After following The Plan by Lyn-Genet Recitas for seven days, I decided to take a break. My initial plan was to continue to eat friendly foods and wait for my body to heal from its reaction to rye. Since it also happened to be Valentine's Day, I ate a piece of cake and had some candy hearts. The next day, I figured I would get back on track, but I didn't. While I was eating mostly friendly foods, I was letting things like pretzels slip back into my diet. The third day I had pizza for dinner. On the fourth day, I woke up and my nose was like a faucet, and I had to blow my nose for about an hour. Before doing The Plan, I would have thought I was getting sick, but as I reflected, I was pretty sure it was the pizza. This realization brought back my resolve to figure out which foods create inflammation in my body so that I can eliminate them and stay healthy. Going forward, I will continue to eat friendly foods until I feel ready to test some new ones.
For those of you interested in the weight, my total weight loss when I stopped following The Plan was 7.5 pounds. After three days of being off the elimination diet, my weight was up 3.5 pounds.
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