Went for a consultation this afternoon and came home with everything I need to get started again!

A lot of new products!

Starting tomorrow morning.

Welcome back! Congrats on making that step..

Welcome back

Welcome back!

Congratulations and welcome back!!!

Welcome back. I see you are starting over. Can you tell us where you are starting over from? Do you have any tips from your journey to help people maintain?

You got this!

Your title sounded like you were sad to be starting over again but I am EXCITED for you. Someone posted somewhere that Phase 1 is for lifetime to stay on track. We will ALL be starting over at some point of time just so we don't go back the wrong way. SO GOOD FOR YOU! You're taking steps to keep moving forward!
Move over sista and make room for us--We're all gonna walk beside you! (makes for a squishy time at the cauliflower aisle but we can do it!)

January 2011 I started my journey at 293lbs, by May I had lost 40lbs felt great....looked forward to my weigh ins and then my coach said he was being let go....he was just a nice and good coach....so went to see the coach that was replacing him...she was ok but she was only doing taking over because she was told to..........so she had no interest in IP, so I decided I would try doing it on my own.

Well during the month of June I maintained..............then in July I started binging and eating out of control...............not even sure why!

I gained 20lbs during the summer.

Plus I have back problems and lately my back has really been bothering me.... so I know the extra weight is not helpling any.

So back at it!!!!!!!!!

welcome! glad u r here and thx for sharing your experiences. It helps

Among other ailments (torn right acl, plantar fasciitis) I also have spondylolysthesis (3 lower vertebrae out of alignment), causes 2 bulging disks, one of which aggravates 2 nerves running down my leg.

I had chronic, constant pain/pinch and threw my back out 3 times, bedridden in the worst pain I could ever imagine the year before I started IP. About 2 months in and I have been PAIN FREE since! I am simply amazed at how much my quality of life has improved. Sad how used to being in constant pain I had become and how it limited my life.

I worked on the orthopedic floor of a hospital. The vast majority of knee replacements were larger individuals. It's such a hard thing to go through,especially seeing them before and after surgery, then there for the weeks of recovery. LizRR, it's great to hear how well your quality of life has improved. I saw in another thread that you did an 8-mile run -- that's crazy! While I attended a lot of group fitness classes before IP, I've never been able to run, even at my healthiest. Lack of endurance, I guess?

Yes! I do 6-miles on Tue & Thur and did 8-miles this morning. I am running a half-marathon next weekend in San Antonio. I also do a weightlifting class 2x/week, I would do it 3x but work runs too late these days.

[QUOTE=NoirStories;4518278]I worked on the orthopedic floor of a hospital. The vast majority of knee replacements were larger individuals. It's such a hard thing to go through,especially seeing them before and after surgery, then there for the weeks of recovery. LizRR, it's great to hear how well your quality of life has improved. I saw in another thread that you did an 8-mile run -- that's crazy! While I attended a lot of group fitness classes before IP, I've never been able to run, even at my healthiest. Lack of endurance, I guess?[/QUO

That is an interesting observation about the knee replacements. my daughter is a surgical nurse in orthopedics and had made the same observation. On the other hand my mom had to have a knee replacement at age 75, she is a tiny woman. She is still doing so well with her "new"knee at age 89 and is annoyed her doctor won't refer her to have the other one replaced!

She recovered remarkably quickly from the replacement . At that point I was 205 pounds at 5'1".
So that has been a big motivation to get my excess weight off as I know I will need a knee replacement in the future.

But it actually was another comment my daughter made that motivated me even more. While she did her nursing degree her summer jobs were in a nursing home. She commented on how much harder it was to care for patients who were extremely overweight and also how uncomfortable such patients were.

I thought I'd be mortified if I was in that position if I was aware it was much harder to look after me but somehow even worse if I was not aware.

Thanks for yor observation Noir, it reminded me why I have to get off the 5 pounds I regained over the summer before more exra pounds join them.

Pat

Df1960 : Welcome back. I am happy IP for you. IP is an excellent program.

Those health stories are amazing and good inspiration to keep at goal weight.