Thread: P3 For Big Eaters!

Hi Joanie! Please don't be offened when I ask you something more than once...I can't keep some things straight, like who saw which movie and when. I thought you had seen Lincoln Lawyer, (you usually see things before I see them) but just put it out there for anyone who wanted a good movie to rent. Claire is the one with the cracker-jack memory. I'm the pre-Alzheimer chomper! Ha. Hot flashes now? Could you be in early stages of M.? Combine those hormone fluctuations with hcg, and who the hell knows where we are. The reference to medical marajuana blew my mind. So they have them everywhere there? Don't people have to have a prescription? I'm conflicted about the marajuana issue, sometimes I wonder if it should just be legalized, then I get swayed by someone else's opinion that it shouldn't. I don't know. You know it's considered Ky's #1 cash crop? And I get what you're saying about clothes sometimes feeling a little snug, when we have those swings. That was feeling I never got when on a true p2 protocol. Soon I won't be able to remember that either! lol.


Claire Honey, it is so good to hear from you. Don't put pressure on yourself to post about everyone everyday, all the time. We love hearing from you when you feel like it. As little or as much as you feel like posting. I think all of us have to take step backs occassionally. I know I have. I meant it when I said I have felt a real connection to your past postings lately. And I so understand what you're feeling with Becca. I went thru this with Kelly. Once she got her license I felt devastated, really sad. But then I only had her, thankfully you still have Kyle. Car rides are fabulous opportunities for parent/child conversations. No one has to stare at each other, no t.v. to distract, and lots of good conversation can happen---unless some awesome song comes on the radio or ipod they have to hear. That happen? Ha. Sorry about your achilles problem. Ouch! Hope this gets better, as I know it can be extremely painful. I'm sure Claire, you don't look horrible, in any way or on any portion of your body--it's a shame that we women are so connected to our ups and downs in weight, tying it into our moods and feelings of self-esteem. Do men suffer from this? Not as badly as we do, I'm sure, not for the most part anyway.

So p2 is on the schedule for August? Cathie has suggested I just eat sensibly for a while and give it a rest, that's probably what I should do, too for the next few weeks. It's just that giving it a "rest" to me often means going nuts with my eating. All or nothing mentality, which I was hoping hcg rounds would change. THAT didn't happen! Anyway, it was great to hear from you again. You have been really missed. We love you and welcome you back anytime you feel like it. I was gone for a bit myself, but I do think it's helpful to stay connected to a few on this thread. Even if just to whine (which I've been doing a lot of lately!) Luv ya!

Originally Posted by cathiebijou

Oh it's so good to see everyone post!

Claire! Welcome back. Totally get why u needed a break. I sometimes don't post if I feel like it's feeding into my own craziness with weight. The most difficult time ive had with that is the round I tried so hard to stay at liw with so many corrections. Made me crazy and I stabilized at 5 over as usual!

AFM up 2.4 after load day 1

Off to yoga and more loading!

Happy Sunday!

Only up 2.4 after a day of loading? That's good Cathie! Have some whoopie pies for us. I can't stop thinking of those!

Tracy! Have fun at your son's performance today! Your life sounds very exciting.....tiring, but exciting. And it def sounds like you have stabilized. Good for you. Now that you and sig. other will be together everyday, maybe it will be a lot easier for you, as I know taking care of 6 kids is a lot on your plate. On the other hand, you may have gained 3 more kids (hubbys can be like taking care of children), hope he's a big help! Don't work too hard, remember it will always be there the next day!

Glorious Sunday my lovely fellow Chomperoos..

Tracy - I'm about the same way with unpacking. Kitchen first! Sounds like you've got the 'out' handled and the 'in' well on it's way.

Cathie - Not a shabby day 1 load number at all.

Dubbles - I'm a big chicken. I should have gone all short about 3 years ago. Rianne is a licensed cosmetologist but rarely does hair anymore. She went back to school for medical assisting and will likely go back again in a few years for RN. We have a friend of hers we go to at a major salon. It's because of the two of them that I get a bit more daring.

Claire - I need to do some toning. I am gonna wait a year before deciding if I need more excess skin cut off. I can't believe how much difference 35ish pounds has made in the amount of loose skin. The girls think I should just go get it down when summer is over. It's not going to mean a re-tuck or anything. To get what I need off there'd have to be a vertical incision. I want to hold off a year because I don't want to get all tight skinned and then something happen and I gain. Plus I want to see if toning and time helps with some of it.


Rianne, Zack and the gbaby are already here. We've emptied and are refilling Lila's 10 by 6 inflatable pool and will spend most of the day on the deck. Supposed to be mid-80s here, but with the breeze off the water it never gets as high as in town. I've got food already cooked from batch cooking.. grilled in fact, so unless we decide on something different, I don't even have to cook a meal.

I'm down 1 lb today to 132.6 which is the lowest I've seen this round. I was this weight on June 24. Gee exactly a month ago.

Dubbs- I knew Joanie would answer as she did on your worry about offending. We had a rash of people, one in particular who just asked the most ridiculous questions and when we tried not responding she would repost! My favorite was when she asked which brand of bleu cheese was ok for p3. It was driving people away.

Beth- I love the hair! What color paint did u settle on?

Joan I will send u the whoopee pie recipe on Facebook

Tracy so happy for u!

Claire- I miss thunderstorms in CA. I grew up in New Hampshire and in spring we'd get them in the afternoons and I loved sitting on the porch during the storm. But I don't miss snow! I have a new passion for hot yoga. It's an asskicking workout but low impact. I'm going to experiment this p2 trying to do it 3x a week and up my calories on those days. I love how lean I feel as my body responds to the yoga and I don't want to lose that on hcg.

