After having my son, I wanted to loose the baby weight and get back to my regular old self. I began running, thinking, PRAYING, that this surely would raise my heart rate and I’d be shedding the pounds in no-time. I even began practising yoga before and after a run, good plan right? After about two months of exercising regularly and seeing no results, I gave up.

My sister-in-law was starting a new diet, one where you only eat what is recommended for your specific blood type. I began to take notice what was making me feel gross after I ate it. Another girlfriend of mine’s naturopath suggested she keep a food journal, recording what she ate and how she felt afterwards, another good idea. I found a book through the Fraser Valley Regional Library, called “Eat Right 4 Your Type” by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo. I read it in about 35 minutes and immediately went to the store to buy soy milk, cheese. I thought to myself “Am I really going to drink soy milk, eat tofu and avoid ham altogether? am I crazy? I LOVE proscuitto!”

Well, I don’t know 100% if I didn’t loose weight before because a. I was nursing my son or b.I was eating the wrong foods; but something definitely changed when I started introducing new foods to my diet and eliminating sugar, dairy, and red meat. I also began to introduce fresh (as opposed to preserved) fruits and vegetables into my diet. I’m blood type A, and no I’m not going to list everything an A can and can’t eat, you can find that here. What I can tell you is that I’m not nearly as tired and lethargic as I was, and my weight loss to date has been 8lbs in 2 weeks. With only 5lbs left to return to my pre-pregnancy weight, I’m sure the last five will come off just as easily if I continue to eat right and get back into practising yoga. I think the combination of eating for my blood type and eliminating lots of preservatives in my diet has attributed to my weight loss. I would like to point out that I do NOT stick to this diet to the letter, I give myself one cheat day a week, I find if I didn’t cheat here and there, I would fall off the wagon all together.

Click here and see for yourself all about the benefits of eating for your blood type. This site, created by the author of Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type, is a wealth of knowledge and definitely worth checking out; it has many tips, recipes and support groups.