I have been trying to figure out what type of eating lifestyle would be best for me and all my hormonal imbalance with PCOS… I thought the 80-10-10 lifestyle was it. I was so excited and eager… but I am sad to say that today has proven to me that THAT lifestyle is not for me. Into the morning, I started to get headaches like I did when I was in pure HELL last year when I was overloading on carbs. NO THANK YOU !!! All I wanted to do today was sleep and my focus was worse, too. I mean, I should of known better because everyone always talks of how too many carbs with PCOS is a serious no-no but I figured I’d give it a shot… with living off of fruit! Yea, another mistake. Oh well, gotta test this and that out I suppose.

I think what made me sick when I was recently on the Paleo diet was the BACON. Iccck. I think that kicked my immune system in the butt and that set me up for another lovely sinus infection. I’m much better now but still a little sniffly and such. *sigh* This whole thing is so confusing and I have got to get checked out by a Doc… my hair is falling out so badly. Every time I wash or comb my hair, I get a whole handful. Gotta love the whole “male-like hair thinning” aspect of PCOS. My hair usually sheds a little but the past couple of weeks it has been sent into OVERDRIVE and I can see the balding…. so embarassing and depressing! I seriously need to get my hormones in check. I know diet has a LOT to do with it.

Anyway. We stopped by Wal-Mart this evening to get a few things. I bought some Kashi cereal to eat in the mornings and try to figure out a menu plan. I ate a few brussel sprouts, grilled chicken strips and hummus for a little dinner and it was soo good. Backing up to this morning… Katie and I went for our walk and saw some pretty flowers on a bush.

I’ve just gotta keep positive. I will. I’m off to work on college work… then relax a bit before bed.

TODAY HAS BEEN DAY 2 of the 80-10-10 lifestyle…. woohooo.

Of course I always drink water when I first get up. I got hungry then feasted on BANANAS!!! Once I got Katie up, I started my juicy juice.

2 giant carrots, 2 cucumbers, a lemon, and romaine lettuce. I couldn’t really taste it since my sinuses are still messed up but I know it’s really good for my body!

Katie and I ventured out on our walk and this is the view right before we come back into the apartment complex:

Pretty little trail, don’t ya think??

Fast forward past all the boring stuff of my day… I’ve been working on my college stuff and got inspired tonight to get on the treadmill!!! I did 1.5 miles with mostly light jogging but also random walking and I got some sweat on, wooo. Washed off, finished my college for tonight, and am about to post this and watch THE NEW SECRET LIFE EPPY FOR LAST NIGHT, WHEEEE!

I just want to say that I know I will love the low-fat, vegan lifestyle. I already do! I made some “banana ice cream” this afternoon by blending 2 frozen bananas with coconut and almond milk… it was so creamy and delish. Only thing is, now that I AM giving my body plenty of carbs… it makes me feel so heavy since I don’t normally have that many carbs. I’ve been do deprived for so long and our bodies RUN off the good sugars of fruits (and of course not to forget the wonderful veggies) and I know I just have to ride it out and let my body re-adjust to the changes then REAP the benefits of this lifestyle.

Here’s to another day towards re-claiming my health. I’m ecstatic to know that I won’t have to count calories anymore and let my body just thrive off of wonderful, delicious (of mainly) fruits (but also!) and veggies.

FRUITS, VEGGIES, AND LOVE !!!!!!!!!!! =)

Let me just say… I LOVE DAN THE MAN. Check out his youtube channel @ youtube.com/user/liferegenerator !!!! His videos are awesome and he SPEAKS THE TRUTH. I agree with pretty much everything he has to say about life and health.

I have been so messed up health wise since early 2010 and have been searching, searching, searching for the correct supplement or “food set up” that would help me. It all has just lead me right back to where I was – sick again. The veggie juice fast did help the 24 days I was on it, but then I made the mistake of not starting my food intake right after getting back on solid food THEN I decided to try the Paleo lifestyle with meats…… oh no. No no no no. Enter another sinus infection…… no way.

Another GREAT inspiration I have found is 30bananasaday.com!!!! After diving into the forums and watching videos….. YES. I am going straight for the 80/10/10 LIFESTYLE. I want to run off of LOTS of fruits, some greens, and rarely nuts & seeds. I WANT THAT RADIANT HEALTH that sooo many people have obtained through the 80/10/10 lifestyle.

