Saturday, December 31, 2011

R1P2VLCD27

214.2 (-1.0)

Yay! I wasn't expecting that, given yesterday's indulgences. Nice treat to wake up to.

Breakfast (115):
Coffee with cocoa, milk and stevia (20)
1 egg (75)
1 melba (20)

Lunch (165):
2 melba rounds (30)
9 slices roast beast lunch meat (90)
2 t. horseradish mustard (10)
1/2 can mustard greens (35)

Snack (55):
1 small apple (55)

Dinner (330):
128 g. lean ground beef (210)
1 large tomato (35)
2 T. sugar-free ketchup/mustard (15)
3 T. Miracle "rice" (0)
1 naval orange (70)

Daily total: 635

Well, I guess that luxurious breakfast has been costing me too many calories. I keep going over. I portioned the ground beef into four 100 g. portions, plus one 128 g. portion, which I ate tonight. Shouldn't have done that, since it was well over my calories. Oh well. I made a burger patty with the beef, Miracle Rice, ketchup, mustard, Bragg's Aminos, salt and pepper, plus about 1 teaspoon of egg white, which I hoped would hold it together, but it didn't. Next time I'll grind up a Melba and see if the crumbs help. Or make it into a meatloaf.

Friday, December 30, 2011

R1P2VLCD26

215.2 (-0.2)

Not too bad of a loss considering that I way overdid the calories yesterday. Today I'm meeting friends inland, and eating will be harder. I may take food with me.

Breakfast (180):
Coffee with cocoa, milk and stevia (20)
1 egg (72)
1 melba (20)
1 orange (68)

Lunch (520):
1 apple (95)
Chicken soft taco meat (60)
2/3 bean burrito (215)
1/2 apple burrito (150)

Supper (150):
Sauteed spinach (40)
Misc (60)
1 apple (50)

Daily total (approx): 850

Road tripped inland and met with two friend families, and felt totally weak and gave into temptations. Bah.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

R1P2VLCD25

215.4 (-3.4)

Sweet!! Lost water/TOM weight over night. Gotta love when that happens...

Breakfast was so good... Over easy egg, with the melba dipped in the "sop." Felt almost like a normal breakfast. Sometimes I add an egg for breakfast as an extra protein, though doing so is off protocol. I firmly believe that our bodies are designed to eat breakfast. Also helps me with feeling deprived, and doesn't seem to stall me so long as I stay within the calorie limit. It definitely limits what I can eat for the rest of the day, though. I'll have to have a smaller lunch today, because I'm planning steak for supper, which is higher in calories.

This diet is interesting, really. I think I'm eating less meat and more vegetables than I did before the diet. The rest of those calories were filled in with larger portions of meat, pasta and simple carbs. I ate lots of whole wheat/grain bread, too, but oozing with vegan butter. I think the food I miss most is toast with butter. I love everything about it — flavor, texture, etc.

Breakfast (112):
Coffee w/cocoa, milk, stevia (20)
1 egg (72)
1 melba (20)

Lunch (180):
7 slices roast beast lunch meat (60)
1 melba (20)
2 t. horseradish mustard (10) - excited to find some with no off-protocol ingredients
1 can mustard greens (70)
Nibbles from kids grilled cheese (20) - oops!

Dinner (435):
5 oz. eye of round steak (250) - oops!
1 onion (50)
1.5 c. beef broth (30)
1 apple (75)
3 bites of lentil stew (30)

Whoa; totally blew my calories by not planning ahead.

Daily total: 727

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

R1P2VLCD24

218.8 (-0.6)

Well, I was hoping for a bigger loss, but at least it's a loss! I had a small panic yesterday realizing that I'm more than halfway done with this round, but not yet halfway to my goal. I want to lose at least 25 in this round, and had hopes of being under 200, which would be a 32# loss. Not likely at this point! But, I'll press on and see what happens.

I left my food scale at my SIL's house, so I'm waiting for that to arrive via mail. Guesswork til then.

Breakfast (75):
Coffee
1.5 T milk (15)
2 t cocoa powder (10)
1/2 apple (50)

Lunch (221):
1 egg (72)
3 egg whites (54)
2 melbas (40)
1 c. lettuce (5)
1/2 apple (50)
2 T. Walden Farms Caramel Dip (0)

Snack (85):
1 melba (20)
3 slices roast beef sandwich meat (25) with yellow mustard
1 bag freeze dried apples (40)

Supper (220):
4 oz. chicken breast (120)
1/2 large onion (50)
8 large strawberries (50)

Daily total: 601

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

R1P2VLCD23

219.4 (+2.0)

Whoops. Well, I'm dehydrated, so that's part of it. But I also ATE yesterday. So a total of 3.4 gain for the holidays.

