New Phase 1
 

So I was at my weigh in this morning and my coach handed me a new phase 1 sheet. 5 changes to note:

1. They are changing the potassium-Calcium supplement to a potassium-citrate. Can anyone explain the differene? She didnt know..

2. They are coming out with an Ideal Salt to replace the sea salt.....I suppose it was just a matter of time..

3. They now have and are requiring a fish oil supplement.

4. Rutabaga has been moved to Occasional vegetables.

5. Increase egg serving to 4 WHOLE eggs & 2 egg whites.

Nothing major, but thought I would share - not sure if anyone had yet.

Can you scan it and post it?

Haven't seen the sheet yet but so glad they clarified Rutabega (aka Swede) for us. It helps to know what we all suspected.

New Phase 1 Sheet
 

Here ya go...I hope it worked.

4. Rutabaga has been moved to Occasional vegetables.
Oh noooo...there goes my fries : (

Although to be honest whenever I had them I noticed nothing happens on my scale for a couple days..Probably for the best then : )

But kinda sad about the rutabaga. Although looking back I really only have it a couple of times a week and only a cup at a time. Now if my fry loving husband were still doing this diet, that wouldn't be too good!

thanks for posting it!

At the bottom of that sheet it says:

IMPORTANT - Anything that is not included on this sheet is not allowed.

Does that mean that 0/0/0 stuff like WF isn't allowed anymore?

There was some discussion on the coming changes a week or so ago, and the WF's is still supposed to be ok.

I asked - WF is still ok.

I wonder if it's different but my office has always sold a salt with an ideal protein label on it, it's tiny though.

My sheet has always said 4 whole eggs and 2 egg whites??

Is the eggplant newly added as an occasional veggie? Or have I been been limiting myself for no reason...?

My office sold "Real Salt"
The 6/2012 sheet had 4 whole eggs & 2 egg whites so this one isn't new. Boy! Has this been a conversation here. People thought it was a typo!

It was on the June 2012 sheet as an occasional veggie.
There is so much to keep track of! :dizzy:

Our clinic hasn't presented this...yet. I guess since I am just starting it really won't be a change for me. There seem to be lots of things to keep straight until it becomes 2nd nature

My wife (not on IP) is upset about the rutabaga decision. ;)
She never knew she liked them till I started serving them.

Thanks! That's great!!

Coach said it will have potassium added to is..but thats all she said.

My sheet before this said 4 Egg whites and 2 egg yolks.

Thank you so much for posting the revised phase 1 sheet :)

Thanks for scanning this new information!!

I notice that with the cabbage note in select vegetables, standard green cabbage is not listed (it lists red, pak choi and bok choy). Anyone else use green cabbage?

I use green cabbage all the time, so now I'm panicking!! Especially because I have three heads of it already chopped and ready to cook this week.

Oh my goodness about green cabbage... I roast it pretty much daily. I know my coach has said be careful with the green, but have not actually looked up nutritional information as I probably just don't want to know......please share what you hear.

Okay read thread and it does sound fine, but would like ip opinion to.

Interesting about the potassium. Does that mean dieters are getting half of the calcium now than previously? I had to reduce the amount of calcium on my own when I realized that's what was causing the severe constipation. But I can't remember now what the original amount was. I stopped taking the cal-mag but continued with the potassium and just took magnesium on its own.

My sheet always said that about the eggs.

Seriously? Green Cabbage? You know what if you are using Green Cabbage and losing weight consistently you aren't going to stop now. I don't mean to suggest being OP but I wonder if we all got heavy because we ate too much Green Cabbage? LOL

I like to throw it in my salads sometimes for extra crunch and a way to make my salad more "leafy" and not all select veggies. Uh-oh! I'll be watching this issue . . .

Red cabbage, 1 cup chopped:
28 cal, 0 fat, 7 carb, 2 fiber (5 net carb), 1 protein

Green cabbage, 1 cup chopped:
22 cal, 0 fat, 5 carb, 2 fiber (3 net carb), 1 protein

Seems to me like green cabbage is actually a better choice...

Only thing would be if it has some acidic reaction in the body. I think I read that spinach can do something like that. But I eat green cabbage regularly and haven't had any issues.

Thank you for sharing! I knew the rutabage was too good to be true. I'll have to limit that now.

Well, that worries me for jicama then. Jicama has the same 5 net carbs as the red cabbage (though 6 grams fiber per cup) and higher calories. Jicama is the thing I would be lost without (never got around to the rutabaga fries).

RED Peppers?? It specifies bell peppers but my sheet pecifies green and red(cooked only.) I even think I recall a thread about that...

Thoughts? (I would LOVE to use raw red peppers as well as cooked!!)
Laurie

I never heard of raw peppers only. I know it's new that you are allowed all colours of peppers used to be only green. I know someone who has lost over 80 pounds and red, yellow, and orange peppers were his main veggie. And raw. I mean like atleast 2 cups raw every day if not all 4 cups somedays....... I couldn't do that.

Thank you for sharing this information.

Bell peppers (all colors) are fine, raw or cooked. But because they shrink when they cook you should measure raw if you can.

I just purchased a new bottle of the potassium supplement. As mentioned before it is now Potassium Citrate , 99 mg, 2.8%.

A bottle of my old potassium supplement was labeled Potassium bicarbonate, 800 mg, 22% AND Calcium Carbonate, 200 mg, 20%.

They've taken the calcium out of the potassium supplement, which explains the additional calcium supplements they are asking you take on the new Phase 1 sheet.

You should still be getting the same amount of calcium as before, just in different supplements.

Hope that helps!

I have had two weeks with difficulty losing weight...my intake in cabbage has been almost everyday with supper using the WF mayonnaise. This may explain the fact that I am not losing. I will also check with my clinic. Maybe if I try not to eat it everynight but more occasionnally. I just found it to be a nice change from salads everyday.

Cabbage wouldn't replace lettuce.
Cabbage is part of your 4c veggies daily. Lettuce is unlimited.

Let me start by saying I think the IP program is a great protocol. As of my weigh in day Friday, I've lost 40 pounds since September, and am nearing my second week of Phase 2. I've never paid IP a dime. I was considering participating with a coach, but was underwhelmed by the presentation by the coach and opted to do it alone, with all the help here and from people at work.

I have also been underwhelmed by the quality of the presentation of information on the protocol sheets: lack of clarity around peppers (colored, green, cooked), changes concerning onions (cooked not carmelized, no only raw), how many eggs are a serving, having rutabagas as select and swedes as not permitted when they are the same vegetable, hot mustard as a seasoning with no mention of regular mustard, including Chick Peas as not permitted but not speaking to legumes in general, and lack of clarity about the most common form of cabbage.

However, the simple thing that finally moves me to write this is the typo "Sweetner" in the breakfast section of this new Phase 1 sheet. It just makes me wonder about thoroughness and quality control taken with the other inconsistencies. I do understand that the protocol will change as new information comes to light. The sheet should be crystal clear since everyone is being told to "follow the sheet". It just makes we wonder what else is inaccurate on the sheet. Perhaps this sheet was put together by the local center, "The Ideal Weigh" instead of corporate IP.

At this point Ive been through so many "new" sheets and i am following the one I have since I am almost at the 80lb mark.

Wow! Thanks for the new sheet! I've had rutabegas and turnips confused!! Been eating rutabegas like they were going out of style! my scale hasn't dropped even an iota for two weeks. sheeeesh. Also, the old sheet I have says 5 oz of meat. Really? it's now 8oz??? This is good news if it's true.

NO, NOT My BEGGIES!!
 

I have them almost ever other day. Figures. I am so sad:(