Getting Ready

Today was Hallow e'en and therefore the perfect day before I start my diet!  I gorged on candy and junk food.  We had dinner at my Mom & Dad's place tonight and we ate lasagna (my Mom's is the best), Caesar salad, tomatoes & mozzarella with basil, red wine and home-made sponge toffee and caramel corn.  I also stopped at Tim Horton's for an extra large steeped tea, which I won't be able to drink while on this diet, but it's one of my favorite Timmy's treats.  I had an extra large bowl of multi-grain cheerios for breakfast, another favourite which I'll be avoiding, and all sorts of other tid-bits that I'm going to make a concerted effort to avoid for the next 3 months or so.

So, here's a little more info about my choice of diet.  My blood is type A which means that I'll basically be eating a vegetarian diet with a little chicken and fish mixed in here and there.  I talked about the three categories in my last post and each of the four blood types have their own specific categories but I'll fill you in on the general layout of my menu...

Beneficial to Type A:
cod, salmon, trout, soy milk, soya cheese, olive oil, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, black beans, lentils, oat flour, rice flour, Ezekiel bread, rice cakes, alfalfa sprouts, onion, tofu, garlic, blackberries, grapefruit, lemons, carrots, pineapples, ginger, soy sauce, mustard, coffee, green tea and red wine.

Neutral for Type A:
Chicken, turkey, tuna, feta, yogurt, canola oil, almonds, walnuts, green peas, snow peas, brown, white & wild rice, corn muffins, gluten-free bread, asparagus, celery, various mushrooms, apples, raspberries, strawberries, honey, salt, dill, peppermint tea & white wine.

Type A should Avoid:
Bacon, beef, pork, halibut, milk, ice cream, cottage & cream cheese, cashews, white & whole-wheat flour, English muffins, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, green, red, yellow & hot peppers, bananas, mangoes, oranges, black pepper, all vinegar, ketchup, mayonnaise, pickles, beer & black teas (regular & decaf).

And this is just to name a few.  It can get pretty complicated if you let it.  The book that I have is the "Cook Right for your Type" edition of the series.  It lays out some pretty good recipes and give you all sorts of suggestions, including a 30 day meal plan.  So, I'm feeling confident that I can accomplish my goals, which I haven't entirely nailed down yet.

Speaking of goals, here's the few I've set for myself: stick to the diet for at least 3 months (Christmas day will be my one cheat day where I can eat whatever I want), get on the treadmill or go to the walking track at least 3 times a week and hopefully this will result in me loosing 30+ pounds.

And, speaking of weight, I went out and purchased a scale today, the first scale I've ever bought and the first one I've ever had in a house since I moved out of my parents place.  I currently weigh... 190.2 lbs with my clothes on.  That is only 5 lbs less that I weighed at my last prenatal appointment before I had Rowan... 2 years ago.  Rowan weighed 6 lbs, 12 oz, which means that I've gained weight since he was born.  This does not make me happy, I really should have lost some weight while I was nursing but I don't think I did, or if I did it didn't take me long to gain it all back!

So, tomorrow is day 1, wish me luck and please comment either on this blog page or on my facebook page, I'd love to hear any encouragement or suggestions to keep myself motivated.  If you are in the small group of my contacts who don't have a facebook page you can always e-mail me.  I'll keep you posted on my progress... here we go!!