Elimination Diet | Fat Loss By Eating What You Want

I just completed my first 12 week fitness challenge. This is the first time that I used an online nutrition planner which was really awesome! It allowed me to see if I reached my daily goal for all of my nutrients. It also allowed me to see which foods that I normally eat are really good or bad for me. It is still amazing to me that due to my current height, weight, age and activity level that I need to consume between 2000 to 2200 calories / day just to lose weight! There are so many people that aren’t even eating enough calories let alone eating the right things.

I want to share the most important thing that I learned during this time. Our bodies are very similar to our relationships with our spouses and our children. We need to find their love language to communicate effectively with them. We also need to find our love language for our bodies. I’ve been tweaking my diet and fitness plans for years and still learning new things about MY body. It takes time to learn to work with our hubbies and kids and that changes over time just like our bodies change over time. What you did 3 years ago might not work for your body today.

I see fitness as a journey to learn my body even though I may not get the right answers for some time but each and every physical body is so different. I can’t base my success or my journey on everyone else’s flat belly results. What I can do is go that extra mile, like try the elimination diet to see which foods have the most negative effect on my body. You have to figure out YOUR body’s love language to be most effective in your weight loss efforts.

I have also embraced that the scale doesn’t tell the whole story. I’ve lost so many inches and gone down 2 dress sizes but I tend to gain muscle really fast. This muscle gain really shows on the scale. I have seen great results but this is just the beginning. I can’t wait to see my flat belly results by the end of this year since I have found the best fitness plan for this target area.

I have had the busiest year of my life but yet have found the most amount of energy due to focusing on my fitness and health goals. It’s been fun to watch my kids exercise with me and ask me why I’m doing so many exercises. This is instilling a great value in their lives just as we give them other moral values. Ok on to my initial and final stats!

3-Jan-09		27-Mar-09
AGE:	35	AGE:	35
HEIGHT:	5’10″	HEIGHT:	5’10″
WEIGHT:	188 lbs	WEIGHT:	186 lbs	-2
SIZE:	14	SIZE:	10	-2
Belly:	36 in	Belly:	32	-4
HIPS:	41 in	HIPS:	39	-2
BUST:	38 in	BUST:	36	-2
ARMS:	12 in each	ARMS:	11 in each	-2
THIGHS:	23 in each	THIGHS:	22 in each	-2

Total Loss -2 lbs -12 inches!

These were my goals back in January:

My Goals: To get rid of my belly fat (YUCK!). I used to have a perfect flat belly before kids and I want it back. My arms and thighs used to be very toned (even with kids) so I want my toned, chiseled arms and thighs back. It’s hard to say what that weight loss goal is but I will keep at it until I reach my flat belly and toned arms and thighs. I see the most progress (2 months on my own and 1 month with FYM) on my back and the back of my thighs. I used to have 3 rolls of fat on my back and a lot more cellulite on my thighs. I don’t know what I’m doing to get the most progress in those areas but I want some progress in my BELLY!!! LOL

I initially started my weight loss journey in March 2008 and I started out at 200 lbs. As you can see, I started to lose the most amount of weight in the beginning and the most amount of inches during my fitness challenge. The loss of 2 lbs in 12 weeks was actually a fluctuation throughout the entire time.

I had a hard time consistently intaking the high amount of calories that I needed on a daily basis. I am more encouraged that I actually met my goals which wasn’t based on the scale. I lost 4 inches in my belly! WOOHOO! This is an incredible start to an even greater journey. My arm definition is coming back, my thighs have slimmed down and are in now in a position to develop muscle definition again. I plan to take a 2 week break (my body does better with weight loss after breaks) and jump right back into another 12 week challenge!

I also have to add that I have seen more results with my belly fat in 3 months with Quick Mom Workouts than my 3 years with Curves! These results also stem from working out less time with only 15 minutes a day for 6 days/week! Here are the key factors that I believe are the reasons:

1. Change of my workout every 4 weeks
2. Online Nutrition Planner with FYM
3. Club FYM support forum
4. Interval Training
5. Eating every 3-4 hours

Go for your weight loss goals and I’ll report back the awesome results from my next fitness challenge!

naomi pic My 12 Week Fitness Challenge Final Results
Naomi Trower AKA
FatLossMama

Wow, I’m currently reading this Elimination Diet article by Dax Moy and it is not for the faint of heart! You have to be seriously disciplined to take part in this, however it is very inexpensive compared to a lot of cleansing and detox products on the market today.

