Thank you so much ladies for your support. My fiends and family not OP don't really understand but I know you all do! I picked up some pudding to have as my daily sweet rather than my lovely Choc mint and caramel nut bars. I am also going yo carefully watch my oil as I think I was getting a bit generous in my sautes. Hopefully these adjustments will help move the scale. Thank you again, I am so grateful for this forum! Cheers

Can't wait to hear how next week goes, Hmm!

All is ok here, sticking to the plan but feeling a bit discouraged for some reason. Strangest thing happened, I weighed myself at home (which I NEVER have done), and before bed I was 205! Then I woke up in the morning and weighed again first thing and I was 213. WTH?!? How's that for backwards?

I am nervous about weigh in this week. Was off the rails for a week over new years, been back on since Monday but feeling SO stressed about everything that's going on with my Dad's illness. I just want to see a loss this week but am really thinking it might not happen for me.

Sorry for the rant, I am a little EMO today I think!

Hmm123 and MaPetiteChoux -- Hope you are not discouraged. Any loss, even if little, is better than a GAIN, which is what most people are seeing this time of year. And, Teags, so sorry you are stressing re your dad. I can see how that would throw the whole diet out the window, so be proud of yourself for coming here, checking in, and paying attention. My home scale is often wacko too. Did you happen to drink a bunch of water before stepping on this morning? Someone posted on the daily thread the other day that 50 oz. of water could add up to 7 pounds on the scale -- what?! Wow. I have stopped gulping down water before WI now.

Another thing that might help is to calculate your average loss per week since you started IP. I am at 2 months today, averaging 2 lbs/wk. Does not sound like much, but it has been doing the trick. And it's much more success than I had on WW or on my own. And for that to be over the holidays and my bday month is, to me, a win. Try to keep your spirits up all -- will send positive vibes your way

Mimi - thanks for the encouragement! 2 lbs per week is AWESOME! Especially since there has been so many big events going on in the last few months. Good for you lady.

I have been finding the one thing I keep telling myself through my Dad's illness is that the one thing I can control is what I put in my mouth which has a direct correlation with how I feel about myself. I could use this stressful time to eat whatever I want and have a darn good excuse for it, but I am choosing to remain in control of what I have left. I think the diet has helped me in this way actually, does that make any sense??

Teags - it totally makes sense to me. As I find IP not only help the body to go into the keto state so we can lose weight, it also helps me to correct my eating habits. No more munching because you are bored or stressed, or just because everyone else at the party is eating. Good that you remain in control during the stressful time. I am sure you are worried about you Dad, but try not to let it stress you out as Mini said stress will throw your diet totally out the window. Share with us what is bothering you if that helps to lift loads off your mind.

hey everyone still hanging in there strong ..... I have a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE headache today .... I thought it was a migraine but medications arent working, ive had my meal so dinner didnt help, tried the salt on my hand and its not working, also drink well over 64 oz of water everyday ..... Im thinking maybe its horomones because Im ending my TOM but any thoughts or suggestions are welcomed.

Togden, did the headache go away? That's the worst. Sounds like we're all having a bit of the January blahs. I for one am struggling to stay OP - I just can't seem to manage all the water, all the veggies, and all the vitamins and on at least a few days, I didn't have my third IP packet. I just wasn't hungry. I'm sure that not eating everything I'm supposed to in a day is almost as bad as eating things not OP (which I haven't done), so I'm trying to just get it all down. I need to get more creative with my veggies and get back into my school routine when I'm religiously toting the water bottle around. Anyone else think IP is actually harder when you have more free time? My winter break ends Sunday so after that I'll be back on a tight schedule, but I've been surprised at how lazy I've become just by having no set routine the past two weeks. Ugh.

Thanks, Fluffy!! Totally appreciate the support.

Togden - sorry to hear about your headache! Hopefully it is gone now, that sounded terrible.

MaPetitieChoux - I totally agree that IP is WAY harder when you have too much time on your hands! Way easier to manage when your in a set routine I think.

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I had a bit of a struggle eating all my packets yesterday as well. I had a Jello for lunch desert but completely forgot and by the time I remembered it was snack time so I didn't have a chance to eat it.

However, I will eat 4 packets today as I am going to a Spin class tonight! I am terrified that I will suck and it will be too much for me, but I reeeeaaalllyyy want to try it so I am going to do it. I will have breakfast packet around 9, lunch at 12, snack restricted at 3 and last packet at 6 before the class. Dinner will be light and after the class ends around 8.

Wish me strength!

TOgden I hope your headache went away.

I find it way easier to be OP when I'm in my routine. Even weekends I find to be a bit tougher sometimes. Usually I'm extremely busy on the weekends so I have to really plan to make sure that I always have the packets/shaker/veggies I need when I'm on the go and that I remember to eat them.

Good luck in the spin class tonight Teags! Spin is a great workout, I used to do it last year but then I switched to yoga, and I couldn't really justify spending $12 per class for yoga and $10 per class for spin. I had to pick one! My yoga teacher was in a terrible car accident in September and she's expected to be back in February so I'm very excited to start going to her classes again. There's hot yoga classes here but on P1 you shouldn't do hot yoga classes so I'm excited to get back to my regular warm yoga classes!

Kimo - why is hot yoga bad on P1? I was thinking of going next week! Maybe I will stick to the regular yoga?

Well I've heard of a lot of people getting super dizzy in it on P1 and it's pretty intense for how little calories you're having in a day on P1. Maybe those people didn't have an extra packet? When I did hot yoga on a regular diet I found it extremely challenging and there were times I got light headed since the room gets to 40C.

Thanks Kimo! I'll hold off for now, and if I do decide to try it out later on will have an extra packet for sure.

Happy Friday everyone! Big plans for the weekend??

Teags -- Spinning is a great class to go to as you're "trying out" what will work for you on P1. You can cycle as fast or slow as you want, and you can adjust your resistance to whatever level you want, so if you feel it's too much, just take it easier. You'll do great! Btw, I am definitely one of those folks who would get lightheaded doing hot yoga … even when not on IP!

Parties tonight and tomorrow night for us. My eating will be OP all weekend, but I am planning to allow myself seem leeway in the drink department. Don't let me complain after my next WI….

Happy Friday all!

This is my confession. I'm not looking for advice or condemnation. This is just confession.

I'm purposely going to go off plan in about 5 minutes. Temporarily. Just for tonight. And just with a couple glasses of extremely good California Cuvee.

My mother has been in a nursing home for the past 18 months. Some days are better than others. This entire week has been a challenge and tonight has been heartbreaking. I know it only gets worse. But tonight I need a reprieve. Driving home a few minutes ago, I fought the desire to stop and get pizza. Or Chinese. Or chips, chocolate, cupcakes, ice cream. A donut. All the things I previously ate to stop feeling the sadness. So I didn't stop at any fast food joint. Or all night grocery store. Or Dunkin Donuts. But I purposely decided to have a few glasses of wine. Extremely good wine.

I will still weigh in on Tuesday at 630 pm. I will be back on plan at 6am Saturday. I will accept whatever the scale shows and the crappy physical manifestations of going out of ketosis. But tonight, I'll drink my wine and cry my tears and dig down deep to get the strength to go back tomorrow and help my mama in whatever way I can.

So send your prayers. Or support. Or hugs. And thanks for listening.

sending all of the above, etherbunny. we're here for you.