So, Hubby and I are starting on a new fitness journey/health adventure. We have decided to try to get healthier not only for us, but for our son and for hopefully a better chance in conceiving!
It's been extremely rough trying to lose weight for me with all the crap I have medically wrong with me. If I work out, I'll lose at most 10 pounds, then when I stop working out for a few days, I gain it all back. It's so hard to lose weight but it's so darn easy to gain the weight.
With PCOS, it's ridiculously annoying to try and lose weight. It makes you feel like a failure. You try and try to push yourself to lose weight and when you do, you get so excited and happy. Then after just a couple of days of rest, you could start to gain it back slowly but surely. Losing five pounds and keeping the weight off is a chore within itself, but I'm willing to do anything to stay healthy.
Okay, so we are now going to be cutting out a lot of foods in our diet and hopefully that will help with the jumpstart on a more rapid weight loss. I have to give up rice. I love, love, love rice. I'm Asian. Of course I do. But we will be giving up a lot of carbs and cutting out sugars. Wish us luck!!
I have found so many great recipes in one of my cookbooks, so I figured that after I make the dish I will go ahead and share a picture of it and my review on how it tastes to you guys! You are more than welcome to try the recipe as well. Of course, I will credit the chef to whomever the recipe belongs to.
This next week will be hard since Hubby will be gone for a week on a business trip, but as soon as he gets back... IT'S ON! lol I'll be able to cook some dishes that look delicious and we'll be getting healthy as we do it! Hubby will also be exercising once every day. I am limited on what I can do because I gained the weight so fast that the doctors have advised me to just do resistance training for now. Nothing with my knees yet because they are afraid that my rapid weight gain will affect my knees. Hopefully I can lose some of this weight so that I can start being able to jog or run eventually :) As of right now, I can bike sometimes and I love to walk. I'm loving that the weather is finally getting nicer so that I can take K out for walks more and more.
Well, I hope you guys will follow me on this journey as well and let me know if you have any recipes we could try as well!!
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
IUI #2 continued... FAIL ;(
So, I got the news from the doctor's office yesterday that we will have to cancel the cycle. For some reason my estradiol levels started dropping. Here's what happened...
Day 6: Went in for my regular bloodwork and u/s check. Had numerous follies at 7 mm. Estradiol level was at 55. Looks okay. A lil smaller and lower than what they were expecting, but we could work with it. Was told to continue with 225 IU and come back in on Day 8.
Day 7: Same symptoms as before, except my skin on my face has become extremely dry. My face was looking a dry and blotchy. Gained another two pounds. *sigh
Day 8: Early morning dr's appt. Bloodwork and U/S done. Estradiol levels upped to over 100, so they doubled! (which is a good thing, but it should've been higher than this) But my follies barely grew. They were only at 8mm. Should've been at least 9-11 mm. Boo! Same symptoms. But since the estradiol level upped, they said to continue the 225 IU and come back on Day 10.
Day 9: Tired and still gained weight again. Nothing else of significance to report though.
Day 10: *Sigh early morning B/W and U/S. U/S showed that the follicles didn't even increase in size. They were remaining at around 8 mm. It should have been way higher by now. They said they will call me when the estradiol levels come back and we will go from there.
...the phone call. Estradiol levels actually dropped to 60+. It's not supposed to do that. It's supposed to keep doubling in numbers. Something is wrong. Cycle is cancelled. This is becoming depressing. I've never had issues with the follies not growing. I've always had follicles growing right on track. Heck, sometimes I would have 6 or 7 growing on track. What do we do? They said to stop all meds and we will re-group when my next cycle starts. We will go on from there on what steps to take and what meds to take.
I'm so lost and confused as to what is wrong this time. It could be the adenoma messing with my hormones, but it could be something else or it just could be that my son was seriously the biggest miracle that will happen to us. He could very well be our only child. What I do know is that I will not give up without a fight. I will keep trying and trying unitl they tell me that I can't or should not try anymore. I was given a miracle once. Maybe we will be granted another miracle.
We can only hope, right? Baby Dust to all of you whom are trying. I'm still here for you, whenever you need me.
Day 6: Went in for my regular bloodwork and u/s check. Had numerous follies at 7 mm. Estradiol level was at 55. Looks okay. A lil smaller and lower than what they were expecting, but we could work with it. Was told to continue with 225 IU and come back in on Day 8.
Day 7: Same symptoms as before, except my skin on my face has become extremely dry. My face was looking a dry and blotchy. Gained another two pounds. *sigh
Day 8: Early morning dr's appt. Bloodwork and U/S done. Estradiol levels upped to over 100, so they doubled! (which is a good thing, but it should've been higher than this) But my follies barely grew. They were only at 8mm. Should've been at least 9-11 mm. Boo! Same symptoms. But since the estradiol level upped, they said to continue the 225 IU and come back on Day 10.
