CW
thank you and your husband for all you sacrifice and give to protect this country. you look stunning in your new pic by the way and happy anniversary!
BevS
thanks for the cheese info! i rarely do milk in my coffee so i may do a stick of string cheese every now and then to get my "fix"
Morning All,
I have been lingering on the boards for a few weeks. After reading MANY post my husband and I decided to go with the IP diet on 5/4, but using Lindora and EAS products. We couldn't afford the cost of IP. With our first way in I was down 6.8 pounds! The first 3 days were miserable.. I had a constant headache and I was weak. Once I made it past that hump I felt great. Last night i resumed my normal spinning class at the Gym and felt great. Overall i would love to drop 25 pounds.
I am primarily doing the diet to support my husband, who has a goal to loose 70lbs. He lost 10lbs in the first week and 5lbs the next
I just wanted to say thank you to all of you as I would not have been able to pull this off without all of the helpful post ! The results that i have seen in this forum were enough to convince me that this was the right thing for him
CW - I'm thinking of you and your family today and praying for your husbands safety. I hope the last two weeks were amazing and carry all the wonderful memories you need to make it through the next 4 months.
Good Morning, and welcome to all the new folks - glad to have you around! Congrats to all with NSV's! I've been reading like a crazy woman trying to catch up from the past few days.
CW-thinking of you today, sending you hugs and praying the next 4 months go quickly.
It's interesting to read some of the comments people have made about tweaking the program or not tweaking. Results don't lie, my friends. I say do what you need to do for YOU, but keep those choices in mind when you step on the scale.
Elizabeth: Would you please offer your input on Nautilus/weight training? I started up again last night on Nautilus - 20-25 reps per machine, max weight on anything was 50 pounds. I don't want to bulk up, just tone up. Thoughts? (I really value your advice, by the way!)
Have a great day everyone!
I had a SPECTACULAR weigh in. I haven't done this well since my 2nd week. I lost 4.6 lbs I also finally have begun to lose inches in my thighs and hips. I lost 4.5 inches in the last 2 weeks.
Here are my totals for the last 10 weeks:
35.2 lbs
24.75 inches
5.2% Body Fat
I am on Phase 2 and last week I gained .2 lbs. I think my body needed to adjust itself. It looks like it's back to doing the right thing. 10 lbs until my goal!!!!!
Last edited by carlasherea; 05-20-2010 at 10:45 AM.
Why it probably wouldn't be a good idea to eat olives instead of having your olive oil:
There is about 1 tablespoon of olive oil in:
20 medium Mission olives that had an oil content of 20%
40 small ripe black olives
20 jumbo ripe black olives
7 super colossal ripe black olives
There are fewer calories in a tablespoon of oil than any of the above scenarios because olives also have carbohydrates which add calories.
Hope that helps!
funny you should mention that, i just looked it up as well and 10 small green olives contain less fat and calories as 1 tsp of olive oil and only 1.1 g of carbs.
Yay Carla!!! You are soooooo close! What a wonderful loss!
CW..thinking of you today, and sending hugs Addy..as Rocky said...just get through this short period and it will be smooth sailing into the fabulous world of IP Ratfancy...Welcome! Have you started already? You are going to love your results! Queenbee..Welcome to both your husband and you! It's great that you are both doing this together, I think the journey will be that much easier for the both of you
Carlasherea!What an awesome WI.... happy dance for you!....and your picture...Gorgeous! HOPEFUL!!!!!! YES! So happy for you, and so exactly what I needed to hear...those 170's better look out, you going to be all over them in no time
Last edited by Calgarygirlie; 05-20-2010 at 10:51 AM.
funny you should mention that, i just looked it up as well and 10 small green olives contain less fat and calories as 1 tsp of olive oil and only 1.1 g of carbs.
Yay Carla!!! You are soooooo close! What a wonderful loss!
But 10 small green olives doesn't replace your tsp of required olive oil...that's all I was trying to point out. I don't think a few olives here and there would hurt, just don't eat enough to replace your olive oil
But 10 small green olives doesn't replace your tsp of required olive oil...that's all I was trying to point out. I don't think a few olives here and there would hurt, just don't eat enough to replace your olive oil
i completely agree!! the olive oil is very important not just on ip but for overall good health. i probably won't do the olives just bc of the fact i love them in mexican martinis and will probably start craving those if i get even close to a green olive
experienceing the WORST headache today, i know i'm getting all my salt in, maybe not enough water today yet. the allergens in texas-mold, oak, CEDAR-are killing me this year!
Sare
are you scale hopping? i weighed myself on friday and it didn't move one ounce by monday, WI yesterday and i lost 3.7 lbs, just be patient, it will happen
Welcome! Congrats on your losses so far! I also got sick of the salads after about 2 weeks. Have you seen our posts about the rhubarb yet? That's a current favorite legal veggie for a lot of us.
I just found the blog for the rhubarb recipe and gonna give it a try...looks oh so yummy!!
Sare...you had a HUGE first week loss, give your body a little time to adjust, and see what happens at your WI...it WILL work
Quick question...my sheet advises 1-2 TEASPOONS of olive oil, but I am seeing 1 Tblsp being mentioned...are most folks taking more, or is this another case of different coaches with different advice? I hate the stuff, but I will totally down it on a spoon if it helps, lol
