So happy to find these messages, and hoping some of you are still working on this diet. I decided to use this plan and started it Monday. Easy when I am alone but not when feeding family! I am really excited to see how this goes, as it really makes so much sense.

I will be 40 in a few months and am having surgery on Thursday to remove a polyp from my uterus. I am very interested in learning about this diet, as my mother has been telling me that she thinks I am estrogen dominant. She has gotten all her information about this from the Dr. Lee books (What Your Doctor Won't Tell You about Menopause). One of my best friends is an MD, and she is very aware of and interested in integrative medicine. I asked her about using natural progesterone cream, and she indicated that she didn't think I would need that.

Just wondering...

Have any of you read Dr. Lee's books about estrogen dominance?

And, have any of you used natural progesterone cream? My mom used it during her menopausal years and was virtually symptom free - no hot flashes, very little moodiness, etc, etc.

Hmm...Is this thread dead? Hello??

Hi, yes this thread is open. I haven't read any of Dr. Lee books. I read about this diet in First magazine and it just made sense to me. Now, I see on tv that there is a chinese pad you put on the bottom of your foot to remove harmful toxins from your body. Which is part of what this diet does for you.

I was on estrogen tablets after having a complete hysterectomy. I substituted it with Estroven which is herbal estrogen which my doctor said is better for me. You might ask your doctor how long you will have to continue taking the estrogen or if you can do herbal.

If you do this diet the weight loss maybe staggered from taking estrogen. Once you get past the 6th week you must do a stage 1 day each week to help flush out extra estrogen.

Good luck!

Hi -

I am new to this site, and to the AEdiet. I am a 40 year old female, who has hypothyroidism, and PCOS, so I really struggle with my weight. I finished the book for New Years, and have been on the diet for one week, and have lost four pounds, already! I am absolutely over the moon! It is SOooo hard for me to loose weight, due to my medical conditions. ( The pudge just doesn't budge! ) Before finding this eating plan, I had tried EVERYTHING out there, and was even looking into gastric bypass. *In the past, the only diet that ever helped me to loose, was Atkins. ( 62lbs! ) But, it caused severe depression, and I eventually had to get off of it, and when I did, I gained everything back. So, I am thrilled to find something that is appearing to work for me. Is anyone else still on this diet? Having any luck?

I saw that there was another older thread in here, where the co-author of the AEDiet had posted, but it is now closed. Does anyone know why they closed that thread? I would sure like to talk to Mr. Osborn, as I have a couple of questions I need to ask someone.

I've done this diet and lost 15 pounds in 2 weeks. I intend to start it again. The main item I cut out of my diet was soy! If you read the labels of food and supplements we buy, most contain soy in some form. I am 2 years into menopause and my side effects, including hot flashes, reduced drastically after being on this diet. I do make sure I drink plenty of water, not because of this diet, but because it is the best thing to do for weight loss. This diet works for men, too!

Hey! can anyone give me a brief overview on what the diet is like?
what are some of the main anti-estrogenic foods?
i'm looking into the specific carbohydrate diet, and just got to wondering if the 2 might be similar or compatable.

thanks,
kathy

I did this diet for two weeks last fall and lost 15 pounds and had tons of energy. Five came back on right away but the rest stayed off untill the holidays hit...hard.
Anyway, basically you eat all the berries, leafy green veggies and citrus along with two eggs and 8 ounces of organic ff yogart during the day and at night you can have unlimited fish and veggies and equal amounts of whole grains and beans. Avoid soda, sugar and artificial sweetners-I used stevia for sweeting my smoothies and grapfruit. You want to try to eat organic and avoid processed foods due to all the hormones that are used in processing. Also it is reccomended-not required-you take milk thistle extract pills to speed the detox process. The diet also allows for black coffee or green tea if you have to have ypur caffiene fix.
I am going back on the diet on Monday-Dr yelled today that I still hadn't lost all that he prescribed. Looking for buddies if there are any starting out there.

Hi Everyone, My name is Summer and like many of you, I've been waiting FOREVER for the book to get to me...and it came today, so i thought today would be the perfect time to start my profile on this site! I think it's a really good plan for me being i sit at a desk all day and snack usually most of the time anyways...now i know what i NEED to be snacking on and there no limit!!! Def. look forward to this and can't wait to see the pounds come off...smiles!!! Good Luck Everyone!!!

Love,ME!

Hi, I'm new to this site and new to this diet. I started Monday. I have only lost a pound so far, but it's going pretty well. I have the first article and decided to buy the book today and they are slightly different. The book says non fat yogurt and the article says low fat. Also the book says 1 week per phase and the article says 2 weeks per phase. I wondered if I can get a general consensus of which one most people are following and with what results. Also.. it doesn't mention corn. I LOVE corn. I saw a sight that said all veggies are ok on anti estrogenic diets with the exception of a few (and corn wasn't on that list). Has anyone on here had corn or hominy on phase 1?

Good luck to all of us and cheers to our success!
Jana

What have been some of (if any) the side effects at the begining? (or at any point?) I am having a few and wonder if anyone else is experiencing any changes in how they feel for better or worse. Thanks

Well, I haven't started the diet yet, but plan to soon. So I can't help with the side effects. I'm trying this diet because about 2 years ago I stopped eating meat, but still eat fish. Anyway, I gained 15 pounds in spite of having a regular, intense work out routine. The pounds would not budge. In fact, I was very confused because if anything I had thought my new diet was healthier then my old diet. Anyway, I'm very excited to have found this information. I feel it really applies to the weight I've gained. I especially gained it in my mid section and my boobs grew like 2 cups sizes! About 5 days ago I vowed to stop eating soy products, which was the majority of my diet since I stopped eating meat, now that I know they are VERY high in estrogen I've decided to eliminate them and see what happens. I will update this regularly so I hope yall keep writing too.

Also, I ordered my 'the antiestrogenic diet book' and the 'EstroX' pills, I hope they arrive soon!!

Hello, trying to lose baby fat from baby#2.
I've been on this diet for about 5 days, and I'm SO SICK of rice and beans and salad! LOL!
Anyone out there? Can you offer me some consolation? LOL.

Anyway, I think I've lost about 5 lbs so far, which I'm pretty happy about. This diet isn't faddish at all-- it's just kind of vegetarian (at least the first couple of phases) and emphasizes eating organic as much as possible. I don't feel like I'm on a fad diet-- just feel like I'm learning to have to love veggies and make creative salads...

Lost 7 lbs in 11 days so far.
Making yummy smoothies with fruit and greens and sometimes yogurt. mmm!

I made some barley/bean flour bread for dinner the other night for dinner because I was so sick of rice. That was interesting, but still pretty yummy.

ANyone out there still doing this?

By the way, I'm not taking any supplements. I figure if I can't grow it (or figure out how) and don't recognize it, I'd rather not put it in my body.

Wow I like the sounds of this diet....Who is the author? I have IBS aswell and its the worst tummy problem to have,I am looking for a diet to help it aswell as lose.