Okay, so I weighed myself this weekend and I'm back up to 181.5. Boooo! At least I'm not back up to my weight of 195, but I don't like the direction I'm going. (I had gotten down to 165.) I had been doing so well, but for the past 2 months I've been doing fertility treatments after a year's hiatus from the last time. Those hormones really mess you up! I'm positive they had something to do with the weight gain. :-/
Anyway, the new diet starts tomorrow. I was going to do the whole low carb thing that worked so well before, but eating a lot of meat is not good for fertility. SO, here's what I'm going to do:
Eating -
1. Eat lots of salads with a lot of mixed veggies. (Like grape tomatoes, arugula, spinach, radishes, broccoli slaw, etc.) and dress it with lemon juice and Canola oil. (Canola oil has omega 3's in it, which olive oil doesn't.)
2. Put a half cup of beans on the salad for protein. Beans are supposed to increase fertility and it helps to limit meat.
3. Only one serving of fruit per day. (To reduce sugar.) I will start the morning with my rice-protein powder shake and include blueberries in it.
4. NO sugar, honey, artificial sweetners, etc. (Sweets are my big weakness. It's so much easier to keep the calories down if I just give them up altogether.)
5. Eat one serving of full-fat dairy per day. (Amazingly enough, this has been proven to increase fertility.) I will make my yogurt with whole milk this week. This way, I won't go for the ice-cream with all the sugar in it.
Work-out -
1. Two afternoons per week: Curves gym (interval training) - 30 minutes
2. One night per week: Zumba! - 1 hour - (Gonna check it out for the first time tomorrow.)
3. One night per week: Indian Dance - 1.5 hours - (my latest passion!)
I have been bad about working out lately. It's so hard to feel like working out when the fertility hormones make you feel horrible and bloaty. My boobs are insanely sore and I feel like a stuffed sausage. I've decided I don't have PMS, I have PMMS (Permanent Mexican Meal Syndrome). You feel as if you have eaten a big disgusting Mexican meal.....all the time! Even when you first wake up and haven't eaten anything. I'm sick of it! I'm going to take a break from it for the next few months and try to get my weight and health under control before I undertake IVF.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Just thought you might be interested in this website, which totally changed my approach to health and food several years ago. www.westonaprice.org Lots of articles there, including some good things on fertility. There used to be a pre-conception diet there but I can't find it at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI saw you recently. I think you look beautiful! Keep doing what you are doing. It is working.
ReplyDeleteI've heard zumba is a great fun. enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kim! Will check it out. Dot - you're the best! Pauline - Zumba was okay, but I don't think the teacher was all that great b/c it wasn't all that fun. I'm going to just stick with my Bollywood dance class because it's WAY more fun! The cool thing is, it has been motivating me to work out more. I went to the gym every day except for Friday b/c I want to get in shape so I can do more Bollywood dance. :-)
ReplyDelete