Thread: Lovely Losers 2021-Just JOVIAL in JUNEl!!

Doing great, Dubbles! Sounds like you are having a great P3! I hope you enjoy the party! I am finding that one or two glasses of wine, or a margarita (homemade), do not affect my weight. Haven't ventured beyond this yet but these are my typical drinks of choice. I do like an Old Fashioned as well but haven't had one yet.

Polly, I don’t know how you get so few calories in! Having slightly bigger protein portions may easily increase the count. Like you say you are probably getting a little more from uncounted fats and such too but it wouldn’t amount to twice as many calories!
I kept losing in P3 initially as well and stabilized 1.4 below LDW. Not much I can do about it! Except eat coconut LOL
Hope your doggies are well!

AFM, back down to 165 again. Going to have to remember to avoid those keto treats. Keto and paleo anything seem to all have coconut. I’d love to add some granola to my breakfast and I am not sensitive to grains so I may just get some regular granola. So many lovely locally made ones here. I know I can make it too but I am lazy.

Polly, the artichoke, mayo, parm cheese casserole sounds totally yummy! Share receipe if not too difficult? You must have small bones, I am 5'5 and actually have med to largish hands, bones. I wear a size 7, 7 1/2 ring. So pretty big hands. So glad to hear Penny ate a lot last night. Maybe all her meds are kicking in and she is feeling much better.

Just ran into my sister-in-law at Kroger, she is a personal trainer--very thin. Her eyes got wide when she saw me and she said, you look great, I said, yeah, had to lose that covoid weight, then changed subject. But I could tell she was impressed. Haven't seen her in months. We are going to dinner there Friday nite, and she said they are fixing steak and salad, baked potatoes--so no problem, p3 will be easy to eat and I think I'll take my homemade ranch dressing. Won't eat the potato.

Talking about artichokes made me want to make some tonight but when I finally found my jar of mayo in the back if the fridge…it was best by December 2020. Ugh. Smelled ok but open for 6 months? Maybe not a good idea!

It’s really a dip, but it is so good, eat it w a spoon!

Hot Artichoke (Dip) or Casserole

(I make a half recipe of this for just me, which lasts days in the fridge, and you can heat up servings in the microwave.)

2 14-ounce cans water-packed artichoke hearts, quarters, drained and squeezed, broken up.

2 cups Best Foods or Hellman’s Mayo. Or make your own.

2 cups GRATED fresh parmesan cheese. (Not shredded, wrong texture) ( and not the canned stuff people put on pizza and popcorn!) Those round plastic containers of parm cheese found in the “fancy” cheese refrigerated area of the supermarket are only 5 Ounces, but grated cheese is LIGHT so it’s close enough! Use two containers if you are doing the full sized recipe. (Did I mention this stuff is maybe $5 a bite?)and one more time: Grated, not shredded. If you cant find grated, put shredded into a Cuisinart and pulse it a bunch.

Mix together in a bowl with a big old spoon. No meed to use a blender etc. It’s supposed to be lumpy. spread into a casserole dish. Bake at 350 around 30 minutes until hot, bubbly and a bit browned. Time depends on how thin or thick you prefer to spread it.

As a side dish, cut a 2” or 3” square serving and eat sl-ooo-ow-ly and enjoy!

Or serve as a dip with veggies or chips or crackers for those who still eat those!

The 2-2-2 version is a party sized dip.

Make a half recipe using 1-1-1.

No idea on calories, etc except a LOT. I mean, you know: Mayo!

Artichokes are pretty low carb. 2 tbsps are 11 calories and 1 carb.

Ok. That’s all you could possibly want to know about Hot Artichoke Stuff!

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That sounds delicious Pearly!

All, today starts my 2 weeks of work and vacation travel. I'm in P4 and have settled at the top of my window, some days a little higher if I don't eat enough. Like some of you, I have trouble getting calories in. Too hot to cook, too hot to eat, too hot to grocery shop, too hot to count calories. Can you tell I hate hot weather?

I will weigh when I can, eating mostly P3 style and enjoy some sweet potato fries here and there. I'd like to get a vanity round in before September. (Linda, I say that about once a year, don't I?) :-)

I'm still reading and liking and always impressed with the knowledge and support here, so I'll be lurking.

Time to get on a big shiney airplane!
Mwah!

Originally Posted by LinderLou

Hey Dubs, just wanted to share a tip I got from the forums here about eating out. If you're going to a restaurant that you're not familiar with, look up the menu online before hand and choose a couple of different options. That way, when you get there you won't have to make decisions about what to order! Eazy peazy. I've found that already knowing what I'm going to order in advance is a lot less stressful and lets me focus on enjoying the company more.

Thanks LinderLou, excellent idea!

Originally Posted by PearlyMae

Talking about artichokes made me want to make some tonight but when I finally found my jar of mayo in the back if the fridge…it was best by December 2020. Ugh. Smelled ok but open for 6 months? Maybe not a good idea!

