Great advice! Now if I could only follow it. Lol. But I'm way too obsessive. I'm doing this diet for two reasons. Aside from the weight loss I also need to get healthier. I'm pre diabetic and my lipid panel is a mess. I have diabetes and heart disease in my family and am so scared of where I'm headed if I don't take care or myself. I need to be healthy for myself and my family. So thank you for the great reminder

hi everyone!! so glad to have stumbled on this thread!! I just started on 10/13 and am on day 4... it's getting easier each day but I'm finding the hunger gets unbearable at times -- especially if I stay up late or go too long between bfast and lunch. Tried the salt trick from my coach today and it kicked my headache asap. Hoping for a big loss next Monday when I weigh in - I gained 100 (yes, 100!) pounds with my first pregnancy (twins!) and never lost it. My doctor recommended trying IP and I'm SO EXCITED!!

Hi! Welcome!! Good luck and I look forward to supporting one another

At my WI today I had lost 3 pounds, 2.5 inches, and 2.2% body fat. On to week three!

That's awesome. Great job. I can't wait to see if I can actually pull this off.

I wish! My clinic doesn't take things back. But at least they only make you buy a packet of food at a time, rather than having to buy the whole box. I hear a lot of clinics do that. So I only have a few random packets lying around that I know I will never eat. We should have a "packet swap" on here sometime, and just everyone trade out what they don't want!

My coach measures the abdomen, hips, thigh, and arm. But they only measure the abdomen every week. The other ones are every 4 weeks, so I haven't seen those numbers again yet.

This is GREAT advice! It's hard sometimes to not focus on those numbers....and then to compare those numbers to what other people post. Which isn't fair to ourselves. Thanks for putting it in perspective.

I'm glad you found it too...and I'm glad I found it. Everyone is so wonderful on here. I've just started week 2...the headaches are gone ( I make sure I get my salt like the doctor recommended). I wish I could say the same about the hunger. Some days are better than others. Today...not hungry. Yesterday...a totally different story. I felt I could eat everything in sight. However, I am 100% committed to losing the weight (I too would like to lose 100 pounds ideally), so no cheating for me. Made it through the day with extra water to keep my "full". The good news....at the end of the day, I was actually proud of myself for staying OP! A small, but significant victory for me.

Welcome!

If I can do it, you can do it!

Everyone sounds like they are doing so great. I'm starting my first full day tomorrow. Not looking forward to the first couple days but, really excited to start losing!

I'm going to take the great advice and do my best not to touch my scale until I go to my weigh in next week. That is so HARD!! I know the number isn't everything. What I really want is for my clothes to fit better and then for them to be falling off me!!

Kicking the Diet Coke is going to be a struggle for me. My coach said I could ween myself off so I'm going to slowly reduce all week and by next week be done with it! Has anyone else kicked their caffeine habit and lived to tell??

So inspiring to hear everyones progress and how happy and excited they are. Have a great evening and a successful day on the program tomorrow!

Good luck! My husband is doing IP with me. He was hugely addicted to Coke when we started. What he did was to switch to 2 cups of tea during the first week. He had a headache the first couple of days but was much better the second week and was able to get off the tea too. I hope that helps.

Good for you!

I was seriously addicted to Cokes myself....the first week was awful with the headaches, but it does get better. It's only been a couple of weeks, but I really don't think about them anymore. I look forward to getting to know you.

Hi, good luck tomorrow! I just kicked real coke, no more red bottles and cans for me. It was tough, because my headache was terrible for 12 days. My coach had encouraged me to ween off, but I was afraid to keep any sugar into my first day. After going cold turkey, finally on day 13 -I woke up with no headache. That headache has been a great motivation for no cheating, I never want to detox like that again. But it has been worth it I feel very free from the food. Like I am eating to live, not living to eat.

Welcome to everyone!

MelisaKate73--

Hello!

My clinic in VA does not exchange or take back any packets we dont like or use and they only sell food by the box. I have 2 drink packets I will never use because I dont like to drink my food.

I have:

1 Wildberry Yogurt Drink Mix EXP 11/2014

1 Peach & Mango Drink Mix EXP 11/2014

I am new - this is my first week so I am open to try other packets/bars of food. I do not like spicy food. Let me know if you are interested. I am in the Northern VA area outside of DC. I will send in US or Canada if it is not too expensive. Thanks

I got off diet coke a couple years ago. I used to drink close to 2 liters a day. I lost 10-12 pounds just from doing that alone. I've seen some studies about people that drink a lot of diet soda that lose weight when they quite.