Stefany, Our bodies often have visceral fat which is fat on organs like our liver. Losing fat there might not translate to a loss of inches. That being said, measuring inches is easy to move the measuring tape up or down a half an inch would can lead to measurements that aren't consistent one week to another. I find measurements are better to look at over a longer time period and then you can see difference. I find my bust measurement can vary based simply on which bra I'm wearing and where how it holds the girls.

I have not found a little extra fat to hurt my progress. Everyone is different, but I'd say most likely it's not a problem.

Okay ladies, and gents if there are any here, I'll catch you after the surgery!

Good luck today Marionm!

I had a huge 100% victory for my 30th birthday on Saturday...I didn't want to cheat but I was feeling a bit sorry for myself that I couldn't eat what I wanted...I just kept reminding myself that staying 100% through experiences like that is what will help me maintain once the weight is off. Felt great about it afterwards...I figure if I can stay 100% OP on a day that is all about me, I can stay 100% through anything. A lesson many of you have already learned and I can relate even better now having been through some challenges and gained the wisdom that comes from succeeding!

Marionm - Keeping good thoughts for you.

Results from my 5 days of restricteds only....down 1.2 from Thursday morning. It is something. Have to go out to hunt & gather some veggies for the week. Still not sure whether I will bootcamp till WI or just do P1 without restricteds (that won't be hard since I am out - hahahahaha).

Have a good day everyone!

Good Luck Marionm!

I'm on day 3 of only restricted and so far i'm UP 1lb...not liking this very much! I think i'll do 4 or 5 days of restricted and then none until WI..if i'm going to shock my body, may as well do it all the way, lol.

For those of you just doing restrictives only, are you eating those for all of your meals or having them for your 3 IP meals per day plus your protien meal? Veggies too?

I have them like i normally would have IP products but its 3 restricted vs 1 restricted and 2 non restricted.

Today I have my fourth WI. My first week I lost 6 lbs. My last 2 WI's the scale hasn't budged! I have continued to lose inches (12 so far). I don't eat any restricted veggies (occasionally I have 2 T of salsa containing approved ingredients), am 100% OP, and have stopped using PAM and ICBINB spray just in case that was doing something weird to my body. It has just been disheartening seeing 0 lbs lost. I am hoping that it goes down a bit this week. I still feel great and averaging 2lbs a week is ok, I just need a little something to prove it's worth all the money and sacrifices. Wish me luck!

This sounds good. Something I'll definitely try. Thx.

Thanks busymom; I hope you have great results.

As for me, I feel like I am all over the place this week. Two days of phase 3, 2 days of boot camp and now alternating my restricteds to every other day. The only days I lost this week though were on the days I did boot camp. I'll see what happens on Wednesday at my WI, but at this point I think I'll just go back to my regular schedule of a restricted every morning if I don't loose anymore this week. Either way I will be phasing off in later June for vacation, and maybe that will just jump start the whole thing again.

Last week i made shepper's pie for my dh bday and made my own very similar. I just browned hamburger and cauliflower potatoes in a dish, sprayed with i can't believe its not butter and it was super yummy.

I actually made the regular shepperd's pie for EVERYONE with potato flakes and using i can't believe its not butter. Since dh is on maintenance, i didn't want to use regular butter/margarine, already the potato flakes were probably not the best. But everyone loved it!

Hope you have better results than me...i was hoping that TOM was on its way and could explain my 1lb but no..at least a week away, lol.

As much as i love the restricted, i definitely have the "want more" feeling. I hate when i do things and then question myself that maybe i made a mistake.

Had a great weekend- staying OP was easy this weekend- sometimes I struggle a bit with weekend emotions. I am just trying to keep my goal in mind. HOnestly, I can't imagine how I will look and feel then, especially when I am already feeling so great and skinny and I am not even halfway to goal. I am so glad I found IP and all of you on this same journey. I really like seing my incredible sister shrinking as well.

Have a great Monday!

Surgery went well. I'm home and have pain meds. Thanks for well wishes!

I am glad I was on the road while doing the restricteds only - I thought about packing the scale, but was sure DH would put it back in the house.

I had 3 restricted plus a small amount of chicken in my lunch salad and a regular protein dinner - plus all the veggies. When we are out of town, I always add a bit of chicken/tuna to lunch since we sometimes don't get to a restaurant till 8 or 9 pm for dinner. As much as I like the restricteds, there were 2 nights that I didn't want to eat the last one. I really did miss my pudding shakes.

Fantastic job!!! I am really inspired by you. So far I have remained 100% OP except an extra packet a couple of times when I was exerting myself alot.