P2 What is on your menu---Feb thread

[dawnyama]

I have not posted a menu for a few days. I thought we needed to start a new one for Feb. Here is our new thread!! Please share what you are eating on P2 so we may get some inspiration.

[dawnyama]

Here is what I have been eating for the past few days:

Tues
L: chicken spinach grissini strawberries
D: ground beef 1/2 can of tomatoes melba 1/2 grapefruit
Drinks: 4 32 oz water, 3 cups of coffee, 3 cups Weightless cranberry tea
Exercise: walk 20 mins with dog

Weds
L: 1/2 bag cabbage ground beef grissini 1/2 grapefruit
D: cottage cheese strawberries melba
Drinks: 2 cups of coffee, 1 cup of Weightless cranberry tea, 3 32 oz water
Exercise: walk 20 mins with dog

Thurs
S: 1 apple
L: cottage cheese melba
D: shrimp cabbage (1/2 bag) grissini 1/2 grapefruit
Drinks: 3 cups of coffee, 3 32 oz water
Exercise: walk 20 mins with dog

[shelbyla]

Recipe that I've been tinkering with...

Sweet & Spicy Shrimp
100g shrimp - cut the shrimp lengthwise to get 2 pieces
150-200g cabbage, bok choy or endive, sliced thinly
2 T chicken broth
1 t Bragg's liquid aminos
6 drops plain stevia
Garlic powder
Black pepper
Hot sauce (Frank's, Tapatio, Tobasco)

Add broth to a hot skillet. Reduce heat to medium. Add veggies, Bragg's, and spices and sautee until veggies just start to turn soft (about 3 mins). Add shrimp and sautee until pink (about 2 more mins). Add stevia and hot sauce (3 dashes or to taste) and stir to combine. Made with 200g cabbage, ~170 calories per serving, 25g protein, 2g fat, 12g carbs.

[Charms]

Today has been:

B: Baked apple sprinkled with cinnamon
L: Ground beef and cabbage
D: Grilled tilapia drizzled with lemon juice, cucumbers marinated in ACV and lots of sea salt, melba
S: Strawberries and melba if needed

[Charms]

p.s. This is a wonderful idea! Thank you for starting the thread

[Laschance]

Originally Posted by Charms

p.s. This is a wonderful idea! Thank you for starting the thread

I AGREE!!! Great Idea... Thanks!! I have been having a very hard time thinking of what to eat..almost gave up today, from lack of imagination and frustration..

Feb 10
Lunch ~ 1 chicken breast boiled & 1 cup cucumbers
Dinner ~1 chicken breast boiled & 1 cup cucumbers

Feb 11 (today's menu so far )
Lunch ~ 1 can tuna
1 cup of cucumbers

[Charms]

Today's menu:

B: 1 orange

L: grilled hamburger patty, greens with ACV and crumbled melba
D: sauteed chicken and cabbage in Mrs. Dash Hot N Spicy

S: strawberries and melba if needed

[duece49424]

Thanks for starting this....just what I need! I have had so many problems, couldn't get myself first on the "to do" list. Here's what I will have today:

B: orange
L: ground beef and cabbage concoction
D: same
S: apple

[ilovethis]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

Here is what I have been eating for the past few days:

Tues
L: chicken spinach grissini strawberries
D: ground beef 1/2 can of tomatoes melba 1/2 grapefruit
Drinks: 4 32 oz water, 3 cups of coffee, 3 cups Weightless cranberry tea
Exercise: walk 20 mins with dog

Weds
L: 1/2 bag cabbage ground beef grissini 1/2 grapefruit
D: cottage cheese strawberries melba
Drinks: 2 cups of coffee, 1 cup of Weightless cranberry tea, 3 32 oz water
Exercise: walk 20 mins with dog

Thurs
S: 1 apple
L: cottage cheese melba
D: shrimp cabbage (1/2 bag) grissini 1/2 grapefruit
Drinks: 3 cups of coffee, 3 32 oz water
Exercise: walk 20 mins with dog

Where do you get the grissini?

