Congrats Molly!! What a wonderful feeling to be able to wear something that's a little more fitted and definitely flattering! You go, girl!

Keep up the good work and go find some more gems from the back of the closet!

I changed my goal weight from 250 to 200, I like the size I am now but I am still chunky. I know I probably will never lose my "apron" but I want it to be smaller....lol...I am comfortable where I am now but will be even more as I go along.

WELCOME to the IP family, you will find lots of information, recipes and TONS of support. You will get to know everyone in your own way and keep an eye on others like they are your sisters. You will see people go and come, those of us who stick to the plan stick together and will have great success together!!....ask what questions you want even though you may think it was asked before, ask again because someone might of missed it when it was asked before. Make a commitment to yourself and YOU WILL SUCCEED!!!!

Have him/her hug you around your waist, and when they do each week ask if they can reach around you a little more hugging you tighter. Do something that they can measure a difference in you, I'll keep thinking of something else to come up with. They see you everyday so its hard for them to understand the changes we are going through. I can't wait til next week when I go to my mom's my youngest nephew is 5 and the last time he saw me he said "Taunt Lisa you are shrinking".....lol

NSV for me just now.....I was talking to my 24 year old while weighing on my Wii and I weighted 254 on it so I told him c'mon lets weigh you, he weighs 233, he used to weigh 260 so he is losing as well as I am. So i took it to the next level and measured his thorax he measures 43 inches and I measure 41!!!!!.......I am SMALLER than my 24 yr old!!!!....he said crap now I better get on the ball cuz 1. you are catching up to me in weight 2. you are SMALLER than me now and 3. you are walking faster than me (he has arthritis in his knees). He said tonight when he gets off of work we are going ride bikes on the beach, woohoo....looking forward to that!

Wow! That is so motivating! Congrats!!

Today is day 6. I'm doing ok but wondering if ketosis has kicked in yet as I'm super hungry at 11am, just after finishing lunch and again around 4pm.

At 11:30am today I started lunch by making my salad. Sometimes, even when not on IP, I get up from my desk too fast (in my opinion it's not too fast but I guess my body thinks it is) and get dizzy and lose my balance.

Today when I got up to go make my salad I got dizzy, as I pulled the plate from the cupboard above my head my hands started to shake and the dizziness continued. Headed back to my desk with my salad. Ate it. Then I started to see what looked like fuzzy stars in my left eye for about a half hour. I could see it even when my eyes were closed. It didn't hurt or anything just annoying. I went outside for some air. That didn't help. I got back to my desk and it got worse so I just rested for a bit.

Eventually it went away but what the heck ! Hypoglycemia?

Thanks Chloe222!!

I just had an awesome 1 egg/egg white omlet, with basil, spinach and fire roasted tomatoes. That should hold me over til my IP dinner & snack.
Amazing what you can do with and egg!

I think keeping the old stuff in the beginning I doing that only that the other day at work I had worn old clothes from a skinny time still not those size 10 but soon, everyone was like do you know you are losing weight? Really have you ever lost weight without effort, I am 45 that has never happened to me. EVER

Wuv,
This is a little off topic perhaps, but how do you respond to multiple quotes in 1 reply?

thanks!
Chloe

I had WI#2 this morning and I lost another 3.8 pounds - total so far of 12.2

Love the message boards and all of the great advice.

If you're ill I'm not sure why you'd want 7up or diet pop period, I've heard of gingerale when your stomach is upset due to the ginger properties but to drink for anyone with an upset tummy I would suggest herbal tea - peppermint or ginger, it's OP for IP and better for you than any pop, diet or otherwise.

Get well soon!

WELCOME to the IP family, you will find lots of information, recipes and TONS of support. You will get to know everyone in your own way and keep an eye on others like they are your sisters. You will see people go and come, those of us who stick to the plan stick together and will have great success together!!....ask what questions you want even though you may think it was asked before, ask again because someone might of missed it when it was asked before. Make a commitment to yourself and YOU WILL SUCCEED!!!!

I believe this forum and facebook forum has helped me so much. I find this makes you see everyone is doing great and this protocol works.

That is a fabulous loss! Great! Are you exercising while doing this?

AWESOME!!!!

Had the best lunch ever!
1pk IP Veggie Chili
Plate of lettuce
1c. shredded red cabbage
1/2 c. green pepper
1/2 c. onion
Made the chili spooned it over everything else, it was amazing!
I'm trying to find ways to "hide" the veggies because some days they just don't appeal to me.

Your BP was probably low, add some more sea salt to your diet or just lick it straight off of your hand. If you are drinking a lot of water(which you should be) your electolytes could be low as well. Then extra sea salt will help with that. I always keep mine handy

See on the right side of this box there is the "quote" then next to it there is a "+"sign....click that box on each quote you want to reply too then when you are done with the ones you want to quote go to the left side and click reply to post. It will then "drop" all the quotes in the box. After each quote you will see [quote] hit enter then type what you want to type then go to the next one and do the same thing

[QUOTE=wuv2bloved;4244574]Your BP was probably low, add some more sea salt to your diet or just lick it straight off of your hand. If you are drinking a lot of water(which you should be) your electolytes could be low as well. Then extra sea salt will help with that. I always keep mine handy


Thank you, yes, I am drinking boatloads of water but I like my coffee too (decaf) so I'm playing a bit of catch-up. Just to make sure, the first time around I did this I thought salt was 1/2 tsp 2x a day ... or is it 1/2 tsp once a day? I salt my food when I cook sometimes and if I do this I find I forget to dump that 1/2 tsp on my salad or in my veg...sometimes 1/2 tsp is too much on one meal for me :S especially if it's 2x a day