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.

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!

HMM No option to edit signature..

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

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

Thanks! Approximately 10 months

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!

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

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!

hahaha your funny! With all the weird trends going around up here I think 17 year old maternity clothes would be in :dizzy:

Hey Kawaii,

Glad to see you're back. I was wondering what happened to you! Congrats on your weigh in and progress so far! I go in tomorrow morning for my next weigh in. So far my home scale shows I haven't lost much this week after losing 21 lbs in the first two weeks. Need to take a look at what I did differently this week and try and pinpoint any issues. Keeping fingers crossed for more good numbers!

Just FYI - The weight loss slows down by the second or third week. My first time around ( I did it for 5 weeks till goal) the first week I lost 9.8 lbs, the second week 6 lbs but the third to the fifth week varied from 1-3 lbs a week. I was assured that it will slow and the average to loose weekly is only 1-3 lbs and your almost guaranteed to go up during TOM weeks

So don't be to hard on yourself if you only lose 1 lbs. Its still a pound down in the right direction right?? And sometimes you may lose only inches and no weight. Weight loss is never a guaranteed thing unfortunately. But stick to the plan as much as you possibly can and you will see results.

I just joined this blog so perhaps most of you have already shared. But, why now? I'm interested in knowing what triggered you to make the decision to say now it the time to commit to a diet. Is there an event coming up you need to prepare for? Are you like me and and refusing to buy more "fat clothes" and tired of feeling like wallpaper when you are in a group of strangers? I have a sales meeting in Mexico in February and there is no way I am going to waste a free 5 star vacation sitting in the shade swaddled in towels like a baby. How about you?

I started for several reason. My cholesteral is borderline high and don't want meds. My dh and I are TTC and it is not happening. For 2 years now we have done everything to conceive naturally and my FS said loose about 10% and it would help. As well I just have never been thin. I don't remember the last time I was under 225lbs! And realized that for me and for my health I needed to do something. I'm going to be 37 next month and if I want a baby I need to act now! I choose IP because of the success rate, I did WW and lost 5 pounds over 5 weeks. With IP I lost 5lbs in the first week!

I am fighting my gene pool. I inherited a thyroid condition - apparently, the same thing Oprah claims to deal with. I was thin and fit until I hit my 30's and it was all down hill from there. I have always been very careful about what I consume because it's so easy for me to gain, and impossible for me to lose. This has been the only diet that has ever worked for me - ever. Believe me, I have done it all. Just short of hiring someone to slap the Twinkie out of my hand. No expense spared. Once you get into the routine, you will be amazed at the ease of this diet.

I wish I would have joined back when my friends were discussing it. I would be so much further instead of in the first week. Why? Because while I should be doing this for myself, and I am, I don't think it's fair to my family. I don't think that it's fair to my husband that he has to get in bed with a fat lady every night. I've always wanted to lose weight. I think the big triggers are that we are going on a family trip with my siblings and parents to Mexico in March. I don't want to be the fat girl. And, we are celebrating our 20th anniversary next June and going on a cruise. I would like to go on that cruise looking good.

I am only 30. 8 years ago when me and my hubby met I weighed 128lbs. After having 2 babies I struggle with keeping myself below the 150's!! Its so annoying. I can get into the 130's but not the 120's. After 2 years of brutal exercise, extreme healthy eating I finally got to 136 (it took 2 years to go from 155 to 136) then a good friend of ours did IP and he lost an amazing amount of weight in 8 weeks. So Apr/May of this year I decided to try it. In 5weeks I lost 26lbs. Hit 130 for the first time in a long time. But then I just quit. Over the summer I gained 36 lbs :( Heaviest I've been since giving birth!! But I have to say I truly enjoyed my summer. Ate what I wanted and never gave a second thought to it. Until this past month. I was asked to teach a class at my daughters school and had no dress clothes to wear. All my dress clothes were size 6 from spring. Now I need a 8/9. That was my deciding factor. If I am going to commit to teaching this class for the remainder of the year, I am going to do it feeling confident and in my size 6 pants!! I seen a few pictures of myself over the summer and could not believe how round I looked. Even my face looks like I'm poofing out my cheeks. All in all I have decided enough was enough and I'm determined to be in my size 6's for Christmas!

Anyway, that's my story.

Why now? Because, I'm back to almost not fitting in my fat clothes... again. Because, I'm turning 40 next year. Because I'm sick of being the fattest person in the room. Because, I'm tired of being tired! Because, this isn't fair to my husband or my kids. Because, this is NOT me!

I will do this! I will be successful and I will keep it off!

My husband has always been adoring and supportive of me, you can't imagine the horror when he referred to my belly one night as my "gunt". I almost clocked the SOB. I think, he thought, I would think that was funny. I find humor in everything but the suit of blubber that incases the person I am. Only I can make fun of me.

