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Originally Posted by Clarice41
Good morning all! It's been a while since I have posted. Sounds like everyone is doing great. I am almost at my goal weight (but my coach says he will take me down past it 5 lbs-but I guess you guys who are veterens know this). Anyway I have made it through trips, eating out, holidays,etc-then yesterday the hunger hit. It would not go away and I used every trick I knew (drank more water, ate celery, WF, a pickle, etc. So I caved and ate 1/2 a bag of southwestern cheese curls (IP's). Now this morning I have gained 1lb! I am hoping that that little bit didn't make me gain-good lord when I start introducing food in during lunch and breakfast I will really gain!! Today I am strickly doing non restricted ip foods. Tomorrow we are leaving for Houston for the rest of the week and am hoping that I can stay on track.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Good Job at staying on track!! NO, you did not create one pound of weight with 1/2 bag of Ip SW cheese curls. Whatever was happening was already happening before you had them. It is more likely to be water weight from the salt in the pickle than anything else. Some pickles are extremely high in sodium!
You don't say when you started IP or how many weeks you have been on plan. As your body makes its adjustment to a ketogenic diet, there are specific points that people experience common things. Weeks 4 to 6 and weeks 11 to 14 seem to kick of those adjustment windows. Some people breeze quickly through and, for others it can last one to several weeks. One of those adjustment periods can leave you quite hungry. When that happens, those who move through most quickly and continue to lose weight easily are those who add an extra unrestricted packet or 1/2 restricted packet, or replace an unrestricted with a restricted packet.
I truthfully don't know the logic behind this change. I suspect that it takes place when our body has fully adjusted to using the ketase packets (ketone carriers) as fuel and then has become efficient. At that point, our body begins to convert protein easily into the necessary level of glucose and glycogen for other protein, glycerol, and amino acid sources. One of those sources is our muscle. We don't want to burn muscle so, if you find you are very hungry, rather than restrict the food, make a smarter choice and give your body a little more protein to use in the process, or give it a little more protein/carbs ie a restricted packet. You should find, during the course of that week, you manage the hunger and don't create any significant weight gain.
Accept that losing weight is not always in a perfectly downward line. Sometimes, as your body adjusts to how you want it to work, it makes little "hiccup" adjustments. In the end over the course of the week or month, your downward decline is still apparent and those daily hiccups smooth out to a nice "linear appearance" in the right direction!
As a side note, trying to be too restricted when your body needs the support of the added protein or a bit more carbs, could back fire on you. You could stall out for a bit, or you could burn off your own muscle then you would slow your metabolism DOWN. Not good in the long run because, that muscle is helping you burn the fat and, that muscle is what keeps your resting metabolism high which helps keep you losing more quickly, it also keeps your body fat ratio down. Losing weight but having it come from muscle is counter productive and can leave you as the skinny fat girl with all the health issues of a fat person.
Best advice for this week, if you are hungry, EAT a little bit more!
Enjoy your trip!
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Originally Posted by FacePainterMD
Good Morning!
I'm at 162# today - the last time I lost weight in 2008 it took me 4 months to get to this exact weight from the same starting weight.
This time it took me about 3 & 1/2 weeks!!!
Love you IP 
~Michelle
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Isn't it amazing how differently this program works! You also feel healthier getting there. (And, that's coming from someone who had the bulk of the side effects you can have on this! I still felt better overall and in general!)
You are really doing a great job with this!
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Originally Posted by CBG
Hope everyone is ready for a wonderful week. I haven't quite decided if I should phase out before the Christmas holidays or remain in Phase II with a few planned cheats. My cheats would be a few pieces of fresh fruit and some delightful red wine. I really don't miss the rice, potatoes, pasta or bread and know I will stay away from all that - yes, even the stuffing! What has worked for others?
In my opinion, it depends how close you are to goal for the holidays. Neither fruit nor wine are classic Christmas splurges. Also, you get some fruit back in phase 3 so, if you have made it to phase 3 you should be able to have a bit without it being a cheat.
Is this your first time strictly following a ketogenic diet (very low carb)? If so, be aware there is a phenomena that does occur regularly, it is called the Golden Shot. For many people, the first time they are exposed to a ketogenic diet, there body is put in an extreme confusion as it adjusts to burning ketase/ketones for fuel. That causes a really rapid initial weight loss. Once you interrupt that be a "first real cheat", some people are unable to recreate the rapid loss. WHY? Because your body has learned how to adapt to either fuel. It is no longer "lost" while you switch from one way of eating to the other. It is therefore a bit harder for some to cheat and then go quickly back into ketosis and back to rapid/large weight losses.
IMHO,If you have not yet had a cheat and are very close to being done, I would avoid the cheats/treats of any kind until you get there. Take complete advantage of this new experience and then, when you do your cheat days in phase 4 and at your goal weight, you won't find the challenge of moving back into ketosis because it will be about maintaining a weight not about quickly losing or continuing to lose a large amount of weight.
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Originally Posted by rubyh
Off for my weigh in. Missed last week due to surgery, and will miss next week - going on cruise. So hopefully scale is kind to me this week, and they have some suggestions for eating while on cruise. I'm not planning to just stop IP, thinking I will have IP breakfast and eat 2 normal meals lunch and dinner - maybe a glass or 2 of wine during the week. Then back on phase 1 when I get back.
Best wishes at the weigh in! Enjoy the cruise! Remember to stay well hydrated. Traveling, wind, and sun can definitely dehydrate you. Also, stay hydrated so you will be less inclined to enjoy a temptation. (there will be many!) Remember, if you have wine have red wine that is dry. Also remember, vodka is a better choice and can be mixed with sparkling water or diet tonic/soda. MOST IMPORTANTLY, it isn't the carbs from the alcohol that interfere with our dieting as much as 1) when people drink they are inclined to become a little more hungry and have an extra bit of "something". 2) your body processes alcohol before carbs then processes protein and fats. You basically will be delaying the process so, any food you ate can be digested more slowly. 3) Alcohol requires water to be flushed from the system. To do this, your liver stops processing fat and changes its resource to processing alcohol toxins from your body. This will dehydrate you. Overall, these are what can cause you to gain weight drinking alcohol of any kind while dieting. If your coach has approved you having some, use it carefully.
Enjoy the trip!
CONGRATULATIONS!! WOO HOO!! That is a great 3rd week weigh in! I suspect you will float through the entire day!
Somehow I can't seem to come out on the long end of the stick here.
( or how to change it up a bit.
That is my biggest loss so far and SOOOO makes my Monday..... That is 13lbs in 3 weeks. I don't think I can say that I have ever done that well before
It isn't easy!!! I was talking to a fellow IPer and she was quite exasperated when people say to her..."Oh you are losing weight the easy way!!" NO WE AREN'T!!!!