Ideal Protein Dieters

You're wasting your money, just use MFP and track what you eat...

Looking for friends with open diaries. Especially those who have a protein rich diets.

here guys let me help. its basic nutrition that you need to know before going on any diet program. your body has a very complex yet somewhat simple system of operations that determines if you either gain weight, lose weight, or maintain the current weight you currently have. to get to the simple basics of nutrition and weight control you must know that calories in = calories out. this means that if you are consuming more calories than your body needs to maintain its current weight,( which can be found using your TDEE ,total daily energy expenditure) you will gain weight, this is also known as a caloric surplus. so in order to lose weight you must eat less calories than your maintenance (TDEE). and in order to maintain you must eat the same amount of calories your body expends per day. so at the end of the day calories in=calories out is the only secret to weight management. now there are also nutrients your body needs in order to maintain healthy body metabolism, growth, and other essential bodily functions. there are 2 groups of nutrients the MACRO-nutrients and the MICRO-nutrients. the MACROS are CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEIN, and FATS. Your body needs a good amount of each MACRO- nutrient(which depends on your personal needs) aka not everyone is the same nor will everyone react the same to certain preset percentages of them. although a good rule of thumb is to have balance in proportion to your calorie goal. There are 9 calories per gram of FAT, and 4 calories per gram of PROTEIN, as well as CARBS. Now , the MICRO-nutrients (VITAMINS & MINERALS) and are also helpful and essential yet they are needed in much lower quantities. They are also necessary (just like MACRO-nutrients) in regards to human health. NOW in order to get your TDEE you can use many types of calculations but i recommend using this ----> http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ just plug in the numbers and adjust accordingly for either weight loss, or gain, or just keep it the same for maintenance.


Now that we have basics of nutrition let me help you with the Basics of your DIET. now a DIET is not something we go on or off, even though you may think this is what a diet is actually defined and thought of, a DIET is the kinds of foods a person consumes on a regular and habitual basis. a DIET can consist of many types of foods, but as long as your DIET consists of a majority of whole foods, fruits, and vegetables, one can eat whatever they want if it fits in their MACROS and calories. I and many active fitness/health people follow the DIET of IIFYM (if it fits your MACROS). which is basically flexible dieting aka eating foods you love and like while meeting your macro nutrient needs. now this so called DIET does not mean you can eat whatever types of foods all day everyday in untracked amounts. it simply states that if you eat a majority of whole foods and vegetables and meet the minimum required MACROS your body needs you can also eat other things which a majority of uninformed people consider as "bad foods". there is no good or bad food in the sense that their are only foods. now any types of foods can either help you achieve and meet your MACROS or not, but all that IIFYM really does is help you be flexible in what you eat. of course balance and moderation is required. so if you eat a majority of whole foods, friuts, and vegetables (around 80 percent of your diet) you can have those other foods in your diet as well.

here are some links for those who wish to read & learn more about nutrition and iifym.

WHAT ARE MACRO &MICRO NUTRIENTS AND WHAT DO THEY DO?

IIFYM GUIDE

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO IIFYM

MORE IN-DEPTH INFO ON CALORES AND MACROS

NUTRITION FOR NEWBIES

It's funny how people get off the subject right away. NO ONE came here asking about "IIFYM". The person who started this thread wanted to know if anyone was using "Ideal Protein" as a method of losing weight, and perhaps make friends along with supporting others using the same method.

There is a serious lack of etiquette in the MFP community. There is no right way or wrong way to losing weight. You can find pros and cons, scientific facts, personal success stories (facts) and etc. for every weight loss method known. I know people who are on "fast food diets" and losing weight. If you take the time to look it up, you'll find success stories on the fast food diet as well.

People seem to forget that ultimately it's up to the person who is on the diet. Also, it depends what kind of habits and characteristics they have developed. Whether they are strong mentally, how active the are willing to be physically, their confidence (past failures, lack of discipline or normally have low self-esteem), if they can only work as part of a team (accountability friends/support), just to name a handful of things.

Let people DO the methods they want to BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE WORKING FOR THEM. They don't need to come here and have people say (in few words) "that's the wrong way". Saying such a thing IS the wrong way because we have no background, besides what they are willing to share with us, on anyone who joins MFP.

