[ColoradoCarol]

Originally Posted by apple7399

Hi all!

I've just joined IP and I love this forum. I searched the forum for these answers but they were hard to find so I had a couple questions I was hoping someone could help me with.

1. Do you feel that eating extra lean ground beef leads to slower losses than ground turkey or chicken or eggs (I've heard people who eat mostly eggs for their protein have seen the best loss but I wanted to run it by you all!)

2. Has anyone drank diet soda and stayed in ketosis or is this an absolute no-no?

3. Does it matter if you eat pudding desserts most nights instead of jello or the shakes? I just like the puddings better. I'm not talking about restricted vs non restricted. I mean all of these are non-restricted.

4. Is there any restricted or non restricted powder that people felt hindered their loss?

THANKS!!!! And happy thanksgiving!!!!

Welcome - my 2 cents -

1. I try to eat read meat only once or twice (at the most) per week. I mainly eat ground turkey and shrimp.
2. I gave up diet soda cold turkey when I started the diet. Come to find out, my diet coach/chiro feels that too much splenda can add up and result in reduced weight loss. I was using approximately 9-10 packets and each packet has .995 of dextrose.
3. I have the same nightime snack almost every night - strawberry wafers. They are restricted - but I enjoy them. The other IP foods I eat every day are low net carbs so it hasn't been an issue.
4. I did find out that the chocolate drink mix is high in carbs - It is my opinion that it should be restricted. It might not meet IP's definition of restricted, but I was drinking it every night and my weight loss slowed.

You kind of have to find what works for you on this diet and then sometimes you find it, and your body changes, so you have to switch it up a bit.

I do know that since I have started eating 4 cups of romaine lettuce every day, my loss has gone up. (I mix it in my shakes)

Good luck and looks like you did well on your first 3 week stint. Keep up the good work.

[ColoradoCarol]

Originally Posted by alaskan77

I'm from my 3 week hitch and am down 21 lbs. Yessss!!!! Wasn't as hard as I thought it would staying away from all the temptations. Question, restricted items, are those one a day or one a week?

Restricted items are once per day (with the exception of the new chocolate rasberry bars - those are once per week.)

[ColoradoCarol]

Originally Posted by alaskan77

My second question, can I meet my 8 ounces of meat protein daily by eating 4 oz. of chicken at lunch then 4 oz. of meat at dinner?
Wish me luck, I head back up on Tuesday...

I have previously had a lap band surgery so I can't eat 8 oz of protein at one sitting, so I eat 4 oz at lunch and 4 oz at dinner. Make sure you still eat your packet at lunch.

It works well for me to break it up, not only due to the surgery but also it gives me the "brain power" for the afternon.