Ideal Protein Recipes

Ideal Protein Recipes:

I was hesitant to try recipes with the packets. I'm not sure why. I guess I wanted to get a feel for the foods to begin with as well as get a handle on the diet itself.  So I decided to try a recipe this week.


Wildberry Yogurt Muffins - These mini muffins absolutely hit the spot!  They are not the best muffins that I've ever had, but they were pretty tasty, and it was sooooo nice to have some muffins.  The serving size was also nice.  It makes two servings (meals):

• 1 pack IP Crispy Cereal, finely crushed
• 1 pack IP Wildberry Yogurt Drink
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 packet of Truvia (I used Splenda)
• 1/8 tsp Cinnamon

Grease a mini muffin pan with cooking spray.  In a medium bowl, mix 1 pack IP Crispy Cereal with 1/4 tsp of baking powder.  Add 1 pack of Wildberry Yogurt Drink, add 1 beaten egg, and add 1/4 cup of water.  Mix carefully until muffin consistency adding water if necessary.  Don't over mix.

Spoon into pan until 3/4 full.  Mix Truvia packet and cinnamon then sprinkle on top of muffins.  Bake at 350 until golden brown (about 10 minutes).

Makes 12 mini muffins.  Serving size is 6 mini muffins.

They definitely have made me consider buying the (expensive) Ideal Protein cookbook.

Ideal Protein Starting Stats

Here are my stats:

Original Consultation on 8/30/2013:
Weight:  254.2

Began IP on 9/3/2013

1st Weigh-In on 9/6/2013:
Weight:  250.8

2nd Weigh-In on 9/13/2013:
Weight:  245.0


Not bad at all!  Although I have full body photos, I don't think I'm ready to share those.  I've only taken ones for the start.  I figured I would do them once every few weeks.  I have been taking a selfie of my face every day since I started.  I think I possibly see a difference, but maybe I'm seeing what I want to see.  What do you think?

Weigh-In and Ideal Protein So Far

Things have been going well so far!  I definitely feel different--I don't feel as hungry and I don't have as many food cravings.  I do feel tired sometimes, but nothing too much more than usual.

We had our weigh-in yesterday and things are good.  My husband lost another 8 pounds, and I lost 5.8, which brings my total weight loss since 9/3 to 9.2 pounds!  Men always lose faster, and I'm not terribly jealous.  I'm just happy with my own weight loss.  I am following the program fully--no cheating so far.

I think I've gotten used to the schedule and I'm fairly happy with the food.  A lot of times I just stick to the simple and eat the same thing every day.  This week I'm branching out with a couple of IP recipes.  I made some muffins with the Wildberry Yogurt Drink and Crispy Cereal mixes.  I actually enjoyed the muffins a good bit.

I have not noticed any changes in my appearance or in the fit of my clothing yet.  I'm sure that will come within a couple of weeks.  It's hard to believe that I'm losing weight this fast and this consistently.  It does terrify me a little--what if the weight loss stops?  The program is pretty restrictive, and I worry that if I plateau or anything that I would question why I'm on it at all.

Hubby is open to the idea of just losing some of the weight, but I really want to go full out and get down much closer to my ideal weight range.  It's going to be a long, hard road.  I plan to lose 104 pounds and that would still mean I'm about 15-20 pounds heavier than the higher end of my ideal weight range and BMI.  But I would also be massively excited to be that size!  But we'll see.

I think the only problems I'm currently facing are leg cramps and boredom.  The boredom is always a problem and I try to keep myself occupied so I don't start reaching for food.  The leg cramps suck.  I will wake up at night with leg cramps and I get them in the pool too.  I'm trying to get in more potassium, but so far I still get them.

Overall, I'm extremely happy so far with Ideal Protein.