P3/P4 Simeons Protocol Week of 5/28/12

[dawnyama]

Oh, Berta. What a terrible night you must have had. So sorry. I guess no more green beans for you. I hope you are feeling, and looking, better by now. That is awful.

And I think that since you are STILL in your window you are doing well!!! Stop stressing and it should even out. We all fluctuate daily and will not see the numbers stay the same day in and day out for an entire week. Not even my skinny as a stick hubby won't see the same numbers daily in a week. Just happens that way. You are doing well!!!! Stop stressing and enjoy your vacation.

[dawnyama]

Berta---now I don't know what you are eating while on P3, but Dream asked for what a typical day is in P3. This is what I told her I eat:

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices bacon, 1/2 grapefruit, 1 cup of coffee with cream.

Lunch: Greek yogurt (full fat) 1 cup mixed with 3 packets of sweetener, handful of strawberries and a handful of pecans.

Dinner: piece of meat (either shrimp, chicken or pork) with some veggies. I fry the veggies in butter and salt them. If I don't have veggies I will have a salad with blue cheese dressing.

Drinks: 3 32 oz cups of water; 2 cup of coffee with added cream in the afternoon; maybe a cup of tea or 2.

If I find myself hungry in the afternoon and my coffee doesn't fill me up I will have a cream cheese muffin or a piece of cheese. I don't usually snack though. Believe it or not, this menu above usually fills me up. It sounds like my Atkins menu, so it is low carb for me. I love the yogurt for lunch in the summertime. In the wintertime I do not have the yogurt as much because the berries are not in season and are yucky! Soup and chili are my go to foods in the wintertime for me. There is no reason to not have them now though. I love my chili--I never made it with beans so my all meat chili is perfect for P3!

Berta, I know if you stick with eggs and bacon for breakfast, salads and meat for lunches and dinners while out you will do well!! Enjoy!

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by Arctic_Mama

Yikes about the itching! I thought it wasa starch, and a processed one at that, but the allergies are the pits . Better to know now, so you can watch for it in the future, though.

As for stabilizing, I honestly believe it was because of the issues you had your whole round with hhCG, improper/weak loading, and such. You just didn't reset and stabilize. A clean, by the books round on protocol with real hCG should alleviate those issues, but you're going to have to tough it out in the meantime, I'm afraid. Still, all is not lost for the long term, especially since you are doing more rounds and can stabilize better in the future.

Yes I have decided that I have a long time to get this right and I believe thanks to you and Dawn and Julie and Cocoa and Shelby and just everyone that next round I will get it right!!!

Originally Posted by dawnyama

Oh, Berta. What a terrible night you must have had. So sorry. I guess no more green beans for you. I hope you are feeling, and looking, better by now. That is awful.

And I think that since you are STILL in your window you are doing well!!! Stop stressing and it should even out. We all fluctuate daily and will not see the numbers stay the same day in and day out for an entire week. Not even my skinny as a stick hubby won't see the same numbers daily in a week. Just happens that way. You are doing well!!!! Stop stressing and enjoy your vacation.

Thanks Dawn I am going to enjoy my vacation .BUT I am going to try really hard to stay within protocol as much as I can.There will be one evening I won't have a say so about what I eat as we have a pre-paid dinner theater to go to.SO I will eat what they serve! Including dessert

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

Berta---now I don't know what you are eating while on P3, but Dream asked for what a typical day is in P3. This is what I told her I eat:

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices bacon, 1/2 grapefruit, 1 cup of coffee with cream.

Lunch: Greek yogurt (full fat) 1 cup mixed with 3 packets of sweetener, handful of strawberries and a handful of pecans.

Dinner: piece of meat (either shrimp, chicken or pork) with some veggies. I fry the veggies in butter and salt them. If I don't have veggies I will have a salad with blue cheese dressing.

Drinks: 3 32 oz cups of water; 2 cup of coffee with added cream in the afternoon; maybe a cup of tea or 2.

