Help Needed!!! Ideal Protein Weight Loss

[couch coyote]

I'm using the Ideal Protein plan and am steadily losing weight. 40 lbs. in 4 months so far. This is the second time I've been on it. The first time it worked also, but I quit because I was eating for emotional reasons, not hunger. No fault of the plan.


It's a deliberately unbalanced diet: no carbs (that is, no sugar, breads or fruit), adequate protein to maintain muscle mass, adequate fat for liver health, 64 ounces of water daily, and very specific vitamins and minerals. After you lose the weight you go back to a balanced diet, emphasizing a healthy attitude toward food as a forever lifestyle, with the help of your coach.


If you follow it 100% it works 100%. If you follow it 95% with "just a couple" cheats here and there, it will not work. You have to make a choice. (As with so many things in life.)


It's expensive. As McBain II says, you can do it on your own at a fraction of the price. But will you? That's the question. For me, having the correct nutrition in packet form is such a no-brainer that I can follow it effortlessly. And I didn't have to become a nutritionist to design my own plan. I'm never hungry. My inflammation is gone. I don't have indigestion, acid reflux, or the roller coaster sugar highs/lows. I sleep well. And my energy is increasing by the week.


This is my experience. The only way I could be happier is if I didn't have the personal failings that prompted me to become fat in the first place.

[royalmike]

And yes you could do all that eating regular food and also saved money

[riaelise]

People seem to think that they can start a knowingly unbalanced diet for X months to achieve a result and then like a light switch start employing a balanced diet, and it will be smooth sailing once the result is achieved.

No, it won't. Many people end up regaining down the road and the body seems to have trouble adjusting when formerly "no no" foods are added back in.

You should eat a balanced diet....wait for it....for life.

You don't have to buy any special foods or potions.

My weight loss involved the cost of a gym membership. I ate food from all food groups, too. And IMHO a successful plan allows you to "cheat". It's called being human and thinking of things long term.

As for the perceived health benefits, you don't need to follow such a rigid diet to get them. I eat carbs (including sugar) and don't have highs and lows. I don't get a "sugar high" from eating fresh, delicious fruit. I also don't get a sugar high from eating starchy tubers either. However, I do get a high from garbage like candy, because that has no nutritional value whatsoever and no fiber to speak of.

[Countrysue]

I have been on this diet for two years now - under the supervision of a doctor. I am required to lose no more than 1 lb a week. Hypertension is now in the past, blood sugar normal. I strongly recommend this diet and a good physician.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-l...t/art-20048456

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-top...sh-eating-plan

By the way, it's pretty easy to stay on. I plan on continuing this manner of eating even after the weight is normal.

[sazzedhossain]

egg ,Indian mosoreer dal is a great source of protien