Hi and welcome :hug:

I know it is hard not to focus on that scale. Honestly, my first week, I didn't see the scale move until day 6, and my first WI I was down 10.8. Hang in there, drink your water and make sure to eat your veggies! (our mom's were right LOL) Good luck!

I didn't really venture out and try recipes until week 3, but I have been making smoothies with the pudding mixes in my blender with lots of ice and they are great!

I hope your have a good weekend, will be fun with your little one, I bet! I am so impressed with your results, we have similar stats so it is very encouraging to see how you've been rocking this program! I wanna be like you and the other losers on this forum!:carrot:

Make sure you eat your breakfast before you take them - and take them with lots of water!

Kaypix, I love the lyrics to this so much that when my sone (who just graduated HS) was a Freshman, I wrote them in a letter to him that the school held until his graduation day breakfast! Thanks for the youtube link - great start to my Friday :carrot:

Way to go on the veggies! Good luck on next weigh-in:goodluck:


Chloe, the heat has been really rough on me too. Hang in there!

I hope you figure out what is causing this! Do you use a lot of sucralose or malitol? Both of those cause me to get gut pain.

Welcome! I can't remember my first meals (my coach gave me a pre-set menu the first week to try a variety). If you try soemthing and don't care for it - give it a week and try again - it takes a little while for your taste buds to "re-set" on IP.

I have a short work day to begin a crazy-busy weekend. My daughter has horse shows on Sat & Sun. I have already stocked the truck with extra IP packets so that I can grab an RTD when I feel my blood sugar start dropping!
:belly::belly: Happy Friday! :belly::belly:

Good morning. I am feeling much better today. It felt good to sleep in my own bed. I am taking pain meds faithfully every 4 hours. Gas pains and bloating are getting better too. Today is my WI day, but I did not go. Pretty sure I would have a gain with all puffiness I have. I will go next week. I am not feeling like I want to leave my house right now.

So sad to hear about the Colorado tragedy this morning.

It sounds like gallstones, I had my gallbladder removed when I was 19, the pain got so bad I was given morphine shots in my hip. Foods with acids in them usually trigger an episode, apples, tomatoes, citrus fruits... if you have the pain after eating and mine felt like real bad heartburn in the beginning, drink some warm water to help you belch, it does help. Your doctor needs to run some tests. Please feel better soon!

My prayers are with you in Colorado :hug:

:wel3fc::welcome::welcome2::welcome3: in case you missed the hint, welcome!

That needs to be this forum's motto

FOCUS

Thanks for starting our day that way.

:welcome:
I know exactly where you're coming from since getting older. Nothing worked, not even diets that worked in the past. I'd given up, till I found IP. I am 63 and have been on IP now for 6 months and have lost just short of 70 lbs. Rest assured, it works for those of us that have passed the youthful weight loss days. It might not be quite as fast as some of the younger ones, but I've stayed at just over 2 lbs a week and am thrilled. I'm sure you'll find this will work for you, too. Just don't compare yourself to anyone else. Each of our journeys are unique. Plus, the support on this forum is invaluable to help you keep going.

Chloe,
I agree with the heat. I've done great, never feeling bad while on the program, UNTIL I was up at the cottage a couple weeks ago in Michigan's unusual summer heat wave and no AC in the place to escape to. I drank tons of water and licked salt off my hand and just sat, but still felt horrible.

Take it easy and rest. We'll be thinking of you. :hug:

Molly

Hello everyone, this forum has been so wonderful to read through and get so much inspiration from. I am planning on starting the Ideal Protein diet on my own, well with the help of a friend, on Monday and I'm actually kind of nervous about it. Not the diet itself but starting and failing yet again!! I lost 70# about 8 years ago on Atkins and have gained 55 of those pounds back much to my dismay. I will be turning 30 in two weeks and feel I really need to get myself to a healthy weight to start the next decade of my life. Thank you everyone for all of your stories, I really feel that having this forum to turn to will help me stay on track and motivated!!

UGH... lunchtime now and I already ate my SW Cheese Curls over an hour ago. Got my salad and some yummy homemade cucumber-tomato salsa. But wish I had saved my protien. They are just too yummy!

Thanks so much everyone.....I am happy to report I am down 7lbs at WI #2....that makes -11lbs total in 2 WEEKS!!!!!!!! YAHOO....:carrot: Thanks so much for all your support!!!!

Good Morning! I just completed WI #5 and lost 4.5lbs. This makes 20 total! I am super excited cuz this is the first time ever I have lost weight for five (that's 5) weeks in a row!! And I am not hungry and do not have out of control cravings....you are all so very inspiring it makes me want to be 100% OP everyday. Thank you all for sharing your challenges and successes! We all learn when you do!

NewOrleansLady....Do NOT give up!! I was in the same boat this week...didn't feel like I lost anything..feeling discouraged because I was staying OP 100% but I kept weighing myself at home...BAD idea...!! So, I am no longer weighing myself at home..there is just too much mental anguish that will turn around and sabotage my weight loss.....High stress=harder weight loss!!! Well...at my WI this morning which was week #2 I was down 7lbs and 3 inches!!! (huge sigh...)...I lost 4lbs at WI #1...so I was SHOCKED!! Bottom line....all the worry was for nothing...!!! Keep focused and you WILL see the results!! :):carrot:

Hi, I hope everyone is having a great day so far.

I chose too many chocolate items today :IP Cappucino, Choc pudding, and choc caramel bar...all IP food, but feeling guilty and gross for eating so much chocolate.

I suppose eating all that chocolate was a good thing because I just received this email in my work inbox: "Hi everyone, please join us in the conference room for cupcakes at 3pm to celebrate yada yada yada...." (you like my Seinfeld reference?)

My first weigh in is tomorrow and I look forward to sharing my results!

Have a great day everyone!

Hi everyone :-)

My name's Anna and I've been lurking on these forums for a bit. I have been reading on this diet for quite some time and am finally going to jump in. I plan on starting next week, hopefully meeting someone this weekend. My bf and I decided it was the right thing to do!

There has been so much information on this site, so I hope to use it as support.

great news congrats:hat::hat:
I'm hoping to hit 20lbs by next week which is my 5 week, I'm at 16.6 gone right now, weighed yesterday.
again great job the whoosh fairy really likes you.

So sorry to hear this and such a sad thing to learn of upon waking up this morning. The families and friends of those involved are in my thoughts and prayers. :(