It’s Sunday night, I’m sitting on my bed with my boy Nicholas listening to nature sounds on IHeart Radio. Right now ocean waves are playing on my stereo system and I love it. I miss the ocean. I can imagine myself sitting on the warm sand with my toes buried with my bottle of water and a good book while listening to the water and enjoying the smells and the sights of the ocean. The ocean is one of my happy places. It calms me. It relaxes me. I feel at peace with myself and the world when I’m near the ocean. What is your happy place?
This week I want to share with you my weight loss journey. I do not remember if I shared on the blog that I was not able to get bariatric surgery because of Covid-19. I was scheduled for March 20th, but it was cancelled when Covid came crashing through the door. I was disappointed. Because I felt like this was one way I could get the weight off so that my breathing might get better (still no guarantees there) and so that I feel better. That did not happen. I felt lost and kind of betrayed.
After a couple of months I was weighed at my doctors appointment and I was shocked I lost 20 pounds. I now have a greater understanding how hormones have a huge affect on weight issues for women. I have PCOS. I was diagnosed when I was 14 years old. I went on birth control at that age to help regulate my periods and it worked for a while, but eventually stopped working. I hadn’t taken birth control since I was in my early 20’s. So I went to my gynecologist and she recommended I try an IUD. At first I was skeptical. I mean come on, why in the heck would I need an IUD. I’m not out having sex with anyone and had no fear of getting pregnant. The IUD I have is one that make progesterone. I was not making any and that is why I gained a bunch of weight. Since then I have lost 60 pounds so far and I am still losing. This is a huge shock to me and my family and my friends. If I knew that all I needed was to get an IUD to lose weight I would have done this sooner. If I knew that I needed an IUD in order to not have massive hemorrhaging every period I would have done so. I am thankful for my IUD. The one I have will last five years. I understand that an IUD does not work for everyone because our bodies are so different so what worked for me might not work for another person with PCOS. I am glad that I found something that is working for me.
I am still working on finding the balance of eating well for my body. I still struggle with eating breakfast and small meals. I need to because I am a diabetic and if I do not eat something small or light I get low blood sugars with the medications I am currently on. I hate it, but there is nothing I can do to change this right now. I have some small snacks by my bed to help with the low blood sugars. This helps because my low sugars happen in the middle of the night and it is a bit scary to have to get up and go to the kitchen when your blood sugar is near forty. I have candy by my bed, an orange, some nuts, and some cheez it crackers, which are one of my favorites. Thankfully, my doctor put me back on my previous medications so low blood sugars will be a thing of the past.
Stay tune this week I hope to have a product review and a book review up this week. Keep breathing!
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