P2 here we go!

[Sleepy]

Originally Posted by baabng4ever

Morning ladies!

Sleepy - GREAT and I mean GREAT first week! And great start on this week too! Keep on truckin'! You are doing soooooo AMAZING! Have you been doing the 3 wk on 3 wk off all along?

thank you

no i used to do 6 week rounds
but always stalled out after 3-4 weeks and never lost much after that
so i figure why torture myself this time
3 weeks is enough!

[MemoryKeeper]

Originally Posted by baabng4ever

Morning ladies!

Today is my 1st stayed the same day. It is also my official end of VLCD week 1. So, I lost 8# on week 1. I am not going to complain. Of course, I wish it was more, who doesn't right? LOL

In week 2 I am hoping for at least 5#. I know the losses tend to slow. I am still aiming strong!

Jeanette - Being NOT hungry ROCKS! Is there a recipe in here for this French Onion? I wanna try it as FO Soup is one of my faves! Great job on just easing right into P2. And glad to hear your daughter is losing well too!

Sleepy - GREAT and I mean GREAT first week! And great start on this week too! Keep on truckin'! You are doing soooooo AMAZING! Have you been doing the 3 wk on 3 wk off all along?

Baileys, Sunny and Abby - keep on keepin on! Some days are just a little more challenging than others with either the scale, boredom, hunger or just plain needing to shake things up. Having 1 slice of bacon on a rough day is not the worst thing, right Bailey's? You just start fresh today!

jsd - welcome!!

Have a great day ladies!

French Onion Soup (1 Serving)
1 onion (I used a yellow onion) Sliced thin
1 T. white sugar substitute (I use Ideal brand)
2 tsp. liquid smoke
butter spray
2 cups of beef broth (10 calories per cup)
1/2 cup of water
1 melba toast
seasoning to taste (I use more onion powder, garlic powder and steak pepper)

Carmelize your onion in the butter spray, liquid smoke, seasonings and using the beef broth as needed (stir often, do not allow it to burn). If you cook it 20-30 minutes it will develop a nutty sweetness. Add the sugar substitute after 15 minutes of cooking. Continue cooking until well carmelized.

Add remaining beef broth and half a cup of water. Bring to boil. Serve immediately with 1 crushed melba toast sprinkled over the top.

I made a quadruple batch last night, ate one and froze the other 3. I will let you know how the frozen version works!

[SunnyFL]

Ugh, venting!

The office ordered Cuban takeout and all I smell is roasted pork, yucca with mojo, rice and beans. I want to cry

Eating my tuna salad and getting crankier by the second

[MemoryKeeper]

YIKES-A-RAMA.

go smell some coffee quick to get it out of your system!

Hugs!

[SunnyFL]

I closed my office door and am making black coffee lol!
It still sucks omg

[BaileysGirl]

OMG Sunny Poor Sunny! I was like that last week they ordered in Uncle Julio's mexican and I about died! Dawn or Shelby once said if you just inhale over and over eventually the desire to taste will go away b/c it's so much % smell! Hope that helps...I'm praying you can make the 40 day round!

Honey I'm counting down my days til I can have sausage, eggs, bacon, sour cream for Brekki! Best believe! 15 days and counting!

[SunnyFL]

I would love to just do a 23 day but at this rate highly unlikely...blah

[MemoryKeeper]

Me too, I gained so much during gorge!

[jsd79]

Day 1 of P2 VLCD. STARVING!? Also a bit shaky...i keep telling myself to drink water, the outcome will be worth it.

[SunnyFL]

It will pass!!! I was starving week one but I'm fine now

[SunnyFL]

Make sure to take potassium, about 400 mg should do it.

[star a.d.]

I had to resist pizza, cake, and awesome homemade indian sweets. BUT I DID IT. gahhhh!

I think I'll be joining you guys in a longer round. i'm thinking 28-30 days, but I may decide to bow out at 3 weeks. I REALLY want to lose 20 lbs, counting from now, this round.

[MemoryKeeper]

My friend who introduced me to HCG hit a major goal today! She has lost:

100 pounds!

I'm so excited for her. She totally inspires me! I could cry!

[star a.d.]

Originally Posted by jsd79

Day 1 of P2 VLCD. STARVING!? Also a bit shaky...i keep telling myself to drink water, the outcome will be worth it.

are you protocol or rogue?

I am having a HUNGRY day. VLCD, day 4, and today I'm hungry!

I still can't believe how much better I do when I axe the fruit and grains. fat and protein ahoy! hahahahaha!

did I mention I'm at LDW weight now from last round? down from here, I hope!

[SunnyFL]

Star hang in there!!! Work was torture today BUT when I got home I tried in a pair of pants I haven't been able to wear since I got engaged in 2004! Size 8 petite, granted its a large 8 so really its a size 9 but still!!!