If I find myself hungry in the afternoon and my coffee doesn't fill me up I will have a cream cheese muffin or a piece of cheese. I don't usually snack though. Believe it or not, this menu above usually fills me up. It sounds like my Atkins menu, so it is low carb for me. I love the yogurt for lunch in the summertime. In the wintertime I do not have the yogurt as much because the berries are not in season and are yucky! Soup and chili are my go to foods in the wintertime for me. There is no reason to not have them now though. I love my chili--I never made it with beans so my all meat chili is perfect for P3!

Berta, I know if you stick with eggs and bacon for breakfast, salads and meat for lunches and dinners while out you will do well!! Enjoy!

Well now I am embarrased I eat about 3-4 eggs and 3-4 bacon a tomato for breakfast(love grapefruit but not allowed to eat it since I am on Lipitor)

I have no lunch unless it's and apple and cheese stick.Supper I have meat and veggies sometimes a salad but I am not crazy about lettuce unless it is like a chef salad with meat and egg and avacado etc.

I can see from your menu I have been eating entirely to much

Well I am changing some of the ways I eat when I get on PH4 but I haven't stabelized on PH3 and now there in't anyting I can do about it. But do the Stk day again. I am doing one tomorrw and then Tuesday we are leaving so I will be eating MUCH less on vacation but having what I want as long as it isn't carbs and sugar!

Will be home the 8th so on the 9th I am to start PH4 I will cut back my bacon and eggs and eat a small chef salad for lunch and my meat and veggies.And Like I told you before I leaving the whipping cream and half N half alone. I will just drink tea and I like my herbal tea.

I usually have strawberries in the evening or a GY smoothie with strawberries and Unsweetend Coconut or Almond milk.

I will be getting it right next round!

OHHHH I almost forgot.DD also says PH4 you are to maintain also not gain or loose? So whos right? I mean by DR. S PROTOCOL

[C'Marie]

Berta, in P4 you may lose if you wish or can. I never can

When you go to introduce a little starch/sugar on vacation, please just take it slow. With the wild ride you have had so far, try one thing, like a piece of bread, and then nothing different than P3 like you have been doing for the rest of the day. When I transition to P4 and have done the best job and slowly, I find that eating like only half the starch that is on my plate is good enough. Like a small serving of potato, cut it in half, remove it from your plate, and then enjoy the rest. Take the roll, cut it in half, remove it, and enjoy the rest. 3 bites of dessert and that's it. If you have non-sugary starch, don't have sugar. If you have sugar, keep the starch low. The triple threat is fat, starch, and sugar. That is my opinion, anyway. If you eat full servings of starches right off the get go you may end up unhappy with what it does to your weight and your tummy.

[dawnyama]

Berta--I would suggest you eat 3 times a day, but you really do don't you? I mean to say....you get up later so your breakfast starts when others are usually on lunch? Am I correct? I am also saying you are NOT eating too much. I am small---133 lbs so I NEED less calories. You NEED more. I eat what it takes to make me full. My breakfast does it for me! You continue eating the way you are, just with less fat. See if that does the trick. If you change too much then you won't know what was the trick.

And I agree with C'Marie. P4 is for maintenance. You ARE allowed to lose by any means possible in P4. She has some good suggestions. I just don't want you focused so much on your weight and what to eat that you don't enjoy your vacation and time away. You deserve a nice time!!!

[Doing It Right]

Good morning ladies! Hope the scale treats you well today!

Berta- that's good advice from Marie & Dawn! Take a deep breath, and look how far you've come! I hope you have a wonderful time on your vacation, and if there's any damage on the scale, you'll fix it when you get back. Just make good choices, and enjoy yourself!


I'm up 1 today, still in my window, happy about that. I made coconut flour donuts yesterday (YUMMY), but was 500 cals short, and carbs at 7%, so was a little surprised I was up. Oh well, such is life.

Have a great day!
Tonya

[cocoapeanut]

Berta - You'll be an expert before you know it!! I agree with Dawn and C'Marie - make sure to just do your best, follow your hunger and fullness, don't stress out too much, and ENJOY your vacation!

