Soo happy I found this site! It has been so helpful. I started the plan on 11/1 and have lost 15 lbs so far. My next WI is Monday and I am just trying to make it through the long weekend. (weekends are always the toughest as far as timing and planning meals)

You can do it, keep yourself busy and do something other than think about eating. 15lbs is great so you are in the right direction so keep it going!!

Into the next sized jeans this morning...heh heh.

WOOHOO!!!!...isn't it a great feeling????....I am LOVING that part!

went for my consultation today, coach is very very nice, but she herself is quite heavy, not sure what's up with that but I joined any way.

Wish me luck, I'm scared to go into Ketosis and feel icky
but I know I have to get pass this stage to succeed.

Maybe she is doing the program right now and will share the journey with you. I am looking into becoming a coach myself, I am still heavy but would share everything with my clients. Keep a positive attitude, you may help her just as she will help you....y'all can learn together.

As far as being in Ketosis, I had none of the normal things, I never got sick or felt icky. Maybe you will be lucky too. I recommend keeping your sea salt handy, it will become your best friend. If you begin to get a headache put 1/2tsp of sea salt in the palm of your hand and lick it then drink some water and withing 10-15mins it will be gone Never be afraid to ask questions here someone is always around to answer

she said she lost 54 lbs in the past, got married and is finding it hard to get back on track since her wedding two weeks ago. She said that the best thing is to do the program 100% all the way to phase 1,2,3,4 and not stop in between (which is what she did), sounds like she regrets doing that now.

I will definitely try the sea salt when I feel light headed. Do you know if I have to cook my meats/stir frys with sea salt too? or can I just use regular salt for that? Thank you.

ONLY USE SEA SALT!!....don't use regular salt if you can help it. Sea salt won't make you retain water as much and taste much better. I use it to cook everything, I don't even have regular salt in my house anymore. My boys like it better as well.

Are you in Edmonton? Sounds like "2rollercoaster's" coach. You are almost the same height and weight I was when I started IP. I am losing slower than most people as I am older and had lost some weight before IP but just kept yoyoing.
I had a very hard time on days 3 to 5 the first week because I have migraines but after that I have felt great.
I am glad you shared that advice from your coach about not stopping and to go right through all the phases. I had been sort of debating with myself if I should phase off before Christmas and then go back on phase 1 after. Other people have phased off and have done well. But I had such a tough time starting phase one that I would have difficulty restarting. So I know I need to just keep on trucking as the phases are laid out.

At our height what seems like a small loss on a bigger person makes a big difference right away. So you will be pleased within a few weeks.
My before pictures below are not all from IP but IP has been the easiest and most effective of the many ways I tried to lose weight.

One more day and i will be home away from temptation of family dinners! I did get off plan once, hopefully it won't slow me down too much. It wasn't a plan cheat, more of one of desperation from a 230 am migraine that nothing was helping, not salt or 2 glasses of water or excederine. So dr pepper saved the day. I seriously thought i was dying. I know there is no excuse, and i have to admit, it didn't even taste good! Cant wait to go home!

Congrats! keep up the excellent work!

I had a diet coke when my meds and coffee didn't beat a migraine. The diet coke after the meds and coffee finally did the trick. It didn't affect my weight loss.

I'm not sure what you mean by 2rollercoaster coach? please explain
I wonder if I too will lose slowly, I did WW for some time and lost a bit before this, but it took a very very long time for me to lose weigh on Weight Watchers and I"ve been trying to get to my goal for years and haven't been able to on it. So I decided to try this instead. I'm scared I'll waste my money and won't like the taste of the food. I haven't even tried any yet. Tomorrow is my first day. Went grocery shopping and stocked up on lean meats and veggies, already cut up my veggies for the next 3-4 days and my bought romaine and bok choy and cut that up too to have as my salad. It's alot of work lol. My boyfriend helped me. Will definitely need to try new recipes.

I was thinking I would divide my meat between lunch and dinner but when I weighed my chicken breast it was almost 8 ounces!! So will probably stick to having my meat for supper alone and have the IP packets for lunch, hope I like the soups

good morning everyone and happy Monday!


I hope you're all doing great... post when you can, I would love to hear all about it!


today was weigh in number 6 for me and I lost 4 lbs which puts me at -20 lbs total since I started the program on October 17th and -48 lbs since the beginning of the year. LOVE this life style change!!!

2rollercoaster is another member of this forum is all they meant lol.
Sounds like you might both go to the same clinic and have the same coach.

Morning everyone, welcome to the next group of newbies!