I not only can't afford Ideal Protein, I also can't afford most alternatives, but I'm thinking a meal replacement plan would be quite helpful, so I've been looking at Medifast, Ideal Protein, and The Simple Diet (the book and website andersonsimplediet).
I started experimenting with alternatives several months ago, when I first started having a resurgence of health-related difficulties. When things got worse I stopped making my own meals and relied on hubby (and his too-generous, man-sized portions). He lost a few pounds and I gained 35. If he hadn't been trying to lose weight himself, I would have regained a lot more than the 35 (now 29) lbs. (I'm not blaming hubby, I made the decision to finish everything he'd make for me).
At any rate, when I was making all my meals, I had been experimenting with making my own packet clones by studying the Ideal Protein and Alternative nutrition and ingredient labels, and designing recipes to mimic them (at least on macro nutrients of calories, carbs, protein, fat, and fiber). I was making most of my packet alternatives one serving at a time, so it was pretty labor intensive (especially math, but that at least only had to be done once.
I've misplaced my packet recipe notebook, so I'm trying to find it as I create new recipes and tear the house apart looking for the notebook.
Anyone else do this (I mean packet cloning, not tearing the house apart looking for something)? Also, anyone have the ingredient list for the IP potato puree?
Also, I'd like to clone the potato puree packet, but I've only found the nutrition label, but not the ingredient list. That's why I didn't post this in the alternatives thread, as I haven't seen a comparable alternative product.