Incorporate Daily Grounding Exercise

Protein stabilizes your insulin and blood sugar levels, making sure you are focused and energetic. The most common hormone imbalance for Savvy Chicks is, not surprisingly, a blend. You have the tendency to burn out your adrenals like a Gypsy Girl, but you can also have thyroid abnormalities like a Boss Lady. The constant pull on the adrenals and the thyroid creates a demand on the other hormones as well. It all adds up and can be proven in lab work! Here are the common lab findings in my Savvy Chicks. Just take a look at the list of common lab values above. Healthy fats are critical for a Savvy Chick, since a weak kidney meridian calls for more healthy fats to support optimal hormone production. Finally, many Savvy Chicks need to be gluten free. The immunology of the gut and the microbiome is just as important for Savvy Chicks as for Boss Ladies. In some ways that means twice the effort, but it also means twice the payoff! You’ll follow these rules throughout the entire plan. Don’t use electronics until after breakfast. It’s important for Savvy Chicks to minimize their electronic usage.

Hard Feelings

Drink a daily warming tonic. Incorporate daily grounding exercise. You’ll alleviate mental stress and stimulate good digestive function. Meet your daily protein and fat goals. Stick to 50 to 60 grams of protein and 20 to 30 grams of fat each day. Eat 30 to 40 grams of fiber every day. This is important for Savvy Chicks because it protects your digestive system, helps regulate blood sugar, and balances your gut and hormones. Avoid gluten and dairy. Both are common irritants for Savvy Chicks’ sensitive digestive systems. Limit daily calories. Don’t exceed 1,800 calories unless you are exercising vigorously for more than an hour a day. At the beginning of each phase/week, you will learn about that week’s action steps, then see a suggested menu for effortless healthy eating and a shopping list that includes everything you’ll need to have on hand for that week.

A Taste of Honey

Just make sure that your meals provide similar nutrients, protein, and fat. Incorporate all these tools to activate all your super powers every day! These are all the action steps you’ll be learning in the next 3 weeks. You won’t incorporate these all at once. By the time you’ve completed all 21 days, you will have all these actions steps empowering you each and every day. Not so grounded that you crush your flair for innovation, just enough so you won’t float away entirely. There’s an inclination for Savvy Chicks to get lost somewhere in their heads, to be so busy creating and innovating in that mental space that they aren’t present. More importantly, this detachment can disconnect you from your body and your physical health. Now, move on to your second step. See your Week 1 menu for your daily tonic. Take the next 15 minutes to connect your energy from your head to the ground. The following grounding choices are all often called moving meditations, or meditation in motion, because they work to connect your breath, mind, and body through gentle, flowing movements and positions. You need protein to sustain the challenges of the day.

All The Things

This week’s suggested shopping list and menu follow. The aim of your Power Plan is to be proactive so you can continue to channel all your creative and intellectual energy, without taking the hormone hit. I know this is so important not just through my patients, but because I am a Savvy Chick, and I have had to deal with the consequences of not keeping my Power Type balanced. I don’t want this for you! None of us wants to stop dead in our tracks and take a forced hiatus from our dreams. In this phase of the Savvy Chick plan, your action steps are aimed at keeping your adrenals and your thyroid balanced using food, herbs, and even supplements. Simply prepare and consume the lunches and snacks suggested on the Week 2 menu to heal and balance your adrenals and your thyroid. The key nutrients for optimal thyroid function include iron, selenium, magnesium, and iodine. Boost iodine stores. Bulk up magnesium. Have a daily dose of leafy greens, a small handful of almonds, or an occasional treat of dark chocolate to boost magnesium. I’ve got you covered for all of these tips in your menu. You’ll see beef and lamb incorporated into your dinners and the chia chocolates, kelp and kale chips, and trail mix on your snack menu do the rest of the work for your thyroid. Our soil also does not have the micronutrient profile it once had, and that is part of the nutritional depletion as well. Add 15 milligrams of elemental iron daily. Iron supplements can cause constipation in some women. For Savvy Chicks, iron really is essential, and I can share so many personal stories of how skipping iron resulted in hair loss, mood changes, or energy crashes. You can also mix and match. These are my favorites. I cannot stress enough the importance of this super micronutrient. Magnesium is a key cofactor in hormone regulation and the neurotransmitters, just like the B vitamins. It also promotes sleep and eases anxiety. Add 200 to 400 milligrams of magnesium nightly as a part of a healthy Savvy Chick plan. A gut check is important for Savvy Chicks, even if it is not their starting step, as it is with Boss Ladies. Savvy Chicks have the fire, so getting gut smart can prevent a lifetime of digestive issues. These are foods with a range of live bacteria that support the digestive system. You will rotate and alternate these power foods over the next 7 days and beyond to successfully build microbial diversity, which is a fancy way of saying that you will contribute to a range of helpful bacteria already living in your belly. To keep it simple, I’ve incorporated these foods into your Week 3 menu, if you are not using the suggested menus, don’t feel like you have to eat all of the probiotic foods listed below.