My husband and I are rebooting after 2 years (?) away and the weight gain to show for it.... I had my new coach appointment yesterday, he has his on Thursday and we'll start either Saturday or Sunday. We're trying to finish up all the "illegal" foods by then and have a fridge with a fresh start again. Will spend the weekend finding recipes I may have emailed myself last time!

Funny you mention that I went for my WI and lost only 1/2 lb my body is not cooperating this week, my coach believes it might be water retention due to choosing some of the higher sodium packages last week. She also suggested I use my restricted package at lunchtime and then have my lunch around 4:00. We will see if that works I am not going to let myself get discouraged.

I'm also new to the list fantastic job on your weight loss:). I'm enjoying the list sort of support and therapy all rolled into one

Initial WI today, food starts tomorrow.
2 cycle - 4 years off.
I plan to be here a bit because I can't go weekly to weigh in. It a long drive and I don't get many days off.

I'm here. I have been avoiding checking because I have not had any success either. Not sure how I could be so disciplined before and such an idiot now. I eat things I never ate before.

I hope your early bed time worked. I've been on the run for days and not organized. Even went to work without my lunch today. I was giving some diet advice to someone today and kicking myself for not following my own suggestions. Gotta start with the next meal! And then stick to my guns thru a bday party on Saturday and Super Bowl party on Sunday.

Check in tmo kcdoe!

wow nice loss in short time congrats for being successful second go around!!!

Hey I'm right there with you, I FINALLY FINALLY HAD 1 FULLY successful day:carrot: sad to be so excited about a single day OMG right. What helped me is a body builder friend of mine went with me to the gym I'm thinking of joining and showed me what to do on all the equipment to get just the results I'm looking for. And then had a late dinner, fish and Brussels (hate Brussels all I had in the house though) ate more fish then I should have but was starving. But then I went upstairs prepared for bed and put in bleach cups (teeth whiting) something I bought a while back and hadn't used. you have to leave them in for 20/30 minutes. Between the gym and that it worked no cravings. yeahhhh

I'm the same as far as wanting food I've never liked before. Pizza, never cared for it, never understood the worlds fascination with it. since this diet can't leave it alone. I have asked that it not be brought in my house even. What is that? :devil:

Hope you had a better day yesterday!!! And I'm hoping to have day 2 of OP1 Success. I failed to prepare yesterday to then jumped in the grocery store and got some Tyson Chicken cubes cooked and ready to throw on some veggies and made a salad for lunch, even bought the already boiled hard boiled eggs. It's not ideal but got me through a day successfully :)

Oh no supperbowl is on Sunday :( that means they will have garbage food here while they watch ok, I think I'll plan to go out!!!

Nice hearing from you!!!

Hey now, "only" is a four-letter word in Ip3fc

If your coach is only looking at one week's data, they are misinformed about how weight loss works. It isn't linear. A graph would be a jagged line. Some weeks are bigger whooshes down, other weeks are flatter, and a few weeks could be a slight uptick up. This is due to MANY factors. It could have been the sodium you ate the day before. It could have been your body is just getting ready to release the water from recently burned fat (I've read fat cells fill with water as the energy from the fat is depleted. The LAST thing that happens is the water whooshes away).

No matter the reason, one weigh-in isn't a reason to make any changes. It would take several in a row before it could be determined if a change is needed. Those who collect and analyze data for a living know that we look at the trend. An individual data point (like one weigh in) doesn't provide much useful info.

Congrats on your half lb. Anyone who stalled this week will be jealous!

Arobed, as long as the scale is moving down I am happy. When I have had on prior diets slow or no loss weeks, I try and focus on the NSV's. You probably have those everyday. You are doing great. Just keep to the plan.

We can do this!

Have a great day!

Hi Everyone,

I'm a newbie! Started IP on January 12th. I've been on it for 2 weeks and have lost a total of 4.5 pounds. My goal is to lose about 20ish pounds. Good luck to everyone!

Thank you for the encouragement I really appreciate it. I especially love that only is a four letter word. This place is wonderful

Hi all! Longtime lurker but just joined up! I started IP on January 17th and lost 10 lbs in my first week, I was so shocked! I'm getting married in August so I'm trying this diet not only for my health but also because I want to feel like a rockstar on my wedding day! Looking forward to this journey over the next few months and having you all in it with me!

Fantastic and awesome weight loss I am new here as well

Hello! from a fellow Texan! I'm just down IH 10 from you (give or take 10-12 hours ;) )

Good luck! Follow the protocol and you will amaze yourself!

Congrats on the wedding date! I'd definitely wait awhile before picking a dress because there will be much less of you to put in one come August! Good luck!

Best of luck on this journey! I'm still pretty new being on W2D8 and lost a little over 12 pounds so far.
IP really works if you let it!!

I'm using My Fitness Pal to track myself but it keeps telling me that I need more calories. I seem to be under 1200 per day. Suggestions?