I understand your frustrations, but like the others above I have to advise you to hang in there.

If the financial side of things is becoming difficult to manage, try the alternative product route. Lots of us are using alternative products with success while following the Ideal Protein protocol. It's much less expensive, but the results in most cases are the same.

As to missing 'breads, sweets, cheese and alcohol'.. I enjoy waffles, muffins, delicious protein bars, and veggie cheese from time to time. The only thing that is missing is the alcohol. And that will still be there a few months from now, when I hit my final goal weight.

I recently put together a dieting blog, and the focus of it is for those who are following IP but wanting to save money and switch to alternative products. It's quite informative, and hopefully you'll find it interesting and helpful. I invite you to check it out - the link is below in my signature line.

Just keep pushing!! I keep telling myself that in a few months, I can have everything I miss (well ALMOST everything) but in moderation. I'll be thinner, healthier, and happier for it too!

Wuv is right...of course!!

I weigh in tomorrow, but I don't need to WI to know that I am losing. (And in all the places I wasn't looking for). So my suggestion if you are doubting the process is to take a good look at the nsv's, because they usually mean a lot more than the scale does.

For example, my butt is now saggy in most of my pants that fit my waist; great! LOL

And my boots can be zipped ALL the way up! Which, again while nice, why is my belly so resistant to change?? Nobody else knows my calves are losing weight, it's not like I announced that my boots were partially undone before.

Oh, well I am soooo excited to know that my body is losing fat, (even if i would prioritize which fat differently), and I know that by staying OP its been figured out for me, and I will continue to lose over the long term.

All of your comment is absolutely smack on. But I laughed at your comment about 'even if I would prioritize which fat differently'. I hear you! Mine losses are finally starting to shrink the stomach area... about time!

Saw this and drooled...... minus the toast for Phase one.

Mmm looks so good!

Ooh, almost forgot!

Today I FINALLY weigh less than my bf. AND I beat my first goal that was 27lbs by my 27th birthday...which is on 9/25!

Today is a good day, and this is a good time in life for me.

Yum! I do that but with a slice of low sodium/low fat ham scrunched up like a cupcake liner in a muffin tin. Pop in the egg and bake. Sooooooo good!

OMG so exciting! Seriously. I completely understand how exciting this is. I can't WAIT to weigh less than DH. About 5-10lbs to go for me!

Huge congrats!!!!

Thank you!! I did a dance and called my mom this morning LOL. I've been forcing him onto the scale every few days and this morning was the day!! He says he's going to start eating nothing but salads to catch up to me...

I just bought some boxes of Proti-thin chocolate bars and want to figure out if I should consider them restricted or not. What's the carb threshold?

TY!

That's my goal also, to weigh less than my husband. I should be getting there right around the time I hit the 100 mark. A double victory.

i was always told 10.

9 carbs is the threshold. I eat the Detour bars, and by the time I deduct the fiber and sugar alcohols, I'm left with bars that are only 1 to 3 net carbs.