Hi, I am very excited about the plan! I have just been put on Thyroid medication and find losing weight almost impossible! But, finding my trigger foods will help this, what I'm told is a slow journey! Thanks for this group!

Welcome Jenlybean!! Good for you for doing this!

KweenJosephin, I was the same today too!! But while yours was probably the result of time of month, mine, unfortunately, is probably the potato chips that I retested with everything else friendly. The bread was fine (down .8 lbs). Yay for that! SO sorry your hubby didn't pass that test.

Feeling better weight-wise, not so bloated and icky feeling, and my blood sugars are generally really good right now, but I'm getting a bit tired of all the veggies too...

But some things just take time. And I do want to know what will work, so when I go on vacation in a month, I'll have more options!! Otherwise, I can see that I'll probably gain a lot....

Friday, hubby and I are going to a restaurant with my sis and husband. It's kind of a unique place with different foods offered, and they made the reservation a month or so ago (pre The Plan). Do that will be a big test...

Have a great day!! I'm trying hamburger tonight for new protein, so hopefully I can have something other than chicken and an egg...

Dorene, I just tried the cream of broccoli soup for lunch today too!! I'm hoping I'm not reactive to it as well.

I passed hamburger last night with a .4 lb. loss so that makes three friendly proteins other than nuts/vegetable protein sources. You have quite a few on your plate...yay! How long have you been on The Plan?

I'm eager to hear of other restaurant endeavors, too. I am experiencing a bit of a withdrawal from not going out!!!

Has anyone discovered that eating more of a friendly food caused it to be reactive? I noted that in the book and was wondering about that. Right now I'm trying to keep the portions a bit down (except for my chocolate)!

I loved the cream of broccoli soup and was not reactive to it, yea! My soup was a little spicy though, so I think I will cut the sriracha down to half a tablespoon and see how that is. I also made the Chia Pumpkin Pudding and liked that, however I find that Chia sees have a slight black pepperish taste. LOL, I learned not to chew the Chia seeds in the pudding and just swallow them and then the pumpkin pudding tasted much better.

I love cauliflower so will make a cream of cauliflower soup next, using the same base recipe.

I have been on The Plan since 05/24/2013. After you complete the first 20 days, Lyn recommends testing only once a week for faster weight loss, but I had so much that I was reactive to that I am testing every other day like on the first 20 days. Now that I have more protein on the friendly list, I will probably cut back on the testing so my weight loss will be quicker. Also read somewhere (lol, can't remember if it is the book or Lyn's website) that after the first 50 pounds the weight loss slows down some too.

Yes, one night I forgot to measure the chicken and eyeballed it so I did go up a little bit, like .2.

Good Luck MysteryBear!

Hi MysteryBear! Way to be organized! Good luck on your Plan.

Hubby and I tested cod on Sat night and both of us lost on it! Me-1lb and hubby 1.6lb.. yay! The last few days have been not very successful for me...up .2 down .2 and hubby gained a pound last night from testing potatoes. His hunch about the potatoe chips was right....I feel bad for him! Anyway, my period STILL hasn't come...I'm a bit perplexed as I've been feeling bloated and pms-y for a week! (and NO I;m not pregnant! ) So now I'm doubting my testing...maybe i'm reactive to something??? not sure. Anyway, this whole journey has been good but confusing for me! So I still am waiting for my period...I don't know if it's going to be very accurate as she says don't test in the 2-3 days leading up to it...but I am. Oh boy.

I will definitely have to make that broccoli soup soon, one of these days when I'm not so grouchy and tired! Hahahaha! I'm glad you all like it...there's hope for a yummy soup for me!

Welcome roselover, good luck with the plan. I was also happy to find this group as I have no support on the home front and the people here have been wonderful with encouragement. I found The Plan reading First Magazine and decided that a lot of Lyn's ideas match mine and also made sense to me. I have been really happy following the Plan so far, Dorene.

Hi KweenJosephine,
Glad you finally started, maybe? LOL, I also did not test during my cycle, but oh my, was I craving salty foods. I did not notice a sweet craving, but then I have had some intense sugar cravings when I wasn't cycling, so is probably why I only craved salty stuff during my cycle.

Bummer that you have to put off the restaurant night, Dorene.

Congrats on reaching day 20, yea! Now that I have more friendly proteins under my belt, I think I am going to slow down and test once a week like Lyn recommends, so I can lose weight quicker.

I tested cow's cheese yesterday and passed, yea me, so happy, LOL.

Well, the decision to try goat cheese again with my lunch yesterday was a bad one! Up .2 this morning! My period must still be making me sensitive. I guess dairy is a reactive...sigh, will miss cheese.

I tried the sheep cheese and it was mild reactive...so I think I'm just going to try to avoid cheese for the meantime.
Thank you for those combos!
We did a restaurant test tonight and I had rice noodles with chicken...Pad-see-eiw.....it was so good...pretty salty, so I'll probably be up tomorrow morning!! Ack....anyway, it did sink like a rock, so probably best to avoid that as much as possible and only have as a treat.
I don't know if any of you are on Facebook or not, but she's been putting up some really interesting stuff lately...today she talked about exercise and not too much of it and tips....worth a read, as she answers lots of people's questions as well.

Hi- My name is Natalie and I'm starting thePLAN tomorrow. I was wondering if anyone would like to connect. I love having extra support and am kinda nervous for the cleanse. Did you all give up coffee on the cleanse?

Thank you, Kayceeme!

I too have been on The Plan for 18 days. I've lost just over 8 pounds (who wouldn't) and I feel pretty good. My primary objective for going on an elimination/anti-inflammatory diet was to determine my personal trigger foods (not just the foods that are generally listed as causing inflammation). So far I am not learning enough and I am frustrated. Nearly any food that I test outside the basic menu of carrots, flax, onions, zucchini, kale, goat cheese, rice milk, etc. (including chick peas, eggs, cow's milk cheese, cow's milk and tomatoes) has proved to be a trigger food -- if I judge by my weight loss of 0.2 lbs or less on those days.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. As recommended for my weight, I drink 9 glasses of water daily, drink the dandelion tea in the morning and take a probiotic.

Boy, I am so glad to see others are still on this thread. All the others that I tried were really old. I'm not on Facebook and, being a technophobe, I can't figure out how to follow someone on twitter:). I've been on this for about 4 weeks. I'm down 11 pounds and have found I'm reactive to almonds, chick peas, rye and some sheep cheeses, but not all and my beloved trader joes hi fiber cereal. Thrilled to pass bread (we have started buying our bread at an Italian market that makes ciabatta with only flour, yeast and salt.) eggs and beef.

Hope to share this journey with others.

Bee

I have a question for anyone who's following this plan. If I have a couple of days when I stay exactly the same and haven't changed anything, should I go ahead and test a new food? Or should I give it a couple more rest days? I'm anxious to try some new foods. Thanks for any help. Bee

Thanks, Jen. As much as I'm anxious to try some new foods, you're right. I will give it at least one more day of rest. I'm still about 10 pounds from where I'd like to be so it's not that. It's hard to be patient when you finally find a plan that works for you. Thanks again for your help.

Bee