Message for PRIVATEDIVA

[belfrybat]

Hi. Would you be willing to share your P2 diet you got from your doctor? You were so successful, I'd love to see the difference between it and Simeon's protocol. Many thanks.

[wannabethin57]

Not diva, but this is what she posted on another thread. hth


It's basically a very sensibly tweaked Simeon protocol...sort of Simeon for the modern world

Everything on the original protocol is ok EXCEPT the grains...no melba or grissini. (he has had so many patients who've had issues with wheat, so he said leave it out and I did because I know I've always had issues with wheat)

Protein can include (same size portions as Simeon) turkey breast or tuna in water. No ground beef at all no matter how lean, (made my chili with ground turkey or chicken breast) He felt it important to avoid all meat from animals who had been treated with hormones (said not to eat meat that stuff in it that made the animals get bigger...and that makes sense to me) so I ate only organic beef and chicken.

In addition to Simeon list, he added several lo-carb berries as well as peaches, nectarines and maybe a few other additional fruits I can't think of right now. He allowed 2 diet sodas a day as well as occasional sugar free jello in the individual packs as a snack (life saving, those little jellos). He didn't include any allowance for eggs or cottage cheese, but I did use them occasionally in place of my protein. When we had two long days of driving on vacation, he said the low carb Myoplex protein shakes would be fine protein substitution if I couldn't work out a different solution. I took them but didn't end up needing to do that. I did use protein powder in my second round, no problems.

All the cabbage family vegetables were included as well as peppers, mushrooms etc...and no problems with mixing vegetables. Lettuce was "free" and I did measure portions of veggies at 4 ounces usually. (I think the no mixing thing is probably the most 'superstitious' of the protocol claims, in my opinion)

I think that's about it. Not much different than Simeon. Still @ 500 cals a day. He said lotions/creams/cosmetics were fine and I did not alter my regimen at all. He wanted me to limit caffeine, which I did. He had me take green tea and potassium supplement and a multi-vitamin. My HCG prescription contained B-12. I took biotin also and magnesium.

No provision for "apple days". He also felt real strongly that weighing during P2 was not necessary or even desirable on a daily basis. He said I could weigh each morning UNLESS it made me anxious if I didn't drop or had a small gain. In which case, he said weigh once a week. If that caused me anxiety, he told me to put the scale in the garage and he would weigh me at the end of the month when my drops ran out. He gave me a lot of reading to do about stress related hormone cascades and how they effect the body's ability to shed pounds. I became a believer. In P2...peace is the key. If you are the type to get freaked out about up and down...a micro-manager in collusion with your scale to try to trick your body into doing something faster than it wants to...the anxiety is going to make the stall worse, not better. I drank beautiful tall glasses of lemon/cucumber water in a bathtub with candles nearly everyday...tried not to let anything get to me, even sending Amy off to boot camp. My family was helpful and understanding...tried to let me have my space because they understood this was important to me and my health. I honestly think that may have been the *most* important aspect of my doctor's plan.

The additional variety and freedom to mix things allowed
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I CAN HAVE THAT LATER

[belfrybat]

Thank you! Since what I did before (modified Omaha plan) didn't work very well, I'm looking for other options besides straight protocol.