P2 What is on your menu? February 2012

[julieboolie]

Thanks! I think that'll be dinner. I put my tuscano soup in the freezer for P3. I suspect maybe the chicken sausage has too much fat in it.

What do you think about putting a bit of salsa on top? I love eggs w/ salsa. Unless I try those strawberry crepes!! They look yummy!!

[shirleychef]

B: coffee with 1/2 green smoothie
L: 1/2 green smoothie with wasa crisp (20 cal worth)
S: Apple
D: chicken with asparagus

[beachagain]

I thought about the salsa too, Julie...I'm more of a tangy~spicy kind of girl...but the strawberries did not disappoint
The thing is...about half the mixture of 3 whites and an egg go to a crepe...and the rest is left over...you could make 2 crepes very easily..or also do what I did...make a crepe and a scramble...and your scramble with salsa would be a vegie...I'd only worry if it were filling enough

[shirleychef]

Ok... after all this "egg bread" talk I changed my dinner menu. I used 3 egg whites to make the "bread" blobs. I then steamed my asparagus, removed them and "fried" my whole egg in the asparagus juice, I covered it so the top would cook over a little since I kinda figured it would NOT flip and I like mine over easy. I put this "fried" egg on one of the blobs, topped with another and OH MY!!!!! I have SO missed fried egg sandwiches... it was absolutely heavenly!! I wrapped some of the asparagus in the other blob.. it was absolutely lovely.

Thanks for all the egg talk!! Now I just hope the scale will be friendly to me tomorrow.

If it is... those strawberry crepes MIGHT just be on the menu for tomorrow!

[beachagain]

...that's kind of why the strawberry crepes were on mine
I had a 1.7 pound drop...I was quite surprised to say the least...hoping the scale is kind to me again tomorrow

[Kari M.]

0.4 lb gain this morning. I'he seemed to have fallen into a pattern of losing a nice amount then the next day gaining a little bit. I know yesterday I went a tad over my calories and had way, way to much sodium
I made the onion soup and didn't realize how much sodium was in the beef broth I bought til last night when I was logging my food into ******, 980g of sodium in 1C and I had about 1.5C. YIKES

Anyway... I just made some egg/eggwhites scrambled with a little salsa and it was really good. I was iffy on the salsa since it has more than one veggie but I just used a little bit and avoided the onion and pepper and just ate the tomatoes.
Andi am about to start chugging some water and hope for a nice loss tomorrow.

[heatherwagnon]

Originally Posted by Kari M.

0.4 lb gain this morning. I'he seemed to have fallen into a pattern of losing a nice amount then the next day gaining a little bit. I know yesterday I went a tad over my calories and had way, way to much sodium
I made the onion soup and didn't realize how much sodium was in the beef broth I bought til last night when I was logging my food into ******, 980g of sodium in 1C and I had about 1.5C. YIKES

Anyway... I just made some egg/eggwhites scrambled with a little salsa and it was really good. I was iffy on the salsa since it has more than one veggie but I just used a little bit and avoided the onion and pepper and just ate the tomatoes.
Andi am about to start chugging some water and hope for a nice loss tomorrow.

.2 gain from me, i'm following the same path you are...it's like COME ON!! I have two days left so need a loss please lol!!

[hcground1]

Yesterday I ate...

B: coffee
L: broccoli, grilled chicken
D: eggs and cabbage, w/ sugar free salsa

I don't seem to lose when I eat eggs. I don't gain, but I haven't noticed great losses when I eat them, mostly just stay the same. May be a coincidence, may not. I'm going to try to stay away from them for the rest of my round and see if it makes any difference at all.

[shirleychef]

B: Coffee & melba
L: Beef & cabbage in broth
D: Egg sandwich (phase 2 compliant) with sliced tomato
S: fruit... not sure which one yet.

I gained today.. no surprise... I ate last night... caved to my cravings/hunger.... AND was greeted by TOM today. So I guess I will not be ending my round for a while yet until it is done and I've done a couple normal VLCD/hcg days.

