From "Apple" to "Hourglass" in 7 weeks!
 

I am just blown away by the Ideal Protein Diet. WOW. It just seems miraculous. In only 7 weeks (49 days) I have lost 36 pounds, 7" off my waistline, and nearly 14" total.

When I started the diet on July 30th, my waistline was my largest measurement and at 54" it was nearly 2" bigger than my other two measurements (apple shaped).

Today, 49 days later, my waistline has dropped to 47" (down 7") and is nearly 2" smaller than my other two measurements (hourglassy).

And I am STILL nearly 100 pounds overweight! What am I going to look like when i lose another 100 pounds???? I am shaking my head over that thought.

One other thing that I am just shocked about is I haven't hit one serious weight loss plateau in 7 weeks (and I have ALWAYS hit plateaus in the past on other diets) -- All this and I get to eat every 3 hours and I am not even hungry!

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I also just passed another milestone this morning!! When I started this diet I had 136 pounds to lose (from 326 to 190). Today, I just passed the “100 pounds to go” marker … and my goal weight is only 99.75 pounds away. At this rate, I might be close to target by Christmas!

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I've been basically eating just two IP foods (not counting the home-cooked additions): the Chocolate Drink (2x per day) and the Cheddar Broccoli Soup (1x). I am mildly allergic to soy so I have to stick with whey based foods. It's FANTASTIC being able to eat or drink something every 3 hours from 6AM to 9PM. It really just doesn't give you any time to get hungry or get cravings. I do show only 3 c. of vegies on my food inventory below, however I do go with generously heaping cups, so it's more like 1.33 cups of vegies for each meal, so I am pretty close to the 4c. of veggies a day.

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congrats!!!

Congrats to you, all your hard work is paying off!

That's awesome! Congrats and keep up the great work.

Congrats! This diet never ceases to amaze!

Way to go!! Love the charts and graphs. You are doing GREAT1

Congrats!

and I love love love the charts and graphs!

I am a numbers person too! What software are you using to create your charts?

It's an Excel Spreadsheet that I downloaded years ago from a public archive of spreadsheets.

You can download a copy of it from here ...
https://mindstar.com/scratch/Weight_Loss_Share.xlsx

Message me if you have questions on how to use it.

keep it up and thanks for sharing the charts

Amazing charts!!! I have been looking for something like this!

And you rock Avalon...You are doing so well! The results sure show your dedication. I am inspired :)

Congratulations!

Congrats!! I have been on ip for 9 weeks also and am down 5 1/4 inches in my waist!! Yikes Have 75lbs to go but wow!!

Fabulous! I need to check this out

Love this Avalon, rock that hourglass figure girl!!!!!!

Avalon - I tried your coffe drink recipe this morning - It is great! Thank you!

Glad you like it!! It's like having some exotic Starbucks coffee treat.

Avalon - please disregard my post under your other thread (still ROTFLMAO) - I found this one which explains exactly how you are doing - PHENOMENAL! Congratulations - SO WONDERFUL!!! Thanks for always sharing, making us laugh and spreading a wealth of knowledge. Glad to hear that you are enjoying IP and reaping oodles of success from the plan. I too have not had as much success and commitment to any other plan out there - AND, OMG, it's actually fun to weigh in. Your friend who owns the franchise must be mind boggled - you're OFF THE CHARTS!! :celebrate:

You're inspiring me. You've made amazing process! Seeing the scale going down faster than, say, calorie counting (which I did to lose the first part of my weight) is a big motivation. Keep up the great work!