As part of our journey through infertility, we are going to try a course of a drugs called clomid. I am hoping to try this in the early new year. As I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), there is a high likelihood that I do not ovulate regularly, if at all. Clomid stimulates ovulation and will hopefully help us to conceive on our own, without the need for further, more invasive, treatments.
As part of preparing for this treatment, I have been trying to loose weight. This is because the drug itself can cause you to gain weight (and I have that kind of luck!) and also because a healthy body weight can help to regulate fertility on its own. For more information, see here.
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Last night was a success with 400gm lost. I know, it doesn't seem much. But I was so happy just to see the minus sign on my log book that I didn't really care how much. If its still going down, I'm happy with that.
My next goal is to achieve 5% loss of my original weight. That will take me to 76kg. I'll leave you to do the math! From there its just a hop skip and jump to 10% and then my goal weight of 70kg.
I really want to have this done by Christmas. I'm just not sure I have the will power, but the promise of being able to 'try a little harder' to beat infertility next year is a sweet smile.
I realise that I need to be consistent with my food and exercise. Something that I have always found hard. I'm sort an all-or-nothing type person. I'll go hard for a week (more like 3 days), eating well and exercising like a Trojan then I will sabotage it with a block of chocolate. Part of this weight-loss program has been to focus on the one choice at a time scenario. Just make a good breakfast choice. Then choose water to drink. Then choose to have a piece of fruit. Then choose to go for a walk at lunch.
It's just choices. Just one at a time.
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