Got through the next phase

Ok. I have completed 3 weeks of the first maintenance phase and I am doing great. Staying within the 2 pound rule. I am still feeling good but not as good as when am on the drops. I can not wait to start round 2. I ordered my drops for the next round and I only have 3 weeks (or so) to go before I can start again.

The next round I know I will do even better than the first. I will make sure to weigh my food and stay at or under the 500 cal.   I noticed that when I started PH 3, it seemed hard for me to eat more. I did not feel hungry at all. I am eating pretty much the same way, but with larger portions. I have added a few things like pizza...ok, I know what you are thinking. Pizza sounds like it would be bad for you, but I am having plain or with tomato slices and not eating the crust. i will eat 2 or 3 small pieces which is not bad because when I was gaining weight, I would eat 4-6 slices at one sitting.

I am still eating at least 1 salad a day with grilled chicken or tuna on it and even I am surprised that I don't use salad dressing any more. I have had some, but only a few drops. Unless the salad is tasteless, I find that I don't need dressing.

I am sticking to the apple a day, grapefruit and strawberries for my fruits, except that I did add oranges (which are on the protocol) and some cherries to my list.

I have also added some corn, but only in salsa and some black beans, again in some salsa. I am having  1 or 2 hard boiled eggs for breakfast if I am hungry and have also added almonds throughout the day as a snack. Greel yogurt is really good when I add some frozen strawberries and some Stevia to sweeten.

Iam not having a hard time at all with limiting the foods I am eating. I want to stay close to the protocol foods because I am looking forward to the next round and want to make it as easy as possible for myself. I have found that if I really want something "bad", I take a taste. We were at Olive Garden a couple of weeks ago and I ordered this chocholet cheesecake thing for the kids. Well, I always say.."say it with chocholet". Anyhow, it looked so good I wanted to scream, so I took a fork and took about 1/4 of a forkful. I ate is very slowly and then had another 1/4 of a forkful. That did it. I had my "fix" and didn't look back. The next morning my scale did not move a gram!!  No harm...no foul!!

Anyone can do this. Anyone can do ANYTHING for 1 month. So little time to look and feel better. I can't wait for my next phase to end to get back on protocol. I will try to get a photo this time to show the weight loss and I will post it here.

Thankss for following me!!