Today was my first day !!! I got up, drank some water then after I got Katie up, I made my first JUICE in a long time. I used: grapefruit, cucumber, romaine and lemon. I can’t properly taste due to my sinus infection but what I did taste was decent. Katie and I went on our morning walk and I feel heavy from eating so much the last 4 days or so but I felt like I wanted to exercise! When we got back, I got on the exercise bike and lightly did a little exercise. Throughout the day today I have eaten nothing but fruit and then after my nap this afternoon, I had a frozen fruit/banana/unsweetened almond milk/little whey protein isolate/maca powder smoothie! What a mouthful. It was awesomeeeee but made me cold. You know, I have felt good today and have actually had bowel movements 2-3 times? Awesome. Brad came home and we loaded up to go to our local Internationl Farmer’s Market to get some GOODIES. My main fruit for the next 10 days or so???

NANERS. We bought a huge bag of really thick carrots so I can make CARROT JUICE every morning… also will have a smoothie in the afternoon.

I’m reallllllly, really excited. Also, I’m quite impressed on how GOOD I felt today on nothing but fresh water, fresh fruit, and my frozen fruit/protein shake. AND AND AND I only got a few hours of sleep last night but still was able to do exercise AND wasn’t too tired this afternoon but still took a nap anyway.

Low-fat vegan lifestyle IS FOR ME !!!!!!!! Can’t WAIT to make carrot juice in the morning. Guess I will start trying to do more exercise when my energy gets better and I’ll keep “testing” it out as I go along. It makes me super ecstatic that I can eat FRUIT AND LOTS OF IT AND HAVE RADIANT HEALTH! We are MEANT to thrive off fruit and veggies.

Here’s to health !!!

We didn’t go to church this morning since I felt like POO… we got to sleep in extra late! What a blessing.

I’m going back towards a juice fast, except this time WITH not only veggie juices but also fruit and protein shakes. Possibly some whole fruits and veggies too, we’ll see. I have been eating WAY too much the past 4 days or so and I just feel like I need to do another fast. Especially with this sinus infection.

I spent most of today hanging out or taking a nap. Did a little of my college reading.

Not much else to say !!! I called Mom today and finally got a hold of her and she said she prayed to die yesterday… is how bad she was suffering. =( She said she’s gonna try to get a Doc’s appointment tomorrow… ugh I really hope she does. She said she’s had this shooting pain that goes from her head, to her neck, to her shoulders. That REALLY doesn’t sound good.

Anyway… I’m bored and about to possibly watch Secret Life reruns. Tomorrow starts a new week and hopefully, another new step towards figuring out my health.

Yea. I have a sinus infection …. again. I think I’ve had more sickness and infection from 2010-2011 than I have in my entire life !!!!!!!! Not fun.

Brad and I didn’t get to sleep until 2:30AM – we laid in bed and he rambled on about Math, lol. I didn’t wake up until 10AM! I felt SO BAD when I woke up. My body ached and I knew I was not gonna be able to do much. I got Katie up and situated then Brad got ready and headed out to get his new license (since we’re in a diff state). I didn’t get all my usual house cleaning done but a good part of it.

I kept trying to call my Mom to see if she was feeling better and wanted to watch Katie for a little while this afternoon but never got an answer? … I went outside to talk to my cousin who was working on his scooter and he called his Mom to ask her about Mom & she said that Mom was real sick =( .. Brad and I had plans to check out a little grocery store so we just loaded up all together to go check it out! They had some decent deals and we bought a handful of things. Katie threw a screaming FIT when we left the store.. *sigh* and she would not quit SCREAMING on the drive home. She was super tired and she didn’t get to go to “Granny’s” which is where she’s been wanting to go the last 2 days. When we got her home… she went down for her nap because she needed it ASAP. I fiddled online a little and then felt soooo tired. I laid down on the couch and slept for a long while.

This evening hasn’t been eventful. Brad just put Katie to bed… and now to enjoy what’s left of Saturday! I dunno if I’m going to chuch in the morning… depends on how I feel when I wake up PLUS I am around a lot of kids and I don’t know If I want to risk “possibly” spreading my germs.

Thankful for another day.

Well, my nose has been stopped up / runny and I’ve felt mostly drowsy all day. I got my college work done today and that was my big highlight. I let Katie watch cartoons most of the morning.

I laid down when Katie was down for her nap and I fell asleep and 30 minutes later, Brad called me on his work break. I felt soooo out of it when I woke up to answer his call. I couldn’t go back to sleep after I got off the phone with him though, so I got up and rinsed out my sinuses with the neti bottle and It really did unclog my nose! Thankful we bought the neti bottle and neti pot earlier this year to have on hand!

