The P2 AND P3 thread! :)

[SunnyFL]

Awesome Jeanette!!!!!!!!!

I have to dash, meeting with parent, coordinator and principal this morning!

Weigh in at 147.2

That's another creeping .2 oz loss...Sigh'

Just wondering if it's worth the extra 14 days...I'll end it earlier I think...be on P3 for the 5th...

Have a good day ladies

[BaileysGirl]

Morning Ladies! Day 1 of P3 here for me! Weighed in at 189! Oh and I had been wearing the same 2 pairs of black pants which were getting way too big! So I got down my brown pants and one is almost too big and the other fits perfect. I had to retire my nice grey pants and my black w/ white pin stripe ones. I'm lucky to have kept them all hanging up there for years...I have all sizes to choose from! BUT WON'T GO BACK TO THE LARGER ONES! EVER!

Marie - That zucchini crust sounds good I might try it next week.

Jeanette - WOOT! YIPPEE DOODLES!!

Sunny - Girl you better come on over to P3!

Yall have a good day...heading down to get my sausage and eggs!!!!

[miamiloca]

Hey Lovely Ladies..checking in to say "hi". I havnt been around much as ive been busy with work and kids and my house. But wanted to say you're all doing great! You guys have me wanting to buy that wine! Im in P4 now so have been having bites of carbs here and there. It looks like i stablelized at about 5lbs over my LDW, so my last short round in December was a total wash. Oh well. My next P2 is not til March so i need to maintain, and once i mentally accepted that my body wants to be 197, ive been rock solid around that #. People still keep asking me if im still dropping lbs though, so i must be losing inches still? Except i had a new client last week ask me how many months pregnant i am---idk what that was all about except that my belly is saggy from 3 kids and maybe i was standing with my tummy pushed out? I just laughed it off but then i was asking everyone if looked pregnant. lol.
Soooooo where can i buy the layer cake wine????

[PenPen13]

Originally Posted by SunnyFL

That's crazy we live right by each other
I got food poisoning at that iHop...have you tried the five guys? Their hot dogs are good...
How far are you in P3? I have two more weeks...ugh!

Food poisoning?? Good to know! Oh yes I have been to Five Guys and I love the bacon cheeseburgers. I just can't eat anything else and it smells SO GOOD in there!
I started in P3 Sunday and have been holding my own at 138lb so far. Trying to be very careful with the dairy because I think that is one of the things that hurt me last P3. I am just happy to be eating breakfast again and not feeling hungry all morning!
Where do you work? or don't you want to say...
I work at the VA Medical Center on Blue Heron Blvd.

[ldrof]

Any of you like cauliflower "mashed potatoes"? Sound great loaded up w/ butter and garlic, but I've never tried them.

[BaileysGirl]

I felt horrible after breakfast this morning. I don't know if it was b/c my tummy wasn't used to the fat or what but I felt like CRAP! I had 3 scrambled eggs w/ cheese & 2 sausage patties. I only ate 1 sausage.

I love both IHOP and FIVE GUYS! I loaded on IHOP first round! I had the big steak omelete w/ pancakes! The omelete had hash browns, tender strips of steak, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese served w/ salsa & sour cream. It was sooo good! I love the burgers and fries at FG!

I think I've seen that wine at either WalMart or Publix or maybe Kroger. They have a good wine selection at Kroger.

Well here is my lunch! Cobb Salad before the Ranch Dressing! Hellooo avocados, blue cheese & bacon! YUM-O!

[star a.d.]

I LOVE cauliflower mashed potatoes! I make them with cream cheese.

jeannette, way to go on the new decade! I'm so close to being in one too!

natasha, I am going to do the same thing and throw away the bigger pants. I have a pair of dress pants that feel like pajamas that I hate to get rid of, but I'll have to. *sniffle*

sunny, I think you deserve a whoosh!

as for me, I'm down one more lb today, so whatever damage I did with my big slip on the weekend is done. STILL surprised at my weight going down despite the major PMS bloat! it'll be awesome when TOM gets lost for another month!

so looking forward to P3!!!!

and to P4 so I can go to 5 Guys too.

