Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 04-18-2013, 06:15 AM   #1  
Senior Member
Thread Starter
 
lisa32989's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,219

Default IP Daily Chat Thursday 4/18/2013


Welcome back to the Daily Chat thread - post your plans for today, share what's been happening, ask questions!

Some forum lingo:
NSV = Non-scale victory
TOM = time of the month
WI = Weigh-in
WF = Walden Farms
OP = on program

Bookmarking:
Ideal Protein Sub-forum Home page
Consider making it a bookmark or a favorite in your browser so you can come back easily to get your RDA of Ideal Protein information.

Information for newbies:
Check the sticky page (top of forum, above all the topics) for lots of good information and please read here before asking what might be a frequently asked question in the daily thread: Information on Ideal Protein phases (1-4), IP Ultimate List Recipes, FAQ, Newbie Guide, Exercise, and other Important Threads

More Recipes Here Mix'n in the kitchen...Recipes from the Rainbow
MiX'N' iN THE KiTCH'N.... Recipes from the Rainbow Volume 2
here Fun with Ideal Protein Packets
and here Fun with Veggie Purees!
Ideal Protein Diet Recipes #4

Tickers and Signatures:
There are 2 requirements to have access to signatures and tickers. You must have been a member of 3fatchicks for 20 days AND posted at least 20 messages anywhere on the 3fatchicks forum. When you've met those requirements check The Ultimate Signature and Ticker Thread for more information and instructions.

Quoting: The best quoting tip - EVER!! Thanks Rosie, aka 6710.

Searching:
If you can't find what you're looking for in this forum using the website search function, try using the "double search" using Google.

1) Go to Google.com. Search 3fatchicks by using the term site:3fatchicks.com at the end of your Google search.

For example, if you want to look for "big mac in a bowl", type "big mac in a bowl site:3fatchicks.com" in Google search. No need to include the quotation marks when you type.

2) This will bring up the page that you are looking for, now hit Ctrl+F to search on that page. Type "big mac in a bowl" and all instances of that search term will be highlighted.

Progress photos have been moved to the Mini-Goal Photo Album.

Other helpful links related to the Ideal Protein diet:
Dr. Chanh Tran Tien's website
lisa32989 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 06:30 AM   #2  
Senior Member
Thread Starter
 
lisa32989's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,219

Default

Let's start out today on a POSITIVE NOTE (after reading many complaints on the daily last nite)

If you are weighing daily: changes aren't linear. The scale won't give you positive reinforcement every day. Some of us have learned to watch trends in a more "scientific mode".

If the scale is causing anxiety, STAY OFF THE SCALE between weigh ins! Put it away! The plan works. Stay on the plan and let it do its thing.

Micromanaging doesn't work and only causes anxiety.

Measuring fat loss is tricky. Water weight come off in whooshes, not daily. Much stored water is lost with each pound of fat. Use other measures to determine success (not just the scale). Measurements, the way clothes fit, and how precisely you adhered to the P1 sheet are all excellent measures.

Instead if micromanaging the scale, spend that energy on learning some new IP recipes to keep you OP.

Lets have a great OP/off-scale day (unless its official WI day).
lisa32989 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 07:12 AM   #3  
Senior Member
 
peaches17's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 106

Default

I am feeling so great since starting IP! I have so much darn energy it is phenomenal. My body is morphing into how it has always been meant to function. I feel so, so blessed to have found IP.

And, you guys will laugh how I found it - from a psychic! After a less than satisfying restaurant meal, there was a psychic tea room in this little downtown area nearby. I had time to kill, so got a cappuccino and a reading, which was only ok. Afterwards, the girl and I we were chit chatting and she mentioned IP and showed me her before photos. I immediately said to her, "no offense, but I know this is the REAL reason I was drawn to stop in here now". :-)

Aside from my psychic adventure, does anyone know if there are threads specific to making IP stuff with the Vitamix? I am at a loss there.
peaches17 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 08:05 AM   #4  
Senior Member
Thread Starter
 
lisa32989's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 8,219

Default

Peaches
Check the fun with veggie purées thread. There's a link in the first post.
lisa32989 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 08:21 AM   #5  
Senior Member
 
Spiritman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: North Battleford, SK. Canada
Posts: 150

S/C/G: 395/241.5/250

Height: 6'4"

Default

Did my weigh in this morning and I am quite happy to report a loss of 12 pounds this week. I'm sure my Floralax incident had something to do with this but a loss is a loss none the less - my wife still giggles at me anytime I reach for the multivitamin bottle. After two plus weeks of no recorded losses it's nice to see the scale moving again.

The sport coat I bought two weeks ago might even be too big now - at least around my stomach anyway, the shoulders are still snug though. Imagine that, for a change clothes aren't tight around my middle.
Spiritman is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 08:36 AM   #6  
Senior Member
 
wildviolets's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 147

S/C/G: 192/172/150

Height: 5'5"

Default

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I love making the flatbread with the IP Tomato soup packet. Many IP packet hacks use egg whites. Is there a reason you use the egg whites instead of the whole egg? Could you use the whole egg? I hate wasting the yolk and was curious if there was a reason.
Thanks for anyone's help with this!
wildviolets is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 08:40 AM   #7  
Started IP 7/9/12
 
ragdoll74's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: IL
Posts: 1,748

S/C/G: 224/135/133

Height: 5'5"

Default

peaches17 that's a great story about how you found IP!