Though this app / community is fairly anonymous, I KNOW it takes many people having to gather up all the courage they have just to be on MFP, having to admit they have a problem, tell their story, ask for help, looking for support, etc. Not many people come here with confidence. For some, their confidence deteriorated with the weight gain or if they have been overweight their whole lives.

Just some perspective.

What works for YOU ... may not work for someone else.

Being a one-track minded *kitten* forcing your method on someone else is not being supportive.

It's messing with people's minds and being counter productive.

Teal4me wrote: »

Well said DJ! Agree 100% people can get really rude!

I think many of the people, even those whom come off rude, are good people. I think some of these people are just very passionate about their method to losing weight because it has worked so well for them. And they want other people on a weight loss journey to have the same success.

But ... some are just blatantly rude. It's weird to find such attitudes in a community where people are supposed to be helping other succeed. I have come across some threads where there was a "mob mentality" against the person who started the thread and eventually leading to that person deleting/deactivating their MFP account.

Anyhow, good luck with your journey.
If you do decide to try they "Ideal Protein" method, make sure to post a thread telling us all how it's working out for you.

- DJ

I have seen great results on friends but I'm hesitant to try it. Should I go for it?

I've been on ideal protein for 3 weeks and I'm down 15 lbs. Its hard with the cravings some times but since I've lost that much in 3 weeks its more motivation to keep at it. I really prefer the ready made drinks. They taste a lot better than the packets. Also the brownies for the restricted. They taste just like a fiber one brownie.

knich01 wrote: »

I have been on Ideal Protein for about 3.5 weeks. Looking for friends/support of anyone else that is on this plan.

So, have been on for 4 days , snowed in and exercised for a good hour and half, and I fell victim to eating everything last night. Help- what should I do today?

Werfam wrote: »

cmccalpine1 wrote: »

knich01 wrote: »

I have been on Ideal Protein for about 3.5 weeks. Looking for friends/support of anyone else that is on this plan.

How are you doing on it? I have been on for 4 days and cheated? Now what? Suggestions?

Pick a less restrictive diet.
One that has a reasonable calorie goal and doesn't bar entire food groups.

I am on month 8 of my Ideal Protein program and have lost 72 lbs. I am thrilled with the program and determined to make it the last diet I will ever go on.

I don't care what program you use to lose extra pounds, it's your passion and dedication to the maintenance program that will determine whether you re-gain what you worked so hard to lose.

Whether Ideal Protein or Nutrisytem or WW or Jenny Craig or IIFYM or Very Low Calorie, Dukan, Scarborough, Atkins, Stillman, SHRED... whatever diet plan you follow can easily run right back to your higher weight unless you watch your intake and exercise closely forever more.

I am fearful about phasing off of the initial phase of Ideal Protein to maintain - the routine while losing has become pretty easy to follow and it's free of cravings - I'll be doing that phase off when I reach goal weight, sometime in May, I imagine.

I have lost and regained on every diet program imaginable, and when I then returned to uncontrolled eating behavior I gained weight, no matter which program I used to lose the extra weight. When regain happens, I find that starting up again on something sensible to control my weight - to manage my eating, really, - that's especially hard to do.

And there is nothing that deflates your sense of self like watching yourself regain most or all the weight you have lost. It is extremely depressing, and easily forms a cycle of emotional eating in response to the depression, gaining pounds from that behavior, which makes you more depressed and more quick to try to eat away the depression and frustration... This whole thing happens with any weight loss program that a person may take up - if you don't embrace the lifestyle change and live the new lifestyle, you will re-gain part or all of your losses, and sometimes gain some new pounds on top of where you were before the last weight loss diet. It is a series of vicious cycles unless you assert yourself on a daily basis to do what is smart, healthy, and controlled.

So I have selected Ideal Protein to help me turn this pattern of behavior around.
The best support source while on the diet is the Ideal Protein sub forum on 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet website. I think there is good online support for most diets on 3FC - but anyone looking for online support for Ideal Protein will certainly find a cadre of dedicated users on 3FC.

Whoever said MFP is not a good support environment - I tend to agree with you -- I am glad to use the tracking tool, but this discussion forum comes nowhere close to the quality and supportiveness of 3FC.

Facebook has a great support groups. search for it in the search box and it should up. i follow IP support phase 1 and ideal protein phase 1 love and support. great recipes and support with people who have been, are currently or thinking of being on it.