Hi. Just started this crazy diet on 10/7. Down 8.4 pounds with no slips. My biggest struggle is choking down all the required IP food, in addition to the veggies, protein and lettuce. More food than I typically have time to eat during the day. Missed a few of the items over the last few days and gained .6 pounds. WTH! Anyone else having a problem eating all that is required? :p

Originally Posted by ButtBgone:
Hi. Just started this crazy diet on 10/7. Down 8.4 pounds with no slips. My biggest struggle is choking down all the required IP food, in addition to the veggies, protein and lettuce. More food than I typically have time to eat during the day. Missed a few of the items over the last few days and gained .6 pounds. WTH! Anyone else having a problem eating all that is required? :p

I am having a hard time getting all of my vegetables in, so I started making a soupy puree. Look at the Rainbow recipe board that is located in the 1st or 2nd sticky thread at the the top of the main Ideal Protein thread. All of those recipes made me excited to eat my food, versus dreading choking down another packet of soup... Some people love the food, some people think its okay, and then there are those who just can't seem to find much of anything that they like. I would recommend playing with the recipes to find something that works for you! Hope this helps :) Oh and I asked my coach, she said that salad is not required, but it definitely helps you feel satiated... So ask your coach if you have to eat salad, or if you can just stick to your veggies and packets.

Originally Posted by emsmom97:
You need to post 20 times (I think that is the magic number) and be on here 20 days. Once I hit those magic numbers, I'm ready to post my tracker. I had to hunt around the boards to find out why I couldn't post my ticker, but that is what I found.

I got a ticker by going to the edit signature tab in the user cp, there it tells you that you can get one from 3fatchicks, or ticker factory or I think there is one more... Anyways, check it out because I haven't been a member for 20 days nor have I posted 20 times... Hope that helps!

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Originally Posted by emsmom97:
Great success story and inspiration for you to start IP. Congrats on your loss...you will be at your goal before you know it.

Thank you so much. It feels good to know that people care and it gives me more motivation to continue going strong

Originally Posted by lisa32989:
This was me. I learned about IP from a friend EIGHT MONTHS before I started. I knew I'd need to be in the right frame if mind to stay compliant to lose over 100 lbs.

You look great! How long has it been so far to get to this point?

Originally Posted by Sweetness0915:
You look great! How long has it been so far to get to this point?

Thanks! Approximately 10 months

Originally Posted by iwannabe140:
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Well... That's weird... Do you have the "User CP" in the purple bar in the upper left side of the screen? I just clicked on it, and the first option in the left hand sidebar is "edit signature"...

I would post a screenshot, but I have no idea how to post pictures!

Originally Posted by iwannabe140:
HMM No option to edit signature..

You won't have that option until you have been a member for twenty days.


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very dizzy today :(. Weighed myself to see if the day and a half with my son at the hospital effected my loss. yep, up 1.5 lbs

Originally Posted by Danger121512:
Oh my goodness I was so nauseated yesterday after taking my vitamins! I felt like I was preggo again :dizzy:

This morning I made a "english muffin" from Rainbow's recipes and I am feeling so much better with taking my vitamin.

Maybe try eating something a little "heavier" in the mornings? Hope this helps!

Agreed on the pregnant thing. That is exactly how I feel - and no I'm not. I skipped the vitamins for breakfast, and I've been fine today. No headache, just really tired still.

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Hi I just started the IP diet and so far so good!!! I lost 8.8 pounds my first week!!!! :carrot:

I started on 10/7 too! I'm down 11 lbs but have definitely had a few slips....our secretary keeps a bowl of delicious candy in the office and it can be hard to resist just one little fun size snickers!
As far as the food goes, I have had trouble eating it all too. I have found that 8 oz of meat plus 2 cups of veggies at dinner time is A LOT of food and I don't always feel hungry enough to eat it all at once.
I drink the vanilla drink mix in my coffee every morning as my breakfast and that has worked really well so far because then I am not hungry until 10:30/11am. Fitting 2 cups of veggies in for lunch can be a challenge because I am not always in the mood for a salad and can't cook at work. I am also not a soup fan so I tend to use my soup mixes as sauces for my veggies - like 2 cups of broccoli microwave-steemed with the broccoli cheese soup as a sauce. I have increased my veggie variety though and that helps; like instead of 2 cups of one thing or a cup each of two things, I'll do 1 cup of kale, 1/2 cup of mushrooms, and 1/2 cup broccoli to keep my meal interesting. I prep my veggies on the weekend for the week (chop, par-cook, measure out, etc.) which keeps me from feeling like I can't figure out what to eat.

My friend who has done IP before and is back on a restart is my unofficial "coach" so I am doing my own weigh ins. I also find that I split some of the IP foods up and feel fine; I haven't noticed a change in my losses. I mean, for my evening snack sometimes I'll pour about half of the RTD mango drink into a glass, add mineral/sparkling water and drink that and feel perfectly full.

Kate09:
I was going to recommend pureed veggies in soup but since you're not a soup fan, you can puree raw spinach in a chocolate smoothie (can't taste the spinach but it "greens it up" a bit). I put 2 c. cooked, pureed veggies into IP soups for lunch for MONTHS. I didn't cook at work either. I took it in a thermos.

You can also make muffins with zucchini. See Recipe #4 thread (link in the daily chat).

I cook/puree rhubarb. Add plain gelatin & some red mio to sweeten it. Let it gel. I usually do 6-8 c. at once. I pour into 6-8 single-serving dishes. Of course the pureed rhubarb doesn't end up a whole cup so you can actually eat 2 servings, if you want. It is a nice sweet treat AND it is a veggie!

Then whatever veggie you have on the side with dinner & you've got your 4 c. for the day.

All I know is, either I have packed on some blubber for the winter, or all my fall clothes have somehow shrunk since last year and if I don't start dropping some poundage pronto, I'm going to look pretty silly wearing maternity wear from 17 years ago. An darn it. I could use a drink!