Hi all- I just wanted to make a statement about the green cabbage - I have seen a lot of questions on this. I called one of the main head honchos for Ideal Protein - he said green cabbage is great you should definately be eating this if you like it. Also on the cooked green bell peppers that was on the old phase 1 the 1 that said till you reach 80% of your goal the current one is till you have reached 90% of your weight loss goal you can have raw green bell peppers. Your coach .....sunkissed
Thanks for checking on this. I really love green cabbage and I'm so glad that I can have it.
Yay about the green cabbage! I am taking coleslaw to a party next weekend and didn't think I could eat any!
Texan123 -- I find that most of the packets are pretty good (especially compared to other "diets" I have tried). Everyone has their favorites...naturally, mine are all the restricted!! I "play" with the vanilla puddings...doctoring them up (even added food coloring to the lemon pudding)..with extracts, DiVinci syrups...cinammon. I usually water the soups down more and add veggies. I think you will like them. Yup, your family should notice by Thanksgiving. Christmas is my goal....I haven't seen most of my husband's family in 6 months. (then..of course...I worry because maybe they will think I am spending "my husbands pension" foolishly -- or why didn't I lose weight when he was alive...?)
Most of my clothes are too big on me now -- but I still wear them because I don't want to answer negative questions.....I have found my true friends are really happy for me....I figure the others don't count.
SleepingBeautE -- thanks for the recipes in the recipe file! They look yummy. Do they have any way to "fix veggies"? I am braindead when it comes to veggies since I always ate them with butter (olive oil isnt quite the same). How are the 'forums" on IdealToGo?
I start tomorrow and am concerned because I am afraid I won't like the packets. But I am just going to tell myself I can do anything for 16 weeks!!!
I've found most of the packets are pretty good. I've taken to having the puddings for breakfast...they're very filling. I like having a big salad and soup made with veggies and ff broth for lunch, then having one of the IP drinks mid-afternoon. Sometimes having all the stuff (veggies and packets) at one meal seems to be too much. These are just some things that work for me. Good luck...you can do it!
Tom Sandrab and Torchlaker, thank you for the support and related weigh stories, you both made me feel better and I will stop agonizing over the scale and juststick to the plan as I have and wait until my weigh ins with the dietician, she also told me that I was woeking out to hard and that i was burning musle which wouls cause a hault in loss, also i had missed a couple mieals and she said that would do it too and the fact that I am due for my cycle any minute> so given those three things she said that woulkd totally all cause the scale not to budge. I will look forward to next weigh in which should be on target as I will follow the rules this time. Thanks againfor the insight guys.
Where to I find the recipes and how do I get there? Thankyou for the chocolate pancale packet muffin recipe< i made them lastnight and they are awesome for my sugar cravings? If you just have one when you get a craving is that okay or do you have to count them as a meal? Thanks!
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I had my first day on IP. I did okay. I drank all my water and had 3 packets, one restricted, plus my meal with my protein and veggies. I am going to need to have the veggies on hand and ready to eat and also have the protein ready. Tonight I baked chicken tendars so I will have them for tomorrow. I also love shrimp and buy it frozen at Wal-Mart for $5 a bag. They thaw so quickly in cold water.
I had the ready to drink chocolate drink and I love it. I also had the raspberry protein bar that is covered in chocolate. It was very good also.
Do you guys have any info on allowed sweeteners? I see some people using crystal light and extracts to flavor things. We were told to avoid maltodextrin... most of the sweet IP products list sucralose as an ingredient. Splenda is sucralose, right? And Splenda contains maltodextrin. I'm confused!
Also, what've you all been told about carbonated beverages? I basically drink my water, and usually have green tea or raspberry herbal tea once or twice a day. Wondering if it'd be ok to drink Splenda/sucralose sweetened beverages like Diet Rite? (I've had a couple flavored waters as "treats", and they don't seem to have had an impact on my weight loss)
Also wanted to note a holiday dessert substitution. I know you can make a pretty decent low carb/low cal pumpkin custard, but I experimented tonight and just mixed some pumpkin pie spice with the butterscotch pudding, and added a dollop of sugar free whip cream ( 1tbs = 1.5 g carbs, 10 calories, 1.5 g of fat....I think a reasonable cheat :-)). Not bad.
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