Originally Posted by whirlybird68:
Had my first weigh in last night. I am down 10 lbs! That keeps me motivated to continue.

That's FANTASTIC!!! :carrot::carrot::carrot: What a great job - this is Day 2 so that gives me hope!! :D Keep up the good work! :hug:

10 pounds in a week! I was just over that at 3 weeks! Way to go.

Wow! 10 pounds is amazing!!!! Trying very hard not to have dieters envy! Keep up the strong work!!

Congrats Whirly!!!!

Originally Posted by whirlybird68:
Had my first weigh in last night. I am down 10 lbs! That keeps me motivated to continue.

WOW!!!!...awesome job:hug::hug:. Stay OP 100% and see what happens? the weight does come off with the hard work you put in. Keep it up!!

Thanks chicas!

After spending some google'ing the diet & reading the posts from the website I can't wait to start. I have a couple friends/family members on the diet that have had AWESOME results. I think my whole life i've battled with my weight & the only success i've had was with starvation diets. By no means do I consiter myself "fat" but I am very unhappy with my body. I can't remember the last time I put on my bathing suit or wore a pair of shorts with confidence.

I've always been up & down with my weight, seems I always manage to pack on the pounds when i'm in a relationship, or slim down when i'm single. I've never been a dedicated gym go'er either - I have cycles where i'll go 3 x a week, then i'll slack for weeks at a time. My eating habbits are BAD. I basically live on fast food and portugese food. I occasionally eat "healthy" but I always feel starved so I end up binge eating. I'm lucky im on the taller side to carry out the weight better, but with my scrub uniforms off it isn't pretty ! I've always been a "tommorrow dieter" , tom i'll start my diet, tom i'll
eat better... SURE but tom was like 5 years ago !

I think what put me over the edge was my vacation with my boyfriend and friends to the jersey shore. All the girls got into their little bikinis and here I was with my one piece ( it's a sexy one but still ). Then when we were at the concert, the guys put all the girls on there shoulders to get a better view, my boyfriend didn't even offer ! LOL, I knew that I was too heavy but man was that a big REALITY CHECK ! Then when I joke-ing-ly ask if I could be put on his shoulders ... his response "babe, you know I would if I could but your not petite like these girls, their like 100 pounds" oh man did that feel awful

At times I get so fusterated with myself, like really lindsey? if you are so unhappy with yourself, why not do something rather that EAT. My boyfriend is really supportive, but he has even worse eating habbits ( but of course he's thin ! ) it's not easy to eat a salad on the side of someone clearing out a plate of french fries ....

Regardless i'm ready, i'm ready for a new plan & a new me ! I'm 23 years old and I want to show off my hott bod, not hide it! I'm not going to lie the last couple of days i've been having a "food going away party" i've been eating my fav foods and enjoying them while I can, BUT when wednesday comes... It's ON !!! I can't wait to check back with everyone, I hope I have some success to share !!!

Welcome Lindsey, this is a pretty good group of people overall to rant and rave with.
I am actually in the 2nd week slump myself, I know I am having a typical light weight loss week my second week... but I have to keep moving on.

I have to say I feel like I have still lost some inches here and there, it just feels like I have, and I have seen some weigh in's where they lose more in inches then they do in pounds which is what I am hoping for.

I am also doing the forbidden and have been riding my bike trainer since I started but oh well, I need to do something to get my cardio up lol.

We struggle through the ups and down pretty well here, so welcome to the group, it sounds like you have all the right motivations, you just need to keep them in mind. Also if you have a really supportive boyfriend he will try not to eat all that bad stuff in front of you.

It's my 2nd day (but first full day on IP). Last night I was proud of myself for staying OP even though I could have used the "well I'm not really starting until tomorrow" since I only had IP stuff for the 2nd half of the day yesterday. But, thanks to my BF's encouragement and his steadfast if you can't snack I won't snack with you - I said no to everything delicious. :) I only have 2 weeks and 4 days before I'm gone for a week for a wedding. I will only have IP stuff until then and then I'll have to come up with a good - non IP plan while I'm gone that hopefully won't put too much weight back on. I'll plan on minimizing drinking except for the wedding night!

Welcome Lroderick! I hear what you say about not being unhappy but not being happy with your body either. I'm also a tomorrow dieter - I procrastinate - which is why I'm tarting this 2 weeks and 4 days before this wedding ....

Originally Posted by lroderick:
After spending some google'ing the diet & reading the posts from the website I can't wait to start. I have a couple friends/family members on the diet that have had AWESOME results. I think my whole life i've battled with my weight & the only success i've had was with starvation diets. By no means do I consiter myself "fat" but I am very unhappy with my body. I can't remember the last time I put on my bathing suit or wore a pair of shorts with confidence.