[BaileysGirl]

Can someone explain to me the best way to attach a pic I have saved to my desktop? I uploaded it here via attachments but it put 2 pics on the post??

[MemoryKeeper]

WTG Star!

Natasha, you have to upload the picture to another site such as photobucket or flicker and then you have to get the URL (Universal Resource Locator) and add that as the image.

I have to get rid of clothes too, but can't afford new ones right now....maybe when they are really hanging off of me...

[Tricialy]

Originally Posted by ldrof

Any of you like cauliflower "mashed potatoes"? Sound great loaded up w/ butter and garlic, but I've never tried them.

They are great - now I wouldn't mistake them for real mashed potatoes - but they are really good and nice and warm to eat during the winter.

Don't forget if you're eating at IHOP - they add pancake batter to their omlets to make them "fluffy" - so make sure you specify an omlet without the batter added.

[SunnyFL]

Originally Posted by PenPen13

Where do you work? or don't you want to say...
I work at the VA Medical Center on Blue Heron Blvd.

Yea I can't say because I'm a guidance counselor and I vent on here LOL...but it's down south

And people keep stopping me at work calling me "Flaca" which means skinny, lol...which I do not mind

But it's really noticeable how much I have lost now which brings up the whole issue of well dang...did I look that bad before? And then makes me feel sad because some people make a huge deal of "HOW FANTASTIC I LOOK" then their are others who tell me not to lose anymore (Ha! ) cuz I look good. Sigh'...Looking in the mirror is shocking...I'm a thinner person now and my face is so small...like I have cheekbones! ...I haven't seen that in 9 years...and I sometimes just stare at myself. It's so weird...and if I walk by a mirror quickly I have to stop because I can't recognize myself?

I bought lots of pants, size 8 and 9/10 petite from the Loft, since they had a huge sale...so thankfully I have clothes, the size 13's fall off of me and the 12's are held up by my hips and I look so unprofessional LOL...so it was time

Having Tuna today, and yes Star I deserve a woosh darnit!!!

I only found the Layer Cake Pinot Noir at Whole Foods on sale yesterday, otherwise I special order it at Total Wines.

I can't wait to have my wine....I need it

Natasha that salad looks divine!

[MemoryKeeper]

I can't wait til people say "flaca"!!! LOL!!! But I know what you mean. When you had your photo posted I noticed you were gorgeous, so I'm sure people are seeing even more of that. Maybe you are more confident in your walk, or style and people see that too! You are very beautiful!!!

People ask me what does my husband think. I say he loves me however I am. But it seems weird.

My menu today:
B: black coffee with splenda
L: grilled chicken tenderloin, orange, cucumber
D: green beans, talapia
S: 2 breadsticks/honeycrisp apple

[SunnyFL]

Aww Jeanette I love ya girl!!! Thank you

I guess it's just insecurity...something I have to deal with! I guess I was used to being the chubby girl and now feel naked...does that make sense? Like I'm more out there...I dunno, I need a counselor of my own LOL

So yea I officially do not like my work environment so I need to find a way to remedy that because it's becoming toxic. THANKFULLY I have good coworkers, the other counselors are great that I can vent too. I know God put me here for a reason, but I really need a break soon because I feel myself coming apart at the seams

My hubby loves this weight, but now I think he is regretting it $$$$ LOL!

Good job on staying on protocol lovie! I'm still being a rogue with my cream but if this scale doesn't start moving I'll do strict protocol for a few days and see if that does anything. I'm ready to get out of the upper 140's!!!!! I wanted to be under the 140's by the time I was done....darnit

[PenPen13]

Originally Posted by Tricialy

They are great - now I wouldn't mistake them for real mashed potatoes - but they are really good and nice and warm to eat during the winter.

Don't forget if you're eating at IHOP - they add pancake batter to their omlets to make them "fluffy" - so make sure you specify an omlet without the batter added.

