P3 - week of 1/31/11 - Page 3

kaylem · 02-05-2011, 07:51 AM

Hey Julie-

Hang in there! If there is anything I have learned it is that the scale is a finicky fellow, indeed, and weight is much more complicated than just calories in/calories out!

You just have a wonderful time today and enjoy all of the P3 foods you CAN eat with your hubby...just imagine if this had been a couple of weeks ago and you could only munch on a grissini, 3.5 oz of protein, and 2 cups of spinach...not too exciting!

I haven't had any bathroom issues to date on this phase, but it possibly has something to do with the change in foods, don't you think? My hubby uses miralax or benefiber with decent results. I'm sure once your body remembers how to process everything correctly, you'll be "moving" right along!

If you are a coffee drinker, that often helps, too!

Good luck and enjoy your day!

kaylem · 02-05-2011, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimberlybimberly

Kay

When things settle and you are comfortable with experimenting again, try almond butter with your apples. I do well with it.

That is on my list! I bought some the other day, but it is unopened. I will wait until things settle, as you said. I look forward to it!

kaylem · 02-05-2011, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by torister

Today is R3P3D4 and I am still at LIW!!

Here was my menu:

B: big cheeseburger (leftover) topped with fried egg and avocado
S: 1/2 cup Fage yogurt w/ 1/4 cup blueberries
L: Can of tuna w/Feta and mayo
D: Ate early 2 large Sweet Italian Sausages w/ a big serv. of onions & peppers
S: small (3 0z) hamburger and generous slice of cheese

Cals for the day were 2455

Congrats, Peggy! I must be just one day ahead of you, b/c I am on day 5 of my P3...and after a couple of fluctuations, I am back to my LDW. (whew!)

Great work, and I look forward to seeing your progress! YOU CAN MAKE IT!

-K

torister · 02-06-2011, 04:16 AM

Morning all! Yes it is day 5 of P3 for me and I am at LIW!!!

I ate alot (calorie wise) yesterday, but it was all good stuff. Even went out with the family last night to dinner and ate REALLY well.

My calories were 2897 when I entered them into ****** this morning!!

Here was yesterday's menu:

I ate bfast several hours later than normal yesterday.
B: Leftover Italian Sausage peppers, onions with 2 fried eggs
S (at lunch time)Greek Yogurt with blueberries and walnuts
L (at 3:00 ish) Leftover hamburger and a slice of cheese
D: (at7:00) bacon wrapped scallops, salad w/parm garlic dressing (no croutons), BIG sirloin strip steak with broccoli & butter, coffee with half and half .

I was full, but not stuffed at dinner. I easily passed on dessert. Hoping I don't have a delayed reaction on the scale tommorrow. Oh well, I will eat well with lots of good protein today and see what happens. I am feeling really good though!! I made a bunch of burgers the other day and I am using them up!

Today's menu:

B: Cheeseburger topped with fried egg and avocado
S: Greek yogurt w/blueberries and walnuts
L: Not sure...maybe a greek salad...or tuna and Feta.
D: Corned Beef and Cabbage. They had a great sale on the CB at the store this week.

Have a great day everyone.

minimonkey · 02-06-2011, 07:28 AM

Morning, Ladies! Great jub with the transitioning to p3 -- sorry to hear of the frustrations some of you are having on the scale!

Shelby -- I, too, am hoping I can keep the fruit on p3 -- I have grown really fond of it!

I woke up to a 1.2 gain, but am not surprised, given I have worked out the past two days, and I am sore. Muscles hog up water when they are healing. I am going to need to be a lot les fixated on the scale number now that I am working out -- it's worth it, as I really missed my workouts.

Still on p2 here until my drops run out ( I'm guessing 2 more weeks?) , and then it is p3 for me as well....If I am really hung up on seeing a low number I will do another short round later on. Feeling great today after a night's good sleep, and off to a flea market this morning -- hoooyah!

julieboolie · 02-06-2011, 07:31 AM

Good job you guys!!

Kay-back to LDW? Wtg!!

Thanks for the encouraging words. I'm trying not to panic. I do much better eating at home. I do love my coffee and that helps. I also added the probiotic pearls and think that's helping straighten me out

. Time helps too. My body hasn't had much processing to do lately. I'm asking a big adjustment from it quickly.