Spiritman That definitely makes up for 2 weeks of no losses.
ragdoll74 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 08:41 AM   #8  
Started IP 7/9/12
 
ragdoll74's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: IL
Posts: 1,748

S/C/G: 224/135/133

Height: 5'5"

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by wildviolets View Post
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I love making the flatbread with the IP Tomato soup packet. Many IP packet hacks use egg whites. Is there a reason you use the egg whites instead of the whole egg? Could you use the whole egg? I hate wasting the yolk and was curious if there was a reason.
Thanks for anyone's help with this!
1 whole egg gas more fat and calories than the egg whites do. You can buy little cartons of egg whites if you don't want to waste the yolks.
ragdoll74 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 09:00 AM   #9  
Reboot 9/2014
 
scorbett1103's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 4,856

S/C/G: 198.6/173/165

Height: 5' 8"

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by wildviolets View Post
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I love making the flatbread with the IP Tomato soup packet. Many IP packet hacks use egg whites. Is there a reason you use the egg whites instead of the whole egg? Could you use the whole egg? I hate wasting the yolk and was curious if there was a reason.
Thanks for anyone's help with this!
A whole egg contains 71 calories, 5g fat. One egg white contains 16 calories and less than 1g fat. One egg white also fits in the 0/0/0 category of "extras". That is why you can use a white and not the whole egg. As was mentioned, you can get the cartons of egg whites from the store, 3tbsp of that is about the equivalent of one egg white.
scorbett1103 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 09:07 AM   #10  
Member
 
MY3labs's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 57

S/C/G: 184/149/150

Height: 5'7"

Default

Good Morning! Congrats Spiritman - good story Peaches, I believe everything happens for a reason- did the tea leaves say you'll soon see changes in your body and health by any chance?
Have a Great Day Everyone.
MY3labs is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 09:12 AM   #11  
Reboot Jan 2018
 
Cheekyskeeter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 394

Height: 5'7"

Default

Happy Thursday everyone! I have my final WI on P3 with my coach in less then an hour and then I'm on to maintenance wooot wooooot. And including today I have 2 days left of work before I'm officially on vacation until May 1st!!!
Cheekyskeeter is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 09:25 AM   #12  
Reboot 9/2014
 
scorbett1103's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 4,856

S/C/G: 198.6/173/165

Height: 5' 8"

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheekyskeeter View Post
Happy Thursday everyone! I have my final WI on P3 with my coach in less then an hour and then I'm on to maintenance wooot wooooot. And including today I have 2 days left of work before I'm officially on vacation until May 1st!!!
Woo hoo!!!
scorbett1103 is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 09:51 AM   #13  
Started IP 3/20/2013
 
Lizzeelee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North Liberty, IA
Posts: 11

S/C/G: 180/152/145

Height: 5'8"

Default

Good morning! Congrats on some awesome losses - and good luck to todays WI's!

Yesterday was a rough day here. Got a call from my dr. and was given MRI results from a knee injury I got on Easter Sunday: fully ruptured ACL and torn meniscus - so looking forward to some not-so-fun decisions coming up. If that wasn't enough, my DH called me an hour later letting me know that our basement was flooded!! We live in Iowa and got over 4" yesterday - yuck! Stayed OP though and at the end of the day had my weigh-in ... -4.2 lbs!! I needed that - also finally lost an inch off of both arms. Thank you, Ideal Protein!! <3

Thanks for letting me vent - things will be fine...just a little inconvenient and expensive for awhile.

~Liz

Lizzeelee is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 10:07 AM   #14  
Started IP Feb 19, 2013
 
Donna Gel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 132

Height: 5'5"

Default

Good to see the scales finally 'moved' spiritman! Congrats on the great WI.

Was down with a migraine yesterday, but I am feeling so much better today, although still a bit headachy. I was up by 6 this morning. Showered, dressed, animals fed, drove son to work, picked up groceries and now I am just finishing breakfast. I will sit down in a minute with my morning coffee and go over my days schedule. Probably going to be a busy one.

Have a wonderful day all, stay safe and OP.
Donna Gel is offline  
Old 04-18-2013, 10:14 AM   #15  
Member
 
April Starter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 50

S/C/G: 217/173/132

Height: 5'5"

Default

Good Morning, everyone! Happy to say I've completed 16 days -OP! Am still focused and feeling great! Hope everyone has a great day!
April Starter is offline  
Closed Thread

Related Topics
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
IP Daily Chat Thursday 4/11/2013 lisa32989 Ideal Protein Diet 64 04-12-2013 03:04 AM
IP Daily Chat Thursday 2/7/2013 lisa32989 Ideal Protein Diet 67 03-08-2013 12:15 AM
IP Daily Chat Thursday 2/21/2013 lisa32989 Ideal Protein Diet 90 02-21-2013 11:45 PM
IP Daily Chat Thursday, January 3, 2013 lisa32989 Ideal Protein Diet 108 01-04-2013 01:12 AM


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:23 PM.


We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.