Hello everyone! I am new to this board, though I have been lurking for awhile. I found you guys when I was looking for information on the ideal protein diet. I just started ideal protein yesterday.

A little about myself. I am a twenty one year old college student getting ready to enter the "real" world. I have been heavy for most of my life and am more than ready to change and become the healthy person I want to be!

I am excited to get to know all of you and have your support as well as give some of my own.

-Alison

Welcome Alison!! Come here often, read everything, and let the program work. IP is amazing!

Welcome -- this program is amazing -- you made a very good decision!!!! Good luck to you on your journey

Good for you. How exciting. A new life and a new body to go with it. I'm excited for you.

Alison et. all:
Greetings. I just found the forum, so here is my introduction:
I have been followed the Ideal Protein diet mid-Sept. to mid-Dec. and lost 60 lbs. I am 25 years old.

I took a break for Christmas--not eating 'normal' food was beginning to get to me, plus I wanted to enjoy the holiday treats. After a few false starts, I am now back on the program. I lost everything I gained by going off and am back in ketosis.

I weigh 208 now (5'10.5"), with a somewhat arbitrary goal of 180. It has been a long time since I weighed 180, so I might re-adjust depending on what I look like. I have always been on the heavier side; before I started the diet I had let myself go way too far (about 270).

I am actually excited about loosing the last of it for a couple reasons:
1. I will be done with the diet and can eat semi-normally.
2. I am looking forward to how I will look. I can't really picture myself being 'thin'.
3. I am looking forward to how I will feel and fitting into smaller clothes. I already feel loads better from loosing the first 60ish.
4. I will be able to fit more places. I am a farmer; some of the positions/places I have to get into are pretty tight. Now I will fit or fit easier.

Since IP is medically supervised, I have been going in every week and getting measured, which is nice. However the coach and I don't seem to connect very well, so I found this forum by looking for another place to get IP food in Kennewick, WA.

Even though I am relatively close, I know that loosing the last 27 lbs won't be the hard part. The hard part will be fundamentally changing my eating habits so I don't end up like that again. I was raised in a slightly carb-heavy family; living on my own has been a little bit of a challenge. I have often been tempted to go for the easy route rather than the healthier one.

Alison--good luck to you. Heads up, the first week was brutal for me--tired, hungry, headaches, etc. I just went back on it and it was less bad; I just felt hungry all the time. It seems like it took my body about 2.5 weeks to get used to ketosis and work all the kinks out. So, hang in there. Once your body does switch over, you will have more energy than you know what to do with!

Well, that is me in a nutshell. Ask if you are curious about anything. I look forward to getting to know the people here as we help each other towards our goals.