Three H: Holy, Healthy, Happy

I’m feeling very discouraged this morning. I’ve been feeling down most of the week. I think it’s because my period is quite overdue because of all the carbs I’ve been eating and I think this is somehow exacerbating the PMDD. I think the PCOS and PMDD must be interconnected somehow. Someone, please do a medical research study on it and prove me right. There you go, there’s your doctoral dissertation right there. You’re welcome. I had hoped the overdue period meant I was pregnant. We would welcome another child and we want a sibling for our little jitterbug. We’re not exactly trying right now because we know my fertility depends on my weight and blood sugar, but if there’s any glimmer of hope, I light up with the idea of having another baby. I’m about 15 pounds heavier than I was when I got pregnant before, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility. (Incidentally, when I got pregnant before, I had given up chocolate for Lent and thus pretty much gave up all candy and sweets… with the...

Last January, I set out on a journey to lose weight. I called it "Project 52" and intended to say at the end of the year, "I did it my way!"  Life intervened, and it turned out that "my way" was good, but not good enough on it's own. And I gained weight. I gained back all the weight I initially lost, and then some. I eventually reached 296.6 pounds, the most I've ever weighed in my life. So I reached out for help.  I called and set up an appointment with Dr. Pate at BioSymmetry. All the weight loss success I can claim at the end of this year, is because of the BioSymmetry diet and medication plan. And most of the weight I've lost was lost using the BioSymmetry plan was lost during the first two and a half months on this plan. Since the end of October I've been creeping downward through the 250's, and zigzagging in the 250-260 range. I got slack with the diet plan. According to my home scale, I gained 2.8 pounds over the mont...