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03-27-2014 01:32 PM |
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Originally Posted by Jillybee123
(Post 4971737)
Survived Day 1, feeling OK. Did NOT like the maple oatmeal, so did a quick change to a drink. I did wake up with dark circles under my eyes. I never have dark circles, anyone else get this? I searched but didn't find anything, so maybe unrelated. Thanks everyone, have a great IP day
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Theres a great recipe for maple oatmeal zucchini muffins in Recipes #4 thread.
Re: Dark circles
Get your thyroid checked. It is a symptom.
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Originally Posted by Indygal
(Post 4971747)
Just wondering which is best...measuring your veggies before or after cooking. Any suggestions?
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Measure veggies and meats raw!!!
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Originally Posted by dcs0826
(Post 4971782)
First official day on IP today! 1st weigh in next Wednesday evening. Had the cappuccino drink for breakfast. Getting ready to have salt and vinegar crisps for snack, then chicken a la king with 2 cups veggies for lunch. Really hoping I have success on this plan!
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Plan for success!
I've learned we are as successful as we make up our minds to be. Our own minds can talk us into or out of a lot.
I keep mine talking me "into" staying OP!
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Originally Posted by TurtleMom
(Post 4971820)
So far, spinach is a hands-down winner over lettuce for smoothie additions. I will give lettuce another chance, but the smoothie-bar has been set pretty high by the spinach.
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Spinach has less taste & I find the lettuce in smoothies is an acquired taste. Today I did half spinach & half lettuce.
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Originally Posted by Runner68girl
(Post 4971824)
I'm following the IP program using alternatives. so, for breakfast I have a protein shake (made with water) that is comparable to an IP shake. I have a restricted snack around 10 am (DETOUR bar from Costco); lunch consists of big salad and either a shake or some protein of sorts. Then my final meal at dinner is usually some form of meat and lots of veggies/salad. I try to drink water throughout the day. Some days are better than others. It seems I'm not really consuming that many calories when you look at how much I'm eating. I wish I could bite the bullet and just pay for the IP program but I'm just not at that place finanically to put out all the cash for that. I also am hypothyroid, post menopause and on HRT. At 37 I was diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Failure which pushed me in to menopause and so now I'm on HRT (big dose of Estrogen and Progesterone). I wonder if the drugs and sluggish thryoid are my enemy here and it is just going to take much longer. I also have a relatively small amount to lose - around 40lbs. Most of my weight is in my hips and thighs - typical pear! ;)
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Might take longer but in retrospect (when you're done) you'll still have lost the weight!
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Originally Posted by danilynn
(Post 4971862)
Runnergirl68: here is the info that mars735 was talking about.
Non-restricted:
80-150 calories
Less than 30% calories from fat
Less than 8 net carbs
15-18 grams of protein
Restricted:
160-200 calories
Less than 30% calories from fat
9-20 net carbs
12-15 grams of protein
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I'm not sure I would ever recommend a 20 net carb restricted, unless it was only once/week (super restricted). All of mine (IP or alt) have been less than 15. And when I first started, people were looking at unrestricted as UNDER 8 g carbs (so 7 or fewer). That has always been my go-to.
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Originally Posted by ssubert
(Post 4971866)
I'm on week 14. Ketostix barely showed pink from the beginning but I was mostly losing 1-2 lbs. a week.
Stalled at about weeks 11-13.
I finally figured out that I was eating too many listed veggies. Duh!
Now I'm burning purple and losing again.
Note to self--measure raw veggies.
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Absolutely! I see people talk about eyeballing veggies. It might work for a while but best practice is to measure. Then we know we're sticking to plan
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Originally Posted by murphypuppy
(Post 4971880)
:( A little frustrated today... My scale has been refusing to budge much the past two weeks... I've been stuck between 190.9 and 192 for two weeks. Well not much to do about it other than stay on the plan and know that it will eventually start going down again because quitting will make the scale go up and that just won't do!
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Make sure you measure EVERYTHING.
And if you are, just know this too shall pass. The scale jumping around a bit from time-to-time is just part of the process. I once skipped a WI due to a "stuck" scale and after 3 weeks, the scale finally budged.
This is why scale isn't the only measure of weight loss and we all need to remember what we're really trying to achieve is FAT loss. Weight loss can bounce around even when we're losing fat, due to water.
Did your measurements change?
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