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The first part of the 12-week program is The 10-day Clear Change Diet Plan. It's a metabolic detoxification program. Days 1-4 are an initial clearing. You begin to eliminate potentially allergenic foods (dairy, red meats, eggs, coffee, etc...) and increase intake of supplemental nutritional supplements in shake and capsule form. Days 5-7 are the metabolic detoxification period. You eat only cruciferous vegetables, fish, apples and pears. (Plus the supplementation, which is now up to 4x per day.) Days 8 & 9 are reintroduction days. We begin to reintroduce approved foods and reduce the amount of supplements. Day 10 and beyond is maintenance. Slowly reintroducing foods and waiting 24-48 hours to see if you have a reaction. Very similar to my previous elimination diet except that one was 30 days, I had no supplemental support, and my doctor did not approve. This is being done through his office and we're being monitored weekly. Yup, I said "we." My husband is on board with me, which makes everything so much easier. ...and I must tell you he is a Saint for putting up with me. Strict diets make me very angry in the beginning. Mostly because we're still trying to figure out the new routine. (We're now on day 6.) BUT IN MY DEFENSE: Saturday, January 11, I went to bed at 11:30. My husband woke me just after Midnight to tell me we had about an inch and a half of water in the basement. We didn't really know what to do, so we called the insurance company, who told us to call Servpro, who told us to call a plumber. (Of course, these things never happen at Noon on a Wednesday!) My husband shut off the main water, because we couldn't find the source. We put a call out to all our friends on Facebook and went to bed. We woke up to nearly 3 inches in the morning. Apparently, our perimeter drainage failed, and because we'd had a major thaw, the water found its way in. DH Ran to the hardware store and bought a pump. Two of our friends showed up with pumps. 3 men, 3 pumps, 2 shop vacs, and several hours later, the water was outside instead of in our basement. Servpro and the insurance adjuster came on Monday. Our contractor came on Tuesday. The basement is partially finished, so they had to pull up all the carpets and linoleum, and cut all the sheetrock up two feet. We still had boxes and boxes of stuff stored down there from our move. We spent the next few days sorting through sopping wet cardboard and trying to rescue mementos. Most homeowners insurances don't cover outside water. We are lucky in that Nationwide will cover up to $5,000 if you have a sump pump or perimeter drainage. (While re-reading for typos, I read this in Dennis Haysbert's voice! LOL!) It was enough to cover the cost of drying it out and doing the demo (...for which I am wholeheartedly grateful), but it's certainly not enough to repair or replace what we lost. We called a couple of dry basement guys. They can install a sump pump for $2K, but don't recommend refinishing unless we install a 10K system guaranteed to keep the basement dry. First the roof, now this. (Ugh!) The band has cut back on my dates because the girl I was brought in to replace has decided she wants to go back to full time. And to top it off, the hip surgeon responded to my email regarding the second opinion. He reviewed the arthroscopic surgeon's notes and agrees with his conclusions. So I'm in limbo. Not bad enough for a replacement, but too advanced for repair. My injection is scheduled for the 30th. Let's hope it works! You know how they say stress makes you fat? Yeah. I'm feeling frustrated and fatalistic right now. Can't even celebrate the above loss because I don't trust it. I'm trying to stay positive, and remain grateful.
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197.2 lb
Lost so far: 30.0 lb.
Still to go: 32.2 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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losing 1.5 lb a week
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