Hi Onyx! Thanks IdealProteinNewbie for answering her and sending the link. I was on the road and did not log in for a couple of days.
All is very well with me. I'm losing slowly, but steadily. Today is Halloween; tomorrow is my birthday. I'm down 21 (almost 22) by my birthday from when I started this reboot, so I'm a little more than halfway there. That feels good. Clothes are fitting better.
Hey Ro22, So true! I see you've been maintaining like a champ! Keep it up.
I wish that were true! I gained all weight back plus 24 pounds. Didn't have the heart to change my stats. I rebooted the last week of June and I am transitioning after this week. I still want to drop 20 pounds to get back to where I was before but I had some dizzy spells last week so I am switching to keto to try and lose last 20. If that doesn't work, then I'll focus on maintaining until new year and drop the 20 on IP in Jan. I am bound and determined to successfully maintain this time. In the past, I would have just pushed through until I got the 20 off, but I would feel deprived through holidays and I think my body is giving me signs I can't go 6+ months on600-700 calories so time for a change-up. I'll feel like a big success when I maintain through holidays and feel like a miracle if I lose the 20 through the holidays but I will try. I know this - if I don't switch now, I'm either on same path to get sick or trigger a binge to feeling deprived so this time I'm listening to my body and doing a change up. I'm looking forward to working out next week!!!!
I'm really loving this site. It's nice to see all these people in the same place as me. I would like to thank the makers of this site for creating it. I had done ideal pro8 once about 2 years ago. It helped me to lose about 30 lbs and conceive my first baby. Now my son is 10 months old and I've gained all my weight back and then some. Starting round 2 of IP and hoping to stick to it till I reach my goal this time. What do you guys do to stay on the program till you reach your goal when you only have few lvs left to lose? I start to get lazy when I see that I've lost some weight and my clothes fit better...I kinda start to get careless.. does that happen to anyone? If so, how do you deal with it? I really want to lose 50 lbs.
Thanks. I look forward to hearing your suggestions.
I'm really loving this site. It's nice to see all these people in the same place as me. I would like to thank the makers of this site for creating it. I had done ideal pro8 once about 2 years ago. It helped me to lose about 30 lbs and conceive my first baby. Now my son is 10 months old and I've gained all my weight back and then some. Starting round 2 of IP and hoping to stick to it till I reach my goal this time. What do you guys do to stay on the program till you reach your goal when you only have few lvs left to lose? I start to get lazy when I see that I've lost some weight and my clothes fit better...I kinda start to get careless.. does that happen to anyone? If so, how do you deal with it? I really want to lose 50 lbs.
Thanks. I look forward to hearing your suggestions.
Hi. Congrats on the baby and self-help action!
I can't say I have a direct answer to your question as I would say motivation to commit to goal has not been a problem for me as once I'm committed, I see it through.
For me, my issues have been three-fold:
1) not being able to define a realistic goal/doubting my goal - I think what I have is realistic but I got very sick last time. I don't attribute that to my goal but more to doing P1 for too long consecutively but perhaps I set too low of a weight goal for me. I'm listening to my body more this time and adjusting. But, I am determined to hit my goal but maybe it is not right for me. We'll see.
2) Maintaining - always failed but I am committed to succeeding no matter how many tries it takes. I only discovered low carb through IP 2 years ago and only keto this year so I really think these are the keys to stopping yo-yo dieting for 30 years and are incorporating them into maintenance plan. For example, I started doing blood glucose testing to see my body's reaction to foods and it is eye-opening to imagine what I must put my body through when I make very bad choices. It is then easier to understand how I rapidly gain vs feeling my body is letting me down post weight-loss phase.
3) Getting motivation to restart after going off rails and catching myself before causing too much damage. I know I can't force restarting - once that switch gets flipped, I have no problems committing but something happens after I reach goal where I never had the tools to maintain and a delayed reaction to deprivation leading to bingeing. But, I am bound and determined to break the cycle and I hope this is the time. I am certainly putting in the effort.