AFM- went to yoga then my friend and I went right next door to casa De Bandini, famous Mexican restaurant here in San Diego. We were in our workout clothes (changed my shirt though) - they were so nice when we explained we wanted to sit away from everyone because we were a hot mess! We sat on a private patio and had black cherry margaritas and I had the chicken chimichanga and now I'm stuffed!!! I definitely cannot pack it away like I could a year ago

On the pot issue- I'm pro legalization all the way. I think it's the same as having a glass of wine. I've done a lot if research on it and a lot of the stigma with pot was politically motivated. Example- Nixon made pot a class C drug the equivalent of heroin in the 70's to include it in their drug wars, not because it really was a destructive drug. I find prohibition a fascinating topic. I love the show Boardwalk Empire because it's all about that era and it stars Steve Buscemi!

Thought I'd post my whoopee pie recipe here. I did modify it by only using 1/3 sugar, 1/3 splenda and 1/3 erythritol which is not as great as full sugar but darn close!


Whoopie Pies:
One and a half cups of sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
half a cup of Crisco
mix and cream all of the above ingredients
Mix half a cup Baker's cocoa and half a cup boiling water (set this aside)
sift 2 and three quarter cups of flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
half a teaspoon salt
add alternately flour and half a cup milk
add the cocoa mixture.
By spoonful, drop mix on uungreased cookie sheet
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes


Whoopie pie cream filling:
cream together half a cup of crisco and half a cup sugar
one pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla (set all this aside)
Cook into stiff paste 2 and a half teaspoons of flour and half a cup of milk (cool this)
Add all ingredients and mix until smooth.

Joanie, I am aching for you. I can't imagine that workout. But proud of you for doing it! You are so right, a 6 or 8, I'm totally happy with either. It's not so much the weight I worry about, but the feeling that I'm not controling things myself. My cravings, I'm talking about. But it's ok, it's getting a little better. Nice to hear from Claire again, wasn't it?!

Bethie, Alright Miss Skinny Minnie! 132? Wow. Sounds like you had a nice leisurely day planned. And your weather sounds heavenly. Enjoy, you deserve it after all you've been doing. Fun with the kids around? So, are all the kids at home now? Even the new mommy to be? Kelly thought she might be pregnant again, but she started today--and I think she was a little disappointed. Everyone in the family seems to want another baby, but she's the invitro tube, I said to her. They don't carry the baby, or do the nursing for ages. She does love having babies around so they don't have to press her much on that score, I think they actually want to have two more. She may give Tracy a run for her money before it's over with it.

Originally Posted by cathiebijou

Dubbs- I knew Joanie would answer as she did on your worry about offending. We had a rash of people, one in particular who just asked the most ridiculous questions and when we tried not responding she would repost! My favorite was when she asked which brand of bleu cheese was ok for p3. It was driving people away.

Beth- I love the hair! What color paint did u settle on?

Joan I will send u the whoopee pie recipe on Facebook

Tracy so happy for u!

Claire- I miss thunderstorms in CA. I grew up in New Hampshire and in spring we'd get them in the afternoons and I loved sitting on the porch during the storm. But I don't miss snow! I have a new passion for hot yoga. It's an asskicking workout but low impact. I'm going to experiment this p2 trying to do it 3x a week and up my calories on those days. I love how lean I feel as my body responds to the yoga and I don't want to lose that on hcg.

AFM- went to yoga then my friend and I went right next door to casa De Bandini, famous Mexican restaurant here in San Diego. We were in our workout clothes (changed my shirt though) - they were so nice when we explained we wanted to sit away from everyone because we were a hot mess! We sat on a private patio and had black cherry margaritas and I had the chicken chimichanga and now I'm stuffed!!! I definitely cannot pack it away like I could a year ago

On the pot issue- I'm pro legalization all the way. I think it's the same as having a glass of wine. I've done a lot if research on it and a lot of the stigma with pot was politically motivated. Example- Nixon made pot a class C drug the equivalent of heroin in the 70's to include it in their drug wars, not because it really was a destructive drug. I find prohibition a fascinating topic. I love the show Boardwalk Empire because it's all about that era and it stars Steve Buscemi!

Cathie, we are having thunderstorms here as I type. Just thought I'd share that little bit of "happy". I do find the time right before a thunderstorm awesome. The wind and positive ions. And, I also enjoy documentaries, shows about the prohibition period fascinating. Can't imagine what they were thinking. I remember when you couldn 't be served a drink on Sundays, so restaurants wouldn't be open. That's all so silly I think. But to each their own, as they say. Heh, make it legal, tax it, maybe it would help with budgetary probs! Ha.

Originally Posted by Dubbles

Cathie, we are having thunderstorms here as I type. Just thought I'd share that little bit of "happy". I do find the time right before a thunderstorm awesome. The wind and positive ions. And, I also enjoy documentaries, shows about the prohibition period fascinating. Can't imagine what they were thinking. I remember when you couldn 't be served a drink on Sundays, so restaurants wouldn't be open. That's all so silly I think. But to each their own, as they say. Heh, make it legal, tax it, maybe it would help with budgetary probs! Ha.

Exactly! supposedly CA makes 100 million a year off the taxation of medical marijuana. Thats some good chedda for keeping the state afloat! Plus a study was done in the UK back in the 80s and many positives come from legalization or decriminalization of drug usage in general. crime goes down, disease goes down. Then folks who really have an addiction problem can get the help they need.