IP BOOTCAMP WEEK - Start March 1
 

Here we go ladies (or gents),


Bootcamp rules:

NO restricted items
NO ocassional veggies
Water intake (1/2 your body weight)
NO substitutes or (IP or alternative products only)
NO CHEATS (No rationalizing cheats by comparing nutrients)
NO exercise

Post daily your food journal for accountability.

Let's see how we do this week by respecting the Protocol.
It will be great to compare notes on next Tuesday.

(Any changes or additions in the rules can be done on next weeks threads.
REMEMBER we are all in this together.!!

OK, here we go!!! I know for me I have to drink all my water and stay away from Ttrident sugar-free gum. It's slowing me down.

Hey,
Those rules should be easy to follow:P!
Looking forward to hearing about everyone's progress!

I am on board Teresa for boot camp! Will post my Journal tonight! Thanks for heading this up!

Thank Mary, it was her great idea!. A separate thread was a great idea because we are all following protocol 100%.so it will avoid discussions what some allow (small cheats)

Boot Camp
 

Thanks Teresa for setting this up. I had my WI this morning, I was only down 1, but lots of inches, pretty good considering I didn't have any IP products this week.
I will be posting my food intake tonight also. I could post now, but you never know I might sneak in another celery or two between now and then.
Pretty exciting people! I have high hopes for this week.
I'm going to head out on the Internet and find the listing of restricted veggies again. I'll post it when I find the link.
Lent starts next Wed. I don't have anything else to give up, so I might continue this through Lent if all goes well this week.
Mary

Restricted Veggies
 

Ok, here it is:

Please find attached the New Phase 1 sheet. I will be following it too a "T" for this week. As it says anything not on the sheet should be 0/0/0.

We can do it!!!!!!!!

I am in. Just did WI yesterday...down 2.4lbs and 3". Would like to see if I can hit the 3-4lb mark so this will be a good week to stay strict. Timing is perfect - thanks!

Great:carrot: The more the merrier.

hi all,

i am in as well but i will not be starting till tomorrow that is my weigh in. thanks so much

are we posting food journals daily? if so, here is yesterday's.

breakfast: cappuccino. 1 multi, 1 potassium

lunch: 1.75 c portobello mushroom, raspberry jelly, 1 tsp EVOO, .24 tp sea salt. 3 omega 3s, 2 co-factors.

dinner: .5 c egg whites, 1 c mushrooms, .5 c cactus, .5 c bean sprouts, lettuce, AC vinegar, mustard, mrs. dash (salt free), WF chipotle ranch, .25 sea salt. 1 multi, 2 cal-mag.

snack: pina colada. 2 cal-mag, 1 enzyme.

other: herbal mint tea

Hi - I'm in as well! Here's my food journal from yesterday:
BKFST: 8oz Coffee mixed with vanilla pudding (multi vit and pot pills)
LNCH: red leaf lettuce w/ 2C bell peppers and cukes mixed
SNK: wildberry yogurt drink
DNR: Mahi Mahi broiled over lettuce with baby spinach sauteed in 2tsp EVOO and crushed garlic. (multi vit and 2 cal mags)

hi fluffy, it looks like you are missing a lunch packet. it is important to get all 3 packets in each day, even on boot camp.

Water retention
 

Anyone else having a problem retaining water? My ankles are puffy at night although I drink way more than 1/2 my body weight daily. I have always had this problem in the summertime, but it's still early and not all that warm out.
I do not add the extra salt and I quit taking Aleve for my arthritis because the label says noproxen sodium tablets. Also at the WI this morning, my blood pressure was 138/84, the highest it has ever been.
Is there a lot of sodium in the packets?
mary

hi mary, i don't think there is a lot of sodium in the packets, which is why we are required to take the sea salt every day. but the sea salt that we use is not supposed to retain water, it is supposed to help flush water, while keeping the blood pressure from dropping too low. i used to have type II hypertension. it was so bad that i was put on serious BP meds at the age of 28. with this diet, my blood pressure is usually around 117/70, which i excellent for me. no more BP meds!

are you taking the omega 3s? if not, i highly recommend them for your arthritis. i find that they help tremendously with my joint pain. i no longer have to take my prescription ibuprofin or naproxen. it takes a good month for them to build up in your system and fully kick in, but it is well worth the wait.

where are you in your cycle? perhaps you are retaining water from that? give it a week and if it doesn't get better, talk to your doctor about it.