I called Mom after I got Katie back up to see If she felt like watching Katie while we went shopping and she said she just wasn’t able to tonight because she felt so bad… her head was pounding and lots of other various health stuff. I worry about her…

Brad came home and we all THREE headed out for the usual Friday shopping. I didn’t take any pictures tonight of the goodies so I’ll just name the highlights. I’ll name the stuff that I bought that is gonna be the new base of my eating.
~ crunchy no-stir almond butter
~ OATS !!!
~ grapefruiiiiiiit (and various other fruits)
~ frozen veggies
~ wheat germ!
~ plain live culture yogurt
~ cottage cheese
~ roasted red pepper hummus
~ LENTILS
~ romaine lettuce
~ a few health bars

It was fun… after we shopped at Whole Foods, we sat outside like we usually do to eat and this time, Katie was with us! I know she had a blast sitting and eating since she threw a fit when Brad went to pick her up, lol. For dinner I had: Odwalla SUPER PROTEIN bar, a Gala apple, squeeze pack of chocolate almond butter, and Kombucha drink… I felt GREAT after eating my dinner.

We also picked up some pore strips for our faces, lol. We just got done cleansing our NOSE PORES hahaha. I am pretty tired… bout to watch Secret Life reruns on Netflix! I really hope my sickness goes away REAL FAST. It should with the grapefruit and fresh GREEN JUICES I’m gonna have/eat/drink. Ugh, I need to go drink some water since I have not drank enough today FOR SURE! Hope everyone’s Friday has been awesomesauce! I don’t think we’re gonna do too much tomorrow – I don’t feel like going out and browsing like we normally do on Saturdays plus we don’t need to spend any money so we’ll see what we can find to do.

I’m so thankful for everything my Heavenly Father has given me! I know my life is a blessing.

I have felt worse today …. =( I think it’s my diet. In fact, I’m pretty sure it is. The meats are to blame. I have not been sick since before my veggie juice fast in June and I DO NOT want to be sick again like I was and the last 2 days I feel like I’m heading in that direction again so it’s time to re-evaluate and change my diet AGAIN. The only diff between my diet since the veggie juice up until now is recently I started eating meat again… mistake!

Having PCOS and all this imbalance is so confusing. I really need to get a new gyno since I need my check-up anyhow and to get my hormone levels checked out and maybe get some insight. *sigh* I just want to be in good health, lose this blasted weight, be able to exercise and FEEL GREAT. I’m gonna keep trying.

Great thing about today??? MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND came to visit me again! Last time I saw her was late June on the last day of my veggie juice fast. Today she arrived with her baby girl and we all walked to the nearest park. Of course her and I talked, talked, talked, talked. We could talk all day and still want to talk about a zillion other things!!!! I wish we could spend a one-on-one day together just chatting it up about our childhood memories and current lives, too. We have known each other 17 YEARS !!! Of course, we just recently “met again” since June was the first time I had seen her since I was 11 because I moved away. She is a great friend and I hope we can get closer again. I was so happy we got to hang out… the girls played at the park then we took the long walk back in the heat. That really kicked my butt. I’ve felt kindof weak and I just don’t want to do ANYTHING.

Luckily, the only thing I have left to accomplish for the week is finishing my one-page paper for college. That’s ALL I AM DOING TOMORROW and then shopping with my lovie tomorrow evening… which YAY I can’t wait for !!! Gotta work up a new food list for myself so I can work on getting better. I WILL I WILL I WILL.

I have faith. It will all work out, eventually. I will get my hormones balance, I will lose weight, I will be LEAN, fit, energetic and vibrant as I once was. Darn you, PCOS. Darn ME for not eating the right diet while losing weight that lead to all this mess. Ah well, you live… you learn. I will be better for these struggles.

Time to relax before bed. Know that you are loved !!!

OMG. I should of not attempted exercise yesterday…… it made me feel like DEATH TODAY. I tried to limit my energy output today in the form of trying to relax as much as possible. Of course feeling so bad threw off my calorie intake that I’ve been trying so hard to manage.

How was your day? I spent most of the morning lounging on the couch, while Katie watched cartoons for an hour or so. I took a partial nap this afternoon then waited for my lovie to come home !!!

We ventued to Wal-Mart where I was looking for progesterone cream. I’ve read that many PCOS-sufferers use this to help balance their hormones. I figure the maca powder + progesterone cream will be helpful over time. They didn’t have the cream at Wal-Mart. I picked up some unsweetened almond milk and Brad got a few things, too. Guess where we went next?! Heh. WHOLE FOODS!!! I picked up a 2oz container of progesterone cream then we headed home.

