If you have a headache, try drinking 1/4 tsp sea salt in your water. it really helps. you are going through the hardest part right now. just take it a day at a time and you will feel better. listen to your body. if you are tired at 8pm just go to bed early. don't forget to drink lots of water.

I too was a carb freak, but once you make it past 3 or 4 days the cravings go away. Would I like to eat a big chocolate doughnut, "yes" do I crave one "no". Those first few days are horrible, but I stuck to it and my first week I lost 11.4 lbs. On my second week now and it's soooo much easier.

Great NSV for me today. I have a luch date with about 5 girlfriends once a month and today was our lunch date. They picked the Soup and Salad place close to my work. I love that place and all the yummy soups especially when it is cold outside. It is not super cold outside but soup sure sounded good. Instead I had lots of water before I left, my choco soy puffs, and a HUGE salad with wf dressing once I got there.

Yay for me!!!

I`m in my 7th week on IP, and the last few days when I eat my salad I get a stomach ache. Any ideas why?? Just feel really bloated and yucky. I don`t remember feeling like this earlier, so why now? I have LOTS of lettuce, 1/2 cup each of mushrms, cukes, gr.pepper, cabbage, same as I`ve always had. I`m in phase 2 now, so I add an egg and 4oz. chicken to the salad. Also get gassy now when my stomach hurts! Uncomfortable and annoying to me. Is there anything I can do?

try the RTD vanilla in your tea instead of milk when you can have splenda YUM!

Well just got back from WI#15 and I lost -3 lbs and -1.5 inches thats a total of -81.2 lbs and 55.5 inches. I love this plan. Keep up all the hard work all you IP Champions are doing and have a great weekend.

That is great, my friend you are so awesome. Have a nice weekend and we will see you next week.

Ok I don't know if this is ketosis or what. I am on Day 8 and this started about 3 days ago...

It feels like gas is emitting from my tongue. I also have a nasty taste in my mouth, kind of thick and metally tasting. I have also been light headed and run down feeling in my head. Kind of like my head is FULL and lots of pressure.

I added 16 oz of water today but it hasn't helped. Still tasting it and feeling yuck! Could I have gone too far into ketosis or is it ketoacidosis or something?

I may not be getting all of my oil/fat in everyday. I am taking 4 multivitamins per day. The potassium and the Cal mag daily.

I lost 4.4 lbs my first week so I don't want to stop but I don't like this feeling at all.

AMAZING!!! love the new avatar!

I LOVE hearing these stories because they give me ideas for eating out!

I've been noticing that my skin is drier than normal. Also the big c. I'm starting to think I need more oil than the 2 teaspoons we are allowed in phase 1. Are you all strictly adhering to that? My coach said I could do a tablespoon which is just one more teaspoon. Doesn't seem significant. By the time I brush a little on my protein before cooking that still just leaves 2 teaspoons for a salad. I'm not crazy about the WF. Does everybody really just put 2 teaspoons of dressing on their salad?

I haven't heard of the jump start program so I don't know if you are allowed the IP crispy cereal yet. It feels like you're eating carbs. Sometimes I have it as my evening snack. Jump start sounds tough. good luck!

Oh my goodness, this is EXACTLY how I've been feeling and I'm only into week 2! I find I already have more spring in my step, I feel GREAT about getting into clothing that I KNOW will be just a little bit LOOSER and not TIGHTER tomorrow and I'm starting to do things again that I had not long ago not felt like I had the energy to do. Just SIMPLE things like cooking for my family, getting out of bed at a decent hour and since I've started, there's been no more afternoon naps! It's incredible to feel this way and the difference between wanting and craving is so obvious now. I too never thought I would get past day 4 and 5 of this program but now that the cravings are gone, I am SO seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, even though I have a long way to go

HUGE congrats to the "losers" this week and today!

Hugs
Stacy

I know exactly how you feel about feeling so wonderful yesterday and discouraged today. I lost 1.2 lbs at today's wi but earlier in the week I was down 2 1/2 lbs. So really I gained over the week. It really got me down, discouraged, depressed - all those D words. I'm not sure why I was down 2 1/2 lbs on Tuesday and gained 1 1/2 by Friday. I should have been writing everything in a food journal but I was getting lazy and over confident. (I'm also blaming hormones and the big C.) I know you're happy for your husband but it is probably a little annoying watching him have an easier time of it. It's not fair. They have more muscle mass and I imagine fewer hormonal factors. Don't let it get you down. Think of how much weight you lost in total. We have to hang tough this week and get ourselves on track. About your daughter -I've only been at this for 7 weeks so I defer to the more senior members of the group.

I had my husband hide the scales when I started IP (at the advice of my coach). Have others done that? I know I'd weigh myself too much if I had it right there, but I also miss knowing.