In answer to becca's question personally I went to alternatives partly because of accountability. Once I got the basics under control I realized that if I was going to be successful and more importantly keep the weight off long term I needed to be totally in control of my plan. I had to monotor very carefully what was happening with my body and be personally accountable for what happens with it. As I learned to take that control I know I am better prepared to keep my weight under control for the rest of my life.

The biggest thing I had to learn was to plan ahead for each day and prepare what I needed. Then whatever curve came my way in other plans my food plan was not inpacted. Those decisions had been made the day before so it didn't matter what celebration with food was contstantly springing up around me. I didn't even have to think about what decision I would have to make about it. That decision had already been made when I prepared what I was to eat for the day.
Pat

Ordered some alternative products will update u guys on the quality when i get them......keep on chattin bc it sure is helpful :)

I think it is the face to face meetings. And the weighing and measuring.

I would go a couple good days in a row, cheat a couple days, good a couple days, cheat, etc. Before I knew it, it had been a couple months and I was at the same spot.

I lot of my problem is trying to figure out how to deal with emotional eating also.

It sounds like you would do well if you had a buddy locally doing this also. Have any friends willing to lose weight via IP? Perhaps you could develop your own IP club and hold each accountable and do the weigh ins together as well as place alternative orders together (save on S&H).

Re the emotional issues, I think most of us on this site have emotional issues with food, hence the need for IP. That's where this site comes in - we help each other be strong and focused.

Any one of us could say we're having a bad day and go off program but we're fighting that, sometimes moment by moment, to stay on program. Some days are incredibly tough.

However, ultimately, you need to want to lose weight and become healthier for this to work, so I hope this helps.

Probably the set day to meet with the coach was giving you external structure and breaking the time into manageable chunks for you. It was a routine already set up for you. it is hard to keep your eye on the prize while going about our daily lives. Day to day progress seems slow put it all adds up in the end.

If you really can't afford to go to a clinic you will likely have to establish some other form of weekly ritual to mark the day that you weigh in.

One thing that I found helped me to do this was to join sign up for some sort of challenge such as the easter one on here or a Biggest Loser type one that many workplaces or communities have.

I hope you figure out what works for you. I assume the date in your user name is your birth date. I will tell you I so wish I had conquered the weight issue when I was younger. It is so hard after menopause and it would have been so much fun to wear things I really liked in my 30s rather than things I could get on no matter what they looked like.
Good luck with this live changing journey.

Pat

Thanks everyone for the advice! I can't remember how to quote again.

My husband volunteered to make me accountable, so we may have to try that for a while.

I am in my 30's. I really do want to get this under control. I have been on diets since I was in my teens. Up, down, up, down. I am hoping this time it will help that i am focusing on the emotional reasons why I eat too. On a thread somewhere on here, someone talked about the Shrink Yourself book by Roger Gould. I have a feeling that I will have to read it a couple times to catch everything, but I think it will help. Right now, it is making me think about every time I eat.

I had a really rough day on Wednesday. I stopped at Target for some things and could smell good buttery popcorn. I was tempted, but then I stopped and was reminding myself that it wasn't on the diet and it was just my emotions that were talking to me about eating it.

Is this not the sweetest thing ever?? That is why she is B'loved!!:hug:


And you, too, Patns -- such awesome support. :hug:

Here is one more question for now. Does Nashua ever have coupon codes?

Survalia - It is the sweetest thing ever! I may have to take her up on it!

Nashua does have coupon codes. I know i've gotten 10% off on protiet or protithin (don't remember which) and I also have gotten a free hot chocolate sample with a coupon code on the same order. I found them just by googling nashua coupons.

Ok. I ordered a bunch of the Chocolate RTD's from New Lifestyles and some Caramel Nut Bars and the Chocolate Soy Puffs from Nashua. I should be set for 6-8 weeks.

I have been thinking heavily about switching to the alternatives plan. I am going to check out costco and walmart for products that people have listed on here that they use. I'm going to tally everything up and decide. The only question that I have is for people in Canada, Where do you get the Cal-Mag, Multi-Vitamin and Potassium Pills from? What do you use?

Thanks in advance

Wow. I placed an order with Nashua at 10:19 a.m. I received an e-mail notification that it had been picked up at 2:39 p.m. That's service!

[QUOTE=lindsayk86;4274229]I have been thinking heavily about switching to the alternatives plan. I am going to check out costco and walmart for products that people have listed on here that they use. I'm going to tally everything up and decide. The only question that I have is for people in Canada, Where do you get the Cal-Mag, Multi-Vitamin and Potassium Pills from? What do you use?


When I was going to a coach I went to my weigh in after I had finished my bottle of the multi-vitamin and she didn't have any that day. She told me to pick up vitamins at Walmart because they were the same thing. I thought what????

I just get the equivalents at Costco or Walmart. I take the calcium and magnesium separately because I take more of the magnesium while on the plan because calcium iWhen I was going to a coach I went to my weigh in after I had finished my bottle of the multi-vitamin and she didn't have any that day. She told me to pick up vitamins at Walmart because they were the same thing. I thought what????

I just get the equivalents at Costco or Walmart. I take the calcium and magnesium separately because I take more of the magnesium while on the plan because calcium increases constipation.
The potassium one is the hard on to replace. If you have a Dr B clinic near by that might be a good place to check. ncreases constipation.
The potassium one is the hard on to replace. If you have a Dr B clinic near by that might be a good place to check.

I did notice that Dr. Bernstein's sells supplements online which I think could be a good substitute. Have a look here:
http://store.drbdiet.com/category-s/22.htm
Or of course you could drop by a local Dr. B's if you have one.

