Good afternoon all. Sounds like it was a mixed bag this weekend for highs and lows, but it is good to see all the support and encouragement. I've had an odd last eight days or so in terms of weight loss - I was feeling a bit stalled or at least very slowed-down and then 8 pounds dropped off almost overnight; weird, but I won't argue. The only aberrant behavior on my part was eating an off plan but light meal Saturday for lunch while attending a seminar. It was avoidable but not gracefully so, so I ate my chicken salad (with grapes), cantaloupe and watermelon chunks, salad, and one small slice of homemade bread (no butter). I passed on the chocolate cake, so I figured it would all work out. Sunday back on plan and today I'm at my lowest weight in my recent memory - at least 20 years. Perhaps my body needs to have an occasional shock treatment to get going again?

Anyway, it is great to be losing weight, losing inches, wearing clothes from way back in the closet and feeling as good as I have in a long time.

Stay Strong!

Kelly- I have been talking about how I discovered that sometimes a good shock will result in a good drop. I haven't done if off plan, but I found some ways to shake things up OP and it works for me.

I sometimes wish I had enough guts to go off plan and see if it would work for me. In my head it is just going to push me further back so I don't even try it.

I'm glad to hear everyone handled the ups and downs of the weekend. I'm in New Jersey and we got hit pretty bad. In fact today was supposed to be my weigh-in, but I can't reach the office by phone and definitely not by car. I tried to find an alternative site to get packets, only to be detoured back home. Ahhhhhhhhh I'm running out of my essential packets and will be left with restricted and things I didn't like. HELP!! :eek:

No by this morning it already had worked its magic. :o Thank goodness. I took about 5 oz. cuz I was afraid to take all 10. It said to take anywhere between 6.5-10 in 24 hrs. Do you know how often it is okay to do this?

Good Evening IP Family:hug:!! I feel AWESOME since taking the salt and water..WOW..is it possible that the lack of salt can make a person feel so ill:?::?:
Anyway just finished a nice beef stir fry(YUMMY)...this is the only:carrot:I'm allowed on this plan!! LOL
Just wondering if anyone knows if Atkins shake is equal to Ip shake?:)

I went through the exact same thing last week Sheena...odd feeling isn't it when things suddenly flip. :carrot: Glad you're feeling better!

Yes indeed it is, DollFaceBella!! Felt as if my checkout time was up :) Yikes


Where in western Canada do you live? :)

No, I don't really know how often you could do it, but honestly I wouldn't think it's a good idea to do it often, it really is kind of harsh. What I did after the initial "clean-out" with the magnesium citrate was to try and find something that would help me stay regular. I've tried a couple of things, the last one being Novi-Lax. I hadn't tried it because my clinic doesn't offer it so I had to get it by other means. I've only used it twice (with good results), but I feel like I still need some fine-tuning on the dose/timing. Among the things that I tried are: CALM, colace, Naturalax, senna. Out of all those, Naturalax was pretty good, but it said on the label not to use for more than a week since it can cause dependence.

So yeah, basically my advise is now that you've gone through the magnesium citrate clean out, try to find something that keeps you regular so that you don't have to do it again. Other people here have mentioned the psyllium husk, and acidophillus.

Thank you and hello to you Wildflower!
:) Rachelle

I had this problem last time with IP. My coach is a naturopathic doctor, so her recommendations that I used were stimulant laxative free: increase spinach at night, castor oil pack 3-4 times a week (never had time to do that more than twice in 5 months), Miralax, tryphala capsules, and my favorite solution...a colonic. I went to a naturopathic college for a more reasonable rate and felt so much better (when all else failed).

I don't know if this is standard practice or not, but when I paid my initial fee my coach told me I could then go to any clinic I wanted to without repaying. We discussed it because that clinic is close to my daughter's house where I was cat sitting at the time but farther from my house.

Pat

Does anyone know if the SodaStream Sodamix system is okay with IP?
Looks like its sweetened with Splenda.
My birthday is coming up soon and I'm considering gifts to ask for ;)

Thanks!

You've lost almost 20 pounds in 4 weeks, or average 5 lbs/week. I think those numbers are fantastic. Your body is likely readjusting after dumping so much the first couple weeks. Keep at it!!!

Glad u r all well! No power again today.....emptied out fridge. If no power tmr will need to empty out freezers too! Bummer! Most Restaurants closed too, so eating well has been a challenge. Just trying to survive for now......at least we r all safe n sound! No damage to house either....thankfully! Hoping tmr is a better day! I miss my computer! Have to keep charging cell phone in my vehicle! Jeez! Oh well, things could ALWAYS b worse! Good nite all!