I'm up to 148.0 this morning. Hello glycogen. Boo, hiss... I'm also building muscle, so I shouldn't be freaking out but I am (a little)... I'm going to cut back on carbs a little over the next few days and see what happens. I want my cheat day to be Sunday, but I can't see doing it if I'm still closer to 150 than I am to 145.
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OMG! Trader Joe's again!! Yes, we have Whole Foods here but there is something fun/quirky about Trader Joe's. Nothing else measures up. (yes, I'm crazy).
I know!! If I could ship you frozen yogurt, I would... If there is dry good stuff that you want, let me know and we can arrange a care package...
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What a great idea about the frozen yogurt. So would that count as your carb then or do you count that as one of your snacks?
I've just been counting it as part of dinner (if eaten around then) or as snack if eaten in the afternoon or far after dinner. I still have a protein snack of some kind before bed.
Red Mango is addictive! They have great flavors (dark chocolate, coconut, original tart, madagascar vanilla). There is one semi-close to me where you can serve yourself. I got a tiny little bit of four different flavors.
Warning, though. Four-yr olds can't be tricked into thinking that pomegranate is strawberry, and they get really mad when you mix pomegranate with chocolate. (It tasted pretty weird, I have to admit). I ended up going back to the counter and buying him about 15 blueberries a la carte and he calmed down... I then scraped all the pomegranate out of his bowl and he was happy with the dark chocolate.
Do you all allow items with your dinner if they are fat-free? For example, will you use fat-free sour cream and fat-free shredded cheese on your baked potato? I am just still figuring this all out and wondering if that is ok or pushes the limits!? I know often fat-free = extra carbs and sugar but in dairy type products like those it usually is a little more.. honest, if you will.
I've had fat free cheese and fat free sour cream. Last night I had tacos and made them with corn tortillas, since they are only about 50 calories each and very low in fat. My "carbs" were the tortillas and some fat-free refried beans.
I'm gaining, though, so I don't know if my body is happy with what I'm doing. I'm going to cut back on carbs for a few days and see what happens. I think my gain my just be muscle and/or glycogen, but I'm curious to see what happens if I cut back on carbs. I'm tracking the heck out of my food intake, and weighing in every few days on fatsecret so that I can analyze the data (yes, I'm geeky).
I'm also confused about the meat at dinner. I know that we are only supposed to cook with 1 tsp of oil. I made a pasta sauce with ground chicken (99% fat free) one night last week, but then last night I had tacos with 90% ground beef, since that is the kind that my local grocery store stocks that is antibiotic free, etc. I'm still unclear on whether our meat at dinner can have fat (steak, ground beef), or if we should stick with superlean cuts like chicken breast... I'm SO sick of chicken. (I have seafood allergies and my hubby doesn't care for pork or lamb, so my meat selection is pretty boring).
I'm going to really work on minimizing the fat at dinner over the next few days and see what happens. I'm also going to institute a carb limit for the day to keep me in check, and stop eating nuts with lunch since they have carbs in them too and it might be too much for the "carb poor" meal.
Man, maintenance is more work than the other phases... But I am enjoying the wider variety of food.
1) I am addicted to nonfat frozen yogurt. I bought the plain stuff at TJs (no fat, but very tangy), and have been to Red Mango and other places multiple times... It satisfies the "something sweet" in the evening without any fat.
2) Almonds and cashews and goat cheese with lunch... Love nuts!
I love nuts also. Did you eat nuts on Phase 3? It says PB or a pancake sprinkled with pecans. I should think I could eat the equivalent of one 1 tbl of PB.
Today is the day. GOAL! I am shocked. I thought I was not going to reach it so soon. I weighed myself 3 times to make sure. I have the official weigh in today, but my coach always subtracts 3 pounds for clothes, so I have already made it there. For those who are curious, I lost 30 pounds on my own and have lost 70 on IP. There are times I cannot believe that I weighed 100 pounds more than I do today.
Yesterday I read a quote that said, " Excellence is not an act, it is a habbit." To achieve the excellence of maintainence, your healthy eating must become a habbit.
Then I read an article about willpower. The researcher noted that the average person struggled with about 3 or 4 hours a day, of resisting urges..such as food. To his surprise, he found that the strongest will power people spent LESS time each day resisting urges. If self control is for resisting desires, why were the people who have more of it using less? The study showed that these people were better at arranging their lives to avoid problem situations, They are the ones who take their car to the shop before it breaks down. They are the ones who avoid all you can eat buffets. They play offense instead of defense..and set themselves up so they have a realistic chance of succeeding.
