Heat

Heat

By: Zola

Chief Dieter

Plan Z Diet

It’s been a hot time in the old town. Chicago.

I can’t stand this heat. Even with air conditioning I’m miserable. The few times I venture out are to go to appointments or to the grocery store. Just that ride home in a hot car is enough to make me crabby. Yesterday I walked a whopping 4 blocks in blistering heat with an index hovering about 100 degrees and a wind that felt like a blast furnace. I felt like I needed a shower when I got back to my office.

I know I am spoiled. For those of you with no air conditioning you have to be wondering how I could possibly be complaining, and for that I am sorry. I do know how good I have it. I just have another point I want to get to and this story is the vehicle for that point.

Most folks who hate heat as much as I do swell up when it gets hot. It’s not necessarily our size that matters. I swell when I am skinny or when I am fat. My rings get tight. I feel bloated and I’m sticky all over. No matter what clothes I wear or what clothing I take off it doesn’t seem to matter.

When I go to a tropical country it takes me at minimum three days to adapt. So you can probably guess that I don’t jump on a plane to go to a tropical country very often. I have friends who can’t wait to get into that sun. They want to soak up that sun and it relaxes them. I can’t wait to get OUT of the sun.

My husband convinced me that getting a tan was bad. I haven’t lain in the sun in over 25 years and I’m fully convinced that’s a good thing. Pale can be beautiful.

It’s the swelling that’s not fun. The inflammation that builds up is so uncomfortable that sometimes I don’t feel like eating. I am bloated enough that I don’t have an appetite. During my childhood I lived in a big house with no air conditioning and when it got that hot my mother would only make bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for dinner. She was hot, uncomfortable and didn’t feel much like eating either.

When folks are on The Plan Z Diet we are constantly encouraging them to drink water. We require 70 ounces of water a day (or more) for them to be in compliance with our Plan Z Diet recommendations. We can’t make them drink the water but I do constantly, gently nag them to drink it. If they don’t, it takes longer to get foods to process in their bodies. Water is good for dieting. Our Plan Z Dieters who drink over 100 ounces of water while on the Plan Z Diet lose 30% more weight!

Water keeps you hydrated too. The funniest thing about water is when you are bloated in the summer you think it’s just water weight. You would think that drinking less would “cure” the problem and make the swelling go away; when in fact it’s just the opposite. Drinking more water will help ease the bloating. When you are feeling bloated drink 100 ounces of water (and coffee doesn’t count). Go to bed early and you are likely to wake feeling better.

Cheers,

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