I may be crazy, but I love exercising. I have spent the past six months on Ideal Protein and lost 70 lbs, but my sponsor advised me that exercising was detrimental to the plan. Now that it's summer and I have all this free time, I need to move! So, I've transitioned to Atkins and adopted a stringet routine. I am on week 4 of couch to 5k. On days I don't run, I do 30 minutes on the elliptical and Jillian's 30 day shred. I feel so alive! I want to do more, but I have that sponsor in the back of my head....am I going overboard? I still have a long way to go, and I know it'll take time, but I want results, and I want them now. Perhaps this impulsive nature got me to 306 in the first place, huh? I just want to be as alive as I possibly can for as long as I can: my children deserve that. I deserve that.

I completely understand. A huge motivator for me on my weight loss journey is that I want to live. REALLY live. I want to hike, and kayak, and inline skate, and run! I find that the more weight I lose, the better I feel and the more I'm willing to try more things.

I don't much about Ideal Protein, but how is exercising not a great thing for your body? Personally, I'd question any plan that says that you should stay still when you want to move! Remember, we all not only want to be thinner but fitter too

Hey I'm a teacher too what do you teach?

I know how you feel about the summer LOL. It's like you just have to move with all of that free time.

Welcom to the forum!

I teach high school English. It's exciting not to be cooped up in a classroom for a few months, so I feel like I have to take full advantage.

The explanation I got for limited exercise with IP was that if my body was only getting appx 950 calories a day, burning any extra would cause my body to go into "starvation mode." The weeks I worked out I had little to no loss on the scale. So depressing.

I'm a teacher too.-high school special education. I love summer. I had wanted to do ideal protein, but it is to expensive to attend a clinic. I am trying to do it on my own. I know 3 people who have lost a lot of weight doing ideal protein.

Welcome to 3FC. Congrats on your success! Keep up the great work

Vibrant

Hello there, I'm new to this and was inspired by all the stories I've been reading. I finally made the decision to get rid of the weight that has made keeping up with 5 year olds difficult. We can do this!!

I am an elementary teacher! I think I have tried, or printed out with the "plan" of trying nearly every diet out there. I know I won't eat "weird" things all my life. I want a plan for me that will be how I eat forever. Summer is a great time to get a good routine going. I need everyone's encouragement to get rid of the clutter in my mind, on my body, and in my house!!!