Our dear daughter is the only one on the VLCD this week. Hubby is off on a business trip and enjoying phase 3 and I am loving my Planned Interruption.
Today I discovered a new food love: Coconut Manna
http://www.amazon.com/Nutiva-Organic-Coconut-Manna-15-Ounce/dp/B004T80BYE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328052397&sr=8-1
or
http://www.vitacost.com/productResults.aspx?x=15&y=23&ntk=products&ss=1&Ntt=coconut%20manna
I ordered it a couple weeks ago and got to sample it for my dessert this evening. I warmed it in front of our heat duct, mixed until creamy, and took a spoonful. The mouth feel of this coconut manna is similar to peanut butter... but since coconut and coconut oil are SOOOOO good for us... this is a treat you can indulge in completely guilt free! It would taste fabulous spread on celery, apples, or other fruit, but really.... off the spoon it is the BEST! I'll be enjoying a couple tablespoons a day while on my planned interruption and will have to indulge again once I get into phase 3 & 4. YUMMY! :-) SHHHHH... I don't think I'm going to let ANYONE from my family sample this... it is to decadent to share. Well... maybe I'll let hubby.... maybe.... maybe..... :-)
Not much for today's stats but here ya go:
Me: Planned Interruption and stable.
Teen Daughter VLCD 34 - .8 Total Round 3 loss: -18.6, Total NEW loss: -2 Total hcg loss: 36.6
Hubby & Teen Son - Phase 3
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Primal Energy Bar -- Phase 3
The original recipe for these bars are from Marks Daily Apple blog. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-energy-bar-redux/. I modified it to make it phase 3 compliant. When you are in phase 4 it would be great to add in the dried fruit recommended on the original recipe. I made these bars today for my husband to take to Chicago next week so he will have a snack that he can take to his classes that is filled with fat and protein! My teen son who is in phase 3 had one and said they were DELICIOUS!!
Primal Energy Bars
1/2 cups sliced almonds (I only had whole so I coarsely chopped them in the food processor)
1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped
1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/4 cup almond butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup almond meal
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp honey (can leave out if you are having trouble.. but honestly 1/2 tsp will not make or break your phase 3 day, it is less sugar than an apple has!)
1/2 cup protein powder (I used Vanilla)
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
Additional coconut for topping.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
1. In a pan melt the coconut oil. Add the almond butter and allow it to melt. Add the vanilla, honey, and salt.
2. In a bowl combine the nuts, almond meal, and protein powder.
3. Mix the egg into the nut mixture.
4. Poor the oil mixture over the nut mixture and mix well.
5. Grease a 7" X 5" or 8" X 5" loaf pan with coconut oil or butter. Spread the mixture into the greased pan.
6. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle on additional coconut, press it down. Turn on the broiler and return pan to the oven until the coconut and top is toasted brown.
7. Allow to cool. Cut into 5-6 bars. Wrap in plastic or place in small snack baggies. Refrigerate until you need them. These can also be frozen until you need them.
Primal Energy Bars
1/2 cups sliced almonds (I only had whole so I coarsely chopped them in the food processor)
1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped
1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/4 cup almond butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup almond meal
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp honey (can leave out if you are having trouble.. but honestly 1/2 tsp will not make or break your phase 3 day, it is less sugar than an apple has!)
1/2 cup protein powder (I used Vanilla)
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
Additional coconut for topping.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
1. In a pan melt the coconut oil. Add the almond butter and allow it to melt. Add the vanilla, honey, and salt.
2. In a bowl combine the nuts, almond meal, and protein powder.
3. Mix the egg into the nut mixture.
4. Poor the oil mixture over the nut mixture and mix well.
5. Grease a 7" X 5" or 8" X 5" loaf pan with coconut oil or butter. Spread the mixture into the greased pan.
6. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle on additional coconut, press it down. Turn on the broiler and return pan to the oven until the coconut and top is toasted brown.
7. Allow to cool. Cut into 5-6 bars. Wrap in plastic or place in small snack baggies. Refrigerate until you need them. These can also be frozen until you need them.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Cream Custard - Phase 3 Recipe
This recipe is high in lactose sugars so watch your serving size. When you have a recipe that calls for egg whites only like my Grain Free Granola, you can make this recipe with those left over yolks!
Cream Custard
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup whole milk
3 egg yolks
1 whole egg
1/4 cup xylitol, truvia, or stevia
20 drops vanilla cream stevia
1 tsp vanilla flavoring
dash of nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
1. Combine the cream, milk, eggs and whisk well.
2. Add the sweetener, nutmeg and flavoring. Taste and adjust as needed.
3. Poor into a 7" or 8" glass or stoneware pie plate. Or if you have ramekins you may use those. Place pie plate on a cookie sheet and place in the oven. Fill the cookie sheet with HOT water.
4. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until the top is set and a knife comes out clean.
5. Remove and cool completely.
6. Serve with a dollop of Vanilla Cream Stevia Sweetened Whipping cream.
Cream Custard
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup whole milk
3 egg yolks
1 whole egg
1/4 cup xylitol, truvia, or stevia
20 drops vanilla cream stevia
1 tsp vanilla flavoring
dash of nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
1. Combine the cream, milk, eggs and whisk well.
2. Add the sweetener, nutmeg and flavoring. Taste and adjust as needed.
3. Poor into a 7" or 8" glass or stoneware pie plate. Or if you have ramekins you may use those. Place pie plate on a cookie sheet and place in the oven. Fill the cookie sheet with HOT water.
4. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until the top is set and a knife comes out clean.
5. Remove and cool completely.
6. Serve with a dollop of Vanilla Cream Stevia Sweetened Whipping cream.
Round 3 VLCD 33/31
I am NOT happy today... for some reason I woke to a 1.6 GAIN! GRRRR! That is the LAST straw. I'm transitioning into a Planned Interruption through at least Feb 7th. I'll resume the VLCD sometime between the 8th and 10th to do another 21-30 days or so VLCD to reach my goal. Teen Daughter is thrilled b/c she will get ahead of me. I'm thrilled b/c I am so tired of making 3-4 different meals for each meal time for the littles who can have starch/grains, my autistic son who is GF/CF, my phase 3 son and those of us on the VLCD. UGHHH!!! I have enough VLCD food in the freezer/house for teen daughter to fend for herself next week... then I can just make 1 meal for the rest of us.
So... I'm ignoring today's weight... not even going to acknowledge it in print... yep... DENIAL!
Today's weights:
Shirley.... what weight?? I'll be considering myself stuck on day 33 and will resume with day 34 VLCD once the interruption is over. I'll post about how to do a Planned Interruption that will allow you to maintain or even lose a little sometime over these next few days.
Teen Daughter: -.2 Total R3 loss: -18.4 New Loss - 1 Total hcg loss: 36.4
Teen Son... only .2 above the +2 of his LDW window... so he is tiptoeing through the day food wise hoping to come down or he'll be doing a CD tomorrow.
Hubby is .8 above his LDW, but not really worried... he is HUNGRY. So we continue to adjust his intake accordingly per protocol.
Have a GREAT Saturday everyone!
So... I'm ignoring today's weight... not even going to acknowledge it in print... yep... DENIAL!
Today's weights:
Shirley.... what weight?? I'll be considering myself stuck on day 33 and will resume with day 34 VLCD once the interruption is over. I'll post about how to do a Planned Interruption that will allow you to maintain or even lose a little sometime over these next few days.
Teen Daughter: -.2 Total R3 loss: -18.4 New Loss - 1 Total hcg loss: 36.4
Teen Son... only .2 above the +2 of his LDW window... so he is tiptoeing through the day food wise hoping to come down or he'll be doing a CD tomorrow.
Hubby is .8 above his LDW, but not really worried... he is HUNGRY. So we continue to adjust his intake accordingly per protocol.
Have a GREAT Saturday everyone!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Grain Free Granola -- Phase 3 Recipe
Please only make this recipe if you are able to control your portions and if you do well with nuts. It is so good that you will want to eat it ALL... so you must be cautious if you are a binge eater.
You will have 3 nutrient dense egg yolks left after making this recipe. Look for my Phase 3 Custard recipe to use up the egg yolks! :-)
Grain Free Granola
3 cups almonds
2 cups pecans
2 cups walnuts
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup almond butter
3 egg whites
sprinkle of cream of tarter
1/4 cup xylitol and stevia to taste*
1 TBSP Vanilla Flavoring
1-2 tsp Cinnamon (optional)
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
1. Place 1 1/2 cups of each of the nuts into the food processor and chop coarsely. With some of the nuts coarsely chopped it ends up giving the appearance of oats when the granola is done baking. :-)
2. Put chopped nuts into a large bowl. Add the remainder of the nuts, seeds, and coconut and stir.
3. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with a sprinkle of cream of tarter until soft peaks form.
4. In a pan melt the coconut oil. Add the almond butter and stir until melted and combined.
5. Add vanilla, and sweetener to the nut butter coconut oil mixture.
6. Poor the oil mixture over the granola and mix well.
7. Fold egg whites into the nut mixture.
8. Spread the mixture out on 2 cookie sheets.
9. Bake for about 2 hours stirring every 15 minutes. Bake until granola is dry and browned. Allow to cool completely before storing in an air tight container.
*If you do not care for xylitol you may use Truvia, you may want to increase the amount of sweetener to suit your personal tastes.
