[Tryphadz]

Started beginning of Week 2 of VLCD

Weight:
5/19 193.5
5/20 193.5
5/21 193.0
5/22 193.5
5/23 193.5

I am incredibly frustrated of course. TOM is coming in 4 days, so maybe its water? I don't know. I can do an apple day but it seems the consensus is that they don't do anything. I'm sticking to protocol. The only sweeteners I use are packets of Stevia or Stevia drops and that is limited. I might use 4 packets a day total and yesterday was the first time I used the drops. I'm tired of chicken and steak but its worth it when seeing drops... how do you mentally get through the stalls and physically break them?

[Xbcofega]

I'd cut out the stevia just in case it is causing problems, but it is probably TOM. Also, is it real stevia (green powder) or one of the ones processed and mixed with all kinds of chemical junk and other artificial sweeteners? Steak often makes people stall. Is it super lean grassfed steak?

Are you following Dr. Simeons' diet or one from your doctor or some other place?

[ladleliDypenue]

The stevia is from trader joes although in looking at the box it says stevia extract. I can cut it out entirely though.

The grass fed steaks I found are outside my budget but I have been doing very lean cuts and then cutting any fat I can see off. I can cut that out too though but I won't have a second protien source since I don't eat fish/seafood.

The clinics menu list is Dr. S's. So I am following that

[sicheAscems]

Started beginning of Week 2 of VLCD

Weight:
5/19 193.5
5/20 193.5
5/21 193.0
5/22 193.5
5/23 193.5

I am incredibly frustrated of course. TOM is coming in 4 days, so maybe its water? I don't know. I can do an apple day but it seems the consensus is that they don't do anything. I'm sticking to protocol. The only sweeteners I use are packets of Stevia or Stevia drops and that is limited. I might use 4 packets a day total and yesterday was the first time I used the drops. I'm tired of chicken and steak but its worth it when seeing drops... how do you mentally get through the stalls and physically break them?

The first 2-3 weeks on P2 I was eating beef and chicken. I found that I can't have as much beef as I was eating and keep good loses. It took me several weeks to get into a groove and know what I could eat. I switched to mostly fish & chicken with beef just a few days a week. Then my loses started being consistent.

I only use one packet of Stevia a day so I don't know what 4 would do. If in doubt, cut it out and see what happens.