Taryl - Ten wings! Epic

Tonya - mmm donuts! I've seen recipes for those and they always look so delicious At least you're still in the window.

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I'm officially joining this thread now, as I started P3 on Saturday Of course I have an incredibly tiny appetite still, but at least I can eat bacon, salmon, and coconut oil/flakes/butter again!! I went from 187 to 160 on a 40 day round, so I'm pleased!

Hope everyone had a marvelous weekend!

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

Berta--I would suggest you eat 3 times a day, but you really do don't you? I mean to say....you get up later so your breakfast starts when others are usually on lunch? Am I correct? I am also saying you are NOT eating too much. I am small---133 lbs so I NEED less calories. You NEED more. I eat what it takes to make me full. My breakfast does it for me! You continue eating the way you are, just with less fat. See if that does the trick. If you change too much then you won't know what was the trick.

And I agree with C'Marie. P4 is for maintenance. You ARE allowed to lose by any means possible in P4. She has some good suggestions. I just don't want you focused so much on your weight and what to eat that you don't enjoy your vacation and time away. You deserve a nice time!!!

YES Dawn you are correct....I am a night owl and retired. SO yes I sleep late (very late) compared to the working people. So I usually have breakfast 11:00 -12:00 noon and then at around 3:00 I'll eat an apple or cottage cheese, lettuce salad or something like that maybe a bowl of some sort of soup.(I haven't had anything except chili w/no beans) since starting HHCG.Then we have supper around 6:30 and that normally consists of meat and veggies and a dessert such as sf jello or sf pudding or strawberries or else later before bedtime have GY smoothie with some kind of berries.

Anyway I have several more rounds to go at least 7-8 since my first didn't take. I am up .7 again this morning.So that put me to 259.2 my LDW was 256.2 so AGAIN I am 3lbs over my LDW

I am doing a steak day today and then tomorrow is vacation.SOOO I am enoying my vacation but I am going to do the best I can.It will be PH3 foods as I will be home June8th and PH4 begins June9th.So I will just have to take it from there.When I get back home I am NOT doing the 2000 cal the BMI calculator told me for my actvity and weight to do. I am going to try to stay within 1200 -1500 calories a day.


Actually Dr. S says to double the calories so that would be 1000 calories NOT 2000.

I appreciate all you ladies in how you have been so willing to give me advice and help me.

I do believe I can get this next round done much better

Last night I printed out all 33 pages of Pound and Inches and I am re-reading each dot and tittle on the way to Branson

[julieboolie]

Berta- on the itching!! Glad it's passed for now. Take care of yourself. And good for you rereading Simeon's protocol. I've done that a few times, and always have an "a-ha" moment! Like "did I read that before?". I think you're doing quite well. Your weight will settle back down and a steak day will do you wonders (you're good at those!!). Relax a bit. Stress is very bad for weight loss.

Coco- to P3!! Congrats on your very successful and LONG round!! WTG!! You look great!! Enjoy new food options, and eat to hunger. Your appetite will come back and I'm sure you'll stabilize well!!

Well, after a fun weekend of BBQ, brownies, a few tortilla chips, etc. I'm (not surprisingly) up a few lbs. Not the big swing I'm used to, or expected. So, I'm having my typical Monday GYCD . I do love them, and hopefully it will work well. We'll see.

On a positive note, I'm feeling like my metabolism is doing better. My morning temp is 97.6 (which is practically normal!!) My weight is up (as expected) but I am happy that my metabolic rate has definitely picked up. So, hopefully, when I go back for another round in July, I should do well. We'll see.

That's not to say I've given up getting back to my lower weight. I'll still do my LC plan and exercise. But I am also looking ahead to my next round and will then work on stabilizing once that's done. I'm actually pretty happy for now. I'm eating how I feel (most of the time) and enjoying it .

Have a good Monday and great week!!

