It's been a quiet day at work today and I've just immersed myself in this all day - I have spreadsheets and charts from Fitday all over my desk trying to get a handle on it. I've counted cals my whole life - it's a very hard habit to quit. Even on WW when I counted points, I would sometimes simultaneously use FitDay to count cals etc. - I've entered thousands of foods into it over the years.
I was actually quite depressed this morning when I read that link Scorbett posted. It sounded like food jail - so many restrictions!!!!!!!! I texted my Coach about it and she put me at ease. Even when I attended a presentation by the IP area rep last week he made it sound so much easier than that sheet did.
If I had to follow that guideline exactly I think I'd be doing one day on/one day off IP LOL. Way too much talk about WF products too - for me if I never see another one of those I'll be happy. I just want to buy normal supermarket foods and I don't want to make every single thing from scratch. I want a nice gourment BBQ sauce for my meat. I'm planning to throw away every WF item in my house as soon as I start Phase 1 - and I'm not carrying around those individual packets anymore either.
WF served me well on P1, but I always thought they were very artificial tasting - but on the other side of the coin I don't want to make my own salad dressing every day either - esp. since I'm not a big fan of oil/vinegar dressings to begin with.
My tastes really haven't changed that much since I started IP - there were certain things I was eating cause I had to, but knew I'd never eat them again as soon as I was done - zucchini, cucumber, cauliflower - I choked it down cause I had to, but I won't miss it when it's gone.
The only thing I've grown to love are turnip fries - those I will eat forever!!!
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Originally Posted by fitgirl2012
I agree with Scorbett. I've been doing some research myself...including reading the "Life After Phase 1" sticky, which I found REALLY helpful!! But separation of carbs from fats seems to be key.
I'll be meeting with my coach this afternoon, primarily to get me started with phase 3 (1st breakfast tomorrow!!!). I have actually put together some questions for her regarding phase 4. In doing so, I have outlined my typical day of what I ate before starting this program (and have noted my wonderful combos of fat & carbs!)...then I created a potential daily menu for phase 4. We'll see what she has to say (but I'm sure she'll be more focused on just getting me started correctly on phase 3!).
Another thing to consider in all of this is the intensity/length of time of your workouts. I plan to visit a site to see roughly the amount of calories I will burn with my hour/hour & 1/2 long strength training, plyo & ect...then compare that to my daily menu. From what I heard, everyone is different...what works for one person in phase 4 may not work for another...it's something that we will tweak in those first few weeks of phase 4.