I applied some tonight! We’ll see how long the maca and progesterone cream take to help me.

Brad cooked dinner!!! BACON and burger patty with hummus on top!

It was sooo good.
Guess I will only be taking walks with Katie when I feel decent enough again. This whole health mess needs to straight up so I can get back to my exercise!!!!!! Ah well, all in due time.

Think I’ll watch a rerun of Secret Life then get some sleep.

I am so happy I decided to go with the PALEO DIET !!! I’m going primal, yo. RAWRRR.

I got up this morning, drank my warm water, and stumbled upon a great Paleo site. marksdailyapple.com!!! It has really awesome articles. THEN… I decided to try out the black forest dry rub bacon bought from Whole Foods this morning with my breakfast. OOOMG. IT IS SOOOOO GOOD. Really THICK bacon that is FULL of flavor. Yes, we will be buying more of that yummyness. Brad left for work and I eventually got Katie up and started for the day.

I did 10 minutes of upper body workout + squats + leg work on the wii then sprinted on the treadmill for a minute and to round it out… Katie and I went on our daily walk. The wind was nice, the sun was shining, and so an overall BEAUTIFUL DAY. Once home, Katie got to play while I drank my protein AWESOME shake then sat down to start on some college work.

INSERT LUNCH PLZ…

I love how easy this lunch is! Put some fish into bowl. Pour healthy oil on top along with some hummus and greens. Sautee some veggies… put together and ENJOY. Enjoy indeed I DID.

When Katie went down for nap, I took a bath then went to grab my SNACK to nibble on before I took a nap:

Brad and I both are in LOVE with Larabars !!! Anyhow, I went to sleep and was exhausted from this mornings exercise. I was woken up twice… once by a text and then an unknown phone number. Even though I knew I had to get up soon, I just wanted to sleeeeeeeeeeep.

I dragged out of bed and continued the day! Dinner, you say? Oh yes… I really like the bison patties I bought from Whole Foods!

Spread some hummus on top of the patty and PILE UP THE VEGGIES! Same dinner as last night except different array of veggies. Brad eventually went for his walk/jog outside while I did more work on my college for this week.

I am still pretty tired !!! Nibbling on my protein “pudding” dessert… same as last night. Yes, I am a creature of habit and tend to love to eat the same stuff but I TRY to add variety. STOKED to watch the latest eppy of Secret Life in a bit, woot woot. Then I’ll be happy to go to bed, lol.

Thankful for my life and everything Heavenly Father has given me!!!!! I know that my LIFE is a true blessing. I know my blog is BORING and just a “I ate this, blah blah, ate that, blah blah, the end” but it’s my blog so yeah, lol.

MONDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
– Katie and I took a walk this morning
– OUR A/C IS NOW FIXED!!! We had a leak under the unit, apparently
– Washed and eventually folded a load of laundry
– Took a hot bath and had a decent nap

Lovely little afternoon snack!

PINK LADY apple… my fav! plus a tablespoon of sunflower seeeeeed butter!

I have been thinking about buying MACA POWDER since it’s supposed to be really good for helping to balance hormones and I NEED THAT!!! I have been trying to stay around ~1700 calories but yesterday I went CALORIE OVERBOARD hahah… that’s okay. I’m gonna try for 1500 now, with a little exercise and plenty of goodies. We have spent SO MUCH MONEY on supplements since I have been trying to figure out my health mess but I’m gonna focus on these:
*** multi-vitamin, fatty oils, maca root powder and whey protein isolate ***

I fixed a bison patty, hummus and veggies for dinner! Brad came home and we loaded up for WHOLE FOODS and I ate on the go. We both bought some Larabars & I got cottage cheese, yogurt and of course THE MACA POWDER !!! We’ll see how long it takes to start working on my system… cause it is supposed to help with a little bit of everything and especially the sex drive, which, hello I WANT MINE BACK.

We came home and I whipped up a quick dessert

In the mix: 1/2 cup live culture yog, little flaxseed, MACA powder!, 1 tablespoon natural strawberry jam, 1 scoop chocolate protein powder AND MIX! I put it in the freezer for about 20 minutes…. oh wow. It was amazing!!! A thicker pudding type dessert… drool !!!

Gonna catch up online then watch more reruns of my fav… SECRET LIFE on Netflix!