[C'Marie]

Berta, in no way did I mean you weren't to enjoy your vacation, sweetie! It's just my suggestions for managing a treat now and then - honestly, if I were to really think about it hard and not just "mindless eat" I find that the first 3 bites of dessert are the BEST and after that it's just eating. So I choose to just eat the first 3 bites of sugars or starches - because after that, it's just *meh* eating and I don't want to waste the calories. When I do eat a full size something that is not on my plan it's not in my best interest and I feel it pretty quickly. Thankfully, I guess, my tummy reacts now to sugars in a big way, I feel bloaty and sick with sugars and wheat - but I can get by with those 3 glorious bites if I really want something. My hubby just usually finishes it LOL and we only order one dessert if we order it at all.

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by julieboolie

Coco- to P3!! Congrats on your very successful and LONG round!! WTG!! You look great!! Enjoy new food options, and eat to hunger. Your appetite will come back and I'm sure you'll stabilize well!!

Thanks Julie! I'll probably get a more recent pic in there soon I finally got hungry about an hour ago and made myself mushroom and cheese scrambled eggs in a touch of butter..man, I don't think I've ever appreciated mushroom and cheese eggs as much as I just did

I'm glad you're happy where you are right now, that's important. Sounds like you had a fun weekend - enjoy your fave CD!!

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by C'Marie

Berta, in no way did I mean you weren't to enjoy your vacation, sweetie! It's just my suggestions for managing a treat now and then - honestly, if I were to really think about it hard and not just "mindless eat" I find that the first 3 bites of dessert are the BEST and after that it's just eating. So I choose to just eat the first 3 bites of sugars or starches - because after that, it's just *meh* eating and I don't want to waste the calories. When I do eat a full size something that is not on my plan it's not in my best interest and I feel it pretty quickly. Thankfully, I guess, my tummy reacts now to sugars in a big way, I feel bloaty and sick with sugars and wheat - but I can get by with those 3 glorious bites if I really want something. My hubby just usually finishes it LOL and we only order one dessert if we order it at all.

Marie
I didn't even take it that way.I understood what you are saying.My plan when I get to PH4 is to eat one carb on Sundays when we go out after church with friends to eat. I will probably have a small baked potato or half BP and 1/2 roll. Ayway something in that order.We never order dessert.Thanks for offering advice I need all I can get a long as it isn't contradictory to eveyrone elses that confuses me

Originally Posted by julieboolie

Berta- on the itching!! Glad it's passed for now. Take care of yourself. And good for you rereading Simeon's protocol. I've done that a few times, and always have an "a-ha" moment! Like "did I read that before?". I think you're doing quite well. Your weight will settle back down and a steak day will do you wonders (you're good at those!!). Relax a bit. Stress is very bad for weight loss.
Coco- to P3!! Congrats on your very successful and LONG round!! WTG!! You look great!! Enjoy new food options, and eat to hunger. Your appetite will come back and I'm sure you'll stabilize well!!

Well, after a fun weekend of BBQ, brownies, a few tortilla chips, etc. I'm (not surprisingly) up a few lbs. Not the big swing I'm used to, or expected. So, I'm having my typical Monday GYCD . I do love them, and hopefully it will work well. We'll see.

On a positive note, I'm feeling like my metabolism is doing better. My morning temp is 97.6 (which is practically normal!!) My weight is up (as expected) but I am happy that my metabolic rate has definitely picked up. So, hopefully, when I go back for another round in July, I should do well. We'll see.

That's not to say I've given up getting back to my lower weight. I'll still do my LC plan and exercise. But I am also looking ahead to my next round and will then work on stabilizing once that's done. I'm actually pretty happy for now. I'm eating how I feel (most of the time) and enjoying it .

Have a good Monday and great week!!

Hard not to stress when you want to loose so bad and then you can't stabelize. thisis one reason I have never before stayed with any plan.I believe I have such a hard time because I have an underactive thyroid but I a on meds for it?

It sounds as if you at a happy place.That makes me happy for you!I will get there one of these days

Originally Posted by cocoapeanut

Thanks Julie! I'll probably get a more recent pic in there soon I finally got hungry about an hour ago and made myself mushroom and cheese scrambled eggs in a touch of butter..man, I don't think I've ever appreciated mushroom and cheese eggs as much as I just did

I'm glad you're happy where you are right now, that's important. Sounds like you had a fun weekend - enjoy your fave CD!!

