Ideal Protein

Ideal Protein (IP) is a low fat, low carb, and low sugar diet that focus on eating the "ideal" amount of protein. See: http://www.idealprotein.com/ca/home. I am not an expert on this diet, just a regular gal that struggles with weight loss, that is on the IP plan. In my knowledge, you can only get IP products from a health care type clinic; mine happens to be a chiropractic clinic.

The plan is easy: eat three packets of IP food a day, 4 cups of vegetables, and 8 oz. of protein at dinner; such as fish, meat, chicken, eggs, tofu, etc. I am a vegetarian, so my 8 oz. of protein usually consists of eggs or a Morningstar Farms product without breading. Take the proper supplements and drink water! You meet for weigh in once a week and buy food from them at the same time! Pretty easy, huh!

Food costs $90 a week at my clinic. You need 21 packets a week, boxes consist of 6-7 meals, so you need at least 3 boxes a week. There are many options that IP offers for their food. Drinks, soups, chips, bars, puddings, pancakes, etc. I really enjoy the strawberry banana smoothie, triple chocolate wafers, and ready made vanilla drink! I like the other options that I've ate as well. If you run out of packets, or don't like something that you've bought, 2 hard boiled eggs are the replacement that you can make.

If you love and are addicted to your morning coffee like I am, no problem! I combine 2 shots of espresso over ice with my ready made vanilla drink and you get a pretty tasty vanilla latte, full of protein! I like my routine, and still enjoy stopping at my morning coffee stand! They are very accommodating and make my drink just the way I need it. I'm looking into getting my own Nespresso machine so I can make my own espresso at home.

The thing I think is super smart about IP is the 4 phases. Phase 1 is where you lose the weight and get to your ideal weight. After that they don't say "See Ya, Good Luck! You'll be back in a year to give us more money!". You are phased out of their foods and slowly reintroduce "normal" food back into your diet. The thing that you've been learning all along in Phase 1 is you need to eat enough protein and eat your veggies!!! This is a great habit for life, that IP really beats into you along the way!

My Results:

Week 1: 8.2 lb weight loss

*Each week I will update my weight loss. IP says that you will lose 3-7 lbs a week using their plan. I plan to lose 100 lbs using IP!