would question the beets since beets have a good bit of sugar to them.

Oh shoot, I didn't even think of that. But calorie wise am I doing too much. (thank you for pointing that out about the beets, I had 3 slices)

[KOO]

Originally Posted by droy

Oh shoot, I didn't even think of that. But calorie wise am I doing too much. (thank you for pointing that out about the beets, I had 3 slices)

I think you are doing fine, M seemed like she ate so much that first P3 day and still had a loss the next day. Since I follow Atkins it is easy for me to guide her with what is suitable and what is not with no sugars or carbs. M hasn't eaten any apples since moving over and I just recently (since she started P2)started eating them so hopefully Dawn or one of the other pros drop in and say whether the Apple is still allowed. Calorie wise I think you are doing fine!

[KOO]

M's menu for 10/11/10

B-Steak
S-Pickle at school
D-Meliton stuffed with ground sausage, greenbeans & pecans
S-Pumpkin Pie
(Today's Weight Stablizing at 167, no change)

[alekatmom]

Originally Posted by droy

Oh shoot, I didn't even think of that. But calorie wise am I doing too much. (thank you for pointing that out about the beets, I had 3 slices)

Hi Droy - How did P3 go today? I don't know if you already use ******.com to log your calories but it's a great tool. The first few days in P3 I was gaining and then I figured out how many calories I was consuming and it wasn't nearly enough food. I hope you see good results on the scale in the morning.

My meals: Egg day (10 eggs). Enough said.

[droy]

Originally Posted by alekatmom

Hi Droy - How did P3 go today? I don't know if you already use ******.com to log your calories but it's a great tool. The first few days in P3 I was gaining and then I figured out how many calories I was consuming and it wasn't nearly enough food. I hope you see good results on the scale in the morning.

My meals: Egg day (10 eggs). Enough said.

LOL - I lost again. Down to 144.8 (LIW was 146.2) I had a chicken breast and cucumbers for dinner because my tummy was so upset from lunch still. Not sure what to do today - salad dressing made me spend the rest of the day in the bathroom and too sick to function so I don't want to do that again but I also don't want to add anything new in just yet.

[catzrule]

Are you taking probiotics to help with the tummy adjustment issues in P3?

[droy]

Originally Posted by catzrule

Are you taking probiotics to help with the tummy adjustment issues in P3?

Yes and digestive enzymes. I think it was the salad dressing. Maybe lac. intolerant?

[KOO]

Originally Posted by droy

LOL - I lost again. Down to 144.8 (LIW was 146.2) I had a chicken breast and cucumbers for dinner because my tummy was so upset from lunch still. Not sure what to do today - salad dressing made me spend the rest of the day in the bathroom and too sick to function so I don't want to do that again but I also don't want to add anything new in just yet.

Congrats on the extra drop. I hope your tummy troubles are gone for good.

[KOO]

M's menu for 10/12/10
L-Leftover greenbeans and pecans and can of tuna
D-Chicken, onions, mushrooms over broccoli
S-2 eggs and creamcheese
S-Pumpkin Pie
(No weight change)

[catzrule]

Originally Posted by droy

Yes and digestive enzymes. I think it was the salad dressing. Maybe lac. intolerant?

Have you ever been lactose intolerant?

[droy]

Originally Posted by catzrule

Have you ever been lactose intolerant?

Not that I know of but I don't eat a lot of dairy typically.
I just had a chickn breast with a salad of lettuce, mushrooms, peas (are they ok), cucumbers, tomatoes and ranch. Maybe since the ranch isn't so thick I will be ok. (HOPING)

[KOO]

Originally Posted by droy

Not that I know of but I don't eat a lot of dairy typically.
I just had a chickn breast with a salad of lettuce, mushrooms, peas (are they ok), cucumbers, tomatoes and ranch. Maybe since the ranch isn't so thick I will be ok. (HOPING)

I think potatoes, beets, carrots and peas are your higher carb veggies. I don't think it is allowed in P3.

[droy]

Originally Posted by KOO

I think potatoes, beets, carrots and peas are your higher carb veggies. I don't think it is allowed in P3.

Dang it! I suck at this guessing game. I added sausage today too. Is that ok? (no sugar) but is it one of the things you add in slowly?

[Emi]

Originally Posted by alekatmom

My meals: Egg day (10 eggs). Enough said.

It's so not funny that you have to do an egg day, but a little bit when you put it that way!!! Hope it goes well!

[Emi]

My FIRST P3 day!!!

B: coffee w/half/half w/stevia and cocoa, 4 pieces of turkey bacon (no sugar)
L: cottage cheese blended w/stawberries and 1/2 scoop of pure whey protein
S: turkey and cheese
S: latte w/SF cinamon dolce YUM
D: grilled chicken caesar salad w/bacon

I'm at 1400 calories ... I'm shooting for 2000. It's unbelievable to me that eating that many doesn't just come naturally!!!!

I need a snack, anyone have a good suggestion!

[droy]

Originally Posted by Emi

My FIRST P3 day!!!

B: coffee w/half/half w/stevia and cocoa, 4 pieces of turkey bacon (no sugar)
L: cottage cheese blended w/stawberries and 1/2 scoop of pure whey protein
S: turkey and cheese
S: latte w/SF cinamon dolce YUM
D: grilled chicken caesar salad w/bacon

I'm at 1400 calories ... I'm shooting for 2000. It's unbelievable to me that eating that many doesn't just come naturally!!!!

I need a snack, anyone have a good suggestion!

Did you add all this in on day 1? I thought we were supposed to do one thing at a time? And here I was freaking out about salad dressing and sausage. Is this your first p3? I am new to this so I am trying to figure out the categories and what is ok to start with adding.