Thread: Any Mother's Day Loaders??

Ok, so in our effort to be sugar free in P3, are we still supposed to avoid all sweetened items, be it from sugar, agave nectar, honey, and such. And did anyone say if they would make almond or coconut flour products successfully in P3? Are any sweetened items ok for P3? I use Truvia now for tea and grapefruit as needed. Sometimes Splenda when I am out of Truvia. Ok, so the difference in some items is that you want it to say ... No Sugar Added vs. Sugar Free, unless it says Naturally Sugar Free? I have natural peanut butter, but it has some honey it, cause I got it for my daughter before all this started. She didn't find it sweet enough, so I still have it. I like peanut butter on my pancakes.... sad but true.

Also, can we still have melba and grissini items in P3. I could use them as crouton substitutes, if I could have a little more of them. I am already feeling so bread deprived, I would hate to not have any. Though I am going to try many of the recipes I have seen on this site for rolls and pizza crust. I don't know enough about Gluten and the impacts on my future bread options, though I am hoping overall that I am tolerent of it.

I did get so other supplements recommended this site for the start of P3... we will see how I do. Night all! Had a great day with friends at their pool and cooked out for dinner, but did really good I think. I bought all the steaks and got me something very lean looking, but other than eating too much of it and mixing veggies that we grilled, I was able to skip a melba and fruit serving, so hoping that balance out.

Anyone know anything about kale chips? Are they allowed in P3? Are they any good? I am missing chips after serving my family rotel cheese dip and french onion dips all weekend. I managed not to even lick my fingers after handling them!

I better get to bed, got a lot sun today, but don't think I burned. Just got a good glow! I love getting my tan started at the first of the summer! It was a perfect day for it! Night all!

Tangle.....I use almond flour all the time during P3. Others have used coconut flour--I've never tried that. But it's good for P3. For sweeteners I just continue to use my stevia and sometimes I add xylitol or splenda. Agave is P4, honey also. Naturally sweetened things like fruits and things like that are ok in moderation. If I try a new fruit, for instance, I just see if there's any problem on the scale...you know...check for intolerances just like you would with any new food. You may find some items that say No Sugar Added....sometimes that means there is another form of sugar, sometimes it's natural sugars....just check your ingredients.

That's what I do....others may have other opinions and things that work for them.

Hi everyone. Been a while..because I was not doing so well on this diet. Last Tuesday I was still at 177..then my bf of 2 years broke up with me. When we were yelling at each other and being mean..(you know how that goes when you have a bad break-up) he told me "while you've gained like 40 lbs in the past 2 years and you say your going to loose it, but you don't." (I really gained only about 25lbs...but it still hurt.)

That kinda slapped me upside the head and between that and the broken heart feeling I have stuck to the diet since Wed and am now at 169.2. In 6 days I lost 7.8 lbs..and that was on my period! I am amazed that I am not hungry ect..although I credit a lot of that to the broken heart. I cooked up a bunch of chicken pieces and have been eating 1 at lunch and 1 at dinner...and nothing else. I know I should be eating veggies, ect, but I can barley eat the chicken. Is that going to be bad? Yeasterday I forgot to eat lunch and would have forgoten dinner, but my kids reminded me they where hungry and I was like "oh yeah, I should eat." Today I am going to eat some fruit, but I have no desire to eat it.

Originally Posted by jenni5

Hi everyone. Been a while..because I was not doing so well on this diet. Last Tuesday I was still at 177..then my bf of 2 years broke up with me. When we were yelling at each other and being mean..(you know how that goes when you have a bad break-up) he told me "while you've gained like 40 lbs in the past 2 years and you say your going to loose it, but you don't." (I really gained only about 25lbs...but it still hurt.)

That kinda slapped me upside the head and between that and the broken heart feeling I have stuck to the diet since Wed and am now at 169.2. In 6 days I lost 7.8 lbs..and that was on my period! I am amazed that I am not hungry ect..although I credit a lot of that to the broken heart. I cooked up a bunch of chicken pieces and have been eating 1 at lunch and 1 at dinner...and nothing else. I know I should be eating veggies, ect, but I can barley eat the chicken. Is that going to be bad? Yeasterday I forgot to eat lunch and would have forgoten dinner, but my kids reminded me they where hungry and I was like "oh yeah, I should eat." Today I am going to eat some fruit, but I have no desire to eat it.

Nothing like a break up to get you motivated! I hope you see that you didn't need him in your life if he is going to treat you like that. Now get down to your goal way and when he comes crawling back tell him you don't do ugly. See we can lose weight, but ugly people will never change. You can't go on a diet to get rid of that...LOL

Anyway, just make sure you are getting the nutrients you need and doing this the healthy way, or you body will shut down. Remember to look at food as fuel. You may not have the desire to eat, but your body has to have it to run. I don't always feel like stopping to get gas in my car, but it won't run without it.

Good luck stay on track and keep motivated and most of all do it for yourself and not some guy that says you need to. It's not worth it!

Jenni5: Sorry you are going though a hard time. Break ups are hard. I was listening to a talkshow with Dr. Christiane Northrup and she said a when we are in a relationship our bodies produce Oxytocin (sp?) and when we break up our bodies actually go through a physical withdrawl which is part of the reason we feel so awful. She says it is no different than getting off crack cocaine! It's no wonder you don't feel like eating. Try to fit it in just for nutrition. It's a day by day process. Cyber hugs to you as I know how hard break ups can be, That said I have always found when I have gone through sad times that extemely good things happen and my life changes in a better ways. Be kind and gentle with yourself.
Ohshieila: Wow, you certainly will get below 140! I was 145.8 then two days of nothing and now 145.2.... The body must like this number! LOL I want to be out of the 140's!! LOL. I did lose inches in the stall. I measured myself on Sat and was the same as last week and this morning I measured and an inch of the hips! I hear you about the weights I am looking forward to some working out! I am hoping to get below 140, so I will just keep plugging along but it is feeling like a slow process right now.

Big hugs, Jenni. Time to love yourself even more, and rock and roll on HCG! I'm down .6 today and exactly where I was 8 days ago. TOM finally arrived yesterday, several days late. Hoping to bust through this setpoint this week. Love my new size 10 jeans, though! And getting lots of compliments, which is always nice. So I'm hanging in there.