I've always been up & down with my weight, seems I always manage to pack on the pounds when i'm in a relationship, or slim down when i'm single. I've never been a dedicated gym go'er either - I have cycles where i'll go 3 x a week, then i'll slack for weeks at a time. My eating habbits are BAD. I basically live on fast food and portugese food. I occasionally eat "healthy" but I always feel starved so I end up binge eating. I'm lucky im on the taller side to carry out the weight better, but with my scrub uniforms off it isn't pretty ! I've always been a "tommorrow dieter" , tom i'll start my diet, tom i'll
eat better... SURE but tom was like 5 years ago !

I think what put me over the edge was my vacation with my boyfriend and friends to the jersey shore. All the girls got into their little bikinis and here I was with my one piece ( it's a sexy one but still ). Then when we were at the concert, the guys put all the girls on there shoulders to get a better view, my boyfriend didn't even offer ! LOL, I knew that I was too heavy but man was that a big REALITY CHECK ! Then when I joke-ing-ly ask if I could be put on his shoulders ... his response "babe, you know I would if I could but your not petite like these girls, their like 100 pounds" oh man did that feel awful

At times I get so fusterated with myself, like really lindsey? if you are so unhappy with yourself, why not do something rather that EAT. My boyfriend is really supportive, but he has even worse eating habbits ( but of course he's thin ! ) it's not easy to eat a salad on the side of someone clearing out a plate of french fries ....

Regardless i'm ready, i'm ready for a new plan & a new me ! I'm 23 years old and I want to show off my hott bod, not hide it! I'm not going to lie the last couple of days i've been having a "food going away party" i've been eating my fav foods and enjoying them while I can, BUT when wednesday comes... It's ON !!! I can't wait to check back with everyone, I hope I have some success to share !!!

I wish I had done that because the first few weeks I kept thinking of things I would've loved to have had before I started. I was going to start on a Monday but was like you and thought, "you always say Monday, why not tomorrow!?" SO I started right away on a Thursday and wished all weekend I had just waited for Monday.

Iroderick - you and I are the same height and our goal weights are similar...I was aiming for somewhere around 135 but might go lower. Having a supportive partner makes a big difference. My husband isn't doing IP but he felt bad (as he should!!!!) eating junk in front of me so he stepped up and is doing P90X with a low carb diet as well. If you can get your boyfriend on board, that will be of great help in your success I believe (and, let's face it, thin or not . . . nobody needs to eat a plate of fries!!!). Anyway, best of luck you will be great. We will be here!

Originally Posted by Wayward:
Welcome Lindsey, this is a pretty good group of people overall to rant and rave with.
I am actually in the 2nd week slump myself, I know I am having a typical light weight loss week my second week... but I have to keep moving on.

I have to say I feel like I have still lost some inches here and there, it just feels like I have, and I have seen some weigh in's where they lose more in inches then they do in pounds which is what I am hoping for.

I am also doing the forbidden and have been riding my bike trainer since I started but oh well, I need to do something to get my cardio up lol.

We struggle through the ups and down pretty well here, so welcome to the group, it sounds like you have all the right motivations, you just need to keep them in mind. Also if you have a really supportive boyfriend he will try not to eat all that bad stuff in front of you.

Second Week Sloooooow Down here as well. I knew it was coming but hoped it wouldn't, yet as I am only 2 days away from the full 2 weeks I think I might hit 2 to 2.5 pounds at most. That is still 2 pounds more per week than I was managing on my own so I will take it. 6+2+2 = 10 so in 3 weeks I could lose 10 pounds! Will feel amazing!

I cannot give up the exercise 100%, for my sanity alone it is necessary and I don't want to lose my oomph -)

Yeah my weigh in is tomorrow after work, still only 12 days, but I know it's going to be a lower number. It looks like my wife is going to have a pretty good week this week though.
I know she still hasn't gotten on here, I have tried trust me.
We have been pretty busy after work though so she just hasn't gotten around to it.

Funny with the start tomorrow and food going away party. I had to wait 2 1/2 weeks for my IP consultation so I spent them not dieting. I ate things I wouldn't even normally eat . . . even gained a pound or two. When I picked up my IP I started immediately! I couuldn't wait to be thinner -)

This lunch seems huge - RTD shake - 2 cups of lettuce with my version of dressing (1tsp olive oil/apple cider viengar - 2 tsp water then eyballed Ms. Dash onion and herb, sea salt and splenda); 2 cups of cauliflower and cucumber. I'm sure I won't stay too full for long though. :)