Peggy-great job!! And nice menu!! That's such a wonderful feeling. Being able to eat so well and your body is happy with it!!

I'm up to 154.2 today

. I gave myself a window up to 153 so I'm out of my range

. But, I hope it goes away after a nice clean day at home today! Eating carefully, and drinking a lot!!

I ate out all day yesterday. We left the house at 7:15am and got home at 8:00pm - running around the whole day. I didn't drink much water at all, which is my biggest disappointment. I tried to eat well, and not overdo it. I basically had a late breakfast (bacon, eggs, cottage cheese) and had a few bites of dd's burger at lunch and dh's calzone innards for lunch, several coke zeros, and chicken w. poblano chiles and onions/pepper in a cream sauce for dinner. It was all good, on plan foods. I know some of it is just water retention.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Have a good day all!!

julieboolie · 02-06-2011, 12:57 PM

Menu so far today:

coffee/half & half
water - a LOT!!
0.4lbs shrimp, homemade cocktail sauce (horseradish/SF catsup)
chicken - rotisserie
wings - homemade - baked w/ Franks/butter sauce - never done this before, but looking forward to it!! Shooting for 1800cals today, all home made foods. I do better here at home

!

Hi Mini-lloking forward to you joining us in stabilization-ville shortly!! KUTGW!!

C'Marie · 02-06-2011, 05:29 PM

Hey ladies! I'm getting ready to join your little group on Tuesday! Can't wait! I took my last shot on Saturday late afternoon.

torister · 02-06-2011, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C'Marie

Hey ladies! I'm getting ready to join your little group on Tuesday! Can't wait! I took my last shot on Saturday late afternoon.

YEAH!! P3 is FUN!

julieboolie · 02-06-2011, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by torister

YEAH!! P3 is FUN!

I completely agree. Way more fun than P2

I enjoyed those wings!! Yummy!! And I had some fruit today too, blueberries, strawberries and a few slices of kiwi w/ a bit of greek yogurt - yummy!!

Drinking a lot of h2o today, hope that'll flush me out. I may need to do a CR tomorrow. We'll see. I can do it. Staying in my "window" is important enough to try

.

kaylem · 02-06-2011, 06:30 PM

It sounds like everyone is hanging right in there! The little fluctuations can be frustrating, to be sure, but it is definitely paying off. I'm still at LDW today, and hoping to be tomorrow, too. This morning I tried a "pancake/waffle" recipe that was on one of the other threads. It was made with ricotta cheese, two eggs and various seasonings...I cooked up an apple, added that to the batter and ended up "baking" it in my oven to finish it off. It. Was. Delicious! Almost like a custard, but definitely more pancake like. My kids and husband were begging for bites....And I agree with everyone that P3 is way more fun than P2! (Although there was something nice about the simplicity of P2, wasn't there?)

I've been eating lots of salads for my other meals b/c I loaded up my fridge this week and don't want the veggies to go bad. But I made a meatloaf recipe that was in my South Beach Diet Book, and it was super good. The tomato sauce was made with tomato paste, water, a 1/2 cup of dry red wine, garlic, basil, and oregano. It was the tastiest tomato sauce I've had in a long time. I rarely cook with wine, b/c I don't often have an open bottle OR I don't want to open an bottle for such a small amount, but I think I may look for more recipes that call for it. It was very flavorful, with no sugar/carbs added. I am finding that I am really enjoying the challenge of finding new ways to eat.

I hope everyone has a great beginning of the week! I tend to fluctuate more during the week when my stress level rises, so I am carefully planning meals and snacks early. Good luck to all!

julieboolie · 02-07-2011, 07:31 AM

A new thread for the week!

P3 - Week of 2/7/11

dawnyama · 02-07-2011, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shelbyla

Ok you P3 aces... maybe this is a dumb question, but on P3, Dr S says no sugars, no starches, right? What about fruit? I am getting used to having fruit--do I need to cut it out in P3? If so, why? Or do we just go to the lower sugar/carb fruit like berries? Inquiring minds and all that...

