Hello Everyone,

I started IP last week. I have been on it before about 2 years ago, lost 30 pounds and kept it off till December when I had to deal with a lot of stress. I know it works, and I'm looking forward to losing the 30 again. And fitting into my size 8s! I am glad to harp e found this group for support.

Best,
Sharon

I'm entering my third week. Lost 10 pounds. I have 15 to go. So far, so good

Hi, everyone.

So I'm on my 5th week of IP, and I've lost 25 pounds. I'm so pleased with my results. It totally gives me motivation to keep going. I must say that the encouragement and accountability I have here at MFP is helping tremendously. So grateful!

Hi Sosborne42,

Why do you think you have slowed down? Feel free to friend me, I'm looking for IP friends here for encouragement and to help support.

Best,
Sharon

Hi everyone!!

I am so excited to join an IP Club. I have so many questions and I want to know what other people are doing. I have been on this diet for 5 days now and I have lost 4.6 lbs! I'm so excited. If anyone has food ideas, advice, or anything please let me know. I am also nervous about what will happen when I phase off because I LOVE food. Would love to know how others stay so productive on this diet!

Good morning,

My name is Claudette and I am on day 2 of IP and so far so good. I cannot wait for my first weigh in.

4 years ago I was down to my goal weight of 138 by diet and exercise and I felt pretty good and then I got lazy started eating horribly and stopped running.

When I weighed in at IP I was 172.2, with about 45 pounds to lose, but I am determined to do this and I hope with the support of my coach, friends and this group, I WILL do it.

Thanks

Has anyone heard if it is ok to drink diet rite soda on ip? also what about sweet and low?

Hi my name is Tara and I'm in my second week on IP and have a weigh in friday but my first week I lost 6.5 lbs and 7.5 inches! Hope to reach my goal by New Years. How is everyone doing?

Hi Tara,

I have lost all the weight and started phase 4 officially today. I lost a little over 50 pounds in 5 months, and it was pretty effortless compared to calorie reduction.

Welcome and best of luck to you!

Down 5 lbs and 8.5 inches after my second week :-D How's everyone else doing?

Hello all. I'm Trisha and I have my introductory meeting with my coach on Friday! My mom has hit her goal and is on maintenace now and her success has pushed me to get started. I have cut back on discretionary spending so that I can afford this as a single Mom. The time is now and I am tired of the yo-yo. I think I have about 85 lbs to lose.

Down 5 lbs and 8.5 inches after my second week :-D How's everyone else doing?

Hi Tara, like SusanRN2b I have also lost an average of 8-10/month and am now starting Phase 3

I am discovering that IP works so well that it seems like people tend to drop out of this group after only a few months!! :-(

Started Phase 4 last week and, I'm not going to lie, it's a challenge for the simple fact that I'm no longer in ketosis therefore I get hungry! I honestly think I'm a carb junky. It's like how do you tell a crack addict "OK, it's now time for you to smoke some every day, just don't smoke too much." Roger that.

Hi everyone,

My name is Brandi. It took me about a year to lose 80 pounds on my own with diet & exercise, then I hit a hard plateau. I started looking for alternatives. I started Ideal Protein 4 weeks ago & I have lost 26 pounds. I can't believe I haven't heard of this sooner. I'm not hungry most of the time. I want to lose about 70 more pounds. It is pretty easy considering how the weight falls off. I love this. Feel free to friend me.

Congrats!

HI, I've been on Ideal protein since the first of September and have lost 50 pounds so far. I'm finally under 30 bmi and have 30 pounds to go to get to under 25 bmi which is my ultimate goal. I've dieted a lot in my life and lost weight with several diets but always gained it back. I want to get to being trained in maintenance by my coach. She lost 50 pounds 2 years ago and has kept it off. I'm getting tired of phase 1 but I don't want to drag the diet out any longer than i have to. I like vegetables and love to garden. I live in the north though so my gardening now consists of drooling over seed catalogs My new gardening interest is perennial vegetables. I'm going to try to put in some perennial veggies this year. Of course that means I won't get to eat them for a whole nother year.

Hello everyone.

My name is Claudette and I am restarting IP tomorrow, I have pounds to lose and I am hoping that I can stick with this diet this time. When I started this in august I lost 10.5 pounds in 3 weeks and then went on vacation and did not follow the diet at all and fained the weight back and then some, so I am starting over again and I WILL be successful this time.

Thanks

You can do this!! I'm starting again today as well. I am doing my own version, but the principles are the same. I need to get back into my clothes!! I refuse to buy bigger clothes.

WKnmom Can I ask what is your inversion. I'm finding IP quite expensive