[Trinique125]

Hi Everyone
I'm starting IP tomorrow and was curious about what others have as their daily menu, especially their breakfasts and lunches.

Please share an example of your daily menu here.

On my first day tomorrow I was planning on this:
bfast - Cappuccino shake (made in the blender)
snack - cup of veggies and WF dip
lunch - one of the soups and salad
snacks - cup of veggies and WF dip
dinner - chicken stir fry cooked with two cups of allowable veggies & Salad

Do you think this would be OK?

[wuv2bloved]

Yup but you are missing one packet ....this is my daily schedule

Breakfast apple cinnamon puffs 2 cups of coffee
Lunch Chocolate drink and a cucumber
Dinner 8oz of meat 2 cups of veggies
Cappachino for my snack

This is pretty much what I have everyday except sometimes I have a bar for breakfast

[scpnme]

My days are similar to Wuv's...in that I do the same thing nearly every day!

Breakfast - Chocolate or Peanut Butter Soy Puffs
Hot Tea
Lunch - Chocolate Shake warmed and 6 oz hazelnut creme coffee added and a cucumber
Snack - Blueberry Cran Granata drink
Dinner - fish or chicken with 2 C veggies

I sometimes switch lunch and dinner which is allowed on this plan...

[Endless Dieter]

I too have pretty much the same:

Breakfast: cheese omelet or cereal with two cups of coffee
Lunch: RTD chocolate and salad
Dinner: 8oz: meat, tuna or two hard boiled eggs and vegetables
Snack: chocolate pudding frozen with peppermint extract

[JoLoMN]

My days look very similar as well:

Breakfast (8 AM): Vanilla RTD Shake, coffee with SF Torani Syrup
Lunch (12:30 PM): 2 cups veggies with IP bar or Chocolate RTD Shake
Dinner (6 PM): 2 cups veggies with 6 oz grilled salmon or 8 oz. protein
Snack (8 PM): Lemon Pudding

If I get up really early (5 or 6 AM), I'll eat 2 egg whites when I wake up, and save my breakfast until 9 AM. Just keeps me on track and I find I really need to stick to my schedule or I get cranky and tempted.

[JKfromIL]

Here is my daily schedule:
6/6:30am breakfast warm chocolate drink
9:30/10am lunch 2 cups veggies and 1 ip packet (typically 2 c cauliflower mashed mixed with chicken soup or an ip drink and 2c celery)
1:30/2pm snack. Rasberry jello
5/6 pm dinner 5oz beef/chicken or 7oz fish, 2c veggies ( usually spinach salad w cucumber) and have a small lettuce salad while making dinner.
I do switch lunch and snack from time to time depending on how I feel.

[Trinique125]

thanks everyone, I notice most of you don't have a snack in between meals, do you not find you get hungry during that time? guess I'm use to having 5 meals a day (former Weight Watcher member) because I was always so hungry two hrs after breakfast and two hrs after lunch.

Anyhow today is my first day, I will let you know how it goes and how full I feel on the packets. Right now I'm having warm water with lemon (heard that it's good for constipation on this diet) and don't want to risk getting "tied" up lol

[DanafromAustin]

Once in ketosis you really won't be hungry anymore so that's why you will find most of don't snack between meals. Getting into ketosis usually takes about 3 to 4 days to happen.

Here is my schedule:
Breakfast: IP Bar with herbal tea
Lunch: RTD chocolate drink with a salad
Dinner: 8oz. protein (usually chicken) and a steamed vegetable
Snack: vanilla or chocolate pudding

Get past the first few days and you will love this diet. Best of luck to you.

[Trinique125]

thanks Dana, your stats are amazing by the way, you're doing really well on this diet.
I had my first chocolate shake this a.m. and I thought the taste was better than I had expected. Anxious to get over the next 3-4 days!!

[DanafromAustin]

Thank you so much. I do love this diet especially since I thought I would have a hard time loosing.

I find the food overall to be pretty good, and of course you will learn really quickly what you like and what you don't like. Of course I keep it all in perspective knowing this is diet food, but still it's not that bad. Hope your first day is going okay. Just drink lots of water and get those toxins out of you. Hang in there, day 3 or 4 will be here before you know it.

[SewingMomma]

I'm starting tomorrow. Love reading the schedules and your incouraging words.

[wuv2bloved]

Originally Posted by SewingMomma

I'm starting tomorrow. Love reading the schedules and your incouraging words.

Lots of information floating around this site along with tons of support, jump in at anytime!

[Trinique125]

My first day was really good, I can't believe it. I enjoyed the shake this morning, the soup for lunch and had my caramel nut bar (it was sooo good), I had a slight headache between 2-4 so I had the bar around 3 and it went away almost immediately. Had stir fry veggies and chicken for supper and it was good, although I did miss the rice, I watched my boyfriend devour basmati rice and was kind of drooling lol

[trimup2day]

Hello everyone, I'm reading through all the vast amount of information on this site. It's AWESOME!!! Thanks! In this thread I have noticed a few of you are eating 8 oz of protein for dinner but phase I shows 7 or 5 oz. Please help me understand. Thanks in advance. Also, are the 2 cups of veggies measured before or after steaming or cooking? Thanks bunches!

[sandralosingweight]

Originally Posted by trimup2day

Hello everyone, I'm reading through all the vast amount of information on this site. It's AWESOME!!! Thanks! In this thread I have noticed a few of you are eating 8 oz of protein for dinner but phase I shows 7 or 5 oz. Please help me understand. Thanks in advance. Also, are the 2 cups of veggies measured before or after steaming or cooking? Thanks bunches!

Hello,

The new sheet of UP says 8 oz whereas the old one says 5 to 7 oz

The vegetables should be measured before cooking.