Wow I did not know that!! Darn it...oh well.
today I had:
breakfast : 2 eggs/avocado with coconut oil and 2 pieces of bacon
Lunch: chicken meat, zucchini and cauliflower casserole (leftovers)
dinner: baked chicken, green beans and salad with blue cheese yum yum!
snack : strawberries and blueberries/ cheese stick
LOTS OF WATER!
I am hearing more and more people around me getting this nasty flu bug. I want to lock myself up in the house because there is nothing worse then the flu!!

[SunnyFL]

You should make a mug cake Pen

I lived off of chocolate mug cakes every night with whipped sweetened heavy cream and berries on top. Can't wait for P3!!!!!!!!!!!

This was a picture of one I made...and yes I said I ate one every night LOL

[MemoryKeeper]

Tsk Tsk Tsk, showing that mug cake! J/K! Girl, you've got to get out of that environment! Seriously, I know you're trying to do all that they ask, but it is a more than one person job. You're so sweet, you want to save the world...

I know what you mean about feeling exposed, but the funny thing is I like it! HA HA! I find excuses to go to the office and around campus just to hear the words, "You've lost weight!" LOL! It's funny to even write the truth just then!

[BaileysGirl]

Hey Chicas! Been busy tonight doing taxes and making a PIZZA! I took pics w/ my new camera! I've not yet learned how to use it! I just ate 3 small square pieces and am ready for another 2 pieces! I still had about 800 calories left after lunch. I used the neufatchel (sp) cream cheese so 1/3 less fat but it also had motz and 2 eggs. I guess I can try to guesstimate and add into ***. I will post the pics tomorrow. The crust is pretty good even though I do want to try the zucchini crust, I think I'd like that much better than the cauli crust. It would def save on fat but LC is about fat so whatever!! LOL

I opened the door at work today for some ladies coming and one of them called me Skinny Mini! It felt so good! It happens to be one of the ladies who paid 150.00 for an hcg drops kit and didn't do the plan! HUH!! Anyway, later in the day I had another lady tell me I was losing weight. I said yes ma'am! It feels so good to get complimented! I was on cloud 9 then! Plus wearing the sweater I have only worn once since buying over 2 years ago and a pair of pants that I've not worn in 2 years and are now probably too big...It was a great feeling! I even looked slimmer! WOOT!!! We are rocking this thing!!!

Sunny - Recipe please b/c I do not want to search back in the threads!

[miamiloca]

i want that cake! is it hard to make/?

[SunnyFL]

Chocolate Mug Cake per Private Diva

1 Tblsp Coconut Flour
2 Tblsp Special Dark Cocoa Powder
1 Tblsp xylitol (or erythrytol...I do a splenda split with the erythrytol)
1/4 tsp baking powder (I use cream of tartar)
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup egg beaters (I used 1 whole egg)
2 Tblsp Sugar Free Syrup (I just used pure vanilla extract 1 teaspoon)

mix it all together, cover with plastic wrap loosely. Nuke for one minute (I heated mine for 50 seconds) set aside

Take 2 tablespoons of heavy cream and some splenda to sweeten and whip until you get whipped cream. I use a small milk frother, take mug cake and flip over, top with cream and berries.

I started eating it day 5 into P3 and ate one every day after that...

[SunnyFL]

Natasha I was so used to people not saying anything since I lose all over, you don't notice until I lose a big amount. So now that they ARE saying something, I get annoyed because it's like, really, it's been 30 pounds dude LOL...

But yea it does feel good

[BaileysGirl]

I don't have coconut flour so I may try to use the almond flour I have and see how it turns out. I do not have any cocoa powder but I just rememberd I bought some for my Cousin to make a cake and she'll never use the rest so I'll get it from her tomorrow night!
Maybe I'll make one Friday morning for breakfast! MMMM Can't wait!

I feel SO FULL I'm sort of miserable! I didn't need those last 2 slices of pizza but I still didn't meet my 2000 cals for the day. Only short by 160ish...Night ladies!

Yea people were saying something after my 1st round of hcg but have really started to after this 2nd round. Sometimes I think people don't want to say anything incase you're sick or something they're not aware of...Then they see you looking better/feeling better they feel able to say something.