Longdivision reply
 

Are you talking about Fish oil? I take flaxseed oil tablets, vitamin D, and E. I know I have fish oil that I could take if you think it's important too. My husband has a huge supply of Mega Red (he went crazy cuz it was on sale at Walgreens)

So looking forward to starting this tomorrow! Weigh-in Wednesday is a good day for me to start new things!

here is an article that my coach wrote about omega 3s. i think this should be helpful. you should be getting your O3s from multiple sources, so just flax isn't enough. you could take multiple pills, or you could switch to one that includes multiple high grade sources. i use nutri-west. it has seriously done wonderful things for me. it's a bit on the expensive side, but my skin looks really nice and my terrible knee pain is almost non-existant, so i think it is worth it.

Nutri-West
 

Thanks for the advice, I'll check it out tonight.
Mary

Great article! Now I know that I should take them all at night instead of the morning. Thanks for info!

My day is going good so far. I will post my food journal this evening. Need to work on getting my vitamins in. This is sooo much easier for me when you are dealing with a group that has a no cheat attitude (at least for this week)

Ok I am in, but I have to start tomorrow, since I had a bar today for lunch.

I thought this was a good article (and that you must have a good coach, envy, envy). But the teaser at the end kind of spoils it: "To make Omega 3s more effective in your body you will also need to take the co-factors (vitamins and anti-oxidants) that assist the assimilation process. Be consistent because to change your omega fat ratio will take about 2-3 months to change your body chemistry." What specifically is meant by "co-factors"? Do you know???

Hi Mary. My eyes popped a little when I read "I drink way more than 1/2 my body weight daily." Why? Drinking too much water is almost as bad as drinking too little, especially if you drink a lot of water at once. Please check this out, OK?: http://chemistry.about.com/cs/5/f/blwaterintox.htm

Oops, an edit: There is a LOT of sodium in the soups although I haven't seen the stats on the new tomato soup because it became available after I moved to Germany. I have a sheet than has fairly complete nutritional values for all the standard packets. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to attach it. Maybe someone else can help? [It really should be updated and put in the Phases or Newbie stickies?]

1/2 ounce per body weight plus 10 ounces is ENOUGH.

I am not quite following the 1/2 your body weight in water. So if I currently weigh 160, then half of my weight is 80 lbs - so is it ounces (80 oz)? I presume this is correct because there is no way it could be the other way around unless it is 80 lbs a week, but even that is kind of a stretch.

Yes. That's correct. Plus add an additional 10oz

Clarification and daily food
 

I have always been a big fluid drinker, so 90 oz really isn't that much when you include the decaf coffee and decaf ice tea in the mix.
Sorry if I made you think I was drinking 90 lbs. of fluid!:D

Food journal for today.
Breakfast--Capachino
lunch -- 2 stalks of celery, 1/2 green pepper, 1 hunk of cauliflower and 1 chocolate pudding
supper--2/3 grilled chicken breast, 1 turnip mashed with s&p. (yes I had the salt)
Bedtime snack is in the freezer. Chocolate and vanilla pudding.
1/2 tonight and 1/2 for the morning. I have to add a big bowl of lettuce with EVOO and vinegar to tonights food. I was still hungry and my huband came home hungry, so I made him BLT's, and hey, the lettuce was clean. So now it's gone!

