R2P2D4 Wednesday 206.5

It's Wednesday morning and the scale says 206.5 pounds, so I lost 1.5 pounds yesterday. I ate strawberries, coffee with a moo, chicken and spinach salad, 4 grissinis, 1 Atkins bar (help for week 1-off protocol), another coffee with a moo, fish with onions and orange segments dipped in cocoa with stevia. 573 calories total.

R2P2D4 Tuesday 208.0

It's Tuesday morning and the scale says 208.0 pounds so I lost 3.0 pounds on Day 3. I has the day off and was running around a lot doing some lifting of stuff and putting away all the holiday decorations and I was somewhat hungry but not terribly. Yesterday, on Monday, I ate shrimp and asparagus for lunch, a strawberry slushy for snack, an Atkins bar (off protocol I know) and tilapia and asparagus for dinner. 505 calories total.

Loading was not as fun as it was on Round 1 because I didn't have the same food attachments so I didn't really crave certain foods. On Sunday, Load Day 2, I did settle on an Angus cheeseburger, large fries and hot fudge sundae from McDonalds for one meal and it was satisfying. Other than that and the buffet dinner at Golden Corral, I mostly ate up what I had in the house. Total weight gained for both load days was 3.0 pounds. I did however, gain 2 pounds the couple days before so I was up from 206 to 208 pounds when I started loaded, so I suppose I really gained 5 pounds from loading.

R2P2D2 Sunday - Load Day 2

It's Sunday morning, Load Day 2, and the scale says 211.0, up three pounds from my LDW. Yesterday was Load Day 1 and I ate a lot! I don't think I can recall everything but here goes. I didn't make it out to breakfast but I had a large full fat latte, and for lunch I made a 6 ounce fatty steak pan fried in butter with blue cheese dressing, 1/2 frozen package of baked sweet potato fries also dipped in blue cheese dressing, 1/2 cup of baked beans, 1 cup of brocolli with melted cheddar cheese and butter, about 4 coconut balls made with condensed milk, then I went to dinner at Golden Corral (keeping on my budget) and pigged out on chicken piccata, orange chicken, fajita chicken, meatloaf, steak, taco ground beef, fish, fried shrimp, lasagna, mac cheese, a cheese muffin and all that filled two dinner plates, then from the dessert bar I filled another dinner plate with red velvet cake, carrot cake, chocolate cake, strawberry jello cake, and a bit of soft serve ice cream but I skipped most of the frostings because they were too sweet. Smallish portions but a lot in total. I felt some acid all day so I kept sipping on water and apple cider vinegar and felt good enough. But I was stuffed and my stomach still hurts this morning. Today my plan is just to try to get in more fats.

R2P2D1 Round 2! 208.0

It's Saturday morning and the scale says 208.0 pounds, up 2 pounds. I managed to gain back to my LDW which really is just my OCD wanting to be at that weight, not a protocol requirement. Yesterday, I ate a large spinach omelet, 4 cups of coffee with whipping cream, a large home made chicken flat bread pizza  and snacked on coconut butter, almonds and chocolate, a cheesecake slice and a full-size raspberry protein shake.

I am very excited to do Phase 2 again. I have to get into planning out my load days so I am sure to eat enough. Today I am going out to a big breakfast out, then a burger and fries for lunch, and out to a buffet dinner with my girl friend.

R1P4D21 206.9 Last Day of Round 1!

It's Friday morning and the scale says 206.9 pounds. I have been careful in P4 not to eat foods with a lot of sugar or starch. Yesterday I decided to try some new things and see what happened. I had a strawberry protein shake for breakfast, italian sausage in tomato meat sauce for lunch with raw baby carrots and sugar snap peas and ranch dressing. For dinner I had a 5 ounce steak topped with blue cheese dressing with macaroni and cheese from the Publix deli and a small slice of plain cheesecake that I topped with some warmed up frozen blackberries with stevia and some sliced almonds. It all tasted yummy. I did feel kind of bloated last night I guess from the sugar in the cheesecake and the starch in the elbow macaroni but it was okay. Total price for indulging: a pound. Not bad.

Okay so I am getting really excited to start Round 2 today! I am going to start loading with dinner tonight. I'm on a tighter budget this time around, so I won't be splurging at fancy restaurants. I'm eating up the fatty foods in my fridge, like the salmon, cheeses, and peanut butter and coconut butter. I also don't want to have any leftovers from the load meals so I will be buying small quantities or single servings and eating out at "value" restaurants.

Starting Phase 2, I am so looking forward to dropping another 20 pounds and going down a few sizes and most of all being in Onederland again. I really love Phase 2 for other reasons too. I like the simple list of foods that makes it easy to shop. I like to prepare in bulk on Sundays and freeze so I just have to warm up a meal. I like the balance of foods (protein, veggie and fruit) in a daily meal plan.  I love how good and healthy I feel on Phase 2 and the cleanse it provides to my whole body. I always have enough energy. I like to log my foods for the day and see how much I can eat for under 500 calories. I like getting in touch with my hunger again instead of just eating because its time to eat. I really find it easier to eat 500 calories a day than to eat the 1700 I eat to maintain. I challenge myself to see how creative and "gourmet" I can get with my meals. I love getting to know and use all the spices in my spice cabinet and even get some new ones. And I've got a dozen different teas and coffee flavors so I don't get bored.