IP Daily Chat Wednesday 11/2/11
 

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TOM = time of the month
WI = Weigh-in
WF = Walden Farms
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Is there a Christmas (or December 31) challenge?

And 2Ride, "will try to do better"? Shoot, you're already a candidate for sainthood in my book. If you did any better you'd be. Oh well, that's blasphemous. :D:D

Good morning,

WI#3 yesterday -2. A little disappointed with low number -first two weeks were WI#1-12 and WI#2-6 but I quess there will be small numbers from now on. My coach said his clinic is not selling novi-lax anymore replacing with "Total Tea". Picked some up I think I will try. Box says detoxify,cleanse and renew. Has anyone else tried yet?

Tried the cookies!
 

I got to sample the new chocolate cookies @ my WI on Monday! They are quite good. One per serving, but it's a big one.

Not sure how easy it will be to have as a snack without a big tall glass of milk...

new cookie question
 

Do you have the nutritional content/ingredients for the cookies? It's not listed on the IP site. I'm doing alternatives and I'm wondering if there's a comparable option out there.

I was wondering if there is a Christmas challenge as well. The clinic where I go is gonna donate to the food bank for every pound lost during Nov & Dec. Cool idea :)

Endless: Your numbers will get bigger again and 2 pounds isnt' anything to be disappointed about! 20 pounds in 3 weeks is huge!! Keep up the great work.

I finally got rid of the TOM bloat so I'm happy about that. Tomorrow evening is my WI and it will likely be the smallest loss I've had to date, but it is still a loss! Seeing that scale go down each time is such a great feeling. This was a tough week, no doubt, but I feel re-motivated and pumped up once again.

Have a great OP day everyone!

I hope my clinic isn't getting rid of Novi-lax. It is a great product for me personally. I am going to look in a natural food store though to see if I can find the same ingredients at a lower price.

That is a nice idea! I hope there is another challenge for Christmas. I joined the Halloween one late but thought it was fun to watch the numbers change in the spreadsheet.

You and me both-last week was TOM and I was in a funk. Feeling pumped again and re-motivated! Let's do this thing!

Thanks for words of encouragement from a fellow hoosier:hug::hug:

Good Morning everyone!

Today will be a little tough but hopefully I planned ahead well enough to cover it. Going on a fieldtrip with school today and will be on a bus (no bathrooms) for about an hour or so each way. We had to bring a sack lunch. I usually have soup and salad for lunch. Packed my large salad and oil and vinegar. Also packed some raw veggies for a snack. Also for lunch-made up the raspberry jello as I thought that would be easy on the bus to eat. Tucking in a bar "just in case" I need it before we get home. I am mostly concerned about getting to a bathroom and being able to drink very much water. I will just have to do the best I can and then tank up this afternoon and tonight to make sure I get my daily allotment in-I usually hit about 100 oz.

You know that is something I face also. I drink so much water throughout the day that you need a bathroom. Now I find that when I go to see movies or plays I need to plan and drink less water ahead of time. Just make up your water later and you will be fine. Have fun on your field trip. It sounds like you are packed and ready to go!

Sorry I can't help you with the ticker..Someone here will!

confused-went to edit my signature and delete my Halloween goal ticker. I did that and then want to make a Thanks-giving ticker from my ticker factory. Clicked on "start here" and I keep getting a invalid link message?? anyone have a suggestion? Should I go straight to ticker factory.com and not try to go through 3FC?

Good morning everyone. I see my coach today. I have not heard about these cookies and wonder if we have them.
Made it through Halloween with no candy. This is the first time in years that I have done that.
Have a great day on the program.

It is suppose to be a beautiful day here. I have a window in my office that opens. I can't wait. I am eating salad for lunch and chicken and mashed cauliflower for dinner. It seems like a doable day.

I made it through ticker factor and just copied and pasted. Hopefully it will work!

goodmorning all!

well, my first weigh in was cancelled last night as many of do not have power from a strom that hit the east coast over the weekend. BUT, i weighed myself here this morning (i made sure the scales were synched from my first weigh in AND i lost 8 pounds!!!!

i am so excited and even more motivated! isn't that great WUV?

Good morning all! I have WI today, the first one since back from vacation with hubby. I know I gained a little, I was off track for 4 days, when I got home my scale showed a 9lb gain! I've been working like crazy to get it off, I'll say the taste on the lips is so not worth it! I'm 1 lbs above where I was before I left. This is riddiculous, I could have been to 30lbs gone by now, instead I'm stuck here at the same place but I am so focused to not get off track again. I survived Halloween, didn't even touch it all the while the candy was taunting me. My Will Power is stonger than that.

Thank you all for your support, I love reading all the posts, everyone is so motivational. I'll chack back in later with my offical gain :(

Have a great day everyone ;)

WUV mentioned she was going to as pxlkitty if she would mind making one for us, so I am sure one is on its way...
and
Thank you.

