Weight Loss Diary 2017 - Goal 1-0-5

I've just been reading up some more on hormones. Low estrogen causes leaky gut - which I am suspecting I have. I don't have hugely pronounced digestive issues but I think some are there. My body doesn't do well with meats and oils. Esp oils. Of any kind.

I'm starting the L-Glutamine regimen and will add in Collagen Peptides.

I'm going to keep this simple but my diet is basically a paleo one - fruits, veg, meat, water and herbal teas. I need to get off coffee to repair my leaky gut. I'm going to consider next week a detox week. I don't know how I am going to do it as I have tried multiple multiple times to quit. I think green tea can transition me over but anyways, I need to be strong this week. Really, really, really strong.

Another thought if the birth control/ bioidentical hormones do not work is going with another functional doctor - but in the U.S. Panacea Protocol. Blood tests in the US costs thousands of dollars for Canadians but if I can find a practitioner here that can help me with that, I will have a solve.
 
I think you are amazing & you have given it your all. I'm sure you still will. Hope you enjoyed the movie, hon xoxo
 
I have quit coffee cold turkey too many times and I suggest you not do that. It doesn't sound like you will if you're going to transition over to green tea. However, have you thought about meticulously reducing the amount you drink from day to day? Literally like 1 cup the first week, 0.75 cups the second week, 0.5 cups the third week and then you may be able to jump from there or you might have to drop it to 0.25 cups. Anyway, I've heard people say that weaning themselves off slowly is so much better. You would also want to make sure your coffee is brewed with the same amount of caffeine in it so you measure it reliably.

When I start thinking about the will-power that something like that will take, I'm already setting myself up for failure in a way and then when I do fail, I think to myself, gee, well, it's because I didn't try hard enough and that can lead to more problems and repeat failures.

Anyway, just some thoughts. Switching to green tea or incorporating it somehow seems like a healthy thing if you still want the caffeine.
 
Cate said:
I think you are amazing & you have given it your all. I'm sure you still will. Hope you enjoyed the movie, hon xoxo
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Love you! xoxo
Movie was good, JLo's character is so strong, JLo is a strong woman too. Inspired me to keep going.
 
I've been MIA for a while because I have been feeling depressed. '

No one seems to understand why I have not been ovulating. I've run numerous blood tests these past two weeks and am waiting for a few more but they're not telling me anything I do not already know. Between three professionals, they're just not getting to the root cause. They're guessing at best.

I am running a couple cortisol tests with the first naturopath I worked with (Pam). We are going to do a 24-hour cortisol test and also I have asked for ACTH and AMH for fertility. I want to rule out Cushing's Disease and I want to check my ovarian reserve. I feel like a crazy person ordering tests that I have read up on online but this is the last round. After this I will have checked all the major hormones and I will resign myself to the fact that everything was checked. Then I can go on the pill and see if that helps.

I haven't been checking my weight but I know I have gained 2-3 lbs. It's okay. I will work on my diet this coming week, today was not too bad. It was not great but it wasn't too bad. I binged last week and an early part of this week due to depression. I have also been sleeping a lot. This will all even out. It will.
 
I'm really sorry you're having such a hard time, and with no clear medical insights into things, either. I can't offer any wisdom st all, just that I feel for you, and a hug, if that's okay.
 
Hey Misty, good to see you back. Sorry to hear you are down, that can't feel good.

Why not join us on the no binge page? You just have to want to not binge tomorrow.
 
Hey, Misty :grouphug: I'm sorry you have been down, hon. Keep hoping that things will even out. You are a strong woman. Try to do what you can to be as healthy as you can xoxo
 
It's been a very weird couple of weeks. I've been lax with the diet because I have been feeling like nothing is working.

But then I thought to myself, you know what, maybe I need to look at my diet completely differently. I have been so focused on insulin resistance and low-carb to avoid my insulin from spiking (which by the way, my insulin just doesn't want to go down that much), that I have forgotten what a real diet is all about. It is supposed to be nutrient-dense and alkaline. And that is exactly what I am going to focus on. Being restrictive has not helped me. And I'm not about to go back to a carby and sugary diet either but I'm just going to adopt more of the real food way of eating. Not that I wasn't doing that, but I can go harder on the green juices and just eating intuitively.

I have cut back on nuts, which is good, I have been trying to do that for a while. It does burden the liver.

I have given up on cutting back on the coffee. I feel I can allow myself one a day. I asked a few professionals if it hinders ovulation and their response has been "no" even though there is conflicting info online.

I have been continuing with the progesterone cream - it is making me feel calmer eventhough there is no cycle improvement or hair loss improvement.

I am waiting for the cortisol testing - I'll probably get to it over Friday and the weekend. Maybe I will wait for results before I go on the pill. The pill is a mask. Once I am off it, all my symptoms come back full force. You can't fix a hormonal imbalance with a drug that is designed to shut down your ovaries.

So yeah in between my plan is a) nutrient-dense diet b) sleep c) bioidentical progesterone
 
Hello, I have been quiet for a while as I go through my peaks and valleys of depression.

Re: cortisol, all my tests checked out OK.

I have been on bio-identical progesterone for two months consistently and I have noticed some mood and energy improvements. My cycle length last time was 30 days and the bleeding was not heavy. Ovulation and hair loss have not improved.

But I have been taking more of a note of my thyroid. The naturopath I currently deal with said my T3 is low - whereas my old naturopath did not think that. I did some online research and it does seem low. Which means hypothyroidism and which can interfere with ovulation/periods. I have an appointment with another naturopath on the 4th and I will ask him for a full thyroid panel. And if low T3 can be supported with low level of dessicated t3 hormone.

I reached out to this nutritionist as well - because while I am eating healthyish - maybe I am not eating properly. I do not know.

Cannot wait for these hormones to balance out...I feel I have not addressed a roote cause after two years at this...I am hoping the thyroid panel will show something meaningful.

CW: 112lbs
GW: 105 lbs
 
Hey Misty, good to see you posting again. I was thinking about you the other day, would have poked your diary if you hadn't popped up on your own.

Consulting a nutritionist is never a bad idea, but eating "healtyish" may be good enough. The nutritionist will help you understand.

Hope you get those hormones balanced! Are you getting cold up there in the cold frozen north?
 
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