Great job on your first week! I hear ya on the mindless snacking. Usually when I'm cooking, I fall victim. I only eat sitting down now, that really helps. That way, I sit down with my plate, eat, and I'm done!

You go girl! Getting started is half the battle, imho, and that good feeling of being on track will offset hard part.
Here's a twist, too, both amusing and gratifying: some people I haven't seen for awhile simply do not recognize me. At first I thought maybe I had offended them & they were ignoring me, but turns out they just didn't know it was me.

Love that idea! I think I've just instituted a new rule for myself. Thanks!

I'm loving the baggy pants stories. My sister forced me to clean out my closet this weekend and get rid of all the baggy pants. So I've do e some shopping in the pat week or (sale season!) and tried to get some basics in a new size. I'm also thinking over my goal weight since I have lost almost 40 lbs and only went dpwn one size. Or maybe a size and a half since many of my clothes were uncomfortably tight before I started IP. For my height the upper end of the wright charts usually show about 165 - 167. I can't remember when I weighed that little .....maybe college (but of course I still felt fat). I do remember weighing 180 (my goal weight) and feeling fab.

Today's challenge for me is cross country travel. I'm flying to LA which ends up being an all day affair. I remember I did this same trip about 8 weeks ago when I had first started IP and had been following the diet for about a week. I was SO nervous about traveling all day. And a five hour flight with time zone changes that would put me eating dinner very late. But this time I'm not nervous at all. Have several packets with me (I'm actually in the air right now) and have a plan for getting my veggies in. I'm cool!

Hoping everyone has a great day.

I decided to edit my tracker as you suggest because I lost weight before I started IP. IP just accelerated it.

Well today is day one of my reboot. Got my first green monster shake down and am ready to get through the next 4 days. Life is looking pretty good so far. I know what to expect and have all my tools ready for it. Have a great day everyone from windy Seattle.

Good morning all!
I am happy to report a whopping -10 after week 1. This is definitely motivating. I had a tough time with my spinach last night. My husband and I are both on IP, and we bought a bag of spinach from Costco, and goodness theres just soooo much. We had it several times last week! I don't want it to go bad, so I have a few more days of spinach, but the 10 helps! That put me back into ONEderland! WOOOOHOOOO!!
GOOO team!

Blending it in the shakes helps it move quicker I also add to romaine salads for a pic of different favor.

First, congratulations on a great week one! Nice incentive to push hard,

Second, when I end up with a bit more spinach or greens and I worry that they may go bad, I quick throw them in a pan with a bit of chicken stock. I steam it until soft, then run it through the blender until thick and smooth. I keep it in the fridge and either heat it up to make soup with some seasoning or use the "slurry" in my morning protein shakes.

I'm really new on here and only 6 weeks into the IP diet - I want to thank you for posting your weekly weight loss it is really encouraging to see how it comes off for other people - hopefully I can follow in your footsteps!

I'm proud to be a loser on this forum, 2.9 this week, a happy camper I am

It is so nice when people are genuinely happy for you....great job have a great OP IP day

Happy Monday everyone : ) I am new to the forums and to IP! Today is my 5th day. I wanted to share a NSV. Yesterday I wenr shopping out of town with my daughter and planned to be home for lunch. We got stuck thou and didn't return till 3pm. My daughter was starving by 1 pm. So I. Stopped and got her fast food. Even with the smell and how good I knew it would taste... I didn't really want it. Not even a fry! I know I hit ketosis, but I didn't think it would be that easy to say not and not even cheat a tiny bit! Super proud of myself! Can't wait to weigh in Wed. to see what the scale says! Thanks for all the support in this forum! It is you all that I draw strength from! <3 Jen

Are you cooking it? Saute with a bit of salt or garlic powder for flavour and the two cups cooks down to nothing. Three bites and it's done.

Happy Monday!!

I just finished cupping my veggies for the week and the lettuce for my smoothies!!!

Feel ready for the week ahead. I love having every other Monday off.

Have a good day.