You are doing fantastic. KUTGW

[Berta48]

OK another question why aren't foods listed in Pounds and Inches that we are to eat? I do have the list form this thread but I am wondering why DR.S. didn't tell us on the manuscript?

I ordered the book Pounds & Inches to day from our book store and it may not have any more info than on this thread but I wanted to see.It is the ine my DR. S NOT Kevin T.

Matrodextrin and MSG are they a no no ? I bought BBQ Pork rinds and in the ingredients it says not a signifigant amount of MSG, sugar or Matrodextrin?

I bought the plain too just in case as the ingredients on the are just oil and pork skin!

Do you think SF jello would ruin my wt loss on this stk CD day? I am getting powerful hungry and it is only 4:50pm.

[C'Marie]

The foods are listed on the original manuscript called Pounds and Inches. We refer to it all the time. Not sure what you are looking at ?

[dbunny]

Originally Posted by Berta48

OK another question why aren't foods listed in Pounds and Inches that we are to eat? I do have the list form this thread but I am wondering why DR.S. didn't tell us on the manuscript?

I ordered the book Pounds & Inches to day from our book store and it may not have any more info than on this thread but I wanted to see.It is the ine my DR. S NOT Kevin T.

Matrodextrin and MSG are they a no no ? I bought BBQ Pork rinds and in the ingredients it says not a signifigant amount of MSG, sugar or Matrodextrin?

I bought the plain too just in case as the ingredients on the are just oil and pork skin!

Do you think SF jello would ruin my wt loss on this stk CD day? I am getting powerful hungry and it is only 4:50pm.

Berta, Don't smack me here, but it looks like you have been struggling a bit. I read your posts and it looks like you are venturing into foods that are going to potentially trigger weight gain, such as pork rinds and other packaged food. They may or may not. And then you get frustrated. My experience, and advice (and you can tell me to go stick it if you want ) is to stay away from that stuff for a while. Eat clean, eat well. Your body is trying to reset itself and is being introduced to food that it clearly does not like anymore. You recently had a reaction to food that you have eaten before with no ill effects. Your body is trying to tell you something. No harm or offense intended, just thought I would offer some thoughts to ponder. Have a great vacation!

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by C'Marie

The foods are listed on the original manuscript called Pounds and Inches. We refer to it all the time. Not sure what you are looking at ?

I orderd the book so I will get it right next round!I was lookig at a Pounds and Inches manuscript online .

[Berta48]

Originally Posted by C'Marie

The foods are listed on the original manuscript called Pounds and Inches. We refer to it all the time. Not sure what you are looking at ?

Originally Posted by dbunny

Berta, Don't smack me here, but it looks like you have been struggling a bit. I read your posts and it looks like you are venturing into foods that are going to potentially trigger weight gain, such as pork rinds and other packaged food. They may or may not. And then you get frustrated. My experience, and advice (and you can tell me to go stick it if you want ) is to stay away from that stuff for a while. Eat clean, eat well. Your body is trying to reset itself and is being introduced to food that it clearly does not like anymore. You recently had a reaction to food that you have eaten before with no ill effects. Your body is trying to tell you something. No harm or offense intended, just thought I would offer some thoughts to ponder. Have a great vacation!

No! no smacking allowed. I need all the help I can get

I am eating clean on PH4 and next round is going to be entirely different. I am going and enjoying my vacation in just a sec. I am back in my LDW

But I am doing as well as I can and I am saying this round has been a practice round so if I gain it back so be it

Will chat with everyone when I get home.

[cocoapeanut]

Berta - Enjoy vacay!! I agree with dbunny - you may find you have an easier time stabilizing if you stick to clean food and spend some time avoiding sugar-free processed stuff (pork rinds, sf jello, sf pudding, etc). It's a good time to learn about your body and what it likes, so don't give up and just let all the weight come back! I'm glad you're back in your window PS - I wouldn't touch maltodextrin, and I DEFINITELY wouldn't touch MSG.