[duece49424]

I have seen grissini in most grocery stores where I live, and Wal Mart too

[shelbyla]

I found grissini next to the Italian stuff in the pasta isle of my regular store.

[Laschance]

I am down 1 lb this Am
Glad to see some recipes here as well, I have very little imagination on how to prepare this small amount of food into something tasty. LOL
Feb 12
Lunch ~ 1 small can of shrimp w/ Low carb shrimp sauce
Dinner ~1 chicken breast grilled & 2 cup cucumbers
Snack ~ 2 oz low carb cheese cake.
Cal 521 - Fat 21.1 Carbs 16.4 protein 61.4

[Charms]

Today's eats:

B: Baked apple sprinkled with cinnamon

L: Baked tilapia and ACV marinated cucumber slices

D: Sauteed chicken and cabbage with Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy blend

S: Strawberried and melba if needed

Man I need to do some serious grocery shopping tomorrow! I'm just about out of all my protocol food.

[halebop]

today is my 1st VLCD. i'm hungrier than i'd hoped but optimistic that it will get better (though i suspect it might get worse before it gets better)

B tea
L 100 g 4% fat ground beef
1/2 tomato
spice
grissini
S apple
D 100 g shrimp
baby spinach
4-5 frozen unsweetened strawberries

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by shelbyla

I found grissini next to the Italian stuff in the pasta isle of my regular store.

There^^^^^^
My regular store is Wal-Mart.

[dawnyama]

I have not posted for a few days so here is what I have been eating:


Sun
L: apple, shrimp, grissini
D: crabmeat, radish, strawberries
Drinks: a lot of coffee--I was work at Starbucks for an early 6 hour shift; 4 32 oz of water
Exercise: walk for about 20 mins

Mon:
L: crabmeat, asparagus, apple, Grissini
D: shrimp, radishes, Melba, 1/2 grapefruit
Drinks: 3 cups of coffee, 1 cup of WuLong tea with my Natural Calm added, 3 32 oz cups of water
Exercise: 20 mins walk with the dog

As you can tell, I don't do much with my food. I feel the more basic the better. I pan fry/sautee my meats in water with onion powder and Molly McButter (just a dash for flavor) and sometimes a shake of sea salt. I don't want my food to be too complicated. My apples are just cut and eat too. Nothing fancy. Once I get closer to goal I plan on adding in some chicken or beef broth, and maybe making a smoothie or 2 with strawberries. But I want to get some pounds off before I try those.

[Laschance]

Good Morning I am down a whole .5 lb, WOW!! It has taken me 3 days to get thru this number, I think I may have been stuck here for awhile in the past and it is remembering..
L - 3 oz chicken Breast /1 cup cucumbers / 2 TBSP fat free sour cream
S - 3 oz chicken / 1 cup cucumbers / 2 TBSP fat free sour cream
Cal 322 Fat 10.7 Carb 11.7

[Sun_Luvin]

Hi all! I'm on load day 2 in my second round. I'll be starting my VLC days tomorrow. I'm wonderfully excited to get the rest of this weight off. I'll be keeping my eye out for variations on the P2 menus. Can't wait!!

[halebop]

I'm very curious about crabmeat.

I know to avoid the fake stuff. For those that eat it - are you buying crab legs and steaming them? (if that's it - can you tell me how long and how to cook them?) Also, how do you weigh the 100 grams raw since the meat would still be in the shells?

Or are you buying the canned real crab? If that's it - do you just eat it straight out of the can? Thanks!

[shelbyla]

LOTS of leftover chicken from Superbowl (homemade) so have been eating chicken/spinach or chicken/lettuce every day for lunch.

Whitefish, asparagus and strawberries for my lovely P2 dinner last night!

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by halebop

I'm very curious about crabmeat.

I know to avoid the fake stuff. For those that eat it - are you buying crab legs and steaming them? (if that's it - can you tell me how long and how to cook them?) Also, how do you weigh the 100 grams raw since the meat would still be in the shells?

