When you worry momentarily that measuring two cups of cooked veggies instead of measuring them raw will be too many carbs

When you feel like you are being decadent with sparkling water

When you feel superior to all your coworkers in a meeting after lunch falling asleep from a blood sugar crash

(P.S. Love this thread!)

...you feel insanely self righteous when you check out at the grocery store because all you have in your cart is healthy stuff!!!!

This thread is a real hoot!

. . . when the highlight of your week is the day you get to eat green beans (or whichever of the restricted veggies is your favorite).

. . . when you buy incontinence pads and wear them on days you know you have business meetings or conference calls that will not allow you take regular pee breaks.

Love this thread and can identify with all of it.

When you no longer have the big C and feel like you need to tell everyone about it because you know your next WI will be even better for it!

When someone starts to say "I have a headache, do you happen to have any . . " and you jump in and say, "Yes! I have some sea salt in my purse that you can lick off your hand" - then get confused when they look at you strange.

Or popcorn!

You made cauliflower taste like popcorn???? MUST TELL ME HOW!

You eat your big mac in a bowl

http://m.facebook.com/IdealProteinLo...ser=1052915479

...nutrition becomes an "exciting" conversation topic for you!

....the workers at Goodwill clothing resale know your name!


Sweet thread,btw!

that reminds me, there was a recipe in the hard cover IP recipe book that used the WF caramel sauce as the base for a sweet/sour stir-fry sauce. I tried it, on tillapia, and it was amazing. I never would have thought of that combo, but it was quite good!

I stood at the kitchen sink just last night, scraping out the blender for the last bits of my wildberry yogurt/frozen berry ice cream (sorry, I'm on Phase 3) dessert last night.... :D

when you go through the check-out line at the grocery store with your vegees, meat and WF products, and the person working the register says, 'oh you must be doing that protein diet...'

When you read every single FAQ (both threads) in one weekend!

This Made me LOL !!!! thanks

when you're that crazy to spend so much $ weekly for silver packets of food! (but its worth every penny) ;)

When you try on the same pair of pants every morning to see if they fit yet (knowing they will soon!)

When you spend time every weekend trying on every item in your closet . . .just to have the satisfaction of adding more to the Goodwill pile!

Love it when they finally DO fit & then even become too loose!!!
OMG...I couldn't believe the store was out of zucchini and I told them they needed to keep it in stock because I NEEDED it! The guy looked at me like I was crazy!!!

- when you try a new food or recipe (that you would have turned your nose up at before...) or a new IP packet the first time and think, this is utter drek.

- when you try it again a couple months later, and think, okay well it's tolerable; could be worse...

- when you try it again a few months after that and think, hey, this is pretty good!

- when you try it again, you are actually thinking 'oh boy, I can have X...."

When you don't care who sees you licking out your lunch bowl.
When you realize you have walked around all afternoon with dried pudding/soup/drink in the side of your mouth from licking your lunch bowl.
When you later realize you missed the dried dot of pudding/soup/drink on your nose when you get home from licking your lunch bowl.
When you wonder 'WHAT HAPPENED TO WUV!' after 1 day of no posting!

Yea...we miss you WUV when you are out having fun! NO...we are NOT a bunch of STALKERS...just the crazy IP folks that love to hear your take on it all!

You know you are addicted to IP when...your stash of IP food starts to rival the clinic's stockroom...After all, you never know when a FREAK April snowstorm will keep you from getting your order!

You dont care that all your coworkers make fun of you for eating broccoli for lunch... and that it smells up the whole room for 5 minutes. I got excited today because I roasted my broccoli instead of sauteeing it and they laughed.. I dont care!

If I don't post for a day y'all are going to sent out a missing person's report to the police....lol

I wish it was FUN....it was WORK related...GRRRR....Men (sorry for the men here) I manage 4 drivers and they are like 2 yr olds pouting and screaming. They have turn this easy going supervisor into a total "B", they will NOT know what is going on when I am done....hahahah

bump

...... Your most used kitchen utensils are a measuring cup, Magic Bullet and a pair of scissors

Here's my favorite from the initial posts (sorry - don't know who came up with this gem):
...the idea of making zucchini taste like baked apples is totally normal.
LOL!!

Was feeling a little down today for non-IP reasons, so I read over my collection of posts from this thread (I cut & pasted favorites into a sep word doc). Thought others would like to see it again.

Enjoy and add to it!

LOL!!

Here here!!

When you wear the same exact outfit for weigh in to make sure the scale will be not skewed by a change in an outfit

When yes you calculate how much time you have before you need to go to the bathroom.

When you know where ALL the bathrooms are in the general area

When you actually enjoyed Mio and Pelligrino better than wine!

LOL love them all :)

When I call my Chocolate Muscle Milk Lite, cold pressed flavored coffee, over ice a "MOCHA" and my friends laugh :)

When you brag to your spouse how awesome your IP chocolate drink is so he's tempted to taste and tells you how gross it tastes!

When you forget your WF dressing at home and lemon juice on your salad tastes amazing.

you've been so positive about the IP diet that your friends ask you "is that diet hard" (because you make it sound so easy & fun)

when your IP coach tells you he wishes he had more clients like you, because you are so thrilled with the diet, the journey and results!

When you start "seeing" the carbs people are wearing :)

Agree with pp about feeling guilty about taking communion at church :). I also wear the exact same outfit every week for weigh in!

:bravo: I do that too! As I use the restroom I say thank you and GOODBYE! :)

A few more to add:

When you burn your hand during your weekly rhubarb stewing.

When you pass random people on the street and the first thing that goes through your mind is 'I should tell them about Ideal Protein'

When you go away for the weekend and your cooler full of food and water is bigger than your suitcase (true story).

Zoyaka- HaHa, soo true. You all are fun to spend time with!

Hi,

I am such a mess on the computer; this is a test.

I just posted a new picture the one I had up before was at 200 lbs. I don't know how to add pictures and keep the old one up.

I am truly an IP addict just not a very computer savvy one.