Starting IP tomorrow..Super excited to see the changes in me physically and how Ill feel!!
** Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels **

Welcome to all the newbies!

I have also heard it said on these boards: welcome to your last diet. I have found this to be true. I am so glad I found this diet before the operating table found me! (weight loss surgery has been on the back burner as a last resort for years, now it's not even on the stove at all!)

This way of eating is not without it's challenges, but from all of the previous diets I have been on, I can tell you that this plan is about as "auto-pilot" as it gets! I love this plan. And the encouragement and motivation I have received from these boards is something for which I will always be grateful.

Stick to the plan and visit the boards for support. Just pick ANY thread and you will get a little education about how it all works and lots of encouragement. Good luck!

Week 1: 10 pounds This real motivation to stay with it.

I have to say you are right I have never lost so easy on a diet, I had been told it is either this diet or surgery. I am so glad I chose the diet! I hope all my other numbers are going down as well. Yesterday everyone around me eating pie. It really didn't bother me with other diets I would have had to leave the room.

Congratulations!;)
Way to go!

I posted on the Daily Thread before seeing this thread. Oops!

I am considering starting IP and would like some feedback. What made you do it? Are you happy so far? I have seen multiple comments about IP or surgery. Unfortunately, I have already tried weight loss surgery with poor results :-( I wish I hadn't! I am looking for something to change my life (I have about 80-100 lbs to lose).

Congrats to everyone just starting! I am just starting as well! I do love this diet so far! :)

Welcome to all the newbies and for making a really great decision to start on the IP protocol.

I remember the day I started - 11/27/12. Best decision of my life! I'm now 24 weeks into this diet and have lost 62.6 lbs and 62.5 inches! I feel like I'm in control of my self again and not emotionally eating.

I remember everybody saying this will be the last diet you'll ever be on and I was such a skeptic - only because I knew myself - a serial dieter.

Psstttt....I think they were right. It's been the easiest 24 weeks on a diet and the longest I've ever gone without one single cheat! Not one!

There are so many different products to satisfy your salty or sweet cravings - so I would suggest buying as much variety as you possibly can so when that salty or sweet craving hits you, you'll be able to pull out out your packet of food and be satisfied.

There's a ton of information around here on how to be successful with this diet. My biggest suggestion: PLAN, PREPARE, ORGANIZE. If you do this you will succeed. I keep IP food and salad dressing in my purse, at work, and an emergency bag in my car so I can never have an excuse to fail.

Good luck! You can do this. There's so much support in the forums!

Saphi - fantastic WI!! Congrats!

Orientation to IP tomorrow.
 

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Hi all! First post here. I am going to my IP Orientation tomorrow and will likely be signing up based upon a friend's success and my own research. I am nervous (very nervous) and hope to get some help and good thoughts from you all as I start my way on the journey and then, perhaps in the future, give back to other who are in my present situation.

Warmest,
S

I am new- on the evening meal, is that 8oz of cooked meat? If so that is a lot!

Meat and veggies need to be measured raw. If it's a roast or something already cooked, have 5-6 oz.

I love IP! I put this in the daily chat last week, but I thought you might appreciate it. My total cholesterol dropped from 248 to 165 since I started IP, and all of my other numbers were beautiful (except a little thyroid issue). Stick with it. I love the weight loss, but watching the change in bloodwork made me want to do backflips.

You know, I've been doing it wrong then, I have been measuring after cooking, even on the veggies. LOL, it just seemed wrong, that was so much meat, I told my coach, I didn't think I could eat that much meat and she said just keep trying, LOL

The daily thread was the PERFECT place to post this question to get the answers you were looking for!