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Originally Posted by h82diet
I've been on Ideal protein for 4 weeks and the first week I lost 8lbs (mostly water) week two I lost 3lbs, week three I lost 2.8 lbs, and the 4th week I lost 3oz WTH...? and just so we're clear, I never once cheated!
How can you eat 600 calories a day and only lose 3 frick'n oz when your paying $90 a week + tax for food? Thats just crazy!
I'm trying to get back in my 2's and only have about 10 lbs to go and was hoping I'd only have to be on the program for 8 weeks total. My weigh-in is next week and if I only lost another 3oz it'll be so long Ideal Protein.  |
Congrats on losing what to me is a decent amount of weight in a short time. In 2013 I was on IP for almost 8 months. The average for me was just over 2 lbs a week. (65 lbs total ) ... 2-3 lbs/ week is about average.
If you read the IP forum..you will see that those with larger weight loss needs will definitely lose larger amounts early on, (frustratingly...for them....those first pounds are often not even noticeable) but the raw "weekly pounds lost" number tapers downward as weightloss moves the person closer to goal. Some weeks the loss feels insignificant, but a stall on IP is defined as several consecutive weeks with 0 loss. Often after a few weeks with small losses there will be a larger loss of a few pounds and the pattern is repeated.
Good for you...you were not in a category that you have been losing more than the 2-3 lbs average a week. That 2-3 lb rate is actually a more accurate expectation on this diet. Many who are on IP have a significant amount of weight to lose. Ketogenic diets that are muscle sparing, as IP is designed to be, finally allows a broken metabolism to lose that weight when nothing else has worked. It's not going to be a quick fix...and will eventually become an endurance game to hit goal and seeing the average weekly loss become 2-3 lbs, which is healthy. For those needing to lose a lot...the fact of losing and understanding what the long term process looks like on paper ...is very important. The last 10 pounds will not come off as quickly as the first. For anyone. You are closer to a healthy weight...your metabolism goes down...common sense.
My advice is to stick it out. The last 10lbs may take much longer...now it's just like just like any other diet. Many IPers eventually use cheaper alternatives...EAS carb control drinks are one inexpensive alternative which mimick the IP products. I used them in place of breakfast or lunch after the first few months... There are threads on the forum which may help you if you decide to move off the branded IP products. They are not magic....
Best wishes...you're not experiencing a stall or unusual results! You deserve to be congratulated...but now the hard work begins...getting to goal and figuring out how to maintain.
Has anyone stalled orplateaued in week 4 / Ideal Protein?
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