Day 9: Tired and still gained weight again. Nothing else of significance to report though.
Day 10: *Sigh early morning B/W and U/S. U/S showed that the follicles didn't even increase in size. They were remaining at around 8 mm. It should have been way higher by now. They said they will call me when the estradiol levels come back and we will go from there.
...the phone call. Estradiol levels actually dropped to 60+. It's not supposed to do that. It's supposed to keep doubling in numbers. Something is wrong. Cycle is cancelled. This is becoming depressing. I've never had issues with the follies not growing. I've always had follicles growing right on track. Heck, sometimes I would have 6 or 7 growing on track. What do we do? They said to stop all meds and we will re-group when my next cycle starts. We will go on from there on what steps to take and what meds to take.
I'm so lost and confused as to what is wrong this time. It could be the adenoma messing with my hormones, but it could be something else or it just could be that my son was seriously the biggest miracle that will happen to us. He could very well be our only child. What I do know is that I will not give up without a fight. I will keep trying and trying unitl they tell me that I can't or should not try anymore. I was given a miracle once. Maybe we will be granted another miracle.
We can only hope, right? Baby Dust to all of you whom are trying. I'm still here for you, whenever you need me.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Food. (Egg rolls posted in this one) :)
Food is awesome and I love love love love love to cook it!! I love to cook Laos, Thai, Korean, American, and basically any dishes that just taste good to me! I love to try new foods and try new recipes. I love to also just make up my recipes as I go. If I don't know how to get a recipe, then I will just taste the ones that I order from the restaurants and try to get the recipe off of the flavors that I am tasting in my mouth. Cooking is sometimes calming for me. I LOVE to cook for my family and friends. Feeding their bellies and seeing them satisfied is a great feeling for me. :) And so, as you are now reading my blogs, I figured I might as well show you pictures of what I love to cook and what I love to eat. I will either post pictures of what I have cooked or what I have ordered somewhere or I will just post a review of the foods from a certain establishment. I am no way in any means a food critic but I am a foodie by my standards! HAHA
So, these pictures that I post could be what I am making now or what I have made before and I just wanted to showcase them on here. Please let me know if there are any recipes you would like for me to try out :) I will maybe post a recipe here or there, BUT most of them I will probably just list ingredients but I can't say how much of what I put. I hardly measure. That's how I was taught LOL just a lil bit of this and a lil bit of that. I do apologize! But at least you can enjoy the pics!
My first foodie that I would like to post are "Egg Rolls" Love them, love them, love them. So much cheaper and better to make it homemade than purchase at a restaurant. My recipe is based off of my mom's recipe but I just tweaked it a bit to my tastes. In one of the pics, I also have a picture of my Crab Rangoons. These are just a tad better than most restaurants. Who am I kidding? These are WAY better than most restaurants. Just saying... haha
My Egg Rolls are very easy and simple to make but full of flavors! I can't say how much of what I put, but I can tell you what goes in it!
Ingredients:
Ground Pork
Carrots
Onions
Clear Rice Vermicelli Noodles (aka Glass Noodles aka Long Rice (known as such in Hawaii)
Salt
Sugar
Msg
Black Pepper
Milk
Eggs
That's it! After the noodles are soaked and cut, carrots are grated, onions are chopped, then you mix everything together and you roll, roll, roll! Then just deep fry it to a golden brown. :)
The Vietnamese style is still used with the same filling but I just use Spring Roll Wraps instead and deep-fry them. For the Laos style wraps I like to use the regular egg roll wraps in the blue and clear packaging. Note: These wraps are not the same as the chinese-style wraps. Those are a lil more doughy. I prefer the ones we've always used. Light and crispy. (You can kind of notice the packaging of the wraps in the laos-style wraps picture) I will try to post a pic of the packaging next time.
So, these pictures that I post could be what I am making now or what I have made before and I just wanted to showcase them on here. Please let me know if there are any recipes you would like for me to try out :) I will maybe post a recipe here or there, BUT most of them I will probably just list ingredients but I can't say how much of what I put. I hardly measure. That's how I was taught LOL just a lil bit of this and a lil bit of that. I do apologize! But at least you can enjoy the pics!
