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Originally Posted by PurtyLady
I have been on IP for 9 weeks and have lost 15 pounds. I meet with my counselor and she hasn't given my any answers to why I am only loosing a pound a week if that. I am a farm girl age 47 and very active with livestock and my seven kids. I am very strict with my diet and don't even eat the IP snacks. I measure my protein and I have only been eating Romain lettuce, cucumbers, and celery for the last two weeks. I drink more water then is recommended. So why am I not loosing? Do I need more protein? Do I need to do something different? I am from Wyoming and there is only one counselor in this area and she comes from 100 miles away once a week. Any suggestions, encouragement, ideas? I love this diet - and I so want it to work for me. I need to loose 35 more pounds.
Oh, PurtyLady, how frustrating that must be for you. My heart aches at the struggle you are facing.
I do not have any answers and I am not a veteran so anything I say would be just repeating what I have read. But I think that maybe what was said above is correct that if you curtail the calories and protein too far, your body may indeed be going into 'starvation' mode. I have read some recommend that you go have a good juicy steak with a bit of fat to kickstart it back.
Do not know if that is true, but if you are still within the confines of IP, I can't see why not try going to the higher edge for a bit. It may be worth a try and see what happens. You are so active that going up seems logical.
I wish I had more sage advice than that. I know that the days that I eat SO perfectly and on the low end are NOT the times I see the weight go flying off, so maybe a change is on order?