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Originally Posted by sweetsloan
Evepet,
Thank you so much! Looks like our weight numbers are close and you are loosing well. What alternative products are you using???
Glad it was useful info.
I've been buying low carb cereals, waffle/pancake mix, muffin mix, suitable protein bars, and a variety of other odds and sods from
http://www.thelowcarbgrocery.com/cat...oducts_id=2130 which is based in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area. I live in a city in Ontario which isn't too far from Toronto, so it works well for me to just order online from them. I know this probably won't be much help to you though. I also have ordered some ProtiDiet products from
www.proteinwell.ca and I've bought appropriate RTDs such as Pure Protein and EAS CarbAdvantage. Both of those products seem to be readily available in the US through Walmarts, Costco, etc. I've also picked up oatmeal and soup packets at my local Dr. Bernstein's clinic. These are practically identical to the ones sold through ProtiDiet. I did the Dr. Bernstein's diet program about 10 years ago (yes - unfortunately allowed the weight to come back....) and I knew they would be very similiar to IP. When I review the ingredients & nutritional labels, they're practically identical.
There are many American posters here who've been very successfully following an alternative version of IP using just alternative products. Go to
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/idea...se-1-talk.html and/or
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/idea...ions-here.html. I know a lot of the posters from various parts of the US purchase alternative products from Nashua.com. Nashua has a great selection... I would order from them myself - I'm sometimes tempted - but I prefer to avoid the shipping and customs fees. Reviewing the threads I just pointed out will give you some more ideas of the specific products folks here are using and enjoying.
Basically you have to review the nutritional stats for the IP item, and pick an alternative product that matches it as closely as possible. And as I said earlier, finding something with fiber is a plus when it comes to 'net carbing'.
One more thing... when I first decided to go 'off plan' and use just alternatives, I plugged in what I was eating for a few days while on IP products into my Daily Diet Calendar at
www.fatsecret.com. That way I was able to see what the carb/fat/sodium/protein/sugar etc etc intake of those pure IP days were. There are many IP food items already loaded into their food database, so it's pretty easy to do this. Then you just add in whatever veggies, etc., you would normally be consuming each day as part of your standard on-IP day's worth of food/drink. I found this really useful to know, and used it then as a guide for planning my menus with 'off-IP Program' options.