I have recently heard of Isagenix and almost fell out of my chair when I saw the product cost. I think I can handle the less expensive route. The Elimination Diet is very similar to what we do as moms when we introduce our young infants to new foods. We try 1 certain food for 3-4 days to see if there is a negative reaction. Then we continually add 1 new food to find out if our babies have an allergic reaction.

The Elimination Diet is done in the reverse order. We give up certain foods for 30 days and then gradually one by one introduce them back into our diet to ascertain which foods have the most negative effects on our bodies.

The Elimination Diet takes a lot of planning as well. It requires getting rid of certain foods from your refrigerator and pantry. Then it requires stocking your kitchen with items that are part of the detox process. There are certain things that my kids will have to have so that just means that I have to be more disciplined.

Here is The Banned List for 30 days:

Alcohol – your body has to work really hard to get rid of this toxin.
**My thoughts – this is an easy one for me. I’m not a big alcoholic drinker anyway.

Caffeine – wears out the body’s energy producing glands and your body cries out for sugary foods.
**My thoughts – this is easy for me too. I don’t drink tea, coffee, or sodas but there are others that are HARD!

Dairy – (only eggs, butter and live yogurt are allowed) – due to being very heavily processed and pasteurized. These processes kill all of the enzymes needed to properly digest them so your body has to work overtime to digest dairy.
**My thoughts – this isn’t too hard for me. I don’t drink a lot of milk but I love cereal. It’s not hard for me to cut it out though.

Red Meat – (unless it’s organic) due to the high levels of hormones to fatten them quickly.
**My thoughts – my favorite meats are salmon, tuna and tilapia so this one isn’t hard for me.

Sugar – incuding white, brown, beet, molasses, honey, fructose, maltose, dextrose, corn sugar.
**My thoughts – Wow sugar is in everything! This one will be really hard. I tend to be a salty lover but ice cream is one of my biggest weaknesses.

Wheat & Gluten – wheat is not “bad” but it is often indigestible and includes wheat bread, cakes, pies, biscuits and some soups and sauces have gluten added as thickeners.
**My thoughts – this one will be really hard for me as this is in many food products and I love bread!

Processed Food – nothing pre-cooked, pre-baked or packaged in any way for ‘long life’.
**My thoughts – this one can be challenging as I like quite a few pre-cooked meals from Costco.

Geez, what is there left to eat, you ask? Here is a starting list:

Dairy	Meat	Vegetables	Fruit	Fish
Eggs	Beef	Asparagus	Orange	Haddock
Raw Butter	Chicken	Broccoli	Grapefruit	Mackerel
Live Yogurt	Turkey	Cauliflower	Banana	Salmon
	Lamb	Cabbage	Pear	Tuna
	Bison	Green Beans	Kiwi
	Venison	Mushrooms	Strawberries
	Duck	Celery	Plums
		Carrots	Blueberries
		Corn on Cob	Rasperries
		Sweet Potatoes	Cherries
		Tomatoes	Apple
		Spinach	Lemon
		Lettuce	Lime
		Brussel Sprouts	Avocado
		Peppers	Blackberries

	Dairy Sub	Grains	Nuts & Seeds
	Rice Milk	Brown Rice	Walnut
	Almond Milk	Millet	Pumpkin
	Rice Milk	Quinoa	Sesame
		Buckwheat	Sunflower
		Teff	Hazelnut

Final Tips:

Drink at least 1 liter of water for every 50 lbs of bodyweight.
This helps to flush out the toxins. Add natural sea salt to
prevent many bathroom trips.
Eat Protein at every meal
Eat every 3 hours
No microwave ovens during the 30 days as they change
the composition of foods that you eat.

Days 1 & 2 Empty your cupboards and fridge as well as stock up on needed items.

Days 3 – 30 Don’t eat anything from the banned list. All or nothing no cheats!

Days 30 plus – introduce 1 food at a time back into your diet for 3 days and if you notice anything negative like bloating, cramps, gas, diarrhea, headaches or weight increase, then you should remove it from your diet completely.

naomi pic Natural Detox The Elimination Diet
Naomi Trower AKA
FatLossMama

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