NO you don't need to cut it out in P3. I loved the strawberries with whipped cream, apples in my salads, grapefruit with my breakfast. Ummmm....cannot wait for P3 LOL. I do say you should stay away from the sweeter fruits---as Dr S recommends in P&I though. You know the banana, the pineapple. Even oranges, even though allowed in P2 may be too sugary. There are some that say you SHOULD continue to have the 2 fruits a day as you did while in P2. I go with that suggestion!

minimonkey · 02-09-2011, 01:43 PM

Yay for fruit! That has been my favorite thing about p2 -- I missed it a lot on LC. I cut it out for a bit of p2, but it wasn't helping, so I added it back, and it has been great -- so glad I don't need to give it up in p3

The one thing I really, really look forward to in p4 is bananas -- I love them more than almost anything on this earth. I will still eat them cautiously and rarely, but it will be so nice to have them again!!!

02-06-2011, 07:28 AM	#65
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	Morning, Ladies! Great jub with the transitioning to p3 -- sorry to hear of the frustrations some of you are having on the scale! Shelby -- I, too, am hoping I can keep the fruit on p3 -- I have grown really fond of it! I woke up to a 1.2 gain, but am not surprised, given I have worked out the past two days, and I am sore. Muscles hog up water when they are healing. I am going to need to be a lot les fixated on the scale number now that I am working out -- it's worth it, as I really missed my workouts. Still on p2 here until my drops run out ( I'm guessing 2 more weeks?) , and then it is p3 for me as well....If I am really hung up on seeing a low number I will do another short round later on. Feeling great today after a night's good sleep, and off to a flea market this morning -- hoooyah! __________________ Rogue p2 cycling: 8/28:128.6 .... 10/7 118.4 ....10/20: 115.8

02-06-2011, 07:31 AM	#66
julieboolie Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunny AZ Posts: 7,114 Gallery: julieboolie Stats: 272/147.6/140something Size 24/4-6-8/4-6 :) WOE: one day at a time!! LC! Start Date: July 14, 2003 - every day!!	Good job you guys!! Kay-back to LDW? Wtg!! Thanks for the encouraging words. I'm trying not to panic. I do much better eating at home. I do love my coffee and that helps. I also added the probiotic pearls and think that's helping straighten me out . Time helps too. My body hasn't had much processing to do lately. I'm asking a big adjustment from it quickly. Peggy-great job!! And nice menu!! That's such a wonderful feeling. Being able to eat so well and your body is happy with it!! I'm up to 154.2 today . I gave myself a window up to 153 so I'm out of my range . But, I hope it goes away after a nice clean day at home today! Eating carefully, and drinking a lot!! I ate out all day yesterday. We left the house at 7:15am and got home at 8:00pm - running around the whole day. I didn't drink much water at all, which is my biggest disappointment. I tried to eat well, and not overdo it. I basically had a late breakfast (bacon, eggs, cottage cheese) and had a few bites of dd's burger at lunch and dh's calzone innards for lunch, several coke zeros, and chicken w. poblano chiles and onions/pepper in a cream sauce for dinner. It was all good, on plan foods. I know some of it is just water retention. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Have a good day all!! __________________ Julie Prov. 3:5-6 - "He shall direct (my) paths" Daily updates in my journal. Maintenance in the 140's http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/we...s-journal.html

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02-05-2011, 07:51 AM	#61
kaylem Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 384 Gallery: kaylem Stats: R6:176.5/159/140; 5'8" WOE: hhcg R6P2 Start Date: 2/10/13	Hey Julie- Hang in there! If there is anything I have learned it is that the scale is a finicky fellow, indeed, and weight is much more complicated than just calories in/calories out! You just have a wonderful time today and enjoy all of the P3 foods you CAN eat with your hubby...just imagine if this had been a couple of weeks ago and you could only munch on a grissini, 3.5 oz of protein, and 2 cups of spinach...not too exciting! I haven't had any bathroom issues to date on this phase, but it possibly has something to do with the change in foods, don't you think? My hubby uses miralax or benefiber with decent results. I'm sure once your body remembers how to process everything correctly, you'll be "moving" right along! If you are a coffee drinker, that often helps, too! Good luck and enjoy your day!