Phase 4 variation: Use 1/2 cup honey in place of the egg whites and xylitol.
You will have 3 nutrient dense egg yolks left after making this recipe. Look for my Phase 3 Custard recipe to use up the egg yolks! :-)
Grain Free Granola
3 cups almonds
2 cups pecans
2 cups walnuts
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup almond butter
3 egg whites
sprinkle of cream of tarter
1/4 cup xylitol and stevia to taste*
1 TBSP Vanilla Flavoring
1-2 tsp Cinnamon (optional)
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
1. Place 1 1/2 cups of each of the nuts into the food processor and chop coarsely. With some of the nuts coarsely chopped it ends up giving the appearance of oats when the granola is done baking. :-)
2. Put chopped nuts into a large bowl. Add the remainder of the nuts, seeds, and coconut and stir.
3. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with a sprinkle of cream of tarter until soft peaks form.
4. In a pan melt the coconut oil. Add the almond butter and stir until melted and combined.
5. Add vanilla, and sweetener to the nut butter coconut oil mixture.
6. Poor the oil mixture over the granola and mix well.
7. Fold egg whites into the nut mixture.
8. Spread the mixture out on 2 cookie sheets.
9. Bake for about 2 hours stirring every 15 minutes. Bake until granola is dry and browned. Allow to cool completely before storing in an air tight container.
*If you do not care for xylitol you may use Truvia, you may want to increase the amount of sweetener to suit your personal tastes.
Phase 4 variation: Use 1/2 cup honey in place of the egg whites and xylitol.
Round 3 VLCD 33/30
Yesterday was a huge psychological struggle for me... I think b/c hubby is at goal and wrapping up phase 2, my head was trying to fight for the right to do the same. I had so much what I "thought" was hunger. Today I woke to another loss on the scale and a different mind set. Being just 12 pounds away from goal.. I'm pushing forward... at least for today! :-) I can easily change my mind at any point and choose to trantition into a Planned Interruption... but for now I'm sticking with the VLCD. If I continue to lose at the rate I am I may reach my goal by February 14th. That would be HUGE!! Why? Last February I weighed 235.... if I reach goal by then I'll be 135.... ONE HUNDRED POUNDS lighter! That thought made me really excited today and for some reason.. I'm not hungry... see I told ya that head or psychological hunger can be a killer!! :-)
Teen Daughter and I weighed in at EXACTLY the same weight this morning. :-)
Here are today's stats:
Shirley VLCD 33: -.8, Total R3 loss: 25, Total NEW loss: -7.8, Total hcg loss: -74.2
Teen Daughter VLCD 30: -.4 Total R3 loss: -18.2 Total NEW loss: -.8, Total hcg loss: 36.2
Now I'm off to make Phase 3 compliant Grain Free Granola and some power protein bars for hubby to take on his trip next week.... I'll post recipes later! :-)
Teen Daughter and I weighed in at EXACTLY the same weight this morning. :-)
Here are today's stats:
Shirley VLCD 33: -.8, Total R3 loss: 25, Total NEW loss: -7.8, Total hcg loss: -74.2
Teen Daughter VLCD 30: -.4 Total R3 loss: -18.2 Total NEW loss: -.8, Total hcg loss: 36.2
Now I'm off to make Phase 3 compliant Grain Free Granola and some power protein bars for hubby to take on his trip next week.... I'll post recipes later! :-)
Peppermint Patty Tea -- Phase 2
I have to give hubby credit for this FABULOUS tea "recipe". He made this for me a few nights ago and now I cannot end my evening without enjoying slowly sipping on a hot cup of this tea. As a matter of fact... I HAVE to find more decaf peppermint tea by next week or I'll have to go to bed LONGING for it! :-(
Ingredients:
1 peppermint tea bag (preferably decaf)
Sweetleaf Chocolate Stevia
Sweetleaf Vanilla Cream Stevia
1. Steep tea in water that is heated to the point of just before boiling. Steep for between 3-5 minutes.
2. Add 4-6 drops of chocolate stevia and 2-3 drops of Vanilla cream. Stir and add more of either until you reach the place where it tastes like you are eating a peppermint patty... MMMMMMMM! It is a trip to chocolate mint heaven! :-)
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 peppermint tea bag (preferably decaf)
Sweetleaf Chocolate Stevia
Sweetleaf Vanilla Cream Stevia
1. Steep tea in water that is heated to the point of just before boiling. Steep for between 3-5 minutes.
2. Add 4-6 drops of chocolate stevia and 2-3 drops of Vanilla cream. Stir and add more of either until you reach the place where it tastes like you are eating a peppermint patty... MMMMMMMM! It is a trip to chocolate mint heaven! :-)
Enjoy!
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