Hope you guys have a great day!
Shirley - Round 3 VLCD 54 - 25.4 pounds Total hcg loss: 87.8 pounds

[julieboolie]

I was down 0.6 this morning after my eggs yesterday and even getting TOM today early. So, I am going to have them again today!

B-coffee, milk
L-chicken lettuce wrap
S-apple
D-egg/egg white omlette w/ spinach!!

458 cals today . Only mildly and occasionally hungry. Having hot tea now. Early bedtime tonight!

[Kari M.]

B- eggs scrambled with 1T of salsa
S- Apple
D- shredded cabbage and chicken sauted in chicken juices (i boiled the chicken first) and apple cider vinegar and wrapped in a steamed cabbage leaf with a little bit of mustard. And stevia and cinnamon apple "chips". This was so good and filling!

and of course lots of water and tea!

[hcground1]

yesterday I ate...

B: coffee
L: kale and tilapia
D: buffalo chicken w/ romaine and steamed brussels sprouts. I know, I mixed veggies. I couldn't resist those brussels sprouts in my fridge!!!

[shirleychef]

B: Coffee & 1/2 grapefruit w/ wasa crisp
L: Egg bread w/fried egg & asparagus
S: Apple
D: Shrimp over lettuce with tangy mustard dressing and Grissini croutons

[julieboolie]

Down 1.2 overnight? WOW!!

Today's menu:
B-coffee
S-apple
L-chicken wrap
S-icee w. stevia
D-egg/egg whites - it's working well thus far!!

Softball game tonight!! Hope we win!!

[beachagain]

Awesome!!! congrat's

[beachagain]

I am going to do eggs again too...I think I had too much salt yesterday

[wmac]

Julie....what is the chicken wrap?

[beachagain]

Yesterday's Menu
B: Coffee
L: Grilled chicken, lettuce, melba
S: Apple
D: 97% lean hambuger patty with pickled cucumbers
S: Apple

todays menu:
B: Coffee
L: P2 Chicken Chilli, Melba
S: Apple
D: I think I'm doing the crepes, strawberries, and scramble

[julieboolie]

Originally Posted by wmac

Julie....what is the chicken wrap?

I use ground chicken but you can dice up chicken breast and sautee that in chicken broth, braggs amino acids (like soy sauce), onions, garlic, ground ginger, artificial sweetener (I use sweetnlow). I add diced red bell pepper-my little rogue touch . You can also add a dash of crushed red pepper for some zing. Delicious!! I wrap this in romaine leaves.

I guess I can't do eggs every day, right? I will wait until tomorrow I guess. I saw on the original that it's supposed to be "occasionally". Sigh.

So, I guess I'll have a little round steak leftovers and some cabbage. I'll save the eggs for tomorrow.

[Abby1983]

Today was my 1st VLCD

B-fast: Tea with 1 tb ff milk
Snack: Apple
Lunch: Ground beef/tomato chili
Snack: Grissini
Dinner: Orange ginger chicken with lettuce 'salad', grissini

And lots of water and tea throughout the day!

[hcground1]

B: coffee
L: egg/egg white w/ cabbage and tomatoes
D: tilapia w/ kale

S: possibly apple, we'll see if I'm hungry.

[wmac]

B: coffee
L: taco salad and green tea
S: strawberries
D: Steak w/ WW marinade
S: Apple w/wf syrup and cinnamon and green tea


That is my plan

[Abby1983]

Breakfast: tea
Lunch: orange ginger chicken with salad
Dinner: chicken and veggies

So i take a cooking class on tuesdays and tonight was chicken night. I stuck to my allotment but im not sure how the sauce will affect me. I def mixed veggies (onions/half a mushroom). Im skipping my fruit and melba and hope that i kept the overall calories low enough for a loss. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. Ive already decided that next tuesday i am not going to eat at class and just bring food home and freeze for after p2!