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by SunnyFL

Speaking of am I the only nut going past the 23 day round? LOL

No!! I think I will stick around for a while. I don't think I will be meeting my goal by the time my 23 days are up. Not sure how long I will go, but it will indeed be longer than 3 weeks.

[msgirl]

Sunny - I love your posts

We are at the same weight too! I am a little frustrated though - I am eating perfectly and losing so s............l.........o.............w

But - Oh well!


I am really hoping just to do 23 days but then only time will tell!

[SunnyFL]

Msgirl I find I lose every other day, so 3 pounds a week? Once I get into week two. I wish I was a pound a day "loser" lol

[BaileysGirl]

Jeanette - You kill me with your YIPPEE DOODLES & YIKES-A-RAMA! LMAO! Love it!

I've been sort of annoyed since I got home. I promised my 2 little cousins I'd get them some hot wings so I got a 30 pc w/ a box of fries. I fixed their plates and then fixed my poor little chicken taco salad. DH will eat the rest and hopefully take the rest w/ him to work tomorrow.

Then I made the mistake of getting on the scale fully clothed and it read 200! I freaked, got naked and reweighed - 198 - praying I'm back at 195.5 at least in the morning. I'm sweating now! That friggin bacon screwed me.

Then DH is outside (Yes he's still home since Dec 23rd ) w/ neighborhood guys drinking away his moonshine and comes in getting into my jamaican liquor making some girl a drink and of course I got P'd off! He's so hospitable...But then when I want a drink my good stuff will be gone! I told him how would he like it if I gave out his Hennessy and Heineken!!!!

So I'm in BIZNATCH mode now! Guess I'll go eat my strawberries and torture myself some more on pinterest food pages! Have a lovely evening gals!

[MemoryKeeper]

Sunny, you totally rock it...size 8, I mean SIZE 8! I can't wait! One day, I will be there, and then I'm really going to care about clothes!

Star, I felt hunger today and I was wondering if it was the cream I had in my coffee first thing this morning. Normally, I drink my coffee black and sweet when on Protocol.

Dawn, I thinking of a 40 day protocol this go around. Easier said than done.

Msgirl, I feel that way about this round! The last time I had already lost 12.5 pounds the first week, and here on my second round I've lost 2.5 this first week. I was really discouraged at the doctor's office, and then I said to myself, "Self, you are doing great, you're only cheating with the cream and it's only 1 Tablespoon and you did maintain you LIW throughout the Holidays!" So then I actually felt better! Came home and had my tilapia with the MOJO (Sunny it's a powdered seasoning, not the good stuff your hubby makes), and French Onion Soup and I am FULL! I still have an apple and bread left for today.

Natashaaaaaaaaaaa, YIPPEE DOODLES, YIKES-A-RAMA and girl you're DABOMB DIGGITY! We have to get together one of these days! You crack me up with the Moonshine reference...LOL! I'm going to look at Pinterest now, and it's all your fault!

Here's hoping for a pound tomorrow for all of us! Although I'm so full right now, I feel "fat." I know that's weird, but it's how I feel when I eat too much and too fast.

[SunnyFL]

I want a smoothie....but I ate all my fruit for today...

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

I'll go back to staring at my size 8 pants (the only ones ever I can fit into cuz these hips just arent made for a size 8 lol) while wearing a size 11 LOL....on the plus side baggy pants made people say "Oh wow you've lost weight"......no really you dipstick ...25 pounds and NOW you notice? ugh!

JEANETTEEEEEE I went looking for that coffee but it's seasonal

Natasha...you've been a biznatch too?? Hubby just asked me what crawled up my butt and died...LOL!!!!!

Yes, I am a winey bizzzznitch, his royal highness is eating ribs right next to me and I'm sipping water...

Lord help me....what doesn't kill me makes me stronger.

I'm gonna be like Hercules Hercules Hercules when I'm done with this P2 CRAP!

[MemoryKeeper]

I can just see you clapping Madea! LOL!

Did you try Target? I can ask my sister if she will stop by Walmart or Target in Birmingham, and see if they have any more. I'll mail you some!

RIBS? Seriously, my family just eats on their own away from me during this time. I might have to knock some sense into them if they did that....I think you ladies are M-azing! Unbelievable strength. It is inspiring though, so I'm gonna remember it!

Big hugs girls!

[star a.d.]

I feel way hungrier when I'm eating a higher carb version. I also seem to lose more when I'm around 700-800 calories. who knew it'd be a YMMV situation? maybe it won't work like that later, but for now...yesss.

KUTG, everyone!

sleepy, are you rogue or protocol? I can't remember if I already asked you this and now I can't find my own post. hahaha!

