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anne.bcl
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Hello!
So my best friend kept nudging me about this book called "Dr. Abravanel's Body Type Diet and Lifetime Nutritional Plan". I found out I was a thyroid body type, and so I had to sacrifice almost all carbs (including rice, corn and potatoes), all fruit, most dairy, coffee (especially anything with caffeine) and obvious things like sugar. I can have poultry, fish, beef up to 3x a week, vegetables, skim milk, plain yogurt and cottage cheese. The only other thing I can have is raspberry leaf tea. I have found I can have almonds as well which helps, and you can apparently have alcohol but every time I have tried beer I gain a pound the next day. I can get away with whiskey which is cool. I have been on this diet for 11 weeks and I have lost 32 lbs to date since July 10th and I possibly have 30 or less to go. I'm already looking significantly different!
So is anyone else on this diet?
To those that are looking, what you do is get this book, read it, take the 25 question multiple-choice quiz and based on which letter answer you answered the most determines your body type. There are 4 possible body types: Gonadal, Adrenal, Thyroid and Pituitary. From there you go to your designated section of the book and plan your diet based on the guidelines for that diet.
Personally I have found that I cannot eat the vegetable soup without having a gain day. You're supposed to lose weight when you eat it as the book suggests, but I gained two pounds from it and it took me almost a week to get rid of that weight I gained back. However if you eat the vegetables by themselves, you will lose weight. I really don't understand how that works if the chicken broth was already fat free and without potatoes or anything like that. I even warned my grandmother about that today as she felt "inspired" today at the grocery store.
So yeah. Let's talk body type diet! Wahoo! (I really miss fruit and coffee! )
So my best friend kept nudging me about this book called "Dr. Abravanel's Body Type Diet and Lifetime Nutritional Plan". I found out I was a thyroid body type, and so I had to sacrifice almost all carbs (including rice, corn and potatoes), all fruit, most dairy, coffee (especially anything with caffeine) and obvious things like sugar. I can have poultry, fish, beef up to 3x a week, vegetables, skim milk, plain yogurt and cottage cheese. The only other thing I can have is raspberry leaf tea. I have found I can have almonds as well which helps, and you can apparently have alcohol but every time I have tried beer I gain a pound the next day. I can get away with whiskey which is cool. I have been on this diet for 11 weeks and I have lost 32 lbs to date since July 10th and I possibly have 30 or less to go. I'm already looking significantly different!
So is anyone else on this diet?
To those that are looking, what you do is get this book, read it, take the 25 question multiple-choice quiz and based on which letter answer you answered the most determines your body type. There are 4 possible body types: Gonadal, Adrenal, Thyroid and Pituitary. From there you go to your designated section of the book and plan your diet based on the guidelines for that diet.
Personally I have found that I cannot eat the vegetable soup without having a gain day. You're supposed to lose weight when you eat it as the book suggests, but I gained two pounds from it and it took me almost a week to get rid of that weight I gained back. However if you eat the vegetables by themselves, you will lose weight. I really don't understand how that works if the chicken broth was already fat free and without potatoes or anything like that. I even warned my grandmother about that today as she felt "inspired" today at the grocery store.
So yeah. Let's talk body type diet! Wahoo! (I really miss fruit and coffee! )