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Originally Posted by GlacierGirl3
Hmmm - I'm at the same point in the diet as you (Week 6), but my experience is a little different. The first four weeks were much easier than I'd expected, but these last two weeks I have been insanely hungry - stomach-gnawing, irritable as he$&, nonstop hungry starting about an hour after each meal. Egg whites and lettuce do not help, nor does spacing out my veggies and packets throughout the day. I'm sticking to the plan through sheer force of will, hoping this will pass, but yesterday I nearly caved - and what I really want is more protein, like tuna or chicken.
If this keeps up, I may phase off a little early into a low-carb plan that involves more real food and less packets.
Hi GlacierGirl,
I'm sorry you are going through this!
The first two weeks were pure **** for me. I don't think I was mentally ready. My stomach was growling all the time, major headaches and irritable. Since starting, I've had two TOM's at weigh-in, which was discouraging.
Before IP, I single-handedly used to devour a whole large pizza for dinner and chase it with three cans of Coke; I can fairly estimate that I used to intake about 5-6,000 calories a day and I don't exercise (unless you count walking to fridge exercise)
At first I never thought the IP portions were enough to satisfy my huge appetite. In the beginning, I was like "that's all? It's so tineeeee!" but I've learned to use plating techniques to make my food look "larger." When I make my omelets, I use more water and make three omelets instead of a large one. I also use a blue plate for lunch and a white plate for dinner. Maybe I'm just fooling my brain. I also take a lot of time eating my food, taking sips of water in between eat bite. That seems to work for me.
I work from 6-4pm so I eat BF at 9am, lunch at noon, snack at 4 and dinner at 7 or 8pm. Whenever I start to feel weak, I drink a cold glass of water and stare at my college pictures (my goal weight).
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I also see that you don't have much to lose in proportion to your height. Do you think perhaps that is why your body is "fighting" back?