[SunnyFL]

Originally Posted by MemoryKeeper

I can just see you clapping Madea! LOL!

LMAO!!!!!!

I'm losing it girlfriend

[BaileysGirl]

OMG Sunny! Biznatches RULE! It was so much easier last time b/c DH wasn't home hardly at all while I was in P2. I've enjoyed HIM but it's hard to eat P2 stuff whilst everyone else is chomping away at good stuff!

Jeanette - I wish I liked coffee. The strawberry sounds delish! Does it taste like coffee? If not, I'll try it! We shall get together sometime when we can have a P3 or P4 meal! Or maybe we should spend the weekend together on Loading!

Feeling better and on an up note I saw Bernice Sunday and twice today! WOOT! Now for big prayers to old man scale so tomorrow morning I won't be !

NIGHT

[MemoryKeeper]

Originally Posted by SunnyFL

LMAO!!!!!!

I'm losing it girlfriend

Pleazzzze don't make me wet my pants laughing so hard! Especially since I drink so much water on P2...arghhhhh!

Originally Posted by star a.d.

I feel way hungrier when I'm eating a higher carb version. I also seem to lose more when I'm around 700-800 calories. who knew it'd be a YMMV situation? maybe it won't work like that later, but for now...yesss.

KUTG, everyone!

sleepy, are you rogue or protocol? I can't remember if I already asked you this and now I can't find my own post. hahaha!

Star, I am trying 410 calories today, just to see what happens. I am really full, so I'm skipping second fruit and bread. I'm very nervous about this too because I want to lose while eating some carbs...

Originally Posted by BaileysGirl

OMG Sunny! Biznatches RULE! It was so much easier last time b/c DH wasn't home hardly at all while I was in P2. I've enjoyed HIM but it's hard to eat P2 stuff whilst everyone else is chomping away at good stuff!

Jeanette - I wish I liked coffee. The strawberry sounds delish! Does it taste like coffee? If not, I'll try it! We shall get together sometime when we can have a P3 or P4 meal! Or maybe we should spend the weekend together on Loading!

Feeling better and on an up note I saw Bernice Sunday and twice today! WOOT! Now for big prayers to old man scale so tomorrow morning I won't be !

NIGHT

Natasha, you're killing me girl! "spend the weekend together loading!" We will do it! My next loading though doesn't coincide with yours. I will probably be loading around April 12th or so...

You won't like because it is coffee. AND that makes me sad because coffee is sooooooooo good! LOL!

[star a.d.]

can't wait to see how your experiment goes, jeannette!

I'll be in for a lower-cal day fairly soon, I think.

[MemoryKeeper]

Well Star, it was a bust. I stayed the same. So today, I'm going to eat between 500-600 and see what happens. I'm so frustrated this round. By this time last round I had lost 14 pounds, and I'm sitting here at 2.5. The only thing I've added was the 1 T of cream, and that was just recently.

If my losses continue so slowly, I definitely will not do 40 days. I know that seems counter-productive, but I just want to lose fast then learn the true task of maintenance. I can "suffer" VLCD for only so long if it gives me the results I want.

If I stay the same tomorrow I will give up the 1 T of cream. There, I said it. Whaaaa! We'll see what tomorrow brings.

[SunnyFL]

Morning ladies!

I'm super sleepy, issues again falling asleep...hopefully tonight will be ok since I'm so tired! Need to make my cup of joe strong, the kids come back today which will mean lots of new students and schedules to make (groan) on the bright side, my day should fly by

Almost forgot my night dose yesterday and I ate at friggin 8:00...I just didn't feel like cooking so I sat hungry watching tv lol!!!

Made P2 chili for lunch with my ground bison, hopefully I don't drop my breadsticks today getting out of the car

Weigh in at 153.6...so I'm stalled. Sucks because at this rate I'll be in this round for a long time

Hope you ladies see some losses today!

[BaileysGirl]

Morning Chickas! Dreading what old man scale would read this am I had a dream about getting up and weighing this morning! And what do you know - I was down 1 pound! I just need to stay focused now! I ate pretty clean yesterday, rehydrated and left out the melba.

Poor Thing Sunny - I'm sorry you're having a bad time this round too. Did you up the dosage of pellets to 6 X 6? I think my drops say to do that but not sure about pellets. Hope you didn't drop the grissini. I feel so bad for ya. I hope today is a much better day for you!

Good luck to everyone else stepping on the scale this morning! Have a great day girls...be back to check in at lunch! I just had co-worker who started doing HCG before me bring over 2 packs of the sweet & spicy tea w/ a note "Stay Strong Have A Great Day" So I'm wishing the same to you ALL!