Or are you buying the canned real crab? If that's it - do you just eat it straight out of the can? Thanks!

Nope. I don't use the fake stuff--it is not a fish. But real crabmeat---yum!!! I buy it in the can, but in the refrigerated seafood section. I buy a pound can when it is on sale and divide it up into several meals. It is so low in calories that I weigh it in 100 grams and use that as my portion. Even though it is pre-cooked I still use the 100 grams as my portion. I heat mine up on the stovetop in a bit of water and sprinkle my seasonings on it and eat. I admit it is waaay better when it is swimming in butter, but I like the variety it gives me while in P2.

[Charms]

Today's eats:

B: Apple
L: Leftover baked tilapia and marinated cucumbers
D: Leftover chicken and spinach
S: Strawberries and melba if needed

[brenski]

Today is my first VLC day:

B: coffee black
L: P2 chili
D: P2 meatloaf with marinated cukes

[dawnyama]

Here is what I ate yesterday (Tues):

L: crabmeat, radish, strawberries, 1 Grissini
D: chicken, melba, onion, green apple
Drinks: 4 32 oz water, 3 cups of coffee, 1 cup of WuLong tea with Natural Calm added
Exercise: 20 mins walk with the dog

[Laschance]

I made it to the 44 number today... Yeah!! 3 days moving thru 1 number, I sure hope its not always this slow going..
Feb 15 - Yesterdays menu
B ~ 1 Apple ( I really enjoyed this )
L ~ Tuna & Egge white
S ~ 7 0z chicken breast / 1/2 cucumber

I tried to change things up yesterday and added an apple at the risk of kicking me out of Ketosis. All I found was that I was much hungrier thru the day.. Has anyone else foind this when eating fruit.?

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by Laschance

I tried to change things up yesterday and added an apple at the risk of kicking me out of Ketosis. All I found was that I was much hungrier thru the day.. Has anyone else foind this when eating fruit.?

This plan is not supposed to have anything to do with ketosis. I eat all my fruit I am allowed per day. If I want to skip something I skip the veggies. Don't like them much. I do know that there was one person on here who had to give up the apples because she did not lose with them at all. So it can happen.

Oh, and I eat for my fruit---apples, grapefruit and strawberries. I mix them up every day and only enjoy 2 servings a day, just as Dr S instructed. I love them!!

[halebop]

I like how after only a few days I'm really enjoying and appreciating simple, healthy foods that I wouldn't have even eaten only a week ago.

Yesterday's eats:

B tea
L P2 chili, 1 grissini
S apple
D chicken cooked in organic broth (no sugar etc), cabbage, 1 grissini

[Laschance]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

This plan is not supposed to have anything to do with ketosis. I eat all my fruit I am allowed per day. If I want to skip something I skip the veggies. Don't like them much. I do know that there was one person on here who had to give up the apples because she did not lose with them at all. So it can happen.

Oh, and I eat for my fruit---apples, grapefruit and strawberries. I mix them up every day and only enjoy 2 servings a day, just as Dr S instructed. I love them!!

I plan to try his methodl as an experiment for myself. I am not sure his method will work for me as I am extremely carb sensitive. If I continue to lose then I will definately embrace his method as I would love to be able to eat some fruit and veggies and still lose weight. Unfortunately I usually gain weight when I eat fruit.
Just to update, I have made it this far not eating any fruit and just started adding cucumbers for a veggie, that had me worried as it took me 3 days to get thru 1 lb.. This is just me...
Newbies please don't compare my eating with the The Dr's menu.

[Charms]

Today's menu:

B: strawberries
L: grilled chicken and greens with ACV, melba
D: sauteed shrimp and asparagus, melba
S: 1/2 apple

[Sun_Luvin]

Ok, getting back on track here:

B: coffee
L: ?? (maybe grilled chicken and tomato), 1/2 grapefruit (maybe)
D: beef and cabbage

lots of water and maybe strawberries for after dinner.