Marie - I believe she was talking about how there is no specific food list in P&I for P3. "No sugar, no starch" can be vague for sure, especially when you're looking at confusing, long food labels that didn't exist in the 1960's All the more reason to stick to clean produce! And I'm totally with you on the 3 bites of dessert thing..most of the time I'm not even hungry for dessert but I want to experience the taste of it to satisfy my little brain chemicals, lol.

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I weighed in at 159.5 this morning on this scale, which read 161 for my LIW. I guess that's cool I need a new scale that doesn't go in 0.5 lb increments! I'm just focusing hard on eating when hungry and not worrying too much about it. I had pork roast last night for dinner and appreciated that greatly as well, haha. Amazing what you appreciate after hCG P2!!

I went rollerblading after dinner and felt so tired, like I was made of lead..I couldn't really explain it but maybe my body is just making some adjustments? I plan on hitting the gym today so hopefully I don't crash!

Have a wonderful day everyone

[dawnyama]

Originally Posted by Berta48

I orderd the book so I will get it right next round!I was lookig at a Pounds and Inches manuscript online .

Not sure what book you are referring to? Pounds and Inches is online and no need to buy I know you have already left for vacation but when you come back you need to let us know what book you ordered!

[LaraSuzz]

Originally Posted by dawnyama

It could be that danged "2-day effect". Which means what you ate the day before the broccoli soup, not necessarily the broccoli soup. However, I did notice that the closer I got to my goal weight I could tolerate less and less cream cheese and I love those cream cheese muffins Hope you are back in your window!

You are probably right on that 2 day effect! I will go back and look at what I ate that day... I eat a lot of cheese, dont think its the dairy. Maybe constipation lolol!!!!

Originally Posted by Doing It Right

Taryl- Great job getting back to below LDW, Woo Hoo!!!Lara- Hope that gain is gone today... prob wasn't the soup, just a normal fluctuation
Berta- Your green beans and squash sound delicious!
I'm down 1.2 today after the pistachio's from Friday night. Puts me at LDW +.4, I'll take it. Have a blessed Sunday all!
Tonya

Could be... but its weirdly happened twice now. Strange.

Originally Posted by Berta48

I bought them at Hyvee and WalMart has them or if you have an Aldis Netrition sells Pork rinds too.But haven't checked the nutrition or ingredients. Mine were Bakenetts(SP) Brand.

OMG I was getting the spicy ones the plain are probably ok! Totally going to the store after work!

Ok so I did a steak day yesterday (I was up 4) and now I'm only up 2 and I'm okay with that for today.
I've been mia was on vacay all last week. And I wanted to stay on vacay forever. Lara

[LaraSuzz]

I'm trying to find Shelbys cheesecake recipe what was it called again?

I need something sweet!!

[cocoapeanut]

Lara - I think I found the recipe from Shelbyla for you! I copied and pasted it exactly.

Low-carb Cheesecake

Take eggs and cream cheese out of fridge. They should be room temp when you start. If you forget, submerge them in a warm water bath. Pre-heat oven to 350.

Crust:
1 1/2c finely chopped nuts or nut flours (I like 3/4 to 1c almond flour and 3/4 to 1/2c other nuts like pecans or walnuts. I didn't like cashews or peanuts--they don’t crisp up enough)
4T melted butter
2T powdered sweetener
(can add 1T dark cocoa powder if appropriate for variation--see below)

Filling:
32oz (4 bars) cream cheese
1 1/3-1 1/2 c powdered sweetener (make sure you mix at least two types. All of one makes a very bitter cheesecake. I like 1/2c each erythritol, xylitol and Splenda
3 eggs (large) or 2 eggs (extra large/jumbo)
3 egg yolks
2t vanilla
2t lemon juice
16 ounces sour cream

Pulse nuts/nut flours together with sweetener in a food processor or chop finely, if using whole nuts. Add melted butter to all nuts/nut flours 1T at a time (can take 2-6T, depending on nuts used). When crust starts to come together in a ball, press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-10 inch springform pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until crust starts to brown and is fragrant. Set aside and reduce oven temp to 325.

