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Female, 34, Morehead - KY, member since Oct 2007
I have a beautiful 14 year old daughter and husband who loves me very much, so you could say that I'm pretty lucky. I as a chiropractic assistant in a medical office and also as an EMT at an ambulance service so I stay busy. I've suffered with endo for just about as l...
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To diet, or not?
Apr 07, 2008 11:03AM
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Okay, so I've been back on the continuous bc for a few weeks now...I'm getting fatter and fatter! I don't remember the pill doing this to me when I took it before, but then again this is a different pill, one I'd never heard of before. My Mom is trying to be supportive and we've started a diet together...we weighed this morning, she'd lost 3 pounds and I'd gained 3 pounds...I'm disgusted! I've been eating these stupid Lean Cuisine and Health Choice meals all week instead of the stuff I really want and it's apparently done no good at all. I think that my body rebels at the sound of the word diet. We started last Monday and I've felt like I'm starving to death all day, every day since then. Maybe I need to call it something other than a diet...any suggestions? Maybe a "food reduction plan", I don't know but one thing is for sure a diet isn't working for me. I suppose that if I got off my rump and did some exercise it would help the cause, I just don't have the energy right now. Maybe in the days to come, warm weather is on it's way so I'll be able to get outside and move around a bit.
Call it a lifestyle change. Go off the prepackaged foods, eat four to five small healthy snacks per day, vegatables, fruits etc. At meal time eat smaller portions. Stay away from anything that has hydrogenated oils. Use extra virgin olive oil to cook with. Smuckers all natural peanut butter is packed full of the good stuff. If you can stick with this for 21 days, it will become a lifestyle change and won't be like a "diet". As soon as you are able and the weather permits, start taking walks in the evenings. Try to get at least 15 minutes of sun each day. It has vitamin D in it which is essential for good health. As with everything, too much of anything is not good. So don't be too hard on yourself. :)
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