It seems there is so much talk about whether to have carbs or not too, what level is good, how many carbs is too much? One big thing I have learnt over the last few years is that everyone is so individual and what suits one doesn't necesarily suit another. I absolutley hate it when someone tells someone else what they should do! It's so important to find out what works for your body and find something that works for you.
I'm one of those people who seems to have a real issue with too many carbs, I just bloat up like a balloon and feel like crap. This year I'm trying to get down a few kg's and stay there all year, but my ultimate goal is to do it sensibly! So I've been trying a bit of a carb cycle routine, I'm alternating between 3 days mod carb (about 70g, 1200 - 1300 cals) and 1 day high carb (about 150g, 1600-1800 cals). Yesterday was my high carb day and I was so looking forward to it although I felt worse than I had all week, it actually just made me more hungry and felt like crap and it was all good carbs (oats, sweet potato & brown rice), the only bonus was I seemed to have a bit more energy during my Spin class this morning! I think for me 70g carbs a day is heaps, even less seems to work ok, as long as I can have my oats in the morning I seem to be happy! I actually prefer having a few more good fats included rather than more good starchy carbs. Anyway I'll give it until Monday and see how I feel at the end of a whole week but I don't even feel a smidgen better than when I started, but not going to make any judgements just yet. I do get very frustrated as my body just doesn't seem to respond too well! It takes me eating super low carb and heaps of cardio for me to seem to get anywhere close to being lean.
I'm not sure whether it's my hormones being out of whack as since I've been off the pill (1 year now), I've had about 4 periods! I keep feeling like they are going to come, get bloated and start to get excited that they might be coming but never seems to happen, kinda like having PMS all the time but no end in sight. So my focus is to get this body of mine sorted! Although where to start is a bit unknown, I'm not that keen of Doctors as they just tend to hand out drugs and it's not fixing the problem at all just treating the symptoms.
So as much as I keep thinking about competing this year I really really need to get my body sorted, especially if I want to have a baby in the near future. Does anyone else out there have very irregular periods? Most friends of mine are all like clockwork and can't understand why mine aren't! Anyway no point whinging about it, just got to get to the bottom of it.
Anyway better get motivated, todays goal is to get our place looking spick and span as I've been neglecting cleaning big time, I'm definatly not a very good housewife!
Have a great day everyone! Cheers, Hilds
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Hi Hilds, yep I only had three last year, and like you I often felt like I was getting all the symptoms but nothing arrived. I find when I rest more and eat more then I'm more likely to get them.
Hi Hilds,
not sure if i have introduced myself before, i am a new blogger and a regular over on lindy's forum :)
i think there's quite a few of us that can relate with this issue, my periods stopped all of a sudden 7mths ago. I wasn't sure what to do about it either! so ive recently gone to the dr and had a blood test to see if my hormone levels are out of whack. i will find out the results soon and post about it.
Hi Hilds,
Haven't seen mine since September and I too get the PMSy symptoms, bloat and excitement. I'm planning on talking to my Chiropractor about it today. He specialises in that sorta thing. Maybe you could do the same? It's a drug free option.
Hilds,
OMG you sound just like I was... I see a naturopath in Brisbane who has been awesome. I have excess eostrogen and needed to detox it and he put me on three tablets and got me to eat linseed meal and lecithin granules because they bind to excess eostrogen and it's worked! Little things like this week I had four nights of bed time at 2am due to work and I know that will throw my adrenals and thyroid out so I am onto some other tables this week that I know will fix it!
I haven't been on the pill for about four years now! ;)
Jadey xxx
Thanks Charlotte, Stephanie, Michelle & Jadey, it's so good to know I'm not alone. Atlhough still very frustrating, 2009 is going to be the year I really get this body sorted, and not on the outside but more focus on what's going on inside! Jadey your so lucky to have a great Naturopath, I'm on a mission to find a good one in Cairns and just do whatever it takes!
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