Let's get Physical Physical!

Decided to pull the trigger and start fixing my hormones this weekend. Since leaping off birth control that was managing my endometriosis- my body has been giving me signs my hormones are out of whack. Namely-acne and my belly's refusal to give up the weight. No amount of exercising and salads was making a real dent and that's because my hormones are broken. The scale might slide down a bit but only after a loooot of work.
So after some investigation I decided I would try this Metabolic Renewal program which looks like I'm in for a butt kicking...mainly because I have to wave bye bye to sugar...during icecream season. Quel horror!
My body type is "Ovarian Burnout" type, meaning my estrogen and progesterone are off balance. I also know because of my endometriosis that I can trend towards estrogen dominance. So I began the DIM supplements and progesterone cream I was doing last year and saw good results with.
The Metabolic Renewal basically gets you eating low carb (I can have my carbs split between breakfast and dinner) -mostly vegetables and proteins. There is a shake aspect to it if you want to go that route. I opted to not buy the shake system but got some affordable whey protein powder to do my own. There are a bunch of recipes and shopping lists but I'm starting low key and just going off road with healthy similar eating plan instead of buying a whole different set of groceries for all these recipes. I just got groceries and will use what I have. Maybe in time I will follow the eating plan to a T but for now I'm being thrifty healthy and anyway I do not do lamb chops🙄
There are three designated exercise days and also 10,000 steps are part of each day. That I've been pretty much doing for the most part. I'm attempting exercises on Monday. Wish me luck!
I've done keto, quit sugar, quit gluten, quit alcohol, quit coffee before.. I've done all that before. Nothing sticks. So this seems doable because I'm not really quitting anything just modifying when I eat and what choices I make with exercises that are designed to kick start your metabolism not just wear you out with a bunch of cardio. Although sugar is pretty much off the list right now.
Hopefully the combo of Metabolic Renewal and the DIM/progesterone I can get my hormones in tip top shape and my blood pressure back in the sweet spot. Oooh but I'm gonna be a mess for awhile, hormone balancing is no joke!
Wish me luck, I'm reclaiming my health one cell at a time! Have a healthy weekend friends and family!

Comments

It's the little things...

I will eventually get back to posting about art 😂 but I lost my first pound with just 3 days of dedicating myself to Metabolic Renewal...and this is me playing fast and loose because A. I did not buy their shakes I'm doing my own. So I don't really know their caloric/nutrition value vs mine. B. Getting 10,000 steps a day on my pedometer.... doesn't happen. That's almost two hours of walking a day. I get 8,000 or 9,000 before the Texas heat or work calls it off. C. Haven't followed any of the meal recipes. I've been winging it with good sense. I will get closer to their instructions in time ( like maybe next week) since I paid for it. My body is SORE AF. It's totally getting put through the paces and I'm lucky there are modifications for pudgy newbies like me. But 1st lb down is a good feeling because seeing the scale move down is what I'm after. I'm pretty proud of myself for yesterday in general..did my workout, a walking session THEN WENT ...

The New Way

Had a wonderful time at the Artists Showcase and Home Tour on Thursday. It was a great reminder of the new "Im worth it" path I've taken. I really feel like the artists were well taken care of and promoted and enjoyed the event very much. Here was my little curated space: All the artists got their own little spaces to create and show in this AMAZING house. I had lots of great windows and light in my space. Even though my endometriosis pains were popping in intermittently- I stood and smiled and chatted with visitors and fellow artists. These three were my largest pieces there and looked great on the spacious walls. These look great together- I hope whoever eventually buys them is able to get both of them. Its a fun horizontal/vertical juxtaposition. The food was IMPECCABLE...the cake makers made these elegant cakeballs in various flavors and used each of the artists works to decorate the tops. I have arrived! My art is edible! Ther...

One thing leads to another

Sometimes it just takes one little action to get things rolling in the right direction. For me the action was ordering a giant roll of bubble wrap I didn't even have space for and when it arrived I had to figure out where it would live because my cats were already trying to hug it with their teeth and sharp little claws. Also, why bubble wrap? What for? I'm a big believer in taking some sort of action, big or small to make yourself move in a certain direction. I also believe in productive manifesting and the bubble wrap symbolized shipping. Shipping art out. Shipping lots of art out. Shipping out so much art I was justified in living with a big roll of bubble wrap for awhile! So step one: order the bubble wrap and step two was the fun task of... Making a place for it to live. So manifesting was already happening and I decided I needed a designated area for shipping supplies and hell.. My printer needed a proper home too. I had a very messy shelf with an old printer on ...

Art Plunge

Search This Blog