It's my Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Sarah - have you looked at Optimum Nutrition protein powder? They sell it at GNC. Its about 120 cals, 24gm carbs, only 1 gm sugar, made with Splenda. Could be a good fill in? Great progress so far - good luck with weekend!

Wayward - Thanks =) How is the wife, better? Are you staying well? Did you eat your vegetables. . . all of them??????

Wife is better, just the little one is still home sick.
Yep ate them all lol... wife tried another new thing last night, she tried making potato chips out of radish slices, they actually weren't too bad.. for cooked veggies lol.

Just need to figure out what to do for dinner tonight now.

Just slice and broil with oil or pam? I need more snacky crunchy things like that. Today I tried to make Romaine Chips (because its unlimited). It wasn't the worst thing ever and could probably be tweaked to be better . . . but kale chips are much better. have you tried them yet? They really don't taste like a vegetable at all once you toast them up. They are just salty little things . . . I could take them down the way I would a bag of chips!

Dinner for me was poached salmon and sauteed zucchini, cucumber and jalepeno (I felt bad wasting veggies and this is what was going to spoil). Salmon, good. veggie combo? not so much. Do you like salmon? As I was making I thought making a cauliflower mashed "potato", placing poached salmon on top, with a few sliced grape tomatoes would be pseudo gourmet . . at laest in appearance =)

My kiddos are sick too. It's terrible, but i was grateful to have a reason to give them benadryl tonight. The two older ones (3 and 2) got new bunk beds and have been staying up really late playing in them. Since I cannot force them to sleep, the fallout has been horrendous (whiny misbehaving kids ALL day). Now they are sick, so they have also been waking a few times a night EACH. I hope the benadryl makes them comfortable throughout the night and makes them fall asleep soon.

For me, I am hoping for a bath tonight and a face mask. Last night I painted my fingers and toes. By trying not to munch and replacing it, I should be very clean and well polished =)

Well guys, I am back to school and have given up reading and catching up on all the posts...... Had to weigh in early this week and had a 0 loss and 1 inch off the chest. It is also TOM so, we are thinking that is it...... I also have to start weighing in in the afternoon next week, so who knows. Staying OP though.......... Softball tournament with my daughter away this weekend, so have to cook up all my food tonight and pack in the cooler, what a pain in the @#$$^%$^. Just wanted to catch up with everyone. Sounds like you all have been doing great!!

I was wondering why I didn't get a text with your weigh in today. At least you didn't gain!!

Oh my goodness..im going crazy!!! bad bad cravings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I survived day 1 all over again..after my one slip up..but man..im craving donuts so bad...sugar bready yeasty goodness...i dont know if i can survive even going into a grocery store for the next zillion days!!!! i dont know why im freaking starving!!!! arghhhhhhh! im going bananas.

-End of freak out..

So proud of you! I would love to challenge myself to run like that! We are around the same goals. When's your run. I think i am going to start pilates soon when I am down more and then train to run, a friend of mine just did her first 10k yesterday in the FL heat! I will get her to train me. It's all mental i know. I just need my music.

Okay, I survived the rehearsal dinner (even with TOM as my guest...he's been with me since Thursday...blah!) it was a buffet, in a beautiful room over the water with the sunset. I had the pasta skillet... hold the pasta, it had chicken and mushrooms and spinach and I added some marinara sauce. delish. I had carved roast beef but I wish it was rarer... then the salad was spinach and red onions and mushrooms, PERFECT! I made my own dressing and brought it with me. I ignored the desserts and drank water with lime all night and a cup of coffee. then for the champagne toast they had sparkling water in a champagne glass too because the bride's family doesn't drink! didn't feel deprived and I had my vanilla RTD shake while everyone was having dessert.
next up the wedding... I hope I am not the only one dancing... nothing against people that don't drink especially because i am enjoying company with drinking now, but I will feel bad if the d.j. is playing music and only 5 people are on the dancefloor. Well, I will be there dancing and burning calories with my water and vodka with lime on the rocks... (hold the vodka)!

Does anyone have any outtings this weekend they need to pre-plan for? good luck! You can do it!!!

Well it looks like someone decided to bring the sunshine our way..so we are going to the lake today with the little one..It should be exciting since i havent been swimming with my baby girl at a lake before! AS for the weight loss..i worked hard yesterday to stay on plan and the scale went no where..im technically in the dreaded 4th week..so that could be why i guess..

Hi everyone! I just started IP today and just looking to meet others on the program. Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Kale is not a restricted veg on my sheet, it's in the first group???????

This week has been good. Now at minus 19. Was talking to one of the other nurses at work about my weight loss. SHe asked me how much I was planning to lose. I told her my goal was 138 pounds. She was shocked when she realized what I weigh. She said I did not look like I weighed that much. So maybe there is a tiny frame under there! Who would have guessed! LOL. Wedding next week that I am very involved with. So that will be a challenge. Weigh-in is on Thursday so the next one should be okay-it will be the one after. Trying to drink my water. Stopped treating dill pickles like they were unlimited and it made a big difference!

[QUOTE=coliep;3975952]Sarah - have you looked at Optimum Nutrition protein powder? They sell it at GNC. Its about 120 cals, 24gm carbs, only 1 gm sugar, made with Splenda. Could be a good fill in? Great progress so far - good luck with weekend!


Thanks, I actually found some ready to drink shakes by premier nutrition. They are 11oz so a little bigger than the IP RTD. They have 160 cal., 3g fat, 5g carbs, 1g sugar and 30g of protein and made with splenda. I got 18 of them for $25. Not perfect but will help me get through weekend and nice to have on hand. The IP RTD shakes are not only expensive but expensive to ship so this saves me a little $.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Welcome!! There is a lot of information and support on this site, it really helps. The plan works really well as I am sure you have seen on peoples posts. Just follow it like they say and you will do great. I was lucky to not have any bad symptoms the first week, just a little tired. Hope your first week goes great! The first weigh in is really encouraging .