Ideal Protein???

I am in week 12 and have lost 47 pounds. I love the program! You do have to be very dedicated so if you easily cheat it's not for you.

I love the fact that they tell you exactly what you can have and not have, they have packets and bars that are delicious (I prefer the bars but you can only have 1 a day but I love the dark chocolate pudding, chocolate or vanilla drink mix, the blueberry pom cran drink, the crispy squares and a few others. I do not prefer the more traditional meal packets.

I love that I am held accountable with weekly weigh ins, coaching and every other week measurements. I love my coach and she has loads of great tips. They use a taranti (? I think) scale which measures your weight, fat mass, fat %, muscle mass, muscle %, bmi, bmr, visceral fat, water %, water mass and more. It will also tell your goal weight but you can set your own goal (which I did as I will never be 132 lbs - I start looking bobble head like at 140). You know tiny body and big head.

Until you reach your goal weight you are in Phase 1 then you go to Phase 2 for 2 weeks and then Phase 3 for 2 weeks then on to Phase 4 which is maintenance. 2 and 3 re-introduce carbs and other foods into your diet.

I have friends who completed the diet years ago and have not gained the weight back. I don't know why it took me so long to try it. They do not really want you to workout the first few weeks or at all during the program. But you can as they have an athlete program as well but you can't go crazy with your workouts. I started doing A LOT of workouts a day and have been told to slow it down as you don't want your body to eat muscle - only fat.

I won't lie and say the first week or two was a breeze - far from it. I wanted to chew my arm off! lol But I drank tea and lots of water to help satiate my hunger.

Basically you eat like this: 1 protein pack in the morning, 1 protein bar at lunch plus 2 cups of certain veggies, 4-6 ozs of lean meat, chicken, fish plus 2 cups of certain veggies, and then 1 protein pack before 8pm or between your meals. You can have unlimited lettuce. Seasonings, vinegars, olive oil, 1 cup of coffee per day, 2 pieces of Orbit gum if needed (i love sweet mint), and if you are dying of hunger you can have a hardboiled egg.

All of this is so worth it! Add me as a friend and you can see my athlete food diary on days when I do A LOT of workouts. Today was a normal day. Cindy

I am in my first week. It is hard but today is day 4 and I am feeling good. I turned to this because I have PCOS and have tried just counting calories with not results. The only time I have dropped a good amount of weigh was when I did low carb but then started having side effects that I didn't know how to deal with.

I like the idea of being accountable to someone and having someone medically trained available to assist when I hit a wall. Add me if you would like. I don't have results to share just yet but hope to in the near future.

IMO - It's a starvation diet. You eat 900 calories a day and lose weight. It might be slightly better than a typical starvation diet because (I'm assuming here) since it's all prepackaged they add in enough vitamins and minerals for the day, but that still doesn't change the fact that it's a starvation diet.

They do not really want you to workout the first few weeks or at all during the program.

It is expensive, about 100$ a week

You eat 3 packets a day, you are not allowed any fruits.

if you are dying of hunger you can have a hardboiled egg.

You eat 900 calories a day and lose weight.

Where do I sign up?

You are correct, the coaches do not necessarily have medical training; however, in order to open a clinic you have to - our clinic is run by a physician. They in turn educate the coaches. It definitely makes me feel better knowing that if I get 'stuck' or have a question there is somebody to call and ask without having to wait, and knowing that they aren't just making stuff up - they really know what they are talking about. I have been on the program for one month, lost almost 20 lbs and the same in inches. Very exciting.

Thanks everyone for all the good information.. I'm really excited about this right now and I think I'll call the girl tonight to ask for all the information I'd just looove to lose 20lbs in one month like others

The only problem I can see with this is that I still have to cook for my husband and kids lol.. I can't be tempted to eat what they are eating lol

I started today and did very well. I too need to cook for my family but I did well with sticking to my plan. There are a lot of good recipes on pintrest. I too am hoping that I can stick this out. Counting calories and eating healthy have not been successful for me in the past. I know what "healthy" eating is but I really think for me cutting out the carbs and sugars completely is going to be the kick start I need. I plan to follow the paleo diet/lifestyle afterwards.

Good luck! I joined this forum today so feel free to add me as a friend and if you sign up for IP we can support each other!

OMG HI!!! 1g per kg of body mass or up to 1g per lb. so 120lb 120g.



Sources: Training for 10+ years

Why not get educated in nutrition then you can lose weight forever and not have to pay anyone anything or does that sound difficult

I completely understand what you were trying to say, craziecritter, however, I do believe you could have phrased it in a nicer way. I am extremely well educated in nutrition and other topics and not necessarily looking for a quick fix, simply trying to lose some weight, I posted in what I thought would be a forum that would be supportive of a fellow person attempting to lose weight. Obviously, I was incorrect. I will not be posting on this forum again.

These threads are growing faster than those darn dandelions in my backyard.

/facepalm

Anybody have headaches in week 1? Any advice?

Lots of people do actually - make sure you are getting some salt in your diet and lots of water.

I have lost 8-10lbs/month on this diet. I like that unlike some other programs I will one day be able to eat "normal" food again and find that the process of weight loss really encourages me to develop great habits of eating LOTS of fresh vegetables.

This is my 2nd time around, and my office is much more involved in the maintenance portion of the program than they were 3 years ago. I will always have to be cautious of how many carbs I eat, especially sugar. But heck, doesn't everybody really?

PS - there are a number of Low-carb and/or Ideal Protein Groups on MFP that are more supportive than the general forums...

I am not sure about all of the sites where IP diets are being provided however, i am on the the program and am seen by my doctor and/or his nurse assistant every week. Interestingly enough my girlfriends general practician sees the same folks as me for the IP diet as well. I figure any sort of plan that is overseen by a Doctor and USED by another Doctor cannot be too awfully bad.

10 days on plan.....down 9 pounds.