Changin it up, again!

Ok so, I have been doing some reading. The PA that saw my husband for his IR told us about a book called the 17 day diet. It is all about changing your body in 17 days and then maintaining that from then on. Obviously most of us will not get to where we want to be in only 17 days. The focus is more on making a small change each day and then keeping that change the following day as you add another. It is basically building blocks to become the healthiest you. I highly recommend it.

So this book talks about how you must arm yourself with knowledge about your body before you start your journey. One on the things you need to know is your blood type and how it interacts was with certain kinds of food.

This was very interesting to me. So, I did more research with a book, Eating for Your Blood Type, to figure out how Dave and I should proceed with our diet. Everything I found completely fit with our past medical problems and how our bodies have responded to our diets in the past. I found out was that Dave and I are opposite in what we should be eating. Dave should stick to protein and fresh vegetables, with minimal fruits and even less carbs. I should be eating more HEALTHY carbs, lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and very minimal animal protein. This makes things difficult.

Dave is still under his original restrictive diet, and eating for his blood type fits very well into that. Mine, not so much. We are supposed to stop eating carbs at 1 p.m. So I am working on making some menu plans and as much as I don't want to I will be making two different breakfasts and lunches. I will stick to one dinner and cutting off carbs at 1. So Dave will stick with the same diet with lots of protein and minimal carbs. I will be front loading my carbs and calories, and getting my protein at dinner. 

I am hoping this will help me feel better because for the last week the diet has been wreaking havoc on my body. I decided that we just need to buckle down and get to our healthiest selves even if we have to take a little different paths to get there.