Breakfast (0):
Green tea w/stevia

Lunch (200):
113 g. ground chicken, made into meatballs (130)
1 Melba, in the meatball mix (20)
1/4 egg white, binder in meatballs, off-protocol (5)
2 c. Chicken broth (30)
1/2 c. Collard greens (15)

Supper (200):
90 g chicken meatballs (110)
1.5 grissini (20)
1/2 c tomato sauce (40)
Miracle noodles (30)

Daily total: 400

Monday, December 26, 2011

Sunday, December 25, 2011

R1P2VLCD21

216.6 (+0.6)

Hey, it's Christmas. I was close to 1,000 cals yesterday, so a slight gain isn't surprising. Not to mention TOM's influence. Today I'm eating even more so the damage may be worse. Did not inject yesterday or today for TOM. Maybe less HCG in my system will work like a planned interruption and minimize the damage.

Breakfast:
Egg casserole
1/2 apple cinnamon doughnut
10 bites misc. pastries
2 pieces turkey bacon
Coffee w/cocoa and milk

Dinner:
Lost track...
Prime rib
Au gratin potatoes
Carrots
Lots of sweets!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

R1P2VLCD20

216.0 (-0.8)

Welcome back TOM. It's been nearly two years!

Breakfast (223):
1 egg - 72
3 egg whites - 51
1/2 piece turkey bacon - 30
1 naval orange - 70

Lunch (190):
1/4 apple doughnut (oops! Went to Apple Hill...) - 75
1 apple - 115

Snack (100):
1 Melba (20)
1 oz. pastrami (30)
Bits and bites (50)

Dinner (435):
"The Loaf" - est. 200
Spinach/chard - 120
1 apple - 115

Daily total : 947 ... Whoa. So hard to do this over the holidays. I want to eat everything in sight.

Friday, December 23, 2011

R1P2VLCD19

216.8 (-0.8)

Yay. Scale actually read 217.2, but I was so thirsty that I drank an 8-ounce glass of water before I weighed. So I rounded that down to equal 0.4 lbs.

Breakfast (135):
1 large apple (115)
1 T. Milk
2 t. Cocoa powder

Lunch (195):
2 Melbas (40)
112 g. Canned roast beef (120)
1 large cucumber (35)

Dinner (240):
1 large onion (100)
100 g. Chicken breast (110)
2 c. Chicken stock (30)

Snack (30):
8 strawberries (30)

Total: 500

Had a moment of weakness today. There are the best Mounds-type chocolate, toasted coconut, sweetened condensed milk bars. I could NOT resist. So I cut off one bite, chewed it with great care and delight, and spit it into a napkin, swallowing as little as possible. I wanted to stuff myself completely full of them. *sigh*

Thursday, December 22, 2011

R1P2VLCD18

217.6 (-0.0)

Hmph.

Traveling today. Not going to be fun with hubby and kids snacking on chips and such while we drive. Oh, well, suck it up, girl.

Breakfast (110):
1 egg (72)
2 mini toasts (18)
1 T. milk (10)
2 t. cocoa powder (10)

Snack (120):
4 ozs. Sliced chicken breast

Lunch (100):
Lettuce (0)
Chicken lunch meat (100)
2 T. Walden Farms ranch dressing (0)

Snack (100):
4 egg whites (68)
8 strawberries (32)

Dinner (115):
1 large apple (115)

Daily total: 545

That was a hard day, but my sister-in-law has been baking, so I can see that it's going to get even harder. Dieting sucks. Dieting during the holidays totally sucks. But then again, having every waking thought tainted with the sting of self-loathing sucks, too. So I just have to decide which sucks worse.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

R1P2VLCD17

217.6 (-1.6)

Now that's what I'm talking about. Thank you, Jesus! Trying a new treat this morning. Put a tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa in my coffee. I can totally drink it that way. I brewed a 6 oz. cup, used my tablespoon of milk, a scant tablespoon (maybe more like two teaspoons) of cocoa, and about 13 drops of vanilla creme stevia. Yummm....

