auntdee- wow! you are having great success, what do you eat everyday for your meals.

One for every 5 pounds lost

This is my normal day - a few days a week supper is at 5pm then I reverse the snack and dinner

7am breakfast: IP drink
11am lunch: SALAD - lots of lettuce, spinach, cuc's, celery WF dressing
1pm 1 cups of cooked veg - broc cauli, mushrooms, IP Soup
4pm afternoon snack: IP restricted item
7pm dinner: 7-8 oz of protein with 2 cups of veggies

I found that I need to space my food to fit eating every 3 hours. I also take 3 Potassium tablets a day - B L D. The Magnesium is also spaced 1 at Lunch, 1 snack time and 2 with dinner.

I drink 2 cups a tea per day with Torani SF syrup - 128oz of water

I also make Kale chips to snack on, and cucumber slices.

A few of my supper options-
crab meat stuffed mushrooms, aspargus
taco meat on top of a large salad
grilled chicken with mashed rutabaga and kale
grilled spicy shrimp with Miracle noodles and steamed veggies in a soy-ginger sauce
shreadded roast pork lion in WF BBQ sauce with broc - cauil
mini turkey meatballs with chili powder and WF BBQ sauce and stirfry veggies
Grilled Steak on top of a bed of lettuce with oven roasted rutabaga fries

Supper for me never feels like a diet... friends that have come for dinner say really your on a diet????

It sounds like your not eating or getting enough water. You might be in starvation mode. Plus you need another protein supplement. You can also add egg whites but only twice a week. I add them to the pudding mixes to make pancakes. You could add them to protein powders, you will need to look up the recipes.

I was on a 3-day vacation and needed some ready to eat options, so here's what I found - and lost 2 lbs that weekend.
Muscle Milk premade shake is good - make sure you read the labels they have a few options- I believe the LIGHT ones are the best. "Oh Yeah" protein wafer bars have a 8 carb count. Aiken's has a line of low carb bars (be careful some not as low as others). There is also a ready made chocolate pudding at GNC that is LOW carb and very close to IP pudding. Pretty Good, too. Soy nuts are good too - hard to find usually health food stores generally.

If you live near a GNC go visit them and tell them your looking for low carb options, the manager at my store was wonderful. Plus he explained the differences between the quaility of proteins. IP has one of the highest levels there is. Once I reach goal I will be using alternate products so I went to see what was available and the education.

Thanks auntdee

I added the protein bars and more water, but I havent seen a difference yet. How long does it take to lose weight.

Give yourself at least a week, so your body can get used of it. It won't happen over night, sorry to say

I am my second day into my second week, and have hypothyroidism as well. My first WI I was down 5.4 lbs and 6.5 inches! I love this diet too! It is so easy!!!

That is so encouraging! Sounds like my story. I have a total of 40lbs to lose and I have completed week one with a 5.4lb loss. I am hoping to keep losing at least 5lbs a week!!

I thought it was impossible for me to lose weight, but with IP and stories like yours-it gives me hope.

Thanks!
Tracey

Will cheating here and there cause me to stop losing weight. I dont cheat big, but small, like 4 or 5 chips, a cookie, couple of dates or raisins. I am still having cravings. How do I know if my body is in ketosis?

THIS IS A NO CHEAT DIET!!!!!.....NO CHEAT MEANS EXACTLY THAT.....NO BITES, TASTE OR NIBBLES OF ANYTHING....IF ITS NOT ON THE SHEET YOU DO NOT EAT IT!!!

Your body will never get into Ketosis if you are taking bites here and there, it just won't happen. IF YOU FOLLOW the sheet, you should be in Ketosis within the first 3-5 days, you may have a bad taste in your mouth, a headache or nausaed but this is only because you are getting the toxins out of your body. YOU have to be STRONGER than the food....I am sorry if you think that I am being mean but if you can not hang for at least 2 weeks without cheating then this may not be the program for you. This is a very strict program and has great results. Just because you are craving does NOT mean you can have it. You have to drink lots of water or hot tea or even veggies.

In order for this program to work you have to follow it to a T and only have what is allowed on the program. You are allowed (by some coaches) to have MIO, propel water, MIO flavorings, Divincy syrups. If it is 0/0/0 then you can have it.

Ok, I am done with my 2 cents, again I am sorry if I come across mean but its just stating the facts. I have been on the program for 32 weeks now and have NOT CHEATED, NIBBLED, TASTED, LICKED or SIPPED ANYTHING that I was not suppose to have. I have loss 108lbs so far, I have control over the food now, the food does NOT have control over me!!

wuv2bloved-

You are right, I need to be stronger and from this day forward I will not cheat. You are having success on this program because you are following it correctly and I will try to do the same.

Can I have egg whites?

Yes you can have egg whites