[QUOTE=ButtBgone;4869920]My husband has always been adoring and supportive of me, you can't imagine the horror when he referred to my belly one night as my "gunt". I almost clocked the SOB. I think, he thought, I would think that was funny. I find humor in everything but the suit of blubber that incases the person I am. Only I can make fun of me.[/QUOT


Last night my dh said to me "I'm fat too!" after I was *****ing about the food i was eating. He is supportive and I love him to death, but he has never actually called me fat until last night.

Why now? Hmmm...I think I just got tired of being the fat one in the group. Of not fitting in. Of feeling out of shape and unhappy with myself. I was tired of being the "fat cheer mom". The one that has a "pretty face" but fat a**! I'm doing this for me. This benefits the rest of my family, but this is for me!

Okay all...had to share a NSV from last night...

Had book club at my house last night. We always do some sort of "bar" for dinner. I chose to do a taco bar with all the fixings. And there is always lots of wine flowing. Well...last night, I drank nothing but water!!! Not a sip of wine for me. HUGE success! And for dinner, I ate only the ground turkey, lettuce and some tomato. No cheese, sour cream, chips, etc. I couldn't believe I did it. I think this was the first time in my life that I stayed 100% OP on any diet I've ever been on. Needless to say, when I went to bed last night, it was with a huge smile on my face. I was actually proud of myself for once!

WTG!! I feel the same, I just can't even bring my self to cheat and self sabotage. It would just seem to much a waste of time and money.

I lost 31 lbs. in 2010 with Weight Watchers, but when they changed their plan, I put back on at least 15-20 lbs. and had so much trouble getting it back off again. I knew I needed to completely rid myself of sugar and carbs. Chocolate, ice cream, and pizza were my biggest downfalls out of many. It wasn't until my cousin told me about this program that I started to consider it, after seeing how much she lost. It took me a while for me to decide, but I started last Saturday. Even tho it won't be official until tomorrow morning, I am already down 5 lbs. in my first week :carrot: I can't remember the last time I lost that much in one week! I have been faced with a lot of temptation this past week, from seeing all the pizza and Chinese food my co-workers are consuming (they're all guys, btw), to having dreams about cheating on this. However, I have NOT caved in even once! I'm so excited to get down to where I want to be, and not have to worry about buying bigger clothes anymore!:hat:

My profession is sales. I am constantly exposed to happy hours, fine wine and the best restaurants. For the last 3 weeks, I have avoided every single food/alcohol related event because I didn't want to deal with temptation until I had the confidence I could say "no" and mean it. When I first started reading this blog, I wondered how many people on here cheated, or were tempted and how they dealt with it. I wonder how many people just quit the diet because they think there is no going back once they fall off the wagon?

There is a post about being mostly cheat free. I can't even read it. If I do it will just give me an excuse to cheat. I just can't. I've got a friend who is doing this as well, and she drinks pop and she eats cheese. I cant' do those things.

Oh, how I miss cheese! I'm so used to having it in my scrambled eggs. It's kinda bland without it. :(

My decision to go for IP came after I broke a small bone in my left foot. The bone acts as a pulley for the tendons. I was in a lot of pain and my blood pressure was triple digits top and bottom. Really scared me. Not willing to stroke out over a small bone. I decided that the weight had to go.

I was tempted to cheat today :( I had a warmed choc. drink for breakfast at 8 and headed to town to do some shopping. It was 1 before I got back. I was starving!! My kids wanted to go to the food court but I knew I would be tempted there. So, instead, I stopped into my coaches place and picked up some Mt. Olive Butter Pickles (sugar free, calorie free) and munched on them till I got home lol they were good!! But I am very proud of myself, if this was any of the other times I tried to restart I would of caved. But seeing the scale go down every morning is motivating me to keep going 100% OP.

Good job! But, just to let you know, pickles are not calorie free. They are made from cucumbers so, yes, they are very low calorie, but not totally free.

Keep it up! Aren't you glad you didn't cheat!?!?

This is where we need a thumbs up! Great job.

The nutritional label says:

per 1oz or 6 pickles

Calories 0
Fat 0
Sodium 190mg
Carb 1
Protein 0

That's why I said it was calorie free :)

Yes, the FDA is allowed to say that something is "0" calories if it is 4 or less.

The 1 gram of carb is equal to 4 calories, but technically they can say zero.

Overall, though, great job staying on track!

Glad to see everyone is doing well and avoiding those cheats! Keep it up! I had my third weigh in this morning. Lost another 4 lbs and 2.5 inches! Pretty exciting to say the least. Now I just have to make it through next week without indulging that sweet tooth! :devil:


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