02-06-2011, 04:16 AM	#64
torister Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,345 Gallery: torister	Morning all! Yes it is day 5 of P3 for me and I am at LIW!!! I ate alot (calorie wise) yesterday, but it was all good stuff. Even went out with the family last night to dinner and ate REALLY well. My calories were *2897* when I entered them into ****** this morning!! Here was yesterday's menu: I ate bfast several hours later than normal yesterday. B: Leftover Italian Sausage peppers, onions with 2 fried eggs S (at lunch time)Greek Yogurt with blueberries and walnuts L (at 3:00 ish) Leftover hamburger and a slice of cheese D: (at7:00) bacon wrapped scallops, salad w/parm garlic dressing (no croutons), BIG sirloin strip steak with broccoli & butter, coffee with half and half . I was full, but not stuffed at dinner. I easily passed on dessert. Hoping I don't have a delayed reaction on the scale tommorrow. Oh well, I will eat well with lots of good protein today and see what happens. I am feeling really good though!! I made a bunch of burgers the other day and I am using them up! Today's menu: B: Cheeseburger topped with fried egg and avocado S: Greek yogurt w/blueberries and walnuts L: Not sure...maybe a greek salad...or tuna and Feta. D: Corned Beef and Cabbage. They had a great sale on the CB at the store this week. Have a great day everyone.

02-06-2011, 12:57 PM	#67
julieboolie Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunny AZ Posts: 7,114 Gallery: julieboolie Stats: 272/147.6/140something Size 24/4-6-8/4-6 :) WOE: one day at a time!! LC! Start Date: July 14, 2003 - every day!!	Menu so far today: coffee/half & half water - a LOT!! 0.4lbs shrimp, homemade cocktail sauce (horseradish/SF catsup) chicken - rotisserie wings - homemade - baked w/ Franks/butter sauce - never done this before, but looking forward to it!! Shooting for 1800cals today, all home made foods. I do better here at home ! Hi Mini-lloking forward to you joining us in stabilization-ville shortly!! KUTGW!!

02-06-2011, 05:29 PM	#68
C'Marie Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,047 Gallery: C'Marie Stats: 270/down 110-ish/ goal 147 WOE: hCG Rx shots/JUDDD maintain Start Date: 1/4/2010 Now R9 P2	Hey ladies! I'm getting ready to join your little group on Tuesday! Can't wait! I took my last shot on Saturday late afternoon.

02-06-2011, 06:30 PM	#71
kaylem Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 384 Gallery: kaylem Stats: R6:176.5/159/140; 5'8" WOE: hhcg R6P2 Start Date: 2/10/13	It sounds like everyone is hanging right in there! The little fluctuations can be frustrating, to be sure, but it is definitely paying off. I'm still at LDW today, and hoping to be tomorrow, too. This morning I tried a "pancake/waffle" recipe that was on one of the other threads. It was made with ricotta cheese, two eggs and various seasonings...I cooked up an apple, added that to the batter and ended up "baking" it in my oven to finish it off. It. Was. Delicious! Almost like a custard, but definitely more pancake like. My kids and husband were begging for bites....And I agree with everyone that P3 is way more fun than P2! (Although there was something nice about the simplicity of P2, wasn't there?) I've been eating lots of salads for my other meals b/c I loaded up my fridge this week and don't want the veggies to go bad. But I made a meatloaf recipe that was in my South Beach Diet Book, and it was super good. The tomato sauce was made with tomato paste, water, a 1/2 cup of dry red wine, garlic, basil, and oregano. It was the tastiest tomato sauce I've had in a long time. I rarely cook with wine, b/c I don't often have an open bottle OR I don't want to open an bottle for such a small amount, but I think I may look for more recipes that call for it. It was very flavorful, with no sugar/carbs added. I am finding that I am really enjoying the challenge of finding new ways to eat. I hope everyone has a great beginning of the week! I tend to fluctuate more during the week when my stress level rises, so I am carefully planning meals and snacks early. Good luck to all!

02-07-2011, 07:31 AM	#72
julieboolie Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunny AZ Posts: 7,114 Gallery: julieboolie Stats: 272/147.6/140something Size 24/4-6-8/4-6 :) WOE: one day at a time!! LC! Start Date: July 14, 2003 - every day!!	A new thread for the week! P3 - Week of 2/7/11

02-09-2011, 01:43 PM	#74
minimonkey Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,029 Gallery: minimonkey Stats: 5'0" -- very small frame WOE: Clean eating, whole foods	Yay for fruit! That has been my favorite thing about p2 -- I missed it a lot on LC. I cut it out for a bit of p2, but it wasn't helping, so I added it back, and it has been great -- so glad I don't need to give it up in p3 The one thing I really, really look forward to in p4 is bananas -- I love them more than almost anything on this earth. I will still eat them cautiously and rarely, but it will be so nice to have them again!!!