October 16th, 2009

Fun and Dairy Free

Went to the nutritionist. Another attempt to get my weight under control. She believes that I am insulin resistant and sent me to the Endocrinologist. I also have to have my thyroid checked. Those appointments are forth coming. After going over what I eat with her, she made me realize a few things:

1. I do not eat enough. I barely taking in 1000 calories a day and because of this my metabolism is stalled.
2. I do not eat enough protein. I really don’t like meat so I avoid it at all costs.
3. I need to work on building muscle as opposed to cardio only.

I was actually relieved to hear these things as they seem fixable. She put me on a diet- I have to eat tuna for breakfast and set an alarm clock to remind me to eat every 4 hours.  I am making a conscious effort to follow her guidelines in terms of eating. As far as working out goes, she wants me to build muscle. I am starting that tomorrow as I have not been feeling well all week.

My husband and I have decided to give up dairy too. My daughter – 3 – suffers from bloating and flatulence every time she drinks milk of eats ice cream so rather than put her through this, we are giving it up. I’m feeling really good about this decisions as the benefits of a diary-free diet extends far beyond just bloating. We – both my daughter and I – suffer from allergies and asthma and dairy is a known agitator of both.

In other news, I also had my IUD removed and the GYN suggested that I wait until after I have Gastric Bypass (did I mention that I wanted to have that) to get pregnant. I agree, but the IUD was making me freak out every month. I am going to focus on losing weight by making serious lifestyle changes and if I get pregnant, so be it. It will work out.