Thread: Lovely Losers 2021- MAKING IT in May!

Hi everyone. Catching a little break. Busy here with 11 people!
165.8 this morning so all is good. Happy P3. Food is good and easy on P3.
It’s interesting to see how week two I was in the 164s and this third week in the 165s. It’s good either way!

Well, hope everyone is doing well!


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I imagine most are pretty busy celebrating, enjoying their 3 day weekend. Business as usual here, DH is out playing golf with his golf league, so I will be starting P3 here, by myself! Weight this a.m. is 163.4, and last dose weight is 163.6. Ha, it is all good. Family is 500 miles away, so no family celebration tomorrow--but we will do a cookout now that I am on P3. Wish it was a little warmer, but it so beautiful, despite being coolish. I'll do a little work in yard, a garden ALWAYS requires work whether planting, watering, feeding or weeding! We do have plans for family to come home and celebrate July 4th together. Kids have so many activities, hard for them to have breaks! So will look forward to next holiday.

Hope eveyone has a good weigh-in. And if not, a better one tomorrow. As long as someone is being mindful of what their choices are, we really can't complain much. Official 1st p3 meal breakfast, my usual 3 sausage patties and coffee with cream. It was yummy as always. This morning's weigh-in had me down .6 from yesterday's weigh-in. That only gives me .2 wiggle room from last dose weight, at least I didn't start P3 already over last dose weight. I believe last time I had less than a pound of wiggle room. and was able to maintain nicely. During transition days I guess I was in a stall. Stalls are not always bad...I feel like for me they aid in maintenance, so not so many correction days are needed. These last few days, transition days, I was not hungry, I was afraid I would be, but I wasn't. But it was so difficult mentally--I don't know if others get these feelings, but it's fear of wanting to go back to old habits and foods. I just couldn't get my mind settled. I counted hours, I went to bed early, never went off protocol, but never saw good drops, and that was even more unsettling. Knowing this morning transistion was over, I felt better and not rushed to have breakfast. But I'm afraid I have a lot of work to do, for mental stability. Everywhere you go there are temptations, restaurants, ads on t.v., just going to the grocery--junk food, sugary treats everywhere. I do not want to gain these 40+ lbs back. So I have to get in the game mentally. Hoping to maintain until middle of August, or 1st of September, when I plan to do one more shorter round to lose last 10-12 lbs. before football/tailgating season. Happy Sunday everyone!

Good Sunday morning! Just a real quick check in. I start P3 today with a 2.2 # wiggle room ( I made it to 20 pounds exactly today, though it's not my LDW so I know it isn't gonna last)! I actually had cream in my coffee an hour earlier then I should have *71 hours since last dose. Since having covid and now having parosmia, coffee just doesn't taste as good as it once did... in fact, many things don't. Which is a really big bummer, but pretty helpful when trying to watch what I eat I guess. I am not even a bit hungry but I am going to cook up some bacon and have some eggs and a little greek yogurt with blueberries... ahhhh, different food!!

I really hope you all have a blessed day today and are enjoying a Happy Memorial Day weekend!

Happy memorial day weekend Sunday! LOL. Good for everybody that they are having fun and even some posting here.

If someone asked me if I’m a big eater, I would’ve said yes, of course. I can’t eat a lot in one sitting, but I like the 4 - 5 meals a day thing. I’m a grazer!

But evidently I am not a big eater, and I have been dieting for way too long.

I was very hesitant to weigh in this morning. We had a big family steak dinner yesterday evening, and I cooked all morning for my part. I roasted bell peppers, broccoli, mushrooms, asparagus , and teeny little red potatoes ( and cauliflower but forgot it in the oven and it burned into charcoal! Woops) and sautéed caramelized onions and mushrooms, cut up tomatoes and strawberries, and took an angel food cake with chocolate syrup and Reddy Whip.

So of course my PLAN was to enjoy steak topped with onions and mushrooms, sliced tomatoes and roasted veggies. A small bowl of strawberries w whipped cream for dessert.

Yeah. No!

Of COURSE I had a couple of bites of potato, a half of a half of some garlic bread... and angel food cake with all the trimmings.

I figured I’d be up .... 15 pounds... and also sure I’d had 2000 calories at least.

I’m not very good at estimating. I was down .2, and when I got everything in the tracker, I only had 1245cal for the day. And I put everything down! No wait! I forgot the Tuaca! Thats another 150 calories. So 1395.

What I’m learning is I have a skewed idea on how much food is a lot!

