Endo update: Week 1

One week down on the endo diet...54 more DAYS to go!  (Yes, I actually have a ticker countdown, don't judge!)

I do have to mention that I'm allowing myself hormone free, free range eggs and honey in my diet but a true endo diet doesn't.  Actually, MY version of the endo diet is pretty reflective of the Paleo diet.  Since that's kind of a new craze, I'm better able to find recipes that I like.  Thank you Pinterest!

In other news, I thought I'd post a couple cute pictures of my Skittle baby. She sure is getting so grown up.  Oh how I want to have more children!

Endo Diet x 3

I hate cooking.  No, really, I hate it.  I find nothing appealing about it.  It's a lot of work and a lot of clean up and I get no enjoyment out of any of it, even the actual eating part.  I'm actually jealous of those who do like it.  So you're probably thinking, "Ok then, what do you eat?"   I would be what you'd consider a "reheater."  I can heat up a can of soup like no one's business.  I can microwave like the best of them.  I can even use my many crock pots!  The problem? I think my reheating is aiding my infertility.  I am a convenience food junky and addicted to CRAP foods.   My mother did NOT raise me like that, however.  She was insistent upon making us nice, healthy meals every night and that we packed our school lunches balanced.  I do remember getting very excited that sometimes on Sunday's after church we'd be allowed to have Kraft mac & cheese...gasp...from a BOX.  We, OK, I never appreciated all the hard work my mother put in so that we had healthy, non processed meals.  I never wanted to learn how to cook and I didn't hang around the kitchen enough to notice what was going on.  Now that I'm faced with endo like symptoms again, I'm regretting my eating habits...BIG time. 

I have a problem.

I have very little will power to stay away from junk/prepackaged/convenience foods.  I'm an all or nothing kind of girl so even if I have a small bite of gluten/soy/dairy, I feel like the entire endo diet is ruined and I won't stay on it.  I'm here to ask for accountability so hopefully that will help me stay on track.  Yesterday was a big cooking day where I made lunches for the week for myself and for DH.  Breakfast is simple (GF, SF Chex cereal with almond milk) and fruit, lunch is taken care of (salad with no dressing or cheese, chicken gf noodle soup) and dinners are detailed on the fridge.  So far, I can handle week 1.  My goal is to reassess in two months and see if my endo symptoms decrease. 

People with food allergies impress the crap out of me.  I guess they don't have much choice in the matter, like I do, but I don't really hear them complain about what they can or can't eat.  I've even modified the endo diet for myself and I still whine about what I can't have.  I'm a wee bit irritated at the cost of organic vs non organic and about finding non hormone added dairy out our way.  I'm in a pretty big city and not having more than one option for hormone free cheese is annoying (without having to drive 30 mins each way).  See? Complaining again...

This is my third time trying to do the endo diet.  The first time was a success (stayed on it for two months and during that time I conceived Skittle), and the second time I was only on it for 2 weeks and I felt like I was starving to death.  Eating out was my demise that time.  I am determined to make it for two months again...I CAN do this!!!

More waiting...

This is just a quick update on what's been going on.  And really, it isn't much.

I did get a call from BAMC and was told that I needed to take an infertility class on Oct. 9 with DH.  When I asked what it was about all she said was, "infertility."  I could speculate what that means but I'm hoping it is guidelines/policy/procedures specific to BAMC.  Otherwise, I could probably teach the dang class.  The receptionist also said that after the class I will not hear from them for 2-3 months. REALLY?!  I had a hard time understanding as to why that was but I did ask if I could see another provider until I know if I've been accepted into the program. The short answer is YES I can and so I think I will.  From the time I called to get a referral appt to when I'm supposed to hear if I get into the program will be at least five MONTHS.  Socialized medicine at its finest. 

I need to call Dr. H and schedule an appt but I just haven't wanted to deal with it quite yet.  If Tricare still pays for injections with timed intercourse, that's probably the route we're going to go until the BAMC program straightens itself out.