Congrats, on the 12 pounds, Linden!

Hi Linden - So great to see you on here. I recognize a few people, but most are new. I am back on Phase 1 and excited to be reading the posts. I hope to hear from you soon. I have gained about 30 pounds back, so I will have to adjust my tracker and all of that stuff. I am pretty disgusted with myself. I have a whole closet full of size 8's that I can't wear, but I am going to work hard and be in them soon.:cp:

Congratulations. It's great to see you on here. Come visit more often!

Linden, I think Berlin sounds awesome. Not sure where all my son wants to visit but Germany is top of his list. I'll check with him and see what cities he wants to visit. He is really into history. I'll pm you when I find out more from him. We are thinking next June.

Amylew, it was a French resturant in Coralville called Chez Grace. It is just off of the Coralville strip north of the University of Iowa softball diamond. I can't wait to go back. It is rather expensive so I only go there for special occassions.

I mentioned a week or so ago about not weighing myself. Well, today I stepped on the scale and the darn thing is broke. It weighed me at 140....I wish. Past two days everything is breaking around my house. Last night I was grilling steaks on the inside jenn air stove and they caught fire and the grate actually melted a chunk out of it. I wasn't paying attention can you tell? Then I put a fan in the window to get the smoke out of the house and it fell and broke a blade. Then today the scale is broke. Hope tomorrow is better around my house.

Hi, I stumbled across this forum 2 years ago, when I was first introduced to IP. I'd occasionally browse through, but I was just too lazy to create an account :)

Now I finally created one because I think I need support to get myself back on track. I've also had the same problem with restarting and giving myself excuses each time. My chiropractor introduced me to IP because I was having a lot of physical health issues, and being overweight definitely contributed to a lot of those issues.

I started IP in Sept. 2009 and by Nov. I had happily dropped 26 lbs, but my goal weight was 50. That Christmas, I took a break from IP to go to Italy for 10 days ... and let's just say that since then, I haven't been 100% back on IP. Up until Jun. 2010, I managed to maintain the weight I had lost because I was partially on IP ... then I got into a relationship, which ended up being consistently, all eating and then napping due to food coma (instant weight gain). My boyfriend ended up losing all his gained weight while he was at bootcamp ... and although it's kind of depressing that I'm now the only "fat" one, I still haven't found the motivational drive to get back on 100% ...

I finally was really determined and got past day 3 last week. Today would be day 8 for me. It was definitely easier to maintain a steady eating schedule when I was working a 9-5 job. I'm back in school now, and I have yet to fix my sleeping schedule. Also due to classes, I don't have set eating times throughout the week.

The first time I started IP, after day 3, I had dropped 4 lbs ... but this time around, I haven't dropped any weight on the scale at all. My mom told me that my face did slim down a bit though. I'm wondering if the wacky & unsteady sleep/eating schedule might be a major cause of it? Also, I've been drinking coffee, with the powder creamer (I'm lactose) and honey (I try not to use too much - but I'm going to try to cut coffee out completely).

Has anyone else had this problem? I'm sorry if I just posted inappropriately in the wrong thread with my back story and such!

Finally got back in the groove! WI this week - lost 2lbs and 3 inches! It's taken me about 6 weeks of starting phase 1 again to make it through the week! I think I enjoyed maintenance too much! I've maintained my weight at 134 for the last 6 months. Now to lose that additional 10-15 lbs that I put off on the first go round! Have a great weekend everyone!

faith27, welcome to the group! We're all in this for each other....post away. I have been on and off program for over 10 months now. Getting back into the swing of things.

I think it is possible for the sleep pattern and your schedule having something to do with it. But, I know for sure the honey and powder creamer will stall you. I hate to comment on such things because I am no poster girl for IP. I did really good when I was 100 % on plan last year and if we follow the plan perfectly, the weight does come off.

Again, welcome to the restarting thread. We are here for you, and everyone else to succeed at this.

Yeah Rubyh! It's always great to see people be successful! You have a great weekend too.

iowahawkeyemom, thank you! I'm trying to "start over" by eliminating everything, for the time being, including all allowed sauce usage. I also realized that since I mostly use the IP drinks, I tend to forget to drink a lot of water ... so I don't think I'm properly "flushing" my body out.

I'm about to go search through the threads, but off hand, do you or anyone else know if there's a thread for issues with the IP packets? I never had a problem til the new boxes of the pineapple banana drink mix I just opened up. The powder seems to have a problem with dissolving in the water. I tried cold and even hot, it'll mix up but then a few minutes later, just separate and settle to the bottom of my water bottle. I also ended up having to drain out all the nasty clumps that had formed ... can powder go bad? :?:

Gee whiz. I sure hope you don't mind my laughing out loud, but I'm laughing with you. I have these kind of days but usually with things electrical -- something will blow, then something will stop working, then the computer goes wonky, then. . . . And usually within a couple of hours.

And to anyone who heard me enthuse about Berlin, I won't take it back, but in all honest I should admit that I live in an historic area of East Berlin that didn't get bombed as much as other parts, and it's pretty affluent, even if I'm not. What did get bombed out has been replaced by parks, play grounds, or ritzy apartment buildings that try to maintain the turn-of-the-nineteenth century look of the grand old (renovated) apartment buildings that still stand, with their 10-11 foot high ceilings, huge windows and french doors (now double or triple paned) and balconies. Not all Berlin is like that.

Well after surgery and 9 days of recovery and eating horribly I am up 13 pounds in 2 weeks. Need to get back on the wagon! Help! So discouraged. I was 2 pounds from goal :(

Still hanging in there!!
 

I have lost 14 lbs and 9 inches still restarting IP last month. I still have a hard time being 100% on the program, but I am still seeing results. I am just taking it one day at a time.

This is the part of this diet that I find frustrating. When else in your life have you ever gained 13 lbs. in 2 weeks? It's extraordinary. It's bizarre to me. I know we lose weight quickly, but maybe if you don't lose it so fast, it won't come back on so fast??? I don't know. It kind of freaks me out.

Just when I thought my weekend couldn't get any worse......tonight my dogs were going nuts barking at something under the deck and wouldn't come into the house. After 10 minutes of constant barking, I found out why they were acting up. A stinking SKUNK! One blessing, my dogs didn't get hit by the spray. Needless to say, my windows are closed for the night. I can't wait for my luck to change. The smell does keep me from eating though.

This bothers me too. I think I'll go over to the maintainers thread and see how everyone is doing there. I just hope when I hit my goal, I will have changed my eating habits and adjusted to eating this style for life.