Not everyone on the plan has to check their BBT everyday. Part of the preparation for the plan is to check your thyroid function by measuring your BBT. If you are consistently below 97 degrees, then you use a special thyroid menu, take supplements, and continue measuring daily. Mine was between 96 and 97 consistently so I'm using the special menu. I'm skipping the supplements since I was just a touch low. As I test foods I'll be sure to keep an eye out for how my BBT changes.
Now for the part that's the real gut check....I've been saying for two days that I was going to post my starting weight. Maybe. I don't really want to, but if this whole thing works out the way I'd hoped, I'll look back on this and won't regret it. If it doesn't work, I may regret it as this is the heaviest I've ever been except when I was pregnant. I keep asking my dog to encourage me, but she's not very supportive this morning.
Ok. Here I go.
I'd like to say that wasn't so bad, but it was. I really should have painted my nails first.
Now that I've revealed just how bad I've let this get, let's talk about why I'm doing The Plan. I found it when we hired someone new at the office and she told me about it. I bought the book the same day.
The entire premise of this book is based on the fact the inflammation in the body causes a whole host of medical issues, including obesity. If you can figure out what foods cause inflammation in your body, then you can simply avoid those foods. The catch is that everyone's body is different. My coworker, so far, can't eat peas or strawberries. It may be entirely different things for me. So the book walks you through a testing process to find foods that work for you as well as to teach you how to plan your own menus (after the first 20 days.)
For the last year, I've been working hard to eat healthy. I LOVE oatmeal, so I've been eating it for breakfast everyday. I'm been having some amazing green smoothies for lunch and just generally eating tons of things that should be great for my health. Of course, I still eat the occasional slice of pizza and I love sweet potato fries, but I'm careful to limit those "bad" foods. Still I'm the heaviest I've ever been.
I'm also on a bit of a crusade to have only "real food" in my house. That means that I only eat things I made in my kitchen, or the ingredient list on packaged food must only contain ingredients that I would use in my kitchen. I will not eat foods whose ingredient lists contain words I can't pronounce and/or look like a science experiment. Still I'm the heaviest I've ever been.
Something has to change! When I read The Plan, I was very interested, but I'm still holding back on being hopeful. I've done every diet out there. They all work to some degree. The level of misery they induce varies, but is usually pretty high. After reading the menu plans, I see that there is no way I'll be hungry. There's no limit on the veggies I can eat and the author has a few suggestions on how to address hunger should it rear it's ugly head. The factor that made it possible for me to do this was that the menus are filled with fantastic whole foods. There's literally only one processed food on there, the coconut milk I wrote about yesterday.
I have two hopes for this blog. First, talking to people helps me process my thoughts. Honestly, typing it out isn't quite the same, but I hope as I gain readers that we'll have some great conversations through the comments. Second, I hope that maybe it will help someone else who is struggling the way I am. I know there's folks out there in the same boat and maybe this will help connect us.
It's time for my tea!
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