I like this concept. This is what we are doing here. ...arranging our lives so we can succeed on maintenance.
I am going to buy myself some item of clothing or jewelry today to commenmorate my loss. That way when I wear it, I will always celebrate.
I love nuts also. Did you eat nuts on Phase 3? It says PB or a pancake sprinkled with pecans. I should think I could eat the equivalent of one 1 tbl of PB.
Today is the day. GOAL! I am shocked. I thought I was not going to reach it so soon. I weighed myself 3 times to make sure. I have the official weigh in today, but my coach always subtracts 3 pounds for clothes, so I have already made it there. For those who are curious, I lost 30 pounds on my own and have lost 70 on IP. There are times I cannot believe that I weighed 100 pounds more than I do today.
Yesterday I read a quote that said, " Excellence is not an act, it is a habbit." To achieve the excellence of maintainence, your healthy eating must become a habbit.
Then I read an article about willpower. The researcher noted that the average person struggled with about 3 or 4 hours a day, of resisting urges..such as food. To his surprise, he found that the strongest will power people spent LESS time each day resisting urges. If self control is for resisting desires, why were the people who have more of it using less? The study showed that these people were better at arranging their lives to avoid problem situations, They are the ones who take their car to the shop before it breaks down. They are the ones who avoid all you can eat buffets. They play offense instead of defense..and set themselves up so they have a realistic chance of succeeding.
I like this concept. This is what we are doing here. ...arranging our lives so we can succeed on maintenance.
I am going to buy myself some item of clothing or jewelry today to commenmorate my loss. That way when I wear it, I will always celebrate.
Congratulations!!!!!!!
That is just such an achievement and I think you should buy an entire new outfit, jewelry and all!
I also weighed myself several times to be sure before finally accepting that I was really there. I am going to get my hair done tomorrow, I guess that will be part of my reaching Maintenance reward, I then hope to take family photo this weekend.
I've had fat free cheese and fat free sour cream. Last night I had tacos and made them with corn tortillas, since they are only about 50 calories each and very low in fat. My "carbs" were the tortillas and some fat-free refried beans.
I'm gaining, though, so I don't know if my body is happy with what I'm doing. I'm going to cut back on carbs for a few days and see what happens. I think my gain my just be muscle and/or glycogen, but I'm curious to see what happens if I cut back on carbs. I'm tracking the heck out of my food intake, and weighing in every few days on fatsecret so that I can analyze the data (yes, I'm geeky).
I'm also confused about the meat at dinner. I know that we are only supposed to cook with 1 tsp of oil. I made a pasta sauce with ground chicken (99% fat free) one night last week, but then last night I had tacos with 90% ground beef, since that is the kind that my local grocery store stocks that is antibiotic free, etc. I'm still unclear on whether our meat at dinner can have fat (steak, ground beef), or if we should stick with superlean cuts like chicken breast... I'm SO sick of chicken. (I have seafood allergies and my hubby doesn't care for pork or lamb, so my meat selection is pretty boring).
I'm going to really work on minimizing the fat at dinner over the next few days and see what happens. I'm also going to institute a carb limit for the day to keep me in check, and stop eating nuts with lunch since they have carbs in them too and it might be too much for the "carb poor" meal.
Man, maintenance is more work than the other phases... But I am enjoying the wider variety of food.
I'm sure your gain is all glucose and muscle like you say!! I'm going back and forth between 2-3 lb gain lately and it is just plain scary even though we KNEW it was going to happen and is supposed to happen!
Oooh fat-free refried beans! What a great idea to add something to the taco. There are times I think I would just rather have the taco salad I've always been having, seems so much bigger and more filling than just a taco. Like, big mac in a bowl, that even seems larger than one burger on a bun, ya know?
I wonder about the meat too. I can't have chicken every night either. I suppose if we stick with leanest possible steak like a filet cut and leanest beef (which i see you can't get at your store ), it should be "ok" ? I will probably cook supper with no oil whenever possible.
Maintenance IS wayyyy more work I agree!!
Let us know how your adjustments affect things for you. This diet also tends to make me quite obsessive in planning tracking etc etc
I love nuts also. Did you eat nuts on Phase 3? It says PB or a pancake sprinkled with pecans. I should think I could eat the equivalent of one 1 tbl of PB.
