View Poll Results: are you using Strictly IP products or are you using Alternative Products
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IP Products
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52 |
64.20% |
Alternative Products
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29 |
35.80% |
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01-12-2012, 11:29 PM
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#1
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Started IP April 27, 2011
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 7,110
S/C/G: 408//199/199
Height: 5'8
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IP/Alternatives
Out of curiosity I would like to do a poll as to whom is on Strictly IP foods and whom is on Alternatives. The daily chat has been mostly of people on alternatives and the new threads have also been about alternatives. There is nothing wrong with this at all, I am just curious.
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01-12-2012, 11:37 PM
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#2
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strated IP Sept.26 2011
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Boyle,Alberta, Canada
Posts: 196
S/C/G: 266/173.8/180
Height: 5'9
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Strictly IP
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01-12-2012, 11:46 PM
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#3
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 19
S/C/G: 135/124/120
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Alternatives
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01-12-2012, 11:51 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Edmonton Alberta
Posts: 2,796
S/C/G: 204/143/135
Height: 5' 1"
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I just want to add that if you go to the beginning of the daily thread, any day, there is a line that says information on the phases of IP.
If you click on that there is lots of info and recipes etc. One thread is about alternatives and it has a very helpful spreadsheet comparing the nutritional "readings" of alternative products to IP products.
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01-13-2012, 12:01 AM
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#5
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northwest Washington
Posts: 30
S/C/G: 232.5/208.8/175.0
Height: 5'9"
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Strictly IP foods
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01-13-2012, 02:13 AM
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#6
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Started IP Aug 9/2011
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: E. WA State
Posts: 193
S/C/G: 266/195
Height: 5' 7"
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I was strictly P Phase I-II, however I'm now using alternatives in Phase IV.
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01-13-2012, 07:29 AM
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#7
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Started IP Aug 2, 2011
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 156
S/C/G: 220/147/140
Height: 5'10
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I strictly used IP foods. I am starting phase 3 this weekend. I may go to alternatives in phase 4/maintanence.
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01-13-2012, 08:11 AM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 654
S/C/G: 190/176.2/135
Height: 5'3"
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I put alternative since that's what I'm using at the moment, but I'm in the process of trying to switch back to IP to some degree. There are just some products they have you can't replicate.
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01-13-2012, 09:14 AM
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#9
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Restart IP 10/19/2013
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NoVA
Posts: 208
S/C/G: 195/ticker/135
Height: 5'4"
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Strictly IP
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01-13-2012, 09:17 AM
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#10
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INACTIVE
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 146
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Strictly IP
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01-13-2012, 09:36 AM
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#11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 171
S/C/G: 249.4/see ticker/152
Height: 5'6"
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I am strictly IP.
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01-13-2012, 09:38 AM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Finland
Posts: 266
S/C/G: 312/274/180
Height: 5'9"
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I used 100% IP products for the first 3 months and had amazing, fast success. When I had to start travelling a lot again (and getting stopped at the border checks for bringing in food products) I started using Atkins and a few other alt products easily available in grocery stores where I travelled... just to make sure I didnt gain. Our clinic also ran out of some of my "go-to" foods and took a few months to get them back in (customs), so I tried an alt ketosis based pre-packaged diet (Easy Diet) here (in addition to IP. For example, soup or drink) and that was disgusting and made me really appreciate the taste of IP!!!
I liked a lot of the Atkins bars quite a bit, but found that I absolutely lost way more weight when I was 100% on IP. I am sure a lot of alt foods will allow you to lose weight fine, but personally found that I do not lose as much weight or feel as satisfied (not hungry or craving) when I eat alternative.
So if anyone asks, I always say it is so worth only eating IP foods. My experience with alt was fine for maintaining, but not for consistent big successful weight loss.
Last edited by FinnSteven; 01-13-2012 at 09:43 AM.
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01-13-2012, 09:40 AM
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#13
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IP start Jan 3, 2012
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 26
S/C/G: 236/224.0/150
Height: 5'6
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I use 90-95% of IP but drink an occasional EAS drink. About 1-2 a week. The EAS chocolate is too hard to pass up b/c it is delicious and about $1.50 compared to the $5 per RTD for IP. Also it's allowing me to kinda stock up on extra IP packets to add variety for later.
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01-13-2012, 09:44 AM
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#14
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 30
S/C/G: 185/163/130
Height: 5'7"
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Combination.
I purchased some products on idealtogo and also purchased from SAMs the EAS shakes and pure protein bars. This is my second week on the plan.
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01-13-2012, 09:58 AM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: SoFla
Posts: 1,366
S/C/G: 169.8/135/135
Height: 5'-2" - 41 years old - 2015 Reboot: 165.4/136.0/135
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When I was in the weight loss phases, I was strictly IP.
Now that I am in maintenance, I use alternative products when I need to do a P1 day. I also still eat a Pure Protein bar (alternative bar) every day as a snack and I also drink an EAS shake (alternative shake) every day after my workout.
Since I am no longer going to my clinic every week and because of the price, it is much more convenient to use alternatives. Especially because they just supplement my diet now, and are not my WHOLE diet (by diet, I mean "eating plan").
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