Hello all! Just finished day 3!!! I'm so excited!!! Being a total sweet-tooth I thought I would have gave in by now. Preparing my meals has been a little time consuming, but I think as the time goes by I will know my likes and dislikes better. According to my coach, I have to eat every 4 hours, which is a challenge in itself, as I normally had no structured meal times. But I'm working on it! Look forward to learning more from your posts, good luck to all!!!

My coach says the same thing, "eat protein no more than 3 to 4 hours apart." It can be a little tricky, but it really does pay off. I notice the weeks that I'm really good about that is the the weeks that I loose more fat than lean muscle, but the weeks that I'm not as good about that is the weeks where I loose more lean muscle and no fat or my fat percentage goes up. Not good.

If you can find Walden Farms products at your stores, scoop them up! They are terrific salad dressings and syrups for your IP pancakes, etc. I keep individual serving packets in my purse for travel. Hang in there. I never had any willpower for diets until this one - it works. I don't feel hungry and sometimes have to remind myself it is meal time. There is absolutely fantastic advise and encouragement from some folks who REALLY have some serious experience with all of this. You can do it!!

How are y'all?

I am doing great although weekends (I work weekends) are harder getting my food in at the right time and the right amount but I lost 7.4 lbs my first week! Yeah!

clowngirl,
I have the same problem. It's ironic, really. I work at a hospital taking care of patients for 12 hour shifts, yet I can't seem to take 15 minutes to get my food in
This was my first weekend on IP, and I think the only reason I made it through was PRE-PREPARATION. I spent quite some time (2 hours on Friday night) figuring out all my meals for Saturday.
Breakfast: Wildberry Yogurt Mix, before leaving home.
Lunch: Mushroom soup, with 1 cup chopped veggies- green onion, chard, turnips - and 1 cup salad (cucumber, cabbage, lettuce, radishes).
For snack I had the Cookies n' Cream bar.
For dinner, a tuna salad with 1 hard boiled egg, cabbage, celery, green pepper

LOTS OF PREPPING!!!

Let's keep at it!