Phase 3 - Day #14

Current Weight (LIW): 127.4 lbs. (-1.4)

From LIW: -0.2 (altered LIW)

Breakfast: 2 eggs in butter, 3 thin slices of Low Sodium Bacon, Flax Cinnamon Mug Bread and Tea with Cream

Snack: 1/2 a Protein Shake with cream, spinach, blueberries, and almond milk

Lunch: P2 Chili

Snack: Protein Shake with almond milk and eggnog flavoring

Snack: Chocolate Delight

Dinner: Teriyaki marinated Salmon and Scallops and Roasted Asparagus with Hollandaise

Snack: Protein Shake with Spinach, Avocado, Almond Milk and Vanilla capella drops

Total Calories: ~1900

Calorie Breakdown: 51% Fat /38% Protein /11% Carb

Today I tried my best to eat/drink as much protein as I could. I was told I wasn't getting near enough so today I got about 180 grams of it. I am hoping it was enough to help stabilize me a little better. I have been struggling with going up and I kept thinking I was eating more calories. But here I am at 1:00 after eating all those calories and I'm hungry! Crazy... maybe more protein will bode well for me on the scales tomorrow... Interesting...

I added in Almond milk today. I am really hoping I do well with it because I have some nice Almond chocolate milk (unsweetened) and some almond flour I want to do. I am feeling really good about today and I hope the scale is nice to me.

I changed my LIW from 126.8 to 127.6 since I have been seeing that number over and over on the scale. I just don't want to stress about stabilizing so much and to be honest, if I would have used this LIW, I would have only been outside my "safety zone" one time and that time was because of my cheat day. Very interesting... :) The more I think about it, the happier I am with the decision to raise my LIW. My reasoning is that I did the Atkins Fat Fast during the last week of P2 and that caused my body to lose about 1.6, which I gained back after a few days anyway. So my body was confused about my LIW and so I went back to my weight before the fat fast.

That is enough for tonight but hoping you all have wonderful dreams tonight and a good day tomorrow!

Hollandaise Sauce

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cubed

2 large egg yolks

2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice, plus more

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

Fill a blender with hot water; set aside. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until foaming. Remove pan from heat. Drain blender and dry well. Put egg yolks and 2 Tbsp. lemon juice in blender; cover and blend to combine. Working quickly and with blender running, remove lid insert and slowly pour hot butter into blender in a thin stream of droplets, discarding the milk solids in bottom of the saucepan. Blend until creamy sauce forms. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and with more lemon juice. Serve immediately.

Cinnamon Maple Butter

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 Tbsp. Walden Farms maple syrup

1/8 teaspoon vanilla (can use more)

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon (or to taste)

Directions:

Mix, spread and enjoy!

Phase 3 - Day #13

Current Weight (LIW): 128.8 lbs. (+0.6)

From LIW: +2.0

Breakfast: Tea with Cream

Dinner: 16 oz. Porterhouse Steak and Apple(s) ya, I ate more than my allotted amount.

Snack: Tea with Cream

Total Calories: 1600

Calorie Breakdown: 65% Fat /27% Protein / 8% Carb

Steak day today. Hoping it does something. I had a few extra bites of apple because mine was really grainy so I ran to the store to get another one. Well, that one happened to be grainy to but I ate it anyway. Blerg. I was looking forward to that apple all day.

Welp, I'll let ya know if the steak day does it's magic tomorrow. More and more I am considering changing my LIW to 127.4 or so because it seems I am stabilizing higher than my 126.8. Something to think about...

Have a great night!

This is how I feel today...

Guess its time for another steak day...

Phase 3 - Day #12

Current Weight (LIW): 128.2 lbs. (-0.0)

From LIW: +1.4

Breakfast: Flax Protein Pancakes and Walden Farms Syrup & 3 oz. Ground Beef

Snack: Apple and .5 oz. Ground Beef

Lunch: Braised Beef Salad from Chipotle with Guac, Sour Cream and Little bit of Bolthouse Ranch

Snack: 5 cherries

Dinner: Fish "Tacos" (Yummy - recipe later)

Snack: Chocolate Delight covered Strawberries and some chocolate delight

Drinks: Yerba Mate with HWC (1 cup)

Total Calories: 1690

Calorie Breakdown: 62% Fat /25% Protein / 13% Carb

Today I went back to regular ol' p3. I'm REALLY scared to get on the scale tomorrow. But life is for living and I don't want to live without fruit! Or chocolate! So I made some chocolate delight - seriously much better with xylitol. And I also ate out today (Chipotle rocks for P3). I had some bloating earlier but I think my magnesium citrate and Calm helped with that.

Don't have much else to say other than I am hoping the scale is nice to me tomorrow!

Phase 3 - Day #11

Current Weight (LIW): 128.2 lbs. (-1.0)

From LIW: +1.4

High Protein Day

Breakfast: 2 Egg and 3 oz. of Ground Beef

Lunch: 6.5 oz. Chicken

Snack: Hard boiled egg

Dinner: 12 oz. Prime Rib and Salad (romaine, tomatos, cucumber)

Snack: Jay Robb Shake

Drinks: Yerba Mate with HWC (1.5 cups)

Chocolate Delight

Total Calories: 1760

Calorie Breakdown: 55% Fat /43% Protein / 2% Carb

High protein day gave me another loss! Down 1 lb. today! So happy to be back in the "safety zone" after my big jumbo-cheat. I was really scared I wouldn't be able to get the weight off but luckily I am back down within my 2 lb. range.

I did another high protein day today to be safe. But I did eat at a restaurant (prime rib - delicious) with a side salad. I had blue cheese on the side but really didn't use it much. I made a Jay Robb protein shake when I got home as well. Calories are a little high but I think the protein is on the higher side and the carbs were super low! I had one bite of orange, a tiny bite, so hopefully that doesn't sabotage my whole protein day.

I'm so scared to go back to regular p3 tomorrow. I feel like no matter what I am going to gain. I am so scared to bring fruits back in cause I'm afraid it will shoot my weight up again. I just need to take it slow. I also want to add some more nut flours and I'm really nervous to do that. Believe it or not, I am only a week and a half away from p4! That means I am half way done with P3!! YEAH! So close to the end..