[julieboolie]

Yesterday:
B-coffee
S-apple
L-chicken wrap
D-steak, cabbage

Today:
B-coffee
S-apple
L-chicken wrap
S-apple
D-bunless 4oz burger (out running around!!)

I wanted to do the egg/egg white dinner tonight, but I was running around too much . Hope the scale is kind tomorrow. Tomorrow will be day 22. I am a bit hungry tonight, and really want to eat more real food. Sigh. I will do a day to day call.

[heatherwagnon]

Happy hump day all, I did a "pseudo" rogue steak day yesterday and day before

B pink lady apple (yum!)
L 3.5 oz 98% ff filet mignon with half a sweet onion
S grissini and 2 T ACV
D 3.5 oz filet mignon with other half onion
and like a bathtub full of water is what i drank down .8 the day before and .2 from yesterday, i'm cool with that since I'm in the 3 days without hcg

today will prob be
B pink lady apple
L ground beef with fried radishes
S grissini and 2 T ACV
D shrimp or filet with sweet onion

I did great on chicken last round this yround that dern bird hates me!!

[Abby1983]

hi all!

breakfast: tea with 1 TB ff milk
snack: lots of plain tea - i am LOVING 'healthy fasting' by yogi
lunch: ground beef chili with tomatoes, melba
snack: strawberries
dinner: thai beef salad with cucumbers
dessert: orange

[julieboolie]

Well, the burger didn't hurt!! Down 0.8!!

Today:
B-coffee, tbs halfnhalf
S-apple (ambrosia are my latest obsession - even keeping them in P3 if poss!)
L-steak, cabbage
S-apple
D-egg/egg white, spinach, garlic

If I'm down again tomorrow I may make that my LDW. I'd like to get into the 140's. Then hopefully my 2 days post-dose will give me another lb of wiggle room. Here's hoping!!

[hcground1]

Wow Heather... 2Tbl ACV? Do you just take it like a shot? What's the purpose, if you don't mind my asking.

Yesterday I ate...
B: coffee
L: egg/egg white w/ cabbage and tomato
D: tilapia and 2 cups homemade chicken stock. (couldn't eat, was too, unwell)

Today I plan on eating...
B: coffee, and a bit later a cup of chicken stock, maybe
L: tilapia w/ steamed kale, garlic and tomato
D: chicken and brussels sprouts, mmm...

[shirleychef]

Hey gals... thanks so much for letting my join in for the phase 2 accountability last week. I've decided to transition out of the VLCD and move on into maintenance... I'm ready for a break and don't know when or if I'll do another round in the future.

I was surprised by spotting on Sunday... early TOM and was thinking I'd have to plunge through it... but I didn't dose Sunday.. only took 1 does on Monday and haven't had any since then.. AND my TOM is still at the barely spotting stage... so I'm calling it quits! I think TOM is still going to take a while to get here full force and I'm ready to move into phase 3. :-) I'm taking it easy today with food since my last dose was Mon afternoon... but I didn't have any Sunday... so I'm going to eat according to hunger and see how it goes today.

My LDW on Saturday was 146.2... today I was 147.2. I'm hoping to maintain and enjoy phase 3 eating for a long time then eventually possibly work on JUDDDing my way down closer to 135 unless through exercise I tone up and feel very comfortable at 146 ish.

Total hcg results: in 145 VLCD's I've lost 89 pounds!!! On what other "diet" can you lose so much blubber in such a short period of time! This journey took me 1 year and 3 rounds and I'm so thankful to have found hcg! My body is at a normal BMI for the first time ever in my adult life and I weigh now what I weighed as a 12 & 13 year old. I wish you each the best of success as you plunge forward with your round(s).

Blessings,
Shirley

[MsHistory]

Can we have Kim Chi on P2!??! What are the ingredients, because that sounds sooooo gooood!

I'm also curious about the ACV... am I supposed to be shooting it? ; )

One more random q -- has anyone ever gotten nightsweats on hcg?