Ideal protein with alternative foods

hi, I'm so excited to be loosing weight again. I need a ton of motivation to stick with anything. I have done ideal protein foods in the past but it was too expensive to continue, so this round I'm doing alternative foods to save over half the cost! It's really the same as my grocery bill. I also love seeing that scale number go down. Maybe a little too much: plateaus are so discouraging that I sometimes fall off the plan. I also took my measurements in hopes of allowing that to be more of my driving force this time around. I love my clothes getting bigger and of course needing to go shopping for better fitting stuff. I am looking for people to be accountable to because silence almost always means shame and falling off the plan. I need to have someone to keep me on track since things can get hum drum quickly. Also I'm looking for op experts to help me know how they make the plan their own. If you are familiar perhaps we can exchange ideas on food ideas and on plan substitutions etc... Thank you all for your help in advance.