Breakfast (92):
1 egg (72)
1 T. milk (10)
1 T. cocoa powder (10)

Lunch (135):
100 g. fat free cottage cheese (71)
200 g. collard/mustard greens (40)
2 grissini (24) - Oops, got these mixed with mini-toasts and thought I could have 2. Oh well.

Snack (50):
1/2 naval orange (50)

Dinner (170):
250 g. collard/mustard greens (50)
115 g. canned chicken (120)

Daily total: 447

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

R1P2VLCD16

219.2 (-0.2)

Well, that's better than nothing. One of the veteran HCG dieters on the forum said she builds her day's calories around the meat and the fruit, then fills in the calorie holes with vegetables. I've been doing the meat and veggies and fruit and bread, even if the calories go over. Now that I've started weighing the fruit, I'm realizing how much higher the calories/weight is that I guessed. So I've probably been over by 50 or more calories each day. That's going to affect my bottom line for the round if I keep it up.

So, today I'm trying a new plan today. I'm having an extra protein for breakfast (one egg), and skipping the higher-calorie fruit for now. I have no good reason for this off-protocol change, except that I really wanted an egg for breakfast. And the rest of the day, I'll avoid beef, which I'm getting tired of. It's also higher calories. I think it'll be canned chicken and cucumbers for lunch. Not sure about supper yet. I think I need to go to the grocery store to get some ground chicken and fish and cabbage. I have a couple heads of fennel to use, but I'm not so excited about those. Maybe I should make a soup with them?

Another issue I'm wondering about is the "skip days." Simeons talks about skipping every seventh day when doing a "long" (40-day) round. I haven't been doing that, and most people don't. But if you DO, you can stretch the round out by that many extra days, maximizing the time for loss. I can't do it this round, because I'm traveling starting the first day of phase 3 (yikes). Maybe R2 I'll do the skip days and stretch it out? We'll see. I'd like to finish R3 before my 20-year class reunion in July 2012, and I think I can barely make it with three, 40-day rounds.

Wow, lots of thoughts today. Ramble, ramble.

Breakfast (96):
1 large egg (72)
44 g. strawberries (14)
1 T. milk (10)

Lunch (157):
84 g. canned chicken breast (90)
120 g. cucumber (20)
2 Minigrill whole wheat mini toasts (17)

Snack (70):
1 giant pickle (10)
2 oz. turkey lunch meat (60)

Supper (188):
3 oz. chicken breast (140)
1 cup iceberg lettuce (8)
3 bites tortilla (30)
2 T. salsa (10)

Daily total: 511

Monday, December 19, 2011

R1P2VLCD15

219.4 (+0.4)

Well, that sucks. I hoped my loss would be smaller or none today, but a gain really stings. I have the cheating out of my system!

I thought I had. But finally found grissini at CostPlus World Market, and ate six on the way home (60 cals). Oops. 

Breakfast (75):
150 g. naval orange (75)

Lunch (260):
90 g. ground beef (135)
300 g. onion (125)

Snack (60):
6 grissini (60) -- oops....

Dinner (173):
 230 g. asparagus (50)
1 egg (72)
3 egg whites (51)

Daily Total: 568

Over the limit, but so be it.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

R1P2VLCD14

219.0 (-1.0)

Yay. Glad to see the numbers continuing downward. It's worthwhile. I'm really missing my favorite foods, though. Buttered toast/bread, mostly. I've ordered some Miracle Noodles to get some variety.

ETA: I went wild today. I fell (gently) off the wagon. We went shopping, and Whole Foods is a mecca of yummy things. Oy. Hope I don't suffer serious consequences. I think it happened because I didn't get around to eating my lunch vegetable, so I was hungry by 3.

Breakfast (115):
1 large apple (115)

Lunch (160):
112 g. chicken lunch meat (100)
3 melbas (60) - three left in the pack and they were all broken to bits, so I just finished it off. No regrets!

Snacks (335):
112 g. chicken lunch meat (100)
2 grilled chicken tenders from Jack in the Box (125)
9 pcs. go raw vegan chocolate super cookies (80)
1 sip of dessert wine at Vom Fass (15)
1 sample bite grapefruit (15)

Dinner (185):
1 pkg. Miracle noodles (0)
1/2 c. tomato sauce (50)
90 g. ground beef (135)

Daily total: 795

Saturday, December 17, 2011

R1P2VLCD13

220.0 (-0.6)

Maybe we're not supposed to eat both melbas at the same time, but I LOVE having them as open face sandwiches, and eating just one is impossible. :o) So I often have both at the same time. So be it.