Luckily my hubby is at a meeting tonight so I didn't have to cook for him.
I also took all my vitamins.

the ones i take are called "complete omega3 co-factors" by nutri-west. they contain b12, c, b2, b6, folic acid, magnesium, and selenium. you take them along with the omega 3s and they allow your body to absorb the maximum amount of omega 3s. hope that helps.

I think I am done eating for the say.

Breakfast. Strawberry Drink

Lunch. 6.5 oz steak spinach. Salad. WF dressing. Evoo

Snack. Turnip fries. Chocolate drink. salad. WF dressing. EVOO

Dinner. Crispy cereal pancake. WF syrup. 1/4 two of baking powder. 1 egg white (actually have ? as to how ti count the egg whites) I'm nutritnally challenged

20 more oz of water to go for the evening.

Stinko
 

I had that mashed turnip for supper and it was pretty good!
However that said. I went out to get some firewood and when I came back inside I was hit with this foul odor! Turnips STINK!:barf:

[QUOTEe=mamarix1;3737419]I had that mashed turnip for supper and it was pretty good!
However that said. I went out to get some firewood and when I came back inside I was hit with this foul odor! Turnips STINK!:barf:[/QUOTE]

I agree. I had some today

Just a suggestion here: my fitness pal dot com will track your food for the day and calculations. My weight loss was a bit stalled but when I began using this website/app, it helped me to keep the carb count down. Using the boot camp protocol along with that has helped me to stay on task. Same as using a journal but added benefits of seeing the nutrition value of things/calculations (total carbs, calories, etc.)

Sugar free gum slows you down? That may explain my problem or at least some of it!

Yeah, I started just having. It when going in a group setting (bad keto breath) then I was popping them all day.

ok Food Journal for Day 1 Bootcamp

Sunday, Date:
Breakfast -
Lunch -
Dinner -
Snack -
Water-
Comments/Exercise-

Monday, Date - 3/1/11 - 1st day of bootcamp

Breakfast -RTD Vanilla, 20 oz black coffee, 1 packet of Stevia, 2 oz of Pure Protein Shake to add as creamer to my coffee
Lunch - Field Green salad, 1 cup of mushrooms, 1 cup of cucumbers, 1 tsp of olive oil, 2 tbs of cider vinegar, IP Tomato Basil Soup,
Dinner - 5 oz Grilled Chicken, Romaine Lettuce, 1 Cup of Asparagus, 1 cup of Spinach, Cider Vinegar, 1/2 tsp sea salt
Snack - IP Cappuccino Drink
Water- 120 oz
Supplement List - 2 CalMag, 2 Antioxy, 1 Omega 3, 2 Multi Vita, 2 Enzymes, 1 Potassium Calcium
Novi Cleanse - 2 Novi Lax, 4 Novi Renal, 4 Novi Pur

Tuesday, Date - 3/2/11
Breakfast - IP Vanilla RTD
Lunch - Romaine, 1 cup cucumbers, 1 cup of cubanella peppers, IP Chicken Soup, 2 tbs cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 1/4 tsp sea salt
Dinner - 1 cup Spinach, 3/4 cup Asparagus, Romaine, 5 oz 93% lean ground beef, 1 tsp pickle relish, 1/4 tsp sea salt
Snack - IP Strawberry Pudding
Water- 80 oz
Supplement List - 2 CalMag, 2 Antioxy, 1 Omega 3, 2 Multi Vita, 2 Enzymes, 1 Potassium Calcium
Novi Cleanse - 2 Novi Lax, 4 Novi Renal, 4 Novi Pur

Wednesday, Date - 3/3/11
Breakfast - IP Chocolate RTD
Lunch - Romaine, 1 cup cucumbers, 1 cup of mushroom slices, IP Mushroom Soup, 2 tbs cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 1/4 tsp sea salt
Dinner - 5 oz grilled chicken, 1 cup zucchini, 1 cup of cucumbers, 1/4 tsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp olive oil, romaine
Snack - IP Strawberry pudding
Water- 90 oz water
Supplement List - 2 CalMag, 2 Antioxy, 1 Omega 3, 2 Multi Vita, 2 Enzymes, 1 Potassium Calcium
Novi Cleanse - 2 Novi Lax, 4 Novi Renal, 4 Novi Pur