My first foodie that I would like to post are "Egg Rolls" Love them, love them, love them. So much cheaper and better to make it homemade than purchase at a restaurant. My recipe is based off of my mom's recipe but I just tweaked it a bit to my tastes. In one of the pics, I also have a picture of my Crab Rangoons. These are just a tad better than most restaurants. Who am I kidding? These are WAY better than most restaurants. Just saying... haha
EGG ROLLS
(left side: Vietnamese style wraps & right side: Laos style wraps)
Egg Rolls and Crab Rangoons
Ingredients:
Ground Pork
Carrots
Onions
Clear Rice Vermicelli Noodles (aka Glass Noodles aka Long Rice (known as such in Hawaii)
Salt
Sugar
Msg
Black Pepper
Milk
Eggs
That's it! After the noodles are soaked and cut, carrots are grated, onions are chopped, then you mix everything together and you roll, roll, roll! Then just deep fry it to a golden brown. :)
The Vietnamese style is still used with the same filling but I just use Spring Roll Wraps instead and deep-fry them. For the Laos style wraps I like to use the regular egg roll wraps in the blue and clear packaging. Note: These wraps are not the same as the chinese-style wraps. Those are a lil more doughy. I prefer the ones we've always used. Light and crispy. (You can kind of notice the packaging of the wraps in the laos-style wraps picture) I will try to post a pic of the packaging next time.
IUI #2 (May 2015) Here we go again... wish us luck!
So, I am on Day 3 of injections and Day 5 of my cycle. I have gained 4 lbs already but I'm not as swollen as I was last month! Thank goodness. They have changed up my protocol a little bit so hopefully this will show better results at my Day 6 estradiol and ultrasound appt tomorrow! :)
Start Bravelle 225 IU injections on CD3 and we will go from there. (I am now injecting three vials of 75 IU Bravelle each night instead of two vials (150 IU)) I hope this will help!!
Day 1: Called office to set up appt and check what protocol to follow.
Day 3: CD 3 (Cycle Day 3) appt for estradiol levels and follicle and uterine lining check with ultrasound - *everything looked okay and I am told to start injections this evening
Symptoms: The injection went well. I just felt super tired and went to sleep really early. I didn't swell up like before when I woke up. But I noticed the next day that my skin was a tad drier than before and I gained a pound and a half already.
Day 4: 225 IU injection of Bravelle
Symptoms: Even more tired and slept even earlier. Still didn't swell up like before. GREAT sign. haha but I gained another pound. I'm actually eating less cause I've been feeling nauseous. Boo!
Day 5: 225 IU injection of Bravelle
Symptoms: Injection went fine. Still stings like a B-I when the medication goes in, but other than that nothing bad afterwards. Just tired still and gained another pound. (That's four and a half pounds since I've started Bravelle. Ugh.
My next appointment is tomorrow morning! I hope that the follies are looking good and we will just keep going and hope for great looking sizes and we can move on with the IUI in a week or so! Will keep you posted!
**Note: I gained ten pounds last month from Bravelle alone. As soon as the cycle was cancelled, within a week, I was back at my old weight. So, I'm pretty sure it's the Bravelle that is making me gain weight. I have not changed anything else in my day to day life. Just a bad side effect for me, I guess. I really hope this is the month for us! Baby Dust to ALL!!
Start Bravelle 225 IU injections on CD3 and we will go from there. (I am now injecting three vials of 75 IU Bravelle each night instead of two vials (150 IU)) I hope this will help!!
Day 1: Called office to set up appt and check what protocol to follow.
Day 3: CD 3 (Cycle Day 3) appt for estradiol levels and follicle and uterine lining check with ultrasound - *everything looked okay and I am told to start injections this evening
Symptoms: The injection went well. I just felt super tired and went to sleep really early. I didn't swell up like before when I woke up. But I noticed the next day that my skin was a tad drier than before and I gained a pound and a half already.
Day 4: 225 IU injection of Bravelle
Symptoms: Even more tired and slept even earlier. Still didn't swell up like before. GREAT sign. haha but I gained another pound. I'm actually eating less cause I've been feeling nauseous. Boo!
Day 5: 225 IU injection of Bravelle
Symptoms: Injection went fine. Still stings like a B-I when the medication goes in, but other than that nothing bad afterwards. Just tired still and gained another pound. (That's four and a half pounds since I've started Bravelle. Ugh.
My next appointment is tomorrow morning! I hope that the follies are looking good and we will just keep going and hope for great looking sizes and we can move on with the IUI in a week or so! Will keep you posted!
**Note: I gained ten pounds last month from Bravelle alone. As soon as the cycle was cancelled, within a week, I was back at my old weight. So, I'm pretty sure it's the Bravelle that is making me gain weight. I have not changed anything else in my day to day life. Just a bad side effect for me, I guess. I really hope this is the month for us! Baby Dust to ALL!!
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