Melba Toast & Grissini

We buy the Grissini and Melba Toast from Safeway. Both come in several flavors. Melba Toast is produced by Old London. The Grissini is a Safeway Select brand -- the latter is in the bread aisle. For Melba Toast, check the cracker or ethnic food aisles in your grocery store. Old London also creates Melba Snacks which are also allowed on Phase 2.

Seasonings!

For our protein, we use a variety of spices that are OK for Phase 2 so we break up the monotony. Most of these are salt free and from McCormick. My favorite is the Tony Chachere's Creole Lite seasoning. I use this on chicken mostly but have also used it on steak. Yum!

Hit my Goal on Round 3!

Wooohoooo! I have reached my goal of 20lbs lost in Round 3 exactly for my LIW :) Phase 3 to begin on Monday and I am so excited to stabilize this new weight and enjoy cheese and nuts :)

Hot Sauce!

These are two hot sauces we use on Phase 2 -- they work well on chicken, steak, turkey and hamburgers!

Nearing the end of Round 3

I am two days away from Round 3 ending. Friday will be the LIW day. I have lost 18.8lbs so far (losing 0.8lbs this morning). I hope to reach 20lbs in the next two days! This round was much easier than Round 2. I have not had any cravings nor has my brain been wanting to cheat (at least too much) ;-) But no cheating has occurred! 

I can't wait till I get to Phase 3 so I can add cheese and nuts :)

Condiments

For the first two rounds of Phase 2, we only used mustard (spicy brown or yellow) -- as both have zero calories and no sugar. Always read the labels before use to ensure there is no wheat, sugar, rice or corn products. In the third round, we added Nature's Own Sugar Free Ketchup which has Xylitol as a sweetener. We tested to see if we would gain or not on this product. Luckily, we did not gain and we still lost weight. I lost more weight on Round 3 Phase 2 than I did in Round 2 Phase 2. 

We do not use relish, pickles, mayo, steak sauce, or any other condiments in Phase 2 besides those seen above and the hot sauces I posted previously.

I recommend sticking to the original Simeons protocol your first round as we did. Then test new products in later rounds. 

Moisturizer on Phase 2

If you need oil-free moisturizer during Phase 2, I recommend Carmex for lip moisturizer and the oil-free Neutrogena line of products for face and hands. These are readily available in most grocery stores, as well as Walgreens, CVS, etc.