Today is the day. GOAL! I am shocked. I thought I was not going to reach it so soon. I weighed myself 3 times to make sure. I have the official weigh in today, but my coach always subtracts 3 pounds for clothes, so I have already made it there. For those who are curious, I lost 30 pounds on my own and have lost 70 on IP. There are times I cannot believe that I weighed 100 pounds more than I do today.
Yesterday I read a quote that said, " Excellence is not an act, it is a habbit." To achieve the excellence of maintainence, your healthy eating must become a habbit.
Then I read an article about willpower. The researcher noted that the average person struggled with about 3 or 4 hours a day, of resisting urges..such as food. To his surprise, he found that the strongest will power people spent LESS time each day resisting urges. If self control is for resisting desires, why were the people who have more of it using less? The study showed that these people were better at arranging their lives to avoid problem situations, They are the ones who take their car to the shop before it breaks down. They are the ones who avoid all you can eat buffets. They play offense instead of defense..and set themselves up so they have a realistic chance of succeeding.
I like this concept. This is what we are doing here. ...arranging our lives so we can succeed on maintenance.
I am going to buy myself some item of clothing or jewelry today to commenmorate my loss. That way when I wear it, I will always celebrate.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GOAL!!! I LOVE YOUR STORY ABOUT WILL POWER.
I love nuts also. Did you eat nuts on Phase 3? It says PB or a pancake sprinkled with pecans. I should think I could eat the equivalent of one 1 tbl of PB.
I did not eat nuts on phase 3... I didn't even eat peanut butter, but if you can fit it into your breakfast as part of the 15gms of fat, go for it.
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Today is the day. GOAL! I am shocked. I thought I was not going to reach it so soon. I weighed myself 3 times to make sure. I have the official weigh in today, but my coach always subtracts 3 pounds for clothes, so I have already made it there.
Congratulations!!! Wow. Three pounds for clothing?? That's really generous. I never had anything subtracted. That's part of the reason I weighed 146.0 the last time I weighed in at my coach's office. Then I decided that I weighed 145.0 in the morning without clothes and that I was officially at goal. I like my home scale, so it's the official one now.
Regarding your thoughts on maintenance. One thing that I am constantly reminded of is that thinking about carbs can kick-start your body into secreting insulin. Then you get hungry. So, dreaming about food is actually a self-fulfilling prophecy. I like to plan for a little bit in the morning when I am in the middle of eating my gigantic breakfast about my lunch/dinner. Then I try not to think or overanalyze the rest of the day.
As I said before, I'm going to cut back on carbs for a few days and see if my weight stabilizes. I've been creeping up 1/2 lb each day since the weekend... NOT HAPPY!
[QUOTE=wildflower613;4067842]I'm sure your gain is all glucose and muscle like you say!! I'm going back and forth between 2-3 lb gain lately and it is just plain scary even though we KNEW it was going to happen and is supposed to happen!
Even though they tell you this over and over, I am shocked at my personal reaction. Granted, I spent 7 months seeing the scale move down, down, stay the same, down, down... So I think that's the real mental shock.
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I wonder about the meat too. I can't have chicken every night either. I suppose if we stick with leanest possible steak like a filet cut and leanest beef (which i see you can't get at your store ), it should be "ok" ? I will probably cook supper with no oil whenever possible.
Maintenance IS wayyyy more work I agree!!
Let us know how your adjustments affect things for you. This diet also tends to make me quite obsessive in planning tracking etc etc
I am giving myself one month on maintenance to track and obsess. I hope that, by doing that, I figure out what works and what doesn't. Then I plan to give myself a little breathing room during the month of November, and see where I end up. I still plan to weigh and have made "150" my new scary number at which point I have to do something more serious.
I think if I do filet and/or steak I will stick with low-carb veggies and a small amount of carbs. I'm going to leave the steak/potatoes/bread for a cheat day.
Maile--Congratulations!! 100 lbs is a tremendous accomplishment! Yahooo for you!
Pxlkitty--I don't think too much about the fat content in our dinner protein. We usually have chicken or lean steak, but even when we have rib eye or t bone once in a while it doesn't have a big effect. That being said, a normal Phase 4 day for me winds up to be about 1400 calories. I think if you keep the calories low, you're not going to gain. Also, I do try to keep the carbs under 100g. At 1400 calories and 100g of carbs per day, I continue to lose weight. I keep it low on my routine days, so that if I have a non-routine day and have to eat something I have less control over it won't affect my weight overall.
