Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Antiestrogenic Diet

Okay, this wasn't my idea. It was cc's. But I figured it can't hurt. I'm going to probably buy the book this weekend, but the gist is to go organic, avoid sugar and caffeine (although that is a little tricky since I sometimes need caffeine to get me through my shift), load up on fruits and veggies throughout the day with organic yogurt and eggs for protein, eat beans and whole grains and only fish for meat at night for the first two weeks, then add in other proteins (that are hormone-free) gradually. Did I summarize that right? aaaaaaaaaa.

I started Monday, but I started my period Sunday, so I'm not sure where my weight is, but Sunday I was 247.6 and today I am 244.6, so whether that's from period bloat going away or the diet or both, that's better than I was. I'm not perfect at this, but I *am* eating better than I was.

Since I'm so darn sensitive to hormones, it occurred to me that the hormones in the food I eat could be negatively affecting my fertility. I'm talking to my homeopathic auntie about the diet tomorrow. She mentioned to me that my hormones may be out of whack, and if I don't have enough progesterone I won't be able to carry a pregnancy. She'll do a foot zone treatment and hopefully trigger some more of this stuff to release. I have an appointment with my midwife for next week to get my hormones checked and stuff, so hopefully something will help me release some of this baggage and get pregnant sometime in this life ...

4 comments:

ADDollhouse said...

some of that foot zone stuff can be pretty wacky.

But SOME of it seems credible.

stewbert said...

Yeah, I agree. Some of the stuff my aunt comes up with IS wacky, but she's the best massage therapist. Period. And the foot zones have really helped my sister with some things and my mom with others. So I figure I'll give it a shot.

steph k said...

I'm eating all my candy tonight so I can start tomorrow. Hee hee!

Anyway, I didn't buy organic yogurt, but everything else is.... And it wasn't much for $25... but maybe it'll get me through this week atleast and we'll see what happens from there!

stewbert said...

lol. I didn't do so well today, but yeah. $25 doesn't go far ...