Well, I’m back from my month long “100 mile diet”. Not a weight loss diet, you understand, but an “eating local” diet.
My husband and I, along with a few other people from church, only ate food that was grown within 100 miles of our town. It was a fun thing that we had planned for the past year. It went well. Lots of potatoes (from our garden), local corn and donut peaches (from a fruit stand), blackberries from a nearby vacant lot, zucchini (also from the garden), and very expensive meat and chicken. Oh. And milk and butter from local dairies.
Sound fattening? Surprisingly, for the amount of food I ate, there was minimal weight gain. Like 2 pounds. Other people in our group (people who hadn’t been on a strict empower foods plan before the 100 mile experiment) actually lost weight. I’ve got to think that it had to do with eating fresh, whole foods. I need to think through the implications for when I am on a maintenance plan.
Today I’m back on Bo’s plan. I am looking forward to seeing this through until my 50th birthday in early November. You remember that I agreed to try Bo’s plan from June until my birthday…just to see what would happen in that time frame. Kind of like a science experiment.
The experiment worked great for me. 19 pounds from June 14 to August 15, is a pretty successful experiment, in my book.
Other results. I went through the whole summer without having any allergy attacks. Most summers I have very bad hay fever from about July 1st to August 15, but this year, no hay fever. Most summers I’m popping claritan or zyrtec ever day with little effect.
Is it a coincidence that my only no-hay-fever summer in forever is the same summer that I’m on the Empower foods? I don’t know. But I like it!
I’ve heard stories of other people’s results (beside the weight loss): cholesterol levels coming in way lower than before and and not having to take as many Tums or Prilosec. If you have any stories about side benefits to this Empower foods journey, post it in the comments below.
The best things about being back on the plan? 1) The convenience of not having to make everything from scratch and 2) snacks at 10 am !
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