Breakfast (53):
1/2 grapefruit (53)

Lunch (195):
102 g. roast beef lunch meat, cooked weight; (120) on
2 melba toast (40), with mustard .... SOOO good.
3/4 cup mixed boiled greens, mostly chard, some spinach, some collards (35)

Supper (175):
90 g. ground beef (135) sauteed with curry powder and tomato guts, stuffed into
1 large tomato (40) and baked 15 mins at 425.

Snack (77):
240 g. strawberries

Friday, December 16, 2011

R1P2VLCD12

220.6 (-0.6)

Steady as she goes. Made what would've been a good "chili" for supper, except I put too much hot sauce and couldn't eat it. So the numbers are for half of the amount I made. I also totally forgot that the spinach and tomatoes are TWO vegetables, so technically, I went off protocol there. But stayed under my cals for the day, so we'll see.

Breakfast (69):
1 naval orange (69)

Lunch (130):
80 g. roast beef lunch meat (90), on
2 melba toast (40), with Taco Bell hot sauce. Not as good as mustard, but enjoyable.

Dinner (210): Chili, made with seasonings and
1 can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilis (65)
1 T. tomato paste (15)
60 g. ground beef (90)
1 cup boiled spinach (40)

Snack (35):
6 large strawberries (35)

Total: 444

Thursday, December 15, 2011

R1P2VLCD11

221.2 (-1.6)

Yay! Yesterday's hiccup must've been water. Hurrah! Tonight is my office Christmas party. The kitchen at the Reagan Library has agreed to cook me chicken and asparagus. How nice!

Breakfast (69):
1 orange (69)

Snack (20):
1 melba

Lunch (220):
100 g. roast beef lunch meat (105) with yellow mustard on
2 melba (40) - couldn't resist; SOOO good!!
340 g. boiled cabbage (75)

Dinner (225): This will be at a party, so I'll have to eyeball portions.
Chicken (165)
Asparagus (40)
1 T. Milk (20) - whole or even half.n.half, couldn't tell

Total: 535

I jumped off the wagon today -- had a diet soda. Won't know if it mattered since I also ate "out" and don't know what kind of milk went into my coffee. We'll see how the scale treats me tomorrow...

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

R1P2VLCD10


222.8 (no change)

I think I'm retaining water from salt overload. But I'm a salt addict and don't care for the veggies without it. Hum.

Breakfast (63):
1/2 grapefruit (53)
1 T. milk (10)

Lunch (193):
115 g. ground chicken (130), sauteed with curry powder and
1 large onion (63) ... YUMMY!!

Snack (82):
130 g. strawberries (42)
2 melba (40)

Supper (189):
1 egg (78)
3 egg whites (51)
400 g. turnip greens (60)

Daily Total: 527

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

R1P2VLCD9

222.8 (-0.6)

I seem to be on a roll with the 0.6 losses. Not a bad thing, I guess. If I stick to that average, I'll lose 25 lbs over the round. I was hoping for more like 30-34, though, so if I have time, I'll try to add some walking to the regimen.

Breakfast (53):
1 small apple (53)

Lunch (191):
100 g. roast beef (105)
3 medium tomatoes (66)
Green/black tea w/Truvia (not protocol, but don't have my pure stevia along)

Snack (20):
1 melba toast (20)

Dinner (305):
115 g. Tilapia (100)
11 oz. asparagus (69)
1 Melba (20)
1 apple (116)

Daily total: 569 (oops!)

Monday, December 12, 2011

R1P2VLCD8

223.4 (-0.6)

Sure wish I could see a full pound loss day. I shouldn't complain about my steady 0.6, but I'm greedy and impatient. I'm glad my Claim Jumper experiment didn't backfire, though. Yay. I STILL have this nasty cold/sinus thing, which is making everything less comfortable. May try to fit in a doctor visit tomorrow or Wednesday.

