So, I've been on a diet for about 13 weeks with a detour during treatment. Not a major detour, but a somewhat big one. When I break away from this diet, I feel ridiculously shitty, so it's obviously a smart choice for me.
I decided to introduce some carbs back into my diet. I am allowing rice noodles - I love Chinese food, and rice noodles are legit my favorite; however, this will be sparingly. I just love mei fun!! I know I've mentioned before a Paleo cake recipe that's been a huge hit in my house; in fact, with the chocolate version, I didn't even realize it was in fact not a normal chocolate cake. I more or less modified these into chocolate chip muffins - so a sweet treat. The batter is rather thick, so the chips actually hold in it without needing to be coated in flour. Despite finding great cake recipes, I'm still trying to find a good icing recipe. I think I'll just have to stick with plain old American buttercream until I can find something. I actually weighed myself this morning: 138.2 lbs🎉🙌 I even am mostly back to the weight loads I had before my last IVF cycle!! Progress. I really feel like my goal to be at max 135 lbs in 3.5 weeks is attainable. Who knows, I might even get to 130. 🤞 This is all for now, looking forward to weigh in on Sunday, even though, I will have AF that day and will likely weigh a little more. 😤
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Old Weight: 139 lbs
Current Weight: 140 lbs Change in Weight: +1 lb Total Weight Lost: 18 lbs Weight Left to Go: 10 lbs (though, I'd be happy with 5 lbs before next transfer) How I Feel: Well, not thrilled about the fact I've gained anything, but happy I only gained 1 lb. New Short Term Goals: So, basically, I have approximately 3-4 weeks before my next transfer (closer to 4), which means I can actually lose close to - if not - 8 lbs before I transfer. I have two goals before we do our next embryo transfer: 1. Get to a max of 135 lbs; 2. Get to a size 6. These are completely attainable goals in the time frame I have available to me. Next weigh in post will reflect these two goals in the header portion. My Game Plan:
And that's it. I really need to take control of my diet again, I went off the rails for a few days this past week. Plus during my IVF cycle, I didn't get to really cook like I wanted to. IVF 4 fresh transfer has failed, so I'm refocusing back on my diet and exercise program. Trying to rebuild my strength from bed rest and mandatory activity restriction. My hope is it takes me 7-10 days to work back to where I was.
I've found really awesome Paleo cake recipes, they definitely satisfy the sweet cravings very well. I need to put a heavy emphasis back on my diet. I'm no longer in school, I have time to cook and experiment in the kitchen again. This is really important to me, especially with my parents coming to visit me soon. I'm also enjoying wine again. Yeah, I can't cut it for dietary reasons. I just love tasting new ones and figuring out pairings. I am going to however try very hard to cut caffeine. I guess I need to start weighing in weekly again. I'll do that tomorrow morning. Maybe I'll even hit my goal weight (130-135 lbs) leading up to my next transfer. I do have about 3-4 weeks. It'll take a week from today to get AF, then another 2 weeks to trigger and a few days to transfer. Old Weight: 140.8 lbs
Current Weight: 139 lbs Change in Weight: -.8 lbs Total Weight Lost: -19 lbs (approx) Pounds Left to Go: 9 lbs (approx) How I Feel: I am really happy I got below 140 lbs before retrieval. That was a secondary goal. I did cheat a bit this week, but nothing too terrible. I'm really proud of myself for finally getting below 140, I haven't seen that I'm a couple years. I'll be sticking to my diet during the tww, and likely throughout pregnancy (if I'm so lucky). I feel my best I've felt in a while. I haven't really ran because of my ovaries being swollen, but I've been walking daily. Old Weight: 141.6 lbs
Current Weight: 140.8 lbs Change in Weight: -.8 lbs Total Weight Lost: -18 lbs Pounds left to go: 10 lbs How I feel: I decided to weigh in today just to see where I was at. I honestly wasn't expecting any weight loss, as I've been on 7 days of stims. I am the lowest I've been in regards to doing IVF. I've also still been eating healthy-ish. I say ish because I did have a small ice cream cone and half of a small frosted sunrise from Chick fil a last night. But I also walked there and back. Overall, I've been sticking to my diet. I've been avoiding grains and sugar. I feel awesome because of it. It was over 100 degrees and I wanted either ice cream or a raspa. I felt the ice cream was the healthier option. Raspas are great, it's shaved ice with some type of flavored syrup, chamoy, trechas, gummy bears, and pickles. Or the cream ones with the condensed milk. They're great, but I feel like they are higher in sugar and calories. I really miss Italian ice. That was always my go to on hot days. Fruity and not sugary. Anyway, I feel like I have successfully made a lifestyle change. I am still exercising, but because I'm starting to get really uncomfortable (due to producing many eggs), that will likely stop in the next day or two. It'll just be walking. Which is still fine. I love walking. I could legit walk for days 😊 |
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