Okay,
So I'll been rummaging through all of these IP threads. I know several of my friends who are doing IP and have had wonderful results. My issue, my budget doesn't allow for IP...so I'm trying to find a good alternative. By reading through the forums and taking notes, this is what I've come up with.
- Ideal Protein Alternatives
- Shakes
- EAS AdvantEDGE ready to drink "shakes" in vanilla, chocolate fudge, double chocolate, strawberry, and mocha caramel cost about $5 for a 4-pack of tetra-paks. Available at WalMart and almost every grocery store. I'd give the flavor 3 stars although I really do not like the mocha caramel at all.
- Omelet Pack
- 4 egg whites and 1 egg yolk in lieu of the IP omelet pack
- Bars (restricted item)
- EAS AdvantEDGE Bar in Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chip Brownie, Chocolate Peanut Butter Crisp, Double Chocolate Crisp. They have between 2-4 grams of carbs and have 17 grams of protein, 8 grams of fat
- Soups
- Snacks
- Pudding
- Supplements
This foods are all tailored to my pallet (I know there are many more out there)
Taking into consideration the cost I have the average cost per packet as around 1.42 a day x 3, plus the cost of supplements I'm at $4.66 a day for all "space food" and supplements. (So I will have my produce and 8oz of meat on top of this.) So it's around 32.62 a week plus my meat, produce, lettuce etc.
Here's my proposed routine:
- Breakfast
- 1 Packet
- Multi Vitamin
- Potassium
- Lunch
- 1 Packet
- 2 cups of veggies
- Lettuce
- Olive oil & apple cider vinegar dressing
- Dinner
- 8oz meat
- 2 cups of veggies
- 2 Cal/Mag
- 1 multi vitamin
- 2 Omega 3/6/9
- Snack
I think this is do-able and am ready to start. I may just do the shakes for the first week while I wait for orders to come in.
Does anyone see anything that is GLARINGLY wrong with this?? Have I missed a key point? Any feedback is appreciated.