Three H: Holy, Healthy, Happy

Well, despite all my progress so far this year, I'm feeling a bit discouraged. I just left an appointment with my OBGYN. I was proud of how well I have been doing with losing weight, but he never mentioned my weight. He usually mentions if I have made any gains or losses, so I asked what I weighed last time I saw him. He said "274. You've come down half a pound." Arrrrrgh!!!!!!! I told him I've lost quite a bit but I always seem to gain and lose between seeing him again. He said I probably gained when I stopped taking the metformin (which is true) and then came back down again as I started taking it again and dieting (also true). *sigh* In my head, I can hear Hermione lashing out at Ron Weasley at the Yule Ball; "You know the solution, then, don't you {Ron}?! " Only it feels like I'm lecturing myself. So what do I do? Comfort my wounds with a Snickers bar like I used to do, or renew my resolve which had already begun to dissolve anyway? Bef...

I once bought some Epsom salts because my feet were aching from being on them all day during an event. It made for a great foot soak and meanwhile my curiosity led me to learn more about Epsom salt. Which isn't actually a salt at all. It's a mineral mixture of magnesium sulfate. Magnesium has become my new best friend. Why? Little observations I made: My daughter was born early via C-section because I was starting to show signs of preeclampsia. The doctors gave me magnesium to bring my blood pressure down. After coming home from the hospital I slimmed down. Maybe it was the fact I wasn't retaining water, or the fact I was lactating. But I don't think the magnesium hurt. And a few months later I began gaining weight again. One day I ate a whole can of cashews and felt that I'd probably gain a lot of weight because of it but the next day I had actually lost weight. Cashews are loaded with magnesium. I added Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) to my bath and ended u...

Earlier this week I began experiencing signs of ovulation. I have been having these symptoms preceding my period per usual, however this go round I seem to be producing more of the “EWCM” one reads about in Trying-to-Conceive message boards. I’ve also had a heightened sense of smell which has, in the past, caused me a false sense of excitement when I believed I might be pregnant but never actually was. (Earlier this week I even thought I could be pregnant... but this is also after I got to hold a cute baby on Monday!) After reading about other women’s experiences online, I discovered that sometimes the heightened sense of smell is common between ovulation and the period arriving. So I'll take that symptom with a grain of salt from now on.  I have a feeling that, although I haven’t lost a huge amount of weight, perhaps my fertility has been restored. Women with PCOS often go through their cycles as usual but that doesn’t mean an egg is actually released; this is why some wome...