First off, NinjaNurse! Va va voom!! Love the new picture. Not sure I am struggling yet but I sure am looking forward to changing what I eat with the following phases while at the same time dreading maintenance. I wish I could help more hon.
Willsea, my bad breath seems to come and go, but I have a lot fewer days with it now than when I first began. I just guessed it's my body getting used to burning the ketones and becoming more efficient at it (so there is less to go through my lungs)
SaraJ about veggies, right now I like to saute most of them, loving either mushrooms, cabbage or zucchini. When it cools off I will probably go back to roasting most of them. The purees I tried and I must have done them wrong because they were not good at all to me, but I think that's just me as so many really like them. The best thing I can suggest is to read through the recipes and try them. Perhaps look at 'Big Mac in a Bowl' I loved that recipe!
Spunky and My3Labs Congratulations to you both
Just tried to have the IP Omelet packet that has been hanging around for a few months and umm no wonder why it was my last IP packet, it was yucky
So having an EAS Advantage chocolate fudge shake for lunch instead and truly thankful for finding this protocol.
I just declined going out to lunch with my boss because I'm scared to eat in a restaurant. I haven't since I started the diet 6 weeks ago. How do you all manage to order without stressing?
I just declined going out to lunch with my boss because I'm scared to eat in a restaurant. I haven't since I started the diet 6 weeks ago. How do you all manage to order without stressing?
I actually am not so bad with that. I always check on the menu 1st and then modify what I order. I am used to it by now, but the 1st few times were awful.
MY3labs
I love and look forward to me IP Choco 'fudgesicles' when I get home from work, DELISH.
How do you make these?!?!
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I am now avoiding MIO and trying to use as few products with sucralose. MIO definitely slowed my weight loss. I think it is a matter of sensitivity. Some people can handle it. Stevia as a sweetener is my preference.
I am going to move away from it again. I drank it a bit while camping to help get "warm" water down but I think it is affecting me a bit now.
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I just declined going out to lunch with my boss because I'm scared to eat in a restaurant. I haven't since I started the diet 6 weeks ago. How do you all manage to order without stressing?
Most of my office and friends know I am on a very restrictive diet. I tend to find out where we are going and look at the menu in advance. I also tell servers that I have funky requirements, am super-nice to them and they meet my restrictions.
NinjaNurse hang in there! I think I went through something similar. Mentally I was just ready to move into maintenance, but I was not at goal yet. I just tried mixing things up with new recipes, different packets, etc. That feeling passed and I was able to keep going on phase 1.
Roxanne I usually order grilled chicken/fish with a side of veggies no butter on anything. My other go to is chicken ceasar salad no dressing, cheese or crouton and either vinegar & oil or a lemon wedge for dressing. I've brought my own individual packs of WF dressings before, but that doesn't go over well at a business lunch.
I am back from our vacation and very proud to report that I stayed completely OP (with the possible exception of undereating on veggies here and there when it couldn't be helped). It wasn't easy -- I still have the smell of a certain pizza haunting me -- but I did it!
WI in the middle of vacay last week was -2 and this week another -1.5. I'll take it! I can say with certainty that this is the very first time in my life that I have lost weight on vacation!
I was telling my husband the other day what a difference IP has made for me. Not only have I lost weight, but I have gained my self-respect again. It felt absolutely amazing to be the one with the most self-control in every food setting I was in all vacation. That was very new for me and felt SO great!
Have a good day, all!
So happy for you staying OP!! It's huge! Also thanks for joining the Dietbet.com game. It was great to see all the people who joined and lost 4% of their body weight. Congrats!
So this week I decided to change my goal from 124 to 140 lbs. I may change it again as I get closer, but I have a sneaky suspicion that at 140 I'll be in a size 6 which is my ultimate goal.
So now I have about 40 lbs to lose before I'm at goal!!! I'm in a size 10/12 now at 180 lbs. That's down from a size 22 and 257 lbs!
It was very exciting to see the transformation and actually shop in stores with "regular" size clothes.
So happy for you staying OP!! It's huge! Also thanks for joining the Dietbet.com game. It was great to see all the people who joined and lost 4% of their body weight. Congrats!
Amber -- LOVE your new picture! Wowzers! You are looking fab!
I loved participating in your DietBet. It was fun, a great motivator, and I made some money. Did your new one begin yet? Thanks for starting me on this -- it's spiced things up a bit more me. Can't believe how quickly those 4 weeks go. Congrats on being "most popular."
I think you have made a good decision regarding your goal. Size 6 is wonderful. I have been thinking my goal is too high . . . but, when I set it, I could not face the idea of needing to lose more than 100 lbs, so I set it for exactly 100 down. I may have to adjust mine downward. In fact, I was quite sure of that until I now see that you will be in a size 6 at 140. I think I run a tad "bigger" for my weight than you, but that is still very inspiring. Go girl!
NinjaNurse -- No advice for you, I'm afraid. I had to pass on birthday cake last week, too, and it wasn't very fun. But, here's a thought, would you really enjoy it completely before getting to goal anyway? Everyone is different, but, for me, I had become very, very self-conscious eating things like birthday cake in front of most people . . . not that that would stop me, but it did curtail my enjoyment of it to a large extent. That's what I told myself about the birthday cake last week -- even if it tasted great, I would be self-conscious and not enjoy it as much as I was thinking I would. That took some of the fun out of the cake idea for me. Aside from that, all I can give you is a .
Amberjules- love the new pics and congrats on adjusting your goal!
Ninjanurse- I don't have any good advice, but I've been feeling bummed this week too with no loss to record. I am trying to keep positive. Some weeks are better than others, I guess.