It’s really a dip, but it is so good, eat it w a spoon!

Hot Artichoke (Dip) or Casserole

(I make a half recipe of this for just me, which lasts days in the fridge, and you can heat up servings in the microwave.)

2 14-ounce cans water-packed artichoke hearts, quarters, drained and squeezed, broken up.

2 cups Best Foods or Hellman’s Mayo. Or make your own.

2 cups GRATED fresh parmesan cheese. (Not shredded, wrong texture) ( and not the canned stuff people put on pizza and popcorn!) Those round plastic containers of parm cheese found in the “fancy” cheese refrigerated area of the supermarket are only 5 Ounces, but grated cheese is LIGHT so it’s close enough! Use two containers if you are doing the full sized recipe. (Did I mention this stuff is maybe $5 a bite?)and one more time: Grated, not shredded. If you cant find grated, put shredded into a Cuisinart and pulse it a bunch.

Mix together in a bowl with a big old spoon. No meed to use a blender etc. It’s supposed to be lumpy. spread into a casserole dish. Bake at 350 around 30 minutes until hot, bubbly and a bit browned. Time depends on how thin or thick you prefer to spread it.

As a side dish, cut a 2” or 3” square serving and eat sl-ooo-ow-ly and enjoy!

Or serve as a dip with veggies or chips or crackers for those who still eat those!

The 2-2-2 version is a party sized dip.

Make a half recipe using 1-1-1.

No idea on calories, etc except a LOT. I mean, you know: Mayo!

Artichokes are pretty low carb. 2 tbsps are 11 calories and 1 carb.

Ok. That’s all you could possibly want to know about Hot Artichoke Stuff!

P






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Polly, thanks for this receipe, I actually posted it to blog. It is definitely on my make list, not this week--too busy, but sounds wonderful. I love artichokes.

Originally Posted by tracy

That sounds delicious Pearly!

All, today starts my 2 weeks of work and vacation travel. I'm in P4 and have settled at the top of my window, some days a little higher if I don't eat enough. Like some of you, I have trouble getting calories in. Too hot to cook, too hot to eat, too hot to grocery shop, too hot to count calories. Can you tell I hate hot weather?

I will weigh when I can, eating mostly P3 style and enjoy some sweet potato fries here and there. I'd like to get a vanity round in before September. (Linda, I say that about once a year, don't I?) :-)

I'm still reading and liking and always impressed with the knowledge and support here, so I'll be lurking.

Time to get on a big shiney airplane!


Mwah!

Tracy, enjoy! I think I may creep up when I don't eat enough, and like you say, sometimes it is too hot to even worry about. Iwent to bed thinking last nite, I prob didn't eat enough, and crept up on scale this morning. Up .4 this morning. So not great gain, but I do think it is important to eat enough. I will prob be right with you on the vanity round before September. For me, I'm thinking mid August--want to be in P3 for football season. I would like to lose maybe another 10-12 lbs at most, so prob a 26 day round? Let me know when You are starting P2 again, may join in! Safe travels, hope more vacation than work!

AFM: Very busy day today, Tuesday. Like I posted on Tracy's thread, didn't think I ate enough yesterday--got up early this morning, and did have a .4 uptick. But not sweating it. Like Pearly says, it is one of those "ion" days, either deprivation, or inflammation--definitely not celebration yesterday. Will be going out tonite, so we'll see how today and tonite goes. Still 1.4 below 2 lb window. So it's all good. Hope everyone else is doing good. Will check back later today. We'll be gone from about 4.30 to past midnite, so taking dogs to daycare this morning so they won't be alone for hours and hours--they can play with other dogs and have a sleep over tonite. My babies are so spoiled, think like Pearly's.

Pretty quiet on here. Dubs, looks like it's you and me and you are busy all day, so maybe just ME! LOL

Originally Posted by PearlyMae

Pretty quiet on here. Dubs, looks like it's you and me and you are busy all day, so maybe just ME! LOL

Aww, you're not alone yet! It's almost 4:30, I'm all dolled up (not really, just wearing a cute top and jeans), but I'm ready to go party tonite and DH still isnt home to pick me up! His band is playing at the Kingfish here, they have an outdoor venue, right on the Ohio River, a lot of boaters park and come in. They don't play till 6 or 6:30, but he always wants to be early. We have friends and family coming so it should be fun. It is absolutely beautiful here, warm, but not stifling, no humidity! It should be fun, they are pretty good and do a wide variety of cover music! And this is their first gig since Pandemic, 2 gigs this week! Your girls doin ok, I hope. I'm a little worried about tonite, more about tomorrow's weigh in. We'll see how this goes. Not many on this week, really, but a couple of the girls should be back this weekend or first of the week I'm thinking. If not, I'll keep in touch with you Pearly!