[C'Marie]

@Jeanette, no I do NOT peel the zucchini before shredding! Are you kidding me!? LOL That's way too much work

Sunny, that cup recipe looks good. I used a different recipe that was great for just a plain cinnamony-flax one, but when I added chocolate it wasn't so good. So I will try yours next time!

Mia, so good to see you again!!!! I know all about a round being a bust - UGH! I'm doing one now that I "hope" will get me back down to my all-time low. I hope. Sheesh. Finishing Menopause completely unset me - and lucky me, now that I'm back on hcg I am having hot flashes periodically again - ARG. I hope it goes back away when I'm done. Then I will do another round to see how low I can go. After all, this gal just turned 50!!! I'm no spring chicken! LOL

And I am sooooooo getting that wine when I can! Is it a sweet, dessert-type, ice wine with that name? or just a regular? If it's an ultra sweet, I will have to wait till P4.

[C'Marie]

Question, when you make this in a waffle iron doesn't it have holes in it? or does it not cook that way?

Originally Posted by BaileysGirl

I bought 2 avocados at Kroger just now! I bought 4 bricks of cream cheese! Got all my stuff to make the recipes I've posted in this thread.

No but here's the recipe. I subbed almond flour/meal for atkins bake mix. I have a 2 square waffle iron so it's not round like the one in the directions. I think too b/c the almond meal has made the batter a bit thicker and it's not spreading out I am using 2-3 T of the batter for each square. Plus I didn't get out my mixer just whisked it up good.

SHERRIE'S SAVORY BURGER BUN

*Preheat the waffle iron

1 8oz pkg cream cheese
3 eggs
3 tsp Splenda
1/2 cup Atkins Bake Mix
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp parsley flakes
1/4 cup buttermilk

Beat cream cheese with mixer until blended smooth, add the remaining ingredients. Spray round waffle iron with a light coat of olive oil flavored non stick spray and pour in about 1 tbps of mix. It will make a perfect round bun! You can freeze them and reheat them in the toaster! It should come out to about 1 carb per bun! Nutiritional Info Via ****** Calories Total: 72, Fat: 6 70% , Sat: 3 39% , Poly: 0 5%, Mono: 2 20%, Carbs: 1.2 6%, Fiber: .11 0%, Protein: 4 24%

[ldrof]

I HATE digital scales. My weight has been so sporadic that I decided to go down to the basement and use my big scale (like they use at the docs) and I was a whole pound less. Just wonder what my weight has really been these past couple weeks! Gonna go by that scale from now on!
Hope you guys have a great day and I have really been looking forward to all these yummy recipes! I am almost 1/2 way through p2.
Hugs... Lyn 156.4 today... YEAH

[SunnyFL]

Cmarie the wine is just a Pinot noir so not sweet. I don't like sweet wines, it's nice and smooth with a great finish. They have a Malbec that's fantastic too but the Pinot Noir is hard to find so when I saw it I was like a kid in a candy store lol.

Trying to talk positive words to myself so I can handle work today. I have to try and stay away from admin and the principal. Which will be hard since I'm meeting with her and a parent today. Counting down till Spring break!

Today's menu
Coffee with hwc
Melba's
Burger with asparagus
Apple
Chicken salad or Chicken chili...not sure

Weigh in is 147.0
Like pulling teeth! Down .2 oz again...but aunt Flo is still here so I don't know if that's a factor.

Have an awesome day!

[BaileysGirl]

Marie - It has the little wells/nooks (for lack of a better word) like waffles do but not actual holes. The wells are great for holding in all your burger toppings or sauces from what I read on the thread over in the LC Recipes/Help. I'm going to try 1 or 2 today with my tuna salad at lunch. I'll take a pic and post it!

Sunny - At least you're down girl! Keep the faith!

Well I am up 1.5 over LDW this morning. I know it's all the SODIUM I ate yesterday b/c ************ showed my sodium being 4000! WOW! Def hoping I can get that DOWN today! Praying that I'm not going to go wacko in this stabilizing process!

