remarkable, bawdy!
you are really melting away!

I thought you had decided to give that advice a miss.

Yeah, I'd love to hear how you're supposed to eat 2000 calories without dairy and keeping your protein that low... unless you intend to gargle with oil or something.

Oh, believe me, I'm not following her advice. I was just pointing out that it would be very difficult FOR ME to do that ... hence, I don't intend to!

She's not opposed to dairy. Did I imply that? Here's what she advised me to do:



The problem with making the dips is that you need fruit or veggies to dip into it. I don't intend on increasing the amount of either. In fact, I'm dropping one serving of each. She advised against that because "you absolutely need carbs to be healthy!" I told her we'd had to agree to disagree on that one.

She's adamantly opposed to any dairy that has carrageenan in it as it's supposed to be a cause of cancer, among other things. The thing is, they don't sell carrageenan-free dairy where I live. Not in the regular dairy aisle or even in the natural foods section. So, I told HER that I'm going to limit it. But, I probably won't!

Hello all.
Bawdy, congrats! I wish I were doing as well.
But this morning, I have regained the half pound I had lost yesterday. sigh. It is not terribly disastrous, lol, but I think I better stick to 1000 calories today, normal P2 food plus a bit of butter. I will conquer this!
This is funny though, while I was in P2 I could not help but dream about P3, and now, I nearly wish I was back in P2 and its regular loss, lol. I might go back for a quick round in March, before all the April celebrations here. We'll see.

I'm back up the 1 lb I lost yesterday but TOM is imminent, not terribly worried.

Finally my sheeps milk yogourt came in, This is what I am eating today with some mac nuts, 25 blueberries (yep counted the suckers) and olives (not all together!)
will have ground beef at supper and see where it gets me

What about pork rinds? Maybe you're not a fan. I run sort of lukewarm and cold on them myself.

Maile, so did you enjoy your blueberry-olive pie?

Nancy, yes I like pork rinds, but they're very hard to find here. I asked one time at the grocery store and was told they're not on the standard list for the store, which means you can't even have them get them in. Anyway, the protein would tend to add up, too, along with the fat in the dip. But I do really love sour cream and onion dip!

seems to me that steak strips dipped would work

Sure, but that's what the 2 Tablespoons of butter on the plate are for!!!!!

do both, be wild!

there must be something genetic (okay that stretching it a bit) to the preference of sour cream and onion over curry. hubby is like you, will grab sour cream and onion over curry any day, I'm totally the opposite.

I'm so sorry to hear that, Maile. Now we can't be friends anymore.

I confess that I actually said that to a new friend once when she told me she was vegan! I didn't mean it, of course, but I did say in all seriousness that when we get together with her and her husband, we'll be sure to go to a restaurant rather than eating at each other's houses!!!

Is that just if you are transitioning back to LC, or for everyone? Not that anyone would go back to eating the SAD or other high-carb/low-fat diet after this, right? No one in their right mind, at least

Could we get there by using fattier cuts of meat or salmon for our protein?

I don't do so great on fruit when consumed alone on an empty stomach. Maybe try blending the strawberries with a scoop of whey protein?

Elisa, this is the standard protocol for transitioning from Phase 2 to Phase 3. They seem to recommend no more than 75 grams of protein a day over on the Happily Thinner After (HTA) website, but I get more like 100 or more. They also advocate the 70/15/15 ratios of fat/protein/carbs. I don't like eating so many carbs, so I shoot for either 70/25/5 or 75/20/5. Sometimes I don't eat any plant carbs at all. When I do it's merely a salad, one veggie, or some berries.

No, I wouldn't go back to a typical SAD way of eating, either, but some do and seem to be successful ... but successful in the fact that they don't seem to gain weight from it (at least not for a while because the hcg does seem to do something to "fix" the metabolism so that it can again handle a lot more carbs, like when you're a teen), but that doesn't mean that's a healthful way to eat and it doesn't mean you're not damaging your body.

So, I'm wondering if plain old low carb might work for me again... it hasn't for a long time. I tightened up on the carbs a bit and my weight is dropping in P3. I just cut out the fruit and cut back a little on the veggies.

It'd be nice if I ended up losing a tad more in P3!