Good morning, lost 2 more pounds and 1.75 inches. I am definitely on phase 2 now! Good luck to all those who weigh in today!

I forgot to mention in the other thread, good luck with phase 2. I'm hoping it works out well for both of us! :hug:

Way to go Itsaboutime! Congrats on all your successes. I love your new photo, you look fabulous! :carrot:

Good Morning all!!! Been very crazy for me lately, especially at work. We had a flood in my office almost 2 months ago, and STILL displaced in a temporary office!!!

Made it through Halloween.....candy wasnt even tempting all around me!! I was pretty impressed with myself! We even had a party on Monday, and did very good, none of the crap available! Just ate my veggies and drink and happily watched everyone gorge on the crap and feel crappy after!!! LOL

I'm thinking of taking a break for a few weeks over the holidays, mostly because of financial. I am so close to my original goal of 180, and changed it to a little more, but I think I need a "jump start" as my coach says. So I'll probably start phasing off for a few weeks soon!

I also did a clean sweep of my closet this weekend and got rid of TONS of old clothes! My closet is now pretty empty! I did buy a size 12 dress yesterday at JCPenneys!!!!!!!!! That felt awesome!!

So, I have been on IP for just 8 full days and have already had an NSV!!! I put on a pair of jeans this morning that are usually a bit snug but loosen up through the day and they were already that loose comfy fit ....right out of the dryer! Talk about positive reinforcement and motivation!!!!!

Good Morning!! Another cold morning in the PNW. Waiting for the sun to come up here. Getting ready to WI. Yes, Mustang, having the clothing fit is inspirational. I had been procrastinating getting a couple of pair of pants hemmed that had been in my closet since this summer. When I put them on last week - they fell off!!! That was inspirational. Wish we were all closer to do clothing-exchanges during our different sizes as we lose.

I am loving the NSV. I am on week 3 and already my work pants have a little more room in them. :) It is motivating.
Keep it up everyone.

Wouldn't that be great if we could have a clothing exchange! Congrats on your pants "falling off". :dizzy: I can honestly say that is a statement I never thought I would make to someone.

I am new to the forum, but loving the idea of NSV. I'm wearing a cardingan today that I could not even button a few months ago! Yeah!

Sure does feel good eh?! Congrats! You will read alot about NSV and SV!
Welcome to Ideal Protein :welcome:

Congrats !!!! Im so happy for you!!!!:carrot:

It sure was pretty Chilly this morning... I even had frost on the car!!

I know the feeling. Im a nurse and have always worn a 3x top&pant. Now going in to my week4 OP my 2x top&pant that i JUST bought are toooo big!!!! :carrot: It is very motivating!!! :congrat:

Hello all,

I was getting ready to go to lunch and wanted to see how everyone was doing. Sounds like everyone is doing great. Good luck to eveyone who WI today . Those of you with snow all around try to stay warm!

You are going to be fine! Now your back, your focused, and you can do this! i wish you luck!:spin:

It looks like another fantastic day for everyone I love it! I am on the fourth week and already got rid of tones of clothes. I never want to fit into them again so they are GONE!!!!

Have a great day everyone and keep up the good work.

Do you think we might ask for one that goes to 2nd January? I could make a case for either ending on the 26th of DECEMBER (boy, that would be the test) or ending on the 2nd of January. But I'm leaning toward the 2nd (assuming this one starts again on a Monday) for the simple reason that many, many people won't be home on the 26th having gone to visit relatives and not taken their scale (I hope). It also gives those who, er, hum, may have indulged over Christmas a fighting chance at success. Whatcha think?

Congratulations everyone on your continued losses. :) I went through my closet this weekend, too, and donated 3 bags of clothes.

I'm having an icky week. Scale doesn't want to move - but I feel like things are fitting better - so maybe I will get inches this week. I'm not feeling very motivated this week and staying OP is a chore.

WI is tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to this one. I think I'll go up to Wuv's beginning post and look for Dr. Tran's book. Maybe some reasoning will help this funk.

Good luck to everyone today.

Hope everyone is having a good Wednesday. Crazy busy here, but I did go for my WI today and I lost 5 pounds. So excited! I was a little nervous because the doctor's office got this new high tech looking scale, but the coach assured me that this new scale was equivalent to the old scale. Off to read everyone's post for today.

Happy Wednesday! :carrot:

Good Morning All, Day to OP and I feel good, I have a bit of a stomach ache but I think I just need to drink more water. yesterday I did well except I was soo hungry when I got off work I grabbed some beef jerky and I am feeling pretty guilty about it. I will do much better today and stay OP.

Question: What does NSV and SV stand for?

Thanks :)