Breakfast (53):
1 small apple (53)

Lunch (259):
1 egg (78)
3 egg whites (51)
2 melba toast (40)
400 g. cabbage (90)

Snack (20):
1 Melba (20)

Dinner (180):
115 g. ground chicken (130)
6 T. salsa (15)
110 g. strawberries (35)

Daily total: 512

Sunday, December 11, 2011

R1P2VLCD7

224.0 (-0.8)

Breakfast (63):
Coffee
1 T. Milk (10)
1/2 grapefruit (53)

Lunch (195):
Ditto yesterday

Dinner (200): Claim Jumper
1 rotisserie chicken breast (est. 200)

Snack (40):
1 mandarin orange (40)

Total: 508

I can't believe I survived a social dinner out with friends at Claim Jumper -- one of my favorite restaurants -- and stuck to it. I ate the whole breast of my rotisserie chicken, which was probably over 100 grams, but it wasn't especially big, either. Definitely not more than 200 grams. Likely 150ish. I was hoping they had asparagus, but no such luck. Anyway, a good day on the diet. Whoopieee!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

R1P2VLCD6

224.8 (-0.4)

Kinda bummed about my "slow" losses this past few days. I think I'm taking too much salt. Maybe it's having both melbas at the same time? Not gonna overthink it too much yet. My average is still more than 1 lb. per day, so I can't complain yet. Oh, and I preg-checked my HCG. It's definitely legit.

I've been eating straight, non-recipe food. Getting a little boring. I think since it's Saturday, I'll take the opportunity to try a new recipe. Need fish today.

ETA: Made a curried chicken stuffed tomato for lunch and O.M.G. it was GOOD. I cooked the ground chicken in the skillet with water, chopped garlic and onion powder. Divided it into four servings and put the other three in containers. Returned the single portion of chicken to the skillet, added the chopped guts of my large tomato, maybe a teaspoon +/- of curry powder, and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste. Cooked down til it was tender and thick. Put the mixture into the hollowed out tomato, and baked it for 15 minutes at 350. I would totally eat that in "real life." 

Breakfast (53):
1 small apple (53)

Lunch (195):
115 g. ground chicken (130)
2 T. tomato paste (25)
1 extra large tomato (40)

Dinner (220):
4 oz. canned chicken (90)
400 g. boiled cabbage (90)
2 melba (40)

Snack (53):
1 small apple, baked (53)

Daily Total: 521

Friday, December 9, 2011

R1P2VLCD5

225.2 (-0.6) 

I realized when mixing my new batch of HCG that my dose was actually higher than I though, because when I lost half the HCG, I also lost 0.5 CC of the water, which made the remaining a tiny bit more concentrated that I thought. So, I suspect my dose was really closer to 175 iu. Starting tomorrow, I think I'll dose at that level.

Breakfast (51):
1/2 grapefruit (41)
1 T. milk (10)

Lunch (210):
1 egg (78)
3 egg whites  (51)
2 melba toast (40)
1 c. boiled spinach (41)

Dinner (171):
90 (cooked) grams extra lean beef stew meat (yuk! Dry!) (148)
Bok Choy (cabbage family, so I stretched to include it) (23)

Snack (29):
90 g. strawberries (29)

Daily Total = 461

Thursday, December 8, 2011

R1P2VLCD4

225.8 (-0.6)

I suspect my smaller loss today is due to lots of salt yesterday. So that's OK. Not that I expect 1+ lb. losses every day anyway.

I had a bit of a panic this morning when I realized that I didn't have enough HCG left for another dose and my new vial of bacteriostatic water is on the slow boat from China (or the east coast via USPS ... same difference). How was I going to mix another round without water? Pharmacies around here don't seem to sell it. Yikes! Then I remembered that I had ordered a second mixing kit because I ordered three 2,000 iu vials of HCG rather than two 5,000 iu vials. So I had another bottle of water in the second mixing kit. Phew!! Got the new batch mixed without screwing it up this time. Yay, me!

I'm finding that with such a small calorie window, it's helpful to weight all food in grams and reference CalorieKing.com for info. There's a big calorie difference between a small apple and a large one. So I need to be on task.

Breakfast (77):
1 apple (77)

Mid-morning:
Green tea w/stevia

Lunch (200):
3.7 oz. canned chicken breast (105) - over 100 g., but about the right calories
231 g. cucumber slices, marinated in vinegar-water (50)
2 rye melba (45)

Snack (42):
132 g. strawberries (42)

Dinner (208):
100 g. leftover fajita chicken (165)
1 c. mixed greens (chard, mustard, collard, etc.) (43)

Total Calories: 527 (oops!)

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

R1P2VLCD3

226.4 (-2.4 lbs.)

