I have done the ip thing a couple of times with success, but I find it is really hurting my budget, so I looked at other options like paleo, and other hflc diets and tried them out for a while but I found that I wasn't getting the same results hormonally / it didn't seem to improve my severe pcos situation. (See post titled: my pcos story... any one else in the same boat?)
So I decided the issue is probably that if you follow ip exactly it is 950 cal a day. I find it hard to replicate this with real food. Maybe I am doing this wrong... anyone have suggestions?
I have been using my fitness pal to track my carbs
Looking at various low carb recipies online that can keep me on track with weight and balance my pcos so that I can hopefully get prego eventually.

Sarah! You'd probably have better success for answers by posting your question about suggestions for IP imitation in the IP sub-forum (since there are probably others there who also substitute because of cost): http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/ideal-protein-diet-236/ and your poll in the PCOS sub-forum: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/pcos...ce-support-70/. I wish you the best! Good luck!

Thanks. Good to know. New to this.. lol
Should I re - post there?

I would. It's worth a try! I think not as many people read the Introduction section, so you'd probably have better luck there. It wasn't wrong to post it here by any means! Somebody might see it here, but it's more likely somebody with a helpful answer would have a better chance of seeing it there. I hope you find your answers!