[GoodGoddess]

- You can't "Sleep in" with the excuse that you are 'not a morning person ' because you now wide awake at the crack of dawn every morning! Might as well get up right!

- You are wide awake at the crack of dawn wondering if mung bean sprouts will taste good with zucchini because that's all the non-lettuce type vegetables you have left in the refrigerator for your 2 cup vegetables at lunch and you have no time to go to the store before lunch time.

- You constantly find your self having to explain to your husband that the reason you are not wearing your wedding ring is because you are scared to death of it falling down the drain when you are washing your blender bottle! dang ring needs to be resized of course!

- you get constant neck pain from having to tilt your head back to get the last drop of that Wildberry yogurt /peach mango/cappuccino drink!


- Your monthly water bill goes up because you go through a 5 gallon bottle of water in 10 days!

- Its the first time on a diet that you are ok with missing brunch with your friends because you are not hungry at that time anyway!

[meinola]

When you announce to all your friends that you aren't doing any more events that start before 7:30-8PM, so you can eat dinner at a reasonable hour.

When you say that no, you can't have any alcohol and are told that a shot of straight vodka should be okay, right? No. No vodka either.

[MagnoliaBlssom]

you buy toilet paper by the bale.

you are not sure if your grocery store has a dairy department

Olive Garden is sending you get well cards.

you are glad to have that stinky keto b.o.

during your morning prayers, you are wondering if there is a patron saint of ketosis

you have become familiar with every asian food market in town searching for silken tofu

you no longer think vegetarians are all that weird

happy day to all!

[dak1lls]

the top of your stove is no longer dusty!

[joysh]

What a great thread!

...when the butcher sees you coming and knows that you are the person who always needs exactly ONE POUND or ONE HALF POUND of tilapia, salmon, shrimp, etc.

...when you go through toilet paper like it's going out of style

...when the little frying pan, the cutting board, the special knife, and the spatula never go back in the cupboard. They now live in the dish drainer because they are used at every meal. (All phases and now maintenance)

...when you are never without your afternoon snack in your purse and a spare in the car and one at the office. Never.

...when you check in at 3fc every day

...when the scale has become your friend for the first time in your life

...when it's fun to go clothes shopping

[floridasunshine]

Originally Posted by meinola

When you announce to all your friends that you aren't doing any more events that start before 7:30-8PM, so you can eat dinner at a reasonable hour.

When you say that no, you can't have any alcohol and are told that a shot of straight vodka should be okay, right? No. No vodka either.

yes! it's so hard to socialize now!

You know you're on Ideal Protein if:
...you can rattle off 10 recipes using "potato puree" from memory.
...it takes you longer to get ready in the morning because nothing fits anymore (yay!).
...you go through *all* the mints at the checkout line, every single time, to check for ones with sucralose.

[Meeshellee]

Just thought of another one...

...if you take dill pickles to a concert (totally did this last weekend)

[tallgirl231]

Originally Posted by Meeshellee

Just thought of another one...

...if you take dill pickles to a concert (totally did this last weekend)

This one is cracking me up! Time for me to go to bed.

[Wesstrom]

If you feel extreme guilt for licking your finger after you prepared something you can't eat

Or

you immediately wash your hands after preparing something you can't eat just incase you absorb it through your skin

[animallover]

Originally Posted by Chloe222

You get mad at how the person you told about zucchini french toast gave you a disgusted look.. it's so good though..

You have tons of IP recipes and even duplicates all over your kitchen
-You feel guilty when you have communion at church
-The fridge door doesn't shut because there is too many veggies in there


-You can discuss IP with someone on IP for hours and hours
-You google IP recipes constantly but always eat the same thing
-You carry your homemade salad dressing everywhere you go
-You fantasize all day about eating your «chocolate bar» for your evening snack
You find tons of WF products at Sprouts and text your coach, you sound like you've got a huge sale at Nordstrom
you get used to explaining to the grocery clerk that, "It is a rutabaga"
-you spend an huge chunks of time reading labels
-you go on-line to check the menu before you go out to eat
-you wear your lightest-weight pants on weigh-in day
You can't wait to have spinach for your breakfast....smoothie.
..... when you obsess about whether or not to drink 1 oz of SKIM MILK!

LOL! I love this thread. I really wish there was a "like" button

[tbc85]

if you take dill pickle spears to the movies

[meinola]

You use your office's postal machine as a food scale. Yes, I totally just did this to make sure I was only eating 4 oz. of chicken. Definitely need another food scale for the office.

[lumielumes]

...if someone wants to just try one of your IP snacks and you quickly get defensive and say No!

[CrystalWolf]

Originally Posted by meinola

You use your office's postal machine as a food scale. Yes, I totally just did this to make sure I was only eating 4 oz. of chicken. Definitely need another food scale for the office.

That's great I love it! Filing away for future reference, never know I may need to do the same one day.

[Art3mis]

Originally Posted by lumielumes

...if someone wants to just try one of your IP snacks and you quickly get defensive and say No!

lol i totally had this problem..i didn't say and the lil 100lbs girlie at work ate 1/2 my bag of SV Ridges lol oh well. Im too nice most of the time. Lesson learned, dont bring foods that share well to work...ppl are hungry there