Start by beating the cream cheese on low until light and fluffy. Add the sugar substitute a little at a time and continue beating until creamy. Add one egg at a time and beat after each egg. When eggs have been mixed into the cream cheese, add vanilla and lemon juice, Add the sour cream last until just blended in (do not overmix at this point). Pour cream cheese mixture into the springform pan. Place on the top or middle rack of oven for one hour and 15 minutes (higher in the oven will make the top more brown). DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN FOR THE FIRST HOUR--this will cause the cheesecake to crack. When time is up, turn off the oven and prop open the oven door. The cheesecake will be a bit wobbly in the middle and a toothpick will not come out clean. This is ok. Leave in oven for one hour. After one hour, remove from oven. Run a knife around the edge of the cheesecake, so if it shrinks while cooling it will not crack at that time either. Let cool to just about room temperature and refrigerate at least overnight but preferably 24 hours to let the cheesecake season (it will be worth the wait--trust me). Serves 16. 319 Calories; 28g Fat (79.6% calories from fat); 9g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber


Variations:
This cheesecake is fabulous just plain or with a berry topping (and whipped cream of course!) BUT if you'd like a flavored cheesecake, swirl the following into the cheesecake batter after it is in the pan but before baking (put ingredient on top and swirl into batter with a butter knife)…

Berry Swirl Cheesecake – puree enough raspberries and strawberries together to make about ¾ - 1c puree. Swirl into batter.
Caramel Swirl Cheesecake – Omit lemon juice from cheesecake batter. Swirl in enough sugar-free caramel ice cream topping to make it pretty.
Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake – Omit lemon juice from cheesecake batter. Swirl in enough sugar-free fudge or chocolate ice cream topping to make it pretty (if using a very thick topping, mix a little of the topping with 1/2c cheesecake batter then swirl in).
Chocolate Mint Swirl Cheesecake – Omit lemon juice from cheesecake batter. Crush 3 or 4 sugar-free peppermints and mix with sugar-free chocolate ice cream topping. Swirl into batter.
Peanut Butter Cheesecake – Omit lemon juice from cheesecake batter. Mix 1/2c cheesecake batter with 1/2c peanut butter. Swirl into batter.
Turtle Cheesecake – Omit lemon juice from cheesecake batter. Mix 1/2c chopped peanuts with 1/2c sugar-free chocolate ice cream topping drop on top of batter. Criss-cross with sugar-free caramel topping. Swirl into batter.
Key Lime Cheesecake – Replace lemon juice with key lime or lime juice. Grate 3-4T of key lime or lime zest. Swirl into batter.
Mandarin Orange Cheesecake – Mostly drain a small can of no sugar mandarin oranges (leave a little juice). Grate the zest of one orange and combine with orange pulp. Swirl into batter.
White Chocolate Berry Cheesecake – Melt 1/2c of sugar-free white chocolate chips. Mix with 1/2c berry puree and a little cheesecake batter (mixture will be lumpy). Swirl into batter.
Lemon Cheesecake – Increase lemon juice to 3T. Grate 3-4T lemon zest and swirl into batter.
Pumpkin Cheesecake – Combine 1/2c of cheesecake batter with 1c pumpkin puree. Swirl into batter.

[LaraSuzz]

OMG I love you Coco!!

[cocoapeanut]

Originally Posted by LaraSuzz

OMG I love you Coco!!

[LaraSuzz]

I LOVE HCG!!!!

[LaraSuzz]

another steak day boo. I'm up 5 now lol.

I dont mind not eating yntil dinner I had the worst stomach ache yesterday from too much coffee.

I'm gonna try Walmart steak lol. Hope its good.

didnt make cheesecake but I did buy some cream to maybe make ice cream in a ziplock tomorrow.

