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**MegaJIT** · 07-04-2011, 12:46 PM

I have to report my experience with the "P2 steak day."

Both Saturday and yesterday, I was out and about with Husband and a friend who is visiting for the weekend. On Saturday, I didn't plan ahead sufficiently, and didn't have meats thawed to make myself take-along lunch and dinner. So, I decided to wing it. Basically, I had my usual breakfast, skipped lunch, had an apple for an afternoon snack, and ordered a 10-oz portion of fillet mignon at a restaurant, and a lettuce and tomato salad with vinegar and salt. I gave 1/4 of the fillet to Husband. Calories for the day were 501.

I wasn't doing it deliberately to hasten losses. I tend to lose 1/2 pound a day on the average, although at times that average is screwed up by one or two "goose egg" days a week. The reason I did it was because I was flying by the seat of my pants on a poorly planned day. However, there were several benefits to doing this:

Being able to sync eating schedules with Husband and friend, who ate brunch and dinner during the weekend, instead of having to eat meager diet food on my own schedule, and then sit and watch while they enjoyed tasty restaurant meals
Being able to see a REAL PORTION of food on my plate for once, instead of ending up spitting in anger at having to decimate an already small steak to meet the 100g parameter
LOSING 1.2 pounds one day, and another 0.8 pounds the next day. DOUBLED MY WEIGHT LOSS AVERAGE during those two days.

I reread Pounds and Inches, and I found the passage where Dr. S outlines the diet. He says that people shouldn't eat both portions of fruit or starch at the same sitting. However, HE DOES NOT SAY THE SAME ABOUT PROTEIN AND VEGETABLES. Here is the passage from P&I:

There is no objection to breaking up the two meals. For instance having a breadstick and an apple for breakfast or before going to bed, provided they are deducted from the regular meals. The whole daily ration of two breadsticks or two fruits may not be eaten at the same time, nor can any item saved from the previous day be added on the following day. To be honest, faster losses weren't what I was after when I decided to combine my lunch and dinner portions into a single meal. I would have been perfectly satisfied with a loss of 0.4 on each day, seeing as it wasn't 10000000000% "on protocol." But, I can't argue with the results, nor with the gratification I had from figuring out a way that I can enjoy a meal out with family and friends, without feeling deprived in the least.

07-04-2011, 12:46 PM	#35
MegaJIT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 591 Senior Member	I have to report my experience with the "P2 steak day." Both Saturday and yesterday, I was out and about with Husband and a friend who is visiting for the weekend. On Saturday, I didn't plan ahead sufficiently, and didn't have meats thawed to make myself take-along lunch and dinner. So, I decided to wing it. Basically, I had my usual breakfast, skipped lunch, had an apple for an afternoon snack, and ordered a 10-oz portion of fillet mignon at a restaurant, and a lettuce and tomato salad with vinegar and salt. I gave 1/4 of the fillet to Husband. Calories for the day were 501. I wasn't doing it deliberately to hasten losses. I tend to lose 1/2 pound a day on the average, although at times that average is screwed up by one or two "goose egg" days a week. The reason I did it was because I was flying by the seat of my pants on a poorly planned day. However, there were several benefits to doing this: Being able to sync eating schedules with Husband and friend, who ate brunch and dinner during the weekend, instead of having to eat meager diet food on my own schedule, and then sit and watch while they enjoyed tasty restaurant meals Being able to see a REAL PORTION of food on my plate for once, instead of ending up spitting in anger at having to decimate an already small steak to meet the 100g parameter LOSING 1.2 pounds one day, and another 0.8 pounds the next day. DOUBLED MY WEIGHT LOSS AVERAGE during those two days. I reread Pounds and Inches, and I found the passage where Dr. S outlines the diet. He says that people shouldn't eat both portions of fruit or starch at the same sitting. However, HE DOES NOT SAY THE SAME ABOUT PROTEIN AND VEGETABLES. Here is the passage from P&I: There is no objection to breaking up the two meals. For instance having a breadstick and an apple for breakfast or before going to bed, provided they are deducted from the regular meals. The whole daily ration of two breadsticks or two fruits may not be eaten at the same time, nor can any item saved from the previous day be added on the following day. To be honest, faster losses weren't what I was after when I decided to combine my lunch and dinner portions into a single meal. I would have been perfectly satisfied with a loss of 0.4 on each day, seeing as it wasn't 10000000000% "on protocol." But, I can't argue with the results, nor with the gratification I had from figuring out a way that I can enjoy a meal out with family and friends, without feeling deprived in the least.
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