I've been grinding my own ground beef. I have an attachment for my KitchenAid, but I've heard you can get excellent results with a food processor, too. If I'm going to make hamburger patties, I use an egg for a binder since there is no fat to hold it together. Chicken is not my fave, either, and in this part of the country it's hard to find quality fish. So, lean beef it is.
Pixlkitty - So frustrating! I'm hoping it's just one of those glitches that will correct itself.
Maile & Wildflower - Congrats!! Good work & enjoy the rest of the journey!
Pxlkitty--I don't think too much about the fat content in our dinner protein. We usually have chicken or lean steak, but even when we have rib eye or t bone once in a while it doesn't have a big effect. That being said, a normal Phase 4 day for me winds up to be about 1400 calories. I think if you keep the calories low, you're not going to gain. Also, I do try to keep the carbs under 100g. At 1400 calories and 100g of carbs per day, I continue to lose weight. I keep it low on my routine days, so that if I have a non-routine day and have to eat something I have less control over it won't affect my weight overall.
Yeah, I have to admit that I've been hovering around 1800 calories... Time to trim that back a little too. And I think I can live with 100 carbs each day, so that is where the extra calories are sneaking in. I'll figure it out.
I am certain I should have no problem staying well below 2000 calories but will usually be above 100 carbs since I seem to have about 1400 calories and 90 carbs in phase 3 (looks like my ph 4 dinner carb will add at least 40-50 more carbs) when I get in maintenance but I *think* I am okay with that.
So far the program has worked and I will just hope (and try to trust) that it will continue to!
I am finishing the first week of maintenance today. The first two days were weird, like I just didn't know what to eat, scared to eat, etc. I had some cheats here and there but nothing big. I think that happened because my coach said "no cheat day until you've been able to maintain your weight for two weeks", so this was a little rebellion on my part.
I decided after the first two days that I needed to put some structure into my eating so I started journaling. I plan in the journal at least 24 hours in advance (in pencil in case I change something) what I'm going to eat. That way, I can make sure that I have the right foods on hand and I stress less because I have a plan. Letting the food happen is how I got overweight in the first place. If I decide to eat something different, I just erase and write in what I actually ate. No big deal. I'm going to keep journaling until I feel a lot more confident in my ability to maintain. I will say that I definitely notice that I'm only hungry at breakfast, lunch, & dinner when I eat properly. If I'm hungry, it's usually because I shorted myself on either protein or vegetables. The journal helped me identify that.
I am finishing the first week of maintenance today. The first two days were weird, like I just didn't know what to eat, scared to eat, etc. I had some cheats here and there but nothing big. I think that happened because my coach said "no cheat day until you've been able to maintain your weight for two weeks", so this was a little rebellion on my part.
Looks like we are right around the same time. I started maintenance last Thursday. I am journaling religiously using fatsecret. We even have a maintenance challenge up if you are interested in joining (Ideal Protein Maintenance - Halloween Challenge). Several people have joined on the "buddy" list and now we can see each others' journals.
I have a new favorite dinner...
3 corn tortillas, sprayed with olive oil spray and baked into crisp in the oven (350 deg, directly on the rack)
1/2 cup rosarita refried beans
2 oz taco meat made from lean ground beef and taco seasoning with no added sugar (i use penzeys)
fat free salsa
fat free sour cream
chopped lettuce
chopped tomato
I made tostadas... They were delicious. I didn't even miss the cheese. I put everythig out in the kitchen, made and ate each one separately so they didn't get soggy... Delicious!!
Thank you all for your support!!! It was so nice to have a place to celebrate. So I go into my coach and I was definitely at goal..by under a pounds. Then the coach and the Chiropractor dr both tell me..that everyone at their clinic gains at least 4-7 pounds on Phase 3..and that I should lose another 4-5 pounds before I go on Phase 3. So, even though I have read here that you do not necessarily gain on Phase 3, I am going to stick with 2 and try to go down another 3 pounds as a safety measure.
Wildflower and PixlKitty..Even though logically we know that there is a reason to go up, it still is very very difficult. By experimenting hopefully you will figure out something that works.
), it should be "ok" ? I will probably cook supper with no oil whenever possible. 