[Arctic_Mama]

That sucks, Lara. Truly. I hope the steak day works well

As for me, I'm convinced I'm dying today. We have been ridiculously busy the past few days, and just yesterday I could feel a nasty cold coming on. Despite lots of vitamin c loading it is on with a vengeance and a nasty, congested headcold with body aches, to boot. What's worse, one of the reasons we are so busy is because we are going camping tomorrow evening, and so I have been cleaning out and then packing our trailer for the trip. Now I am barely functional (instead of homeschooling the kids get a cartoon day today) and still have to do all the cooking prep, clothes packing, and reassembling the trailer bits I washed today. I keep hoping I'll feel better by tomorrow, but it looks like I'm just going to have to swill NyQuil and DayQuil in turns and hope for the best.

My weight has been all over the place - I decided to have some cookies on Sunday evening, as I was toward the bottom of my window. That would have been fine but they triggered me big time AND I'm sensitive to some of the ingredients, so that tossed me a smidge above my window. After those digested I was right back down, but not by much, becaus of unknown water retention. It turns out that retention was due to this illness. Today I'm at 169.8, which is still inside my window, and just doing my thing now and this weekend. I'm hoping I won't need to correct when I get back, as I'm still eating low carb/Atkins induction for the trip, but we'll see. At this point I feel so awful I hardly care about my weight, swollen lymph nodes are a more pressing concern.

What is more unfortunate is that all this busyness is coming here at the end of the TTap challenge and I haven't managed to tap in a WEEK. It's awful. Today I am going to *try* to get in my little chair TTap routine to get some energy and pump my lymphatic system a bit. Despite being very consistent up to this past week I am not sure if I have had much in the way of result and inch loss or not, which is a shame at the end of the 60 day challenge. It can't really be helped, though.

So that's my rambling update. Not much to say, weight is doing it's thing, and other than the cookie overage Sunday night I have had no issues on plan (and was right back on it the next day, not derailed but fairly convinced that cookies are worth the trouble and icky feelings less and less!). I'm packing precooked chicken drumsticks, cheese, and hardboiled eggs for snacks when we're camping and will also pack my normal dinner salad in ziploc bags. That will be supplemented with lunches that will be at our destinations, which I'll make as low carb and unprocessed as I can. That's the best I can do, really. Pack appropriate snacks and make wise choices. The rest we'll see when I weigh in on Monday.

[LaraSuzz]

Aw Taryl, I'm so sorry you don't feel well, I hope that you get better soon. Camping will be not so bad that you have atrailer to be comfy in. Just relax and delegate! Put those children to work!!

I ate a LOT yesterday, so I'm not surprised on the gain....
I had an omlette with monterey jack salsa pico de gallo coffee with HWC splenda and toriani sf vanilla....for breakfast

lunch, I had a salad, but have half to someone who didnt bring a lunch... and that had some peppers spring mix salami cheese hard boiled egg cucumber tomato onion and olives... I checked all labels, blue cheese and olive oil and vinegar...

and then I went home and had half a chicken with brie and avocado
Pork rhinds, lol that SUPPOSEDLY had no sugar but maybe too much salt?
and two see's sugar free chocolate covered almonds and then I had some cheese and more almonds. OMG and I had yogurt with berries too.

The only culprit could have been the salt. Everything else was legal. It may have been too early on the almonds. I had a good time tho, lol
Felt like I ate the whole house lol.

[dawnyama]

LaraSuzz

I believe that it was the pork rinds too. I have had them in previous P3s and I always gain! The sodium in them is incredible. But they are good as a dipping chip. Have to find something else to use as a dipper because I love dips! I am sure you will come back down. Your day's menu sounds great! Oh, and the cheese is sodium laden as well. I never thought of cheese as filled with sodium, but I have been taught in bootcamp to go easy on the cheeses in P3.

PS--One trick I have learned to getting rid of my weight in P3, coconut water. I have it every day I do a correction day and it truly helps. Something to do with the sodium/potassium ratio in it works like magic in getting out the bloat. Have you ever had it? It is getting to be quite popular, I can find it in my Walmart even!!!