Thursday, Date - 3/4/11
Breakfast - RTD Vanilla
Lunch - Romaine, 1 cup Mushrooms, 1 cup of green peppers, IP Tomato Basil Soup, 2 tbs cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 1/4 tsp sea salt
Dinner - 5 oz pork loin roasted, 1 cup asparagus, 1 cup spinach, Romaine, 2 tbs cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 1/4 tsp sea salt
Snack - IP Capp Drink
Water- 120 oz
Supplement List - 2 CalMag, 2 Antioxy, 1 Omega 3, 2 Multi Vita, 2 Enzymes, 1 Potassium Calcium
Novi Cleanse - 2 Novi Lax, 4 Novi Renal, 4 Novi Pur

Friday, - Date - 3/5/11
Breakfast - RTD Chocolate
Lunch - Romaine, 1 cup Mushrooms, 1 Cup Alfa Sprouts, 1/4 sea salt, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 2 tbs cider vinegar
Dinner - 6 oz roasted turkey breast, 2 cups of spinach, 1 cup of field greens, 1/4 tsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp olive oil, 2 tbs cider vinegar
Snack - IP Capp Drink
Water- 120 oz
Supplement List - 2 CalMag, 2 Antioxy, 1 Omega 3, 2 Multi Vita, 2 Enzymes, 1 Potassium Calcium
Novi Cleanse - 2 Novi Lax, 4 Novi Renal, 4 Novi Pur

Saturday, - Date - 3/6/11
Breakfast - IP Fine herb and cheese omelet
Lunch - Tomato basil soup IP, Romaine, 1 cup of Mushrooms, 1 cup of Bok Choy
Dinner - 5 oz. Sirloin, 2 cups of broccoli rabe w/ garlic, 1 tsp olive oil
Snack - Strawberry pudding
Water-64 oz
Supplement List - 2 CalMag, 2 Antioxy, 1 Omega 3, 2 Multi Vita, 2 Enzymes, 1 Potassium Calcium
Novi Cleanse - 2 Novi Lax, 4 Novi Renal, 4 Novi Pur

OKAY!!! Let's do it again! One day at a time :carrot:

I am in!! I am starting today!!

Great! Come on aboard. I'm doing this for me because initially I was losing weight and then stalled. My problem was is that I would tweak and tweak so much during the week that I just lost control if what worked for my body and what didnt. So basically I needed a clean slate and get back to basics.

I've basically been doing bootcamp since Sunday and have already lost 2.5 lbs. The scales are finally moving down:carrot:

3/01

breakfast: cappuccino. 1 multi, 1 potassium.

lunch: mushroom soup, 2c turnips, .25 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp olive oil, mrs. dash. 3 omega 3s, 2 co-factors.

dinner: .75c egg whites, .5c mushrooms, .5 c cactus, 1c cucumber, lettuce, .25 tsp sea salt, AC vinegar, mustard, mrs. dash, WF dressing. 1 multi, 2 cal-mag.

snack: wildberry yogurt.

Ok, got all of my supplements/vitamins in yesterday. My log was:
Breakfast - coffee plus vanilla pre-mix
Lunch - pink lemonaid (heated so it was a hot drink - it is cold in Montana); romaine salad with 2 cups raw veggies (mushrooms, red onion, cucumber, celery), w/ homemade evoo, vinegar, and seasoning dressing
Snack - jello, small romaine salad WFs 1000s island
Dinner - 6 oz chicken, grilled peppers, w/real salt and approved seasoning

Water consumption...not quite there - about 78oz. Plan to work on getting all of my water in today.