I was faced with my first diet challenge yesterday. My work group surprised me with a gluten free, Godiva chocolate cheesecake for my birthday. This is my favorite dessert and I was so tempted to have a piece. I even cut a piece and was about to jump in when I an image of a baby popped into my mind. I then decided to set the piece of cake down. I felt like eating it was going to be taking a step back from what I was trying to accomplish. I sat and watched everyone else eat my birthday cake. To make myself feel better, I reminded myself how many much time I would have to spend on the treadmill to burn just one piece off...it made me feel better. After a long day at work my kickboxing class was just what the doctor ordered! Literally, the more you exercise, the more quickly the body can heal. When you exercise, you are pumping more oxygen through your body which speeds up the healing process. As I punched the bag, I talked to trash to infertility and told it to kindly get the F away from me. I was thinking in my head “you think you can bully me? Huh, well how do you like this?” and then I would do my punch combination right in infertility’s face. I kicked his butt and mine at the same time. By the time class was over, I couldn’t feel my arms. As I walked around the grocery store after class, I had to lift each selection with both hands because my arms were shaking so bad. People probably thought I had some sort of muscle condition the way my arms were shaking as I picked up each item. While sitting in a long meeting yesterday, I decided that I need to apologize to my pituitary gland. You see, I have been blaming Mr. Pituitary for our high FSH when it is really Mr. & Mrs. Ovary causing the high reading. Mr. Pituitary has been sending out the FSH and the Ovary’s are not responding to the signals. After not hearing back from the Ovary’s, Mr. Pituitary sends more FSH and so on and so on…and that is what causes an FSH reading of 89. So I am very sorry Mr. Puitary, keep up the good work. Mr. & Mrs. Ovary, time to pick up the slack. You have had quite a nice and lengthy rest and we have all been pretty understanding but enough is enough. We are all a team and you are causing our team to not even be able to contend with all of the other local teams. Not to be competitive but I am a winner not a loser, I want to contend! Besides, Mr. & Mrs. Ovary, it is rude to keep ignoring the gifts Mr. Pituitary has been sending you and not respond to him and say thank you. I command you to start responding in a more timely manner and get with the program. I will continue to support you and give you everything you need to be successful but you have to give a little to. Capish?
Yesterday was day 6 of having a large amount of CM. Although it is still not the consistency needed to make a bambino, this is a good sign of better things to come. I am inspired by my friend’s story and at the wonderful benefits from my new diet. I know that just have to be patient and things will continue to improve after all “good things happen to those who wait.” I have never had patience and I think this is one of the many things I have learned on my fertility journey. Lately whenever I get upset after hearing that yet another one of my friends is expecting, I just say to myself “patience, my friend, patience.” My juice this morning was a bit tart. My advice to any of you who have decided to start juicing…match every fruit you put into the juicer with a vegetable. I put to much fruit in mine this morning and it was too citrusy (if that is a word). I was able to drink it but a little bit at a time. It tasted like I was swimming in the middle of a ripe pink grapefruit. It has been an hour since I downed the last drop and my mouth is still sour. Something else to remember, when you are juicing oranges or grapefruits, leave the peels on. The peels are packed with all kinds of nutrients that you wouldn’t usually get by eating the fruits whole. Think of it as more bang for your buck which when you are eating organic foods you are already spending more of your bucks then you would like on your food so leave the peels on! My mother and I were discussing our strategy on purchasing foods for our new diets. We have decided to check the adds for all three of the local natural grocers and buy only what is on special at each place. This will allow us to not spend $60 on two small bags of groceries and cause my husbands stress level to remain at a manageable level. I am going to buy large amounts of the fruits and veggies that are on sale each week. What I don’t use of the fruit each week, can be sliced and frozen (most of it anyway) to be used at a different time. I have a large freezer in my garage that is just waiting to be filled with yummy organic fruits. This freezer is the only area that I haven’t filled with my crap (says my husband) but that is about to change. My Mom and I are going to be economically organic (that sounds like the name of a magazine), so coupon book get the dust out of your pockets and get ready for some action! This coupon, sale following idea was created in order to keep my hubby happy. He has nicely asked me to stop spending all our money on the latest treatments and supplements and start focusing on something else… like him. I told him my new plan on being economically organic and promised to stop ignoring him…after all, I can’t make a baby by myself :0)
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