Ro22, no worries on your stats. Shoot, regaining all+24 must have been disheartening, but I think that's somewhat of a familiar story with some of us at least. A few of us just struggle w weight -- kind of a lifetime thing. I always had the inkling that my body was "springloaded" to be fat -- I could lose weight if I applied a lot of force -- but once I stopped trying, my weight pops back up. Then it's just a matter of what point during the "pop" do I get a handle on things again and dive back into dieting. It's interesting that I tried probably 20 times during my run up to restart IP -- would get a few days (sometimes a few weeks) in and boom, I would cheat fall off the wagon. Not sure if it was "dieting burnout", or the restarting of carb addictions, or depression/stress -- but I just could not stay the course. Until two weeks ago when I finally seemed to gain control again. Hopefully I can stick with it and get my weight back down. It is hard. Your plan to just try to maintain through the holidays is a good one -- this Nov-Dec window is the toughest time of the year to diet IMHO. For me tho, I want to use my momentum to knock my weight down now, as I'm not sure how I will be feeling (if I will have the motivation) come January. But I just have to keep trying until I hit on the right pathway.
Manmeet, congrats on your first! Yes that baby weight is tough. If I had any good tips on maintenance I would give them, but I don't -- so I will leave that to others that have had long-term weight-off success. Keep up the good fight!
Just wanted to give a gold star to anyone working on this tough problem -- I am rooting for you!
Last edited by Avalon1957; 11-02-2016 at 10:04 AM.
Aug 2013 to Dec 2013 (IP Diet, 326 to 249):
Started IP P1 for the first time in Aug 2013. My starting weight was 326. By Dec 2013 I was down to 249. So I lost 77 pounds in 4.5 months.
Dec 2013 to Aug 2014 (Regain, 249 to 326):
Took a "break from IP" and my weight started a slow climb -- then a rapid climb up. I gained every pound back I lost ... and ended up back at 326 (my old starting weight) by the end of Aug 2014.
Sep 2014 to Nov 2015 (IP 1st Reboot, 326 to 196):
Started IP P1 AGAIN at my original starting weight of 326. Stuck it out for 14 months this time (during this 2nd run) and got my weight down to 196. So I lost 130 pounds in 14 months.
Nov 2015 to Oct 2016 (Regain, 196 to 276):
Had a slow regain from Nov 2015 to May 2016 where my weight ran up to 225 (which is not a horrible weight on me, since I am tall) -- but then from June 2016 to late August 2016 -- a combination of stress and depression did me in and I piled on a fast additional 51 pounds in 3 months up to 276.
Oct 23, 2016 to now (IP 2nd Reboot, 276 to 264):
Just had a great 12 days restarting IP P1 where I am down a fast 12 pounds. The good news is my previous regain only took me half way up to my old high (a minor success I suppose if you look at it from a glass half full perspective). I hope to get back down to 250's very soon. Maybe next week? ... Then into the 240's by the end of Nov? ... Then maybe the 220's by the end of January? 225 is not a bad weight on me -- tho I think most Dr's would say a "healthy" weight for me is closer to 200. If I get to 225, I might evaluate if I have the gumption and drive to take a stab at 200 (which I might be able to do with an additional 2 months of dieting)
One step at a time!
My weight chart looks like this over the past 3 years ...
I guess the good news I am still down about 62 pounds from my peak weight ... that's something.
The upshot of all this is the IP Diet does work (very well) for weight loss -- but I just haven't figured out the maintenance part yet.
Last edited by Avalon1957; 11-02-2016 at 10:18 AM.
Hi Alexandra - Losing weight is 'easy', maintaining is where the hard work begins! Glad to read you've had a successful 2 week run - keep it up!
& maintaining a 20% weight reduction is HUGE! There is plenty of science out there about how even a 10% loss is great for health. You got this lady!
Avalon1957, I do believe that I remember you from older posts (I did IP in 2011 and I was a very active member on these IP boards), glad to see you here.
I tried to re-start IP many times with millions of failed attempts, but since October 2, I eased myself into it by starting with a low-carb diet, I first included some nuts and cheese, then I was able to fully stick to 100% IP.
As of today, (a month into the diet), I lost 19 pounds I am so happy but I know I have a long way.
Any advice about how to tighten the inner thigh flab? I know we are not supposed to exercise while on IP, but I don't know what to do .
Anyway, also I wanted to share about my experience with soy nuts, when I first started IP they were on the restricted list, then they became non restricted seeing that the fiber minus the carbs would equal a non restricted item, but with my experience, I did notice that I was not losing weight while I treated the soy nuts as non restricted, I only re-started losing weight while using them only once a day restricted item.
Post pregnancy reboot.
I am so happy but I know I have a long way.
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