I went by a clinic the other day and picked up some products but didn't need any supplements, I thought about them later when I got home and checked to see if you can get them online.

They ship from Ontario and the shipping costs are outragous. I tried to put in just two boxes of cocoa just to see how expensive it was. The lowest shipping was $54 for just the two small boxes.

But if you can go by a clinic everything is much cheaper than IP and they sell to everyone.Lots of their products are identical to IP.

Pat

I made the cake in a mug with the Dr B's cocoa and it worked!
Only problem was that one made me want more. But I guess that is just an old cake mindset.

Mom thanks for the tip on the coupons. I never though to search for them.

Pat

I just ordered these because I LOVE PB cups!! I'm so excited to get them. I ordered from Nashua, along with a huge jug of the Proti-Diet oatmeal that I like - thanks for the suggestions everyone!

Re Question re The Low Carb Grocery - is bulk available?
 

I believe it was Chloe222 that asked me that question.

I've just had another thorough look around the website, and to the best of my knowledge bulk isn't available.

I just ordered some more WF products. The only other place I can know of where I can buy it is the clinic I signed up at, and they charge $7.38/product, compared to $4.59 here.

This online low carb grocery service acknowledges the order by sending an email within an hour of placing it, then send another one when the order has been 'picked'... and another when it's actually been put into shipment. My order from last Wednesday was delivered on Friday am. Of course, the store is located just east of Markham, Ontario, and I live in a city which is in central Ontario.

Here's the link again, in case anyone wants to look around their website.
http://www.thelowcarbgrocery.com/cat...sort=2a&page=2

Netrition charges $3.79 for many Waldon Farms products in general plus has a flat $4.95 S&H in the US. Might want to check if they ship to Canada.

Thanks for the suggestion. I knew I'd looked at netrition.com earlier this week and discarded it.... I just went back in, plugged in about 8 WF products and tested the shipping cost situation to my area in Ontario, Canada. They were going to charge me more for shipping (even at the least expensive option which could take at least 2 weeks to get here) than the cost of the products. Guess that's why I discarded netrition as a possible source earlier this week.

Just wanted to post, for those who use the EAS Carb AdvantEDGE RTD drinks, Target has them on sale for $4.26 per 4 pack, and they have the Pure Protein bars for $5.39.

Just picked up 5 boxes of the bars. BTW, I refrigerated the Pure Protein S'mores Bars and OMG, they tasted like a frozen Milky Way, sooooo good!

Ooh, I'll have to try that! I picked up a box of those because I hadn't seen them at Walmart (or if I did, I decided against them, I don't remember). I got 2 boxes of the strawberry drink, 2 boxes of the French Vanilla and a box each of the S'mores and the chocolate chip cookie one. I have a whole case of the chocolate fudge I got at Sam's Club last week, so I'm pretty well set for the next several weeks!

I will keep buying the white chocolate cinnamon bars from IP, though. Holy cow, are those things good!

I had no idea that it costs so much to ship to Canada. Do you know why?

How do you stop at just 1? i would have a hard time...

I have it with my afternoon cup of coffee, would definitely like more but discipline myself to savor every single bite, and I take very small bites as that bar is the food highlight of my day!

Alternatives
 

Hi everyone, I am currently doing IP through my Chiropractors office and using all IP products, and will continue to do so, however, my daughter needs to lose weight and can't afford the IP, and I can't afford both of us.....so I am trying to find an a place to get alternatives for her. We are going to follow it the IP way, and she will be weighing in and being accountable to me. She is really excited about doing this so now I'm trying to find out the best place to go.......thanks so much!:) And a NSV, when my daughter saw me yesterday after not seeing me for two weeks, she was amazed how much weight I have lost (26 lbs. in 5 weeks) and actually called me skinny, and I'm not close to where I need to get. So it has really made her want to start this journey!

Anyone else like Lindora products? They have 20% off through today :)

There are a number of good sites to order from in the US. Most people seem to use Nashua Nutrition I think.

I normally order from Nashua nutrition for Proti-Diet and Proti-Thin but wanted to find out if anyone orders from Lindora and your thoughts? Comperable to IP?

Pure protein bars are on sale at Winn Dixie this week for $1.00 a piece

Are there different sizes of Pure Protein bars? So many people seem to use them but the ones I see in the stores seem quite high in carbs.
But they are high in protein too.

I have read alot of post on here about Pure Protein bars and I have googled them a bit I was wondering the same thing. Alot of people have used them and still lost weight soooo ill give it a try. Someone posted they froze a smores one and it tasted like an ice cream. I bought the smaller one

Thanks, I thought I have seen Nashua mentioned alot. I have gone to their website and saw some good items. Lisa also mentioned the EAS carb control products which can be purchased at Sams Club, Walgreens and Walmart I think. Thanks for your feedback.

Alternatives saved my butt today
 

I am usually the queen of organized. Well, I have been on phase three for surgery and off work, so I have let some things slide. We were out longer than normal this am and I started to feel yucky while walking thru walmart, and that was before we checked out!!! Lol. Anyway, I dug into my purse for my emergency stash of bars and they were all gone. I remembered what I read here about pure protein bars being ok and zipped over to the supplement aisle, picked up a box, ripped one open and ate half. Drank some water and was good to go. Lesson learned. I am going to be adding in more alternatives but am working thru my IP stash (I tend to be a bit of a stocker upper type person as well).

The ones I am seeing around here must be the large ones. I'll have to check around other places.