Huh. Who knew?
Onward.
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Originally Posted by poweredbystarbucks

thank you for your kind words. If i can find away to abuse it I will. It’s an all or none mentality. I injected today and will say it’s a mini load but I’m back and tomorrow is POP. I need to shake off the inflammation and finish strong which I know I can do.
Looks like lots of great losses and here’s to stabilizing


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Charlie, good luck with your first day back on Protocol! I total faith that you will be successful. Sounds like your dinner with dad and birthday celebration with BF was fun, and tasty, I hope.

I'm sure lots of people have cook-outs, big plans today for the holiday--ENJOY!. Looks to be absolutely beautiful here in KY. Hope the same for you all. And here's thanks to all the veterans , whether alive or not. So many sacrifices by them and by their families while they serve. My dad was actually serving in the Military/Navy, in Korea when I was born, and he is buried in a beautiful national cemetery--not Arlington, but Zachary Taylor cemetery.

On another note, this is day 2 of P3 for me. I was concerned because I really upped calories immediately yesterday--I was ready to eat something, so we had burgers for dinner with wedge salads with bleu cheese crumbles and bacon bits and regular Ranch Dressing. Of course I didn't have my burger with bread, but did the onion, tomato, mayo as open faced burger and just as satisfying. It was good, but my tummy was not settled all night. Lot to digest right away. I was worried about weigh in this morning, but down slightly, by .4 to 163--now gives me wiggle room of .6 for P3! Ha! I think Phoebe has over 2 lbs of wiggle room, I'm jealous. DH and I will cook-out today, was thinking I wanted steak, but I love the grilled chicken that is marinated in olive oil, worcestershire sauce, spices. And we can grill enough for several meals during the week. So that, with roasted asparagus will be dinner tonite I do love P3.

I have a question, do most people have fruits on P3? And more than 1 fruit a day? I'm thinking about doing some strawberries or blueberries and making homemade whipped cream for dessert once in a while. But I often have strawberries in my protein drink (had that for lunch yesterday) and wasn't sure if it would be too much to have as a dessert after dinner as well. I like my fage yogurt for dessert, but I like to wait a few days before adding that. Wish I had more options for a treat for both DH and myself. Will check later, have a GREAT MEMORIAL DAY everyone!

Originally Posted by PhoebeS

Quick check in from my phone this am. I am up 1.1# but still 1.1#'s under LDW. I got in 1663 calories but what did me in, I am pretty certain, is movie theater popcorn that my daughter brought home with her last night. I ate probably 3 cups between 9:30 and 10:30 while my husband and I were watching Yellowstone. I also had a small glass of wine with my neighbor yesterday afternoon. Today we have a BBQ at my neighbor's house to go to and I am going try real hard to be good. ��

Happy Memorial Day to everyone. I hope everyone had a successful weigh-in. ����

You are under Phoebe, that is good. I love Yellowstone! Gorgeous scenery, a bingeworthy show! Have fun at your barbeque today. You had lots of wiggle room!

Welcome to P3 all you Lovelies!

We still have some P2ers on here, and some P4s that check in now and again.

P2ers, chime in and tell me to cool it if describing P3 food is too hard on you!

Quieter day yesterday. But today I have 2 little soldiers down. Penny is huffing and coughing and pouting. Pearl wont put weight on her front paw and stayed in her bed all day yesterday and likely will today. I put some cream in a little bowl as she did not eat at all yesterday and she is considering it. I will have to wash her face later!

Im not sure if either of them have actual injuries or just hurt feelings. My 26 yr old niece brought her year old pup with her. Part Pitty, part Great Dane. Think Pit Bull on stilts with a square jaw and a bark like Darth Vader.

And a terrier personality. Beautiful dog, sweet and funny, but SO BIG and gallumpy.

My elderly sweethearts are not amused.

Rain, rain, rain here. Yesterday it hailed, pea-sized here but golf-balls elsewhere. The constant rain has prevented me from planting all the flowers, ground covers and strawberry plants I bought Friday. Good thing!

Fruit? Dubs, the P2.0 says no fruit but that’s the one thing I think it is wrong on. I can have so many carbs and I feel some fruits, in moderation, are part of healthy eating. So I just count them in carbs. I stick to the same P2 fruits, berries. -- adore them this time of year!! — small apples, and oranges... I forget about grapefruit but it’s on the list.

I do try to keep fruit separate from meals, leaving an hour or two on either side. A lot of P2 and P3 rounds I have cut out the fruits in the past, but adding them back like this last P2 and now in P3 has not slowed my losses or my stability. If I go over my carb count, its because of dairy — or angel food cake — not fruit.

Guilty little secret weapon: Reddy Whip. Not low fat kind or almond milk kind— real thing: on berries. Hey, it’s 90% air.

Your mileage may vary.

I seem to go up a little, down a little— but so far only .8 over LDW at the most since correction day last Tuesday.

Onward!!
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