Question,

I have been pretty much eating chicken breast and ground beef daily. I am craving roast beef. I think it's allowed, not sure. I wanted to make some shredded beef in the crockpot. If it is allowed, how do I go about figuring out the serving size as I would be cooking it whole?

In my packet of info from my clinic, there is a website address for the videos. I think it was on the menu page...where they tell you what to have for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack.

I do the same thing, except instead of a baggie I rubber band my days food together. I'm not that good at planning dinner ahead of time, but I keep it simple, I usually cook a meat and whatever fresh veggies I have on hand.

I would measure the weight of the entire roast prior to cooking and figure out how many servings there are. Then I would just roughly split it up in that number of portions after cooking. It isn't exact, but I did that my whole way through P1 and had no issues. If you want you can take it out after cooking and weigh the whole roast again and divide portions out using your scale as well. It depends how exact you wish to be.

Easiest way to figure this out is to weigh before cooking (which is what our measure for IP is anyhow) then figure out how many portions there are in that 'meal.' You can just eat the 6-8 oz precooked proportion that you figured out and there you are.
for instance if your roast was 2 lbs precooked weight that is 4 or 5 portions (8 or 6 oz approx. each) then take only 1/5th or 1/4th of the meat for your meal.

Thanks ladies. I'm making this today and can't wait for dinner

GraceRev, it is wonderful that your youngest church members have an advocate in you. Be sure to take care of you, because it is obvious that you care for many others,

IP43! I love how everything is falling into place for you! Enjoy your relax time

Kelly, there are definitely hungry times throughout this diet. I relied on herbal tea during those weeks.

Wonderful weigh in!

Maryland Mom- welcome to Onederland!

Sheena- you are right, planning provides support for willpower.

EvaMomma, hope your eye and foot are better soon.

Thanks for the ideas ladies! I have to confess I've been pretty much eating the same things lately- B:IP pudding blended with 2 cups spinach and instant coffee L: BBQ crisps or salt and vinigar crisps S: IP restricted item D: 8oz meat and 2 cups veggies

I've been doing good with that. It all stemmed from Friday night when we went out to eat, the only thing they had was BBQ chicken and veggies, I tried to wipe all of the sauce off but i'm sure I didn't get it all off. I don't know if it's all in my head or what but i've been more hungry than usual since then. I feared that I was out of ketosis, i'm sure that's not the case....

I'm thinking it's time to change things up, have eggs for breakfast like you suggested, have a soup and salad for lunch. I liked my little routine though.

Well you still have a routine -- you just have a "hungry day" routine, and a "regular day routine" I went off plan for a few days and what I noticed were the cravings. A few bites of carby things one night and the next day I could have eaten a horse. It definitely showed me the power of carbs on our food triggers. I know, even in maintenance, that I think a gluten free lifestyle will be in my future. Before IP I was using a lot of almond or coconut flours to make things and it was a bit of a challenge to not have wheat, but very do-able.

You're right! All I know is that I will not be going out to eat for quite a while. And even though I was STARVING (lol) I stayed 100% OP. It's funny but I don't want to go back to my old way of eating. I don't want to feel bloated and sick after I eat. I used to love love love pizza and now I can't imagine eating it again. I'm in this for life. With the help of you all!!!!!!

When you get to maintenance try to remember your favorite thing about pizza and use it to make a similar but smarter meal so you can have those flavours without necessarily having to save it for Funday. For instance if you are a topping sort of gal, do up layers of roasted pizza type veggies and top with full fat Mozzarella & melt in the oven then drizzle with a rich tomato sauce with pizza spices in it. To make it work, go easy on the tomato sauce making sure it is no added sugar for your fat meal. Or use real pizza for breakfast where we are supposed to have a mix of fats carbs & proteins. Still works, either way.

Liana

Congrats!! That was fast. I guess the housing market has picked up.

That's fantastic. I was happy when I came back the same weight. Way to go!

Welcome back. I wondered where you went! You can do this!

I had a pretty good weekend...except after a 6 month absence, TOM showed up. WTH?? Now I have to start the 1 year count all over again. Up 2.3 lbs this morning. In the past, I would have FREAKED OUT. But now I know better. This will pass. Sigh.

Hi all,

I am coming back to IP after a hiatus of about 5 months or so. I had lost about half the weight I set out to lose in about 6 months of IP last year and then hit a plateau for several months which was very frustrating. I decided to take a bit of a break and move into maintenance. Unfortunately I was not able to maintain completely and gained about 10 pounds back. I am restarting IP (with alternatives) this week with the goal of losing the 10 pounds I've regained and then working on the rest of the weight I'd like to lose to get to my goal. I'll be taking it 10 pounds at a time until I get there!

I found these boards super helpful the first time around and was always grateful for the support and words of wisdom from all of you. I hope to check in regularly now that I am restarting to benefit from that support and motivation again and hopefully help others out with my own (albeit limited) experience with IP!

Cheers!

Doing some math and calendar counting today to try to figure out how much longer I'll be on P1. My ticker says 175 is my goal, but I think realistically I'll be going down to 160. I'd really like to phase off at the beginning of October. Not sure why, but I'm just really anxious for fall and I've had that in mind as my phase off time for a while. It's my favorite time of year and usually a busy one, and I'd like to have a few weeks of maintaining under my belt before the holidays hit. I keep telling myself that if I'm not exactly where I want to be I can always revisit P1 in January.

So that's 13 WIs if I start P2 on September 30. My average loss each week has been 2.8 over the whole of IP, but my losses have slowed to between 1.5-2 pounds per week in the last month or so. If I can keep up a 2 pound average loss per week I'd be right around my ultimate goal weight I think, plus maybe some continued loss in P2. Sound realistic? I'm trying not to get overly anxious, but I keep lurking the maintainers threads and I want to get there so badly!

Hmmm I do like pizza for breakfast!! Good advice!