Hey !! Life happens and you deal with it!! I think you have been under a lot of stress lately but have come through it with grace and resolve!! Hop back on the IP wagon and start again. We will be there for you. You have been in my prayers. Hope this helps!!

i get mine from my chiro that is behind nutrition world. i am on day 2 and i think it is going to be ok. i have had an ip drink and 2 egg whites. i am thinking i am going to sames to stock up in veggies. where do you think the best place to get them is? aldi is also cheap.

According to my sheets for veggies at lunch:
unlimited lettuce (romaine, iceburg)
2 cups of veggies from the list


Dinner:
unlimited lettuce(romaine, iceburg)
2 cups of veggies from the list

Here is a combination I thought sounded good. I admit I haven't tried it yet because I don't have any chocolate soy puffs on hand. But a friend told me that one of her friends mixed an IP packet of chocolate soy puffs with an IP packet of peanut butter soy puffs, then divided the combined packets in half to make two servings. She said the combination of the chocolate and peanut butter were like a peanut butter cup and it has helped with her cravings for that candy (which is her favorite).

I will be trying this soon. It sounded good enough to post the combination.

Gaya just answered your question and if you want go back to the previous page and read my post #131. Your veg. can be eaten raw in a salad or cooked or some cooked and some raw. I have added Romaine lettuce to a veg. stir fry in the last few seconds. Your sheet reads 2 cups of veg. at lunch and 2 cups at dinner. Have a great day. Judy

I have only lost 36 and I feel the same way, people keep telling me I am getting skinny, ( i think to my self skinnier maybe) as I am still over 200 I know I am not skinny.. I actually have problems drinking all my water on weekends but I am real close, but I look forward to my weekends as that is when I have the omlette for lunch and I can experiment on other vegetables.

Welcome and congratulation on choosing a terrific way to lose weight. I have loved this program right from the beginning, even though my first day I had a miagrane and threw up the pills and the drink... I survived and am loving it. read the threads they have lots of good advise and I still am learning new things every day.

others have answered but I just wanted to add that after a while the 2 cups at lunch and 2 cups at supper don't seem overwhelming and for me they fill me up but not that overstuffed feeling you got when you weren't on IP. It is a nice full. My favorites are turnip fries and roasted veg. very good and I can make a big batch and have them for a couple of meals.

I have done this since the beginning when I first got the peanut butter ones. It is like eating peanutbutter cups or the reeses cereal because of the crunch... that is my favorite snack but only try to have it once or twice a week. Have a great weekend, off to the produce store for more yummy vegetables.

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Has anyone used the IP Chocolate Pancake packet to make a waffle?

Lynn

Hi, Great to see a post from you. Since pancakes didn't turn out good for me, I always made the muffin in the mico. and put WF chocolate syrup on top of it.

My mom shops at Aldis a lot and sometimes will get me stuff from there. We also go to Bi-Lo, but I think I've got the hubs convinced we need to go organic. So I am hoping we can go to Greenlife or EarthFare. We've cut out buying processed food and the hubs does what I do for dinner and leftovers go with him for lunch. So our grocery bill has dropped dramatically. We also get our meats from Don's meats, a butcher on Hixson Pike. His meats are a better quality, leaner cut, and cheaper than Bi-Lo! Plus, he'll special cut stuff if you need it.

Oh Sam's has a great deal on chicken! Tyson does a pack that has 10 breasts packaged in pairs. You can freeze them, then when you only need to fix 2 breasts you can easily pull out one package to thaw in the fridge.

Sometimes I also get tired of the texture of chicken, so to change things up a bit I beat the patooie out of the breast with a kitchen mallet to make them thinner (and to release pent up anger) and then cut them into 1 inch squares before browning them in a pan.

Good luck on your progress!

Hi all, I started IP om Monday, was doing ok, but very hungry and sooo sick of vegetables already! So i cheated on Saturday (badly I may add I know I am not in ketosis anymore but I was craving sweets , I seem to be very hungry all the time. Any suggestions on how to get back at it. I feel bad and I really want this program to work for me.

Just felt like bragging. This week I lost 6lbs!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Yesterday here in toronto the weather was amazing. I took my daughter to a birthday party, and was tempted by the hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, chips, coke, (I used to drink A LOT) and cupcakes. I am proud to say I didn't have ANYTHING and was so proud.

You should brag!! You rock!!

How to get back at it: Reread the phase 1 protocol sheet and start following it NOW. Has your coach told you some things to do to help with the hunger? Don't stress out over the cheat, stress hinders weight loss. This program will work for you like it has for me and so many others. I can't make you like vegetables or not get tired of them. You will have to work on that thinking yourself. Carbs and sweets were my weakness before IP. Not anymore!!! I have learned so much over the past 10 months. Try eating different veg. this week, focus on what you want from this program and why. I wanted to loose weight badly and I was sooooo thankful to have found a way to do. Let us hear how you are doing. Judy

Let me just say... "I am so happy that I've stuck with the program!" Smile. I am now 59 and have not passed this point in my weight since I was 39 and then only for a couple of weeks. I have tried soooooo many plans and programs in the past and just stayed within 5-10 pounds from the same point. Along came one "hickup" and I was right back where I started.

I hope to be able to say (this time next week) that I am under 200! That is such an amazing hallmark and goal for me. We had bride and mom-of-bride fitting this last week - and then 11 hours at the mall outside NYC - and I survived... Thirty pounds heavier, I would not have the same happy ending. The wedding is 1 month from tomorrow. I'm getting so very excited. Smile. Thanks for letting me gush a little...

Bragging rights definitely earned! Way to go!!

BTW it looks like you'll win the April Challenge - past your goal already!