I have created this blog to offer ideas and hopefully some motivation as well as to inform those who may be interested in the diet. I would love comments about your successes, frustrations,ideas, or recipes. If anyone would like to share their story or recipes I would love to add you as an author to this blog.



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Monday, February 22, 2010

Week 1 (AKA Hell Week!!)
I was so excited to begin and right from the start felt pretty good. I did notice that I felt more tired on the first couple of days but I was also sick so I'm not sure which was causing that. On the second and third day I had a headache but I learned this was caused from a lack of sodium. These products have very little salt so be sure to add sea salt. I don't normally salt my food so this took some getting used to, but made me feel much better. For the first few days I kept having the urge to go get a snack, but mostly out of habit more than hunger. I just paid attention to whether I was really hungry or not and usually I wasn't. If I really felt like I needed something to eat I drank some water and waited 2o minutes and then if I was still hungry I would have a dill pickle. During the first week you can have up to 5 packets or eat some of your vegies for a snack if you need to. I was fine without ever having to do that. By the third day into it I think I was in ketosis and all hunger went away. I sometimes even had a hard time getting all of my required packets in. I loved having some warm hot chocolate or pudding before bed because I don't usually have dessert and this felt like such a treat! Although I really liked most of the meals my favorites were the yogurt berry smoothie for breakfast, chicken soup for lunch, and I really enjoyed being able to eat dinner with my family. On 3 or 4 nights a week I make the same meal for them maybe adding rice or rolls to their dinner. On the other nights I make them tacos, spaghetti, enchiladas, etc and I use the main meat in their meal as my meat and just add veggies. I didn't want to totally change their evening meals and have them regretting my diet. So far, no complaints. My kids are even loving asparagus. On the occasional evenings when we are in a hurry to get to ball practice or something I will make myself 2 scrambled eggs with mushrooms and zucchini on the side and that is really yummy. The one thing that worried me during week one is that it didn't take long to get sick of salad with nasty dressing, so I made up my own salad dressings using ingredients that are allowed and I love them. Now my salads are no problem. I will include the recipes for those dressings. I didn't weigh myself all week so I couldn't wait to see what the results were and they were so worth it. In one week I was down 10.6 pounds and had lost 4.5 inches in my waist! I think from being bloated on carbs! I was so excited and already I felt so much better than just one week ago!

18 comments:

  1. Kadee
    After much pushing from my wife, and stuffing my fat little face with everything I could Fri night, I am starting this diet (sat.) We searched many stores for the Walde
    n farms Mayo-NOT TO BE FOUND. Target/Walmart stores, here in this area did not carry that brand.
    PS Any suggestions for hiding places for M&M's?

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  2. HaHa Mike! You are going to do great, in 1 short week I promise you won't even miss your M&M's, and if you stick with it, it will be over so soon and then you can have your candy again. Every now and then that is! I will keep my eyes peeled for the mayo.

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  3. I'm so excited to find this blog. I've been on the ideal protein diet since january. It can be hard, but so rewarding. I am loving the recipes you have put on here!!! Can't wait to see whats in store! Oh, and you can buy the mayo on waldenfarms.com. or .ca if your in Canada. :)

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  4. Hi! I am on day 3 of the IP diet and so happy to have found your blog! Thank you for sharing recipes! I've never eaten vegetables in my life outside of salads, and have no idea how to cook them. I am so thankful I found your blog! I'll probably be commenting a lot if you don't mind. Thank you!!

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  5. Hi everyone, I'm on day 4 and so happy to find some support out there! I've tried a couple of the Walden Farms dressings through a friend doing a similar program and the Cesaer & Italian Sun Dried Tomato are wonderful! I was hesitant to try a "diet" dressing, but pleasantly surprised :)

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  6. I start my journey tomorrow, with today being somewhat of a "preparation" day. Hoping this goes well. I am starting with a good friend of mine, so that will be a built in support system too!

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  7. I just started this program the 30th of June 2011. The first day was really tough and felt awful, then the second day was a little better and the third a little better and so on. I can't believe the energy I'm experiencing in so short a time frame and may aches/pains are practically non-existant! I was bummed this morning though as I was actually up a pound. I think the culprit is that I got a hold of the wrong type of ham - it was Virginia Baked Ham instead of cooked ham, but it was 96% fat free - I'm guessing the Virginia Ham has sugar in it?! I'm sticking to it though and looking forward to seeing what the scale has to say...

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    1. Hi I saw no one had replied. YES it has sugar in it if I remember correctly I use to work in the meat dept at Market Basket.Good Luck on your diet. :)

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  8. I have been sick to my stomach since I have started this diet, what am I doing wrong?

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  9. I hope that you are still updating your blog. Thank you for posting so many recipes. I will look forward to using them. I am on my 2nd day of Ideal Protein. So far I am doing good. I did find myself hungry yesterday, day 1 about 2 hours after my ID meal. Today was better. I love the Broccoli Cheddar soup, (added extra broccoli and cauliflower), from last night, and the Fine Herbs Omelet, with extra veggies. Also love the Dill Zingers. I will have to try the Walden Farms Sun Dried Tomato dressing . I have the WF Ranch, and am not really crazy about it. It is nice to have a support system.

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  10. Hello, you did a great job on your site and hope you can still enjoy your hard work of your ideal protein diet. I started on wednesday and trying to get as much info as I can and try to meet people online to talk about their experiences.

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  11. Just started the diet and was told the only sweetner I could use is Stevia. What is your opinion. Has the protocal changed? also, no limes?

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  12. I went to the doctor today and I am starting on Ideal Protein tomorrow...I am so excited and nervous. I had just let myself go and I have almost 100 lbs to loss. I am so glad I have someone to share with..Thank yall for the ideals with adding extra veggie to soups and stuff..I would have never thought of that.

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  13. OK - I started this diet 8 days ago and every positive thing that I have read applies to me.... EXCEPT... in week one, I lost 1 lousy pound. :( I'm sticking to it but has anyone else experienced this?

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  14. January 11, 2013 8:49 pm
    I picked up my IP food today and will be starting IP on Sunday. I am so happy to have found this site for ideas/recipes. I do hope to stick with this and get the weight off once and for all.

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  15. Hi I am so glad I found this page. I cant wait to try the dressing recipes. Well I started my journey on 1/8/13. I am on day 5 I didn't have any major issues the first 4 days just headaches. Today when I woke up I could not wait to start drinking cold water and eat. I didn't feel very well felt sick.10 min after drinking the mango peach drink I felt fine. The energy I have is amazing.I am so excited to see how much weight I have lost and inches, tomorrow I weigh in.:) wish me luck! To those of you considering this diet if you like veggies and really ready to do the work of following this diet to a T. This is for you what are you waiting for go for it and good luck!!!

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  16. Is this blog still active?

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    1. I was wondering the same thing .... I wish it were, but from looking at the dates of the post, I don't think it is. However, there are a lot of great ideas that I will follow.

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