[shelbyla]

Originally Posted by SunnyFL

Chocolate Mug Cake per Private Diva

1 Tblsp Coconut Flour
2 Tblsp Special Dark Cocoa Powder
1 Tblsp xylitol (or erythrytol...I do a splenda split with the erythrytol)
1/4 tsp baking powder (I use cream of tartar)
1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup egg beaters (I used 1 whole egg)
2 Tblsp Sugar Free Syrup (I just used pure vanilla extract 1 teaspoon)

mix it all together, cover with plastic wrap loosely. Nuke for one minute (I heated mine for 50 seconds) set aside

Take 2 tablespoons of heavy cream and some splenda to sweeten and whip until you get whipped cream. I use a small milk frother, take mug cake and flip over, top with cream and berries.

I started eating it day 5 into P3 and ate one every day after that...

I made this last night for my boyfriend who has a massive sweet tooth. Let's just say it hit the spot! I tried not to be too envious... Next week sometime for sure!

[miamiloca]

My grocery list for friday is getting bigger by every post in here..... LOL
I am so getting the ingredients for the mug cake and on the scope-out for the wine! My hubbies job had a big Italian fair yesterday so they give away stuff at the end of the day and we scored a huge block of mozzerella so im doing Italian for the next week!
Im making pizza, chicken parm, made pizza burgers last night, and lots of chicken ceasar salads! Im gonna try to look for a new crust recipe though, the ones ive made in the past are just too "eggy" for me.
To the person who was asking about cauli mashed potatoes---my hubbie makes a "smashed" loaded version thats great! You add cheese, bacon to your mashed cauli and put in a glass casserole dish and put them in the oven for a kind of "twice baked" deal. But my fav way to do cauli is "riced". It's a lot of work but if you have a food processor it's a snap i suppose. I buy a whole head of raw cauli, and then use a cheese grater to "rice" it, then i nuke it in a glass bowl for about 9 mins, then preheat some oil-(i use coconut or olive)in a skillet, then add the nuked cauli and lots of garlic, onion powder, salt &pepper. Then saute it over medium heat. Fried "rice"! It's pretty good and you can use it for those dishes where you want "rice", like an asian stir fry or what not.

[miamiloca]

Originally Posted by C'Marie

@Jeanette, no I do NOT peel the zucchini before shredding! Are you kidding me!? LOL That's way too much work

Sunny, that cup recipe looks good. I used a different recipe that was great for just a plain cinnamony-flax one, but when I added chocolate it wasn't so good. So I will try yours next time!

Mia, so good to see you again!!!! I know all about a round being a bust - UGH! I'm doing one now that I "hope" will get me back down to my all-time low. I hope. Sheesh. Finishing Menopause completely unset me - and lucky me, now that I'm back on hcg I am having hot flashes periodically again - ARG. I hope it goes back away when I'm done. Then I will do another round to see how low I can go. After all, this gal just turned 50!!! I'm no spring chicken! LOL

And I am sooooooo getting that wine when I can! Is it a sweet, dessert-type, ice wine with that name? or just a regular? If it's an ultra sweet, I will have to wait till P4.

Oh stop Marie! You're a spring hen, woman! And im ok w my last round being a bust. I was trying to give myself a cushion for the inevitable weight gain that goes with every holiday. I told myself i could do P3 during holidays and well, let's just say i did more of a P4+++.
I was right back on P3 the 1st on Jan and did a super clean solid 3 weeks of P3. So now into P4 but still taking it easy. The only thing i had was sushi last week. It did cause me to gain but im sure the gain was sodium related and TOM related because it is off now! I stuck mostly to brown rice rolls. And man oh man was it good! i japanese! Filled up on seaweed and sashimi mostly! But those rolls were delish and im so glad my sushi place offers them!

[shelbyla]

Originally Posted by SunnyFL

Cmarie the wine is just a Pinot noir so not sweet. I don't like sweet wines, it's nice and smooth with a great finish. They have a Malbec that's fantastic too but the Pinot Noir is hard to find so when I saw it I was like a kid in a candy store lol.

Sunny, have you ever had any of the other reds from Layer Cake? I am seeing a Shiraz, a Cab, and a Primitivo (which has a pretty decent RP score). Thoughts? (I am a wine junkie... )