Nice to see another big loss this morning. I know that'll slow down soon, so a good jump start is motivational. I feel lousy; not because of the diet, but because of this head cold / sinus infection thing. I can't breathe and my face hurts, which is very distracting.

Yesterday was rough. I did fine until late afternoon. I got hungry, but had no snacks left, and didn't get dinner until 8 p.m. Won't make that mistake again. On a side note, putting the boiled eggs on the melba toast was SOOO good. I've always loved eggs on toast, so this is a HCGer's version. Delish. I'm sure I'll be doing that regularly.

Breakfast (71):
Green tea w/ stevia (0)
1 apple (71)

Lunch (177):
3.7 oz. canned chicken breast (105) - over 100 g., but about the right calories
2 c. cucumber slices, marinated in vinegar (50)
1 rye melba (22)

Snack (32):
100 g. strawberries (32)

Dinner (188):
100g. nonfat cottage cheese (85)
2 c. boiled spinach (83)
1 melba (20)

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

R1P2VLCD2

228.8 (-4.0 lbs.)

Probably some water weight in there, but it was nice to see a big jump down. I feel out of sorts because of my head cold, but no biggie.

I've been eating a piece of fruit with breakfast. I believe it's important to give the body some fuel after a night's rest. 

Breakfast: (110 total)
Green tea w/stevia
1 apple, large (110)

Lunch: (168 total)
1 egg, whole, boiled (74)
2 eggs, whites only, boiled (34)
2 melba toast (40)
5 cups butter lettuce (20)

Dinner: (173 total)
100 g. chicken (110)
1 large onion (63)

Snack: (53 total)
1/2 grapefruit, broiled (53)

Monday, December 5, 2011

R1P2VLCD1

232.8 this morning. Water retention from yesterday's high-salt loading foods, no doubt.

So, I want to log my food, but shouldn't wait for the end of the day to do it, because I'll forget what I had, so I'll update posts through the day to keep up.

Breakfast:
Green tea and a naval orange (62)

Lunch:
Hot and sour soup (173)
1 c. chicken broth (15)
1 c. water
1/2 lemon (6)
100 g. chicken breast  (135)
1 clove garlic (5)
Onion powder
Chili powder
Cayenne powder
4 T. apple cider vinegar (12)
2 T. Bragg's aminos
stevia

Salad w/ strawberry vinaigrette (56)
2 strawberries (+3 more to eat on the side) (30)
1 T. apple cider vinegar
1 T. lemon juice (6)
stevia
Butter lettuce mix (20)

Snack:
Melba toast, rye (23)

Dinner:
103 g. baked tilapia (100)
1 c. asparagus (72)
1 melba toast (20)

Total calories: 506

Sunday, December 4, 2011

R1P2LD2

231.4 this morning. Tonight I feel like I'm getting a cold. Ugh. Had waffles and eggs for breakie, gyros for lunch, and "loaf" for supper. Also a few cookies and pieces of toast with Earth Balance. That's all the "loading" I could manage. Hope it's enough. Lots of sodium. Probably retaining water tomorrow.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

R1P1LD1

So I started today. I barely made it, because I'm a moron. While mixing my HCG, I accidentally injected half the Rx solution into the bacteriostatic water vial instead of my mixing vial. So my solution is half strength, which means I have to inject twice as much. No biggie, but I lost 6days with of the HCG, so I either need to order more and hope it makes it in time, or lower my dose. Haven't decided which. And I have to order more water. But that's no biggie. Anyway, here are day 1 stats: R1P2LD1 (Round 1, Phase 2, Load Day 1): Weight 231.8 BMI 36.8 Body Fat 46.8% (OMG!!!) Visceral Fat 9% Muscle 24.2% RMR 1828 Body "Age" 60 For breakfast I had 4 eggs and 2 pieces of toast with Earth Balance. Didn't quite get through it. That's a LOT of food. No sure what I'll eat these load days. Hoping to have time to make my hubby's family's traditional Christmas treat, affectionately called "The Loaf." It's a multi-layer sandwich. Very high fat. End of day report: Apparently my whole life has been a load day, because I ate every fat thing I could today, but everything was close to my norm. Ha! Had a steakhouse burger from Carl's Jr., fries for lunch. Pumpkin cake for a snack. Panda Express for supper. And theater popcorn with butter and a couple fun size Butterfingers for night snack. Oink.